Major League Baseball 2K9 Video: All Star Game Triple Play

[BadassBookworm]

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- are we watching the same clip? the crowd got a little louder with applause, and the commentary flowed RIGHT WITH the triple play as it was happening, it didn't even skip a beat, and you can even hear his voice go up as he said "a triple play!!"

so again...what EXACTLY were you hoping to hear? were you wanting to hear his voice crack from excitement? do you want to hear the commentators clap? I seriously would like to know.

I should clarify. I haven't seen this clip yet (I'm doing this from work...:shhh. I was just using his example to make my point that crowd reactions aren't quite as good as they could be and if his observation on the commentary is accurate, then I agree.

I feel that NHL 09 has gotten this right. When you score a goal at home, there is a booming crascendo from the stands, the goal horn goes off and the players throw their arms in the air. Scoring in that game never stops being exciting .

I feel, from what I've seen, the game just isn't quite there yet. Then again, I'm watching it on and old computer with really crappy sound so I could be way off base.

[brendanrfoley]

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In all the videos, I see more balls are getting pulled by hitter on both sides of the plate. I think the slower pitch speeds have something to do with it.

I know many people don't like the appearance of the ball "floating" toward home. But it has opened up a players' time to decide to swing or not swing.

High Heat had very "floaty" pitches. But while unrealistic in itself, it allowed for realistic results.

[sirwoodz]

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I should clarify. I haven't seen this clip yet (I'm doing this from work...:shhh. I was just using his example to make my point that crowd reactions aren't quite as good as they could be and if his observation on the commentary is accurate, then I agree.

I feel that NHL 09 has gotten this right. When you score a goal at home, there is a booming crascendo from the stands, the goal horn goes off and the players throw their arms in the air. Scoring in that game never stops being exciting .

I feel, from what I've seen, the game just isn't quite there yet. Then again, I'm watching it on and old computer with really crappy sound so I could be way off base.

- well, you are comparing baseball to hockey for some odd reason...hockey, soccer, and football are sports where scoring is a monumental feat, so they tend to get a little more excited, especially the commentators - that is the culture of these sports.

that's like comparing the crowd/announce reaction to a hole in one in tiger woods to getting a goal in FIFA 09...the comparison makes very little sense.

[sirwoodz]

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In all the videos, I see more balls are getting pulled by hitter on both sides of the plate. I think the slower pitch speeds have something to do with it.

- on other forums, people are complaining about all of the balls being hit up the middle...remember that we are watching VIDEOS, when the actual game is released, you will more than likely see a variety of hits...

[DickDalewood]

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- are we watching the same clip? the crowd got a little louder with applause, and the commentary flowed RIGHT WITH the triple play as it was happening, it didn't even skip a beat, and you can even hear his voice go up as he said "a triple play!!"

so again...what EXACTLY were you hoping to hear? were you wanting to hear his voice crack from excitement? do you want to hear the commentators clap? I seriously would like to know.

Yah exactly, "a little louder with applause". It was a freakin' TRIPLE PLAY, there should be a hell of a lot more than slightly louder applause and you know it. My first thought about that clip was, wow, that looked nice, but was anyone at the game even watching???

This title is showing massive improvements, but thus far, crowd reaction is not one of them.

[Eddie1967]

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I beg to differ. When Chipper Jones get's that single the crowd definitely gets louder. Almost like they were going for the national league. Was it being played in a national league stadium? Could be a huge factor. If you notice when the triple play was made the crowd moaned and groaned on each out. Sounds to me like the crowd sounds were appropriate for what was happening. Look at it again and you will see what I'm talking about. In my mind if your rooting for a particular league why would you be happy about an out no matter how spectacular.

[JBucc]

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I agree with the crowd being a little tame for the situation. It wasn't one of those triple plays you don't even realize were triple plays and have to have explained to you, it was a classic 5-4-3 triple play that you can see coming.

I felt similarly in some of the other vids with homers.

^that's a good point about the NL crowd though

[BadassBookworm]

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- well, you are comparing baseball to hockey for some odd reason...hockey, soccer, and football are sports where scoring is a monumental feat, so they tend to get a little more excited, especially the commentators - that is the culture of these sports.

that's like comparing the crowd/announce reaction to a hole in one in tiger woods to getting a goal in FIFA 09...the comparison makes very little sense.

I'm not "comparing baseball to hockey". If I said something like "the batter's hockey stick looked too round in those videos. And I don't get why the second baseman doesn't just check the runner. Please fix!" you would have a more valid point. All I'm saying is that the crowd reactions should match the on-field play regardless of what sport it is.

And it is a more "monumental feat" to hit a grand slam in baseball than to score a goal in hockey, so by your logic, the crowd reactions should be louder and more exciting in a grand slam situation. And they aren't. That's not to say they don't cheer and stand during said situation, but it should be a bit more of a mass "roar" when it happens. I just didn't see that.

[Eddie1967]

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I agree with the crowd being a little tame for the situation. It wasn't one of those triple plays you don't even realize were triple plays and have to have explained to you, it was a classic 5-4-3 triple play that you can see coming.

I felt similarly in some of the other vids with homers.

But see that's the thing, was the team that hit the home run on the road or at home. That makes a huge difference. I believe the Ortiz home run was at Yankee stadium and you know the red sox are getting no cheers there. I don't think people are really looking at all of the details of these videos. If they did these complaints would go away.

[JBucc]

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But see that's the thing, was the team that hit the home run on the road or at home. That makes a huge difference. I believe the Ortiz home run was at Yankee stadium and you know the red sox are getting no cheers there. I don't think people are really looking at all of the details of these videos. If they did these complaints would go away.

Yeah I think you're right now. They gave a nice cheer at Chipper's hit.

[Eddie1967]

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Yeah I think you're right now. They gave a nice cheer at Chipper's hit.

And the game was being played in busch stadium I believe. This game looks and sounds really good.

[BadassBookworm]

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But see that's the thing, was the team that hit the home run on the road or at home. That makes a huge difference. I believe the Ortiz home run was at Yankee stadium and you know the red sox are getting no cheers there. I don't think people are really looking at all of the details of these videos. If they did these complaints would go away.

Just wanted to say that none of my posts are meant to be complaining. I'm not. These are just observations and wanted to see if anyone else noticed or cared. I'm very excited for this year's game since I haven't played decent video game baseball since MVP 05.

[Eddie1967]

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Just wanted to say that none of my posts are meant to be complaining. I'm not. These are just observations and wanted to see if anyone else noticed or cared. I'm very excited for this year's game since I haven't played decent video game baseball since MVP 05.

I didn't mean complaining in a negative sort of way. I'll change that word to observation or comments. My bad. If you want to hear some good crowd noise, check out the video Steve just posted with the Devil Rays and Phillies. Check out the double play early in the vid and tell me the crowd isn't on point and the last run scored near the end of the video. The game is in Philly and the crowd noise is damn near perfect for each situation.

[BadassBookworm]

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I didn't mean complaining in a negative sort of way. I'll change that word to observation or comments. My bad. If you want to hear some good crowd noise, check out the video Steve just posted with the Devil Rays and Phillies. Check out the double play early in the vid and tell me the crowd isn't on point.

I will definitely do that when I get home. The vids have been fantastic and I'm glad 2k is actually releasing them before the game comes out this year. I'm not playing semantics with you about the complaining thing, but I like to think that the points I'm making are different than the "the [insert player] photo has the wrong hat", "the grass is a darker green at Miller Park", "there are 13 pinstripes on a Yankee's away uniform not 12!" kind of posts because I'm really becoming irritated with those.

I've been a lurker on here for a long time and I've been trying to post more. Then I can scream at you guys instead of the computer screen.

[johnnyg713]

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should they have squealed like little school girls?

They make it sound like it was a routine play. Every clip ive seen the commentators seem to have the same "tone" I'm not saying squeal like little girls but they dont even sound the least bit excited to me. Part of the aspect of commentating is getting the viewers excited about whats happening during the play. If the commentators dont sound as excited then it will take away from the excitement of actually playing that game.