What are your expectations for Generated Counts

[nemesis04]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

I skimmed through this thread and did not see if Russell or someone who knows for sure answered yet....

But will generated counts be applied for human batting AND pitching? I will absolutely use this when batting (so my players can get more than 10 walks a season), but when I am pitching I prefer to end Chris Sale's season with 250 K to 0 BB.

Its applied to both.

[nemesis04]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

Knight is sad.

M.K.
Knight165

There is no crying in baseball! Wipe the sand out of your clam, lets go!

[Knight165]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

There is no crying in baseball! Wipe the sand out of your clam, lets go!

10-4!

M.K.
Knight165

[brettryantalley]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

my main expectations would just be that the counts are more strategic and less random. what i mean by that is that the ratings and circumstances for the pitcher along with the batter play into what the count will be.

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

Was there a design reason for not allowing the occasional 0-0 count with GPC's?

I get that in a way in undermines its purpose; always having an at bat "started," but first pitch balls-put-in-play are a natural part of baseball.

As are 0-0 beanballs, etc.

Obviously in the latter, the player would never "see" the at bat so I get it there, but I was just curious as to why in general 0-0 at bats won't occasionally happen? I'm sure there's a good reason for it, but I was just wondering.

[Russell_SCEA]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

Was there a design reason for not allowing the occasional 0-0 count with GPC's?

I get that in a way in undermines its purpose; always having an at bat "started," but first pitch balls-put-in-play are a natural part of baseball.

As are 0-0 beanballs, etc.

Obviously in the latter, the player would never "see" the at bat so I get it there, but I was just curious as to why in general 0-0 at bats won't occasionally happen? I'm sure there's a good reason for it, but I was just wondering.

You answered your own question, but I'll elaborate a little further. The original design for Quick Counts was beholden to three pillars.

1. Cut the game times in half
2. Fun factor, regardless of what we did it had to be fun
3. Simulation stats, regardless of what we did the box score needed to look like the average MLB game.

So everything and anything that didn't fit into those three pillars was removed from the feature. The original prototype was just that a completely random pitch count. However that didn't cut down on the game times at all so it had to go. The feature continued to evolve from there until we had something that was fun, fast, and still resembled a normal game in terms of statistics.

[KingV2k3]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

For the reasons I detailed earlier, this feature is a "(Multi Season) Franchise Saver" for my play style...

Kudos to The Show team, for thinking of a way to implement this, that doesn't sacrifice the "sim" element to any great degree...

To nitpick, I MAY like the option (in the future) to use it for the first 7 innings or so (up to the stretch, perhaps) and then have it go off for the most critical part of the game...

It would be sort of like the way "accelerated clock" is implemented in console football games...in the last two minutes of each half, it goes away...

That being said, I'm thrilled with it "as is"...


<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UPw-3e_pzqU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


Thanks SCEA!

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

For the reasons I detailed earlier, this feature is a "(Multi Season) Franchise Saver" for my play style...

Kudos to The Show team, for thinking of a way to implement this, that doesn't sacrifice the "sim" element to any great degree...

To nitpick, I MAY like the option (in the future) to use it for the first 7 innings or so (up to the stretch, perhaps) and then have it go off for the most critical part of the game...

It would be sort of like the way "accelerated clock" is implemented in console football games...in the last two minutes of each half, it goes away...

That being said, I'm thrilled with it "as is"...

Thanks SCEA!

This combined with saves carrying over guarantee that a lot of us will finally get to play long enough to see some of our prospects retire.

I can't wait.

[HustlinOwl]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

my expectations from the game or the community? lol

[dingleberryfinn]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

After seeing several of Mr. Russell's posts, I have a new expectation:
in the game this new feature will be referred to as "Quick Count"
not GPC's lol

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

After seeing several of Mr. Russell's posts, I have a new expectation:
in the game this new feature will be referred to as "Quick Counts" not GPC's lol

Fixed that for you.

But yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

[redsfan4life]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

I love GPC's. Would love to use it in online league play to create more walks, but unfortunately not too many would be on board with that lol. Oh well, offline franchise should be more interesting.

[snaz16]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

In all of our tests the average game time is 30 minutes. I've had more than a few be finished in 15 or 20 minutes.

Yea but those tests weren't conducted under actual game conditions such as 3 trips to the frig to refresh the brewski

[Russell_SCEA]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

After seeing several of Mr. Russell's posts, I have a new expectation:
in the game this new feature will be referred to as "Quick Count"
not GPC's lol

You are correct Sr.

[snaz16]

Re: What are your expectations for Generated Counts

Great questions gents. There are some being asked that I did not think about. And thanks again Russell for coming in and being able to answer with some technicality on the inquiries.