MLB 12 The Show Fact Sheet

[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

You ARE playing the game as intended - that statement doesn't make much sense. The developers INTENDED to not allow you to play a mode that is completely ranked and tracked against others by chance - not by choice. But most of us can weed through that and your rude tone and understand the point. Perhaps focus on your delivery in the future.

Talk about not making sense...wth do you mean there? Seriously....

Nothing wrong with my tone or delivery. Just because I don't coddle certain people and constantly blow sunshine up their butts doesn't make me rude, only a realist.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

Talk about not making sense...wth do you mean there? Seriously.... Nothing wrong with my tone or delivery. Just because I don't coddle certain people and constantly blow sunshine up their butts doesn't make me rude, only a realist.

You said you wanted to play the game "as intended".
Well the way you have to play it IS how it was intended to be played.

What you want , and needed to type it that way, was you want to play the game "how you want"... And not how it was intended to be played.

[econoodle]

is there a TRU Broadcast Presentation blog planned?

[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

You said you wanted to play the game "as intended". Well the way you have to play it IS how it was intended to be played. What you want , and needed to type it that way, was you want to play the game "how you want"... And not how it was intended to be played.

True, I guess I need to spell things out clearly and not assume that everyone can comprehend as well as others.

And to clarify then. My point was to allow us to play DD games against our friends and the handful (or two) of people that use it to cheat....weed them out. I really hate that options like this aren't allowed because some people will use it to cheat and ruin it for those of us that "play the game as intended".

[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

True, I guess I need to spell things out clearly and not assume that everyone can comprehend as well as others. And to clarify then. My point was to allow us to play DD games against our friends and the handful (or two) of people that use it to cheat....weed them out. I really hate that options like this aren't allowed because some people will use it to cheat and ruin it for those of us that "play the game as intended".

Words have meanings. "Play as intended..." does not mean "Play like I want..." "Play against people in my friend's list..." does not mean "Play against only people in my friend's list..." "Realist" does not mean "Polite, thoughtful member of discourse" and finally "Comprehend" does not mean "Read your mind".

If you write one thing, but mean another, confusion will inevitably occur. Polite, intelligent people do not normally respond to that confusion with belligerence.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

Just because I don't coddle certain people and constantly blow sunshine up their butts doesn't make me rude, only a realist.

Again - you can continue to choose to conduct yourself this way on the forums. Your actions dictate everything.

[SoxFan01605]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

Words have meanings. "Play as intended..." does not mean "Play like I want..." "Play against people in my friend's list..." does not mean "Play against only people in my friend's list..." "Realist" does not mean "Polite, thoughtful member of discourse" and finally "Comprehend" does not mean "Read your mind". If you write one thing, but mean another, confusion will inevitably occur. Polite, intelligent people do not normally respond to that confusion with belligerence.

Ignoring the rest of the stuff (as it's none of my business), I don't think Bahnzo meant "as intended" to imply that the game is intended to be played against friends as opposed to randoms.

I think when Bahnzo says "play as intended" he's talking about cheaters vs non-cheaters. In other words, he's saying if you better weed out the cheaters, it doesn't have to impact the rest of us who play legitimately (i.e. "as intended"). That's what I took from it, anyway.

Again, I'm not debating tone, etc or even whether or not there is a realistically feasible way to achieve that from a development standpoint, as I have no idea. I just think the "as intended" comment seems to have sidetracked the point...which seems to be that he (and presumably others) would like a more streamlined way to play against friends while maintaining the intended ( ) integrity of the mode.

[Woodweaver]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoxFan01605

Ignoring the rest of the stuff (as it's none of my business), I don't think Bahnzo meant "as intended" to imply that the game is intended to be played against friends as opposed to randoms. I think when Bahnzo says "play as intended" he's talking about cheaters vs non-cheaters. In other words, he's saying if you better weed out the cheaters, it doesn't have to impact the rest of us who play legitimately (i.e. "as intended"). That's what I took from it, anyway. Again, I'm not debating tone, etc or even whether or not there is a realistically feasible way to achieve that from a development standpoint, as I have no idea. I just think the "as intended" comment seems to have sidetracked the point...which seems to be that he (and presumably others) would like a more streamlined way to play against friends while maintaining the intended ( ) integrity of the mode.

That's a good point. But, if weeding out cheaters was a simple, non-resource draining task, I'm sure every game producer/publisher would have done it. Every game has a different set of rules that can be exploited in different ways though, and staffing and maintaining a "police force" is just not a viable (or desirable) option. So, unfortunately it is necessary to procedurally make cheating difficult. I think you'll find this approach in almost every aspect of our lives.

Don't get me wrong. I would love to live the ideal, but then a friend's list wouldn't really be that necessary. :-)