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Old 02-21-2016, 06:03 PM   #49
Peregrine
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Originally Posted by GoBucsGo View Post
I've tried fictional, over and over and over again. I always seem to come up with a cool idea of a game world that I want to run, set it all up, and then I just can't seem to find enjoyment from it.

I don't connect with the players, teams, anything. Whenever I play a standard MLB game though, it's players I know, leagues, teams, everything that I know. I get some immersed in the game world that I go hours and hours playing. I never do that with a fictional game.

How do you guys stay immersed in a fictional set up? How do you care about your players and leagues?
Personally I put a lot of work into it - I follow the top players, look at team histories, am always looking for up and coming stars, etc. I love fictional and always have at least one league running. It takes a while because you don't have all the background an ever-present media provides you with for the real MLB. In the end I find.it very rewarding though.

I am probably something like 60% fictional, 30% historical and 10% real MLB.
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