Which kind of league do you prefer ?

[jazzrack]

i prefer leagues with a mix of Historical/fictional players in a fictional setting. so i guess thats fictional.

[Loyal2Royals]

I most enjoy fictional leagues; it's great to really test your owner/GM mettle by looking over a list of unfamiliar names and having to gauge them on their stats and/or ratings. Plus, I've just become sorta soured by baseball in the modern era, anyway. So, my choice would be fictional, though if I were going to pick a "real" league, I'd look for a historical one starting in the late 70s or early 80s, so I could "work with" the players I grew up watching.

As has been said, though, depending on the GM, the other owners, and the innovative features of a league, any league could conceivably catch my eye...it's just MUCH more likely that I'd be seeking a fictional or possibly a certain type of historical league.

[Xpert7777]

I have to say I have experienced both the good and bad with leagues. When I am playing solo I prefer to play finctional leagues. But as for online leagues I really enjoy a good modern day league if I can find one. This might just be a shameless plug but check out the league below, a modern day league that has actually existed and just began it's third season. Moves along with the MLB so the players never become fictional. Players are created or imported from current roster sets to fill out the actual draft class and foreign players such as Otsuka are put into the free agency.

I really think that age depends how much someone likes a historical league. As much as I like to play them I would rather play a historical league from the early-nineties, the players I grew up as a little kid watching, and I am sure you can all probably account for that as well. Just my 2 cents.

[avwjase]

Real, Modern Day leagues.

I've yet to find a good historical league. Plus, the Lahman database imports guys into historical leagues with just absurd ratings. I'd love a good 80's historical league however, if one existed.

Jase

[canadiancreed]

Myself I originally expected to ahve historical lead the way, but after doign a few fictional ones, I'd have to agree it's the way to go. I myself prefer historical, mainly because I can relate mroe to players that actualyl existed. I find it's less of a "learning curve" for lack of a better term.

That being said fictional ones are usually the best since they're small and have owners that you can actually get a hold of

[Carlton]

I love historical leagues as a SOLO player.
Yet that hinders the enjoyment in an online league.
I was in Legends of the Diamond and realized by working on Ankit's database with my solo leagues...I had an advantage over others...and it wouldn't have been fun for myself or other Gms if I had a dynasty...then rebuld, another dynasty...so on.

For Online leagues my two favorites have been
Time Warp Baseball
Dogs Day Baseball

The latter had attributes for certain teams...I had the Ritchford Red Wings...but found the time I needed to be an active and good GM was way too much with my work schedule. Too bad because I lurk still and really miss it.

Time Warp is perfect, I have followed it from its inception, now the history and its not really time consuming, so I can be a failry active GM.

[JTSMOOTH]

Fictional for me as well....Played in a couple modern day leagues before, but after a few years they turn into fictional leagues anyways...

[Long_Long_Name]

If I were to start a modern league, I'd start it in 1990 or so. That way, you get to play longer with current players.

I play exclusively fictional, though.

[Ford Prefect]

I dont care i look at the Owner Page and who is the Commish the rest is more or less the same.