Time for a frickin' 9 innings thread on ILG, folks... ― schwantz, Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:26 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

The rest of my team isn't that spectacular. I can't seem to get good cards for SS and LF. Haven't really bothered with the bench. What sucks with combining cards is that I'll combine 3 gold cards and get another stupid fucking coach that I already have. Or an ugly cheerleader.

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Whoops, catcher is McCann

Do ppl use inning jumps? Are they exactly what I think they are?

I use them when I'm getting totally blown out, like 10-0 after two innings or something.

I use inning jumps when all my pitchers are redlining and I can bear to watch.

fucking minnesota took 2 out of 3

who is this joe mauer fellah and how can I get him to play for me

Bought this based on the love shown here though I don't really follow MLB. My Orioles (good team?) are a dismal 5-13 but I've only just figured out the card system so things can only get better.

My Orioles (good team?)

http://i17.tinypic.com/6ptj2ua.gif

damn.

haha, although who knows, maybe the skill of the teams doesn't line up with real life. I'm playing as the Cardinals and when I picked them they didn't seem to be rated as highly as I thought they should be.

I started with Chicago N. I don't think I have any of the original players left since I replaced Theriot today.

changed a coach/cheerleader card out for one with BAT POW + 3 and hit 3 homers in a row next time out

I think the BAT EYE stat increases the probability you make contact and/or hit it to a favorable position on the field? not sure though

what's the stat next to running speed for fielders? kind of looks like a glove. is that the fielding stat?

it's the fielding stat, yep.

there are a lot of unexplained stat increases...for example, my brad lidge is BUDDHA, iirc, but I have no idea how that actually affects anything

Resilient in the face of batters hitting on him I think

Just realized that despite my bottom of the league standing, my team actually leads the league in batting average. My pitching is dismal.

is there a point to getting cards of people I don't give a shit about?

just wondering if I am supposed to do something exciting with my jerry manuel card

I combine all cards that I don't give a shit about in hopes that something good will turn up. HATE when I combine like 3 rares and it gives me another stupid coach.

what are the best coach cards? I have a cheerleader and a coach who give Point +4%. so technically I should be up 8%. but I don't know how that actually works.

also I figured out the best strategy in batting is to swing at every pitch. it sucks when the computer wises up to it and you end up at swinging at four intentional balls.

I got a gold pujols card. Whats up now bitches.

Beaten by an extra inning mo rivera DOUBLE and in the following game facing halladay and he goes 4-4 is some "y am I even playing this" level bs

verlander got lit up by the braves for 5 runs today and it's even worse cuz I'm playin as the phils :(

okay so my last couple of games have followed this pattern:

-reds jump out to 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st, even though I was careful to pitch around the strike zone using my best aces etc. etc.
-reds pitcher with stats below 70 shuts me out
-I have nerd rage

also don't forcibly try to upgrade your players. if it fails, let it be. if you try too many times it limits their max level. ryan howard will now never achieve level 6.

same here. My stl cards season is sadly mirroring the real stl cards season - I somehow got swept by the astros, I can't seem to break 4 runs in a game lately, and 90% of my hits are weak dribblers to second base.

Still, I'm somehow 19-14 or so.

also my plan to pump up the BAT EYE stat was not so successful. I got all my players up to above 83 (some above 90) but that didn't translate to more hits. maybe I should stick with it for a few more games.

btw 1.04 is out featuring a new 'Modified team roaster'

Uh, this new update is buggy. I can start any league games without the app crashing. And I can play home run mode but the damn thing keeps vibrating even though I have it turned off in the settings.

argh yeah i cant start any games in league mode either. good way to go cold turkey I guess

...so you're saying I should not update to the latest version!

Correct. Unless you would like a clean break.

on the plus side, if history is any indication they'll give everyone who got fuxored out of progress a shitton of points/level up cards/increase rate cards/inning jump cards/etc. in the next update. I still haven't spent all the points they gave me for updating to 1.01 yet.

so uh 9 innings is avaialble for ipad now too. :<

yes but you don't need to buy it twice; it's a universal app

:OOOOOO

I suck at this game and swing at every pitch.

I still pretty much do. It won't hurt you that much. I still usually get 8 to 10 runs a game.

the computer pulled a fuckin SUICIDE SQUEEZE on me last game

haha yeah the computer tried to do that to me too. I really like the idea that when the programmers made the game they followed some sort of idealistic 'the way baseball SHOULD be played' manual instead of how it is actually played in the majors

Still no update ://///

2 straight come-from-behind-in-the-9th-inning wins in the last two days! my neighbors heard me yelling from outside last night when I hit a walkoff homer to beat the loathesome and detestable Yanx.

Update is out.

ANOTHER walkoff win!

d'you guys have like whole lineups of platinums? only good 1 i have is adam wainwright. have a hero mauer & just got a special pujols.

sorta like that it resembles real life in that it's really hard (at least for me) to sweep a 3 game series. my team is still hovering around .500 after like ~80 games

this is on sale for a buck right now, buy it or go make other people buy it or just do fuckin SOMETHING

i am playin this but i guess the player's assoc. didn't license their shit for overseas cause everyone's got a faux name and cartoon face on their cards

:(

buy it using a us credit card imo

too late

and jeez is there a quickstart guide for dummies about the cards? my goodness

is there a double switch option that i'm not seeing?

fuck a draw btw

pitchers' batting skills seem to be overinflated imo

i have no idea what to do with cards btw, halp.

i reallllly don't get the diff between coaches who are "card +5" and coaches who are "points +5"
Points +5: each achievement gives you an additional 5% more points. Not really worth it.
Card +5: A +5% chance to get a card on any achievement. I don't nkwo if it actually works but I have a leveled-up Card+9 coach on alllll the time and I get a LOT of cards. I like it like that.

i still have no idea why a platinum card is any better than a normal one. i see the same number of little level lozenges at the bottom. and normal cards are a hell of a lot cheaper to level up.
They usually start with higher stats, and have 3 special abilities incl. one super-special ability (eg. slugger, prophet, etc). I have had some green cards better thna gold of the same player though, and red better than green, etc. It seems like it randomizes A) what stats it makes better and B) what powers the players get.

got handed my first ass whooping after 20 or so games of easy wins, by the 1st ranked la nats (aka dodgers)
As you get better players this happens less, I sucked from games 21-50 or 60 or so, then my team started to be awesome.

thanks Will!

I love this guy's player card:

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__30/ept_sports_mlb_experts-517198773-1245661050.jpg?ym6tNdBDREnOrWpS

yeah seriously

my favorite player photo is still Howie Kendrick:

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/players/08/15/first.person0821/t1_howie.jpg

further:

- the difference in style between difft pitchers is terrific. some curveballs loop slowly in, others snap tightly.

- the stealing mechanic should actually work; as it is, it's just chance

- defensive substitutions, please!

- stamina depletion of opposing relievers, please! it's not fair that my guys' tiredness lasts through to the next game, but their guys magically "heal" overnight. it takes away one of the great strategic satisfactions of baseball: wearing down the relief corps so that the next day your opponent's no. 5 starter gets left in the game too long

- it is a bit too easy. i'm now into the next season (2011) and i didn't get a chance to switch it up to "hard"

- i love how in the world series everyone seems to play a bit better

oh oh oh and PLEASE

- when i send a runner, let me SWING THE BAT for fuck's sake. sometimes it lets me - but i can discern no pattern

I can see their guys stealing from a mile away but only average about a 33% throwout rate.

lol at manny's avatar being a thin white guy, also my team doesn't seem to do good against the first ranked teams. wondering if I should try to get more green/gold cards. I roll with mostly blue cards with good stats (a lot of cats over 100) but I wonder if that's what's holding me back. if so fuck em cause I'm not gonna give em money to gamble for good players.

first ranked teams ARE harder. i look forward to them, though, it's the only time i get a really good challenge.

i'm amazed at your 33% throwout rate - i have literally thrown out ONE GUY in my entire 9 innings career.

i have a couple of sweet gold cards but the rest are blues and reds and i'm beginning to max them out.

my card strategy is usually to go with a card +9% manager (to increase my chances of getting cards in the game) and then a cheerleader with +3 or +4 of whatever stat that day's pitcher needs topping up

has anyone ever evaded a rundown situation?

beat out a bunt?

I've beaten out a bunt once or twice I think...also ran a suicide on the computer once. have thrown the computer out a few times when it tries to stretch a double into a triple. have never ever thrown out the computer at home though on a hit to the outfield.

the newer updates seemed to have nerfed stealing bases - a regular strategy for me would be to single with rollins (my A speed guy), have him steal second, then hit him home. he always seems to get thrown out lately. whereas some of the computer guys I've seen are absolute roadrunners on the base paths.

I've beaten out a few bunts. I'm not sure I've ever hot a triple though! They are waaaay too rare

HIT

i've hit a few... they have to be wayyy down in the right-field corner with an A speed guy like ichiro

i ran a suicide against the computer in like my second game! don't think i've done it much since - it's far too easy to pop up the bunt for a double (or triple) play

still don't have any technique for bunting - i'm not sure if you're supposed to time the bunt button or just keep it held down or what

the other day I hit one to left-central, both the computers left and center fielder went for it and dove for it, the ball bounced between them and rolled to warning track

never seen that happen before, feel like if I had an A speed guy I could have had an inside the park homerun

a few times I've noticed that I pinch hit for a pitcher but the same pitcher is left in the next inning. I think I figured out the bug this afternoon. If you pinch hit for a pitcher AFTER the first pitch, it leaves the pitcher in for the next inning. Useful if you want to be a cheating bastard. However, the following inning, you'll be forced to relieve the pitcher.

the other day i hit a cycle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jeter had a 1b + a 3b + a hr and I made a hit that should not have been a double but I needed to try to stretch it anyway and I somehow got there.

whoa did you get megapoints?

GUYS.

i have decided, upon season 2 being too easy, to start using all my points toward buying members of the same team.

yes, i am going to see what consequences - if any - the legendary and mythical "set effects" have.

i did that. got a full green + gold phillies team.

Wait...what?

What's the set effect?

.. i don't know! Mordy what happened?

idk. i just know that the game claims you get a bonus if everyone is on the same team. i didn't see any particular bonus however.

guh

I didn't know the context of Howie Kendrick's card photo until now thanks to this thread lolllllll