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  • MacDaddy
    Rookie
    • Aug 2008
    • 124

    #1

    Maybe I'm in the minority here...

    but i really dig the demo. Of course, I'm not a video game snob. I expect a game to look good (check) and be playable (check) and have replay value (can't check that yet, but I imagine it will have replay value).

    The problem with gamers today is that they think they know how a sport should be simmed accurately. The fact is, all sports are too unpredictable nowadays, how can you expect a game to perfectly mimic unpredictability? If you expect this, you should be a mental patient.

    Like with everyone complaining that the batters won't take strikes, they swing at every thing. How can you even begin to evaluate this? Simple critical thinking skills would force one with those skills to say, "oh, maybe that player is just a free swinger, i'd like to see this players free swinging in the game vs., say, Albert Pujols and compare the percentage that both of them free swing".

    I will reserve judgement for my own testing, when i pitch 100 times to Pujols, and 100 times to Adam Dunn, and see how their percentages differ on swinging at strikes/balls.

    That's all, maybe just a little more ability to use statistical analysis out of people would be better than just pointing at a short demo video and concluding all manner of over-arching themes.
  • jeffy777
    MVP
    • Jan 2009
    • 3325

    #2
    Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

    There were quite a few people that liked the demo in the impressions thread, so I'm not sure you're in the minority. The problem was that there were a few people that kept posting negative things over and over.......but there were a lot of people liked it.

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    • Lepermessiah
      Banned
      • Feb 2009
      • 43

      #3
      Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

      A vocal minority can make a lot of noise, this is how forums are sadly. Overall most seem to really like it, take what you read on forums with a bucket of salt.

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      • baa7
        Banned
        • Jul 2004
        • 11691

        #4
        Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

        Originally posted by Lepermessiah
        A vocal minority can make a lot of noise, this is how forums are sadly.
        This somewhat sad-sack comment of yours is sadder IMO. This is how forums are? What does that mean?

        The majority of people in the impressions thread liked the game, yes. Some think the lack of a Take Strikes slider will be an issue, some don't. They're called opinions. Get over it boys, and stop being so defensive and melodramatic.

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        • Lepermessiah
          Banned
          • Feb 2009
          • 43

          #5
          Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

          Originally posted by baa7
          This somewhat sad-sack comment of yours is sadder IMO. This is how forums are? What does that mean?

          The majority of people in the impressions thread liked the game, yes. Some think the lack of a Take Strikes slider will be an issue, some don't. They're called opinions. Get over it boys, and stop being so defensive and melodramatic.
          BWHAHA, ironic, as your post was the one that was defensive and melodramatic. All I said was fact, a small vocal minority can make a lot of noise, this is a well known common fact on te internet, please.

          Funny how you PREACH to us it is just opinions, but thats all ours were to, we do not need captain obvious to come and be high and mighty and tell us what a monkey would know. Thanks captain obvious.

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          • baa7
            Banned
            • Jul 2004
            • 11691

            #6
            Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

            Originally posted by Lepermessiah
            Funny how you PREACH to us
            You're the one who started the thread telling everyone they needed to learn to pitch. And that my new friend would be considered preaching on these forums.

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            • kGinGreen
              Banned
              • Dec 2008
              • 515

              #7
              Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

              Originally posted by baa7
              You're the one who started the thread telling everyone they needed to learn to pitch. And that my new friend would be considered preaching on these forums.
              and you sir are preaching to the preacher.

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              • MacDaddy
                Rookie
                • Aug 2008
                • 124

                #8
                Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

                Well this thread turned into a couple chicks slapping each other on the arm rather quickly...

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                • SoxFan01605
                  All Star
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 7982

                  #9
                  Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

                  The demo was a mixed bag, and as usual got exactly the responses you would expect. Those who have made it clear they like the series were impressed overall. Those who have made it clear they don't like it were not. Big shocker. There were a few attempts by some to be unbiased and they were about down the middle (some leaned positive, some leaned negative).

                  What that should tell you is you have a game that needed improvement and did so in some areas. For some it will be enough, for some it won't. Not hard to follow, IMO.

                  That said, why is this thread even open? We have a demo impressions thread. No offense to the OP, but we don't need a thread for everyone who wants to share their personal revelations on the game.

                  That is becoming the trouble here. This is basically another thread that says "why so negative based on a demo" by someone who is positive based on a demo. You've gleaned your rosy outlook from the same demo they've critiqued. I'm guessing it's opinion based. I can promise you if your revelation were negative, it would be locked with quickness.

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                  • MacDaddy
                    Rookie
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 124

                    #10
                    Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

                    Originally posted by SoxFan01605
                    The demo was a mixed bag, and as usual got exactly the responses you would expect. Those who have made it clear they like the series were impressed overall. Those who have made it clear they don't like it were not. Big shocker. There were a few attempts by some to be unbiased and they were about down the middle (some leaned positive, some leaned negative).

                    What that should tell you is you have a game that needed improvement and did so in some areas. For some it will be enough, for some it won't. Not hard to follow, IMO.

                    That said, why is this thread even open? We have a demo impressions thread. No offense to the OP, but we don't need a thread for everyone who wants to share their personal revelations on the game.

                    That is becoming the trouble here. This is basically another thread that says "why so negative based on a demo" by someone who is positive based on a demo. You've gleaned your rosy outlook from the same demo they've critiqued. I'm guessing it's opinion based. I can promise you if your revelation were negative, it would be locked with quickness.
                    Lol, sorry. I'm relatively new here, i guess I didn't realize this was the only forum on the web that had a perfectly categorized thread system....

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                    • PVarck31
                      Moderator
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 16869

                      #11
                      Re: Maybe I'm in the minority here...

                      Can we have a thread about the game without bickering? My guess is no.

                      Closing this.

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