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Old 03-28-2012, 11:03 PM   #25
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

I leave it on since it's what makes it realistic.. no matter how annoying it is in RTTS with my pitcher.
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Old 03-28-2012, 11:07 PM   #26
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

I turn it off. And I swear, the borderline calls can still go either way even with it turned off.

I certainly understand leaving it on, but to me it's a video game. If I could, I'd make all the calls perfect in real life, well ... I can do that here.
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Old 03-29-2012, 12:10 AM   #27
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

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For MLB 12 we have all new umps.


Do you really care where I sent this from?
We still have the original umpires because I've seen them. They just added to them.
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Old 03-29-2012, 12:55 AM   #28
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I turn it off. And the strike zone is still inconsistent for both me and the CPU, and it is infuriating. Maybe finally fix this for next year, SCEA?
The "perfect" strike zone still jumps around with one pitch being a strike one time and then the very same pitch that's more of a strike (same pitch type even) will be called a ball. I specifically turn off the umpire nonsense so I can get a consistent and fair strike zone. When I'm hitting this hurts discipline since I have no clue if that pitch off the plate will be called a strike by the "perfect" umpire and I get rung up for strike 3.
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Old 03-29-2012, 01:26 AM   #29
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

The only reason I leave it on is so it's more likely to get the CPU looking for strike 3.
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Old 03-29-2012, 01:44 AM   #30
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

I turn it off. I realize IRL umpires make bad calls but that is one thing I don't need a video game to mirror. jmo. I prefer to have the calls made right.
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Old 03-29-2012, 01:51 AM   #31
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

GREAT post, all around - this is EXACTLY why it should be turned off - the CPU benefits from it being on way more than human players for the exact reason you stated.


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I played an entire season of '11 with it ON, and despite repeated frustration continued to leave it on. I am okay with the variability, but it felt like (i.e., my perception which isn't necessarily reality) the vast majority of bad calls went against me. The close balls that were sometimes called strikes didn't bother me nearly as much as the clear strikes that were called balls at horrible times (3-2 counts, or with 2 out in an inning and almost working myself out of a jam, etc.)

I'm sure it isn't programmed to favor CPU versus human, but the CPU does a much better job than I at letting extremely close pitches go by. When I'm protecting the plate, I have trouble ignoring borderline pitches - had I let more of these go, then I may have benefited from blown calls as much as the CPU - but even though I think I have a decent eye for balls and strikes, it clearly isn't as refined as the precise digital/virtual eye the CPU possess, and thus I saw more of these occur when I was pitching than when I was hitting. What's more, so many of those blown calls seemed (again perception) to go against me at crucial points in the game.

So, in my current season in '12 I have turned this feature off, and I am enjoying the game more. I think what other people may be interested to know, is that through 44 games of my new season what I have noticed is that there is still some variability in calls. Pitches that are clearly balls are always called balls, likewise pitches that are clearly strikes are always called strikes. However, on borderline pitches where varying amounts of the ball touch the strike zone, I have noticed that some are called balls some strikes. It's just enough variation that I can live with.

I miss having the individual umpires calling different zones, but there doesn't seem to be a setting whereby they would each perfectly call their own preferred zones.
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Old 03-29-2012, 12:37 PM   #32
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Re: Does anyone turn variable umpire off??

I see plenty of variability with this off.

Having it on would drive me nuts.
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