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Originally Posted by Thomidor
I truly appreciate all the comments that everyone has thrown out showing their successes. It does give me some hope, but it is extremely frustrating to watch the way the game unfolds and it seems like miracle after miracle happens for the teams I face every game. I completely understand it ha[pens in baseball, but I have never seen it happen time and time again. Yes, win streaks and losing streaks happen, but to lose 6 games a row when heading into the 9th with an excellent closer or setup man is extremely frustrating. I am glad to know that several people have won a World Series, because it does give a glimmer of hope. Thanks for all the positive feedback and it makes my mind at better ease to see that there is success to be found.
I don't live on forums all day long waiting for posts and people to respond. I have a job, family and things to do in my household.
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This is a very productive response and I apologize if I was overly harsh with you in my post in this thread.
I think you will find though that if can come here with questions and concerns rather than taking a more aggressive approach you will get much better responses. We are always happy to help and the learning curve for this game is indeed steep.
But if anything I think you'll find that the more common concern isn't how hard it is to win, but rather how easy it is once you have conquered that learning curve. With my current team (in the signature below) I have only won a single championship but in other saves with OOTP I have won several. If anything most of us are always looking for more and more challenging ways to play the game so that winning doesn't become boring.
If you aren't ready to throw your hands up in the air and declare the game a dud, then hang in there and ask questions and study what others share here in the way of tips and tricks and insights as to how the game works. And be prepared to be frustrated along the way. Just as you would be following or managing a real-life MLB team. Even the best of teams will go through horrible stretches where nothing seems to go their way. (I am currently experiencing that with my Denver Brewers and yes, sometimes you want to scream. But then, like in real-life, if they are a good team- and my Brewers are a very good team- they will right themselves again and reel off a bunch of wins.)
EDIT: And this is how boring winning does sometimes become. I mentioned above that my Brewers had only won a single championship thus far. Actually, they've won two in twelve seasons. I lost count. I guess I remember the tough years better than the good ones.
