Dads playing The Show
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49 year old father of four. I have my own ps4 and my wife bought me a top gaming monitor to play on.
You're not the outlier, I'd say you are closer to the norm with the age demographic of baseball's fan base.
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An old timers league?
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I would definitely be in on an over 40 league. I would probably still suck but at least it would be fun as hell knowing that when someone pauses the game, they’re not being jerks, they’re just yelling at their kids hahaha
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I'm a father of two great boys who LOVE everything baseball. We all play the show together, (on our own accounts.). It's a great game with a great community of players! I also remember the old school baseball games. I remember being blown away hearing the umpire call balls and strikes on Intellivision, which was between Nintendo and Atari. Gen-X gamers are OGs of the gaming world, LOL.
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Love this post! I'm with the rest of you, 43 year old Dad of 2 here. Been playing baseball games since I was very young on the old Intellivision which I believe rivaled Atari at the time. From there graduating to Nintendo and so and and so on. Like some others have mentioned I loved the old game Baseball Stars. Fake teams and fake players but the ability to play a season and track stats and all that was awesome. I did the same as someone else said too, playing RBI baseball and tracking my own stats. My friends and I used to play seasons and track are stats and all that kind of stuff. At one point we even made up a D and D (Dungeons and Dragons) type dice based baseball game. We would have drafts and form teams with baseball cards and had several different types of dice and roll for hits and all that. It was so long ago I can't even remember all the details but we had it down pretty good. We would roll a hundred sided dice and use a players batting average on the back of their card to determine whether they got a hit or not. Like if a guy had a .340 average you would have to roll under 34 on the dice to get a hit. We then had a system similar to that to determine what type of hit it was. Good times!
I get made fun of too by my wife and kids for playing this game and getting as into it as much as I do. I usually play later at night to have more peace and quiet since this game requires so much concentration. I play a lot more now than I used to with more time at home due to the pandemic and all that. I think it would be an awesome idea for a league made of with some of us older guys and I'd definitely be down for that!
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52 year old father of 3 and soon to be grandfather....retired early, too much time on my hands LOL. Offline DD and franchise player only. Too many hours spent on this game but I can’t seem to stop! Wife and kids don’t even say anything anymore, they just shake their heads and chuckle at the old man....playing kids games....
TdT
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@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
I would definitely be in on an over 40 league. I would probably still suck but at least it would be fun as hell knowing that when someone pauses the game, they’re not being jerks, they’re just yelling at their kids hahaha
Or a weak bladder
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@DeadPhish1976 said in Dads playing The Show:
Love this post! I'm with the rest of you, 43 year old Dad of 2 here. Been playing baseball games since I was very young on the old Intellivision which I believe rivaled Atari at the time. From there graduating to Nintendo and so and and so on. Like some others have mentioned I loved the old game Baseball Stars. Fake teams and fake players but the ability to play a season and track stats and all that was awesome. I did the same as someone else said too, playing RBI baseball and tracking my own stats. My friends and I used to play seasons and track are stats and all that kind of stuff. At one point we even made up a D and D (Dungeons and Dragons) type dice based baseball game. We would have drafts and form teams with baseball cards and had several different types of dice and roll for hits and all that. It was so long ago I can't even remember all the details but we had it down pretty good. We would roll a hundred sided dice and use a players batting average on the back of their card to determine whether they got a hit or not. Like if a guy had a .340 average you would have to roll under 34 on the dice to get a hit. We then had a system similar to that to determine what type of hit it was. Good times!
I get made fun of too by my wife and kids for playing this game and getting as into it as much as I do. I usually play later at night to have more peace and quiet since this game requires so much concentration. I play a lot more now than I used to with more time at home due to the pandemic and all that. I think it would be an awesome idea for a league made of with some of us older guys and I'd definitely be down for that!
WOW Intellivision had the BEST baseball check out "World Series Major League Baseball" For the intellivision ECS it came out 1981/2 AMAZING for its time.
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So, does anyone actually know how to set up a league or do we have to get the kids to set it up for us?
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I’m 39 with two kids, 18 and 13yo. So I guess I qualify.
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@ComebackLogic said in Dads playing The Show:
I’m 39 with two kids, 18 and 13yo. So I guess I qualify.
Of course you do!!! If we play, please throw me a floater over the heart of the plate. LMAO
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@TEXAS10PT said in Dads playing The Show:
@ComebackLogic said in Dads playing The Show:
I’m 39 with two kids, 18 and 13yo. So I guess I qualify.
Of course you do!!! If we play, please throw me a floater over the heart of the plate. LMAO
The game will ensure I do at some point anyway
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45 year old dad. My first Baseball games were on Atari and Intellivision. Baseball Stars, Major League, Original baseball all on Nintendo. Yeah pretty much played a lot of baseball games. I have 3 boys 16, 11, and 7 they all have there own PS4
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Yep.
I remember playing 97 Triple Play baseball on the PC with my dad. Played a bunch of MVP 2004 and 2005 baseball a ton. Even really liked OOTP too. Played little league for several years. I even recall a baseball card game a buddy of mine used to play that you could get from card shops. (They only release its for like 3 years from what I remember back in the early 2000s.)
My interest diminished a bit for several years, came back when the Cubs were doing well in 2015 - 2018 and kind of diminished till I really played DD hardcore this year. My first show that I played was 19.
My two boys are very young though, but my oldest is already showing an interest in baseball.
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@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
So, does anyone actually know how to set up a league or do we have to get the kids to set it up for us?
Yeah I’m in several custom leagues....have run a few....I could set it up if we have enough guys interested
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@Hbomb_HOF said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
So, does anyone actually know how to set up a league or do we have to get the kids to set it up for us?
Yeah I’m in several custom leagues....have run a few....I could set it up if we have enough guys interested
How many do we need? I'll play......no cap right?
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This thread seems to have gotten a lot of interest - I’m sure we can get quite a few. Especially considering we’re all, ahem, responsible dads.
Btw, real cool reading through all of these. I was starting to think that I was too old and should stop playing and “act my age”. Now I know where to come when I throw a no hitter and can’t exactly tell my work colleagues
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@TEXAS10PT said in Dads playing The Show:
@Hbomb_HOF said in Dads playing The Show:
@bostondirtdog21 said in Dads playing The Show:
So, does anyone actually know how to set up a league or do we have to get the kids to set it up for us?
Yeah I’m in several custom leagues....have run a few....I could set it up if we have enough guys interested
How many do we need? I'll play......no cap right?
There is a minimum of 4, max of 30. Only even numbers, that I know of.
