Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills
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@Moldythugnasty said in Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills:
Probably a D, but I just started taking zone seriously this year. It's insanely hard which makes all the YouTubers w perfect reactions even more annoying to watch lol
When I'm "on" I can hit fastballs but breaking stuff in the lower 3rd still gets me. I can't ever be on both a fastball and changeup even if I know what's coming 100%
Another thing is that I'm constantly tinkering w the hitting settings. Right now I'm trying out the flick instead of buttons to hit. Also trying to turn the PCI off. Who knows man, just throwing [censored] against the wall
But I enjoy slowly improving so it's fun
I officially give @Moldythugnasty a solid B+ in his PCI placement. I just played him online, and he blasted anything I threw in the zone. I wish I'd read his post BEFORE we played. I would have focused more on the lower 3rd...
If he broke double digits in runs, I would have given him an "A". But he "only" scored 9. So... room for improvement
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Mine depends on game lag.
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@arvcpa said in Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills:
@Moldythugnasty said in Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills:
Probably a D, but I just started taking zone seriously this year. It's insanely hard which makes all the YouTubers w perfect reactions even more annoying to watch lol
When I'm "on" I can hit fastballs but breaking stuff in the lower 3rd still gets me. I can't ever be on both a fastball and changeup even if I know what's coming 100%
Another thing is that I'm constantly tinkering w the hitting settings. Right now I'm trying out the flick instead of buttons to hit. Also trying to turn the PCI off. Who knows man, just throwing [censored] against the wall
But I enjoy slowly improving so it's fun
I officially give @Moldythugnasty a solid B+ in his PCI placement. I just played him online, and he blasted anything I threw in the zone. I wish I'd read his post BEFORE we played. I would have focused more on the lower 3rd...
If he broke double digits in runs, I would have given him an "A". But he "only" scored 9. So... room for improvement
Thank you man, that's very nice
And yep, I basically only hit the high heat you threw and a couple hangers that came right to the middle. Plus couple walks thrown in
Actually you got hosed by the quick counts more than me I would say...
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I give myself a B+ on placement
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When the game engine (AI script) says I'm an "A"..I'm an "A".
So, my answer is it's based on the storyline the engine dictates. During the course of a single game I can get repeated "very late" on high pitches. Then suddenly that inning comes along that the code changes the script. I can then take the same swing and actually get "early" on the high-heat from the same pitcher throwing the same speed.
You've had to see this play-out in the Showdowns and Moments. You might play the same match 5 times and the first 4 times you can't hit anything...then suddenly you can't miss anything. It's not really that much different in RS. It's just in RS the AI has to generate outcomes for 2 players. Probably a coding nightmare, but they've done a decent job of giving some semblance of "real".
You see, in this game, the feedback you get is all computer generated. The vibration in the controller that suggests a perfect/perfect contact...maybe even throws the 'ol perfect/perfect text up on the screen. It's all determined by code, not the player or your reaction time.
Sure, there is a little prerequisite that you have to swing somewhere in the general direction of the general direction the pitch is coming in. But at that very moment the code (operating much quicker than our eye could even begin to follow) makes the decision on everything else. And, based on the outcome the script is pushing you'll see animation that sort of represents the bat-to-ball contact you would expect sometimes. It's very loose though.
And, perhaps lag has something to do with it. Don't know if that's worse, from a marketing perspective, than just flat-out manipulation of the game outcomes by code. We'll never know.
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Why do you still bother then? if its solely the code and nothing you do does anything.
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I wanna lower my RS grade to like D or F. I bought Kontrol Freeks, trying to get used to them, actually saw immediate improvement in pitching, i see better movement of PCI, but i just flat out look like a spaz with wear i put the PCI. It has to be that i am right handed and dont have the same dexterity in my left thumb that i have in my right.
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I’m an A++ player. I only lose because coding of the game wants me too...
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C, on a bad day an F, on a good day a B+. My biggest problems are over adjusting to breaking balls and fastballs down the middle- I almost always flick the pci down and pop them up. For breaking balls I tend to lower the pci a tad too much
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I have no issues moving my pci up and down hitting high or low. My issue comes with cutters and sliders inside
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Low middle or middle middle= A+
High middle= B+
Middle in=B
Middle away or low and away= C (sometimes I hit these well)
High and in or high and away= DOverall B- in pitches in the zone
Low pitches out of the zone= C-
Pitches above the zone= B
Inside out of the zone= A-
Outside out of the zone= B-Timing...C+ overall on timing
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@nflman2033 said in Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills:
I wanna lower my RS grade to like D or F. I bought Kontrol Freeks, trying to get used to them, actually saw immediate improvement in pitching, i see better movement of PCI, but i just flat out look like a spaz with wear i put the PCI. It has to be that i am right handed and dont have the same dexterity in my left thumb that i have in my right.
I've had this thought too, and I think you're right. I thought about changing the button mapping so I could move the PCI w the right stick and swing w L1 or L2 or something
Another thing I wish you could do is customize the starting point of the PCI. Like I would probably start it up and in or low and middle if it were possible. I don't really like holding the PCI anywhere other than middle middle because it shakes/vibrates so much and is distracting
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@Moldythugnasty said in Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills:
@nflman2033 said in Self-Assessment - PCI placement skills:
I wanna lower my RS grade to like D or F. I bought Kontrol Freeks, trying to get used to them, actually saw immediate improvement in pitching, i see better movement of PCI, but i just flat out look like a spaz with wear i put the PCI. It has to be that i am right handed and dont have the same dexterity in my left thumb that i have in my right.
I've had this thought too, and I think you're right. I thought about changing the button mapping so I could move the PCI w the right stick and swing w L1 or L2 or something
Another thing I wish you could do is customize the starting point of the PCI. Like I would probably start it up and in or low and middle if it were possible. I don't really like holding the PCI anywhere other than middle middle because it shakes/vibrates so much and is distracting
Honestly what i want is no rubber band effect. If i just push the stick a little and let go, it would stay there. What happens to me is i move it to the spot, and then move it out if the spot. If it didn't bounce back, i know id have better placement. Small little adjustments, not huge giant strides
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I think I'd rate myself a D at PCI placement..always seem to be a split-second too slow on reacting. Also, the curveball in the dirt gets me way too often.
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Any advice, not sure if it’s PCI or timing but desperately need help hitting... EVERY SINGLE game from 575 and up I lose 1-0 or 2-1.. occasionally I get a 1-0 win. My pitching is insane I just can’t hit the [censored] ball and it’s making me hate this game!
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There honestly isn't a grade high enough for me...if the object was to somehow always get the edge of the PCI on the ball. No idea how I do it, but I can just miss every single pitch.
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My pci location is usually good to very good... Timing... Oh boy timing. I know nothing about timing. How often im early then late on back to back same exact pitches is boggling. But my pci is dead center. I cant explain why it is at all.
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D. I’m a terrible hitter and I know it.
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