I read through the glossary and all the separate terms for glitches as well, and didn't see this one in there:
When a batter checks his swing and the swing is in phase two, it's called a string even though the bat is CLEARLY held behind the plate. The first phase of a swing is that Mickey Tettleton hold....the second in the one where the bat is more dragged down and can actually make contact with the ball (but will always go foul). This is a clear glitch when it's called a strike in this phase of the swing. What should the terminology be?
the third phase of the swing is "bunt" mode, and the fourth is when the bat is up in "Babe Ruth Called Shot" mode. This is the one I use with pitchers to angle a bunt down the line for a hit, since the percentages of pulling that off are probably greater than that of sending Mike Krukow up there hacking away for a base knock.
Also.....when you check your swing on two strikes and sort of pussyfoot your swing, you make contact and it goes foul.....they have programmed it to think it's a bunt and therefore count you out on strikes. I'm sure this has happened to you guys....
This is a very insulting thread.
Has "angling a bunt" ever actually worked for you? I highly doubt it.
Also, as opposed to Mickey Tettleton, why not call it the Rod Carew...Or, perhaps, the "JoeDirt"?
Quote from: DamnTheCowboys on 07/24/05, 09:23:31 PM
This is a clear glitch when it's called a strike in this phase of the swing. What should the terminology be?
I don't see this as a glitch at all. It's consistent, and the ball is hittable, though not very well.
Quote from: DamnTheCowboys on 07/24/05, 09:44:05 PM
Also.....when you check your swing on two strikes and sort of pussyfoot your swing, you make contact and it goes foul.....they have programmed it to think it's a bunt and therefore count you out on strikes. I'm sure this has happened to you guys....
No, the game doesn't "think" it's a bunt unless you laid off the A button. Had you followed through (by holding the button down) the game would not consider that swing a bunt.
Nightwulf
I deny this glitch, as a worthy glitch to be acknowledged. I am sorry.
Quote from: Attezzobal on 07/24/05, 11:26:39 PM
Has "angling a bunt" ever actually worked for you? I highly doubt it.
If you hold the bat in that "called shot position" and make contact with the ball, it has a much better chance of trickling down the line as opposed to holding the bat stright on in normal bunt mode. Try it sometime.
This is dubious. A pitcher throws a ball outside and you clearly check your swing and it's called a strike. And that's NOT a programming glitch? ::)
Quote from: DamnTheCowboys on 07/25/05, 07:22:01 AM
Quote from: Attezzobal on 07/24/05, 11:26:39 PM
Has "angling a bunt" ever actually worked for you? I highly doubt it.
If you hold the bat in that "called shot position" and make contact with the ball, it has a much better chance of trickling down the line as opposed to holding the bat stright on in normal bunt mode. Try it sometime.
This technique works very well, I can attest.
Has anyone noticed this glitch?
2 outs and a runner on base. Batter hits a pop-up in the infield. The fielder stands right in the base line to catch the ball. As the fielder is catching the ball, the base runner is touching the fielder.
When the ball is caught, the baserunner goes crying to the dugout for the third out while the batter who hit the ball is standing at first base.
I suppose this isn't a glitch since the final result is correct, but the wrong player is clearly called out.
Good one Stock, I have noticed that, but I've never seen it mentioned.
That pop fly third out shit always bugged me like crazy. It's like the game is acknowledging that the fielder has the ball but that he tagged the runner instead somehow. Very strange.
I wouldn't call it a glitch however. It happens every time and it is consistent as is the strike call on the swing that clearly hasn't crossed the plate. It's a programming error I'd say but hardly a glitch. A glitch is when the pitcher is throwing from the front of the plate.
But in thinking while typing this post, I"ve realized my definition of a glitch doesn't make any sense at all because I call a wallzie a glitch. A wallzie is consistent as well.
The lesson here as always is that my post sucks.
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/25/05, 11:33:23 AM
A glitch is when the pitcher is throwing from the front of the plate.
like this?
This happened in our first game last night.
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Quote from: ryno on 03/09/09, 01:01:51 PM
Quote from: fknmclane on 07/25/05, 11:33:23 AM
A glitch is when the pitcher is throwing from the front of the plate.
like this?
This happened in our first game last night.
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Usually when that "glitch" happens to me, the pitcher isn't nice and center like nando is for you.
Usually the pitcher is much closer to the plate (as in your situation), but he is standing way off to the left or right making it impossible to throw a strike.
The mini-pitcher! At least you had it happen with the bases loaded, so you could just fix it with a pickoff play.
I think I've had the mini-pitcher glitch before where you could actually move him all the way around the screen. This happenened pretty often when I used to play with Octo, I think he even tried to make a point of having this occur.
Quote from: Attezz on 03/10/09, 02:14:36 PM
I think I've had the mini-pitcher glitch before where you could actually move him all the way around the screen. This happenened pretty often when I used to play with Octo, I think he even tried to make a point of having this occur.
yeah, usually you can move the pitcher all across the screen
Quote from: BeefMaster on 03/10/09, 02:10:18 PM
The mini-pitcher! At least you had it happen with the bases loaded, so you could just fix it with a pickoff play.
i pitched it and ryne fouled it off ---- problem solved.
He smashed the next one out of the park for a Grand Salami.
this goes to the glitches thats hangin from my ding dong
Quote from: Attezz on 03/10/09, 02:14:36 PM
I think I've had the mini-pitcher glitch before where you could actually move him all the way around the screen. This happenened pretty often when I used to play with Octo, I think he even tried to make a point of having this occur.
It became an unconscious habit, sort of like throwing the ball behind first to cause an "error" after fielding a ground out. All you have to do is pause the game as quickly as possible (before making a substitution) after the screen switches to the at-bat frame... If it happens against the comp, you'll get walked almost every time because the pitcher will move to the edge of the screen.
Sadly, Nando really does have to stand 19 feet off the plate these days, since he has no tendon left in his arm.
Seen this once, maybe twice...
Quote from: OctogenarianFranco on 03/11/09, 05:43:37 PM
All you have to do is pause the game as quickly as possible (before making a substitution) after the screen switches to the at-bat frame
Sadly, Nando really does have to stand 19 feet off the plate these days, since he has no tendon left in his arm.
Quote from: Gantry on 03/11/09, 05:49:55 PM
Seen this once, maybe twice...
Alcohol slows your reaction times.
Also, Gantry has never puhled a ball.
Yeah I know it's a quick pause but we never consciously decided to do it - partly because we get into the habit of drinking after just about every AB and we typically make a signal when we want a sub, start button or otherwise. I guess it's never too late though...
Octo is right...it'll happen just about every time if you hit pause really quickly on a screen change to the pitcher/batter.
wait, is it a quick pause or an early pause? cause theres a difference
The quick pause guarantees a bop.
Quote from: broiler on 03/12/09, 10:53:10 PM
wait, is it a quick pause or an early pause? cause theres a difference
By quick, I do mean early...as soon as the screen starts to change from field to pitcher/batter screen. You do have to be quick about it, so vengeance might still be mine. The game has to be paused before the pitcher appears on the screen. It's fairly easy to do.
...because there's also a difference between quick and short...and you're taking my quick to mean short, whereas it is intended to mean early. Quick and short--broiler hears these terms from the ladies often. HIYO.
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