MLB 13 The Show Video Interview - Franchise and Road to the Show Changes

[Curahee]

Re: IGN Developer Commentary & Cubs/Giants Vids

That's not what I was implying. I'm simply saying that when they get the stances wrong, which is often, it is upsetting no matter how one wants to justify it. Its not like the stances are slightly off, its big things some times. Usually you can see what they were going for, but then its hard to understand why it looks so off.

OK? But did you get what Im implying?
Im implying that they cant get the stances perfectly right unless the actual players do the mo-cap.

[Clarke99]

Re: IGN Developer Commentary & Cubs/Giants Vids

OK? But did you get what Im implying?
Im implying that they cant get the stances perfectly right unless the actual players do the mo-cap.

On what planet do you think this could actually happen? there is an ambundance of stances to choose from and now follow throughs, HR swing etc, relax

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QePjIIBI-sI

[Curahee]

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On what planet do you think this could actually happen? there is an ambundance of stances to choose from and now follow throughs, HR swing etc, relax

I dont! Thats the point Im trying to make! Take a moment and read the whole conversation, not just one comment.

People are complaining about stances not being correct. (NOT ME)
Theyre not going to be 100% correct when you have some guy imitating the stances like has been done in the past with MLBTS. The only way they will be perfect is if the players do the stances themselves. It is not likely that SCEA will get all 1200 players to mo-cap their stances. So we're just gonna have to accept what we got.

[thaSLAB]

Re: MLB 13 The Show Video Interview - Franchise and Road to the Show Changes

One thing that has to be noted, is the fact that Ramone is really a superhero! He managed to be do all these previews AND be there for CD! And didn't miss a beat...

[BenGerman]

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Lots of other developers could learn from the kind of interaction we get from Russell. Want to make your fans happy? Find someone like him.

[nomo17k]

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One thing that has to be noted, is the fact that Ramone is really a superhero! He managed to be do all these previews AND be there for CD! And didn't miss a beat...

I second this... He really does put in a lot of effort to make sure the voices are heard of users from various communities (of which OS is just one of them), while representing the game in all those events.

[xNobleEaglex]

Re: IGN Developer Commentary & Cubs/Giants Vids

Being a little nitpicky, but I don't like how Ramone keeps on referring to the Braves org as a pitching factory... They really haven't developed any studs for quite some time now lol

You must not watch a lot of Braves baseball lol. Brandon Beachy (2.00 ERA before TJ surgery in 2012), Kris Medlen (10-1 1.57 ERA in 2012), Jonny Venters (career 2.23 ERA with 1.24 WHIP), and Craig Kimbrel (nuf' said) disagree with you

[seanjeezy]

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You must not watch a lot of Braves baseball lol. Brandon Beachy (2.00 ERA before TJ surgery in 2012), Kris Medlen (10-1 1.57 ERA in 2012), Jonny Venters (career 2.23 ERA with 1.24 WHIP), and Craig Kimbrel (nuf' said) disagree with you

Sorry but those aren't aces like he said in the vid... Beachy and Medlen are strong #3's (in a scouting sense) and Kimbrel and Venters (while very good) are relievers. Maybe the labels "ace" and #1 are being thrown around too liberally these days...

[xNobleEaglex]

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Maybe the labels "ace" and #1 are being thrown around too liberally these days...

This I agree with. There are really very few #1/"ace" type pitchers in a scouting sense in general throughout the league. I didn't listen to the audio of the vid because I'm at work, so I was mainly replying to the direct wording of your comment, which didn't hint at anything regarding scouting...more so results. In that sense, the Braves organization is absolutely a "pitching factory" in that their success is built on the quality arms that they have developed, both in the rotation and bullpen. While they haven't really developed a certifiable "ace" in a scouting sense, players like Beachy and Medlen definitely have put up "studly" numbers. And of course, home-grown relievers like Kimbrel and Venters anchor one of the best bullpens in the game.

[Baseballking888]

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I noticed that in the second part of the Cubs vs Giants gameplay video that Marco Scutaro has a cyberface instead of an actual portrait. I'm guessing this was taken from the pre-release demo?

[JayD]

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Braves scout pitchers big time IRL and put out many good young pitchers that in many times become trade bate so not all of them will actually play at the MLB level. Look at the most recent Upton trade, the only way that it could of been done is with depth at the pitcher position which the Braves almost always have. They were willing to give away one of their top pitching prospects due to the fact they still have many top rated prospects even after. Now back on topic.

[Rob_NYY]

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All of this sounds so awesome!! This time of the year is always so difficult. Football is essentially over and, while I enjoy hockey and basketball, I am a baseball nut and nothing can really fill the gap. This time of year I'm just waiting for spring training to start and for the newest version of MLB: The Show.

I always get the baseball itch right after New Years and the wait is tortuous. I tried to play MLB 12 a few times but it's just not the same after hearing about all the new features in 13. I wish someone would freeze me in carbonite and hang me up on Jabba's wall until March 5th.

[Knight165]

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Who cares if the team strategy for team building is "real to life"?

It's in the game and they are trying to bring more strategy into the game through these new features and that's what's important IMO.
(plus...there are no real indicators on what a team is interested in ...in regards to this...it's up to you to figure it out and I believe Aaron said it does change as the league strengths change throughout franchise)

All of the new additions are definitely "Step 1" in their introduction and the directions in which the dev team plans on taking these(and more) are pretty impressive.

M.K.
Knight165

[catch212]

Re: IGN Developer Commentary & Cubs/Giants Vids

Being a little nitpicky, but I don't like how Ramone keeps on referring to the Braves org as a pitching factory... They really haven't developed any studs for quite some time now lol

Medlen, Minor, Beachy, Venters, Teheran, Kimbrel, etc.

And those are only the guys currently on their MLB staff...

[seanjeezy]

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Medlen, Minor, Beachy, Venters, Teheran, Kimbrel, etc.

And those are the guys currently on their MLB staff...

Like I said, I probably worded it wrong in my post but in the vid he was commenting on the Braves' ability to churn out "ace" pitchers, which hasn't been the case since the 90's... In fact, I parsed through the data from 2000-2012 and in 12 years the list of productive, home grown major league pitchers was very sparse... Compare that to the number of quality hitters they have produced (more recently at least), its a big difference.