I was against removal of AAA in the beginning but now I feel it’s a much better product.

adding AAA adds a layer of the sim that is foreign to new players and doesn’t add any real benefit to anyone except veteran players,

I’m OK with no-AAA as the default, AAA as an option. I was never a fan as AAA was so random. I only traded when I was in a AAA league to even out my roster (ex: maybe I had a good 2b but needed a good 3b). However, some vets can take advantage of rookies. Hopefully other vets will step in to call for a collective veto.

I like the current division of no AAA in OL, but AAA CL. Gives an extra strategy element to those who’ve shown mastery of the basic game. And still allows options for players to choose AAA or no AAA in a single format type.

Posted by chargingryno on 4/3/2023 12:46:00 AM (view original):
I was against removal of AAA in the beginning but now I feel it’s a much better product.

adding AAA adds a layer of the sim that is foreign to new players and doesn’t add any real benefit to anyone except veteran players,

Well, I just described how I enjoyed using AAA in my very first OL and improved a problem team immensely. I finished with a .600 W-L as I recall. Using AAA is just fun and the randomness makes it closer to a true simulation of major league baseball. The change I'd make is to use actual players' names and point out their seasons. We could still let people guess whether the seasons are modified a bit (using actual results or normalized, for instance).

Whatever happened to gaming with games? This is a game, after all. There should be elements of chance in it, causing us to be general managers and use the variations wisely.

Posted by just4me on 4/3/2023 4:12:00 PM (view original):
I like the current division of no AAA in OL, but AAA CL. Gives an extra strategy element to those who’ve shown mastery of the basic game. And still allows options for players to choose AAA or no AAA in a single format type.

...provided we can ever have any consistent Champs Leagues play...

...pardon my John_GPF ellipses...

I thought when they changed over to the New Open that they could have 2 $80M Open Leagues with a choice of having AAA or not having AAA ...

Champions League

Salary Cap: $80 million

I will be trying this soon .....