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re: Why is baseball dying?
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:so let me get this straight. the degrees of motion solely dictate the complexity of a game
there is more action than baseball. you are limited in what you do on offense in baseball, due to the nature of the game. the runner will go to 1st. then 2nd. then 3rd. then home. in football/basketball/soccer, there is 360-degree movement (within the lines of the field)
by this logic, we should start a professional league for chutes and ladders
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Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:23 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
quote:Basketball? Really tall
What are these size requirements?
Football? Really wide.
Baseball is for middle-sized guys.
quote:I have attended many different games at many different venues. Baseball is clearly the best.
"best" live game experience?
quote:Yup. FACT.
Less douchiness?
quote:So?
These are all opinion
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:25 pm to Rouge
quote:
so let me get this straight. the degrees of motion solely dictate the complexity of a game
is that the only thing i listed?
and yes, rouge. having to deal with a person who can move in any direction (and worrying about his 4/10 other teammates moving as well) is a lot more complex than knowing there is a runner on 2nd (and knowing he can remain or has 1 other destination)
other than the picther-hitter matchup (and i'm being nice by just giving you that), anything you bring up in baseball exists in basketball/soccer (and i assume hockey). but the static nature of offense makes strategy in baseball much easier, by default.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:26 pm to thenry712
quote:
That's because basketball arenas are much smaller than baseball stadiums.
So, if basketball arenas held 50K then they would fill up? Really stupid.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:26 pm to filmmaker45
quote:did you even watch baseball last seaon?
far to many teams that don't matter
who saw the Giants and Rangers coming?
the reds coming out of pretty much nowhere?
the Rays....the fricking rays...making the Series in 2008
the Rockies....the fricking rockis...making the Series in 2007
are far as teams competing and having a shot to make it to the World Series, baseball has a much parity as any major sport
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:30 pm to Rouge
Baseball better ratings therefore baseball wins
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:31 pm to Zach
Basketball arenas are twice as small and host half the games that a MLB stadium does. if the Lakers expanded Staples to 26k, I bet it would still sellout.
Basketball is a sport that needs to be watched from a reasonably close distance to the court to be appreciated. You can sit in the nosebleeds in baseball and still get to see the players stand around and react every once in awhile.
Look at the lower attendances here and compare to a good NBA environment
Granted attendance is down in the NBA, the percent capacity is not near as low as some of these MLB stadiums.
Basketball is a sport that needs to be watched from a reasonably close distance to the court to be appreciated. You can sit in the nosebleeds in baseball and still get to see the players stand around and react every once in awhile.
Look at the lower attendances here and compare to a good NBA environment
Granted attendance is down in the NBA, the percent capacity is not near as low as some of these MLB stadiums.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:31 pm to NOTORlOUSD
quote:MLB The Show disagrees.
-Doesn't translate as well to video games as other sports
The Show 10 > Madden 11 and NCAA 11 combined
and with a shitload of room to spare.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:32 pm to Rouge
quote:
did you even watch baseball last seaon?
who saw the Giants and Rangers coming?
the reds coming out of pretty much nowhere?
the Rays....the fricking rays...making the Series in 2008
the Rockies....the fricking rockis...making the Series in 2007
are far as teams competing and having a shot to make it to the World Series, baseball has a much parity as any major sport
Yeah....I don't give a shite about any of these teams. I misspoke, they matter to alot of people to that area, they don't matter to me.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:33 pm to Roaad
FIFA and Football Manager > All sports games
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:36 pm to filmmaker45
quote:
Yeah....I don't give a shite about any of these teams. I misspoke, they matter to alot of people to that area, they don't matter to me.
But you give a shite about the Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Milwaukee Bucks?
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:40 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
the static nature of offense makes strategy in baseball much easier, by default
but let me give you this analogy......what if an NFL offense had to use a different starting QB every 5 games? a QB that brought very different attributes to the field.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:43 pm to reddman
I don't care about any MLB teams.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:45 pm to filmmaker45
Awesome argument.
I'm going to leave now before my brain explodes.
I'm going to leave now before my brain explodes.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:50 pm to Rouge
quote:
what if an NFL offense had to use a different starting QB every 5 games? a QB that brought very different attributes to the field.
well i was talking in-game strategy
i mean you do realize in football a defense will see 20-30 formations, right? and the personnel will change. and that's within a game. the gameplans for each week change too.
i get what you say about the pitchers changing, but i was talking more in-game
Posted on 1/17/11 at 4:50 pm to reddman
Posted on 1/17/11 at 5:07 pm to thenry712
quote:
FIFA and Football Manager > All sports games
worldwide?
Posted on 1/17/11 at 5:13 pm to The Boat
FIFA is probably the second best selling sports sim in the US behind only Madden.
Football Manager is an insanely complex game that is the closest you can get to actually managing a sports team. The scouting involved requires individually rating thousands of players around the world. Everton Football Club even uses it for scouting as they personally bought the rights to see FM's scouting before the game is released worldwide. Just download the demo and see how complex it is for just one of the league's available.
Football Manager is an insanely complex game that is the closest you can get to actually managing a sports team. The scouting involved requires individually rating thousands of players around the world. Everton Football Club even uses it for scouting as they personally bought the rights to see FM's scouting before the game is released worldwide. Just download the demo and see how complex it is for just one of the league's available.
Posted on 1/17/11 at 5:21 pm to thenry712
ill be honest!i quit watching baseball when they threw out steroids!i liked the homer!!!!!!! 
Posted on 1/17/11 at 5:27 pm to reddman
quote:
What in the happy horsefrick is going on in this thread?
this comment could apply to 99.9999% of the threads on this site
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