OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post

Rondell Tate · 08-06-2009, 01:11 AM

I swear there's a separate difficulty level that switches on in the World Series, to make it harder to beat the game and make the AI seem more challenging.
I just lost a series where the other team rated OK defensively (mostly 9-to 11); mine about 17/20 on average. Guess who had more errors? Guess which team never let a single grounder up the middle into the outfield in seven games (when Pete Rose is consistently making playing behind the bag from 2B, there's something screwy going on). Guess whose catcher (1/20 speed) and right fielder (3/20 speed) hit infield singles in consecutive AB in consecutive games? And whose OK right fielder made an unbelievable two-out catch in the top of the ninth, only to have my ace reliever lose on: hit batsmen, two-hopper apparently right through my 19/20 first baseman, three-run HR, Series over ...
I'm tired of having ace starters with 17/20 control or better walk the leadoff hitter inning after inning in the World Series. I mean, Bob Gibson has a WS ERA in the high single digits after four seasons in one sim I abandonded for just this reason.
I decided to try again and spent three months playing out every game of a season, and now I just feel cheated. This happens almost every time I play solo ... I win the regular season going away, then the other team plays out of its mind in the Series and I lose probably 90 percent of them. Where's the fun in playing a rigged game?

08-06-2009, 01:11 AM	#1
Rondell Tate Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 169	Completely demoralised I swear there's a separate difficulty level that switches on in the World Series, to make it harder to beat the game and make the AI seem more challenging. I just lost a series where the other team rated OK defensively (mostly 9-to 11); mine about 17/20 on average. Guess who had more errors? Guess which team never let a single grounder up the middle into the outfield in seven games (when Pete Rose is consistently making playing behind the bag from 2B, there's something screwy going on). Guess whose catcher (1/20 speed) and right fielder (3/20 speed) hit infield singles in consecutive AB in consecutive games? And whose OK right fielder made an unbelievable two-out catch in the top of the ninth, only to have my ace reliever lose on: hit batsmen, two-hopper apparently right through my 19/20 first baseman, three-run HR, Series over ... I'm tired of having ace starters with 17/20 control or better walk the leadoff hitter inning after inning in the World Series. I mean, Bob Gibson has a WS ERA in the high single digits after four seasons in one sim I abandonded for just this reason. I decided to try again and spent three months playing out every game of a season, and now I just feel cheated. This happens almost every time I play solo ... I win the regular season going away, then the other team plays out of its mind in the Series and I lose probably 90 percent of them. Where's the fun in playing a rigged game? __________________