Idea for new features and achievements

Josquin · 11-21-2018, 11:10 AM

1. Player cards have special abilities. For example, Mario Mendoza would have the Mendoza Line ability: As long as his card is in the lineup, any other cards that are currently hitting below .200 get a 10% boost to their Contact rating.

2. Pack opening achievements. An example would be:

Hitting for the Cycle: Getting a common, bronze, silver, gold, diamond and perfect card all in the same pack. This would take opening a LOT of packs, so the reward would have to be substantial. Maybe something like an all-expenses paid trip to a gambling addiction treatment center?

Janks · 11-21-2018, 12:36 PM

What would my Juan Marichal have as a special ability?

One Post Wonder · 11-21-2018, 01:00 PM

Trying to think of a joke that would relate to his assaulting a guy with a bat, but nothing is coming to mind.

Janks · 11-21-2018, 01:34 PM

I've got it - "Gone Batty" - You pitch better at night due to your control of bats.

Westheim · 11-21-2018, 02:04 PM

No. Just no. This is baseball, not some ... game that... eh. I don't know, I hardly play anything else. But I sure know that there is no place in OOTP for these shenanigans.

kit444 · 11-21-2018, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

No. Just no. This is baseball, not some ... game that... eh. I don't know, I hardly play anything else. But I sure know that there is no place in OOTP for these shenanigans.

I agree. I don’t want gimmicks. This isn’t an arcade game.

stl jason · 11-21-2018, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

No. Just no. This is baseball, not some ... game that... eh. I don't know, I hardly play anything else. But I sure know that there is no place in OOTP for these shenanigans.

aw you're no fun

I was hoping to get the "coffee sipper" achievement by making a starting lineup of players who played one game but never got a single at-bat or threw a single pitch (ala Moonlight Graham).... so on the lookout for these:

1B-Fred Marolewski
2B-Jim Mahady
3B-John Karst
SS-Phil Wisner
RF-Moonlight Graham
CF-Tom Burr
LF-Ham Wade
C-Homer Thompson
DH-Cy Neighbors
P-Larry Yount

Germaniac · 11-21-2018, 04:22 PM

Okay, but where is Larry Yount?

Germaniac · 11-21-2018, 04:22 PM

Okay, now I see where Larry Yount is

Josquin · 11-21-2018, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

No. Just no. This is baseball, not some ... game that... eh. I don't know, I hardly play anything else. But I sure know that there is no place in OOTP for these shenanigans.

Ah, but would you change your mind if there were bat and glove upgrades to be purchased in the online store? Imagine turning your 56 OVR scrub into a Gold Glove winning MVP candidate by buying the Diamond Glove and Diamond Slugger upgrades...

Westheim · 11-21-2018, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Josquin

Ah, but would you change your mind if there were bat and glove upgrades to be purchased in the online store? Imagine turning your 56 OVR scrub into a Gold Glove winning MVP candidate by buying the Diamond Glove and Diamond Slugger upgrades...

See, *that* is pay-to-win. It also doesn't change my mind, and it also has nothing to do with the original proposition, and I don't know why you are digging such a deep hole for yourself.

Josquin · 11-21-2018, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

See, *that* is pay-to-win. It also doesn't change my mind, and it also has nothing to do with the original proposition, and I don't know why you are digging such a deep hole for yourself.

Only way you wouldn't want bat and glove upgrades is if you're a pitching-first kind of guy. Don't worry, we got that covered too. One word... bionic arm implants.

Dogberry99 · 11-22-2018, 01:19 AM

I think most people to want this game to remain more simulation based while these ideas would turn it into an RPG. Its not a bad idea itself, but its also not why most people are here, which does make it a bad idea in this specific context.

Josquin · 11-22-2018, 08:10 AM

In case it wasn't obvious, this thread was not meant to be taken seriously.

Orcin · 11-22-2018, 09:19 AM

It wasn’t obvious.

Westheim · 11-22-2018, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Orcin

It wasn’t obvious.

...although the baffled question of "Are you $%&/§ serious?" was surely in my head...

Josquin · 11-22-2018, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

...although the baffled question of "Are you $%&/§ serious?" was surely in my head...

Although now that I think about it, Tom Henke with a bionic arm would be awesome to have in your bullpen.

TonyK · 11-22-2021, 02:34 PM

Even though Jim Mahady played second base during his entire Major League career he was actually a pitcher. ;-)

11-21-2018, 11:10 AM	#1
Josquin Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 228	Idea for new features and achievements 1. Player cards have special abilities. For example, Mario Mendoza would have the Mendoza Line ability: As long as his card is in the lineup, any other cards that are currently hitting below .200 get a 10% boost to their Contact rating. 2. Pack opening achievements. An example would be: Hitting for the Cycle: Getting a common, bronze, silver, gold, diamond and perfect card all in the same pack. This would take opening a LOT of packs, so the reward would have to be substantial. Maybe something like an all-expenses paid trip to a gambling addiction treatment center?

11-21-2018, 02:04 PM	#5
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,222	No. Just no. This is baseball, not some ... game that... eh. I don't know, I hardly play anything else. But I sure know that there is no place in OOTP for these shenanigans. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 90 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

11-21-2018, 04:22 PM	#8
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 3,058	Okay, but where is Larry Yount? __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

11-21-2018, 04:22 PM	#9
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 3,058	Okay, now I see where Larry Yount is __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

11-21-2018, 12:36 PM	#2
Janks Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 312	What would my Juan Marichal have as a special ability?

11-21-2018, 01:00 PM	#3
One Post Wonder All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 538	Trying to think of a joke that would relate to his assaulting a guy with a bat, but nothing is coming to mind.

11-21-2018, 01:34 PM	#4
Janks Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 312	I've got it - "Gone Batty" - You pitch better at night due to your control of bats.

11-22-2018, 01:19 AM	#13
Dogberry99 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Posts: 1,328	I think most people to want this game to remain more simulation based while these ideas would turn it into an RPG. Its not a bad idea itself, but its also not why most people are here, which does make it a bad idea in this specific context.

11-22-2018, 08:10 AM	#14
Josquin Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 228	In case it wasn't obvious, this thread was not meant to be taken seriously.

11-22-2018, 09:19 AM	#15
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,847 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	It wasn’t obvious.

11-22-2021, 02:34 PM	#18
TonyK Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2021 Posts: 1	Even though Jim Mahady played second base during his entire Major League career he was actually a pitcher. ;-)