TNKNGM MLB10 All-Star Realism Sliders

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

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TNKNGM U ARE THE man. i finally find a good set of sliders that i can fit my playing skill. you are the man. the only issue i have not really an issue is i still cant hit. should i i bump up the solid hits up. let me know

[stealyerface]

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No. In fact, I left mine at 0 to start this campaign. I am still under the impression that "good contact" in real life is a matter of just a few centimeters. When I go 400 foot Bingo on a guy, I want it to be because I waited on the that slider, or I did a good enough job taking the pitches out of the strike zone, that I am now sitting on that 3-1 Fastball and crush it.

One of the great parts about this game and the sliders is that if you want to, you can really tilt the game into punishing your stupid mistakes, and rewarding you for smart play.

With Solid Hits at Zero, you know any extra base hit and any well struck ball is all your doing and not the CPU using a sliding scale to decide the outcome.

Stick with it at 0 and you'll see a much better variety of hits. Choppers, dribblers, balls bounced off the plate and so high that you can't do a thing about them... It is almost as if the lower the solid hits slider, the smaller the sweet spot on the bat becomes.

If that is the way it indeed works, then another round of kudos for a job well done.

syf

[ParisB]

Re: TNKNGM MLB10 All-Star Realism Sliders

No. In fact, I left mine at 0 to start this campaign. I am still under the impression that "good contact" in real life is a matter of just a few centimeters. When I go 400 foot Bingo on a guy, I want it to be because I waited on the that slider, or I did a good enough job taking the pitches out of the strike zone, that I am now sitting on that 3-1 Fastball and crush it.

One of the great parts about this game and the sliders is that if you want to, you can really tilt the game into punishing your stupid mistakes, and rewarding you for smart play.

With Solid Hits at Zero, you know any extra base hit and any well struck ball is all your doing and not the CPU using a sliding scale to decide the outcome.

Stick with it at 0 and you'll see a much better variety of hits. Choppers, dribblers, balls bounced off the plate and so high that you can't do a thing about them... It is almost as if the lower the solid hits slider, the smaller the sweet spot on the bat becomes.

If that is the way it indeed works, then another round of kudos for a job well done.

syf

You still see all that with Solid Hits higher.

Reducing Contact and Timing decreases your "sweet spot" as well, and leads to a wide variety of hit physics.

It's about finding the perfect balance.

[TNKNGM]

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Game #15 of the Season

Texas(CPU) 1 @ Boston(ME) 3

The Red Sox capitalized on a fielding error by Ian Kinsler that prolonged the 2nd inning as the next batter was Jason Varitek and he promptly hit 3-run HR into the bullpen and put up 3 unearned runs against Tommy Hunter. Josh Beckett started for Boston and carried a no hitter into the 6th inning before the Rangers finally started to get some hits and generate some offense, Beckett was flat out nasty in this game and finished with 9 K's. The Rangers had runners on 2nd and 3rd in the top of the 8th w/ Josh Hamilton coming up - Francona pulled Beckett and brought in Okajima for the lefty lefty matchup, Hamilton ripped a fly ball deep into the gap in right center field but J.D. Drew made a full speed running catch to end the inning and preserve the lead. Neftali Feliz was filthy and damn near unhittable out of the Ranger bullpen - easily the toughest guy I have faced so far. Jonathan Papelbon came on for the 9th and struck out Vlad Guerrero, Nelson Cruz and Ian Kinsler to K the side for the save.


Texas..............1 runs / 6 hits / 1 errors
Boston.............3 runs / 6 hits / 0 errors

TEXAS
2B: Guerrero
3B:
HR:
RBI: Cruz

BOSTON
2B:
3B:
HR: Varitek
RBI: Varitek(3)

TEXAS
Hunter(L,1-1)..........6.0ip 6h 0er 4K 1bb (3 unearned runs)
Feliz......................2.0ip 0h 0er 5K 0bb

BOSTON
Beckett(W,3-0).......7.2ip 6h 1er 9K 1bb
Okajima..................0.1ip 0h 0er 0K 0bb
Papelbon(S,7).........1.0ip 0h 0er 3K 0bb

[stealyerface]

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Well, I am going to nickname Papelbon the new Cardiac Kid, because this guy is teetering on the edge of losing his closing job to Scott "The Lefty Assassin" Schoenweiss.

Game 2 against the Yankees again started with some frost on the field at a chilly 38 degrees, and add to it a 16mph wind blowing out to right, the hot chocolate sales certainly helped the concessions.

Lester versus Vasquez and both pitchers had some good stuff early. Curtis Granderson got the scoring started with a 2 run job over the bullpen, and Lester was in a 4th inning hole.

J.D. Drew got the Sox on the board with a triple high off the Monster to score Pedroia from first, and Marco Scutaro grounded to Cano to bring Drew in and tie the game in the 6th.

It would stay that way with both pitchers working out of jams, and Scotty Scho striking out the side in the 7th and allowing just a soft single in the 8th. Finally, in the bottom of the 8th, David Ortiz broke out of an 0'fer the season slump with a towering, wind-riding blast that broke the tie.

Paps comes on in the 9th and immediately gives up a single, walks the next batter, then after a Jeter pop-up for the first out, he gets Nick Johnson on a nasty 2-seamer, and there are two on and two outs.

I call for the intentional walk to A-Rod and for whatever reason, the Yankees have Marcus Thames hitting clean up???

Thames pops up into foul territory with the bases jammed, and Papelbon escapes again with a 3-2 win.

Another nail biter, and for game three, Tek and Lowell get the nod, and we'll see if new acquisition John Lackey can lead the Sox to the sweep.

syf

[TNKNGM]

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Game #16 of the Season

Texas(CPU) 7 @ Boston(ME) 2

Not much to say other than I got my butt kicked

Texas..............7 runs / 15 hits / 0 errors
Boston.............2 runs / 9 hits / 1 errors

TEXAS
2B: Borbon, Kinsler, Young, Cruz, Saltalamacchia(2)
3B:
HR: Hamilton
RBI: Kinsler(2), Borbon, Hamilton, Guerrero, Cruz, Andrus

BOSTON
2B: Drew, Varitek
3B:
HR: Cameron
RBI: Pedroia, Cameron

TEXAS
Harrison(W,2-1)..........6.0ip 7h 2er 6K 1bb
Nippert......................1.0ip 0h 0er 2K 1bb
O'Day(S,1).................2.0ip 2h 0er 0K 0bb

BOSTON
Buchholz(L,2-1)..........5.1ip 10h 4er 4K 2bb
Ramirez.....................2.1ip 1h 0er 3K 0bb
Schoeneweis..............0.2ip 4h 2er 0K 1bb
Atchison....................0.2ip 0h 0er 1K 0bb

[TNKNGM]

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Game #17 of the Season

Baltimore(CPU) 8 @ Boston(ME) 4

The Red Sox are playing bad baseball right now and need to turn it around. Jeremy Guthrie was excellent as the Orioles had an 8-1 lead in the 8th inning when Kevin Youkilis hit a 3-run HR to make it an 8-4 ballgame. The Red Sox now have a record of 9-8 on the season and need to get it together in a hurry.

Baltimore..............8 runs / 13 hits / 2 errors
Boston.................4 runs / 8 hits / 0 errors

BALTIMORE
2B: Jones, Reimold, Markakis
3B:
HR: Jones
RBI: Roberts(2), Jones, Markakis(3), Tejada, Atkins

BOSTON
2B: Youkilis, Ortiz
3B:
HR: Youkilis
RBI: Youkilis(3), Drew

BALTIMORE
Guthrie(W,1-0)...........8.0ip 8h 1er 10K 1bb
Johnson.....................1.0ip 0h 0er 1K 0bb

BOSTON
Lester(L,1-1)..............6.1ip 7h 5er 6K 2bb
Delcarmen..................1.0ip 4h 3er 0K 2bb
Atchison....................0.2ip 2h 0er 0K 1bb
Ramirez.....................1.0ip 1h 0er 0K 0bb

[ohyeahbaby123]

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Hey these sliders are pretty good, but do you use the left stick when hitting?

[TNKNGM]

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Hey these sliders are pretty good, but do you use the left stick when hitting?

I use the left stick to locate the bat to the pitch.

Example - If I have a RH hitter up and the pitch is on the low outside corner - I press down and right on the left stick while swinging

[TNKNGM]

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Game #18 of the Season

Baltimore(CPU) 2 @ Boston(ME) 3

John Lackey was strong for Boston. The Orioles were able to get solo HR's from Roberts and Reimold and that was it. Mike Lowell had a key 2-run double for Boston. Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon slammed the door shut for the Red Sox to pick up the victory.

Baltimore..............2 runs / 6 hits / 0 errors
Boston.................3 runs / 7 hits / 1 errors

BALTIMORE
2B:
3B:
HR: Roberts, Reimold
RBI: Roberts, Reimold

BOSTON
2B: Lowell
3B:
HR:
RBI: Lowell(2), Martinez

BALTIMORE
Matusz(L,1-2).............5.0ip 6h 3er 9K 3bb
Johnson.....................3.0ip 1h 0er 2K 0bb

BOSTON
Lackey(W,3-1)............7.0ip 5h 2er 7K 1bb
Bard..........................1.0ip 1h 0er 3K 0bb
Papelbon(S,8).............1.0ip 0h 0er 1K 0bb

[TNKNGM]

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Game #19 of the Season

Baltimore(CPU) 5 @ Boston(ME) 1

Tim Wakefield continues to struggle and will now move to the bullpen as Daisuke Matsuzaka willl return and take Wakefield's spot in the rotation. The Red Sox offense needs to get going as they are under performing so far this season. Matt Weiters was 4 for 4 with 4 doubles in the game for the Orioles.

Baltimore..............5 runs / 10 hits / 1 errors
Boston.................1 runs / 7 hits / 1 errors

BALTIMORE
2B: Weiters(4), Jones, Reimold
3B:
HR:
RBI: Reimold(3), Weiters, Markakis

BOSTON
2B: Martinez, Beltre, Hermida
3B:
HR:
RBI: Hermida, Lowell

BALTIMORE
Bergeson(W,3-1)............8.0ip 6h 1er 8K 2bb
Ohman..........................1.0ip 1h 1er 0K 0bb

BOSTON
Wakefield(L,0-3).............5.1ip 8h 5er 2K 1bb
Schoeneweis..................0.2ip 1h 0er 0K 0bb
Ramirez.........................2.0ip 1h 0er 0K 1bb
Atchison........................1.0ip 0h 0er 0K 0bb

[TNKNGM]

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Game #20 of the Season

Boston(ME) 5 @ Toronto(CPU) 6

Josh Beckett was cruising and carried a 4-1 lead into the 7th inning before the wheels fell off. The Blue Jays erupted and scored 5 runs in the 7th off of Beckett and Okajima beofre Daniel Bard was able to finally end the inning. JD Drew hit a solo HR in the 8th to cut it to 6-5. Kevin Gregg was able to close it out in the 9th as he got Jacoby Ellsbury to line into a double play on a hit and run and end the game.

Boston...................5 runs / 10 hits / 1 errors
Toronto.................6 runs / 13 hits / 0 errors

BOSTON
2B: Youkilis
3B:
HR: Scutaro, Drew
RBI: Scutaro 4, Drew

TORONTO
2B: Bautista, Hill 2
3B:
HR:
RBI: Hill 2, Wells, Buck, Gonzalez

BOSTON
Beckett(L,3-1)...............6.0ip 9h 5er 5K 0bb
Okajima........................0.1ip 2h 1er 1K 0bb
Bard............................1.2ip 2h 0er 1K 0bb

TORONTO
Cecil(W,4-0).................5.0ip 8h 4er 7K 2bb
Accardo.......................2.0ip 0h 0er 2K 0bb
Camp...........................0.2ip 1h 1er 1K 0bb
Janssen........................0.1ip 1h 0er 0K 0bb
Gregg(Sv,1)..................1.0ip 0h 0er 1K 1bb

[BleacherCreature]

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Tim Wakefield continues to struggle

Tim Wakefield is AWFUL in this game. If I used the Sox I would get rid of him.

[TNKNGM]

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Game #21 of the Season

Boston(ME) 11 @ Toronto(CPU) 1

The Boston Red Sox offense has finally come alive. Boston jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the 2nd inning and never looked back. Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez and Jeremy Hermida all had big games. Jacoby Ellsbury had 3 hits and 2 stolen bases to give him 6 steals now on the season. Clay Buchholz was excellent going 8 innings and allowing just 1 run.

Boston..................11 runs / 15 hits / 0 errors
Toronto..................1 runs / 7 hits / 1 errors

BOSTON
2B: Pedroia 2, Scutaro, Ellsbury
3B:
HR: Hermida
RBI: Pedroia 4, Hermida 3, Martinez 3, Ellsbury

TORONTO
2B: Bautista, Hill 2
3B:
HR:
RBI: Hill 2, Wells, Buck, Gonzalez

BOSTON
Buchholz(W,3-1)...............8.0ip 7h 1er 6K 0bb
Schoeneweis....................1.0ip 0h 0er 0K 0bb

TORONTO
Marcum(L,3-2).................5.0ip 8h 6er 5K 1bb
Valdez............................2.1ip 3h 2er 3K 0bb
Camp.............................0.1ip 4h 3er 1K 0bb
Accardo.........................1.1ip 0h 0er 0K 0bb

[TNKNGM]

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Game #22 of the Season

Boston(ME) 4 @ Toronto(CPU) 0

Jon Lester allowes just 3 hits over 7 shutout innings in a dominant performance. Lester was over 110 pitches after the 7th inning and could not come back out for the 8th. The Red Sox offense was led by Jeremy Hermida who homered for the 2nd day in a row. Manny Delcarmen pitched a clean 8th inning as the Red Sox took a 4-0 lead to the 9th inning. Daniel bard came on to pitch the 9th and was able to close it out despite allowing a run.

The Red Sox are now 12-10 on the season and head to Baltimore for a 3 gmae set w/ the Orioles

Boston..................4 runs / 12 hits / 0 errors
Toronto................1 runs / 5 hits / 0 errors

BOSTON
2B: Scutaro, Martinez, Beltre, Lowell
3B:
HR: Hermida
RBI: Pedroia, Hermida 2, Cameron

TORONTO
2B: Wells
3B:
HR:
RBI: Gonzalez

BOSTON
Lester(W,2-1)..................7.0ip 3h 0er 6K 3bb
Delcarmen.......................1.0ip 0h 0er 1K 1bb
Bard...............................1.0ip 2h 1er 1K 0bb

TORONTO
Tallet(L,1-2)...................5.0ip 6h 1er 5K 3bb
Accardo.........................1.0ip 3h 3er 1K 0bb
Camp.............................2.0ip 1h 0er 3K 0bb
Valdez............................0.1ip 0h 0er 0K 0bb
Downs............................0.2ip 0h 0er 0K 0bb