Swing = ball... Strike = strike... SPOILER ALERT

[fool]

Anyone else pick up on this besides me? Throughout the course of the game you will hear a lot of chatter from the fans. Several times a game you will hear a voice (usually a female) say either "swing" or "strike" before a pitch is thrown. If she said "swing" then a ball is coming. If she said "strike" then the next pitch will be a strike. I figured it out and now whenever she says it, I can't help but to know what is coming next. It's not 100% but it is very close.

[edm18]

I haven't noticed, but Something tells me it's just a coincidence. though, I will turn up the crowd and listen for it.

[fool]

Quote: Originally Posted by edm18

I haven't noticed, but Something tells me it's just a coincidence. though, I will turn up the crowd and listen for it.

It's no coincidence at all, I am sure of it. It's gotta be close to 95% from what I've seen. It happened to me on the last game. She said "swing" so I knew a ball was coming. He came with a 12-6 curve that finished just out of the zone. I would have swung and missed, most likely. Kinda cheesy, but it's only a game.

[jim416]

I think you need a much bigger sampler size. I can't see the devs programming this into the game.

[edm18]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

I think you need a much bigger sampler size. I can't see the devs programming this into the game.

Agreed.

but.... fool. does it occur before or after the pitcher starts his wind up (the fans voice). If after, maybe someone programed a hidden cookie to kick *** online jk of coarse.

[Phoenixmgs]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of those little programming quirks that got through. Once the CPU selects what and where to throw, I'm sure the game already can determine where the pitch is going by just doing the math. Then, the programmer just grabbed that variable from that subroutine and used it in the crowd sound programming without really thinking about it. It really should be programmed to be completely random. I haven't noticed it because I play with just music and sound effects on. Last year, the whole dirt popping up from the catcher moving was completely overdone and telegraphed the location the CPU was throwing.

[fool]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim416

I think you need a much bigger sampler size. I can't see the devs programming this into the game.

How do you figure? I've probably played close to 200 games by now and this is not a rare thing.

[fool]

Quote: Originally Posted by edm18

Agreed. but.... fool. does it occur before or after the pitcher starts his wind up (the fans voice). If after, maybe someone programed a hidden cookie to kick *** online jk of coarse.

It happens before. Just before the pitcher goes into his windup. It may not be 100%, but it's very close in my estimation. I've noticed it for a while now, but never really analyzed it. I will look more into it the next few games I play. It's there, regardless of who has noticed it or not.