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  • LetsGoPitt
    Cr*m*n*lly *nd*rr*t*d
    • Jul 2002
    • 5673

    #1

    ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

    Just some thoughts after I just started my second year in my franchise (work has made it slow-going):

    1. Get rid of the roster requirements. Don't tell me I need to have another middle infielder. If I'm dumb about my roster and have to play a catcher at shortstop, so be it. Or rather, the point of having a utility man is that he can backup every position.

    2. September call-ups Every player already on the 40-man roster should be able to be called up to the majors to play in September without worrying about options. It's in baseball, it should be in the game.

    3. Change spring training games. This occured to me because I was trying out someone in spring training, he didn't work out, and I ended up having to release him because he was out of options.

    When spring training starts, all players should be thrown into a big pool and not separated by MLB/AAA/A. At some point in the spring training (after game 5 for example), you have to cut down your "Big Pool" roster from 50 to 40 (for example). The 15 players you don't keep get assigned to the minors. At another point in spring training, you again cut to 30, and at the end of spring training, you have to be at the usual 25/15/10. If the developers REALLY got ambitious, you could start with more than 50 players, but you have to get your "Big Pool" roster to a certain number by different points in the spring training schedule. It's really hard to try out prospects in spring training when you only have a couple of players on the major league roster with options.

    Any thoughts?
    “In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.” - Lewis Black
  • adam31
    Banned
    • Oct 2002
    • 234

    #2
    Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

    Great ideas, hope game companies are listening...prolly not!

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    • adam31
      Banned
      • Oct 2002
      • 234

      #3
      Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

      Great ideas, hope game companies are listening...prolly not!

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      • adam31
        Banned
        • Oct 2002
        • 234

        #4
        Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

        Great ideas, hope game companies are listening...prolly not!

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        • renojedi
          Pro
          • Aug 2002
          • 612

          #5
          Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

          These are the exact things that bugged me the most about what would otherwise be a great game (that and 95% of draftees are D- in every category--can't a guy have natural speed or rate somewhere in batting and fielding?). If they only change your 3 things, this game would be as close to perfect as possible!
          Currently playing Axis Football (2020) as the Nebraska Thunder

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          • renojedi
            Pro
            • Aug 2002
            • 612

            #6
            Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

            These are the exact things that bugged me the most about what would otherwise be a great game (that and 95% of draftees are D- in every category--can't a guy have natural speed or rate somewhere in batting and fielding?). If they only change your 3 things, this game would be as close to perfect as possible!
            Currently playing Axis Football (2020) as the Nebraska Thunder

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            • renojedi
              Pro
              • Aug 2002
              • 612

              #7
              Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

              These are the exact things that bugged me the most about what would otherwise be a great game (that and 95% of draftees are D- in every category--can't a guy have natural speed or rate somewhere in batting and fielding?). If they only change your 3 things, this game would be as close to perfect as possible!
              Currently playing Axis Football (2020) as the Nebraska Thunder

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              • griffy97
                *t's * 'B*rgh Th*ng!
                • May 2003
                • 364

                #8
                Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

                Haven't got that far on the ASB franchise, but good ideas Pitt.

                Question: How long does it usually take for one of your D- 19-year old "prospects" to get a decent grade? It is tough knowing who's gonna pan out when everyone is a D-.

                Thanks
                -Griff

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                • griffy97
                  *t's * 'B*rgh Th*ng!
                  • May 2003
                  • 364

                  #9
                  Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

                  Haven't got that far on the ASB franchise, but good ideas Pitt.

                  Question: How long does it usually take for one of your D- 19-year old "prospects" to get a decent grade? It is tough knowing who's gonna pan out when everyone is a D-.

                  Thanks
                  -Griff

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                  • griffy97
                    *t's * 'B*rgh Th*ng!
                    • May 2003
                    • 364

                    #10
                    Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

                    Haven't got that far on the ASB franchise, but good ideas Pitt.

                    Question: How long does it usually take for one of your D- 19-year old "prospects" to get a decent grade? It is tough knowing who's gonna pan out when everyone is a D-.

                    Thanks
                    -Griff

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                    • kweiss
                      MVP
                      • May 2003
                      • 1886

                      #11
                      Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

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                      adam31 said:
                      Great ideas, hope game companies are listening...prolly not!

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                      There would be a better chance that they were if he posted this in the Wishlist forum. I think those are great ideas though.

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                      • kweiss
                        MVP
                        • May 2003
                        • 1886

                        #12
                        Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

                        </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                        adam31 said:
                        Great ideas, hope game companies are listening...prolly not!

                        <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                        There would be a better chance that they were if he posted this in the Wishlist forum. I think those are great ideas though.

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                        • kweiss
                          MVP
                          • May 2003
                          • 1886

                          #13
                          Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

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                          adam31 said:
                          Great ideas, hope game companies are listening...prolly not!

                          <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                          There would be a better chance that they were if he posted this in the Wishlist forum. I think those are great ideas though.

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                          • LetsGoPitt
                            Cr*m*n*lly *nd*rr*t*d
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 5673

                            #14
                            Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

                            Hmm..good point. I'll copy them over to the wishlist forum. I posted them here because I was hoping to get a little feedback, and there is little activity over in the wishlist forum.
                            “In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.” - Lewis Black

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                            • LetsGoPitt
                              Cr*m*n*lly *nd*rr*t*d
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 5673

                              #15
                              Re: ASB: some ideas to make the best franchise even better

                              Hmm..good point. I'll copy them over to the wishlist forum. I posted them here because I was hoping to get a little feedback, and there is little activity over in the wishlist forum.
                              “In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.” - Lewis Black

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