MLB Offseason: It's All About the Positions He Doesn't Play

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fast cars loose anus: Mar 2, 2007; Pillbug

MLB the Show's exclusivity ran out for 2020, but that only came out on PS. 2021 came out on ps and XBox, 2022 on ps, xbox, and switch. It would not be surprising to see them release 2023 or 2024 on PC; they just didn't hire enough people to immediately port it to all available systems and instead essentially went in order of market share. There's no guarantee we ever see it on PC but even if they wanted to port it there it's not surprising it got backburnered in favor of the other two consoles.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 02:22

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 06:54

elentar: Aug 26, 2002; Every single year the Ivy League takes a break from fucking up the world through its various alumni to fuck up everyone's bracket instead.

This baseball videogame gives me insane J. Henry Waugh vibes in a way no game since 90s Strat-o-Matic has

# ? Nov 25, 2022 03:33

Darude - Adam Sandstorm: Aug 16, 2012

https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1596180773127733251

Someone read this for me and get the good quotes. I don't wanna read a Tom Verducci book

# ? Nov 25, 2022 17:41

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1596180773127733251

Someone read this for me and get the good quotes. I don't wanna read a Tom Verducci book

already have it requested from the library!

# ? Nov 25, 2022 18:04

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

anyone have any links to how to actually pitch and hit in SMB3, i have tried to find tutorials but everything is just basic pitching poo poo like "hit the corners" and "mix up your pitches" and i am looking for am i supposed to hold the button while i'm trying to line up the thing with the other thing and i have no idea how to get my pitches to actually go anywhere.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 18:32

Hand Knit: Oct 24, 2005; Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

"Nobody thinks about baseball quite like Joe Maddon" is one of those sentences that permits multiple interpretations.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 19:06

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

R.D. Mangles posted:

anyone have any links to how to actually pitch and hit in SMB3, i have tried to find tutorials but everything is just basic pitching poo poo like "hit the corners" and "mix up your pitches" and i am looking for am i supposed to hold the button while i'm trying to line up the thing with the other thing and i have no idea how to get my pitches to actually go anywhere.

I don't have any link although check the steam community page for the game there may be some there.

You don't need to hold any buttons during the pitch, just LMB once to start the pitch and then align the moving reticle into the target stationary reticle.

You can also throw a power pitch with RMB you want to align the targets as normal but you have to hold RMB down and try to release it as close to 100 as you can get it, if you mess up the pitch will be wild.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 20:01

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

fast cars loose anus posted:

MLB the Show's exclusivity ran out for 2020, but that only came out on PS. 2021 came out on ps and XBox, 2022 on ps, xbox, and switch. It would not be surprising to see them release 2023 or 2024 on PC; they just didn't hire enough people to immediately port it to all available systems and instead essentially went in order of market share. There's no guarantee we ever see it on PC but even if they wanted to port it there it's not surprising it got backburnered in favor of the other two consoles.

I don't think there was an exclusivity agreement like EA has with the NFL, it's just that The Show was developed by a Sony owned studio so they only made it for playstation because, well, of course you would, and it dominated the market so much that developers stopped trying to compete (with a few failed attempts here and there).

And then a few years ago MLB came to Sony with a bag of money and said "listen we need this available for everyone please give it to xbox"

# ? Nov 25, 2022 20:33

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

Popete posted:

I don't have any link although check the steam community page for the game there may be some there.

You don't need to hold any buttons during the pitch, just LMB once to start the pitch and then align the moving reticle into the target stationary reticle.

You can also throw a power pitch with RMB you want to align the targets as normal but you have to hold RMB down and try to release it as close to 100 as you can get it, if you mess up the pitch will be wild.

cool thanks

# ? Nov 25, 2022 20:44

Kilometers Davis: Jul 9, 2007; They begin again

I love Joe Maddon and am tempted to get that book lol

# ? Nov 25, 2022 20:49

Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

R.D. Mangles posted:

anyone have any links to how to actually pitch and hit in SMB3, i have tried to find tutorials but everything is just basic pitching poo poo like "hit the corners" and "mix up your pitches" and i am looking for am i supposed to hold the button while i'm trying to line up the thing with the other thing and i have no idea how to get my pitches to actually go anywhere.

Both hitting and pitching have a basic/contact version and a higher risk/reward "power" version. It sounds like you're using the power version to pitch, which requires you to aim a reticle (like the standard version) but also hold the bottom to "charge" it up, and miss wildly if you overcharge it. I'd suggest that, while you get used to the game, you sick to the basic versions.

For what it's worth, the game tries to steer you this way with its tutorials, as it'll first teach you how to hit/pitch with the basic tutorials, and will later give you the power tutorials; kind of a "crawl before you walk" approach. I'd suggest double-checking the tutorials for the basic pitch and the contract swing, play a few games solely with those, and try the power versions only one you're nice and comfortable with the basic versions.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 20:51

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

IcePhoenix posted:

I don't think there was an exclusivity agreement like EA has with the NFL, it's just that The Show was developed by a Sony owned studio so they only made it for playstation because, well, of course you would, and it dominated the market so much that developers stopped trying to compete (with a few failed attempts here and there).

And then a few years ago MLB came to Sony with a bag of money and said "listen we need this available for everyone please give it to xbox"

Yeah the closest equivalent to "realistic" MLB games besides The Show was RBI Baseball, which was way more low effort and simplistic than The Show and ended up dying with last year's edition. There's also OOTP I guess, but it's such a different style of game that I wouldn't really consider it a competitor to The Show.

It's a shame too because with The Show as the only game in town it's fallen into a rut where they barely change anything year to year besides updating rosters and adding some window dressing, when there's a huge number of issues that have been carried over year after year after year without getting addressed. RttS is also a joke, somehow even more soulless than whatever the gently caress NBA2K and Madden are doing these days with their career modes. But it's never gonna get addressed because SDS no impetus to do so.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 21:04

Tony Phillips: Feb 9, 2006

R.D. Mangles posted:

anyone have any links to how to actually pitch and hit in SMB3, i have tried to find tutorials but everything is just basic pitching poo poo like "hit the corners" and "mix up your pitches" and i am looking for am i supposed to hold the button while i'm trying to line up the thing with the other thing and i have no idea how to get my pitches to actually go anywhere.

This helped me a bit with hitting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP6FWm8cxO8

Pretty basic stuff, but two things it definitely has right.
Assuming you're using an xbox controller - try power swings with the right stick and not the button.
Most(?) importantly - don't swing at garbage. You'll hit it, but it will be weak ground outs a lot.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 21:06

Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

Cartoony graphics aside, Super Mega Baseball 3 feels hella realistic to me because the last baseball game I played in depth was Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball, where Luis Sojo could bunt his way to first and steal home a few pitches later.

# ? Nov 25, 2022 21:12

fast cars loose anus: Mar 2, 2007; Pillbug

Sydin posted:

Yeah the closest equivalent to "realistic" MLB games besides The Show was RBI Baseball, which was way more low effort and simplistic than The Show and ended up dying with last year's edition. There's also OOTP I guess, but it's such a different style of game that I wouldn't really consider it a competitor to The Show.

It's a shame too because with The Show as the only game in town it's fallen into a rut where they barely change anything year to year besides updating rosters and adding some window dressing, when there's a huge number of issues that have been carried over year after year after year without getting addressed. RttS is also a joke, somehow even more soulless than whatever the gently caress NBA2K and Madden are doing these days with their career modes. But it's never gonna get addressed because SDS no impetus to do so.

I don't really need soul in my road to the show (I think the NBA and Madden version's press conferences and such are fairly stupid, just let me throw ball) but I sure wish they'd stop adding things for the sake of adding them like the throwing quick time event if you're playing as an infielder in RttS for example

# ? Nov 25, 2022 22:14

Pungry: Feb 26, 2011; JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.

The hot stove is heating up :siren:

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1596304615712051200

Carlos Santana is a great clubhouse guy that was Julio Rodriguez's best friend and he had some hugely clutch hits, but he's pretty done as anything more than a righty platoon bat since he can't really hit as a lefty.

# ? Nov 26, 2022 02:18

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003

Not sure how Seattle will survive without its 192/293/400 dh

also that's a pretty impressive IsoD considering he can't, you know, hit

# ? Nov 26, 2022 02:46

Slimy Hog: Apr 22, 2008

Pungry posted:

The hot stove is heating up https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1596304615712051200

Carlos Santana is a great clubhouse guy that was Julio Rodriguez's best friend and he had some hugely clutch hits, but he's pretty done as anything more than a righty platoon bat since he can't really hit as a lefty.

He's pretty good at the guitar as well

# ? Nov 26, 2022 03:15

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

man it's a hot stove

# ? Nov 26, 2022 03:16

The Pussy Boss: Nov 2, 2004

<Jonah Hill voice> He gets on base

# ? Nov 26, 2022 03:27

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

Intruder posted:

Not sure how Seattle will survive without its 192/293/400 dh

also that's a pretty impressive IsoD considering he can't, you know, hit

look man that 3 run dinger against Toronto was pretty drat big

# ? Nov 26, 2022 04:55

Shiroc: May 16, 2009; Sorry I'm late

I have an All Star Game jersey for Santana and I hope he keeps managing to get paid as long as there is a walk to be taken

# ? Nov 26, 2022 05:06

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

Ji-Man Choi / Carlos Santana platoon :vince:

# ? Nov 26, 2022 05:37

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

This signing was apparently the Pirates' biggest FA signing since 2016. At just under $7 mil. Good lord.

# ? Nov 26, 2022 06:12

stump collector: May 28, 2007

R.D. Mangles posted:

man it's a hot stove

# ? Nov 26, 2022 06:23

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003

Shine posted:

Both hitting and pitching have a basic/contact version and a higher risk/reward "power" version. It sounds like you're using the power version to pitch, which requires you to aim a reticle (like the standard version) but also hold the bottom to "charge" it up, and miss wildly if you overcharge it. I'd suggest that, while you get used to the game, you sick to the basic versions.

For what it's worth, the game tries to steer you this way with its tutorials, as it'll first teach you how to hit/pitch with the basic tutorials, and will later give you the power tutorials; kind of a "crawl before you walk" approach. I'd suggest double-checking the tutorials for the basic pitch and the contract swing, play a few games solely with those, and try the power versions only one you're nice and comfortable with the basic versions.

I'm having a real hard time adjusting to the power swing mechanics. Maybe I just need time. Also the timing of swinging seems a lot different from The Show so I need to adjust to that as well

# ? Nov 26, 2022 06:24

Julio Cruz: May 19, 2006

Slimy Hog posted:

He's pretty good at the guitar as well

I hope Pittsburgh lets him field so he can show off his picks

# ? Nov 26, 2022 17:25

Tony Phillips: Feb 9, 2006

Didn't see 2022 rosters, but I installed a 2021 mod and the M's are off to a good start as staff ace Marco Gonzales goes 8 2/3 perfect before the game cheated like a purple shell on Mario Kart and lined a first pitch double.

The offense didn't have much trouble though cruising to a 28 HR team effort led by ROY surefire M's standout for years Kyle Lewis and ageless wonder Kyle Seager.

I think I might need to bump the ego level up over it's current 15.

# ? Nov 26, 2022 19:30

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

Tony Phillips posted:

Didn't see 2022 rosters, but I installed a 2021 mod and the M's are off to a good start as staff ace Marco Gonzales goes 8 2/3 perfect before the game cheated like a purple shell on Mario Kart and lined a first pitch double.

The offense didn't have much trouble though cruising to a 28 HR team effort led by ROY surefire M's standout for years Kyle Lewis and ageless wonder Kyle Seager.

I think I might need to bump the ego level up over it's current 15.

Is this for SMB3? I need that mod

# ? Nov 26, 2022 19:37

Tony Phillips: Feb 9, 2006

Some Numbers posted:

Is this for SMB3? I need that mod

Yeah - I should have linked.

2021 roster file here:
https://www.mvpmods.com/files/file/11451-smb3-mlb21-team-pack-tsr-v-10/

There's some team importer tool you need as well.
https://www.mvpmods.com/files/file/11066-smb3-team-transfer-tool/

# ? Nov 26, 2022 19:42

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

I've seemed to settle between 42-45 ego level, that keeps it interesting where I have a decent chance of losing games still.

# ? Nov 26, 2022 19:44

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Tony Phillips posted:

like a purple shell on Mario Kart

what the gently caress is a purple shell

# ? Nov 26, 2022 22:58

The Pussy Boss: Nov 2, 2004

here's some stuff that I think is cool

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1596494352099856385

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1596122815174160386

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1595750635994894336

# ? Nov 26, 2022 23:47

Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

Tony Phillips posted:

Didn't see 2022 rosters, but I installed a 2021 mod and the M's are off to a good start as staff ace Marco Gonzales goes 8 2/3 perfect before the game cheated like a purple shell on Mario Kart and lined a first pitch double.

The offense didn't have much trouble though cruising to a 28 HR team effort led by ROY surefire M's standout for years Kyle Lewis and ageless wonder Kyle Seager.

I think I might need to bump the ego level up over it's current 15.

Good poo poo, game owns.

When starting out, I think that increasing Ego by 5 every game until you lose one is a decent way to dial it in. Chances are you'll learn from that loss where your gaps are and you can work on them at that ego level, and your victories will feel more accomplishing as you improve. Then you can bump ego up again once you find you have an 80% winrate or something (or just enjoy winning a lot, which is fine!). You can also increase ego for each individual part of the game, in case you find a comfortable level for batting, but still need more challenge on pitching or whatever else.

I love that the CPU will pick up on patterns in how you pitch and start sitting on what you often throw on a given count. And it tells you it's doing this, with an "Anticipated: X pitch in Y location on Z count" message on screen. You can also use this against the computer by breaking your pattern with something completely different, which will result in an awkward swing and a "Fooled!" message. That poo poo's so satisfying.

# ? Nov 27, 2022 00:14

LongTimeFirstTime: Sep 29, 2021

"Providence honors World Series MVP, Classical alum Jeremy Pe�a"
https://turnto10.com/news/local/wor...ookie-shortshop

Quite the return to his high school for Pe�a, what a conclusion to his rookie season.

# ? Nov 27, 2022 06:24

Johnny Bravo: Jan 19, 2011

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1596960984933048323

Kinda glad the Angels can't sign him now because he looked super cooked

# ? Nov 27, 2022 21:36

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

The Pussy Boss posted:

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1596122815174160386

i could watch this eephus all day lol

# ? Nov 27, 2022 21:56

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

Johnny Bravo posted:

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1596960984933048323

Kinda glad the Angels can't sign him now because he looked super cooked

How is this guy going to be 32 next year my word.

Depending on the deal it's not a bad gamble, Clevenger looked pretty bad this year but it was his first season back from TJS and he'd always been pretty good prior, if not particularly reliable injury-wise. Decent enough bounce back candidate.

# ? Nov 27, 2022 21:57

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Sydin posted:

How is this guy going to be 32 next year my word.

Depending on the deal it's not a bad gamble, Clevenger looked pretty bad this year but it was his first season back from TJS and he'd always been pretty good prior, if not particularly reliable injury-wise. Decent enough bounce back candidate.

I don't think I watched any Clev starts, what was his problem? I remember when Montgomery came back from TJ he wasn't finishing his breaking balls at all, and you could see it clearly when you watched him but he just looked like rear end if you scouted the line.

Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Nov 28, 2022

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 06:54

Traxis: Jul 2, 2006

Johnny Bravo posted:

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1596960984933048323

Kinda glad the Angels can't sign him now because he looked super cooked

Sad to see him leave the division, the Dodgers had a .947 OPS against him

# ? Nov 27, 2022 23:44

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