Monthly Archives: September 2019

Computer Sims

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Hey, Chris, why don’t you play any sports sims on your computer?

Because the few times that I did, all I would do would simulate a season and be done in a few minutes.  There’s no fun in that.

And it would take about the same amount of time to play a dice and cards game or match as it would on the computer.

My only use of a computer during a game replay is to keep score, and occasionally look up pinch hitters/relief pitchers used in a given baseball game that I’m replaying.

And truth be told, lately I’m enjoying the heck out of my soccer games and scoring them by hand.

I did have Strat-O-Matic on my old PC, but never installed it on my newer PC.  I maybe played 1-2 full games using the 2010 season card set.

I also had Strategic Baseball Simulator on some of my PCs in the past, but again I played a handful of games or simulated an entire season.

And of course I had APBA on my PC for the longest time, and simulated individual games, just to hear the prerecorded play by play voices that were added.

I’ve looked at the PC games from Inside Sports and Replay, but I figure I have plenty of their table top products to keep me busy for a long while.

Bottom line is that I get the most satisfaction from rolling dice and flipping cards when replaying games.

4+ Hours

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That’s how long it took to cut and sort the Net Results Soccer Champions League card set, and I’m probably only going to use half of the teams.

I’m beginning to think that this and Soccer Blast may be my two primary soccer games that I play.

No knock on either The Beautiful Game or Final Score, I just feel individual player cards are better than a full team card, which both TBG and FS use.

And I felt game play in NR and SB was more engaging, to be honest.

I may need to play a few more matches in each game to determine which replay I really want to do.

Stay tuned!

Net Results Soccer

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The match I played on Sunday was with an older set of rules and cards.

I reread the updated rules and things are a lot clearer, but I would probably have to fudge some card stuff since the layout and ratings aren’t the same.

Ah well, I’ll try playing a MLS match later this week.  I think I have the 2013 season in the newer card format, so I’ll play Quakes v. Galaxy.

Stay tuned!

In Progress, Revised

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I’ve cut back on projects by picking the full season replays that I plan to actually play in the next 3 months or so.  This eliminated a few long dormant items on my list, allowing me to focus on what I’m already playing, and also allows me to narrow the choices on what else to play.

I’ve also separated the ‘short’ projects (less than a season, individual pitcher seasons, playoff runs) into their own list.

And of course there’s stuff like the heavyweight boxing tournament in Title Bout II and the Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation in Face to the Mat which are more like casual pick-up games that don’t require a schedule.

I hope to finally tally a game in both hockey and basketball fairly soon.

Stay tuned!