MLB 13 The Show Developer Journal - Play Now Rated

[HustlinOwl]

Nick Livingston, Game Designer for MLB 13 The Show has posted another Developer Journal. This year the team has added more depth to Play Now online matches by incorporating some elements from other areas in the game.

Quote:

We’ve tied in the Rating and Matchmaking system we use in Diamond Dynasty, with the pitcher energy system we use in our season based modes. I’m going to leverage our new in-game tutorial system by showing you some screencaps of the brief introduction you’d see the first time you select an Online Rated Match in MLB® 13. We now have an intelligent way of measuring who is the best of the best on the Leaderboard. You don’t have to play tons of games to be at the top of the leaderboard, you just have to prove that you can hang with the better players. Even if that means a game or two a week, you will find your place on the leaderboard before long.

Source - Dev Journal: MLB 13 The Show Play Now Rated (MLB The Show Nation)

[HustlinOwl]

play now is a whole new ball game

[TheBleedingRed21]

Best idea to implement the energy into SPs.

[HustlinOwl]

BCS Holy Crap!!!!!!!

[cardinalbird5]

Looks like Play Now is turning into Diamond Dynasty with the exception of fictional players. I like it...I just hope the bell curve isn't too extreme. I been ranked number 1 in DD throughout the year and you cannot make any mistakes at all or you'll drop tons of points. You have to win about 50 games to 1 loss to maintain your rank. Also things like DC's, games freezing, etc. can be severely detrimental to someone's psychological attitude. Hopefully the servers will have improved again so we don't see much of these problems.

I like the idea of the bell curve, matchmaking, etc. but I just hope they don't make it silly impossible to be ranked high and to maintain it. In DD, I can play someone with over 500 games played with a 60 winning pct and beat them to get absolutely nothing for it. 0 points, nada, etc. But if they happen to beat me I'll lose 23 points or so, which takes about 30-40 games without losing to gain back.

The leaderboards for the exhibition games are severely flawed, so this a step in the right direction. A lot of guys in the top 100 are only there, because they have played over 1000 games with their own settings and by pitching an ACE every game.

[dingleberryfinn]

Quote: Originally Posted by cardinalbird7

You have to win about 50 games to 1 loss to maintain your rank.

This is just one of many reasons online play doesn't appeal to me.
Until MLB teams can schedule high school teams IRL & get it to count in the standings, my opinion on this will not change.

[cardinalbird5]

Quote: Originally Posted by dingleberryfinn

This is just one of many reasons online play doesn't appeal to me. Until MLB teams can schedule high school teams IRL & get it to count in the standings, my opinion on this will not change.

Well IRL there are only 30 teams, so staying at the top of the standings isn't as difficult. For online, there are over 100,000+ people, so staying at the top, of course, will be difficult. There are also drastic variances among skill levels, so you will be seeing players and teams that play like "HS Teams". I just hope they find a balance between the DD leaderboards and exhibition leaderboards from this year. There are some top 20 players with under an 80 winning pct, so they really shouldn't be there.

My main gripe with the DD leaderboards is the disconnects or glitches that can cause you to lose a game. If you lose on the field, then you deserved the loss. If you lost your rank by glitches and disconnects then that isn't too fair.

[HustlinOwl]

rank means nothing