Digital Sportspage

To my fellow stadium whore,

I saw somewhere that ASB has 80 stadiums this year. Have you seen a listing of them anywhere? 80 is an awfully big number.

Those OS test results are brutal. I can overlook the franchise bugs because I play OOTP for my franchise stuff, and I can grit my teeth and bear the lack of walks for a while, but all lefties having crap HR totals compared to righties could be too much to bear.

That is a relief. I have always hit the direction towards the runner for a tag for some reason, so that won't be a problem for me either (I'm trying to remember why I started doing this, like there was some game that you needed to do this in, but am coming up blank). I'm real excited to see if ASB c...

Here we go again... Video clip 5 has some issues going on. 1) Durham goes to steal second and looks like he is out by a mile, but is called safe. Tagging issues? 2)Minor bug--slow roller gets by drawn in 1b. 2b goes to cover first, and runs right by the ball. 1b ends up picking up the ball on the ed...

Thanks a lot DB. One quick question though--in your experience, do you find yourself walking the CPU a bit?

I am also stadium slut myself, so I've always wanted to like this series, but the pitching/hitting lagged behind. Here's to hoping they get it right this year.

Those vids definitely piqued my interest, and am anxious to give this game a shot. The two things that have always killed me about ASB is the slow pace and hitting model. The pace now looks pretty good, and we'll have to see how they do with a second shot at zone hitting. Also, can anyone who is fam...

Definitely good to see a review like that, but I'm not sure I agree about steals and the CPU chasing pitches. We all know the CPU doesn't run enough, but he says he can't steal a base for his life. That hasn't been my experience at all. Also, I completely disagree with his CPU chasing pitches assess...

Well that sucks. That would explain why I was getting absolutely destroyed in Home Run Challenge when I played the CPU with Thome. Maybe it's just a problem in HR challenge?

I'll have to see about this one. Sounds kind of odd, but certainly not unique. HH2002 had a problem with lefties averages being much higher than righties (when user controlled), so it may be tolerable...

The one thing that scares me about this one is the lack of sliders. I want to make totally sure there are no glaring AI problems if they can't be fixed. When have sliders ever really fixed an AI bug in a game? Try as we may with hours of slider tweaking, I am now convinced that it is all a waste of...

The easiest way to test this theory out is to try the home run challenge mode - i was lining everything no matter who I chose. Now I get much more realistic results. I also will probably need to turn down the power slider, as I had it jacked up all the way to +50 (and that probably explains the 507...

I'm with you Jack, and am using the 'other' batting angle for the moment. Love how it portrays the righty-lefty action. Worried that the flaw Leebo brought up might ruin it at some point though.

Sounds interesting. Wish it was available in the states with MLB teams, cuz I would definitely check it out. I have fond memories of Bottom of the 9th, as I think it was the best playing baseball game on the PSX. <BR> <BR>EDIT: I´m having all kinds of trouble with the movies, but what I can make out...

I noticed today that the new version of WeOptEditor now supports exporting PC option files to WE7I xport files. I´d be very interested to see if this works. <BR> <BR>Here is a DL link if anyone wants to try it: <BR><!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://www.davidson.edu/personal/manaples/MLS/MLS2004.x...

This may be total sacrilege, but you know what sounds like it would really help this game (or any baseball game really)? <BR> <BR>The option to set walks to 2 or 3 balls. <BR> <BR>It would be so simple. You wouldn´t have to change pitcher accuracy. You wouldn´t have to raise pitch counts or make the...

I have a question for everyone posting impressions...how many of you played last year´s MVP enough to be good at it? <BR> <BR>I have a feeling a lot of people may not like things about the game simply because they are not used to it. I´m not trying to make excuses for the game, but a lot of the time...

Some of these issues are frightening, but I´m still looking forward to getting my hands on this game. The triples issue was brought up in the IGN review, but if I recall correctly, they said that once you get used to the game the number of triples is greatly reduced, so there is hope there. <BR> <BR...

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<BR>You have to go back to the week 2 list to find it though...(use the arrows near the top of the window)

Jared, <BR> <BR>When I watched ManU-Porto game I was just using one of those listed at bigsoccer. It was the only one that was working, but the quality was suprisingly good and held steady for the 25 minutes I had it on. I haven´t tried any yet today, but I am hopeful that it will work out like last...

Excellent. <BR> <BR>Thanks for the schedule Jared. I was able to catch the end of the first leg of ManU vs Porto this way, but I am never sure what channels are carrying the games and when. Nothing beats working in your office with a little of Champions League football to pull you through the last f...

It´s clear that some people here aren´t going to agree with me, and that´s cool, but I do want to make clear a few things. <BR> <BR>1) I am pro-fighting. I grew up going to Flyers games for crying out loud, and as far as I´m concerned the Flyer Sens fight night was the highlight of their season thus...

PK, <BR> <BR>Just to defend my case here about my previous comment about attempting to injure stars, I strongly believe the only reason Moore delivered that hit was because it was star. I would be willing to bet the farm that if in that game 3 weeks ago, the player that was falling was anyone other ...

I´m not gonna get into whether or not the fighting belongs in the game, because the truth is, most fans like it, and it is a part of the game with rules and codes of conduct. <BR> <BR>That being said, Bertuzzi totally crossed the line, and if it were up to me he would be suspended for the rest of th...

Thanks for the heads up Jared. I´ll send that guy a PM and tell him what´s been going on over here, see how it meshes with his plans. Maybe something will come of it.
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<BR>Also, if you have any thoughts on the matter blub, please let me know.

Just wanted to note that I have now uploaded an updated version of the patch for PC that can be downloaded with the original link (see first post). <BR> <BR>Changes include: <BR>-New players added (at least one for every team I think) <BR>-Starting 11 for all teams tweaked. <BR>-Kit number and name ...