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Official MLB 11 League: Starbucks Edition
- Thread starter Sanjuro
- Start date
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
The Frankman said:
Duane Cunningham
Member
Haha, LJ, I really wasn't trying to be tricky and go for those inside the park HRs, I'm just not very good at baserunning. Good game!
turnbuckle
Member
eznark said:
Yeah, neither of the games were very pretty. I'll be available after 8:30pm EST tomorrow if you wanna finish it up. I tried holding back my runners on a couple of those plays in the first game but was sure I'd get thrown out on the dropped 3rd strike in the second game. The online experience on the whole feels more sketchy to me this year than in 2010 --- not lag, really, but the timing feels off. Can't quite explain it. It's not rust because I was doing just fine in 2010 days before 2011 came out and now I'm pretty much a guaranteed 12-20k victim every night.
The Frankman
Banned
The lag between online and the franchise isn't as bad as last year, but it's still there. I can't wait to get home and practice.turnbuckle said:
The Frankman
Banned
whoops my bad TV wasn't on Game mode. Logging in.KanZolo said:
Duane Cunningham
Member
Ha ha, two great games, LJ. I definitely spent too much time playing Pitcher RTTS the last couple of years and need to develop some non pitching skills. That was cool going all the way to the 12th in the latter game. As I said online, I was actually pressing X to advance the runner, which sucks because that's the command to send them home. That's my boneheadedness for not knowing better, though. Good stuff, I'll see you tomorrow for game 3.
Duane Cunningham
Member
I hate how Trey Hillman is still the Royals manager in any online mode (although offline correctly shows Ned Yost).
The Frankman
Banned
Beltran gets hurt sliding into home, OMFG THIS GAME IS SO REAL
Game froze on KanZolo's end with me up 6-1 in the 6th. If you progress too quickly in a game with a bit of lag it can freeze. Such as if you check your pen and immediately the other guy does it a freeze can occur (at least last year). Maybe you rushed too quick to sub out the ejected guy.
WHY THE FUCK ARE INJURIES AT 5 LOL I'M DEAD
Game froze on KanZolo's end with me up 6-1 in the 6th. If you progress too quickly in a game with a bit of lag it can freeze. Such as if you check your pen and immediately the other guy does it a freeze can occur (at least last year). Maybe you rushed too quick to sub out the ejected guy.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Game had Pat Burrell and Huff in the outfield while Cody Ross was DH.The Frankman said:
SO REAL!
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Didnt know you could change options for online games at the options menu. Gotta change camera angle, struck out 21 times first game lol
The Frankman said:
It's not lag in a traditional sense, but the timing is certainly very fucking weird. I think it probably has to do with using the analog controls for hitting (which I am). Maybe they're doing some back end voodoo to make the input timing correct, which then throws off the video timing. There were many times where I swung, my player did nothing, then all of a sudden it was a foul ball sped up in crazy fast motion.
I have no idea why Counsell dropped that pop up. He had to go like three inches to his right to catch it, he got there...and the ball suddenly turned on the thruster jets and moved two feet to his left. Total bullshit, but whatever, not a lot you can do. The errant throw has me very concerned though. If that becomes a common thing in online league play (I've never had it happen in a normal online game) it ruins the experience for me. Errors are fine, but the game deciding on its own that my button presses are invalid? Fuck that shit.
That said, I am down for sometime around 9 tonight. Marcum said knock you out!
turnbuckle
Member
Dmncnby2k9 said:
You can change the camera angle? If so...UH OH Ez, you're getting bounced in the rubber game tonight!
eznark said:
Yup. Even using zone I'm having this problem. I remember there being a thread on Operation Sports complaining about the timing and "feel" of at-bats online. Was hoping it'd be fixed by now, but maybe it's something we're stuck with. I don't mind losing or striking out a bunch but I'll be impressed if someone doesn't set the K/9 record in this league.
I just made a side-by-side comparison for the default online batting camera and there's a pretty big difference between this year and last year. The camera on the left is from 2010, the one on the right from 2011. I definitely prefer the old camera angle.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
I read somewhere u could. Wen i get home im gonna check it out. Using same cam as offline would be great.turnbuckle said:
turnbuckle
Member
eznark said:
I think yesterday was the first no-hitter I threw in an online game ever and it felt completely cheap. Guaranteed if we were using our preferred angles you would've made me pay on a few mistake pitches.
Why did Sony have to mess with this!
Heh, the side-by-side really does a good job showing off the much improved scoreboard!
The Frankman
Banned
From what I've seen the only "fix" I've seen is to adjust Timing to 4 (slows pitches that seem too fast anyway) and/or adjust Hitting to All-Star, but the latter would bring it's own issues...eznark said:
The first thing you're talking about is a change in the game from last year... if your outfielder is not in that white catch circle (not the outside shadow) based on his settings he may not catch the ball aka poorer fielders have less room for error. Also the default Wind setting factors in, since Wind is nuts on Default. Even in the white catch circle, a strong wind can blow the ball away.
The second thing sounds like you throw cancelled and pressed another button by mistake.
The Frankman said:
Agree that's what it sounds like, however I've done that often (on double plays, sooooo slow) and it didn't happen. I simply pressed the button in a controlled manner so as not to do the traditional The Show Overthrow on a dropped third strike and Lucroy threw the ball directly to McGehee. It was the strangest fucking thing.
turnbuckle
Member
Lots of bitching (pretty much all legitimate) but just wanted to say thanks to the commish for setting this up and to everyone involved in what should be a fun, albeit strikeout heavy, season.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Turn wat are you trying to show those side by side bars?turnbuckle said:
turnbuckle
Member
Dmncnby2k9 said:
The batting angle is quite different. At a quick glance they look similar but check the strike zone location and look at where the batter's (week's) hip is compared to the outfield wall. The 2011 angle is a flatter view and I'm thinking it makes the ball appear faster. I'm not sure precisely how the camera affects the player's perception, but I certainly am having a harder time hitting this year (offline and on) with the default camera. This is the first year I've actually gone with a different view for batting in the franchise games and the difference has been immense. So if I can tweak a camera to improve my performance offline, I'm thinking the tweak Sony made to the online camera is screwing a lot of people up. Just look at the average person's K rate and batting average online - the numbers are ridiculous!
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
The average batting average is like .200 lol.
The Frankman
Banned
They definitely did, but I also heard they added/removed frames in the AB interface... anyone hear about this? I'm posting in the thread in Gaming. I know some pitchers have some weird issue where the ball seems to come out of their shoulders.turnbuckle said:
pistolpete2940
Member
Sanjuro, you around for our game?
pistolpete2940
Member
good game sanjuro, when can you go again?
Duane Cunningham said:
Yeah, good games dude. The base running was the difference, especially in game two since you had back to back doubles (maybe 3 in a row, my memory isn't that good).
I can play tonight around the same time.
The Frankman said:
I struck out a lot on check swings, seems like it's much stricter since I'm accustomed to All-Star (I've only played online games, nothing offline/no RttS).
Both Volquez and Francis went down with injuries in the 4th and 3rd innings respectively.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Tbuc, sorry man but im heading out of town til friday. I'll be available to finish our series Friday night. Sorry bout that.
The Frankman
Banned
I never uploaded the set!
turnbuckle
Member
You around Ez? Did you mean 9 CST?
turnbuckle
Member
eznark said:
Damn, they destroyed Halladay. Yeah no worries man, tomorrow it is.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Yeah, great stuff! I definitely learned a lot during the three games. I'd only played online a couple of times before (after being unimpressed with Show 10's lag issues), but now I'm hooked.
The Frankman
Banned
Kanzolo when (if) can you play Wednesday?
turnbuckle
Member
What time did you want to get a game in Ez?
turnbuckle
Member
eznark said:
Alright, i'll hop on the game in 5.
turnbuckle
Member
GGs Eznark. I'm sure you'll get a lot more scoring opportunities in our next series when you have more experience with analog hitting (or go the sane route and switch back to zone!).
turnbuckle
Member
There was a couple times where I couldn't get the release point and the ball went in the dirt (one of which eric karros brilliantly said "that same pitch was called a strike earlier" haha.) But overall the game was pretty smooth and much better than the wireless experiences I had in 2010.eznark said:
The Frankman
Banned
Question: With PSN down and theshownation.com down, are Leagues even updating? I can't even sign into the league, you guys must've got lucky and not have been kicked out yet.