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Old 09-16-2004, 06:46 PM   #1
cknox0723
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The State Of The Play-By-Play

I'm not sure that I even need to point out that the play-by-play is a far cry from an accurate description of a baseball game, let alone a realistic one. Don't get me wrong -- even with the play-by-play as limited as it is, playing out certain games can turn out to be awfully exciting at times.

But the PBP is awfully repetitive, simple, and at times, wholly inaccurate and unsatisfying.

I'm not sure if anyone other than Markus can answer this, but I hope someone might have an idea - why is this so? It doesn't seem like it would be incredibly difficult or cumbersome to add in a few more results when a certain event happens (hell, it's been done in the past).

Does it take too long? Can it only be written in, as someone put it, "the English that you'd find in translations of manuals"? (Obviously not OOTP6 manuals, but you get the point...)

Much thanks.
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