Interview With MLB 09: The Show Online Producer Jason Villa

[Hoos]

Quote: Originally Posted by BrownsFan72

I sit and hope...and wonder if it is really fixed.

Same approach I'm taking............Even after reading the interview, I'm still worried. There were a lot of references to "we tried"...........WE TRIED to tweak this and WE TRIED to tune that. Trying and doing are two different things in my book. I would feel much better or hopeful if his answers were of the "Yes, we WERE able to fix the online issues" variety.

I don't buy into the internet lag issue as a whole. While playing 08, I had miserable laggy games against a friend who is abut 50 miles from me and we both have Comcast cable connections that work flawlessly for any other games we play (mostly on XBox Live).

Peer to Peer connections would have been a good idea here. Maybe make it an option on how you want to connect, either peer to peer for a game against a specific friend or through their servers for a ranked game against a random person.

I guess we wont know for sure until release and we get our hands on the game.

The offline play for this game is unbelievable. I just wish they could deliver on the online side as well. If 09 ends up being a complete mess online like last year, I'll be extremely disappointed.

[nathan118]

Saw this in the Gamespy preview....has this been mentioned anywhere else?

"The biggest change in online play is the advent of flex scheduling, where gamers can play games out of order."

[roolz]

Hopefully as long as the lag is 'minimal' the gameplay will shine through and give this game another gold star in its pocket

[sooner111]

A couple of cosmetic questions. Please tell me that The Texas Rangers road cap has the white "T" and not the red one from the mid 90'
s. Also the new alternate uni's this year are the Red outfits from the late 90's team. Has this been implemented in this year's game?

[slimcranky]

Disabling the use of starters as relievers is the Greatest thing ever done.It;sjust a shame to you have to force sense into people`s minds.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by slimcranky

Disabling the use of starters as relievers is the Greatest thing ever done.It;sjust a shame to you have to force sense into people`s minds.

As stated before by others, this, while understanding why they did it, sucks. What happened during the times in the post season when you are down to a win or go home situation and you want to bring in a starter as relief. Yes it got abused but they are taking away from total realism by doing this.
Again I understand why they did it but sometimes the ends don't justify the means.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

As stated before by others, this, while understanding why they did it, sucks. What happened during the times in the post season when you are down to a win or go home situation and you want to bring in a starter as relief. Yes it got abused but they are taking away from total realism by doing this. Again I understand why they did it but sometimes the ends don't justify the means.

Well you could just set up your rotation as 4 man and put the other starter in the pen.
He would then be available.
Not perfect...but it would help.

M.K.
Knight165

[ChaseB]

I doubt leagues would have the same restrictions in terms of not bringing in starters, but I could be wrong.