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

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.

tracer, here's a tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMeiTi05mM

Another thing I noticed (lol lunchbreak) is that I can't find my DH available to hit off the bench (I'm using an NL team). Does that make sense? Like the DH is unavailable as a PH unless it's an interleague/playoff game?

another newbie q - is every batter a switch hitter?

also not sure what the two gloves with arrows between them means, when you're on defence

I am terrible at baserunning, also terrible at throwing out base stealers

ive never thrown out a baserunner; it's sorta 1 of the benefits of sometimes using an innings jump cuz the computer will throw some out

i assume you don't collect points for shit that happens in autoplay

thanks for the tutorial link, shasta!

still have no idea how to actually get cards into my lineup

I have a 17 game win streak

getting pujols pushed me over the top I guess

ok i figured out the cards... SHEESH.

well mostly - i have won cards that are visibly in my box, but mysteriously don't show up as options when i go to swap them in. ??

so when a player has like "+11" on his card what does that mean? i'll get like a Special card of somebody with +11 but then his stats on the back are crap.

I think the +11 (or whatever number) is just experience. So you can draw the card of an experienced loser, it doesn't necessarily mean they're any good.

Same with special, rare, etc - you can draw the "special" form of a really shitty player (in fact, you will, repeatedly)

And the point of a Special or Rare card is that you can level it up more?

TBH it seems like level-ups really don't increase the stats that much.. seems worth it to just wait for a better card to be awarded to you, or create one.

I have a feeling this would all make more sense if I'd ever played Magic The Gathering.

You can level them up more, yep, I think. The problem is that it's also more expensive to level them up, which is totally annoying.

I just buy all the extra points.

What do you mean?

Leave my points alone!

If you go to the card box, then shop you can do an in app purchase of more points. 150000 for 7.99. Also get packs of level up and combo cards.

JUST SAY NO TO PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING MICROTRANSACTIONS

It does seem a little like cheating.

OMG you guys I just had a crazy thought:

multiplayer.

Laaaaaaaag

Yeah :(

It's not cheating, it's free market baseball. A true simulation.

Haha there should be like a salary cap or something

protip: since there is no defensive substitution, if a defensively weak player gets on base later in the game, sub him with a pinch runner who will also take his spot in the field. not as intuitive but does the trick.

i have done that!

i also am stealing bases at will - i take off whenever the fuck i feel like it. been thrown out like once. it fucks with my swing though. i haven't come close to throwing anyone out myself, so i guess it evens out.

i can't steal bases but then again my team's avg running speed is like a D. I am 19-15 in my season so far and that puts me wayyyy back in third place in the AL east (BOS is like 25-8 already and NYY are not far behind them) (I picked the Jays because Canada... bad call I suppose) (not that it makes a difference because I just get cards and replace my whole team except Hill, Wells and Lind)

i'm first in batting and ERA and wayyy near the bottom in RBI and every other metric. basically it's my shitty baserunning, same reason i have 12-hit games where i score 2 runs. i'm hovering around .500.

i dunno what other folks' strategies are but any cards i get that are worse than my current lineup i combine whenever i get the chance, in the hopes of getting a better one.

still no idea how to "boost" the combining process.

i've bought exactly one booster, for 2000 points, and it was crap. basically just keeping my dudes, all at level 3, and hoping for some good luck on the card front. card levelup seems kind of pointless when thousands of points gain you one measly point of stat improvement. i've got a manager who gives me plus 5% so that seems pretty good..

ok i bought the US version hee hee

i am currently killin it - got a complete game out of beckett last night

question: you guys are playing on "normal" right? i am, but i'm sort of wondering if maybe it's too easy. i went through the twins like a scythe through sausage

I'm playing on hard, it got really easy after my lineup got stacked

I feel maybe they cut the difficulty down in the latest update? i dunno though I split my time between trainyard and drop7 these days

hmm I guess I'm stuck. just won a 2-1 squeaker. if I keep winning everything guess I'll need to start over on hard.

it chafes my goolies that player cards don't indicate rightie or lefty!! fuck

also that I can't check a baserunner's speed rating

any opinions on which coaches or cheerleaders are worthwhile? no idea what the diff is between "card +3%" and "stat +3%" tbh

you can check a baserunner's speed rating, it's on the card

I use the batting cards, bat CON and bat EYE, think bat EYE increases your chances of getting hits? dunno