OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

[crashgsu2]

Ever since purchasing a PS3 in 2008, I have played every baseball game I owned as a full 162-game season. The past couple years I became loyal to MLB: The Show, and even played all spring training games in addition to the full regular season. Because I want my season/franchise mode to mirror that of actual baseball, I constantly tweak the rosters & lineups to reproduce the results of minor league callups/send downs and injuries. Although I only play the Major league team's schedule (Braves only, LOL). I also dont start my season/franchise till opening day so I can at least know who makes the opening day rosters. This allows me to have an accurate snapshot for each team's roster (as I tweak every team's roster/lineup). In order to keep up with this pace, I have to average 1 game played per day (which is harder than you think). My season normally lasts from April to December. This past season in MLB 11: The Show, I made it to Game 6 of the World Series. I didnt get to play that game till mid-January.

To add on, and this is where my sports gaming nerdiness really surfaces...I made a "media guide" based on my season highlights and statistics (92 pages worth of season statistics, highlights, story lines, game by game results, All star rosters/stats, postseason qualifiers).

[chuckm1961]

As a kid, I rolled dice to play the Cubs entire season in Strat-O-Matic baseball.

Now (age 50), I play full 162-game seasons for the Cubs in The Show. I end up simming about 10-15 games due to vacations, etc., but I play the rest out, day-by-day.

I do not play ahead, until I get to October. Then I get anxious and play ahead!

I use a FamilyandFriends edit of the Cubs. Not the real Cubs ....

[redskinst21]

In MLB 10 the show i was on on pace to finish a 162 game season with the red sox. i have played every game up untill about a week before the all star break. i started a new franchise with a different team but i somehow managed to overwrite my red sox one. i was so heartbroken i traded the game in the next week cause it lost all its luster. franchise mode still isnt the same after that

[H to the Oza]

Ive finished one 162 season and well on the verge of finishing another. The game was MLB The Show 09 on PSP. It makes it a hell of a lot easier to finish 162 game seasons when youre playing on a portable device and spreading it out over 1-2 years.

[lowlander]

Playing -not simming - 90% of the games in manage mode I finished 2013 in the show '11 and then the glitch regarding contracts forced me to abandon the game.

I probably played/managed around 450 games.

[sdf4977]

I have never finished a 162 game season on MLB the Show. I did once on High Heat baseball. Which was awesome, Cause I loved being able to print out the stats

[Bobhead]

I do it every year, it's the only way TO play imo. Simming even 1 game ruins the entire season for me, because I'll always have in the back of my mind that one of those wins wasn't mine. The only time I sim games is when I plan on simming through the end of a season, ie if I want to play a future season instead of 2012.

[PsychoBulk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

I do it every year, it's the only way TO play imo. Simming even 1 game ruins the entire season for me, because I'll always have in the back of my mind that one of those wins wasn't mine. The only time I sim games is when I plan on simming through the end of a season, ie if I want to play a future season instead of 2012.

Yep, in that boat too.

Theres no way i can ever sim, doing so means all the stats arent mine, and theres no way my little bit of OCD can ever allow that to happen lol.

Yes, playing all 162 is hard work, and a slog, but so so rewarding as well, win or lose.