Hi Ryan,
I imagine that reality is somewhere in between. You know because besides
allot of walks, allot of batters are called out watching strike three.
Plus if everyone can see the pitches so well why do batters so often
swing too early, too late, too high, too low, at a pitch in the dirt etc
and then argue about the call?
Hey you know in a few weeks I turn 52. I know that my reaction time has
gotten a bit slower from my youth. But so it is sometimes hard for me to
know exactly how hard or easy to make some of the events in the games.
And than also if the pitching in the baseball game was going to be
totally realistic, I would need to add lots of artificial intelligence.
You know first pitch outside and see how the batter swings and adjust the
next pitch for that etc. Sorry, but I am not going to get into all of
that.
BFN
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Gentlemen,
On some of the mechanics of baseball, professional or otherwise, I have
to
respectfully disagree with you. By watching all aspects of the pitch,
including its delivery, spin, direction, force, velocity, etcetera, a
baseball player is often able to tell whether a pitch will be a ball or a
strike long before it enters the strike zone. If he cannot tell by the
time
it has entered the zone, he has the option to check his swing before the
bat
circles all the way around in order to avoid the strike call.
Certainly determining whether a pitch is a ball or a strike is a very
delicate thing, but it is not as difficult as you guys are saying. Many
commentators are able to tell not only where the pitch is bound, but also
what the actual pitch is--slider, sinker, knuckle ball, and so on. If the
commentators can't tell, the player can, and the umpire definitely can.
In
addition, if it were so impossible to determine ball vs. strike, why are
there so many walks in baseball? Players don't just hack at everything
that
crosses the plate; that's not real baseball.
My argument in all of this is that the game makes determining the
difference
between a ball and a strike nearly impossible for a casual gamer. I don't
argue that it should be made painfully simple, but I think that the
difficulty factor should be ratcheted down some. There is something to be
said for practice; I think that it should be required in any game to give
it
replay value. But when even the developer admits to swinging at virtually
every pitch, something is off the scale.
I do think you put together a fun game, Jim, and I appreciate all of the
work that went into it. I just think that you could give the player a bit
more control and a bit more satisfaction if the pitches weren't such a
precise science.
I would welcome any discussion on this, however.
Ryan
Jim
I really like that new dehydrated energy drink from Columbia.
j...@kitchensinc.net
http://www.kitchensinc.net
(440) 286-6920
Chardon Ohio USA
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