2013 RBI ROM - Version 1 available for download

[Turd]

I've attached the ratings sheet here.

A few points of note:

Anyone with a good amount of AB's that hit over 300 but had weak power (Joe Mauer) got the new groundball attribute and a power of 875 or better...
I didn't do as much with the bench numbers as I would have liked, but they should be representative of 1 good pinch hit with their +64 power for first AB, and there are some benches with guys that are good enough to keep in the game.

Pitchers were difficult to rate, but it's a combo of different things that mostly represent ability to strike guys out.  I kept the pitch speeds mostly on a similar scale, but some guys throw heat, and they should be represented.  Guys who only throw heat will have their curve/normal speed be pretty fast, as this is rated for 1SP per game anything goes play, so you won't be pitching down+A all the time.  Guys like chapman should still have their identity in that style.

Look it over, let me know if there are glaring roster issues, rating issues, etc.  Next year, I start this earlier with my newfound rating tools I created and we're ready earlier.  Anyways, once I make sure everything is stable (and I fix a weird bug I found) I'll post the ROM and take orders for carts (in a different thread).


Release notes
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Version 1.0 (7 downloads)
Initial ROM release
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Version 1.1 (1 download)
Capped speed at 144, adjusted Victorino/Ellsbury
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Version 1.2  (4 downloads)
Adjusted Jackie Bradley's speed (BOS)
Swapped Nava in for Iglesias (BOS)
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Version 1.3 (3 downloads)
Adjusted Utley and Howard (PHI)
Added team error ratings

Version 1.3 n + j
No rating changes, just renamed the roms using j for juiced and n for normal
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Version 1.4
Made Anaheim's attract text lower-case
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Version 1.5
Updated the following pitchers:
David Price 11/7 (from 9/6)
Verlander 12/8 (from 9/7)
Dickey - 10/5 (from 9/6)
Kershaw - 12/7 (from 9/7)
Gonzalez - 11/6 (from 9/7)
Medlen - 8/5 (from 11/5)
Swapped KC and Toronto uniforms

[Turd]

We can still fix roster issues before we release. Fixing things like overlay are easy and we might as well try to be mostly accurate.

Ill look into your ratings tweaks, but RBI is difficult to rate with the limited attributes we have, and really the game is about the Homerun, so power rules.

That said, I've tried to make run manufacturing and other small ball stuff be represented best I can. Sme guys who had nice OBP I bumped up a little bit, especially if they had low power, so there are a few guys who I made a judgement call on. I also mostly represent the previous year, but guys like Joey Votto need a little bump because of their pedigree.

Lastly, speed is based off of SB and triples, so some guys might be faster than real life.

That said, ill take a look at your suggestions. I tried several times to apply to a rom and I'm getting out of memory stuff, so I have to find in my rating sheet what is causing it.

Hopefully ill have that and other fixes up tnight.

[slammed16]

I'm actually more excited about this then Cubs opening day Monday that I'm going 2...Good job Turd!!!!

[VEGAS]

GREAT work Turd! RBI nation thanks you. And since you asked for feedback I offer this:

This kind of fits with Shitpaw's post but a few notes

1) the Yankees

- Vernon Wells to Yanks Bench (from Angels Bench)
- Yanks do not have a catcher in the lineup, doesn't Cervilli need to be in there? 
- move Hafner to Bench)

2) LAA

-Drop Wells from Bench (Sorry I don't know whose the best replacement for him, but I heard they signed Bill Hall)

3) BOS (echoing ShitPaw)
-As a sox fan (who will play this hacked version endlessly as the Sox, please please please) get Overbay off the Bench (esp. since he's with the Yankees now). Not changing this will both drive me mad, and jinx the Sox.
-Jackie Bradley Jr, should either be in the OF or on the bench (as the replacement for Overbay)
-Shitpaw noted Iglesias should be on team but he will likely be sent down in a week once Drew is back so I think the only other chance would be Nava on Bench (drop Ross).
- Buchholz should be the number 2 SP
--and shoudn't Lester's numbers be better than Dempster's??? Just asking.

4) Toronto
Might be a typo but you have the Tampa Bay pitchers listed TWICE (once under TB and but also under Toronto)

5) Washington
Might be a typo but you have the Texas pitchers listed TWICE (once under Texas and but also under Washington)

6) CIN
swap order for Broxton and Chapman  in bullpen

[Turd]

Thanks boys. Will work on this when my relatives leave and kids are in bed.

[ultimate7]

Just a quick review of the Cubs and Sox, take these with a grain of salt since you may have a formula that come up with your numbers.

Anthony Rizzo should have more power (850?)
Keppinger should have less power  (800?)
Konerko should have more power  (900?)
Beckham should be faster (129?)



I would also put Beckham in the Sox starting lineup over Keppinger

[ultimate7]

It looks like the pitching staffs for some of the last teams are messed up (Washington, Texas, Toronto) some copy paste issues?

Price on Toronto, Darvish on Washington, ?? on Texas

[Turd]

Yeah, that's part of the bug I was talking about. I need to fix that tonight...it's more likely a character out of place or something.

[Turd]

Actually that sheet has to do with the fact that I included some players with more than 6 characters in their name. I fixed that but haven't uploaded a new sheet. Stay tuned.

[VEGAS]

I think Middlebrooks must have heard you. So far today he's 4-4 with THREE HOME RUNS.

...  Middlebrooks's power seems too low, compared to Gomes, but that's a judgement call.  I see Middlebrooks as a power hitter more than I see Gomes as one, but it's hard to tell with the limited at-bats by both players.

[BeefMaster]

HR and Contact numbers (or labels) are backward in the text file.

Not sure where you got your numbers for Aaron Hicks on the Twins, since he has no MLB stats prior to this year.  I assume you're using projections or minor league equivalencies of some sort, which probably don't give him many steals, but the main strength of the kid's game this year is going to be speed, and 121 just seems ridiculously low.

[Turd]

Thanks. I'll look into that. As for hicks, I didn't have time to pour over rookies and I wanted to get the rom done. That said, when pointed out, I can look at it closer step one is getting a beta rom out.

[BeefMaster]

I assumed as much on Hicks; no problemo.

[Turd]

God this is slow going. Alright boys, I think I found all the errors. Ill try to release a beta tonight.

[Turd]

Looks like I have everything ready to go. Last thing is to spend 10 minutes goign through the benches and putting highest powered guys first...

Just looking through old posts...Keppenger has high power, but he's got a groundball attribute that makes him hit more for average than for HR...that was given to anyone with 300 BA and low power numbers.  The rest I bumped around a little based on yoru suggestions.

[Turd]

Version 1 of the ROM in the top thread...let me know if there are any issues...the website was updated with a few new pics too:
http://www.rbibaseball.us/

I need to give that site some love.

[keithisgood]

Played a game with the Indians and couldn't manage a hit.

...scary how accurate this is, man.

[Turd]

2 guys at 840-850 range is pretty bad. Couple that with it being defensively juiced for CPU opponents, it's not your fathers RBI, provided you pitch close to the plate to keep it honest.

[VEGAS]

Turd,
Your MOD is beautiful. Thanks for spending all the time you did on it. I played a few games as RED SOX  last night and then looked over the ratings again for that team. If you are still open to some small tweaks I really think Ellsbury  needs a better speed rating. Shitpaw addressed this in a  different thread. Ellsbury's speed is listed at 127 but is atleast as fast as Victorino  (rated 147), and arguably one of the fastest ball players in MLB. I couldn't even steal a base with his current rating, any chance you could bump it up to 147 to at least match Victorino?

[Turd]

I believe I dropped victorino down to 144 last night as a cap...

Victorino last year had 39 stolen bases and 7 triples (595 AB)...he def. deserves max original ROM speed for that...

Ellsbury had 14 SB and 0 triples in 303 AB.  Given that in the past, he's stolen 70 in a season (what?) and 39 last year, I would buy him as a 140+ guy...