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  • j-rod1326
    Rookie
    • Jan 2008
    • 205

    #1

    What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

    I love franchise mode and it is probably my favorite part of this game. Yet I find myself flip flopping from whether or not to run a chise in which I am a GM and make trades to better my team or whether I should keep my hometown team and keep the team rosters exactly how it is in real life and play teams with their exact rosters. Idk which I enjoy more.

    I had a question which I wanted to gain input from all other sources, what is your type of franchise and how do you run it?
  • qpc123
    MVP
    • Jul 2003
    • 3773

    #2
    Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

    i have one of each in different leagues
    "You come at the King, you best not miss..."

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    • bigivie
      Banned
      • Dec 2005
      • 29

      #3
      Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

      I've tried to stray away from my team (the Cubs) several times, but I never seem to play with the same intensity. So, I play with the Cubs. I'm in June right now, and it's basically the same team as real life.

      I've made two moves:

      Traded Jason Marquis to Colorado for Taylor Buchholz

      Signed Kenny Lofton

      I traded Marquis because he was 1-5 with an ERA over 4.00. I demoted him first, but his morale went way down so I traded him. The Lofton signing came within the last few games. Felix Pie was batting .215 and I wanted a true leadoff hitter, so signing Lofton seemed logical.

      I try to keep it as close to what I think the real Cubs would do as possible. I won't do anything major at the deadline, but I may go after Brian Roberts if I can put a fair deal together.

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      • Trevytrev11
        MVP
        • Nov 2006
        • 3259

        #4
        Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

        To me, keeping up with the current season doesn't make any sense. Unless your season mirrors the current season to a T, the moves made in real life might not fit your franchise.

        Take the A's for example....right now they are tied for the division lead and if that holds true, they may be in the market to make some moves later in the year...however, in the game, they may be in last place and it would make no sense at all to possibly trade some young talent for a veteran.

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        • muktownballer33
          Rookie
          • Aug 2006
          • 137

          #5
          Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

          I can't decide about this either. Sometimes I just want to play with my hometown Brewers. But I always loved the idea of pretending to be a real GM and signing with a random team. Then try to build them and take other jobs in the future. Seems like a lot of fun but I never seem to stay with it. What do you guys think?
          I WOULD TRADE EVERY GAME I OWN JUST TO HAVE A PERFECT MADDEN.....

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          • JBH3
            Marvel's Finest
            • Jan 2007
            • 13506

            #6
            Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

            I have to use my Phillies, and try to create a Philly dynasty (finally) but I also control the Orioles... The O's are a blast to try and revamp...I've had a firesale of the whole roster trading all the following players: Mora, Roberts, Payton, Trachsel, Hernandez, Huff, Baez, Millar, and Walker.

            I've now stock-piled a lot of young arms, and have some guys in AA and AAA ready to make impact when I decide to bring them up.

            The problem however is this...If I chose to play games w/ the Orioles franchise then they will not count as my profile is locked in to the Philly franchise I'm controlling.

            That's what sucks about controlling multiple teams, and it really will affect your decision of what kind of franchise you want to do.
            Originally posted by Edmund Burke
            All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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            • Village Idiot
              Probably Insane
              • Sep 2004
              • 2733

              #7
              Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

              Since I play every game, I don't have time to play multiple seasons of baseball. Thus I play one full season with my Tigers. 162 games (plus playoffs, hopefully) is actually right about perfect with respect to how long I'll usually play a sports title anyway, so it works out.
              I am become death
              Do not underestimate my apathy
              Chances guys who claim a game sucks will cease posting in a forum devoted to that game: 3%

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              • Smitty730
                Rookie
                • Mar 2008
                • 126

                #8
                Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                Personally, I enjoy making moves in my franchise. In my first season with my Phillies, I basically had the same exact roster as they do now, but I finished in third place. Not good.

                So, in the offseason I signed Ben Sheets to a five year, $100 million contract; Livan Hernandez to a two year, $10 million deal; locked up Matt Belisle to a three-year, $9 million deal; and signed Alex Rios to a five-year, $63 million pact. The Rios deal was a necessity as I had traded Pat Burrell to the Indians for Joe Borowski during my first season.

                I also added solid bench players in Mike Sweeney and D'Angelo Jimenez. I got rid of bums So Taguchi and Wes Helms.

                Additionally, I bolstered my bullpen with the mid-season acquisition of Kyle Farnsworth (in exchange for slumping Joe Borowski and a minor league player).

                Further, I groomed prospect Jason Jaramillo into a fine No. 1 catcher.

                Here's what my lineup looks like in season 2.

                SS Jimmy Rollins
                CF Shane Victorino
                2B Chase Utley
                1B Ryan Howard
                LF Alex Rios
                C Jason Jaramillio
                RF Geoff Jenkins/Jayson Werth
                3B Pedros Feliz

                BENCH

                1B Mark Sweeney
                SS/2B D'Angelo Jimenez
                C Chris Coste
                OF Ryan Spliborghs (acquired for minor league pitcher Fabio Castro in season 2)
                OF Jayson Werth/Geoff Jenkins
                3B Greg Dobbs

                ROTATION

                LP Cole Hamels
                RP Ben Sheets
                RP Brett Myers
                RP Livan Hernandez
                RP Matt Belisle

                BULLPEN

                C Brad Lidge
                SU Kyle Farnsworth
                MR J.C. Romero
                MR Ryan Madson
                MR Clay Condrey
                LR Scott Mathieson

                Needless to say, I've had success with adjusted slider difficulty in my second season. It might look like an All-Star roster with the additions of Sheets and Rios, but I did it out of necessity. I knew I'd get canned if I didn't make a big splash in free agency after my first season.

                Thanks for reading.

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                • vertekal
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 218

                  #9
                  Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                  I try to keep it real. I usually play as the Indians .. I've tried other teams but get bored quickly since I don't care as much I guess. I only make trades that the CPU accepts .. I'll never force one just to stack my team. It seems pretty tough to aquire a good player in a trade in 2K8 .. you definitely have to give up someone good to get someone good. I'll also sign a FA or two in areas of need.

                  I don't play all the games ... usually just games where I'm facing a good pitcher. I'll sim most games where the starting opposing pitcher has an ERA of 4.00+

                  Sometimes I feel like playing those, though, just to smack around the CPU. So I'll sim a game against an ace pitcher, and play the scrub instead for a change of pace.

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                  • muktownballer33
                    Rookie
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 137

                    #10
                    Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                    I actually had a really good idea today. I manage each game during the regular season and intervene when the game promps me too. I get a feeling that I'm impacting every game but an entire series only takes me about half an hour. Made it through 6 games of my Brewers chise in the hour before I went to work. Loving it!!!
                    I WOULD TRADE EVERY GAME I OWN JUST TO HAVE A PERFECT MADDEN.....

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                    • vertekal
                      Rookie
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 218

                      #11
                      Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                      sounds interesting .. i might give it a shot

                      i've only managed 1 game just so i could argue w/ the ump and get ejected =)

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                      • ShannonStewart
                        Rookie
                        • Apr 2008
                        • 10

                        #12
                        Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                        This is a really tough question..ive thought about it a lot. First off I like to play every game, but like the idea of multiple seasons so i go with the 40 game season. I like the idea of a fantasy draft, and love picking my own squad, but hate having no idea who im playing. So i use real rosters, i like to make moves and in the past have taken the worst team in the game (this year pitt.) and making moves and turning them into a winner. This year however im playing on allstar and get killed with the pirates. So i decided to be the mets. I know theyre a great team, but theyre a blast to play with and figure if i can lead them to a championship then maybe ill pick a weaker team or play in legend iunno. At this point i havent made any moves beyond some callups send downs. I feel like if i could make trades and be a great team like the mets, it would just be too easy. Im sure that at a logical time (deadline if im in contention) ill make a realistic move (possibly trade for a bench player) but i wont do anything drastic and not realistic like trading alou, even though i dont like him as a player on the game.

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                        • j-rod1326
                          Rookie
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 205

                          #13
                          Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                          well this is how my 2k8 franchise has been going. I have been playing with my hometown Mets, and keeping my rosters as well as the CPU exact to the mlb. I keep injuries off and try to keep it as real as possible. After about 25 games ( Im currently 13-11) I realize that it is not as fun keeping realistic teams utill a big trade happens later in the year. So I save that franchise and put it aside till later.

                          Today, I started one with the Tampa Bay Rays. A team where I can freely make moves and other CPU teams can make as many acquisitions as they see fit. I like the team and the projectable future with the young talent but I have 1 problem. I can't hit. I'm 0-3 with a team ERA of 3.00 I just havent hit well (BFJ's sliders which I used with the mets and hit very well). So my problem is idk how fun a team will be that I struggle with. I am still debating which franchise is more fun to run and my debate with myself will continue for probably most of this baseball season.

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                          • JBH3
                            Marvel's Finest
                            • Jan 2007
                            • 13506

                            #14
                            Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                            Originally posted by muktownballer33
                            I actually had a really good idea today. I manage each game during the regular season and intervene when the game promps me too. I get a feeling that I'm impacting every game but an entire series only takes me about half an hour. Made it through 6 games of my Brewers chise in the hour before I went to work. Loving it!!!
                            Yea but when you intervene into a game the outcome is not saved to your profile. In order to have user stats saved you have to play the game from beginning to end. Even if you save it, quit, and come back to it later it doesn't count towards your user stats.
                            Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                            All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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                            • JBH3
                              Marvel's Finest
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 13506

                              #15
                              Re: What kind of franchise do you prefer, and why?

                              Originally posted by Smitty730
                              Personally, I enjoy making moves in my franchise. In my first season with my Phillies, I basically had the same exact roster as they do now, but I finished in third place. Not good.

                              So, in the offseason I signed Ben Sheets to a five year, $100 million contract; Livan Hernandez to a two year, $10 million deal; locked up Matt Belisle to a three-year, $9 million deal; and signed Alex Rios to a five-year, $63 million pact. The Rios deal was a necessity as I had traded Pat Burrell to the Indians for Joe Borowski during my first season.

                              I also added solid bench players in Mike Sweeney and D'Angelo Jimenez. I got rid of bums So Taguchi and Wes Helms.

                              Additionally, I bolstered my bullpen with the mid-season acquisition of Kyle Farnsworth (in exchange for slumping Joe Borowski and a minor league player).

                              Further, I groomed prospect Jason Jaramillo into a fine No. 1 catcher.

                              Here's what my lineup looks like in season 2.

                              SS Jimmy Rollins
                              CF Shane Victorino
                              2B Chase Utley
                              1B Ryan Howard
                              LF Alex Rios
                              C Jason Jaramillio
                              RF Geoff Jenkins/Jayson Werth
                              3B Pedros Feliz

                              BENCH

                              1B Mark Sweeney
                              SS/2B D'Angelo Jimenez
                              C Chris Coste
                              OF Ryan Spliborghs (acquired for minor league pitcher Fabio Castro in season 2)
                              OF Jayson Werth/Geoff Jenkins
                              3B Greg Dobbs

                              ROTATION

                              LP Cole Hamels
                              RP Ben Sheets
                              RP Brett Myers
                              RP Livan Hernandez
                              RP Matt Belisle

                              BULLPEN

                              C Brad Lidge
                              SU Kyle Farnsworth
                              MR J.C. Romero
                              MR Ryan Madson
                              MR Clay Condrey
                              LR Scott Mathieson

                              Needless to say, I've had success with adjusted slider difficulty in my second season. It might look like an All-Star roster with the additions of Sheets and Rios, but I did it out of necessity. I knew I'd get canned if I didn't make a big splash in free agency after my first season.

                              Thanks for reading.
                              I'm in June of season 1 in my Phillies chise. One of my GM goals was saying buh-bye to Adam Eaton, and since Tom Gordon was throwing batting practice for me he got packaged w/ Eaton. I traded Eaton and Gordon to the Chisox for Dotel and Tomo Ohka.

                              Ohka moved to the 5th starter role (Kendrick is in a LR role right now).

                              Since I also control the O's I traded away practically the whole team to get way down below budget. Since I was hitting .233 w/ Coste, and a whopping .178 w/ Ruiz I made a trade for Baltimore's Ramon Hernandez.

                              The O's got Jayson Werth, Carlos Ruiz, and Kris Benson. I got Ramon Hernandez. Since I didn't need Benson on the O's w/ a $4 mil contract I released him, and then signed him again w/ the Phillies for a $600K contract (which is where his contract should've been in the 1st place). I also had to release or trade Jay Gibbons from the O's. Since the O's released him in real life I did the same, but figured the Phils could use his bat so I signed him as a Phillie.

                              Batting Order

                              Vs. RHP

                              SS-Rollins
                              CF-Victorino
                              2B-Utley
                              1B-Howard
                              RF-Jenkins
                              LF-Burrell
                              C-Hernandez
                              3B-Feliz
                              P

                              Vs LHP

                              SS-Rollins
                              CF-Victorino
                              2B-Utley
                              1B-Howard
                              LF-Burrell
                              C-Hernandez
                              3B-Feliz
                              RF-Taguchi
                              P

                              Rotation
                              RHP-Myers
                              LHP-Hamels
                              LHP-Moyer
                              RHP-Benson
                              RHP-Ohka

                              Bullpen
                              CL-Lidge
                              SU-Dotel
                              MR-Jorge Julio (acquired via trade w/ CLE for Wes Helms)
                              MR-JC Romero
                              MR-Chad Durbin
                              LR-Ryan Madson
                              LR-Kyle Kendrick

                              Bench
                              Gregg Dobbs
                              Jay Gibbons
                              Chris Coste
                              Bruntlett
                              Taguchi
                              Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                              All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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