MLB 09 The Show Blog - Online Season Leagues and Improvements

[Randiesel75]

Russell, another question...

Access to Quick menu (up on D-pad) =
With this addition, does this not take time off the 5-minute counter as does when you hit Start to enter the Full Menu?

[Crash Davis]

Im in the if the frames arent smooth then its not worth playing boat, that being said if they are good, then i can get past some other things like the camera angles etc...

[bobbysco13]

This didn't make it in either???

[statnut]

I hope the restrictions on starting a league have been loosened this year.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by RanDiesel

Russell, another question... Access to Quick menu (up on D-pad) = With this addition, does this not take time off the 5-minute counter as does when you hit Start to enter the Full Menu?

Yes it still takes time off of your 5 minutes. We just you the ability to make all your adjustments on the fly no need to hit pause anymore.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by aukevin

So since it wasn't mentioned, does a commish in a league still not have the power to replace a league member when someone drops out of the league? Leagues can really die when its members quit and can't be replaced.

Nope and your right it does handicap leagues by not having this feature. 2010

[Nextyearnow]

***Please respond Russell***

Question 1: In the online leagues, will there be a waiting period like last year before we can start making leagues?

I.E. (14 days, 3* rating, 10 games)

Why get us all hyped up for these leagues, when we have to wait 2 weeks!

Question 2: Can I make more than one League?

Question 3: Can I delete my league if it fails? I hate how if you start a league, You have to post that its failing on the message boards.

Question 4: Will there actually be tech support. Last year it was terrible. If I had a stale league, it took forever to take down. If i had a question, it was tough to get an answer

P.S. In the future you guys on the website should have a huge thread system where mods can answer questions. (LIKE EASPORTSWORLD) They are doing better at answering our questions and it would benefit you guys alot.

[roolz]

If i can just group together some concerns here, for my own knowledge as we are going to be running a league/leagues for the first time:

1. No custom camera angles
2. No individual player stat tracking i.e. the game dosent count how many HR A-Rod has hit etc
3. No enforced pitch rotations
4. Not able to replace an inactive league member
5. Unsure on ingame lag

Whilst not ideal, those are not that 'bad' to have as your bad points for an online option.

Camera angles is a pain... but its workable as you get used to it. Points 2 & 3 can be worked outside of the game if you wish to track them.

Point 4 is an annoyance (i assume you can force forfeit their games if you need to?)

5 is up in the air on most games... they have fixed the framerate problems so thats a plus, im sure this feature has had solid testing as adding the 'fluff' to the Online Leagues is pointless if its unplayable.

Thanks for the info