...let me explain.
Ive been an All Star level player for years, forever, both hitting and pitching.
This year despite hitting only around .240 as a team on A/S, ive been able to win 80% plus of games as pitching on A/S (Pulse, with my own slider set, still walking plenty etc) was just too easy. I knew if i scored only 2/3 runs a game i would still win as i could shut the CPU down so readily. I felt no fear at all, even when facing great hitters in big situations, and it shouldnt be like that.
No more.
I thought, well, just go to HOF pitching, stay on A/S hitting, but my brain wouldnt let me do that because i saw it like this.
The CPU is having to face HOF quality pitching from me, why should i only have to face A/S quality pitching from them?
Hitting only league average or a tad lower on A/S, i thought, well theres no way im good enough to hit and compete regularly on HOF hitting, and then i thought...no, you can, if you focus, if you really concentrate, you can do it.
And i have...having restarted my franchise im winning games, losing games, hitting more homers than ever and hitting much better than on A/S, i think in part because the CPU pitching is being more cute on the edges of the zone, therefore im walking more, therefore getting more men on base to drive in etc, the snowball effect.
The difference is now i do feel the fear of the CPU hitting, especially the big boppers, in a good way, because my mistakes are getting hit and hit hard, and thats great! Thats what i want, because this hardly ever happened on A/S, i could just cruise through...not any more.
I never felt i was good enough to go to HOF hitting and pitching, but i have proven that i am, and the wins and losses feel so much more rewarding now.
If i win, i damn well earned it through focus and concentration, if i lose, my fault, wasnt on it, well played CPU.
So yeah, HOF has saved the game for me, who wants to win 120+ games on A/S as i was on track to? No real feat if you arent being challenged.
Now i win and lose as my performance dictates and im loving it.
Any similar difficulty stories out there?
Ive been an All Star level player for years, forever, both hitting and pitching.
This year despite hitting only around .240 as a team on A/S, ive been able to win 80% plus of games as pitching on A/S (Pulse, with my own slider set, still walking plenty etc) was just too easy. I knew if i scored only 2/3 runs a game i would still win as i could shut the CPU down so readily. I felt no fear at all, even when facing great hitters in big situations, and it shouldnt be like that.
No more.
I thought, well, just go to HOF pitching, stay on A/S hitting, but my brain wouldnt let me do that because i saw it like this.
The CPU is having to face HOF quality pitching from me, why should i only have to face A/S quality pitching from them?
Hitting only league average or a tad lower on A/S, i thought, well theres no way im good enough to hit and compete regularly on HOF hitting, and then i thought...no, you can, if you focus, if you really concentrate, you can do it.
And i have...having restarted my franchise im winning games, losing games, hitting more homers than ever and hitting much better than on A/S, i think in part because the CPU pitching is being more cute on the edges of the zone, therefore im walking more, therefore getting more men on base to drive in etc, the snowball effect.
The difference is now i do feel the fear of the CPU hitting, especially the big boppers, in a good way, because my mistakes are getting hit and hit hard, and thats great! Thats what i want, because this hardly ever happened on A/S, i could just cruise through...not any more.
I never felt i was good enough to go to HOF hitting and pitching, but i have proven that i am, and the wins and losses feel so much more rewarding now.
If i win, i damn well earned it through focus and concentration, if i lose, my fault, wasnt on it, well played CPU.
So yeah, HOF has saved the game for me, who wants to win 120+ games on A/S as i was on track to? No real feat if you arent being challenged.
Now i win and lose as my performance dictates and im loving it.
Any similar difficulty stories out there?
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