How Do You Play Your Franchise?

[jonmchugh007]

I am wanting to know how you guys play your franchise? I've been a myplayer mode guy and want to dig into the franchise mode. How many games in a season do you play? The 162, 104 or 56? On NBA 2K11, I play a 29 game season. I would like to choose the 162 games but no way I can play all the games.

So do you sim games then? How many games do you play a week? Just the key pitching matchups every week? Play every 3rd game? Play just 1 game a series? Play 1-2 games a week? I mean it would take an eternity to play every game of the season which is why I like the 29 game season in NBA 2K11. I just think that the 56 game season would be too short and not give sim stats.

It's a great game, just wanted some advice!

[Sabo's corked Bat]

Re: How Do You Play Your Franchise?

I am wanting to know how you guys play your franchise? I've been a myplayer mode guy and want to dig into the franchise mode. How many games in a season do you play? The 162, 104 or 56? On NBA 2K11, I play a 29 game season. I would like to choose the 162 games but no way I can play all the games.


So do you sim games then? How many games do you play a week? Just the key pitching matchups every week? Play every 3rd game? Play just 1 game a series? Play 1-2 games a week? I mean it would take an eternity to play every game of the season which is why I like the 29 game season in NBA 2K11. I just think that the 56 game season would be too short and not give sim stats.

It's a great game, just wanted some advice!

I leave the number of games real, but do simulate.

I usually play one game out of every series, but will play a game if it clutch or I want a certain pitcher to do good, its a rivalry etc. The sim stats seem pretty good this year. Bout to play Fathers Day game and they even announced it and told me to look forward to it in previous games. Same with all the holidays; Mothers Day, Memorial Day etc.

The trade AI is a bit too easy. You can trade away lower rated AAA players and match them up with scrubs on your MLB roster and get some good stuff. I traded Homer Bailey and two mid 60s AAA players for Cole Hamel. When I did the trade though, Cole was 2-4 with them. Now hes 5-4 and about to pitch in the Fathers Day game.

Im like 47-22 or 47-24, cant remember, but I have the number one Power Ranking, right behind the Brew Crew who traile me 4 games in the NL Central.

If I played all 162 games plus playoffs game, Id probably only play one or two years, opposed to 5-6+.

[jonmchugh007]

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Thanks! I may try the 1 game per series thing and sim the other 2. Or if it's a key pitching matchup play a 2nd game and sim. I just need a team to play with. Favorite team is the Indians but they stink in the game and I am not very good. Thought about the Reds since they are too from Ohio but I was thinking about sticking with the American League.

[Tweeg]

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I play 162 games. I play 1 and then sim 5 games. This will let you rotate through all of your pitchers. You will end up around 30 games played per season which is a big enough size for your performance to have some outcome on the success of the team.

[Sabo's corked Bat]

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Thanks! I may try the 1 game per series thing and sim the other 2. Or if it's a key pitching matchup play a 2nd game and sim. I just need a team to play with. Favorite team is the Indians but they stink in the game and I am not very good. Thought about the Reds since they are too from Ohio but I was thinking about sticking with the American League.

You can use the Indians since trades are easy to do. You can get young, good players that can help out now, by trading away some of your prospects. I was able to get Elvis Andrus for Renteria and two AAA prospects. I traded Bailey, Bray and Cordero for Soria. Phillies gave away Hamels for a bunch of prospects too. Now my Reds are trully over powered. Yet the Brewers are only 4.5 games back.

[ridemooses]

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I'm pretty addicted to my Fantasy drafted team with the Mariners lead by Felix Hernandez and Carl Crawford and usually get in at least one game a day. I'm playing a 104 game season and probably plan on playing most of them and now that my sliders are adjusted so offense doesn't rule the game it's really fun.

If you get a chance check out the fantasy draft it's pretty cool being to assemble your own team. I typically went for guys that had a lot of upside (up-trends and high potentials) and mostly youth. I simulated after about the 30th round because it was getting a bit boring but I would suggest looking for Larry Harper (supposedly Bryce Harper of the Nats) he's currently like a 51 overall and 1 star but has a 5 star potential and is trending straight up. I gave up Gavin Floyd and another minor league pitcher for him but I was pretty solid on pitching anyways so it was worth it.

Can't wait to see what my team can develop into.

[chriscf10]

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I play 162 games. I play 1 and then sim 5 games. This will let you rotate through all of your pitchers. You will end up around 30 games played per season which is a big enough size for your performance to have some outcome on the success of the team.

Every baseball game I have owned, I do the exact same thing Tweeg does. It prevents my abilities (good or bad) from skewing the stats, especially for pitchers. It also enables me to go through multiple seasons. Unfortunately, I haven't been happy with any game since HighHeat and MVP, but it sounds like this may be the first 2K baseball game where I get multiple years into the franchise. I sure hope so. Still gathering feedback before I buy though.

[SPTO]

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I will be playing every game though I might skip a few games during parts of the schedule where it seems like i'm playing the same teams over and over again. (Blah at unbalanced schedule!)

[RhodyRockstar]

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Season length stays at 162, this way all the stats and such are accurate. I play just about every divisional game (somewhere in the 60-80 game range) and then I play one game from each other series. If games get out of hand I just sim to the end, in the essence of saving time.

[ambizytl]

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162 game schedule and I play every single game for my team.

[Sullyb2332]

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Full 162 game season. I sim the final game of each series. This allows me to get through the season more quickly and have a good mix of played vs simmed games for each SP.

I also have my own house rules. I try to build my team solely through my minor league system. I rarely enter the FA or trade market unless I need to fill holes in my minor league system. Any trades or FA signings that I do make are usually minor ones. I am not trying to trade for or sign top guys. By the time players reach the major leagues, I have developed a few seasons worth of attachment to them, making it more fun to see how the players perform. This also prevents me from taking advantage of any shortcomings that the FA system or AI trade logic might have.

[bestboye]

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I play 162 games. I play 1 and then sim 5 games. This will let you rotate through all of your pitchers. You will end up around 30 games played per season which is a big enough size for your performance to have some outcome on the success of the team.

I like this idea, but I'm playing with the Royals. Won't my team suffer with me simming 5 games? or, if my team is playing well when I'm using them, with their stats/momentum carry over to the simmed games?

[liftheavy]

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i am starting a seattle franchise with 3 inning games great thing is they treat the games as if it were a 9 inning game