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cis autodrag posted:*harold reynolds is realistically dumb. he keeps marvelling at my player swinging first pitch despite the fact that the charts show that my player has not seen a single ball so far this season. no poo poo i'm swinging at strikes. This was the first year they revamped the commentary (for the past several years it had been Vasgersian, Steve Lyons and Eric Karros), and my God are Reynolds and Plesac terrible. It sounds like they spent about three hours in the recording booth, given how much they repeat (Plesac especially).
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whenever I play the Show I play it with the volume real low and usually listen to something else. if I could, I'd only want the sounds up whenever I hit a homer and let the rest just be ambient noise
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Jun 27, 2017 04:00
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Tempted to buy a PS4 just for The Show because Xbone has exactly jack poo poo for baseball games and I've been jonesing pretty hard for one.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:06
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Tempted to buy a PS4 just for The Show because Xbone has exactly jack poo poo for baseball games and I've been jonesing pretty hard for one. i bought the ps4 as a nice netflix/prime/hbogo box and bloodborne and the show are just sort of really dope extras.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:12
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N: Javy Baez is good with the glove. V: Like, really, really good.
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cis autodrag posted:
If you think that's annoying, then be sure never to play a pitcher. Because every. loving. time. you strike out 5+ in a game, you get a vignette of your pitching coach coming up and complementing your strikout numbers. And every single time you only have the same two options: "Just like you taught me, coach" (  ) or "Thanks." By about the 10th game in a row, I was really dying for a "gently caress off, coach" option. To be fair though the devs have acknowledged that this was their first time trying to put any real life into RTTS, and it's not quite where they want it yet. Apparently it's their biggest priority for The Show 2018, now that they have Diamond Dynasty more or less where they want it.
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Carlosologist posted:whenever I play the Show I play it with the volume real low and usually listen to something else. if I could, I'd only want the sounds up whenever I hit a homer and let the rest just be ambient noise You can do this though? Well I still have chatter from teammates and such (hit me a seed! Do I hear that one wrong?), but other than that it's crowd noise and the crack of the bat. I can look up the actual settings later if you need me to. Oh I guess I don't have announcers talking when i do hit a homer though if that's what you want.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:23
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Intruder posted:He was way better at football though Football broke his baseball playing bones And then some
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Jun 27, 2017 04:24
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"2/3 of the world is covered by water, the 1/3 by baez". that's pretty good.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:26
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I'm sitting here in Diamond Dynasty right now trying to grind out the Braves team epic to get that Crime Dog '95 flashback and I've got the TV muted and a podcast in my earbuds. I can't stand to hear them say "spin to win" one more time.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:28
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cis autodrag posted:"2/3 of the world is covered by water, the 1/3 by baez". that's pretty good. someone send fred smoot his residuals
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Jun 27, 2017 04:29
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https://twitter.com/120Sports/status/879459768091369472
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Jun 27, 2017 04:35
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Speaking of The Show 17, I couldn't hit for poo poo tonight against the Marlins (admittedly at a higher difficulty). 16 hits, 22 innings. Luis Gonzalez had 2 errors in left and David Wright got gunned down at the plate in the 11th. Finally won in the 22nd on a walk-off single.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:59
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How to enjoy the show: 1.) Turn off the terrible music tracks. 2.) Turn off the commentary. 3.) Get spotify on your phone. 4.) Play spotify on your PS4 by connecting through your phone. Because you're using your phone it just plays in the background and you never have to put the game into suspension or anything. Now whenever I sit down to play some DD I throw a few albums up on spotify and go. It's the best.
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Pancakes posted:Speaking of The Show 17, I couldn't hit for poo poo tonight against the Marlins (admittedly at a higher difficulty). 16 hits, 22 innings. Luis Gonzalez had 2 errors in left and David Wright got gunned down at the plate in the 11th. Finally won in the 22nd on a walk-off single. I'm just having fun on 16 on my PS3 (because I'm cheap) using my devastating forkball to strike out ALL the motherfuckers. All of them. 1998 Kerry Wood wishes he was my rtts guy.
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Jun 27, 2017 05:11
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PS3 16, too. I too am cheap and you can get lost of cheap used games playing old gen. Music off. Commentary up just high enough to hear the praise when I'm doing well. Music playing on the side. Sometimes an actual baseball game on the computer or radio.
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Jun 27, 2017 06:17
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I can never deal with commentary in the show. First thing I do with the show is turn off the volume and listen to anything else instead
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Jun 27, 2017 06:21
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The commentary can get a little annoying when it's just the same stuff over and over. Or when they're going through a long routine that you have to wait to end if you want to hear something else (or try and race it). But I enjoy it for my immersion. Sucks me in a little more.
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Jun 27, 2017 07:09
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The best part of The Show commentary was if you hit 9 batters in a row, Matt Vasgersian would give up and slam the door to the booth.
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Is there a pitching ''Mendoza Line'' ? An era or fip where no matter how many inning a pitcher would pitch in a season as a 5th starter that would not make it worth it?
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Jun 27, 2017 07:22
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ScottyJSno posted:Is there a pitching ''Mendoza Line'' ? An era or fip where no matter how many inning a pitcher would pitch in a season as a 5th starter that would not make it worth it? There's no colloquially corresponding line as far as I know with pitching, but I'd guess if you consistently pitch a 6+ ERA you're about the same as a useless hitter for a ballpark figure?
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Jun 27, 2017 07:31
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Grittybeard posted:There's no colloquially corresponding line as far as I know with pitching, but I'd guess if you consistently pitch a 6+ ERA you're about the same as a useless hitter for a ballpark figure? But lets say that 5+ 6+ era guy has a war at 0 and is guaranteed to pitch 200 innings. Would a team cast him off for a AAA guy? Where would any of you draw the line? ScottyJSno fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Jun 27, 2017 |
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Jun 27, 2017 07:43
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bawfuls posted:Personally I'm more a fan of the "everyone was brought together by our mutual hatred of Angel Pagan" theory for why the Giants are garbage now. "Bobby Evans can't GM for poo poo" is a popular one. He's gambled a bit, but the only extremely dumb thing he did is let Gregor Blanco walk to get Gorkys in the lineup.
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alpha_destroy posted:How to enjoy the show: I love the idea of The Show but I couldn't get past the part where I either hit a home run, single or strikeout, as with most games. I guess I could have turned the difficulty up but then I couldn't pitch for poo poo and games ended up as double-digit slugfests.
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Jun 27, 2017 13:30
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I bought The Show (first time) during that recent sale and Diamond Dynasty is the poo poo. Puig was like 80 baseball funbux on the marketplace, the hell's wrong with everybody. Excited to grind 365,000 for Trout!!
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Jun 27, 2017 15:10
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So as we all know the Giants cloned Buster Posey and turned him into a second baseman named Joe Panik. Also Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford, but I'm not sure what order. (Really Giant super-scientists, same name and everything?) Thanks to Starlin Castro's pulled hammy, tonight the Yankees will unveil their own cloned infield player in Tyler Wade, who is clearly made from Jacoby Ellsbury's DNA. 
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Jun 27, 2017 15:49
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cis autodrag posted:"2/3 of the world is covered by water, the 1/3 by baez". that's pretty good. According to Statcast, his catch in the 8th inning was the most ground covered by a shortstop on a flyout in two years.
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Jun 27, 2017 16:55
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From what I'm reading here, the statistical fidelity of MLB The Show isn't too great? Are there sliders or something you can adjust to make the games somewhat resemble real MLB play?
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Jun 27, 2017 18:38
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I was looking into back to back RoY performances from the same team, didn't think it happened much, but I was wrong. 1992: Eric Karros LAD 1993: Mike Piazza LAD 1994: Raul Mondesi LAD 1995: Hideo Nomo LAD 1996: Todd Hollandsworth LAD  Athletics and Dodgers also hit three in a row. Several teams have hit back to back RoY's. Sasaki and Suzuki were back to back for the Mariners. Totally forgot about Sasaki, he owned.
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MrMojok posted:From what I'm reading here, the statistical fidelity of MLB The Show isn't too great? There are yes. But, on the other hand, statistical fidelity be damned! I haven't messed with the sliders much, but in my honest opinion, much of the issue is actually the user. I almost never walk playing franchise or DD. But my RTTS hitter, his walk-rate, while below average, is a respectable 7.7%. My conclusion is most players don't walk cause the are impatient, not cause the game doesn't throw balls. And why shouldn't they swing, swinging is fun. I think this also explains why the game produces fewer doubles, but more home-runs and than expected. Home runs are fun. I swing for the fences all the drat. Anyway, if you actually do want to adjust sliders for more accurate doubles:triples:homerun ratio, my guess is you would need to drop power slightly and drop fielder speed. Outfielders get to balls down the line pretty quick.
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alpha_destroy posted:I almost never walk playing franchise or DD. But my RTTS hitter, his walk-rate, while below average, is a respectable 7.7%. My conclusion is most players don't walk cause the are impatient, not cause the game doesn't throw balls. And why shouldn't they swing, swinging is fun. I think this also explains why the game produces fewer doubles, but more home-runs and than expected. Home runs are fun. I swing for the fences all the drat. CPU pitchers also don't throw many balls until you crank the difficulty up to All-Star or above. On Beginner they're basically throwing BP, and on Rookie/Veteran they'll mix pitch type and location in the zone fairly well, but sparingly throw off the plate.
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Sydin posted:CPU pitchers also don't throw many balls until you crank the difficulty up to All-Star or above. On Beginner they're basically throwing BP, and on Rookie/Veteran they'll mix pitch type and location in the zone fairly well, but sparingly throw off the plate. yeah, this is what I noticed. I'm playing on beginner because, like I said, my last baseball game was on the Sega Genesis and I have genuinely yet to see a ball thrown to my RTTS guy.
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cis autodrag posted:yeah, this is what I noticed. I'm playing on beginner because, like I said, my last baseball game was on the Sega Genesis and I have genuinely yet to see a ball thrown to my RTTS guy. I set everything to Dynamic in 16 and liked it, keeps things easy and hands-off, too. I'm also 99% sure I have never walked in that game vs CPU in any mode, and almost never even gotten into a 2-ball count.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:I was looking into back to back RoY performances from the same team, didn't think it happened much, but I was wrong. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Jun 27, 2017 |
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Jun 27, 2017 19:12
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This is a good article on the Freeze guy: https://yhoo.it/2sL5pAI Two things: 1) he runs a 4.28 40 2) he works on the ground crew and has to go from the park to midnight shifts at an Amazon warehouse
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Jun 27, 2017 19:12
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I'm pitching for a team in a tournament next weekend that apparently features former pro players. I'm going to get absolutely destroyed and then I'm going to plunk whoever is up next because that's how you play the game.
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elentar posted:This is a good article on the Freeze guy: https://yhoo.it/2sL5pAI They were talking about Brewers racing the Freeze the other day, and they said only a couple could go without a headstart against him. That dude is nuts.
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elentar posted:This is a good article on the Freeze guy: https://yhoo.it/2sL5pAI It is absolutely disgusting that a major league organization does not pay their employees enough to avoid a second job. Giving every single one of their ballpark staff $20/hr wouldn't even hit 1% of the payroll of the 25 guys on the field.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:I was looking into back to back RoY performances from the same team, didn't think it happened much, but I was wrong. The other Dodgers streak was actually 4 in a row. 79-82 with Sutcliffe, Howe, Valenzuela and Sax.
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cis autodrag posted:It is absolutely disgusting that a major league organization does not pay their employees enough to avoid a second job. Giving every single one of their ballpark staff $20/hr wouldn't even hit 1% of the payroll of the 25 guys on the field. That was exactly what I was thinking when I read that. Godammit.
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