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Originally Posted by Fuzi0n HEY! my internet worked all day and I wasn't even home to use it. Also may I add...can everyone post their time zone so we don't get confused, maybe n8 can update the OP with all of our timezones in it. I'm West Coast PST.

Not a bad idea. It gives people one more thing to try to keep track of, haha, but it definitely could prove useful.

Hey ultimate matt I'm free tomorrow night.

Im, PST.

ivanctorres, I hope you're about ready to play man. I'm not really someone who needs to be feared in this game. I'm ok, but I've lost plenty of times. Plus, I have the "warning track Dbacks" Runs are a commodity with this team, haha.

So, I'm in the middle of playing my first game..and don't get me wrong, cuseman is a good player...but I don't thin I can play in this league. The lag is unbearable. I mean I don't understand why he can hit every corner with every pitch, because I sure can't. Everytime the pitch meter makes it's way back down to the yellow stripe I hit the button and it's anyone's guess where the pitch will end up. And then he actually hits a ball, I don't see him swing. I just see a ball take flight. I'm trying to finish the game as honorable as I can, but I don't think I can play any more games like this.

EDIT: Yeah...I had to forfeit against cuse. Again, no disrespect meant to anyone, he's a great player, I just honestly cannot play the game. For 5 innings against him I played "Press a button whenever and see what happens 2008". Sorry guys.

No offense taken. I had minimal lag on my end, so assumed it was about the same for both of us. I was pretty psyched to hit my spots and get 6 runs on the board by the 5th inning (i think) I hate playing with random people online, as they more often than not are cheap w/their playing - so I had high hopes for the CAG league. Hopefully the lag improves, or is at least more consistent.

Originally Posted by Wpark83 So, I'm in the middle of playing my first game..and don't get me wrong, cuseman is a good player...but I don't thin I can play in this league. The lag is unbearable. I mean I don't understand why he can hit every corner with every pitch, because I sure can't. Everytime the pitch meter makes it's way back down to the yellow stripe I hit the button and it's anyone's guess where the pitch will end up. And then he actually hits a ball, I don't see him swing. I just see a ball take flight. I'm trying to finish the game as honorable as I can, but I don't think I can play any more games like this. EDIT: Yeah...I had to forfeit against cuse. Again, no disrespect meant to anyone, he's a great player, I just honestly cannot play the game. For 5 innings against him I played "Press a button whenever and see what happens 2008". Sorry guys.

Park, I'd like to play you in an exhibition game before you decide to drop. Just to see how the game runs. As I've said before, the lag in this game is totally hit or miss. A lot of it depends on when you play. I would assume the prime time slots are between 7-11pm. I know this is when a lot of people are home from work/relaxing/etc. but in my experience, that's when SPORTSCONNECT grinds to a near halt.

I don't what else to say except don't let one game get you down. It's unfortunate that it happens, but as I've said many times, we have MLB 2K8 with it's crappy gameplay, but good online system...or The Show with it's amazing gameplay, but crappy online system. Which is better?

I was worried about people wanting to bail because of the lag and mentioned that in a previous post. Personally, I'm going to hope most games aren't terrible and will ride it out the best I can but I can understand why for some people it isn't worth the aggravation.

Worst case, maybe if we lose people because of lag we need to organize something smaller and possibly shorter with a bigger time frame between games so the lag is easier to deal with.

Well Oldboy and I just had a game and there was some comedy gold because of the lag. I couldn't baserun for crap. Though a lot of that is me too. Are the settings for running the same for everyone in the league? I couldn't figure out how to get that one guy to stay on 3rd and the 1st guy to run until your wild pitch helped me not have to worry Oldboy.

I don't have any clue what my catcher was doing during that one play, heh.

You were saying the lag wasn't too bad, but I think that's pretty terrible when I saw balls flying in the air, but never saw the hit. Hopefully, I'll win a game some point during the season. It was a good game and entertaining though.

Originally Posted by Ultimate Matt X I was worried about people wanting to bail because of the lag and mentioned that in a previous post. Personally, I'm going to hope most games aren't terrible and will ride it out the best I can but I can understand why for some people it isn't worth the aggravation. Worst case, maybe if we lose people because of lag we need to organize something smaller and possibly shorter with a bigger time frame between games so the lag is easier to deal with.

A week between games is the longest The Show will let you have. I know the lag is annoying, but really, unless you feel like going out and buying MLB 2K8 (and then you'll have a new list of things to bitch about), I don't know what to tell you. It just is what it is. I completely understand how frustrating it can be...especially if you're losing bad. But I think as long as the game is close, and both parties are having to deal with it, it's a fair game.

As for Park's complaints...ehh...it was Cubs vs. Reds. You were facing Zambrano. I don't know how that game would even go WITHOUT lag. I do think calling it quits after one game though is a bit hasty. I'd try playing a random game IMMEDIATELY after your league game, just to see if it's any different playing somebody else. Unfortunately, all this crap is trial & error and troubleshooting 101. There are no right answers here.

Originally Posted by Ultimate Matt X Well Oldboy and I just had a game and there was some comedy gold because of the lag. I couldn't baserun for crap. Though a lot of that is me too. Are the settings for running the same for everyone in the league? I couldn't figure out how to get that one guy to stay on 3rd and the 1st guy to run until your wild pitch helped me not have to worry Oldboy. I don't have any clue what my catcher was doing during that one play, heh. You were saying the lag wasn't too bad, but I think that's pretty terrible when I saw balls flying in the air, but never saw the hit. Hopefully, I'll win a game some point during the season. It was a good game and entertaining though.

Wanted to answer your question. Yes, baserunning is the same for everybody. It seems that baserunning controls are different every year, so I know it's hard to keep up. It screws me up every once in awhile too. But to control an individual runner, you hold the left analog stick in his direction (ie. runner on 1st lead off = LS right + L1. runner on first steal = LS right + L2).

When the ball is in play, if you want to control one runner, press the left stick in his direction, and press the button of the base you want him to run to (ie. go from first to third = LS right + square). It's confusing as all hell, but what are you gonna do? haha...hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Ultimate Matt X Well Oldboy and I just had a game and there was some comedy gold because of the lag. I couldn't baserun for crap. Though a lot of that is me too. Are the settings for running the same for everyone in the league? I couldn't figure out how to get that one guy to stay on 3rd and the 1st guy to run until your wild pitch helped me not have to worry Oldboy. I don't have any clue what my catcher was doing during that one play, heh. You were saying the lag wasn't too bad, but I think that's pretty terrible when I saw balls flying in the air, but never saw the hit. Hopefully, I'll win a game some point during the season. It was a good game and entertaining though.

No, the lag was pretty bad especially in the middle innings, but I've played much worse games where it was unbearable. At least in the game with you I could sort of time the pitches if I did the guess pitch right. If not then I was way out in front since the lag is terrible on offspeed pitches. I dont understand the hitting but not seeing the swing, it happened a few times.

For the baserunning, you gotta select the specific runner with the left analog stick. Like for example, on one play I had 1st and third and I pushed right on the stick to select the 1st base runner, and hit steal, so that the third base runner also didn't steal home. So if you have 2 baserunners, you gotta select the one you want by hitting the base they are at, or just crossed. Its sort of complicated, but after playing a lot of franchise games, i got the hang of it. Same thing n8 said, gotta do both at the same time, stick + base button.

n8 ill play exhibition at some point with you for sure...I'm not gonna drop out yet though, I'll play a few more games and see how it is...if the lag is bad at any point I'll message the player and let them know I have to drop, hopefully though it gets better

Originally Posted by Wpark83 n8 ill play exhibition at some point with you for sure...I'm not gonna drop out yet though, I'll play a few more games and see how it is...if the lag is bad at any point I'll message the player and let them know I have to drop, hopefully though it gets better

On a related note, I just finished a random game at 1:30 am (probably started at 12:30 am) EST...no lag. See, they do exist guys! I got freakin shut out 3-0. I swear to God I've never seen so many warning track outs. Oh, if only the Dbacks had a power hitter...

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu On a related note, I just finished a random game at 1:30 am (probably started at 12:30 am) EST...no lag. See, they do exist guys! I got freakin shut out 3-0. I swear to God I've never seen so many warning track outs. Oh, if only the Dbacks had a power hitter...

Young isn't a power-hitter?

Oldboy, so you have no idea what my catcher and the ball were doing on that one play either?

Originally Posted by DestroVega Young isn't a power-hitter?

Sometimes. I guess if I juggled my lineup and moved him out of the lead off spot, he'd qualify. I mean, you could make an argument for Mark Reynolds as well, but it's nothing like the Yankees, haha.

Good game ivan. Me being half-retarded (not really, but might as well be, haha), I've been practicing with Webb the past few days, and forgot that I wanted to switch him and Haren in my rotation. So therefore, I just screwed myself out of having Haren pitch 3 times in the season. Oh well. I hate sinkerball pitchers (too many chances for errors), but after a shaky start, I finally got used to pitching with Webb. I'll readjust my rotation accordingly.

How was the connection on your end? It was basically lag free for me. I thought it was a well-played game. I think you'll do fine in the league man. Thanks for the game! Good luck next week!

No Lag on my end. The game ran well. I just need to tighten up my fielding by not hitting R2 and sharpen my baserunning which I had no clue how to do. If u wanna play before our next game just let me know.

Supreme, that was the most frustrating, yet most exciting game I've played online... great game.

Unbe-ing-lievable. I'm speechless right now.