DSP MLB 2k7 League ANYONE UP FOR IT?

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:47 am

Just had an outstanding game with Gurantsu, scoreless going into the 9th until his Phillies broke it open with 5 runs and I only managed one in the bottom of the ninth. What a great game that was, can't wait to play some more in this league. I will be on Friday night looking to play a couple more games.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:44 am

I'll probably be in the lobby around 11 PM Eastern looking to play a league game, if anyone wants an easy win.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:45 am

vader29 wrote:Just had an outstanding game with Gurantsu, scoreless going into the 9th until his Phillies broke it open with 5 runs and I only managed one in the bottom of the ninth. What a great game that was, can't wait to play some more in this league. I will be on Friday night looking to play a couple more games.

A very good game! We were both working hard trying to scratch across a run. We had hits here and there, but nothing stuck until the 9th, when I started to get a few guys aboard and got a couple runs. Rowans homer sealed the deal for the Fightin' Phils.

My hits at the end were a combination of 2 things: first, I think Zack Duke was getting a little tired. Second, I finally figured out where Vader kept pitching me, so I planted the batters eye out there and if it came up then I laid off the pitch. I like the batters eye in that respect, as it helps simulate how a real hitter would be looking for a certain pitch. It'll make sure pitchers use different parts of the plate (unless I keep swinging at the same low outside ball for 8 straight innings again...

)

I was very impressed with how the game played online. No lag at all, and only once did a little window pop up about sychronizing something, and that was only for a split second. Lots of fun, and the sliders (which are for the most part the ones I use offline) worked well I think. You really have to play fundamental baseball and bust your hump to get runs. Makes for lots of "pucker" moments!

A quick question; can the home team select the game time and weather and such? We had a rainy game that must have started at 6AM, because the sun came up towards the end (unless the clouds just cleared away? ) Just wondering.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:10 am

Glad to hear your game went well Gurantsu and Vader! Any suggestions on slider adjustments? Pitch speed OK? Was it too hard to hit or just right? In looking at the game recap on the league page, everything looks great.....strikeouts seems about right, hits about right. Whta's weird is that the "box score" doesn't show anything, but the "play by play" shows everything that happened.

If everything is acceptable, we might as well leave the league as is and play on! We can tweak here and there if needed as we go.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:20 am

Philadelphia (1-0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Pittsburgh (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Play By Play:

Top of Inning 1
Rollins strikes out
Utley strikes out
Burrell grounds out to the short stop - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 1
Duffy strikes out
Paulino flies out to the short stop - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Paulino hits a lineout
Bay hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
LaRoche flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 2
Howard flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Helms strikes out
Rowand hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Victorino flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 2
Sanchez hits a Flare - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Nady grounds out to the short stop - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Nady hits into fielder's choice - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Wilson flies out to the first baseman - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 3
Ruiz flies out to the right fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Garcia strikes out
Rollins hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Utley flies out to the right fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 3
Bautista hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Duke hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Duffy hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 4
Burrell flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Howard flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Helms strikes out

Bottom of Inning 4
Paulino strikes out
Bay flies out to the second baseman - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Bay hits a lineout
LaRoche flies out to the right fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 5
Rowand hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Victorino strikes out
Rowand steals second base
Ruiz hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 5
Sanchez hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Nady is hit by a pitch - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Wilson hits a Bunt - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Bautista flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 6
Garcia strikes out
Rollins hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Utley flies out to the pitcher - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 6
Duke strikes out
Duffy hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Paulino hits a Bunt - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Bay hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 7
Burrell flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Howard hits a Flare - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Helms hits into fielder's choice - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 7
LaRoche flies out to the second baseman - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
LaRoche hits a lineout
Sanchez hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Nady hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Wilson hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 8
Rowand hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Victorino flies out to the third baseman - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Ruiz hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Bottom of Inning 8
Bautista strikes out
Duke hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Duffy flies out to the center fielder - Runs: 0, LOB: 0

Top of Inning 9
Nuñez hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Rollins strikes out
Utley hits a Liner - Runs: 0, LOB: 2
Burrell hits a Grounder - Runs: 1, LOB: 2
Howard strikes out
Helms hits a Liner - Runs: 1, LOB: 2
Rowand hits a home run to center field
Victorino hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Ruiz hits a Flyball - Runs: 0, LOB: 2
Nuñez strikes out

Bottom of Inning 9
Paulino grounds out to the first baseman - Runs: 0, LOB: 0
Bay hits a Smash - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
LaRoche hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 1
Sanchez hits a Flare - Runs: 1, LOB: 1
Nady hits a Grounder - Runs: 0, LOB: 2

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:21 am

I thought the pitch speed was fine. It's not too fast so you still have time to decide if you want to swing, but fast enough that you still strike out if you guess wrong. Playing a human is much tougher than the AI. Vader is a sneaky dude!

It was tough to get guys on base, there were a lot of sacrifice bunts in our game to try to move runners along. I like that kind of play so I'm good with it, but some of you more offensive minded guys may want to tweak a few things. I thought it played very realistically, with the possible exception of strike-outs, but most guys are free swingers in viddeo game baseball so that may be unavoidable. Again, this was only one game for the whole league, so I say we let everyone play some games this weekend, and decide on Monday if any changes will be needed. That way we will all have played a couple different teams to get a better idea of how they stand.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:30 am

Gurantsu wrote:I thought it played very realistically, with the possible exception of strike-outs, but most guys are free swingers in viddeo game baseball so that may be unavoidable. Again, this was only one game for the whole league, so I say we let everyone play some games this weekend, and decide on Monday if any changes will be needed. That way we will all have played a couple different teams to get a better idea of how they stand.

Yeah it's kinda crappy that video game baseball always seems to end up that way. Maybe the more we play and play this one we'll start seeing some more walks (we should award a trophy to the guy who can pull the most walks). I was hoping that the fact that this game is played in a higher resolution with better graphics would help us to see the ball a bit better and make the correct call about strikes and balls a little early. The swing stick seems to hurt that a little as well because I'm finding when I pull back on the stick I'm more likely to swing.

Glad to hear your game was fun. I can't wait to play some of mine next week but it'll have to wait til then. VEGAS HERE I COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:33 pm

That play-by-play is a bit flukey. It's missings some things, and seems to be adding some others, strange. (Paulino hit a lineout AND flies out to the shortstop? ) You can get the gist of what happened though, it seems to have the runners left on base numbers right so you can see we did have some decent hits.

Too bad that the box score isn't coming up, that would give a clearer picture of what went on in the game. When I first logged in last night, it took a few minutes before the league screen loaded (I even rebooted my Xbox once thinking it was on my end) so maybe they had some server problems. Hopefully they figure it out, we gotta have stats! I know it did work because there was a boxscore from the game Darkbandit and I played.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:23 pm

Don't forget you guys both probably used your #1 starters. Once we play games with or #3 and 4 pitchers, I'm sure we'll see much more offense.

Gurantsu wrote:I thought the pitch speed was fine. It's not too fast so you still have time to decide if you want to swing, but fast enough that you still strike out if you guess wrong. Playing a human is much tougher than the AI. Vader is a sneaky dude!

It was tough to get guys on base, there were a lot of sacrifice bunts in our game to try to move runners along. I like that kind of play so I'm good with it, but some of you more offensive minded guys may want to tweak a few things. I thought it played very realistically, with the possible exception of strike-outs, but most guys are free swingers in viddeo game baseball so that may be unavoidable. Again, this was only one game for the whole league, so I say we let everyone play some games this weekend, and decide on Monday if any changes will be needed. That way we will all have played a couple different teams to get a better idea of how they stand.

Sport73 · Post by **Sport73** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:15 pm

I'm looking to get some games in this evening or over the weekend. Look for me. Orioles.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:53 pm

Gurantsu wrote:My hits at the end were a combination of 2 things: first, I think Zack Duke was getting a little tired. Second, I finally figured out where Vader kept pitching me, so I planted the batters eye out there and if it came up then I laid off the pitch. I like the batters eye in that respect, as it helps simulate how a real hitter would be looking for a certain pitch. It'll make sure pitchers use different parts of the plate (unless I keep swinging at the same low outside ball for 8 straight innings again... )

Yeah after you got that first run I was hoping Duke could get out of the inning without any more damage because I knew the heart of my order was due up in the bottom half but that homerun did me in.

Gurantsu wrote:A quick question; can the home team select the game time and weather and such? We had a rainy game that must have started at 6AM, because the sun came up towards the end (unless the clouds just cleared away? ) Just wondering.

I saw at the start of the game it said it was rainy and I couldn't do anything to change it.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:10 am

I was going to try a league game or two last night but I was beat and decided to hit the hay and try to play a couple Saturday night. Good thing I did too as my son thought 5AM was a swell time to wake up this morning...

I just checked out the web site, and it looks like there were some very good games. Nice walk-off home run for the Bucs to take the win in extra innings! It's also nice to see all the box scores fixed.

So how are the sliders holding up? From the looks of it I'd say pretty well, the games seem to be close and there hasn't been any home run fests.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:32 pm

sliders seem to be OK. I made a adjustment to pitcher fatigue since they were set up for 9 inning games, but we're only playing 7. This was your starter will have a harder time going the full game. Let me know how this goes. thanks.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:13 pm

anyone up for a league game tonite?

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:33 pm

JackB1 wrote:anyone up for a league game tonite?

i can play tonight. Gametag = macsomjrr

What time are you going to be on?

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:34 pm

macsomjrr wrote:
JackB1 wrote:anyone up for a league game tonite?
i can play tonight. Gametag = macsomjrr

What time are you going to be on?

I'll be on around midnight EDT

Darkbandit · Post by **Darkbandit** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:46 pm

I'll pop into the lobby in about 10 minutes.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:31 am

i'm sitting in the league lobby right now... anyone around?

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:16 am

Great game zlax. I thought we'd go into extra innings for sure until the rockies blew up on Meredith. It's tough to play against my Padres but tougher to lose:)

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:06 am

macsomjrr wrote:Great game zlax. I thought we'd go into extra innings for sure until the rockies blew up on Meredith. It's tough to play against my Padres but tougher to lose:)

we were in extra innings only 7 inning games...no swing stick for you...I had a shoddy connection the reason for alot of misses by me.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:41 am

Zlax45 wrote:
macsomjrr wrote:Great game zlax. I thought we'd go into extra innings for sure until the rockies blew up on Meredith. It's tough to play against my Padres but tougher to lose:)
we were in extra innings only 7 inning games...no swing stick for you...I had a shoddy connection the reason for alot of misses by me.

Do we have to play with the swing stick? Cameron is getting no more fast balls from me either:)

I played Darkbandit20 after Zlax and the connection there was a bit slow. Had a tough time getting my pitches set mostly because my connection with Zlax was better (for me) so I'd gotten used to that timing.

Darkbandit · Post by **Darkbandit** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:07 am

Yeah I was having problems with the timing as well, half of my swinging either seemed like it was way late or way early.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:01 am

Jack and I had a great game as well. I took a 3-1 lead into the last inning where my closer almost blew the game for me. Walked a guy, hit a guy, even a wild pitch that scored a runner. Luckily I was able to get him out of there and strike out the last Atlanta batter for the win. A very tense game!

The new pitcher settings work well, they wear out about right for the shortened 7 inning games. And those relievers wear out fast, you really need to keep an eye on them.

Looks like all of the games are playing out well with the current sliders, so thats cool.

Darkbandit · Post by **Darkbandit** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:56 am

I did drop the pitch speed to 65 to see what changes, if any it would make to the amount of hits and runs scored. If no one likes it, I will go back in and change it later on today.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:24 pm

Yes, that was a great game Gurantsu! I hate the way the game
closes the chat function as soon as the game ends. I guess a way around
that is to open up a private chat session in XBL before you start your game. Can't wait for a rematch!

Gurantsu wrote:Jack and I had a great game as well. I took a 3-1 lead into the last inning where my closer almost blew the game for me. Walked a guy, hit a guy, even a wild pitch that scored a runner. Luckily I was able to get him out of there and strike out the last Atlanta batter for the win. A very tense game!

The new pitcher settings work well, they wear out about right for the shortened 7 inning games. And those relievers wear out fast, you really need to keep an eye on them.

Looks like all of the games are playing out well with the current sliders, so thats cool.

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