I've hit doubles on pitches that about hit me in the knee before. You can hit pitches out of the zone, but the odds aren't in your favor.
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I've hit doubles on pitches that about hit me in the knee before. You can hit pitches out of the zone, but the odds aren't in your favor.PSN: Maserati_Bryan17 -
Originally posted by overrated_ichiro;I get the ''perfect'' and ''solid'' with a power hitter and it's a fly out over and over. 7 games with 1 home run and it was by Inge. I'm hitting balls hard, putting them in play, getting nothing to show for it.
Daric Barton batting. Even though I had perfect timing and the ball in the middle of the PCI, I get "okay" contact. Result: weak grounder to first. May not be the beat example since Barton really is not any sort of God at hitting (even though he has decent ratings), but when I do about everything I can to square up a ball and use contact swing for a contact hitter -- I really don't know what else to do.
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Same game: Aaron Hill batting. PCI right on the edge of the ball, okay timing, but solid contact somehow. Result? 420ft home run of course.
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This year's game: facing Justin Smoak and well I think you guys can see how the swing was from below. Resulted in a towering shot into the second deck at the Coliseum.
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Stuff like this (which has happened a lot more than just these times) really has strengthened my feeling that sometimes the computer is just skewed to win, while other times it's the opposite way. Don't know if any of you feel the same.Oakland, CA
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The computer is also not "skewed to win" anything. What would it benefit SCEA if they did something like this?Rangers - Cowboys - Aggies - Stars - Mavericks
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I feel if you consistently put good swings on the ball, you'll get hits and score runs. It is disheartening to perfectly square up a pitch and get a weak hit, even more when you are struggling already. It happens in real life where a guy is just off a pitch and it's a fly ball instead of a HR. I think last year was even worse with being able to hit pitches hard that weren't even touching the PCI especially online where weak hitters could hit opposite field HRs on an inside and high fastball when your opponent was center swinging. I also wish the PCI location dictated grounder and fly ball because sometimes you will clearly have gotten on top of a pitch and you end up hitting a fly ball or vice verse.Comment
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I hope you get what I mean. I'm not in to bash the game or anything, I know they would never add "skewing," it's just a pattern that I've noticed.Oakland, CA
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Well maybe "skewed to win" isn't the bet choice of words. I more mean that to me it feels like (ESPECIALLY in user pitching v. cpu batting) there are completely different experiences I can get. Sometimes it seems the CPU can do no wrong at the plate, racking up hit after hit. Others, they seing and miss or don't make as good of contact, etc. leading to 4 hit complete game shutouts and such. Don't get me wrong, I know how variable baseball is and I'm not saying that the same result should come out every time or anything like that, but sometimes The Show feels just like EA NCAA Football with fishy favorable results on either side.
I hope you get what I mean. I'm not in to bash the game or anything, I know they would never add "skewing," it's just a pattern that I've noticed.Writer for Operation Sports
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However, I still chafe from being one pitch away from a perfect game in The Show '10 and the computer BUNTING the ball for a hit.
That guy would have had the tar beat out of him had he done that in real life, no?Comment
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It has been stated before and it may even be in the tutorials but it says you get more power and hit homeruns more when you connect with "just early" timing. so the photos that were posted just reinforces this..If you time a pitch and hit it "perfectly" that should be contact to the middle of the field (infield or out field) which is the biggest part of the ball park and usually well defended. If you are just early its pulled, if its just late it goes opposite field. Its possible to time a pitch perfectly and not have soild contact and its also possible to have perfect timing and solid contact and not hit a 450 HR every time. I think people just apply their own logic and what they feel the info charts are telling them instead of thinking how/why and what the game is using it for and how it relates to the game....because we should realize this is a game and not real life..so things are programmed.Last edited by MLB Bob; 04-09-2012, 05:04 PM.Comment
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Bottom line is: my long experiences with The Show have made me feel like there's something not in plain sight influencing the results to be the way they are. Not predetermination or anything that can't be overcome though.
If you still don't understand what I am saying or don't agree with what me -- agree to disagree I guess.Oakland, CA
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Don't mix this up with inconsistent physics or AI though, the two are completely separate.Comment
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At first I felt the same way about the PCI stuff, but I believe that the PCI is just a computer printout of something based more on stats. Otherwise it would be cursor hitting instead of zone hitting.
The computer is also not "skewed to win" anything. What would it benefit SCEA if they did something like this?Comment
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