My days are numbered

I will be leaving STRAT and no longer purchasing further credits. I'm in one league forming already but will have one credit left over. If you were going to join one last league what would it be? What number of teams and cap space?

I would go 80m and draft Mantle #1 at that cap I would have a good chance to get my all time favorite player, for me it would be sweet way to leave the stage. More importantly I hope you are OK , sorry to see you go. Bill

If you like to take a full team (say the 1961 Yankees), I'll start a thread this week doing just that. Let me know if that concept interests you and which team you would take. Hoping yor days will be shinny nevertheless.

Thanks!! Both are great ideas. Maybe I should go with all my favorite players and not care about winning.

I've never done a franchise team situation so that is a great idea as well. I will let you know for sure thanks again.

I will be leaving STRAT and no longer purchasing further credits.

Me too. 13 playoff teams, only 1 champ. Too frustrating.

Part of the problem I see some guys having in playoffs is that their teams are built so strong for their own ball park that they don't match up well on the road. A team that has 70 wins at home and 30 on the road probably won't make it through playoffs. A 90 win team with 50 wins at home and 40 on the road has a better chance of winning it all. I only slant my team a little towards my home field. But hey, what do I know. What works for me may not work for somebody else.

I'm not leaving because I'm losing. I'm leaving because of the player addition process.

I'm staying despite not winning a championship in seven trips to the playoffs.

danielz, I see you have 52 championships in 217 playoff outings? Is 1 in 13 a reference to this year?

I wish you guys would stay.

This game is so much fun and has many levels of learning to it.

When I started playing this game in ATG3, my record was awful. Once I started making the playoffs, I still had huge difficulty winning a championship, and then, winning them at a 25% clip.

I still struggle to win championships, but that has a lot to do with the types of teams I build and luck.

As to luck, just look at the % of championships won by the top ten managers.... it's roughly 25%.
Overall, this stuff evens out over time.

As to skill, my teams tend to be hitter heavy, which counts BIG against me in the playoffs.
Just check out my stats in ATG7,
22 teams and a winning % of .580.
16 of those teams made the playoffs, including 8 that were 100 win teams.
Only 3 won championships- and only one of those was a 100 win team.

Why? Bad luck and crappy SP and fielding. Once my teams came up against good competition with a more balanced team, the odds of my team winning went down.

And so be it. In an 80m public league, I'm going for wins. I'd rather win 114 games and lose in the first round than win 90 and win a ring. I'd start my best guy and my injury prone players in game 162. F' it, that was my thing in ATG7.

Anyhow, stick with this- it's a great game.