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  • VinceJulien14
    Rookie
    • Sep 2013
    • 338

    #16
    Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

    Originally posted by Detroit Tigers
    Opposite, I can only play with the Tigers.

    I do know what you mean about real life having odd consequences to a person’s franchise mindset though. My go-to response on that is how I spent too many years hitting .237 with Miggy while he was hitting .341 irl to worry about it anymore. My stats are my stats. If I’m killin it it’s bc I’m killin it. Real life is irrelevant.

    This is how I approach it as well. My franchise is my own little world and I do my best to keep the real world out of it.
    I also really struggle to stay engaged playing as other teams when I don’t know the players or farm system as well as I do the Jays


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    • LetsGoBucs
      Let's Go Nuggets!
      • Feb 2003
      • 1289

      #17
      Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

      I definitely find it hard. My favorite teams are the Pirates and Rockies and they both stink (although the Rockies are having a nice start this year)! I'd like SOME chance at being good... Haha
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      • DonkeyJote
        All Star
        • Jul 2003
        • 9173

        #18
        Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

        Originally posted by dickey1331
        Thankfully this changes next year with the new scheduling.


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        A little bit. It won't be 19 times a year but it's still 14. Then 6 for the other 10 teams in your league, and 3 each for teams in the other league. It's better, but still pretty unbalanced.

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        • Caulfield
          Hall Of Fame
          • Apr 2011
          • 10986

          #19
          Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

          Originally posted by Firestorm
          Anyone ever thought about playing an anti (favorite team) franchise where you play as whoever the opposing team is against your favorite team?
          or play a season as every opponent of a team you dislike. I'd pick between the Dodgers Mets Phillies and Astr*s. try to give one of them a hundred plus losses lol
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          • jrnlgrn
            Pro
            • Oct 2018
            • 3076

            #20
            Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

            I don't hate it but i won't do it. Superstition wins out as i don't want to jinx them, that goes for any favorite team regardless of sport. I'll occasionally play an exhibition game but even then it can't be against the opponent they are facing next.

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            • CujoMatty
              Member of Rush Nation
              • Oct 2007
              • 5444

              #21
              Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

              Originally posted by Jeffrey Smith
              A few years ago I was playing franchise with my Jays. I had an amazing game where I came back in the 9th to walk it off with a home run with Jose Bautista.

              I went to bed overjoyed.

              Next day I go to work and ask a coworker if he had seen the big comeback last night.

              The Jays hadn’t even played the night before. I had gotten real life and video game life confused.

              Ever since I try to stay away from the Jays.

              I usually start a franchise with them to try them out but my serious day to day franchise is always another team.


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              I created my own team this year. It's not that I hate playing as the Jays its because playing as the Jays feels really unfair.They good. Lol
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              • Xoax34
                Rookie
                • Jan 2012
                • 31

                #22
                Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                Unless my team is absolute trash (Rays) , I will usually aim for lower or middle teams since I like to either create custom players or pull from the minors. I don't like to mess up good teams if im going to take control.

                That or teams that haven't won a title or haven't in a while.

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                • dragster646
                  Rookie
                  • Mar 2012
                  • 412

                  #23
                  Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                  I normally don't either, I feel less prone to make decisions to change the team..I also feel like I get tired of seeing the same players everyday on my game and IRL. It's funny because I'm a fan of the ahem..Guardians..and this year I'm actually using a rival team for my franchise (Tigers). And now I actually find myself checking the box scores for Tigers games just to see how they're doing in real life.
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                  • jcar0725
                    "ADAPT OR DIE"
                    • Aug 2010
                    • 3819

                    #24
                    Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                    Originally posted by dragster646
                    I normally don't either, I feel less prone to make decisions to change the team..I also feel like I get tired of seeing the same players everyday on my game and IRL. It's funny because I'm a fan of the ahem..Guardians..and this year I'm actually using a rival team for my franchise (Tigers). And now I actually find myself checking the box scores for Tigers games just to see how they're doing in real life.
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                    • SportsGamer89
                      Rookie
                      • Feb 2022
                      • 434

                      #25
                      Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                      Only team I can play with is my favourite team! I feel I lose interest fast playing with another team.


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                      • Dsabol715
                        Rookie
                        • Nov 2017
                        • 297

                        #26
                        Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                        I don't play franchise in the Show but this year I might finally start one..with the Mets, of course! I couldn't picture doing one with any other team.

                        when it comes to Madden, I'm always the Jets but I can venture out and start one with another team due to having more knowledge of the roster and players in the NFL than the MLB.
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                        • swatkins1978
                          Rookie
                          • Feb 2020
                          • 149

                          #27
                          Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                          I always play with my Guardians, but this is the nerdy part…

                          I created a spreadsheet with OVR by position and affiliation (MLB, AAA, AA). I then take the average score of each level: 77, 62, 61, and combine: 200.

                          I allow myself to swap players at each level with one’s I like, capping it at no more than 2 players from any team… as long as the average and cumulative scores from above remain the same.

                          When I start my franchise, CLE is 17th. After my swap they only bump up to 16th.

                          Sounds goofy, but it allows me to play with my team and players who I like.


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                          • thesportsartist
                            Rookie
                            • Oct 2021
                            • 129

                            #28
                            Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                            Personally for me ? No. Being a Yankees fan theres always a sense of winning and competing. And the sim engine doesnt seem to like the Yankees LOL. So being able to make a bunch of moves and splash money around gives me flexibility with roster moves. Especially with some of the bad contracts we have being able to be flexible with the moves and be competitive is fun for me. I play every game and its far from easy in the division because it is stacked! To play with your favorite team you gotta be able to somehow separate game vs reality alittle bit more than with other teams because you have more of a connection with your favorite team!

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                            • Blzer
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                              • Mar 2004
                              • 42515

                              #29
                              Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                              I don't like playing as the Giants often because the game perhaps doesn't replicate my experience as a Giants fan watching them on TV or at the ballpark. The Show does a lot of things right, but then there are player and ballpark characteristics that just aren't there for me which makes all the difference.

                              And yes, sometimes this is on me as well. I feel like if I'm not replicating what I'm seeing on TV, then I'm doing something wrong. It's an interesting managing bit.

                              That being said, I watch nearly every Braves game on TV as well but have no problem picking them in franchise mode.
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                              • GoDucks1224
                                MVP
                                • Jul 2012
                                • 2623

                                #30
                                Re: Anyone else hate playing with their favorite team ?

                                Originally posted by Blzer
                                I don't like playing as the Giants often because the game perhaps doesn't replicate my experience as a Giants fan watching them on TV or at the ballpark. The Show does a lot of things right, but then there are player and ballpark characteristics that just aren't there for me which makes all the difference.

                                And yes, sometimes this is on me as well. I feel like if I'm not replicating what I'm seeing on TV, then I'm doing something wrong. It's an interesting managing bit.

                                That being said, I watch nearly every Braves game on TV as well but have no problem picking them in franchise mode.


                                I feel this. I’m always trying to recreate how a player is doing in real life, which leads to me pressing with that player sometimes. Like if Belt is hitting .300 on the year, and I’m hitting .240 with him, I feel like it’s unrealistic and wrong. It ruins my enjoyment, and if it’s far enough in the season that I can’t fix it, I restart. It’s a problem I’ve had for years, so I just can’t use the Giants. Plus what I said earlier about being unwilling to trade or not re-sign guys who I love in real life even if it makes complete sense.

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