It won't really affect our league too much since it's an in-game (as in, when you're actually playing out a game in OOTP) bug, but I thought it was interesting. If you've never played through a game in OOTP, the rest of this (save the next paragraph) probably won't mean much to you).
I downloaded an installer to play a solo real MLB league. This thing automatically imports all the real MLB players, stats, ratings, positions, photos, team logos, and even the team stadiums for the in-game scenes. It's pretty awesome.
So I've been playing through a season with the Cardinals, simming everything but their series with the Cubs, which I'm playing through. I'm in a mid-August game at Wrigley:
Top of the sixth, Jim Edmonds leads off, gets a 2-0 count and then gets plunked by Zambrano. The game says Edmonds is injured (broken nose), and I have to take him out, then sends me directly to the substitution screen. I move Jacob Cruz from 2B to center, and sub in Bo Hart at 2B, and go back to the game.
The game then says Edmonds rushed the mound and tried to punch Zambrano (no wonder, with a broken-nose HBP). It says the umpire ejects both players. "Ok," sez I. But no, the game takes me BACK to the substitution screen, where I find that BO HART is the one the game says is ejected. Hmph. Now I get to put in Grudzielanek at 2B and see what happens.
Thought you might find it interesting, especially if any of you do solo leagues.
I've done many solo leagues, played many games, and I have never, ever seen an in-game brawl or a batter charge the mound.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if a headhunting "feature" will be in OOTP 2006...
Wow, now I feel special. IIRC, the game said something like, "Edmonds is walking toward the mound...he's really angry...the benches clear...let's get ready to rumble...Edmonds attempts to punch Zambrano...the umps don't hesitate in throwing BOTH players out!!!"
ReplyDeleteOddly, the box score that popped up after the game mentioned that Zambrano had been tossed, but not either of my players (Edmonds who wasn't, or Hart who was).
Hey, I had my first mound-charging today, too. One of the lines was "two minutes later... everything is settled down" or something like that, which I thought was just tremendous play-by-play.
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