Ugh why do I let reality get in the way of my playing?

[Bgrd1080]

The last 2 years of this game have been a grind at no fault of the game itself. I always wait for a roster I like with a solid amount of minor leaguers. No problem, but I've switched teams at least 10 times and thought I was finally getting in a rhythm with The Astros and then the trade deadline came and went and I'm itching to restart. Thought maybe I'd go and find trade deadline roster and start over but then I overthink it and decide no I'll start with opening day rosters and make the trades myself.
My other issue is choosing a team to rebuild but I get annoyed with myself using a team that won't spend in real life so I try to mimic that in game or I use a team like Baltimore or Miami and it irks me that many MiLB guys don't have names in game. Just hear number announced.
I know I'm being picky and I know it's dumb. How do I stop it?
I just want to be content starting from opening day and not stress over unrealistic trades or stuff like that. It's as if getting older ruined sports games for me. When I was younger I didn't know all the ins and outs of roster building and just played as my favorite team and hit start.....

[jcar0725]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bgrd1080

The last 2 years of this game have been a grind at no fault of the game itself. I always wait for a roster I like with a solid amount of minor leaguers. No problem, but I've switched teams at least 10 times and thought I was finally getting in a rhythm with The Astros and then the trade deadline came and went and I'm itching to restart. Thought maybe I'd go and find trade deadline roster and start over but then I overthink it and decide no I'll start with opening day rosters and make the trades myself. My other issue is choosing a team to rebuild but I get annoyed with myself using a team that won't spend in real life so I try to mimic that in game or I use a team like Baltimore or Miami and it irks me that many MiLB guys don't have names in game. Just hear number announced. I know I'm being picky and I know it's dumb. How do I stop it? I just want to be content starting from opening day and not stress over unrealistic trades or stuff like that. It's as if getting older ruined sports games for me. When I was younger I didn't know all the ins and outs of roster building and just played as my favorite team and hit start.....

Do what's fun for you and don't stress about it. It's a game, an alternate reality. I love doing rebuilds.

I like to start with accurate rosters, and then after that, it's anything goes.

It helps me that I do 30 team control, so I can once in a while mess with another teams roster moves to keep all the teams competitive. But that's just me.

The game can be really fun if you don't over think it.

[dbjets24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bgrd1080

The last 2 years of this game have been a grind at no fault of the game itself. I always wait for a roster I like with a solid amount of minor leaguers. No problem, but I've switched teams at least 10 times and thought I was finally getting in a rhythm with The Astros and then the trade deadline came and went and I'm itching to restart. Thought maybe I'd go and find trade deadline roster and start over but then I overthink it and decide no I'll start with opening day rosters and make the trades myself. My other issue is choosing a team to rebuild but I get annoyed with myself using a team that won't spend in real life so I try to mimic that in game or I use a team like Baltimore or Miami and it irks me that many MiLB guys don't have names in game. Just hear number announced. I know I'm being picky and I know it's dumb. How do I stop it? I just want to be content starting from opening day and not stress over unrealistic trades or stuff like that. It's as if getting older ruined sports games for me. When I was younger I didn't know all the ins and outs of roster building and just played as my favorite team and hit start.....

I had the same issue since MLB like 07. Always restarted, wouldn't be able to get into the swing of a franchise until September or the offseason. It was frustrarting. Growing up, my brother always would make fun of me and say I spent all my time in the menus lol

MLB 20 was my saving grace. The season being delayed let me just play and create my own world. I ended up playing 5 seasons through Covid, and then 21, I was able to do it again and played a franchise from 21-26

22, 23 and 24, I just started during early access and was able to get going and get into it.

Someone made a post on here, saying Just Play, and that's the best way to do it. Play, get into it, and let your guys develop how they do in your world. After a season or 2, you won't even care anymore. I was able to sink a ton of time into 24 and am in 2029 WS with my Mets. I had the same issue some did, where there were no CPU trades the first like 4 seasons, and being that I started with the base rosters, I have no Imanaga, Lee, and a lot of guys with CAPS, so I want to use the TDL to launch my true franchise

Look at it like this though - see what you built and think of the time you got in. It'll make you realize if you want to start anew or keep it going

[countryboy]

For your situation I’d recommend doing 30 team control. That way you can make real roster moves throughout your season without having to start over. Plus if you get bored with a team then you can roll with another again without having to start over.

Myself I take the default roster and play. I add in prospects I want, draft classes as the seasons progress and don’t look back. My franchise is my own world and I love watching it develop over time


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[GAMEBREAKER85]

30 Team Control. Manage it all and you feel invested for everything that happens and it doesn’t grow as stale. Allows you to create storylines.

[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bgrd1080

The last 2 years of this game have been a grind at no fault of the game itself. I always wait for a roster I like with a solid amount of minor leaguers. No problem, but I've switched teams at least 10 times and thought I was finally getting in a rhythm with The Astros and then the trade deadline came and went and I'm itching to restart. Thought maybe I'd go and find trade deadline roster and start over but then I overthink it and decide no I'll start with opening day rosters and make the trades myself. My other issue is choosing a team to rebuild but I get annoyed with myself using a team that won't spend in real life so I try to mimic that in game or I use a team like Baltimore or Miami and it irks me that many MiLB guys don't have names in game. Just hear number announced. I know I'm being picky and I know it's dumb. How do I stop it? I just want to be content starting from opening day and not stress over unrealistic trades or stuff like that. It's as if getting older ruined sports games for me. When I was younger I didn't know all the ins and outs of roster building and just played as my favorite team and hit start.....

How do you stop it? I'm going to say this harshly; not as an attack but to emphasize the point here....

Easy - stop comparing things to real life. This is a video game - it's not a sim; roster ratings are totally subjective and in no way, shape, or form reflect reality (unless you tell me that SDS has the DNA sequences of every player and has invented technology to correlate those sequences to how they will behave and perform). The reality is, when anyone does rosters, they just make it up...sure, they'll lie to themselves about basing it on "real stats" - but every baseball fan knows that baseball stats "lie" due to sample size and the inherent nuance/variability of the game.

At the end of the day, the players are just avatars for you to play with in a fictional universe - focus on their ratings and who they are in the mode itself. Embrace that fact and stop trying to do things the way "real life" teams would do them, YOU are the one roleplayng as the GM. If you just follow how a team operates in real life; you've lost the entire point of playing the mode. This is a roleplaying game...it's just as make believe and fictional as Baldur's Gate, Final Fantasy, etc. Remember, franchise mode is NOT a mirror for real life....the environment has different inherent variables (93 man rosters, 3 trade slots, etc.) that impacts EVERY decision you make; comparisons to real life are invalid the minute you start the mode.

Real talk - do a solo franchise with GM contracts on and ask yourself - based on the ratings in front of you, how would YOU run this team based on the dynamics of the franchise mode universe the game creates.

One other thing, every team has a story to be told....there's more to franchise than "rebuilds". You can even randomly select a team and just plow into things.

Saying this as someone that used to struggle with the same things - but then I realized my error...and just started having fun and playing "make believe".

[GAMEBREAKER85]

I disagree. It’s pretty darn close to a sim if you lock into details in video game regards. I get where the guy is coming from. Once you “make it a video game” it becomes the equivalent to a bad game for some of us; a guy may as well go play NBA Jam or play online 1v1 instead of Franchise Mode. But until you full control everything you’re not going to be happy. Leaving realistic transactions and organizational operations to a generic computer code is going to leave you frustrated.

[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by GAMEBREAKER85

Once you “make it a video game” it becomes the equivalent to a bad game for some of us; a guy may as well go play NBA Jam or play online 1v1 instead of Franchise Mode.

My bad...I didn't know it wasn't a video game...sorry about that....



And real talk - don't bother replying....I'm done with this place.