how do you do your franchises?

[snuty]

I am starting to get bored doing my franchise and I want to have a fun franchise on MLB 12 so I am wondering how do you guys go throughout the season in your franchise? (do you simulate, manage, play).

[bradleyhutchison]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I usually play one game from every series.

[Last Regret]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I play every game...I haven't finished a season since 2005...but that's how I roll.

[Clarke99]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

Like a Boss lol

seriously though best bet is to play through the rotation IE

If youre the Angels for example

Weaver
Haren
Santana
Wilson
some lame

Play the 1st game of the season with weaver
play the SECOND start of Haren's (5-6 days after game 1)
play the THIRD start of Ervin Santana's
Play the FOUTH start of CJ Wilsons.
Play the FIFTH start of the #5
Back to Weaver again

[Jm0ney2001]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I play one.series every day. With a combo of managing/siming/playing.

[MrOldboy]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I don't play very realistically. I always have at least one created player, usually two. A pitcher and a position player, depends on what my team needs. I always do a fantasy draft so I can have a few players I like, even if I could draft better players. I try to get some prospects two that I like. Turn forced trades on so I can make trades I feel are good and fair, maybe the trade logic is good enough this year that I don't need to do it. I put the two created players in AAA and similar the first season. Its fun but not realistic at all. I know some want to play as their team exist in real life.

[T_O_p12]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I wondered and asked the same thing a day or two ago and was given this thread. There is a lot of different ideas floating around...
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...dynasties.html

[metsfan4life1]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I don't play very realistically. I always have at least one created player, usually two. A pitcher and a position player, depends on what my team needs. I always do a fantasy draft so I can have a few players I like, even if I could draft better players. I try to get some prospects two that I like. Turn forced trades on so I can make trades I feel are good and fair, maybe the trade logic is good enough this year that I don't need to do it. I put the two created players in AAA and similar the first season. Its fun but not realistic at all. I know some want to play as their team exist in real life.

My first year I use my team(the mets) and have all the players we do in real live, I go ahead a lot of the. Times, but even if I'm in July and we made a trade in real live in may, but it July in the game at that time, I'll try and make that race in the game. Then after my first year is over I do stuff my way usually. I play the first game of every season and usually everyone in the NL east at least 3-5 times each. I play the phillies the most. And I play all the subway series games. In my MLB 11 the show franchise I have created all of the mets prosepcst( the ones people know about) and I have them in the majors now( it's 2016 in my franchise) so I have Zack Wheeler And Matt Harvey in the rotation and Flores as the starting shortstop and Brandon Nimmo as the starting CF and Brad Holt as the closer.

[metsfan4life1]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

My first year I use my team(the mets) and have all the players we do in real live, I go ahead a lot of the. Times, but even if I'm in July and we made a trade in real live in may, but it July in the game at that time, I'll try and make that race in the game. Then after my first year is over I do stuff my way usually. I play the first game of every season and usually everyone in the NL east at least 3-5 times each. I play the phillies the most. And I play all the subway series games. In my MLB 11 the show franchise I have created all of the mets prosepcst( the ones people know about) and I have them in the majors now( it's 2016 in my franchise) so I have Zack Wheeler And Matt Harvey in the rotation and Flores as the starting shortstop and Brandon Nimmo as the starting CF and Brad Holt as the closer.

I play 25-45+ games per year.

[Picci]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I play, I manage, I'll watch CPU play out (during those busy working hours)

[Doormat]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I just play all games, I don't think I ever got passed through May LOL

[spitoon]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I always try to play one game per series. I'll either look for a good matchup or go with a rotation similar to what Clarke99 mentioned above.

I usually get through about one season/playoff, but for some reason this year I'm way behind. I'm still in August and the new game is due is less than 2 weeks...

Time to send the wife and kids away for a weekend

[JahCreations]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

I usually play 2 games out of every series in my own division and one game from all the other series and i always try to play each game with a different starter to change things up. i guess this ends up being about 60 games a season, but if im already way out of the playoff race or either clinched my division ill sim ahead to the playoffs. I dont play any spring training games either.

always play the allstar game as my league and HR derby as my league or if someone on my team makes it (though i always play as the mets and have yet to have a mets player make the HR derby in any year of the show since 08) and try to keep track of mvp data, playoff teams, rookie of the years..etc on paper at the end of the season that way i can go back and compare in the next few seasons.

this technique with usually playing on average 1-2 games a day ( some days ill play three games, some days i wont play at all) . im usually on season 4 or 5 of my franchise by the end of august.

I usually always wait for knights opening day rosters but this year im just gonna download the most recent roster, add the top 5 or so prospects to each team and start my franchise on march 6. this gives me an extra month of franchise instead of waiting for opening day. Its nice to have all the real rosters day 1. but so many player moves, injuries, trades, line up changes..etc happen in real life its too hard to try to keep it real and its more fun to just play my way for me instead of try to keep everything near real-life. especially since this years ai trade logic is suppose to be leagues better than last year i shouldn't have to worry about too many unrealistic trades and FA signings (hopefully).

[brett the jet favre]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

Play everyday, got through almost 2 years last year, I'll do 2 this year for sure!

[chuckm1961]

Re: how do you do your franchises?

Play a game per day, following my Cubs schedule.

I play out the game if I have time.

I often just play offense, and sim the pitching. If I am short on time. Cuts my game time from 45-60 minutes down to about 20 to 25!!

If I get busy, I just sim a few days and catch up.