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RaychelSnr · 01-09-2015, 01:41 PM

18 games into my first Super Mega Baseball season, and my Sirloins team of “extreme power hitters” has already drawn 221 walks, netting an average of 12.3 walks per match. The most-walked team in Major League Baseball last year, the Oakland Athletics, averaged 3.6 walks per game.

In a video game where all the athletes have gigantic heads and hold gargantuan bats, seasoned sports gamers might expect Super Mega Baseball's long ball statistics to be a bit inflated; but three weeks in, and the game's small ball stats are what appear surprisingly off-mark.

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burjeffton · 01-09-2015, 03:07 PM

Great ideas. The walks are definitely out of proportion, but I can't get enough of the pitcher/batter interface.

I've also noticed that when I sub in a new pitcher to face the CPU, I immediately get shelled. For 2-3 batters minimum, the CPU players become Miguel Cabrera. Not sure if anyone else is having this problem... Yesterday I threw a slider 6 inches outside with my first relievers' pitch and the CPU pulled it over the fence (51 Ego).

Simple Mathematics · 01-10-2015, 09:25 AM

I love these ideas. I don't have an issue with walks though. I'm a free swinger. If it's close, I'm swinging.

hort22 · 01-10-2015, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by burjeffton


	Great ideas. The walks are definitely out of proportion, but I can't get enough of the pitcher/batter interface. I've also noticed that when I sub in a new pitcher to face the CPU, I immediately get shelled. For 2-3 batters minimum, the CPU players become Miguel Cabrera. Not sure if anyone else is having this problem... Yesterday I threw a slider 6 inches outside with my first relievers' pitch and the CPU pulled it over the fence (51 Ego).

happened to me 2 games in a row on ego 52 or 53...was playing with my crocs and brought in the closer both times in the 9th and he got shelled bad!

CMH · 01-11-2015, 09:13 PM

Agreed on all three.

allBthere · 01-13-2015, 04:37 PM

I walk about 1-2 times a game and many I've had with zero.

My question to you is are you choosing NOT to swing at good pitches? Because the only times I walk is usually when I get 4 balls in a row or 3-0 and I foul off something and get another pitch out of the zone.

I'm not saying your wrong, but I rarely get an at bat without a juicy pitch in the zone.

Your language and tone seem like you're a hardcore baseball nut (no offense at all) ... and if you're going crazy difficult sim in a game like the show, I'm not surprised you're managing to 'break' the cpu like that. For me, when I get Dolf Lungren up at the plate, I'm looking to hit a HR every single time! so in that sense, I think the mentality you go in with, to at least some extent, will determine your experience - I'm not ever TRYING to walk, whereas in the show or real life, sometimes you would be...

In my season, I didn't have a single player in the walks leaderboard and I also won the division/lead league in wins...

CMH · 01-14-2015, 08:34 PM

Yeah I go hacking. But still can draw a walk.

If the game is pushing for me to hit .450 with guys and have 10+ home runs in a short season, then I'm going to treat it in that same fashion.

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01-09-2015, 01:41 PM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	Super Mega Baseball: Three Things to Improve the Experience 18 games into my first Super Mega Baseball season, and my Sirloins team of “extreme power hitters” has already drawn 221 walks, netting an average of 12.3 walks per match. The most-walked team in Major League Baseball last year, the Oakland Athletics, averaged 3.6 walks per game. In a video game where all the athletes have gigantic heads and hold gargantuan bats, seasoned sports gamers might expect Super Mega Baseball's long ball statistics to be a bit inflated; but three weeks in, and the game's small ball stats are what appear surprisingly off-mark. Read More - Super Mega Baseball: Three Things to Improve the Experience Platform: PS3 / PS4

01-11-2015, 09:13 PM	#5
CMH Making you famous OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 26,235 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Super Mega Baseball: Three Things to Improve the Experience Agreed on all three. __________________ "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

01-13-2015, 04:37 PM	#6
allBthere All Star OVR: 21 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto	Re: Super Mega Baseball: Three Things to Improve the Experience I walk about 1-2 times a game and many I've had with zero. My question to you is are you choosing NOT to swing at good pitches? Because the only times I walk is usually when I get 4 balls in a row or 3-0 and I foul off something and get another pitch out of the zone. I'm not saying your wrong, but I rarely get an at bat without a juicy pitch in the zone. Your language and tone seem like you're a hardcore baseball nut (no offense at all) ... and if you're going crazy difficult sim in a game like the show, I'm not surprised you're managing to 'break' the cpu like that. For me, when I get Dolf Lungren up at the plate, I'm looking to hit a HR every single time! so in that sense, I think the mentality you go in with, to at least some extent, will determine your experience - I'm not ever TRYING to walk, whereas in the show or real life, sometimes you would be... In my season, I didn't have a single player in the walks leaderboard and I also won the division/lead league in wins... nbman likes this. __________________ Liquor in the front, poker in the rear.

01-14-2015, 08:34 PM	#7
CMH Making you famous OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 26,235 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Super Mega Baseball: Three Things to Improve the Experience Yeah I go hacking. But still can draw a walk. If the game is pushing for me to hit .450 with guys and have 10+ home runs in a short season, then I'm going to treat it in that same fashion. sent from my mobile device __________________ "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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01-09-2015, 03:07 PM	#2
burjeffton Rookie OVR: 2 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Fly-over country	Great ideas. The walks are definitely out of proportion, but I can't get enough of the pitcher/batter interface. I've also noticed that when I sub in a new pitcher to face the CPU, I immediately get shelled. For 2-3 batters minimum, the CPU players become Miguel Cabrera. Not sure if anyone else is having this problem... Yesterday I threw a slider 6 inches outside with my first relievers' pitch and the CPU pulled it over the fence (51 Ego).

01-10-2015, 09:25 AM	#3
Simple Mathematics MVP OVR: 11 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dudleyville	I love these ideas. I don't have an issue with walks though. I'm a free swinger. If it's close, I'm swinging.