Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

[Elite49]

Whats the music selection?

[ChaseB]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

All right, so Franchise Mode is looking a bit sketchy, at least at first looks.

I simulated through a season and one seriously odd trade happened (Ryan Howard and parts to Marlins for Josh Johnson and Ricky Nolasco and parts). But, otherwise nothing too crazy happened. Stats didn't seem too out of whack but saves seemed rather low and error numbers were out of whack to name a few oddities but I wasn't focused too much on stats.

I simulated through the off-season and went to the next season, only to notice that Manny Ramirez, Matt Holliday, Garrett Anderson, Griffey, Sheffield to name most of the major names who were FAs.

I then simulate to the next off-season and I notice:

Lincecum, Fuentes, Slowey, Percival, Blackburn, Smoltz, Homer Bailey, Kuo, Lindstrom, Mauer, (Holliday, Manny, G.Anderson Sheffield -- all still FAs from year before), Maybin, Conor Jackson, JJ Hardy, Tejada, Dukes, Kubel, Iwamura, Headley, Mora, etc.

All free agents.

Now, I haven't dug into this too much but it seems to stem from teams not having enough money. A quick look through the payrolls and every team either has at most 4 million in payroll or is in the negative in terms of funds. I don't know yet if this is because teams are overpaying or because the cap isn't going up enough, but it's certainly an issue either way.

You can control all 30 teams now so I suppose you could find workarounds, but just a heads up. I'm going to simulate again to see if it continues to happen.

[NEWYORICAN]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

All right, so Franchise Mode is looking a bit sketchy, at least at first looks.

I simulated through a season and one seriously odd trade happened (Ryan Howard and parts to Marlins for Josh Johnson and Ricky Nolasco and parts). But, otherwise nothing too crazy happened. Stats didn't seem too out of whack but saves seemed rather low and error numbers were out of whack to name a few oddities but I wasn't focused too much on stats.

I simulated through the off-season and went to the next season, only to notice that Manny Ramirez, Matt Holliday, Garrett Anderson, Griffey, Sheffield to name most of the major names who were FAs.

I then simulate to the next off-season and I notice:

Lincecum, Fuentes, Slowey, Percival, Blackburn, Smoltz, Homer Bailey, Kuo, Lindstrom, Mauer, (Holliday, Manny, G.Anderson Sheffield -- all still FAs from year before), Maybin, Conor Jackson, JJ Hardy, Tejada, Dukes, Kubel, Iwamura, Headley, Mora, etc.

All free agents.

Now, I haven't dug into this too much but it seems to stem from teams not having enough money. A quick look through the payrolls and every team either has at most 4 million in payroll or is in the negative in terms of funds. I don't know yet if this is because teams are overpaying or because the cap isn't going up enough, but it's certainly an issue either way.

You can control all 30 teams now so I suppose you could find workarounds, but just a heads up. I'm going to simulate again to see if it continues to happen.

Ouch!!, I hope this was just an odd case...and fixable in a patch.

[vernond]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

All right, so Franchise Mode is looking a bit sketchy, at least at first looks.

I simulated through a season and one seriously odd trade happened (Ryan Howard and parts to Marlins for Josh Johnson and Ricky Nolasco and parts). But, otherwise nothing too crazy happened. Stats didn't seem too out of whack but saves seemed rather low and error numbers were out of whack to name a few oddities but I wasn't focused too much on stats.

I simulated through the off-season and went to the next season, only to notice that Manny Ramirez, Matt Holliday, Garrett Anderson, Griffey, Sheffield to name most of the major names who were FAs.

I then simulate to the next off-season and I notice:

Lincecum, Fuentes, Slowey, Percival, Blackburn, Smoltz, Homer Bailey, Kuo, Lindstrom, Mauer, (Holliday, Manny, G.Anderson Sheffield -- all still FAs from year before), Maybin, Conor Jackson, JJ Hardy, Tejada, Dukes, Kubel, Iwamura, Headley, Mora, etc.

All free agents.

Now, I haven't dug into this too much but it seems to stem from teams not having enough money. A quick look through the payrolls and every team either has at most 4 million in payroll or is in the negative in terms of funds. I don't know yet if this is because teams are overpaying or because the cap isn't going up enough, but it's certainly an issue either way.

You can control all 30 teams now so I suppose you could find workarounds, but just a heads up. I'm going to simulate again to see if it continues to happen.

ugh.

[myghty]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

Well that could be a game killer for me...

[Bahnzo]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

Greeeaaat! Let's hope that can be patched and quick. Not a total game killer, but certainly something those of us who want to play in franchise mode will hate.

No online game tonight yet?

Edit: And what does this say for 2K's testing group? How could you possibly miss something like that?

[ChaseB]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

Looking at season 3, it gets worse not better:

Pujols, Longoria, Beltran, Adrian Gonzalez, Berkman, Ryan Howard, Stephen Drew, Jay Bruce, Felix Hernandez, Broxton, Ziegler, Chris Young, Josh Johnson, etc.

Teams still have no cap.

Going to start a new simulation now.

[ChaseB]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

Greeeaaat! Let's hope that can be patched and quick. Not a total game killer, but certainly something those of us who want to play in franchise mode will hate.

No online game tonight yet?

Edit: And what does this say for 2K's testing group? How could you possibly miss something like that?

No, Bryan didn't get his copy tonight. Hopefully tomorrow.

[hitstreak13]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

Looking at season 3, it gets worse not better:

Pujols, Longoria, Beltran, Adrian Gonzalez, Berkman, Ryan Howard, Stephen Drew, Jay Bruce, Felix Hernandez, Broxton, Ziegler, Chris Young, Josh Johnson, etc.

Teams still have no cap.

Going to start a new simulation now.

Well I think that does it for me. This is a major game killer. I'm all about Franchise and if it is this broken, there is no way I will play it. Thanks Chase for your honest review.

[Bahnzo]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

No, Bryan didn't get his copy tonight. Hopefully tomorrow.

Just jump online and see if anyone's there and get in a game for an inning.

[ChaseB]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

So, I did another simulation to see if the same thing happened, and basically it did. Holliday, Manny and a few other major names were in there season one. Then it starts to get real wild during the next off-season. Prince Fielder, Carlos Gomez, and Jim Thome were names I did not see in the other simulation, so it isn't the same exact people each time. Lincecum and Webb were both in the free agency list during the second off-season as well.

And it seems like the lack of funds is once again the issue and why there are so many cap casualties.

Just jump online and see if anyone's there and get in a game for an inning.

I'll go scope it out.

[PVarck31]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

Hey Chase, or anyone who knows. How does the quick throw mechanic work? Every time I try to use it, the fielder just pump fakes.

[Craigsca]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

No, Bryan didn't get his copy tonight. Hopefully tomorrow.

So - these guys are free agents before the season starts or during the season? What's the problem here - are we concerned that guys such as Lincecum are becoming free agents before their 6th year? Are these guys staying un-signed, is that what you're saying?

[jeffy777]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

So - these guys are free agents before the season starts or during the season? What's the problem here - are we concerned that guys such as Lincecum are becoming free agents before their 6th year? Are these guys staying un-signed, is that what you're saying?

That's what I'm wondering too.

[ChaseB]

Re: Why Do I Do This To Myself: I Have a Copy of MLB 2K9 (Q&A)

So - these guys are free agents before the season starts or during the season? What's the problem here - are we concerned that guys such as Lincecum are becoming free agents before their 6th year? Are these guys staying un-signed, is that what you're saying?

Yea they stay unsigned from year to year. Holliday, Manny, etc. all still are in the bin year to year. It's also certainly odd that Lincecum is a straight up FA by the second off-season with so few years MLB experience.