So I've been using the Yankees in my franchise for the past few iterations of the show and I usually am successful, having one the chip in 2012 and making the postseason two other seasons. So I got this year's game upon release and am currently 39-26 in my franchise (using my Legend sliders in the sliders forum).
The problem was, a friend of mine, using the exact same sliders, was struggling mightily. He tried franchises with the Angels, the Marlins, the Mariners, the Astros, the Pirates and the Orioles and all 6 ended the same way . . . with him quitting because he was struggling. I honestly thought I was just better than him at the game. Until today...
He played 5 games today and lost all 5 in blowouts. We had no idea why he was struggling so much and I was doing so well. I tried giving him pointers, but he just wasn't buying that I was so much better than him. After the fifth blowout, he had enough and decided to play with the Yankees just to see if anything felt different. And boy did it.
Now mind you, he only paid 3 games with the Yankees, but after starting EVERY SINGLE previous franchise either 1-2 or 0-3, he conveniently started the Yankees franchise 3-0. But it wasn't the record that bothered me, it was the OBVIOUS way in which the computer literally laid down for him with the Yankees that they weren't doing with any other team he tried using. He was complaining that the CPU never swung at balls, but as the Yankees, they swung at a ton of bad pitches. He complained he was making too many errors, but as the Yankees, none. He complained that everything he threw was being belted, but as the Yankees, he was shutting them down. Watching him play made me feel like every other game I won was being handed to me. I felt like the Show had pulled a rug over my eyes and shielded me from the actual rigors and frustrations he was going through. I couldn't allow myself to believe that the game tuned certain teams differently to make it easier based on . . . popularity. The teams he used prior to the Yankees were ranked 20, 22, 10, 1, 18 and 21 respectively. The Yankees were ranked 11. Yet despite a couple of those teams being ranked better, he still struggled MIGHTILY while with the Yankees, he cruised.
I feel so . . . used, so cheated, so . . . Show'd.
The problem was, a friend of mine, using the exact same sliders, was struggling mightily. He tried franchises with the Angels, the Marlins, the Mariners, the Astros, the Pirates and the Orioles and all 6 ended the same way . . . with him quitting because he was struggling. I honestly thought I was just better than him at the game. Until today...
He played 5 games today and lost all 5 in blowouts. We had no idea why he was struggling so much and I was doing so well. I tried giving him pointers, but he just wasn't buying that I was so much better than him. After the fifth blowout, he had enough and decided to play with the Yankees just to see if anything felt different. And boy did it.
Now mind you, he only paid 3 games with the Yankees, but after starting EVERY SINGLE previous franchise either 1-2 or 0-3, he conveniently started the Yankees franchise 3-0. But it wasn't the record that bothered me, it was the OBVIOUS way in which the computer literally laid down for him with the Yankees that they weren't doing with any other team he tried using. He was complaining that the CPU never swung at balls, but as the Yankees, they swung at a ton of bad pitches. He complained he was making too many errors, but as the Yankees, none. He complained that everything he threw was being belted, but as the Yankees, he was shutting them down. Watching him play made me feel like every other game I won was being handed to me. I felt like the Show had pulled a rug over my eyes and shielded me from the actual rigors and frustrations he was going through. I couldn't allow myself to believe that the game tuned certain teams differently to make it easier based on . . . popularity. The teams he used prior to the Yankees were ranked 20, 22, 10, 1, 18 and 21 respectively. The Yankees were ranked 11. Yet despite a couple of those teams being ranked better, he still struggled MIGHTILY while with the Yankees, he cruised.
I feel so . . . used, so cheated, so . . . Show'd.
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