Fun Franchise Ideas

[jahickory]

After reading all of your ideas, I think the best way right now is to do an expansion draft. I'm not sure if this is the right place for this thread now.

[JayhawkerStL]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

I once drafted a team of *******s. Seems like that could be fun for you, since Altuve would be such a good fit.

[countryboy]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

I don't know if he did one for '22, but if so, Bacon does a fictional roster which may be something to try. You would control one team, get invested in them, without having a pool of actual players where you would be predisposed to take particular players.

[JoshC1977]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

I don't know if he did one for '22, but if so, Bacon does a fictional roster which may be something to try. You would control one team, get invested in them, without having a pool of actual players where you would be predisposed to take particular players.

Last I heard, the Bacon roster was not going to be done on '22....or at the very least, really delayed.

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To the OP, a couple of thoughts:

You could do a fantasy draft, but allow the CPU to make all of the picks for you and don't allow yourself to make any trades for a while. You'll get a roster you may not exactly like and it will get you out of a comfort zone. Finding a way of coexisting with a roster that is not to your tastes can be quite rewarding.

Also, playing the mode "differently" than you usually do can be a terrific change of pace. If you're normally a 30-team control guy, do a single team control with GM contracts on. If you're normally a person that skips games, play them all.

The biggest key though, if you're in a rut, is to get out of your typical "comfort zone". A lot of people that feel burned-out or are looking for something "fun" tend to also throw-in a statement like, "well I always play franchise this way.....". And....therein lies the rub.

[jahickory]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

Last I heard, the Bacon roster was not going to be done on '22....or at the very least, really delayed.

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To the OP, a couple of thoughts:

You could do a fantasy draft, but allow the CPU to make all of the picks for you and don't allow yourself to make any trades for a while. You'll get a roster you may not exactly like and it will get you out of a comfort zone. Finding a way of coexisting with a roster that is not to your tastes can be quite rewarding.

Also, playing the mode "differently" than you usually do can be a terrific change of pace. If you're normally a 30-team control guy, do a single team control with GM contracts on. If you're normally a person that skips games, play them all.

The biggest key though, if you're in a rut, is to get out of your typical "comfort zone". A lot of people that feel burned-out or are looking for something "fun" tend to also throw-in a statement like, "well I always play franchise this way.....". And....therein lies the rub.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've tried Bacon's before.


I usually let the computer draft then trade instantly because there are certain guys I just don't want because of who they are. Haha


I just started to play with quick counts cause it makes it run better. I miss building the Stros team up when they were awful and losing 100 a year and their farm system was awful. It was all real teams though.


If I trade everyone out of the organization, I'm not sure how to keep the rest of the teams more realistic.

[jahickory]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

I once drafted a team of *******s. Seems like that could be fun for you, since Altuve would be such a good fit.

Don't be a ham and egger.

[countryboy]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

Don't be a ham and egger.

Just ignore him

[countryboy]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've tried Bacon's before.


I usually let the computer draft then trade instantly because there are certain guys I just don't want because of who they are. Haha


I just started to play with quick counts cause it makes it run better. I miss building the Stros team up when they were awful and losing 100 a year and their farm system was awful. It was all real teams though.


If I trade everyone out of the organization, I'm not sure how to keep the rest of the teams more realistic.

What about doing 30 team control but then picking a game each day of the calendar year to play. Not necessarily one team, but like a game of the week, or a game that intrigues you due to the teams involved, the stadium involved, or the pitching matchup?

And if along the way you find yourself becoming invested in one team, then just continue to play as that team.

[Madden08PCgmr]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

Move the early 1990 Ms.... anywhere..

Amazing core with multiple HOFrs.. Junior, Unit, Edgar, Vizquel.. All-Stars Buhner and Tino.. 1992 they signed David Ortiz.. 1993 they drafted A-Ro(i)d..

Go win somewhere else, since they can't do it in Seattle.

[LowerWolf]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

For a change of pace, you could take control of a minor-league team and just play their games. I came close to doing that.

[Bullit]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

I don't know if he did one for '22, but if so, Bacon does a fictional roster which may be something to try. You would control one team, get invested in them, without having a pool of actual players where you would be predisposed to take particular players.

This right here is why I am still playing '20. Bacons Fictional is one of the greatest rosters added to this game. We will never see its like again without carry over saves.

[Bullit]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

I did a Franchise once where I was just the Skipper. I turned everything to Auto except for Line Ups and stuff that the Head Coach would do. I started in Double A and only Managed that Team. If I made it to the Playoffs I would move up to Triple A and then again the Majors. All the while only controlling the team itself. Lineups, Injuries Day to Day game play etc. It was kind of fun and liberating to not worry about trades, budgets and all that. I just dealt with the team that Management gave me.

[Grey_Osprey]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

You could do the rule 5 draft franchise. There's a YouTube video on how it works (pretty simple).

You could also sim ahead approx 15 seasons, basically creating your own fictional roster, and start from there.

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[Caulfield]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

Colorado Rockies, sim all at-bats, pitch only.
if you can win a pennant with Colorado by relying on whatever you accomplish by pitching, you know you've done something.
my last Rockies season play-through, I went with 10 pitchers with stamina over 60 (basically, starting pitchers) and 3 true relievers. none of my starting pitchers pitch more than 3 innings at a time, none have more than 120 innings pitched in the season. and my 3 true relievers, I kept 1 cycled constantly with 2 other different relievers, shuffling back and forth between Colorado and Class Single A (I didn't want them in AAA or AA so my milb mgrs. wouldn't wear their energy out) so that, in effect, my pitching staff was 10 starting pitchers and 5 relievers

I call it the ''Rocky Mountain Way''.
it's better than the way we had
lol

[Detroit Tigers]

Re: Fun Franchise Ideas

OP sounds to me like you want the guys you want, no questions asked. The task is to go into the roster editor and make all the moves you want before starting a chise, save the changes, then load up that roster, start the chise with that roster, and let the franchise develop organically from there.

I do this in NBA & NHL and it’s a perfectly fun way to approach things, especially when you know exactly what it is you want to do.