DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

[Shadymamba]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Meter.

I started a season using knights classic set (I am determined to finally play 162 games...) as the '62 Giants. The hitting is great. Every time I hit a home run I feel I earned it. It is the best feeling in the game. Every time I pitch well I also feel I earned it. Once again the best feeling.

thats pretty hot!! that must be fun being the old time dudes

[Whitesox]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Well I decided to start a dynasty thread about my season, but decided to go with the A's. Using your sliders too

[DevilsEve666]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Been trying your sliders again for the last 6 games, and i'm really digging them...but i haven't hit any homeruns! which is really odd...because i was hitting a ton on veteran w/ power at just 3, but i'm playing w/ these sliders on 7 and not getting any homers...has anyone tried to move the user power up to 8? i definitely don't want to be hitting TOO many but right now i'm powerless shall we say.

[Whitesox]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Been trying your sliders again for the last 6 games, and i'm really digging them...but i haven't hit any homeruns! which is really odd...because i was hitting a ton on veteran w/ power at just 3, but i'm playing w/ these sliders on 7 and not getting any homers...has anyone tried to move the user power up to 8? i definitely don't want to be hitting TOO many but right now i'm powerless shall we say.

I am hitting a good amount. One thing you should work on is working the count in your favor. You can read more about this in the guide in my sig, but I will post an example.

Bases loaded, and your power hitter steps up to the plate. There are two approaches:

1. Swing at the first strike you see. This can result in a home run, single, you name it. it can also result in a pop-up, ground ball, etc.

2. Work the count. Since you are a power hitter, the CPU will be trying to get you on a junk pitch, and avoid catastrophe. By folowing the above option, there is a chance you will help him out. Since he will be trying to get around you, he is likely to throw balls. However, once you have three balls, he needs to throw a strike, otherwise he lets in a run. Then you look for a fastball right over the middle, and put it 450 feet into the upper deck.

If you watch real baseball, you will notice a vast majority of home runs come on hitters counts, and mistake pitches. You don't see a hitter hit a good pitch out a lot, it does happen though.

Home runs come with practice and paitence. "Easy to learn, difficult to master"

[DevilsEve666]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

I am hitting a good amount. One thing you should work on is working the count in your favor. You can read more about this in the guide in my sig, but I will post an example.

Bases loaded, and your power hitter steps up to the plate. There are two approaches:

1. Swing at the first strike you see. This can result in a home run, single, you name it. it can also result in a pop-up, ground ball, etc.

2. Work the count. Since you are a power hitter, the CPU will be trying to get you on a junk pitch, and avoid catastrophe. By folowing the above option, there is a chance you will help him out. Since he will be trying to get around you, he is likely to throw balls. However, once you have three balls, he needs to throw a strike, otherwise he lets in a run. Then you look for a fastball right over the middle, and put it 450 feet into the upper deck.

If you watch real baseball, you will notice a vast majority of home runs come on hitters counts, and mistake pitches. You don't see a hitter hit a good pitch out a lot, it does happen though.

Home runs come with practice and paitence. "Easy to learn, difficult to master"

Actually i do get into a lot of deep counts, but the balls just aren't travelling far. I can't tell you how many times the ball has been caught at the wall in the last 4 or 5 games. I'm just really tempted to put the user power at 8. Do you think i will hit too many then?

[Dabeeds]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

I'd keep it at 7 if i were you. Mine's at 6 and i'm hitting enough of em. But i do use the power swing on occasion. ( only with power hitters in early/favorable counts, SOMETIMES )
The funny thing is though, i've still hit a good amount of them using the X swing.

And i'm not this great hitter by any means, these sliders play a good game for me.

[DevilsEve666]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

I'd keep it at 7 if i were you. Mine's at 6 and i'm hitting enough of em. But i do use the power swing on occasion. ( only with power hitters in early/favorable counts, SOMETIMES )
The funny thing is though, i've still hit a good amount of them using the X swing.

And i'm not this great hitter by any means, these sliders play a good game for me.

that's cool thanks for the input. Do you play on all-star difficulty as well?

[Whitesox]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Yes, with a legitamite power threat, and no danger of GIDP, and in a favorable count, go ahead and use the power swing. Take that extra second to make sure that the pitch is a strike first, though. You can't check a power swing.

[DrUrsus]

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Actually i do get into a lot of deep counts, but the balls just aren't travelling far. I can't tell you how many times the ball has been caught at the wall in the last 4 or 5 games. I'm just really tempted to put the user power at 8. Do you think i will hit too many then?

Ultimately sliders are such a user dependent thing, especially with hitting. I think fielding and baserunning is a more "stable" stable thing.
I have hit enough homers with it at what I have it at, but I am also not leading the league. I am somewhere in the middle, but I haven't been playing with A Ramirez much since I follow the real season injuries, rosters, etc. Bradley and Lee have been out a lot for me too.
Has the wind been blowing in a lot? If not, you could try 8 and if you start to get too many, you could turn it back down. It's no fun not hitting any homers! Good luck.

[The Chef]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Well Doc, Im going to give it some more time of course but the early impressions havent been good. Im using your sliders 100% and am 2-1 in my franchise with Seattle. Its not that Im 2-1 thats completely unreasonable but Ive outscored Minnesota 21-5 in the last 2 games while just killing the ball, Beltre has hit 2 homeruns, Branyan 1 and Gutierrez 1 as well. The funny thing is I had been using guess pitch throughout my entire franchise as the Dodgers and my offense was right in line with what you would expect, and my power numbers were a little low even, in these 3 games Ive thrown guess pitch out the window and am just reading and reacting and suddenly Im much better so for all those people that claim guess pitch is a "cheat" I point this out as evidence otherwise.

[Whitesox]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Well Doc, Im going to give it some more time of course but the early impressions havent been good. Im using your sliders 100% and am 2-1 in my franchise with Seattle. Its not that Im 2-1 thats completely unreasonable but Ive outscored Minnesota 21-5 in the last 2 games while just killing the ball, Beltre has hit 2 homeruns, Branyan 1 and Gutierrez 1 as well. The funny thing is I had been using guess pitch throughout my entire franchise as the Dodgers and my offense was right in line with what you would expect, and my power numbers were a little low even, in these 3 games Ive thrown guess pitch out the window and am just reading and reacting and suddenly Im much better so for all those people that claim guess pitch is a "cheat" I point this out as evidence otherwise.

Errr...that can't be right. Give it a few more series'. Just curious...was that 1 loss against their ace?

[Dabeeds]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

that's cool thanks for the input. Do you play on all-star difficulty as well?

I play on all-star. These sliders, except for, power - 6 ( user and cpu ), fielder reaction - 5, pitch speed - 5. Only played a handful of games vs the cpu so far, I mostly play friends offline. We play classic pitching, no ball marker, no guess pitch, no strike zones, no hot zones, no vibration, no cpu assistance anything ( throwing or fielding), no throwing meter, no swing analysis, the only indicator on is the catch position indicator, swing influence and pitcher confidence on, pitch callout-simple, API off, no home run celebration and umps - variable.

And for whoever hasn't done so yet, do youselfs a favor and dl Knight's classic rosters. They're unbelievable ! I barley ever play with the current rosters now. I'm anxiously awaiting the teams for his 50-70's set now.

[The Chef]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Errr...that can't be right. Give it a few more series'. Just curious...was that 1 loss against their ace?

Yeah, Liriano was pretty good against me and I wasnt able to get much off of him and then they brought in R.A. Dickey and his damn knuckleball, which was the first time I had actually seen the pitch on this game, so I really struggled. Dickey came on in the 2nd game of the series but gave up a 3 run homerun and was yanked right away so I figured him out quickly. Some of my struggles in the first game was thanks to it being my first real attempt at reading pitches instead of relying so heavily on the guess pitch feature, and I only lost that game 5-3 in the end. Hopefully it gets better and my success was just because of the fast carpet there in Minnesota but only time will tell. My homeruns though have been moonshots as 3 of them were off of belt high changeups that I just drilled, I mean these things were there and gone.

[Shadymamba]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

wsup doc,

through 10 games 5-5 with the bucs..(loving the sliders) because they sure do bring out the pirates LOL...i watch every game on tv and i swear this game plays just like them..we struggle to score runs the pitching keeps us in the game for the most part we may break out one game and score some runs and the next get shut down by (Brian Moehler) oooh god how frustrating that was and if matt capps blows one more save LOL uugh but hey when i say its pirates baseball its pirates baseball..i'll keep you posted on the progression of the season but so far some stats
(not accurate..cuz im at work lol)
ryan doumit .340 4hr 11rbi
adam laroche .320's 3hr 8rbi
ross ohlendorf 2-0 2.23 era
freddy sanchez .330 Avg
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Andrew McCutchen .182 avg 2sb
Andy LaRoche .190 clip 1hr
Garrett Jones 260's 0hr
Paul Maholm 0-0 ERA under 2 (hard luck pitcher)
Matt Capps 1 save 2 blown (only one cost me the game we came back in the other)
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so there is my good and bad when i get home maybe i'll give the complete accurate stats as well

[Shadymamba]

Re: DrUrsus All-Star Sliders to draw walks, be selective & CPU plays "fairer" game

Well Doc, Im going to give it some more time of course but the early impressions havent been good. Im using your sliders 100% and am 2-1 in my franchise with Seattle. Its not that Im 2-1 thats completely unreasonable but Ive outscored Minnesota 21-5 in the last 2 games while just killing the ball, Beltre has hit 2 homeruns, Branyan 1 and Gutierrez 1 as well. The funny thing is I had been using guess pitch throughout my entire franchise as the Dodgers and my offense was right in line with what you would expect, and my power numbers were a little low even, in these 3 games Ive thrown guess pitch out the window and am just reading and reacting and suddenly Im much better so for all those people that claim guess pitch is a "cheat" I point this out as evidence otherwise.

Hey maybe your just having a hell of a series LOL!!! remember what the phillies did to the reds a couple of weeks ago....also if it stays this way just take your power down 1 notch i think its on 6 right? try it at 5 if you seem like your scoring too much also drop your solid hits by 1...but i say just keep it the same until you play a couple of more series if you still are dominating then lower some of the sliders..thats the beauty of sliders we can adust to our own skill level..these guys just put them here to give us a starting point ...like i think he has his pitch speed at 3 i cant hit that its too slow so i raised it to 5...trust me ive tried about 3 or 4 slider sets on the site these are the best bro