RBI Baseball 2013 Boxed Cart - Order thread

[Turd]

I can do a custom edit for ya...

[bobfinstock]

That would be terrific! The work you do and the love you have for this classic game is unrivaled. Best game in nintendo history hands down in my opinion. Possible best game in the history of games period point blank. Basically it'll be just the Mets. Harvey for Marcum(boost Harvey fastball). Valdespin for Hicks(boost valdespin speed)  and I know he isn't up yet and he broke his foot yesterday but D'arnaud for Recker (give D'arnaud Daniel Murphy type ability) really appreciate the work you do. Let me know what you need.

[Reds]

Suck his dick already guy...get it over with.

[Turd]

First, yeah, you get better results if you follow what "Reds" said.

Second, no problem, those are easy updates...PM me an email address to send the ROM to.

Also, I hope Arnaud gets called up soon, he's sitting on my fantasy team's bench just waiting for the callup...

[VEGAS]

My carts arrived yesterday. Good packing for the Games. Superb artwork! Turd and Jaker did a bang up job. I've been too busy to fire up the game so far as I'm getting ready for saturday's event when a few old friends will join me for a mini (just 4 of us) RBI 2013 tourney with the winner going home with one of the carts. Details from the event and better review of the game and (packaging, artwork, etc.) will come next week. But for those of you who have ordered yours,  you won't be disappointed.

[Turd]

Awesome! Looking forward to the review...let us also know what feedback you get from your pals...

[jjelmo11]

My cart arrived Thursday.  Cart and box are amazing.  Strong work! 

Austin Jackson took King Felix deep on the first pitch I saw after I fired it up.

JJ

[Turd]

My records indicate almost all the cards have been processed...who's received theirs, and are they satisfied? Let's hear some feedback...

[TbT]

Just got mine today.  Haven't played it yet.  Looks awesome.  Very impressive.

[broiler]

Same, looking forward to it! Thanks guys!

[slammed16]

Received my cart yesterday & played it today...I am very impressed!!!! Box cover is awesome & game as well...my buddy actually thought I bought @ the store..great job guys!!!

[broiler]

Just played my first game, SF vs LAD. So awesome! Thanks guys!

Going into the city this weekend and staying with my old college roommates and we are gonna get some serious games in

[Turd]

Broiler, sounds like some great play-testing...please do report back with your feedback, some game recaps, reactions from your buddies, etc...

[broiler]

My first reaction is that I wish I got the juiced version, I guess I was worried about straying from the original. But really, 99% of the time I play two player so it's kind of a non issue

[broiler]

So are the power and contact ratings reflective of their BA and HR numbers?

How do you chose which starting pitchers get the two slots?

Also, is there a reason why Belt is called Beltre or something?

[Turd]

Yes they are...it's a simple system that stays pretty true to the original game.  No player is better than 954 power (Dawson power).  Speed is based off of triples and SB.  If Beltre is misspelled, that sucks. I probably had beltre typed into my spreadsheet and when I started typing Belt it autocompleted to Beltre and I missed it. Dammit.  I don't have a QA team, so there are bound to be a few errors just like the original game had guys batting from the wrong side...Anaheim is all caps in attract mode too, just something I missed.

The two pitchers that get chosen are a combination of Fantasy Sports rankings, mlbdepthcharts, and community suggestions.  Mostly if I don't have enough data I just use MLB Depth Charts.  That's why I ask for dee-nee team expert feedback before I release it. Sometimes people know better than what is actually on the 'net because they follow a team.

[broiler]

Awesome. Don't sweat the small stuff like misspellings. You did a rest job. I'll give more feedback after this weekend

[VEGAS]

Sorry for the delay in posting this, it's been just crazy busy at work.

Ok so I ordered two carts (one of each version). The carts look great-- I got one grey (juiced) and one black (normal). The packaging is also incredible. Great work on that both you both.

As for the Gameplay, I had mini-tourney with some college buddies two weeks ago.  The tourney went well and everyone dug the new 2013 carts. Since we played 2-player mostly the normal vs. juiced rom didn't matter. I even gave the winner one of the new 2013 carts and they were very happy. If it means anything I gave out the normal cart because when I play 1-player I now always play juiced. Sometimes I'll hit a clear double only have to race back to 1B because the COM fielder is too(?) quick but overall I think the juiced version makes the game way more competitive. I mostly play as the Red Sox. Lester has been horrible for me in near every start, he always gets shellacked with is a bummer. [Turd I might beg you to mod a personal version of the rom and improve Lester's stuff (and maybe 1-2 other things) just for my own tastes]. However the best pitcher I've used in Buchholz... in 2-player he's been pretty good but he is a STUD in -player. In the five 1-player games I started him he averaged 12ks in 5 innings with maybe 2 hits and no ER. Beastly.
Some other Red Sox notes: Salty has been (predictably) the best guy off the bench, and other than his speed Ellsbury has been very Spike-Owen-ish (that's pretty bad). Papi hits atleast 1 HR per game. Other than that no standouts as great or horrible and that's probably as it should be.

I'll try to get in a bunch of games as different teams in the coming weeks and maybe add some more.

All in all both the packaging/labels and the rom are high quality. If anyone hasn't played the rom I'd recommend it and if the guys opt to produce any more carts I'd highly recommend it.

[Turd]

Thanks for the review, Vegas! Looking at the numbers, Lester is a 5/5 guy for curve left/curve right, with a 92MPH fastball and standard 40 for stamina.  5/5 is not good at all...he boasted a 4.82 ERA last year and a 7.3 K/9...5 for opposite handed curve isn't bad, and pretty standard, but with that 5 for his dominant (left) curve is killing him.

As for Clay, he's a 8/5 (I always list dominant hand first) guy with a 92 FB and slightly higher normal speed.  8/5 is pretty close to average or slightly better...

My pitcher curve ratings stay pretty true to the original constraints of the game.

Saltalfdka;sfjdasia has an 853 power rating which gives him a 917 in his first AB off the bench, so yeah, he's going to be a boomer, and a nice fill-in should you decide to start him...

Thanks again for the feedback.  I get more satisfaction out of doing a ROM when I hear people talk about it...often I go searching for blogs that mention it...the buzz is not as high this year as it was...

[VEGAS]

I forgot to mention another note the uniforms. The color palate is so restricted that to expand this from 10 teams to 30 really made you walk a tightrope for choosing uniform colors that didn't mix up teams and also didn't get lost into the background of the game. I think you did a great job with this. The colors pop! I like using the Chi-Sox because that black/white is so crisp. Nice work on the color schematics of the game that likely are of lesser concern to players (until they cannot discern the player from the outfield or the batters box, or...) but really add something to the playability and aesthetics of the game.

Another note: The Angels might be the best hitting team. I played with them last night and Trout, Pujols, Hamilton, Trumbo and Ianetta (sp) were crushing it. If I was playing in  tourney again I'd likely choose them for the hitters alone. Maybe after folks get more time to try out the rom we can rank the offenses/pitching, etc.  (I need to follow the fantasy BB 2013 rom thread and maybe the box scores will offer some insight into that).