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OakDragon · 12-31-2009, 03:46 PM

While what RchW and SteveP say is basically true, greengold's impressions are only to be expected. The game output can either be controlled by stats or by human decisions... you can't have it both ways overall. OOTP is controlled by stats (so that a .260 hitter averages .260 and so on). If you're pitch-by-pitching everything the game engine has to have a way to even out the stats after awhile, hence the two out rallies. I'm sure there are as many hitting droughts where needed in such cases, too. Since in pitch-by-pitch mode there are more opportunities to control strategy (hit-n-run, steal, playing the infield in, etc.) these effects will only be more noticeable.

Anyway, that seems to me like a reasonable explanation for those observations.

12-31-2009, 03:46 PM	#9
OakDragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Jose, CA USA Posts: 3,494	While what RchW and SteveP say is basically true, greengold's impressions are only to be expected. The game output can either be controlled by stats or by human decisions... you can't have it both ways overall. OOTP is controlled by stats (so that a .260 hitter averages .260 and so on). If you're pitch-by-pitching everything the game engine has to have a way to even out the stats after awhile, hence the two out rallies. I'm sure there are as many hitting droughts where needed in such cases, too. Since in pitch-by-pitch mode there are more opportunities to control strategy (hit-n-run, steal, playing the infield in, etc.) these effects will only be more noticeable. Anyway, that seems to me like a reasonable explanation for those observations.