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MLB Off-Season 2011: Only a few more weeks until the radio talks about baseball again

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JABEE

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I believe this is the final year of 2K Sports' exclusive license, and they're probably not going to renew it.

Thank fucking God.

I think the only reason they still make the game is because of a contractual obligation they have with MLB. They can't wait to be done with making those games. I heard that years ago.
 
Yeah, they aren't renewing it. 2K's baseball games have gotten such a bad reputation, they lose money on them now. In fact, 2K12 is probably their last baseball game ever.
 

McNei1y

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Yeah, some high up developer admitted in a recent interview that they may not make a baseball game next year. This is also their last year on the license so hopefully EA goes all out and brings MVP back with force.

I think EA will come back since a few years ago they attempted a buy out from take two for the license but take two declined... They probably should've since they lose money.
 

Sanjuro

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Top of the third guys...

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So MLB.TV decided to charge me $25 for Spring Training games that I did not order based on my subscription from last year, which I canned in July after the Mets tanked.

What the fuck is up with that?

Same exact thing for me--well, $19.99 for GameDay Audio. It happened the other day. I subscribed to it last year and am usually pretty careful about auto-renewal. Regardless, there's no sign that I'm actually subscribed right now and I have no payment information entered, so I have no idea how they charged me via PayPal. But they did. I sent an e-mail to their customer service and was told to expect a reply in two to ten business days.
 
Yeah, it's still got it's ridiculous lack-of-attention things. It's just not a very fun game. Feels wonky and not smooth at all.

Cheap plug: If you have a JTV/Twitch account, be sure to click the "Follow" button my Twitch channel if you haven't. We need dem followers.
 
Same exact thing for me--well, $19.99 for GameDay Audio. It happened the other day. I subscribed to it last year and am usually pretty careful about auto-renewal. Regardless, there's no sign that I'm actually subscribed right now and I have no payment information entered, so I have no idea how they charged me via PayPal. But they did. I sent an e-mail to their customer service and was told to expect a reply in two to ten business days.

They're real fuckers. I can't believe they want me to buy the MLB@Bat app twice, for my iPhone and for my iPad. Like 15 bucks each. It's not the money, it's their fucking unscrupulous business practices.

Btw, anybody know what happened to The Frankman?
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
They're real fuckers. I can't believe they want me to buy the MLB@Bat app twice, for my iPhone and for my iPad. Like 15 bucks each. It's not the money, it's their fucking unscrupulous business practices.

Btw, anybody know what happened to The Frankman?

He was banned 2 months ago for messing with the wrong people in GirlGAF. Right before that he got banned for being a filthy pirate, providing links to Sailor Moon episodes. He's supposed to be back in a month, but who knows.
 

eznark

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They're real fuckers. I can't believe they want me to buy the MLB@Bat app twice, for my iPhone and for my iPad. Like 15 bucks each. It's not the money, it's their fucking unscrupulous business practices.

Btw, anybody know what happened to The Frankman?

Supposedly the apps are free this year dude.

I was also charged, which shocked me not because I wanted to cancel (it's been like 8 years now, pretty sure they have me) but because my current card is not on file. The card they have was cancelled because supposedly the info leaked and our bank sent us new ones. I called the bank and they said that since it's linked to the same account it can still process auto-renewals.

Mind boggling.
 

BFIB

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Do they have the Vita version do you know?

My Best Buy in St. Louis has the full PS3 version, but no Vita version.

Heyman reporting the Cards are close with Molina. Should be finalized today. And it looks to be a flat 5/75. Wow.
 

Doytch

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It is their Facebook.

No it isn't. I'm on my computer now, so here is their Facebook page. The other one is loaded with bad grammar, spam links, friend begging, and the release date is even listed in non-US format. How do they expect Americans to parse a foreign date format??
 

Parch

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2K has been mailing it in, but who's in line to replace? How many years is it going to take before somebody else gets a game equal to Show?

2K put good effort into the NBA game and made a gem, but baseball is some lazy ass dev work.
 
2K has been mailing it in, but who's in line to replace? How many years is it going to take before somebody else gets a game equal to Show?

2K put good effort into the NBA game and made a gem, but baseball is some lazy ass dev work.

Who's to say that EA hasn't been developing an MLB game for a while now?
 

BFIB

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I believe this is the final year for 2K. The contract is up at some point this year, and I would expect EA to do whatever it takes to get the new agreement.

Hopefully EA doesn't go all out and attempt to stop The Show, and actually compete against Sony's franchise.
 
Howard Sidelined Indefinitely

Ryan Howard has indeed suffered a setback in his recovery from Achilles surgery and will be sidelined indefinitely following a procedure to clean an infection from his original wound.

Foot specialist Mark Myerson performed a "small procedure" Monday to remove the stitches from Howard's wound, Phillies head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan said. Howard is on antibiotics and should return to camp sometime Wednesday. Myerson is the surgeon who originally operated on Howard's ruptured left Achilles last October.

Sheridan is unaware of when Howard will return to his rehab program. When asked if the delay would be days or weeks, Sheridan said, "I truly don't know that answer."

While Myerson was forced to reopen Howard's wound, he did find the structure of the rebuilt Achilles tendon remained intact.

"That was our biggest concern going into this," Sheridan said. "That was one of the things during the procedure he confirmed; the Achilles tendon is intact and not compromised. That's great news."

But now, Howard must heal this new wound. Sheridan said the team will be cautious this time to avoid any further problems later.

Hope the big man gets better. I can't even imagine how nasty an injury something like that must be.
 

eznark

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Me too. It's bullshit that the Phillies keep having good stuff happen to them. Howard needs to be back as soon as possible.
 
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