MLB The Show 19 Developer Tournament Stream

[Dannywhatever]

Re: MLB The Show 19 Developer Tournament Stream

Did they show the 30 diamonds you can choose from if you preordered? Based on what I watched last night it looks like high contact & lower power guys will matter more in online play. I’m really happy about that.

They showed the final 10 multiple times, but not their attributes (someone listed the players on page 2 of this thread). They will show those on Monday's stream, or you can wait until you get the game a few hours later to see them.

Go Bulldogs!!!

[MoneyMan17]

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The reason they are playing DD is because they are trying to stream the entire tournament and DD games are only 3 innings in length, which means shorter/quicker games.

I don't think anyone wants to/would sit thru multiple 9 inning games that last nearly 45 minutes each.

If only there was a way to make a regular baseball game with real teams and uniforms 3 innings!

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[Incognito]

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Despite the complaining, I do think the game is looking very crisp. Subtle improvements but definitely looking better than MLB 2018.

[p00p1]

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I only watched about 30 minutes, and saw two instances of Ramon taking a bad route to a ball and having his fielder run right past the spot. I get that he took a bad route, but the game should account for that by having him miss the ball or make an error, not just run right passed the ball like he doesn't see it. That was the first thing I thought of when they talked about fixing defense this year...

[Padgoi]

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I only watched about 30 minutes, and saw two instances of Ramon taking a bad route to a ball and having his fielder run right past the spot. I get that he took a bad route, but the game should account for that by having him miss the ball or make an error, not just run right passed the ball like he doesn't see it. That was the first thing I thought of when they talked about fixing defense this year...

This has been in the game for YEARS. The fielders have no perception of the ball in space, they only have perception of where the circle is to catch the ball and if they don't get there fast enough or if they take a poor route, the animation to catch the ball doesn't kick in at all, leading to a 2-3 base error. It's absurdly unrealistic to say the very least.

[DanH35]

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The reason they are playing DD is because they are trying to stream the entire tournament and DD games are only 3 innings in length, which means shorter/quicker games.

I don't think anyone wants to/would sit thru multiple 9 inning games that last nearly 45 minutes each.

I think another reason is that by doing a BR draft, the teams would be more evenly matched than using MLB teams. And they probably wanted to show off some legends. I liked how they did it this year. It let us see a variety of different players instead of nothing but players from top rated teams.

[GoBlue81188]

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Thought as a hitter the pitch speeds looked really good.

However, as the behind the pitcher view, the ball looks like a frisbee going to the plate. Is that an online thing? I don’t recall it being so severe in offline 18 from that view point.

Hit variety looked incredible to me, always my #1 factor in this game

[bcruise]

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Thought as a hitter the pitch speeds looked really good.

However, as the behind the pitcher view, the ball looks like a frisbee going to the plate. Is that an online thing? I don’t recall it being so severe in offline 18 from that view point.

Hit variety looked incredible to me, always my #1 factor in this game

Yes, it's an online thing (LAN in this case, since the devs are obviously on their own closed network). It's done that way so the batter gets an offline-like experience without input lag as they see the ball coming in - the game momentarily desyncs pitcher and batter (which is why the pitcher's view appears to slow down), and then re-syncs them when contact is made - that's the reason for the short pause.

You won't see that pause or slowdown in offline games.

[GoBlue81188]

Re: MLB The Show 19 Developer Tournament Stream

Yes, it's an online thing (LAN in this case, since the devs are obviously on their own closed network). It's done that way so the batter gets an offline-like experience without input lag as they see the ball coming in - the game momentarily desyncs pitcher and batter (which is why the pitcher's view appears to slow down), and then re-syncs them when contact is made - that's the reason for the short pause.

You won't see that pause or slowdown in offline games.

Appreciate it! Really looking forward to this years game. May even try my hand in DD for the first time.

[myghty]

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I missed the stream, is it not archived?

[bcruise]

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I missed the stream, is it not archived?

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/399003426

Note: it is TEN HOURS of BR gameplay, including time spent drafting BR teams.