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  • jim416
    Banned
    • Feb 2003
    • 10606

    #406
    Re: Manage only Mode Thread

    Coach,

    Sounds good. Have you done any of the player attribute tweaks?

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    • Knight165
      *ll St*r
      • Feb 2003
      • 24964

      #407
      Re: Manage only Mode Thread

      I've been hard at work...trying to put together a base(saved exhibition) roster that can be used for all game modes(yes this means franchise and expansion as well as exhibition for the gent who was asking earlier) so I have not gotten many games in. Add to that I have been playing some ESPN, which is a pretty good game...I just hate fielding(I'm terrible) and I really miss my manage only mode. For me, this is why ASB is the best game out this year..
      Anyway I was able to sneak a game in last night and what a GREAT game it was.Mets vs Expos. Erickson vs. Day. Random Count. Manage Only.The Expos tag Erickson early for four runs and by the third inning they had 7 hits and two walks. Erickson was sinking fast and I'm thinking I better warm up Roberts or Wheeler. He puts down the 'Spos in the fourth, 1,2,3 with two K's. He comes up in the top of the fifth with two on and no outs and I'm thinking " should I go for the big inning"? or should I see if I could squeak a couple of innings out of him(my bullpen was tired..no A guys and Franco is good for about 20 pitches ) I have him move the runners along and would'nt you know it....Day throws the ball away and everyone is safe! Bases loaded NO OUTS...and I'm thinking...perfect! Matsui comes up and grounds into a double play One runner scores. Reyes walks and up comes Floyd. He hits a single to right to make it 4-2. Piazza grounds out. I stick with Erickson through the sixth. He's beat now...but he seems to be in a groove so when he comes to bat with a man on first in the seventh I have him bunt again. Day is getting tired and they are warming up Choate and Ayala. Matsui singles(one of those half floaters where the guy on base is not sure wether to run or not)...so it is first and third one out. Reyes strikes out. I forgot that Piazza had gotten hurt on an earlier play and was not thinking when I sent Matsui on a steal so that a single would tie the game(for the last three innings in tight games I turn of genererated counts). They intentionally walk Floyd!...to get to VANCE WILSON! AHHHH. what was I thinking when I opened up first base for them? The bring in Ayala and he K's Wilson. This is just another reason I love this game. It really is a pretty good thinking man's baseball game. I lost the game 5-2 by the way. Why am I always so happy when I lose. My ASB Mets look almost as bad as the MLB Mets just to let you know. I'll be lucky to win 70 games with this pitching staff.


      M.K.
      Knight165
      All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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      • Knight165
        *ll St*r
        • Feb 2003
        • 24964

        #408
        Re: Manage only Mode Thread

        I've been hard at work...trying to put together a base(saved exhibition) roster that can be used for all game modes(yes this means franchise and expansion as well as exhibition for the gent who was asking earlier) so I have not gotten many games in. Add to that I have been playing some ESPN, which is a pretty good game...I just hate fielding(I'm terrible) and I really miss my manage only mode. For me, this is why ASB is the best game out this year..
        Anyway I was able to sneak a game in last night and what a GREAT game it was.Mets vs Expos. Erickson vs. Day. Random Count. Manage Only.The Expos tag Erickson early for four runs and by the third inning they had 7 hits and two walks. Erickson was sinking fast and I'm thinking I better warm up Roberts or Wheeler. He puts down the 'Spos in the fourth, 1,2,3 with two K's. He comes up in the top of the fifth with two on and no outs and I'm thinking " should I go for the big inning"? or should I see if I could squeak a couple of innings out of him(my bullpen was tired..no A guys and Franco is good for about 20 pitches ) I have him move the runners along and would'nt you know it....Day throws the ball away and everyone is safe! Bases loaded NO OUTS...and I'm thinking...perfect! Matsui comes up and grounds into a double play One runner scores. Reyes walks and up comes Floyd. He hits a single to right to make it 4-2. Piazza grounds out. I stick with Erickson through the sixth. He's beat now...but he seems to be in a groove so when he comes to bat with a man on first in the seventh I have him bunt again. Day is getting tired and they are warming up Choate and Ayala. Matsui singles(one of those half floaters where the guy on base is not sure wether to run or not)...so it is first and third one out. Reyes strikes out. I forgot that Piazza had gotten hurt on an earlier play and was not thinking when I sent Matsui on a steal so that a single would tie the game(for the last three innings in tight games I turn of genererated counts). They intentionally walk Floyd!...to get to VANCE WILSON! AHHHH. what was I thinking when I opened up first base for them? The bring in Ayala and he K's Wilson. This is just another reason I love this game. It really is a pretty good thinking man's baseball game. I lost the game 5-2 by the way. Why am I always so happy when I lose. My ASB Mets look almost as bad as the MLB Mets just to let you know. I'll be lucky to win 70 games with this pitching staff.


        M.K.
        Knight165
        All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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        • Knight165
          *ll St*r
          • Feb 2003
          • 24964

          #409
          Re: Manage only Mode Thread

          I've been hard at work...trying to put together a base(saved exhibition) roster that can be used for all game modes(yes this means franchise and expansion as well as exhibition for the gent who was asking earlier) so I have not gotten many games in. Add to that I have been playing some ESPN, which is a pretty good game...I just hate fielding(I'm terrible) and I really miss my manage only mode. For me, this is why ASB is the best game out this year..
          Anyway I was able to sneak a game in last night and what a GREAT game it was.Mets vs Expos. Erickson vs. Day. Random Count. Manage Only.The Expos tag Erickson early for four runs and by the third inning they had 7 hits and two walks. Erickson was sinking fast and I'm thinking I better warm up Roberts or Wheeler. He puts down the 'Spos in the fourth, 1,2,3 with two K's. He comes up in the top of the fifth with two on and no outs and I'm thinking " should I go for the big inning"? or should I see if I could squeak a couple of innings out of him(my bullpen was tired..no A guys and Franco is good for about 20 pitches ) I have him move the runners along and would'nt you know it....Day throws the ball away and everyone is safe! Bases loaded NO OUTS...and I'm thinking...perfect! Matsui comes up and grounds into a double play One runner scores. Reyes walks and up comes Floyd. He hits a single to right to make it 4-2. Piazza grounds out. I stick with Erickson through the sixth. He's beat now...but he seems to be in a groove so when he comes to bat with a man on first in the seventh I have him bunt again. Day is getting tired and they are warming up Choate and Ayala. Matsui singles(one of those half floaters where the guy on base is not sure wether to run or not)...so it is first and third one out. Reyes strikes out. I forgot that Piazza had gotten hurt on an earlier play and was not thinking when I sent Matsui on a steal so that a single would tie the game(for the last three innings in tight games I turn of genererated counts). They intentionally walk Floyd!...to get to VANCE WILSON! AHHHH. what was I thinking when I opened up first base for them? The bring in Ayala and he K's Wilson. This is just another reason I love this game. It really is a pretty good thinking man's baseball game. I lost the game 5-2 by the way. Why am I always so happy when I lose. My ASB Mets look almost as bad as the MLB Mets just to let you know. I'll be lucky to win 70 games with this pitching staff.


          M.K.
          Knight165
          All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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          • ragnar
            Rookie
            • Mar 2004
            • 71

            #410
            Re: Manage only Mode Thread

            I'm surprised you or the other MOM guys didn't mention all the flailing half swings you get on MOM. It's killing the game for me. Several times an inning, every inning. Quite often it happens on 3 straight pitches in an at bat. That doesn't bother any of you? I've resorted to taking anytime I think an offspeed pitch is coming, even with two strikes. I'd rather go down looking several times a game than continue to see those ridiculous swings.

            There are some things to like about the game(including more offense on MOM), but these constant "swings" and a real bad baserunning AI are real bad. Even with Knights suggested player edits of OF arm and range and player speed; the base running is screwed up more than last year's game. I'll continue to tinker I guess..

            But can anyone for the love of everything that is holy shed any light on how to atleast reduce the number of flailing swings?

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            • ragnar
              Rookie
              • Mar 2004
              • 71

              #411
              Re: Manage only Mode Thread

              I'm surprised you or the other MOM guys didn't mention all the flailing half swings you get on MOM. It's killing the game for me. Several times an inning, every inning. Quite often it happens on 3 straight pitches in an at bat. That doesn't bother any of you? I've resorted to taking anytime I think an offspeed pitch is coming, even with two strikes. I'd rather go down looking several times a game than continue to see those ridiculous swings.

              There are some things to like about the game(including more offense on MOM), but these constant "swings" and a real bad baserunning AI are real bad. Even with Knights suggested player edits of OF arm and range and player speed; the base running is screwed up more than last year's game. I'll continue to tinker I guess..

              But can anyone for the love of everything that is holy shed any light on how to atleast reduce the number of flailing swings?

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              • ragnar
                Rookie
                • Mar 2004
                • 71

                #412
                Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                I'm surprised you or the other MOM guys didn't mention all the flailing half swings you get on MOM. It's killing the game for me. Several times an inning, every inning. Quite often it happens on 3 straight pitches in an at bat. That doesn't bother any of you? I've resorted to taking anytime I think an offspeed pitch is coming, even with two strikes. I'd rather go down looking several times a game than continue to see those ridiculous swings.

                There are some things to like about the game(including more offense on MOM), but these constant "swings" and a real bad baserunning AI are real bad. Even with Knights suggested player edits of OF arm and range and player speed; the base running is screwed up more than last year's game. I'll continue to tinker I guess..

                But can anyone for the love of everything that is holy shed any light on how to atleast reduce the number of flailing swings?

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                • Knight165
                  *ll St*r
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 24964

                  #413
                  Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                  Yeah...I get them all the time...but I just figure it like this...
                  Whenever I would play Out of the Park baseball....I would constantly say to myself, "if this game only had graphics..ANY graphics", it would be 20 times better. So, in that frame of mind, I consider ASB2005 to be my OOTP with graphics. I don't care if a guy strikes out looking, on an outside pitch,on an inside pitch, with a great looking swing, or on that very ugly animation you are talking about. As long as the stats work out in the end it does not matter to me what the animation is. Watching the Met game last night I saw quite a few ugly reaching swings. Granted not as many or as bad as the ASB ones...but...

                  M.K.
                  Knight165
                  All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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                  • Knight165
                    *ll St*r
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 24964

                    #414
                    Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                    Yeah...I get them all the time...but I just figure it like this...
                    Whenever I would play Out of the Park baseball....I would constantly say to myself, "if this game only had graphics..ANY graphics", it would be 20 times better. So, in that frame of mind, I consider ASB2005 to be my OOTP with graphics. I don't care if a guy strikes out looking, on an outside pitch,on an inside pitch, with a great looking swing, or on that very ugly animation you are talking about. As long as the stats work out in the end it does not matter to me what the animation is. Watching the Met game last night I saw quite a few ugly reaching swings. Granted not as many or as bad as the ASB ones...but...

                    M.K.
                    Knight165
                    All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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                    • Knight165
                      *ll St*r
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 24964

                      #415
                      Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                      Yeah...I get them all the time...but I just figure it like this...
                      Whenever I would play Out of the Park baseball....I would constantly say to myself, "if this game only had graphics..ANY graphics", it would be 20 times better. So, in that frame of mind, I consider ASB2005 to be my OOTP with graphics. I don't care if a guy strikes out looking, on an outside pitch,on an inside pitch, with a great looking swing, or on that very ugly animation you are talking about. As long as the stats work out in the end it does not matter to me what the animation is. Watching the Met game last night I saw quite a few ugly reaching swings. Granted not as many or as bad as the ASB ones...but...

                      M.K.
                      Knight165
                      All gave some. Some gave all. 343

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                      • Coach_McGurk
                        Rookie
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 279

                        #416
                        Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                        </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                        jim416 said:
                        Coach,

                        Sounds good. Have you done any of the player attribute tweaks?

                        <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                        No, I don't agree with tweaking any of the player attributes in any sports games.

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                        • Coach_McGurk
                          Rookie
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 279

                          #417
                          Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                          </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                          jim416 said:
                          Coach,

                          Sounds good. Have you done any of the player attribute tweaks?

                          <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                          No, I don't agree with tweaking any of the player attributes in any sports games.

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                          • Coach_McGurk
                            Rookie
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 279

                            #418
                            Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                            </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                            jim416 said:
                            Coach,

                            Sounds good. Have you done any of the player attribute tweaks?

                            <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                            No, I don't agree with tweaking any of the player attributes in any sports games.

                            Comment

                            • jim416
                              Banned
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 10606

                              #419
                              Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                              I thought you might have done some player speed tweaking to get those singles off the wall to turn into doubles.

                              Knight, that sounds good about the roster, and I agree, have ESPN, plesantly surprised about it, but will continue on with ASB.

                              I feel the same way with the swing. I probably get it about 4 or 5 times a game, and I just chalk it up as a strike out.

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                              • jim416
                                Banned
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 10606

                                #420
                                Re: Manage only Mode Thread

                                I thought you might have done some player speed tweaking to get those singles off the wall to turn into doubles.

                                Knight, that sounds good about the roster, and I agree, have ESPN, plesantly surprised about it, but will continue on with ASB.

                                I feel the same way with the swing. I probably get it about 4 or 5 times a game, and I just chalk it up as a strike out.

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