Is SDS practicing ageism?
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@speedy44_psn said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
You are hitting .40 points higher than I am. I am 37 and this is my second year playing. Last year I played 300 RS games .192. This year I have played 500 games and hit 2.09 but my era is 1..34 which is decent. I feel like I am better this year than last but only .018 higher batting average so maybe im not better.
This game is very frustrating and I will play like 10 games a day so its hard to be focused like if you only play 3
Honestly a 1.34 ERA IN MLB 20 is phenomenal. This is imo the hardest game to pitch in due to the constant forced mistakes. You have to work on your hitting but you are doing something right with the pitching. Especially if you are holding people to that in 500 games?! And under 600 RS. That’s not easy man.
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43 here and yes I could barely hit 102mph online, offline I could
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@a_perfectgame said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
@speedy44_psn said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
You are hitting .40 points higher than I am. I am 37 and this is my second year playing. Last year I played 300 RS games .192. This year I have played 500 games and hit 2.09 but my era is 1..34 which is decent. I feel like I am better this year than last but only .018 higher batting average so maybe im not better.
This game is very frustrating and I will play like 10 games a day so its hard to be focused like if you only play 3
Honestly a 1.34 ERA IN MLB 20 is phenomenal. This is imo the hardest game to pitch in due to the constant forced mistakes. You have to work on your hitting but you are doing something right with the pitching. Especially if you are holding people to that in 500 games?! And under 600 RS. That’s not easy man.
The issue I run into is as soon as I hit 650 I start playing way better competition. I hit mid 600's most seasons that I try to play. I have very low scoring games. Ive tried to use a monitor and Ive tried movin my PCI but i cant time it for [censored].
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@mrwonderful95 said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
Full disclosure- I’m a 42 year old father of twin boys. I’ve been playing this game since inception. I love baseball and this is a hobby of mine. I’m fortunate as I own a fairly successful business and I’m able to spend time and money on this game (mad respect to those who are NMS). I ask this question because pitch speeds in RS seem absurd to me. Maybe it’s my old a** eyeballs or something but I can’t seem to adjust to 102 MPH FB and 80 MPH off speed pitches. It’s absolutely driving me crazy. I’m late on every FB and off speed is just a disaster. Is this game catering to the young guns who have awesome eye site and reflexes? If so, good for you. My old [censored] can’t seem to catch up to anything. It’s super frustrating considering in 19 I was fairly competitive. I made CS pretty much every season I played and pushed WS most seasons. Are FBs OP? Just asking in case any old heads are experiencing the same thing. Before you bust my balls about being old, I get it...you’re a young stud and my reflexes blow...ps....I do use a monitor.
Well judging by response i don't think you are alone! First i am almost 50's and struggle in some of the same ways others have said.
I don't think it is necisarily ageism that would imply they are discriminating and i just don't think SDS is excluding people on purpose.
But i do think there are ways they can accomodate our age group and one would be by allowing customized batting views in MP. I used to do really good with strike zone batting view prior to pitch speed increase. Now i switch between Zoom, the 2 Fish Eyes, and Catcher High. But they are like a car each one has a certain blindspot to it. I think allowing people to set batting to where they are more comfortable would help in some ways.
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@grizzbear55_psn said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
@mrwonderful95 said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
Full disclosure- I’m a 42 year old father of twin boys. I’ve been playing this game since inception. I love baseball and this is a hobby of mine. I’m fortunate as I own a fairly successful business and I’m able to spend time and money on this game (mad respect to those who are NMS). I ask this question because pitch speeds in RS seem absurd to me. Maybe it’s my old a** eyeballs or something but I can’t seem to adjust to 102 MPH FB and 80 MPH off speed pitches. It’s absolutely driving me crazy. I’m late on every FB and off speed is just a disaster. Is this game catering to the young guns who have awesome eye site and reflexes? If so, good for you. My old [censored] can’t seem to catch up to anything. It’s super frustrating considering in 19 I was fairly competitive. I made CS pretty much every season I played and pushed WS most seasons. Are FBs OP? Just asking in case any old heads are experiencing the same thing. Before you bust my balls about being old, I get it...you’re a young stud and my reflexes blow...ps....I do use a monitor.
Well judging by response i don't think you are alone! First i am almost 50's and struggle in some of the same ways others have said.
I don't think it is necisarily ageism that would imply they are discriminating and i just don't think SDS is excluding people on purpose.
But i do think there are ways they can accomodate our age group and one would be by allowing customized batting views in MP. I used to do really good with strike zone batting view prior to pitch speed increase. Now i switch between Zoom, the 2 Fish Eyes, and Catcher High. But they are like a car each one has a certain blindspot to it. I think allowing people to set batting to where they are more comfortable would help in some ways.
Fish eye is one of those cams that gets you comfortable on the lower difficulties but it’s almost impossible to really hit good on legend with that cam because you can’t see any break.
I hear you on strike zone though I can’t pick up low pitches with that camera but strike zone 2 works good. It’s still a slight disadvantage imo though. Being good at strike zone and practicing on it is the best move. I struggle on sz 1 myself though...
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the timing windows are off and not realistic.
what we see on screen with my players bat should be what happens and that means the ball should never ghost through the bat but since some players timing windows are so small they make it so the ball just goes through the bat.
they did this to combat late or early swings which was never the problem.
if you want more people to strike out then shrink the PCI and force players to stride.
A stride could be as simple as press the button down when you want your player to stride and release when you want him to swing.
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I tinkered with RBI Baseball '21 Sliders and saw some 110 mph pitches. Yikes!
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if SDS slower the pitch speeds old guys like us would lose anyways. young guys with better reactions would just tee off on us. I'm 37 make WS every season can compete on HOF. legend is a different beast and o accept that
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@a_perfectgame said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
@grizzbear55_psn said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
@mrwonderful95 said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
Full disclosure- I’m a 42 year old father of twin boys. I’ve been playing this game since inception. I love baseball and this is a hobby of mine. I’m fortunate as I own a fairly successful business and I’m able to spend time and money on this game (mad respect to those who are NMS). I ask this question because pitch speeds in RS seem absurd to me. Maybe it’s my old a** eyeballs or something but I can’t seem to adjust to 102 MPH FB and 80 MPH off speed pitches. It’s absolutely driving me crazy. I’m late on every FB and off speed is just a disaster. Is this game catering to the young guns who have awesome eye site and reflexes? If so, good for you. My old [censored] can’t seem to catch up to anything. It’s super frustrating considering in 19 I was fairly competitive. I made CS pretty much every season I played and pushed WS most seasons. Are FBs OP? Just asking in case any old heads are experiencing the same thing. Before you bust my balls about being old, I get it...you’re a young stud and my reflexes blow...ps....I do use a monitor.
Well judging by response i don't think you are alone! First i am almost 50's and struggle in some of the same ways others have said.
I don't think it is necisarily ageism that would imply they are discriminating and i just don't think SDS is excluding people on purpose.
But i do think there are ways they can accomodate our age group and one would be by allowing customized batting views in MP. I used to do really good with strike zone batting view prior to pitch speed increase. Now i switch between Zoom, the 2 Fish Eyes, and Catcher High. But they are like a car each one has a certain blindspot to it. I think allowing people to set batting to where they are more comfortable would help in some ways.
Fish eye is one of those cams that gets you comfortable on the lower difficulties but it’s almost impossible to really hit good on legend with that cam because you can’t see any break.
I hear you on strike zone though I can’t pick up low pitches with that camera but strike zone 2 works good. It’s still a slight disadvantage imo though. Being good at strike zone and practicing on it is the best move. I struggle on sz 1 myself though...
Please don't? Don't sit there and tell people strike zone 2 is the best thing for everyone and then proceed to say that Fish eye is less superior except on lower levels.
Because you have no proof and that is simply your opinion, and it does not make it gospel.
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@the_fools_sip_psn said in Is SDS practicing ageism?:
the timing windows are off and not realistic.
what we see on screen with my players bat should be what happens and that means the ball should never ghost through the bat but since some players timing windows are so small they make it so the ball just goes through the bat.
they did this to combat late or early swings which was never the problem.
if you want more people to strike out then shrink the PCI and force players to stride.
A stride could be as simple as press the button down when you want your player to stride and release when you want him to swing.
The timing windows are bad in 20. The timing windows in 21 however were perfect.
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