How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

[baconbits11]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

51 and damn proud to be alive and a gamer!!!!



I have been playing sports games back since the Atari 2600 days.



here is my lineage



Atari 2600

NES

Sega Genesis

Computer

Xbox

PS3

PS4

PS5



Ive been playing the show since 07/08.



The Show Series was the reason i got onboard with the PlayStation to begin with. Best gaming decision i have ever made!!!

50 here also. I thought Atari RealSports baseball and Intellivision baseball were the bomb when I was a kid. Played em all from RBI to Triple Play to All Star Baseball to the Show.

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[Spanky]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

57. Grew up playing Strat-O-Matic Baseball in the 70s. Great game.
First baseball video game I think was the 2k series on the old PS1 in the late 90s, but didn't really enjoy a baseball game until first playing the Show in 2012.
Haven't played since the pandemic lockdown in 2020, but will probably get back into it at some point because every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in.

[bronxbombers21325]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I was 23 when I first started playing. 38 now.

[dbekoscke]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

Tried to open up this Facebook group but it didn't work... What's the Facebook name so I can search for it?

Do you love baseball?

Do you have MLB THE SHOW 21 on Playstation?

Can you play baseball all year round?

Are you looking to play with a great group of guys who believe in FAIR-PLAY?

If your the age 35 or over I run a older gamer baseball league and been doing this since 2007.

If interested come join our group page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/266792218840485/?ref=share

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[ChiTownKid]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

48. I've seen em all. If a baseball game was made for console or computer, chances are I've played it.

[LR Mike]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

35 here, started playing The Show around 14. Been playing baseball games all the way back to Sports Talk Baseball on the Genesis.

[shag073]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I’m 48. My first baseball game was on the Atari 2600 in 81-82.

Some of my favorites over the years have been Bases Loaded and Baseball Stars on NES, MVP Baseball 07 with the college teams (I think that’s right.) and obviously the Show.

I stopped playing Madden 3 years ago, so basically this is the only video game I still play regularly.

[breakfastcat]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

Honestly I wasn't expecting to be one of the youngest users in this forum at 32 but it's really cool to see so many older folks gaming.

[Cod]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

Honestly I wasn't expecting to be one of the youngest users in this forum at 32 but it's really cool to see so many older folks gaming.

It feels inline with the average fan age honestly.

[IndianSummer]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I’m 63
My first baseball game involved a wooden bat, leather glove and a baseball. Those were the days.

[Caulfield]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I’m 63
My first baseball game involved a wooden bat, leather glove and a baseball. Those were the days.

and the graphics were so real they were almost lifelike lol
nowadays 4 out of 5 leading doctors suggest fresh air will kill you

[joshtree14]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I’m 48. My first baseball game was on the Atari 2600 in 81-82.



Some of my favorites over the years have been Bases Loaded and Baseball Stars on NES, MVP Baseball 07 with the college teams (I think that’s right.) and obviously the Show.



I stopped playing Madden 3 years ago, so basically this is the only video game I still play regularly.

Dude! Same boat 48,M network baseball on Atari having a season manually using a scorebook.


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[FindingTim]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

32. My first game was Triple Play 98 (Brian Jordan on the cover).
It had Erik Kiss, the cornfield stadium. oh good times.

It honestly doesn't look as bad as I was expecting

I've loved many Triple Plays. the one with the creative home run challenge that had targets, living room, even a Medievel castle!

Then came MVP 2004, a really strong game with the worst glitch in sports gaming history, which is, left-handed hitters couldn't hit home runs. Well, once in a while you could luck into a wall-scraper. How that made it beyond testing is anyones guess.

Fortunately they followed it up with the best video game of all-time... which was sadly followed by a buyout. Which is how I ended up with The Show.

I like The Show, I really do, but to this day I believe Triple Play and MVP's hitting mechanics more naturally mimicked real-life hitting. Cursor-based hitting is nothing like real hitting, and that's my biggest gripe with The Show. Hitting is about timing, it's not timing+aiming. The aiming part is instinctual. I realize that technically there is a timing-only option but it leaves a lot to be desired.

[Caulfield]

How YOUNG are you, MLB the Show fan?

this thread asks the wrong question. it should ask how young you are

[Phil Parent]

Re: How old are you, MLB the Show fan?

I'm 40. My first baseball game was that game that had historical rosters on the NES (Was it RBI Baseball 2? I forget. The Show should do the same and take a hint with how they did it: Have the licensed players with appropriate stats and team for other years, and fill the unlicensed players with generics... that we can handilly fill in!) and my first shared roster was for Baseball Stars in the early 90s.

Created Expos / Braves / Cards / Cubs / Reds / Jays for it and lent out the cart to my friends. The curse of content creation has followed me since.