I have come up with a way to play a pseudo multiplayer RTTS within franchise mode. The concept is a group of people (I would say 3-5 although more could work but would take a little more coordination) create their RTTS player for a franchise. The number of points eligible for their created player may be an average of the top 5 prospects for their position or could be a copied version of a RTTS generated player. The team you are assigned to could be based on the RTTS draft selection or your own choosing. From there, a franchise is started with all control handed over to the AI for your particular team. The only thing you do is use your player inside the game wherever he is sent. So if the AI stated my player stayed in AA as a SP, then I would only pitch my innings and the cpu would bat/field etc. All games I am not a part of are simmed. If I were a SS, I would simply play my AB's with everything else simmed. (I don't think you can play to field as just the SS). Once my game was played, the franchise file would be copied to a jump drive and emailed to the next player. Game is dloaded, played, and emailed to next guy and so on.
In the rare occurences where two RTTS players were involved in the same game, the home team gets the option to play with their guy first. If they are unavailable to do so, then the road player gets to play it. In the even more rare case where two players were on the same team, games could be alternated between the two.
If this all sounds a bit confusing, I have another more simplified version of the same thing.
What about a Five Aces Dynasty a la the Atlanta Braves of 1995? Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Avery, and Kent Mercker/Pete Smith were five of the best starting pitchers that year...maybe we could create our own players and each of us would be responsible for pitching our games. We could be in full control of the team and collaborate to find offensive players and bullpen help where needed. All fielding, batting (with the exception of your pitcher), baserunning would be AI controlled and any time your pitcher left the game, you were done....sim (or watch) to the end. The time commit for this is minimal as we are talking about pitching a game, saving the franchise, copying it to a jump drive, and emailing it to the next guy in the rotation. I think this could be a ton of fun with the right group...
We would use TNK's realism sliders for either one...
Thoughts? Takers?
In the rare occurences where two RTTS players were involved in the same game, the home team gets the option to play with their guy first. If they are unavailable to do so, then the road player gets to play it. In the even more rare case where two players were on the same team, games could be alternated between the two.
If this all sounds a bit confusing, I have another more simplified version of the same thing.
What about a Five Aces Dynasty a la the Atlanta Braves of 1995? Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Avery, and Kent Mercker/Pete Smith were five of the best starting pitchers that year...maybe we could create our own players and each of us would be responsible for pitching our games. We could be in full control of the team and collaborate to find offensive players and bullpen help where needed. All fielding, batting (with the exception of your pitcher), baserunning would be AI controlled and any time your pitcher left the game, you were done....sim (or watch) to the end. The time commit for this is minimal as we are talking about pitching a game, saving the franchise, copying it to a jump drive, and emailing it to the next guy in the rotation. I think this could be a ton of fun with the right group...
We would use TNK's realism sliders for either one...
Thoughts? Takers?
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