Player Faces Have Greatly Improved in MLB The Show 17 (Polygon)

[WaitTilNextYear]

I've got it! Invite Mike Trout to SDS under the guise of watching an Eagles game (or a classic Eagles game since it's the offseason). Then lock the door and throw him in the scanner.

[SchwarBear12]

Some people don't care. If I was Trout, I might look at it as "i'm not gonna sell YOUR game". Pay me and I'll show up.


The man may not care. The man may want money. The man may have a bulldog for an agent.


It could be alot of those things. Maybe a combo. It is what it is.

[Caulfield]

Regarding Trout:

Quote: Originally Posted by Factzzz

...It looks scanned to me, just not that good of a scan, it's definitely not a generic face.

I dont even know how this is possible. Would he have gotten into the scanner upside down, or backwards? Or maybe he sneezed or coughed when they scanned him. I just dont believe he has been able to take the time away from playing ball to worry about something which probably seems trivial to him.

Quote: Originally Posted by Factzzz

...i don't think the artist started creating faces from scratch...until last year.

Last year? So how did they get real players into the game previously when not scanned.
And there were plenty a ton of them too.

I apologize if it seems I'm dogpiling on Factzzz. I sincerely mean nothing personal towards you.

[The Kid 24]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShowTyme15

One of the reasons I know about face scans (aside from Ramone mentioning numerous times how it works) is I am friends with quite a few major leaguers (a lot of them are OS members as well) qnd I am close friends with Chris Carter and Tommy Pham. I've asked them directly how it works. It isn't mandatory for them to get scanned it is completely optional. Also, a lot of players don't get scans do scheduling conflicts of prior engagements and other various reasons. It's not SCEA's job to chase down a player for a scan. That responsibility is on the player himself. I can also tell you that companies do need to get permission (in most cases) to add tattoos to players. I have my own experience with this when I played ball overseas, but that is another story for another day.

Wow awesome!

How did you become friends with them?

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[ShowTyme15]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Kid 24

Wow awesome! How did you become friends with them? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Operation Sports mobile app

Pham and Carter I know from Vegas we grew up together. Other players I know through an agent. Carter played travel basketball with me for a few years before focusing on baseball (He played basketball in HS for 2 years at Sierra Vista and I went to Western. Both teams played in the same conference at the time). I know Tommy Pham's sister who was also a basketball player.

[ShowTyme15]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear

I've got it! Invite Mike Trout to SDS under the guise of watching an Eagles game (or a classic Eagles game since it's the offseason). Then lock the door and throw him in the scanner.

Might as well. Plenty of good steak houses in San Diego.

[Factzzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

Regarding Trout: I dont even know how this is possible. Would he have gotten into the scanner upside down, or backwards? Or maybe he sneezed or coughed when they scanned him. I just dont believe he has been able to take the time away from playing ball to worry about something which probably seems trivial to him. Last year? So how did they get real players into the game previously when not scanned. And there were plenty a ton of them too. I apologize if it seems I'm dogpiling on Factzzz. I sincerely mean nothing personal towards you.

Lmfao what are you talking about?

In past years anyone who wasn't scanned got a face that was clearly generic. Look at Manny Machado the first few years he was in the show. Or Jonathan Villar even last year. These are faces that look like no attempt was made to make them look like their real life counterpart.

I'm saying, for the people that were not scanned, the artist for the Show didn't attempt to create their face from scratch until last year for a few select players (like Kris Bryant). They used to just give them any generic face that matched their skin color.

But for Trout, he never just had any generic face, which is why i'm saying i think he was scanned, it just didn't turn out good.

Everything about Trout and the Show has been pure speculation.

And i know, obviously, that players don't have to get their face scanned.

[Houston]

Quote: Originally Posted by Factzzz

Lmfao what are you talking about? In past years anyone who wasn't scanned got a face that was clearly generic. Look at Manny Machado the first few years he was in the show. Or Jonathan Villar even last year. These are faces that look like no attempt was made to make them look like their real life counterpart. I'm saying, for the people that were not scanned, the artist for the Show didn't attempt to create their face from scratch until last year for a few select players (like Kris Bryant). They used to just give them any generic face that matched their skin color. But for Trout, he never just had any generic face, which is why i'm saying i think he was scanned, it just didn't turn out good. Everything about Trout and the Show has been pure speculation. And i know, obviously, that players don't have to get their face scanned.

That's where your wrong. Several SCEA artist made faces, beards etc on MLB 14 first year on PS4. These players were not scanned faces. Those guys are pretty talented over there at San Diego Studios doing some faces that wasn't scanned and creating the stadiums to look like they do in real life.