Franchise Frustrations

[forme95]

Quote: Originally Posted by tshokunbi

Seriously, thanks for this sentence. No joke, sometimes I get so caught up, I lose perspective.

No worries. I do too. I get so immersed into my franchises that I forget that exact same statement. I just try to enjoy it as much as I can with what I have to work with. I just try to remember that some things in this game can't be mimicked to real life. To many variables.

[SidBream]

You have to remember there are only 90 players on your roster. Real MLB franchises have over 125 guys at their disposal and a much larger free agent pool as well.

I start my franchises with real injuries but I do scale it back a bit. Otherwise you end up with 25% of your entire organisation on the DL which is not realistic.


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[Flaxseed Oil]

How do you manually put someone on the DL?

[AUTiger1]

Quote: Originally Posted by forme95

I tried one year to do a realistic start of the season with DL, and came to the conclusion that it was silly and a waste of time. So now I just start as if everyone is healthy and what happens in the game, happens. It is a pain to go through the OSFM roster and move players back and figure out what starting rotations and lineups would be like. To combat that, I just moved players who I thought should be on the 40 man and who I thought should be in MLB and put them as such. Then I start in Spring training and make Injury 10 so when I get through spring, I have some injuries starting the season. This is a video game after all. It has its limits. You have to remember that you only have 90 players and not 900 (exaggeration I know) like in real life so some things cant be done for that reason alone. It isn't a computer game that would allow for more expanded control like OOTP so to say.

Part of the reason I love video games is that you can start fresh with no injuries. I know some guys like to mimick the real regular season but I find that a bit silly. So I start off with everyone healthy and playing. No injuries at all at the start of my franchise and then what happens happens.

[bravesfan1984]

Quote: Originally Posted by forme95

I tried one year to do a realistic start of the season with DL, and came to the conclusion that it was silly and a waste of time. So now I just start as if everyone is healthy and what happens in the game, happens. It is a pain to go through the OSFM roster and move players back and figure out what starting rotations and lineups would be like. To combat that, I just moved players who I thought should be on the 40 man and who I thought should be in MLB and put them as such. Then I start in Spring training and make Injury 10 so when I get through spring, I have some injuries starting the season. This is a video game after all. It has its limits. You have to remember that you only have 90 players and not 900 (exaggeration I know) like in real life so some things cant be done for that reason alone. It isn't a computer game that would allow for more expanded control like OOTP so to say.

I have adopted this approach as well. Tired of wasting time trying to get everything to perfection. I do manually injure the handful of guys out for the year, but otherwise, I just play with everyone healthy.

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[bronxbombers21325]

I take the approach of just doing a single team franchise, and let the rest of the chips fall as they may. I treat the Show as it’s own universe, and don’t worry about what happens in real life with regards to my franchise. Found it’s easier to enjoy that way.

[vertman]

I don’t have a single injury after 9 games in my franchise. Many other teams have them not complaining but it seems a little odd.


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[forme95]

Quote: Originally Posted by vertman

I don’t have a single injury after 9 games in my franchise. Many other teams have them not complaining but it seems a little odd. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

It's only 9 games. If your worried, you could sim at 6 and when you go into your game go move the injury to 9, but don't forget to switch it back before you finish simming the day (your minor league games).

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