My first 20 game day!

Giants44 · 08-13-2015, 02:47 PM

played very version since v1 and have had many a marathon session. But yesterday was a new record.

combination of wife traveling for work, taking the day off and a team I am really enjoying kicking off a new season yesterday was the first day I have played out a full 20 games in one day. Also didn't hurt that I went 18-2!

I did manage to take my youngest to practice and even get in 5 miles of exercise, but what a great day to get lost in my OOTP universe.

this play on my TV in the background didn't hurt either. reminds me of all the reasons I love the game.
https://vine.co/v/edddKJpwiI9

Westheim · 08-13-2015, 02:58 PM

Wow. I haven't played out three weeks in a long time. Of course I don't blame diminishing stamina, no-no, I'm still a 15 on a 20 scale! I blame my team in shambles which makes me want to cut myself by the end of the first week, usually.

Giants44 · 08-13-2015, 03:07 PM

yes, nothing like a good young fun winning team to press that "one more game" button

The Game · 08-13-2015, 06:05 PM

Think the most games i have ever played in one day was 10.

endgame · 08-13-2015, 06:16 PM

Outstanding! If I get two series in, I feel pretty good about the day. Plus finding the time to review Draft Pools, trade proposals, etc... Some nights are spent just doing those GM things. It's a magnificent distraction.

David Watts · 08-13-2015, 07:45 PM

Y'all make think I need a 12 step program or something. I play short play by play instant. It's nothing for me to roll thru 40+ games on a Saturday or Sunday. Of course, I mostly just watch, so there isn't a lot of thinking involved

redsox19934 · 08-13-2015, 07:51 PM

This makes me a liiiiiitle self conscious as a single, 24 year old HS teacher who started in 2015 at the end of June and am now in 2030…. Though I don't play out the whole game pitch by pitch. Just half inning by half inning unil the 6th or so w/ pitching changes.

Giants44 · 08-14-2015, 09:14 PM

I have 4 kids and coach year round. days like this are rare

BBGiovanni · 08-14-2015, 09:24 PM

Jealousy!

I have played long strings at the end of a season before when my team is in the playoffs, but probably not that many. But I usually sim the first 5 half innings or so with "sim until runners in scoring position", so maybe that is not the same thing.

diceson · 08-16-2015, 05:00 AM

I'm a "newb" at the game, but know the fever!

So, the question becomes, are the 10-20 game marathons worse than waking up at 3 AM and thinking to yourself, 'I've got three hours before I've got to be at work . . . . that's at least four games!'

Oh, and my team is pathetic!

Westheim · 08-16-2015, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by diceson

I'm a "newb" at the game, but know the fever!

So, the question becomes, are the 10-20 game marathons worse than waking up at 3 AM and thinking to yourself, 'I've got three hours before I've got to be at work . . . . that's at least four games!'

Oh, and my team is pathetic!

Don't be silly. Three hours are easily seven games, including two extra inning contest, and I include typing up all the misery of MY pathetic team for the dynasty board, AND two 10-minute breaks for crying because they couldn't score with three on and no outs while looking out of the window.

So, c'mon, efficiency, efficiency!

Honorable_Pawn · 08-16-2015, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by redsox19934

This makes me a liiiiiitle self conscious as a single, 24 year old HS teacher who started in 2015 at the end of June and am now in 2030…. Though I don't play out the whole game pitch by pitch. Just half inning by half inning unil the 6th or so w/ pitching changes.

That's what they all say.

I don't play out the whole game. I don't use pitch by pitch. I only take a half inning at a time. Besides I'm a professional. I have a college education. I'm not like one of those people.

I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about. I could stop playing right now if I wanted to. I have over 50 games in my Steam library. I could play any one of those, if I wanted to.

Then one day someone tells you if you're gonna play half inning-by-half inning you might as well play 1-pitch. And if you're gonna play 1-pitch you might as well play pitch-by-pitch.

It all starts off with a quick little season season-sim...just to see if you like it.

Honorable_Pawn · 08-16-2015, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by diceson

i'm a "newb" at the game, but know the fever!

So, the question becomes, are the 10-20 game marathons worse than waking up at 3 am and thinking to yourself, 'i've got three hours before i've got to be at work . . . . That's at least four games!'

oh, and my team is pathetic!

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08-13-2015, 02:47 PM	#1
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	My first 20 game day! played very version since v1 and have had many a marathon session. But yesterday was a new record. combination of wife traveling for work, taking the day off and a team I am really enjoying kicking off a new season yesterday was the first day I have played out a full 20 games in one day. Also didn't hurt that I went 18-2! I did manage to take my youngest to practice and even get in 5 miles of exercise, but what a great day to get lost in my OOTP universe. this play on my TV in the background didn't hurt either. reminds me of all the reasons I love the game. https://vine.co/v/edddKJpwiI9 __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

08-13-2015, 02:58 PM	#2
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,630	Wow. I haven't played out three weeks in a long time. Of course I don't blame diminishing stamina, no-no, I'm still a 15 on a 20 scale! I blame my team in shambles which makes me want to cut myself by the end of the first week, usually. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

08-13-2015, 03:07 PM	#3
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	yes, nothing like a good young fun winning team to press that "one more game" button __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

08-13-2015, 06:05 PM	#4
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	Think the most games i have ever played in one day was 10. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

08-13-2015, 06:16 PM	#5
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Outstanding! If I get two series in, I feel pretty good about the day. Plus finding the time to review Draft Pools, trade proposals, etc... Some nights are spent just doing those GM things. It's a magnificent distraction. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

08-13-2015, 07:45 PM	#6
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,807 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Y'all make think I need a 12 step program or something. I play short play by play instant. It's nothing for me to roll thru 40+ games on a Saturday or Sunday. Of course, I mostly just watch, so there isn't a lot of thinking involved

08-13-2015, 07:51 PM	#7
redsox19934 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 105	This makes me a liiiiiitle self conscious as a single, 24 year old HS teacher who started in 2015 at the end of June and am now in 2030…. Though I don't play out the whole game pitch by pitch. Just half inning by half inning unil the 6th or so w/ pitching changes.

08-14-2015, 09:14 PM	#8
Giants44 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,408	I have 4 kids and coach year round. days like this are rare __________________ "In a text sim - Immersion is everything" -Me "Judge a man not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" -Martin Luther King "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Einstein "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -Muhammad Ali "Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything." -Toby Harrah

08-14-2015, 09:24 PM	#9
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,911	Jealousy! I have played long strings at the end of a season before when my team is in the playoffs, but probably not that many. But I usually sim the first 5 half innings or so with "sim until runners in scoring position", so maybe that is not the same thing.

08-16-2015, 05:00 AM	#10
diceson Bat Boy Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 5	I'm a "newb" at the game, but know the fever! So, the question becomes, are the 10-20 game marathons worse than waking up at 3 AM and thinking to yourself, 'I've got three hours before I've got to be at work . . . . that's at least four games!' Oh, and my team is pathetic!