Fictional Rosters have made me love The Show again!!

[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by Geolink

Is there any way we can get a fictional roster with everyone being a rookie?

That would essentially be rebuilding a roster from scratch. Plus you might see some funky artifacts in franchise.

You could always check the vault and see if someone did one, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.


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[bacon96]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

That would essentially be rebuilding a roster from scratch. Plus you might see some funky artifacts in franchise. You could always check the vault and see if someone did one, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Correct. With service time added, it works a little better because all your top players would be hitting free agency and every other benchmark along the way together so it realistically wouldn't be great...in my opinion.

[bacon96]

Quote: Originally Posted by dalger21

This is would also be interesting in RttS as I wouldn't be bothered by bad trades for recognizable names anymore. Might have to give this a shot. Maybe it will get me interested in The Show again for this year.

One of my favorite parts is the replayability of the roster. It's frozen in time and not connected to the real MLB so there's nothing to compare it to except itself.

[Geolink]

Quote: Originally Posted by bacon96

Correct. With service time added, it works a little better because all your top players would be hitting free agency and every other benchmark along the way together so it realistically wouldn't be great...in my opinion.

That makes sense.

[bravesfan1984]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

Fictional rosters (or even partially fictional rosters) can be a tremendous way of very effectively divorcing real life from your franchise. What Bullit said about preconceptions is spot-on....you HAVE to "scout" other teams, you HAVE to learn your own players, and the entire method of evaluating guys is strictly based on what happens in-game. You want to trade for a guy at a certain position, you can't just go "Oh yeah, Team X has a minor leaguer that I want". You'll be sifting through the rosters and using the player search function (most underrated aspect of MLB's mode) a ton. What I love the most...."name value" (which means nothing to the CPU) will also mean nothing to you for quite some time...you'll find yourself being way more objective about trades instead of being mad at the CPU because Tampa traded Wander Franco. That "shallow" franchise mode gets a whole lot deeper when you're forced to use all the tools at-hand. There are 3 or 4 pretty solid fictional rosters out there. But, I too am an admirer of Bacon's roster because the ratings create so many different "personalities". I love the mix of massive platoon-split guys, (f)utility IFs, & defensively challenged players all mixed-in with the more "normal" everyday starter guys.

Josh, you nailed it man! I'll add by saying those of you (me included) that struggle with wanting rosters to be perfect and so up to date, that you basically never get a franchise off the ground, fictional rosters are a godsend.



Bacon's roster is a game changer! I could never give him enough kudos for his contribution to this community.

[hyacinth1]

This is like old school gaming before games had real players. You tend to fall in love with no names rather than real players.

[Caulfield]

The fact about fiction: all rosters need more Bacon

[Bullit]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

The fact about fiction: all rosters need more Bacon