MLB The Show 18 Video - Bat Flips

[SilverBullet1929]

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The coach here has a point. It's about teaching kids respect. Not that they can't have fun but they need to be weary of staying respectful in their fun/celebrations.

[jkra0512]

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Baseball is losing their audience because it's deemed boring and not action-packed like the other major sports. Bat flips are a small and fun way for kids (you know the main demographic for this feature) to enjoy the game. I would venture a guess that most of them couldn't care less about making sure their scouting is correct or ensuring their underachieving top prospect spends another year in AA for polishing.

Not every feature is geared toward us hardcores at OS. Let your hair down and have some fun!! Like it or not, bat flips might become a thing, and I think it would be hilarious. If the NFL can have ridiculous dances after a TD or an NBA player leaves his hand up after making a three or stands over somebody after a dunk, why can't baseball have a little fun with bat flips? Poor sportsmanship? Weak. If your ego is that fragile, then sports might not be for you...

[MLB14]

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Baseball is losing their audience because it's deemed boring and not action-packed like the other major sports. Bat flips are a small and fun way for kids (you know the main demographic for this feature) to enjoy the game..

Baseball is losing it's audience cause it's deemed boring? Yea, I guess it's deemed boring by the people who never liked it anyway. Bat flips won't make someone who doesn't like baseball start being interested in it.

Is baseball really losing it's audience? I mean, if someone is a fan of baseball, they don't see the game as boring, so..

[Jimmydm90]

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I feel like most of these bat flips would get you thrown out of the game or at the very least you're getting some chin music during your next at bat.

[Caulfield]

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Baseball is losing it's audience cause it's deemed boring? Yea, I guess it's deemed boring by the people who never liked it anyway. Bat flips won't make someone who doesn't like baseball start being interested in it.

Is baseball really losing it's audience? I mean, if someone is a fan of baseball, they don't see the game as boring, so..

I don't know. If ballet or opera had bat flips I'd be more inclined to watch.

[MLB14]

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I don't know. If ballet or opera had bat flips I'd be more inclined to watch.

Peh.. Does golf have club flips?

[KnightTemplar]

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I dunno. Sort of over debating over something that appears to be a choice. Me, if it makes me laugh a bit during the game, it's okay. Ever set the controller down and watch some of the funny stuff that goes on?

This game is NEVER going to give us absolutely everything we want at one felt swoop. As a producer of the game I wouldn't. And I'm sure it isn't as easy as everyone is making it out to be......i.e., "just put it in the game". I'm sure the devs are given their marching orders at the beginning of the development cycle and they do what the bosses tell them. Understood.

All I know, is I'm not playing Interplay 2000. I'm so thankful for what the game offers.

[jkra0512]

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Baseball is losing it's audience cause it's deemed boring? Yea, I guess it's deemed boring by the people who never liked it anyway. Bat flips won't make someone who doesn't like baseball start being interested in it.

Is baseball really losing it's audience? I mean, if someone is a fan of baseball, they don't see the game as boring, so..

Baaeball's audience is older than all the other major sports. They are losing their share of the market because games are too long and not as action packed as other sports. In turn, they are not attracting fans at the same rate.

Baseball is my first love, but I can certainly see my son and daughter liking something else because theres more immediate entertainment for the time they invest. Baseball is an acquired taste and takes knowing a lot of the nuances to fully enjoy the game, where as basketball or hockey its constant back and forth movement and action.

Injecting a little life and personality into baseball isn't such a bad thing to attract new people to the sport. That's all i was alluding to.

[GoDucks1224]

MLB The Show 18 Video - Bat Flips

Yeah man, screw fun! This sport isn’t about fun! No celebrating! No emotion! Bean ball everyone! Gahhhh! IMG_2116.JPG

Actually not gonna quote him. This thread is loaded with bat flip haters. And I don’t just mean these ridiculous silly fun ones. [emoji12]

[GoDucks1224]

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We have different ideas of fun bud. Much different. That video was painful to watch. And the Youtube reaction (if your catering to a "casual" audience) has not been any kinder. The hype for the game has been so strong otherwise.

The casual audience doesn’t make YouTube comments, frankly. The real casuals, the majority of the playerbase, are the ones who watch the video on Facebook or something and move on. Maybe they give it a ‘like’.

[GoDucks1224]

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I promise you they do not have as many preorders this year that’s why u see it advertise in 17 and they pushing harder for it then in any year before !!! Casual and arcadey have been the priority target well it’s gonna bite them in the butt when offline franchisers quit buying every year .. I promise you if the big thing th y added to franchise is jus 3 inning games and ability to sim to whenever is it this game will not sale million copies this year ..


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Casual and arcadey would actually appeal to more people. Just look at FIFA or Madden. Even if they lost every single one of us franchise heads, I’m almost positive their sales would still go up every year or stay around the same.

[Eman5805]

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Every blasted year. Every blasted sports game. Without fail.

If it's not "The game looks the same as last year." It's "Oh, they put in this feature I don't like. So that means the one I did like got ignored! WAH WAH WAAAAAH!"

[GoDucks1224]

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Every blasted year. Every blasted sports game. Without fail.

If it's not "The game looks the same as last year." It's "Oh, they put in this feature I don't like. So that means the one I did like got ignored! WAH WAH WAAAAAH!"

I despise when people say ‘the game looks the same.’

Well yes. Why do you expect a massive difference in the way an annual sports title on the same generation of consoles looks? Gah.

[Eman5805]

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I despise when people say ‘the game looks the same.’

Well yes. Why do you expect a massive difference in the way an annual sports title on the same generation of consoles looks? Gah.

They say that every year...but ask them to go back and play the game just two years ago and the difference is often striking.

[redsox4evur]

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OH THE HUMANITY OF KIDS HAVING FUN. WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?

This is baseball we're talking about fun doesn't matter. It's all about preserving the history of the game, and keeping it similar to the way my pa, and his pa played the game. Baseball simply isn't allowed to evolve.

Peh.. Does golf have club flips?

Golf has club twirls and also has guys fist pumping and being completely psyched after making a winning putt with 0 consequence. Just look at Tiger Woods in his prime, easily one of the cockiest dudes on the tour and he is probably the greatest thing to ever happen to golf. If a baseball player used any antics like Tiger they would get hit by the whiny pitcher in this next AB.