Green for Glitches
by B Ray on Jan 30, 2010 3:07 PM EST
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So, I recently discovered that 2K Sports has resorted to an interesting tactic to try to sell their latest baseball game, MLB 2K10. This game is of special meaning to DRBers because the cover featured the ever-musclebound and UZRing Evan Longoria. The contest, as stated by their website, is to be the first to pitch a perfect game (before May 2nd, 2010 -- must be >17 years old). The winner receives $1,000,000.
Now, having played and owned previous 2K baseball games, I know a few things that this series tends to feature:
- Glitches
- Programming Errors
- Choppy Visuals
- painful Joe Morgan commentary (I don't know if he's in 2K10, though)
- Additional Glitches
So I as you, my fellow DRBers, are you willing to endure that much suffering in order to win more money than Longoria will earn in 2010?
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I pitched back-to-back perfect games in High Heat ~2003.
I doubt I could come near it now.
by R.J. Anderson on Jan 30, 2010 4:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
This game probably employs the same underlying programming.
Because it sucks. Maybe you should give it a shot?
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by B Ray on Jan 30, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
High Heat was awesome
Very realistic gameplay.
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by Imperialism32 on Jan 30, 2010 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I pitched my only perfect game in MLB 2k7
The star pitcher: El Duque.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
by baetown415 on Feb 3, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think I got a perfect game out of
Fausta Carmona one time. I think I threw like 75 pitches, all fly ball outs. It was absurd.
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by B Ray on Feb 3, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball Mogul is an incredible game
I got hooked on that about a year ago. Now you’re making me want to pick it up again…
"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." - Satchel Paige
by Steve Slowinski on Jan 30, 2010 5:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I just wish they had wOBA, FIP, xFIP, and tRA.
Is that too much to ask for?
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by B Ray on Jan 30, 2010 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NBA 2k10 has PER and a load of other advanced metrics.
by R.J. Anderson on Jan 30, 2010 6:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I could find a PG description of the feelings in my loins right now.
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by B Ray on Jan 30, 2010 6:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, they had some odd version of FIP in it
but it never even seemed to be accurate or much of a predictor of anything. An advanced stats version of Mogul would be sick, though.
"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." - Satchel Paige
by Steve Slowinski on Jan 30, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I continually have terrible seasons with my
team DICE (their old FIP) in the 3.00s. I sort of wonder if maybe the game provides those numbers, but they don’t actually predict results… I don’t know.
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by B Ray on Jan 31, 2010 11:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that was always how I felt too
I kinda felt like it was just made up because it never seemed to mean anything. I would put out a great defensive team and they would still always way suck more than their DICE’s said….until I traded them.
"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." - Satchel Paige
by Steve Slowinski on Feb 1, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
MVP Baseball 2005. The end.
I miss George Steinbrenner. He was the man responsible for keeping the Yankees competitive.
by kericr on Jan 30, 2010 5:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
+1
you can still play it in HD on your 360, and buy it online for under $5.
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by CubFanRaysaddict on Jan 30, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you have the PC version, you can download a huge community-made update with newly rendered parks, uniforms, bumper-music and menus.
As a whole, the graphics looks like a six-year-old game; but there has been no more realistic MLB game; before or since.
I miss George Steinbrenner. He was the man responsible for keeping the Yankees competitive.
by kericr on Feb 1, 2010 9:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That game was fantastic.
"Typical negro, laying down on the job." -R.J. Anderson
by steve-o1285 on Jan 31, 2010 12:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just use Roy Oswalt
You’ll average 10 perfect games a day.
by Marky Mark's Third Nipple on Jan 31, 2010 12:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I have pitched two perfect games in MLB 2K9
One with Scott Kazmir and another with Clayton Kershaw.
by GaMe0vEr on Jan 31, 2010 1:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Oh, no. I think you might be confusing a
perfect game with 5 IP, 0 R, 12 K, and 15 BB.
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by B Ray on Jan 31, 2010 11:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For the $1M prize?
No. After you pitch the perfect game, MLB 2K10 will give you a code to submit to 2K Sports and they’ll let you know if you were first or not.
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by B Ray on Feb 1, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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