WATCH games

[Metal King]

I dunno how many of you ever did or do WATCH games much, but I started a watch game one day then took a shower.  Late in the game, Houston was up on American 8-7 in the 8th inning, then American came back to tie it in the bottom of the 9th.  It stayed 8-8 until the bottom of the 12th, with 2 outs, runners on 2nd and 3rd......

The #9 hitter,  the great TOM HENKE steps up to the plate, and pokes a fairly hard-hit game winning single to left field to win 9-8 in 12 innings.

I kinda figured Houston would lose.....

[BeefMaster]

The Fantasy RBI seasons are all played in WATCH mode, so at least some people have actually watched them quite a bit.  Pitchers are still crappy hitters, but with the computer's fielding "skill", they're not the automatic outs that they often are when humans play.

[nomaaa]

betting on watch games would be interesting.

[Reds]

betting on watch games would be interesting.

done it.

[nomaaa]

betting on watch games would be interesting.

done it.

this is when you tell me how it went.

[Reds]

lots of fun, just like any gambling...

[Metal King]

Do you guys keep any stats of any of the seasons, like runs, homers, hits, wins, etc?  I"ve never done a complete 9-game watch "season" before, I just use the teams.  But you probably have longer seasons.  I'd usually only end up with 15-20 homers for the big home run hitters at the end of the seasons because of that 10-run rule.

[TbT]

lots of fun, just like any gambling...

i think we should defy the government, and start up a gambling site just for RBI watch games.

under the radar and all, but when they find out they'll be pissed to know just how much fun we are having.

[ultimate7]

Do you guys keep any stats of any of the seasons, like runs, homers, hits, wins, etc?  I"ve never done a complete 9-game watch "season" before, I just use the teams.  But you probably have longer seasons.  I'd usually only end up with 15-20 homers for the big home run hitters at the end of the seasons because of that 10-run rule.

Do a search, for the NES and Arcade teams I did a full 36 game season, I plan to do another in the future keeping full stats.

[Briznock]

GoReds and I STILL owe drinks from our drinking watch game 5 years ago.

I can't imagine doing this for money.... 

But we do have lots of things we do for dollar bets...  The Super Bowl was fun... I won a buck on the opening kickoff and then also won a buck later for a score from an odd number of yards and a score from a player with even #'d jersey.

[BeefMaster]

Do you guys keep any stats of any of the seasons, like runs, homers, hits, wins, etc?  I"ve never done a complete 9-game watch "season" before, I just use the teams.  But you probably have longer seasons.  I'd usually only end up with 15-20 homers for the big home run hitters at the end of the seasons because of that 10-run rule.

Here is the Fantasy RBI website, although the stats are for the season currently in progress, which is in only through 6 games, I think.  If you check the archive, though, you can find some previous full-season results.

Note that the teams aren't the default RBI teams, but teams put together through a re-draft of all the players in the game.  The draft is oddly compelling, including a fair amount of both buffoonery and cutthroat tactics.