My 30 Team Challenge

[Turd]

So I decided to have some fun with my new 2010 ROM...none of my friends ever want to play anymore, at least not online, so I decided to have a way where we could all still play and "compete" against each other without the hassle of connecting online...our busy family lives often get in the way of meeting up online.  So, I wrote a little website that allowed me to track my progress playing a "season" against the CPU on the juiced version of my ROM.

Goal is to beat all 30 teams once with the fewest amount of losses possible, and gathering the best stats I can muster.  I've been uploading my games to the site thus far, and while fun, it shows that the juiced CPU is either really difficult, or I am just very bad.  Either way, I'm having a blast, and it's proving to be a good challenge...once my buddies start uploading their stats, we will be able to see how we stack up against each other (I'll eventually code the site to compare best seasons by team, and other criteria).

The link to my season thus far is below.  Please hold your laughter at my pitiful progress thus far...if not for Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, I'd not even be doing this well, as those two BAMF's have bailed me out with some clutch homers a few times already...not the last game though, the Yankees fucking 10-run-ruled me.  Wow that team is stacked.

http://sports.sweethoss.com/rbi/season.php?season=1

[Attezz]

Can you post the rom?

[Turd]

I already did in my 30 Team ROM thread. I've made a few small updates, but that ROM has most of them.

[Attezz]

Game 1: 6 hit complete game shut out for Scott Baker as Minnesota beats Arizona 2-0.

Game 2: Minnesota has a 3 run 8th (back to back from Morneau and Cuddyer) to win 4-3, complete game by Slowey.

Game 3: Lost 10-2 to Baltimore, just all around embarrassing.

Game 4: Minnesota beat Boston 8-4 thanks to a 6 run 4th, Boston got all four runs in the 8th, Slowey still went the complete game.

Game 5: 7-1 Minnesota over Cincy, Cincy is horrible, Baker had a 2 hit complete game shutout while only recording one strikeout. There was a fluke infield hit and Stubb hit a home run but that was it.

One thing I've now learned is that this is not your father's CPU defense or pitching. For some reason the pitchers seem much better.

Second thing I've learned, is that by and large it'll be easier to steal second on the CPU as the short stop almost always cuts off the throw.


Third thing I've learned. Righty pitchers really enjoy beaning left handed hitters, three hit batsman and two walks that game (Punto's now been hit 4 times in two games).

A thought I had, is there a way to make it so that a check swing isn't considered a swinging strike? (ya know, the second phase of the
swing)

[Turd]

Gives new life to CPU play, eh? If you want to play by the same rules as I do, there's a rules section on the site. I could also give you your own account if you want.

As for the base stealing thing, I don't usually attempt for that reason. And for the bean ball thing, only got beaned once in 18 games...

[Attezz]

Other than the batter resetting I've pretty much used those rules.

Gonna go ahead and keep trudging through though.

[Turd]

Awesome, any feedback is appreciated...good luck on your season...feel free to keep posting along as I'd like to see the results, although if you do so in this thread, might be wise to keep updating your same thread or start a new thread...otherwise this one could get clogged up with that...

[Turd]

Also getting some 2P feedback would be nifty...

[Turd]

The check swing pisses me off too...I don't know how to make it not count...for now I just consider it another way to give the game a challenge...

I rated the pitchers very close to the original following 40, 40, 15, 15 as a basic guide, modifying it slightly for pitchers who pitch longer innings...some of the good closers also have a few more stamina points so that you can use their speed a little more without worrying about tiring them out...

I did give the SPs a tad higher than a 40 scale rating so that they might last longer into the game, usually around the 6th inning...it remains to be seen if they have too much stamina...

[JoeDirt]

Just played NYY vs LD...fun game.  CC had a perfect game going into the 8th...then I brought AJ in to face Manny.  No problem.  Then Looney hit one off of the end of the bat, perfectly in between ss and 3b.  Well placed, Looney.

[Turd]

You know what Attez, don't worry about updating your original post, that's lame. Just post away, that's what the board is for...otherwise I might miss it cause it won't say it's "new"

Anyways, I just had a great game vs. the Phillies. They are a fucking beast of a lineup, along with Halladay as their pitcher...pretty brutal.  But, Prince had 2 HRs, McGehee had another three run shot, and my offense was on par...Randy Wolf even pitched well enough to get past their big hitters (save for giving up 3 HRs).  Wolf loses me a lot of games but he won me a few clutch ones this season already...

[Attezz]

Game 6: Minnesota 3, Cubs 0, complete game 2 hitter (0 strikeouts) by Slowey.

I'm curious how the average hitter ratings compare to the original, because it really seems as though (with a few exceptions), the CPU can't hit for shit.

[Attezz]

Here's a screen shot with my up to date games, I'm gonna give it a break for now so I figured I'd post it for prosperity

[Turd]

Hitters follow a similar pattern taken from the original. I haven't had a problem with them hitting for shit. Only thing I can think of is possibly lowering contact globally. Thus far for me it's been spot on. 

[Attezz]

Game 7: Minnesota wins 3-0 over the White Sox, Baker has a 4 hit complete game shut out (I've yet to use a reliever).

A few things.

The White Sox uniforms hurt my eyes. I think the abbreviation for Prznsk is off. How about "Dchbg" instead?

Also, I haven't played in a long time, but, I feel like the throwing of the human controlled defense is also juiced, the quick throws seem insanely strong for some reason.

[Turd]

Game 7: Minnesota wins 3-0 over the White Sox, Baker has a 4 hit complete game shut out (I've yet to use a reliever).
I am not sure what to do about this other than to lower stamina...can you give me some feedback on what your pitching repertoire looks like?  I mean, I've taken my pitchers late into the game before, but I do see them begin to tire...Baker and Slowey are 40 and 42 stamina respectively, which is about dead on average for an SP in the 1987 ROM...did you pitch full games in the original ROM?   Do you throw any junk whatsoever? Are you only using Slowey or Baker, but not both in a single game?  Any feedback is appreciated...

The White Sox uniforms hurt my eyes. I think the abbreviation for Prznsk is off. How about "Dchbg" instead?
We could soften the uniforms by making the secondary color gray instead of white, although I thought it looked kind of cool with the White.

Also, I haven't played in a long time, but, I feel like the throwing of the human controlled defense is also juiced, the quick throws seem insanely strong for some reason.
The human throw is not juiced, unless my buddy snuck that in without telling me.

[Attezz]

Game 8: Twins win 4-2 over the Indians (I don't understand their color scheme), Slowey goes a complete game, again no strike outs, but does give up 7 hits and the Twins come back after being down 2-0 after the 1st.

[Attezz]

Game 7: Minnesota wins 3-0 over the White Sox, Baker has a 4 hit complete game shut out (I've yet to use a reliever).
I am not sure what to do about this other than to lower stamina...can you give me some feedback on what your pitching repertoire looks like?  I mean, I've taken my pitchers late into the game before, but I do see them begin to tire...Baker and Slowey are 40 and 42 stamina respectively, which is about dead on average for an SP in the 1987 ROM...did you pitch full games in the original ROM?   Do you throw any junk whatsoever? Are you only using Slowey or Baker, but not both in a single game?  Any feedback is appreciated...

Basically I pitch to bad contact, inside and outside and that's it. I never use fast or slow balls and typically don't have to throw more than two pitches to a batter.

Either way though, I'm really liking this rom, this is some excellent work you've done.

[Turd]

Thanks much man, I appreciate it.  As for the Indians, I don't like their color scheme either, but there were so many god damned blue/white/gray teams that I had to make some sacrifices, and to get blue into their uniform, that's what I had to use...any suggestions would be welcome...

[Turd]

You should see the Met's uniforms, btw.  Technically though, I could make them black jersey with blue hat...that works nicely...I might change it back to that...that's how I had it...

Ok, I changed the Mets to a nicer scheme, couldn't come up with one for the Indians, so that's gonna stay for now, and I replaced Torres with Thornton.  These will be posted with my next release...keep the feedback coming...