Tonight's Online RBI Action

[BeefMaster]

Noah G. and I met up tonight for a few games of RBI (my first online games!).  We played one game of straight-pitch followed by two games of curve.  I thought to grab screenshots of the latter two.

First game: MN (BeefMaster) 10, CA (Noah G.) 16
I almost crawled back from a wicked deficit, but Noah put me away with a barrage in the 9th.  Brunansky and Hrbek were big for me, and I seem to recall DeCinces having a big game for Noah.  His whole team was money, though.

[BeefMaster]

Second game: SL (BeefMaster) 5, CA (Noah G.) 4
Clark and Lindeman each had 2-run bombs for me, and I managed to hold on despite Noah giving me a scare with a couple manufactured runs off a tired Tudor in the 6th.  The Angels' bombers were held homerless by virtue of my pitching around them as much as possible.

[BeefMaster]

Third game: SF (BeefMaster) 7, CA (Noah G.) 6, 12 innings
Yep - 12 innings.  Spilman got me out to a quick lead with a 3-run blast in the second, and I manufactured a couple more in the 3rd to take what I thought was a commanding lead.  Then Noah came charging back.  Joyner answered with a 3-run shot in the bottom of the 3rd, then DeCinces added a solo wallzie in the 5th.  I manufactured another run in the 7th, but Schofield came right back in the 8th to tie it up with a 2-run jack.  We battled through several scoreless innings before finally Spilman came through again with a solo shot in the top of the 12th, and I held on for the win.  A great, great game.

[malnuboy]

Dotally Dawsome

[BeefMaster]

Let it be know that I used a keyboard, and Beefmaster used a controller.  Great games...awesome fucking games.  I'm just curious to see what happens when I am using a controller, too....?

Sorry, I meant to mention that in my wrapups, too - you deserve mad props for playing that well with the keyboard.  I've tried using the keyboard, and I wasn't all that good, so I found your games quite impressive.  You especially had your throws down - I don't think you tossed a rainbow all three games, while I was lobbing the ball all over the place with my gamepad.

[Gantry]

Great writeup Beefmaster!   Do you and Noah G. know each other personally or did you set it up via the forums?  What did you think about timing/lag?  What controller were you using?   The NES USB controller we bought is a big improvement over the gravis, throws are much better and less throwing to the incorrect base....

[BeefMaster]

We happened to meet in the forums; I didn't even know where Noah's from until I just glanced at his profile.  I stopped into chat to see if anyone was in there, and Noah happened to jump in and suggest a game.  There were a couple of lag spikes, but the game was never unplayable for more than a pitch at a time.

I use a Gravis GamePad Pro for the controller.  I've played enough RBI with it that I don't have much trouble with throwing to the wrong base (a friend of mine can never throw to second, though, either with his generic 4-button controller or my Gravis).  I noticed that I had a harder time than usual getting off quick throws, although that may be because I've been playing some Baseball Simulator 1.000 lately, which doesn't require any throwing skill.

I just jumped into chat, by the way, if you're interested in a game now.