Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

[Rob Bec]

Right now, my Astros are sitting at 9-40. Yea, 9-40.

I played the first 20 games on Legend and went 2-18 while going 7-22 on Hall of Fame difficulty since. I'm sick of the losing. Mostly because of the fashion in which I've lost so much lately. Lost by 1 run often because the cpu seems to have a secret comeback attribute. I mean seriously, the last couple of games they just come back and duplicate or 1 up anything I do on offensive the very next inning. I'm trying to fight through it and just take the losing season as time to improve but I play every game, every pitch. Hard to imagine going through 113 more games of this knowing we probably have no chance at a playoff run this early.

Someone. Talk me out of quiting my franchise. Please.

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[JWDixon120]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Lower the difficulty is all I can say. I myself play on HoF with no trades and I'm 36-10 so far with the Astros. There team is very easy to use. I use zone hitting and meter pitching.


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[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

No, sorry, you should quit your franchise, figure out what settings work for you and try again. It's no fun trying to prove something to yourself/others and failing over and over again.

You might consider using Dynamic Difficulty to get an idea of what your skill level is. For the record, I pitch on HoF and bat on All-Star with the pitch speed up a little bit and I feel no compulsion to "play on Legend like the other guys" because I am enjoying my realistically challenging games.

[KBLover]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Right now, my Astros are sitting at 9-40. Yea, 9-40.

I played the first 20 games on Legend and went 2-18 while going 7-22 on Hall of Fame difficulty since. I'm sick of the losing. Mostly because of the fashion in which I've lost so much lately. Lost by 1 run often because the cpu seems to have a secret comeback attribute. I mean seriously, the last couple of games they just come back and duplicate or 1 up anything I do on offensive the very next inning. I'm trying to fight through it and just take the losing season as time to improve but I play every game, every pitch. Hard to imagine going through 113 more games of this knowing we probably have no chance at a playoff run this early.

Someone. Talk me out of quiting my franchise. Please.

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Don't quit this one.

Why? Use it as an test lab for settings. Then start another Astros franchise when you have something that works for you.

Maybe try All-Star with what you have but lower your sliders (your as in User) a couple notches. Try to make a "Hard All-Star". Or use dynamic difficulty with your existing settings, then when it settles, lock it by putting the Dynamic Difficulty change slider to 0.

But that's what I would use this one for. Either trying Dynamic and letting it feel out your settings or dropping to All-Star, lowering User sliders a notch and trying that.

[Gosens6]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Drop down to All star for a bit, you don't have to play on the hardest difficulty right away, you get no extra points for that.

Find your footing on all star for awhile, then work your way up. This game is incredibly hard.

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[RLB]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

WTNY or KB have both given good advice, if you can tolerate the season your already in, use it for slider adjustments. If not you need to quit and start over and use spring training for those adjustments.

I am just now playing game 3 of my 2016 franchise, I went thru spring training twice to get the sliders set to where the games I played and the cpu games where playing with good solid stats and the difficulty level was right.

As Gosens and JW said, check your ego at the door.
Good luck.

[forme95]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Now I play MoM, but I ended up restarting my franchise after being almost to the end of June, and wish I never quit.

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[countryboy]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

I wouldn't quit. You have 113 games left and you could do something magical, something never seen before in the game. Just keep plugging along. If its not meant to be this year, then in the offseason, make the moves needed to put a better product on the field.

[mrCPUgeek]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Do you plan on doing season carry-overs and using this franchise multiple years? If so, I would weather it out. Maybe take a break and use another to get your footing and settings the way you want, but I'd say keep on keeping on and see what you can make of it.

If you don't plan/want to do more than a year with them, then I'd say yeah, start over.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

I am surprised at the amount of people that want you to be miserable and soldier on, lol. Darn enablers!

This should be entertainment, not a trial of pain and misery. By "quitting," you don't actually have to delete the franchise. You can come back to it later if you want. I'm sorry, but a thread titled "trying not to rage quit my franchise..." indicates that the OP should probably quit the franchise. I mean, to each their own, but I don't see there being anything to prove if you're not enjoying yourself.

[KBLover]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

I am surprised at the amount of people that want you to be miserable and soldier on, lol. Darn enablers!

This should be entertainment, not a trial of pain and misery. By "quitting," you don't actually have to delete the franchise. You can come back to it later if you want. I'm sorry, but a thread titled "trying not to rage quit my franchise..." indicates that the OP should probably quit the franchise. I mean, to each their own, but I don't see there being anything to prove if you're not enjoying yourself.

Well, I think using it was a playground to find his level makes sense.

No point in starting over when he doesn't know his preferred level/settings, getting in the same situation, etc.

Finding where you need to be once will carry for all forward future franchises. What better place to do that than in a franchise you ponder throwing away anyway?

So, at least for me, it's not a "carry on and try to come back from 9-40 with the settings that made you 9-40 in the first place", but, "use it as a throwaway to test things, then when satisfied, create your new franchise where you're at your level."

To me, that's the most practical and orderly thing to do to try to prevent the situation from recurring.

[countryboy]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

I am surprised at the amount of people that want you to be miserable and soldier on, lol. Darn enablers!

Who wants him to be miserable?

He obviously doesn't really want to quit or he would've done so without posting a thread here asking people to talk him out of quitting.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Who wants him to be miserable?

He obviously doesn't really want to quit or he would've done so without posting a thread here asking people to talk him out of quitting.

Did you read any of the OP at all? lol. Does not sound like fun times are being had.

[Bard]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

Well, I think using it was a playground to find his level makes sense.

No point in starting over when he doesn't know his preferred level/settings, getting in the same situation, etc.

Finding where you need to be once will carry for all forward future franchises. What better place to do that than in a franchise you ponder throwing away anyway?

So, at least for me, it's not a "carry on and try to come back from 9-40 with the settings that made you 9-40 in the first place", but, "use it as a throwaway to test things, then when satisfied, create your new franchise where you're at your level."

To me, that's the most practical and orderly thing to do to try to prevent the situation from recurring.

See, and I think that's what spring training is for!

I've been in this boat a few years ago, but eventually figured it out. Not because of asking questions on the forum (probably should have) but because I played every single spring training game and figured out the exact everything for me to have a realistic, and fun game.

[KBLover]

Re: Trying not to rage quit my franchise...

See, and I think that's what spring training is for!

I've been in this boat a few years ago, but eventually figured it out. Not because of asking questions on the forum (probably should have) but because I played every single spring training game and figured out the exact everything for me to have a realistic, and fun game.

If that works for the OP - by all means run with it.

I just would want a larger sample and S.T. has it's own quirks. Ultimately, it really doesn't matter if you play 20-30 games in the existing franchise and 20 or so games in S.T.

It's the same principle.