RBI 2014 Project Thread - Beta version 1.1 released!

[VEGAS]

That's all I needed to hear. I'm brewing a pot of coffee. Who needs sleep when there's a new rom to play. Hope u can post the version 1.0 tonight.

[Turd]

I won't have it done tonight and I'm off to the twins game tomorrow. Sorry. It's coming.

[VEGAS]

 Thanks for update... I'll kill the coffee plan. Better anyway, I have a full day at work tomorrow.

[Turd]

don't worry. I'm fully engaged now. You'll get it soon. It was my two week motivation drain that caused the delay, but I'm over it

[kahouty]

 

[Turd]

Well, I'm done with the ratings.  Things left to do:

Clean up ratings which involves adjusting guys with a lot of blown saves, etc
Adding some missing players from when I first started the lineups
Compile everything to the ROM (which is always challenging since my editor is flaky and I haven't fixed it.  I often need to massage some things to get it working...

I'll release it when I finish the stuff in this post, with cover art to follow (I don't want that to hold up the beta).  The rosters will be a bit out-of-date, but I will definitely be fixing and updating those.  It's easier to manage once we get the base ROM completed.

Also, I will probably be tweaking some of the drop ratings after the fact.  If you have any guys you know of (like RBI Empire posted in the off-speed pitch thread) that have special characteristics, list them here.  Even if it sounds obvious (Kimbrel's slider).  With so much to compile, having a list always helps.  You can list guys with a special pitch that just has to be represented.

[RBI Empire]

Unfortunately I'm only really familiar with the Braves. So, yeah, Kimbrel and his slider. R.A. Dickey is another guy that you might want to make unique. Maybe really high stamina and really slow fast ball and drop pitch. I can't think of any other guys that have crazy breaking pitches or are that unique.

Where do you get your pitchers data? Do you use fangraphs?

[Turd]

Hey RBIEmp, yeah, I get my stuff from fangraphs.  I have some stuff that rips all the pitch speeds from there and does some combinations of things to get breaking speeds and whatnot.  It's not an exact science, but hey, it works!

Anyways, the Beta A version of the ROM is posted at http://www.rbibaseball.us/

Please note that these rosters are slightly out-of-date.  Feel free to post any updates you'd like to see here and we'll discuss!  There will be plenty  more releases, but for now, it's at least a great base to start playing if you should desire.  Included in the download is a regular, a juiced, and roster text.  Go get it!!

P.S. None of the surprises are in this ROM, it's still "in-progress."

[Turd]

P.S. Some of the drop values are a little wonky, and I plan to fix that in the next release...

[Turd]

Damn new game pushed my site off the bottom of the front page...

[Turd]

Quick update, the two Chicago teams were swapped as were SF/SEA.  It's fixed in the latest version on the site...

[VEGAS]

Glad it's up and I look forward to getting in lots of games next week.

[white balls]

Hey guys, I played the 2013 version since last year and have been lurking, following the release of the 2014 version. 

I'm happy to help...so far the thing I see that needs tweaking is updating the rosters.   Let me know, Turd.

[Turd]

If you have roster changes please post them here. I'm putting out version C this weekend with other fixes. I'll try to get any roster updates in as well.

Your help is appreciated!

[herecometherats]

Hit a Homer with J-Up in his first at bat!
:-)
Looks great so far about to download version B.

[white balls]

I'm from Texas, so I see a lot of AL West games and I'm happy to help with those teams, and some other things I saw at a quick glance

Astros -- Martinez isn't on the team anymore, I would replace him with Springer who has very good power and speed and so so contact (went 37/40 HR/SB last year in the minors, bats righty).  I'd put him in the line up in the 4 hole and move Grossman to the bench.  You want to also want to swap Corporan with Villar and bump Villars speed rating by 1 or 2.  They'll probably call up Singleton for the rest of year at first, but we can wait and see on that.

LA Angels -- main line up is good...their bench needs and update: CPena and Green aren't on the roster.  You can replace them with Ian Stewart (low contact, above avg power, avg speed) and JB Shuck (good contact, no power, above avg speed), both are lefties

Twins --  Presley isn't on the Twins anymore.  He's replaced by Hicks - switch hitter, low contact, low power, above avg speed.  On the bench, Mastro isn't on the roster anymore...they've got a lot of injuries, so they may shake up the roster later, but I'd say Escobar would be a good replacement, switch hitter, decent contact, no power, average speed

Yankees-- Ryan & Nunez not on the roster...I'd replace them with Solarte (switch hitter, avg cont, avg power, avg speed) and Anna (lefty, pretty vanilla offensively).  Anna may not last all year on the roster, but I'm guessing Solarte does

Mets - Davis traded to Pirates

A's -- flip Donaldson and Lowrie in batting order

Pirates - Swap Davis (from Mets) in for Ishikawa

Mariners -Peguro for Almonte (switch hitter, avg contact, low power, plus speed)

Rangers -(Soria is closer) could swap Feliz with Ogando

[rockpantson]

long time lurker, first time poster here.

i'm sure it was a mistake, but you have shin soo-choo's power set at 140. every time he makes contact, it's a nubber to the catcher.

at any rate, great job with the rom and thank you so much for your hard work!

[Turd]

Yes, that's definitely NOT what it's supposed to be   I'll fix that in this release...

[Turd]

These are all updated and will be posted sometime soon...

[Turd]

Beta C is live! I'm pretty close to finalizing this thing, I'm just waiting for...something...