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Art Deco · 05-28-2020, 06:36 PM

I'm new to OOTP, and with no live sports to fill my pandemic time I decided to give it a try after considering and rejecting going back to Strat-O-Matic due to the cost and my sentimental attachment to the cards (having played from the mid 70s through the early 80s) while I wanted to play through the computer. It all seemed like too much so I decided to go with OOTP and it exceeded my wildest expectations. Based on discussions I've seen in the general forum I know quite a few of you who have played for years have gotten a bit jaded with the apparent incremental improvements recently but for someone like me coming in the breadth and depth of what I could do blew me away.

Anyway, I'm obviously a huge Rays fan who lives in the Tampa Bay area and I consider myself pretty darn familiar with the team and its minor league system as well the top prospects around the league having been an avid fantasy baseball player. So I decided to take on the Rays and see how far I can go with them. It's fun to take over a team with so much depth at the major and minor league level and combined with the challenge of a limited payroll it seems like the ideal franchise to take over.

So at this point I'm actually a couple of months into 2021 but I'm going to recap how 2020 went, starting with the next post. Hopefully anyone on the forum reading this will enjoy this look into an alternate universe Rays franchise and feel free to jump in if you think I've screwed up as GM (or manager), both roles which I've taken on. I've gotten so addicted to and immersed in the game that I generally play two series (6-7 games) each day and play the games out, managing them batter-by-batter (except maybe in blowouts where I'll jump ahead a half-inning at a time). I might even get more emotionally involved with these fake games than the real ones I've watched every day over the years.

Next up: the 2020 season in review.

05-28-2020, 06:36 PM	#1
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,067	The 2020 (and beyond) Tampa Bay Rays I'm new to OOTP, and with no live sports to fill my pandemic time I decided to give it a try after considering and rejecting going back to Strat-O-Matic due to the cost and my sentimental attachment to the cards (having played from the mid 70s through the early 80s) while I wanted to play through the computer. It all seemed like too much so I decided to go with OOTP and it exceeded my wildest expectations. Based on discussions I've seen in the general forum I know quite a few of you who have played for years have gotten a bit jaded with the apparent incremental improvements recently but for someone like me coming in the breadth and depth of what I could do blew me away. Anyway, I'm obviously a huge Rays fan who lives in the Tampa Bay area and I consider myself pretty darn familiar with the team and its minor league system as well the top prospects around the league having been an avid fantasy baseball player. So I decided to take on the Rays and see how far I can go with them. It's fun to take over a team with so much depth at the major and minor league level and combined with the challenge of a limited payroll it seems like the ideal franchise to take over. So at this point I'm actually a couple of months into 2021 but I'm going to recap how 2020 went, starting with the next post. Hopefully anyone on the forum reading this will enjoy this look into an alternate universe Rays franchise and feel free to jump in if you think I've screwed up as GM (or manager), both roles which I've taken on. I've gotten so addicted to and immersed in the game that I generally play two series (6-7 games) each day and play the games out, managing them batter-by-batter (except maybe in blowouts where I'll jump ahead a half-inning at a time). I might even get more emotionally involved with these fake games than the real ones I've watched every day over the years. Next up: the 2020 season in review.