Re: The Cardinal Way Part 3: Inception
Hey folks, I know its been a while but I wanted to drop in with a little good news.
I've finally adjusted to the college life and I now have a ton of time on my hands now that things have really settled down. As a result, I am considering a return to these boards and my old franchising ways.
There is some bad news though... well I guess it's only bad depending on your point of view. I tried to fire up my old Cardinals Franchise and apparently the save file is conspicuously missing; also, the flash drive upon which my backup file is also missing. This **** really grinds my gears because I loved my Cardinals franchise... It was really the first one that I've had a great time with from beginning to end. I've been trying to find a solution to this problem for about the past week and honestly, I've pretty much given up hope.
Needless to say, I don't think anyone has had this much trouble keeping a franchise running for an extended period time other than me... I'm not quite sure why the Show keeps giving me the finger every time I hit my stride. Skipping from franchise to franchise really, really sucks especially when you put as much time into it as me by playing all those games, making all the graphics in Photoshop and coming up with all the storylines.
I still don't have my PS3 with me at college but I now have the ability to come home on weekends because I live roughly 30-40 minutes away from my college so my PS3 is fairly available.
With all that said, I'm really considering 3 teams to do a franchise with. Right now, it's the Rangers, Astros and Marlins. I'm trying to find a team that has some decent pieces at present and that will improve with time. I've already thought of some potential story lines for each and I suppose I'll go ahead and lay those out right now.
Rangers- The Ranges have a nice team when they aren't injured. I'm not sure if it's World Series caliber but it's a contending team. They have some nice young players to build around like Elvis Andrus and Jurickson Profar as well as some intriguing veterans like Prince Fielder, Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo-Choo. Their farm system is also loaded with toolsy athletes (my favorite type of prospects) such as Ti'Quan Forbes and Jairo Beras. As far as story lines go, I was considering structuring a story centered around the return of Nolan Ryan to the upper levels of management.
Astros- The Astros have traditionally been everyone's rebuild pick but they actually have some nice pieces that are ready for the major league level such as Jon Singleton and George Springer. They also have guys like Mark Appel and Carlos Correa among others climbing the ladder in the minor leagues. They also have some interesting storylines going down: The handling of Mark Appel, the leaking of the Ground Control documents, the Brady Aiken situation, angering other teams with usage of metrics, etc... I've always been fascinated by the thought of taking over Houston's rebuilding project and I think that any storyline would take a front office perspective especially when you consider how much Houston has going on in the front office. A rebuild of the Astros doesn't mean spending 100 million in free agency every year or trading for everybody and their mother... It'll be done the right way through the draft and spending big bucks will only happen when absolutely necessary.
Marlins- I really like the direction that the Marlins franchise is headed in. They have two superstars in Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Fernandez and they have a decent supporting cast around them with guys like Christian Yelich, Hech, Casey McGhee, Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez. On top of that, I actually like their uniforms and their stadium is livable I suppose. Their system is loaded down with good pitching prospects like Andrew Heaney, Tyler Kolek, Justin Nicolino and Anthony DeScalfani. On top of that, there is plenty to write about with the Marlins: Their connection to Cuba, their embattled owner, their questionable baseball decisions... the list keeps going on and on. Much like the Astros, I think any story will focus around the Front Office but there's an outside chance something could be done with the ownership.
More than likely, I'll probably develop a new character if I decide to go the Astros or Marlins route because who wants to read about Willie Singleton a million times in a row, right?
Any feedback is greatly appreciated and I hope that anyone still out there will follow me on my next adventure.
Hey folks, I know its been a while but I wanted to drop in with a little good news.
I've finally adjusted to the college life and I now have a ton of time on my hands now that things have really settled down. As a result, I am considering a return to these boards and my old franchising ways.
There is some bad news though... well I guess it's only bad depending on your point of view. I tried to fire up my old Cardinals Franchise and apparently the save file is conspicuously missing; also, the flash drive upon which my backup file is also missing. This **** really grinds my gears because I loved my Cardinals franchise... It was really the first one that I've had a great time with from beginning to end. I've been trying to find a solution to this problem for about the past week and honestly, I've pretty much given up hope.
Needless to say, I don't think anyone has had this much trouble keeping a franchise running for an extended period time other than me... I'm not quite sure why the Show keeps giving me the finger every time I hit my stride. Skipping from franchise to franchise really, really sucks especially when you put as much time into it as me by playing all those games, making all the graphics in Photoshop and coming up with all the storylines.
I still don't have my PS3 with me at college but I now have the ability to come home on weekends because I live roughly 30-40 minutes away from my college so my PS3 is fairly available.
With all that said, I'm really considering 3 teams to do a franchise with. Right now, it's the Rangers, Astros and Marlins. I'm trying to find a team that has some decent pieces at present and that will improve with time. I've already thought of some potential story lines for each and I suppose I'll go ahead and lay those out right now.
Rangers- The Ranges have a nice team when they aren't injured. I'm not sure if it's World Series caliber but it's a contending team. They have some nice young players to build around like Elvis Andrus and Jurickson Profar as well as some intriguing veterans like Prince Fielder, Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo-Choo. Their farm system is also loaded with toolsy athletes (my favorite type of prospects) such as Ti'Quan Forbes and Jairo Beras. As far as story lines go, I was considering structuring a story centered around the return of Nolan Ryan to the upper levels of management.
Astros- The Astros have traditionally been everyone's rebuild pick but they actually have some nice pieces that are ready for the major league level such as Jon Singleton and George Springer. They also have guys like Mark Appel and Carlos Correa among others climbing the ladder in the minor leagues. They also have some interesting storylines going down: The handling of Mark Appel, the leaking of the Ground Control documents, the Brady Aiken situation, angering other teams with usage of metrics, etc... I've always been fascinated by the thought of taking over Houston's rebuilding project and I think that any storyline would take a front office perspective especially when you consider how much Houston has going on in the front office. A rebuild of the Astros doesn't mean spending 100 million in free agency every year or trading for everybody and their mother... It'll be done the right way through the draft and spending big bucks will only happen when absolutely necessary.
Marlins- I really like the direction that the Marlins franchise is headed in. They have two superstars in Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Fernandez and they have a decent supporting cast around them with guys like Christian Yelich, Hech, Casey McGhee, Nathan Eovaldi and Henderson Alvarez. On top of that, I actually like their uniforms and their stadium is livable I suppose. Their system is loaded down with good pitching prospects like Andrew Heaney, Tyler Kolek, Justin Nicolino and Anthony DeScalfani. On top of that, there is plenty to write about with the Marlins: Their connection to Cuba, their embattled owner, their questionable baseball decisions... the list keeps going on and on. Much like the Astros, I think any story will focus around the Front Office but there's an outside chance something could be done with the ownership.
More than likely, I'll probably develop a new character if I decide to go the Astros or Marlins route because who wants to read about Willie Singleton a million times in a row, right?
Any feedback is greatly appreciated and I hope that anyone still out there will follow me on my next adventure.
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