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Amazin69 · 10-05-2020, 11:56 PM

Pardon the digression, but I've skipped purchasing v. 19 and 20. And, as next season will be my last time following MLB (I sat this year out, what with universal DH and abolishing extra-innings and 16-team-playoffs and such, but next year is back to 2019, basically, until the new CBA kills this sport for me, forever, in 2022), I've been thinking about getting v.21, if only for the updated roster sets.

Have there been any changes since v. 18 that have improved historical authenticity? Historic owners? Historic coaches? Historic minor-league managers? Better accuracy on salaries? Teams making more logical choices in hiring managers than "just got fired in low-A ball, so he's available"? A "market size" factor that doesn't class the Mets down with Pittsburgh or whatever? (Temporary Yankee popularity spurts don't mean NYC's population forgot how to get to Flushing, you know.) Spring training games being played at spring training locations, with a realistic spring schedule, rather than the Mets facing Cactus League teams and so on? Heck, I'll even take retired players having their proper uniform numbers or Hall of Fame plaques crediting the proper team so that Chief Bender isn't enshrined as an Oakland Athletic or whatever. And increased statistical realism is always a priority for me.

If so, great. If not, I'll probably give it (another) miss, as I could barely care less about in-game simulations (I'm usually a GM and just read the PbP after the fact) and aesthetics and so on.

(Not that I want the look to be ugly, mind you. But "flight of the ball path" is waaaay down on my personal list of priorities. JMO.)

Again, I realize this is slightly OT, but it seemed a decent place to jump in. Thanks for any replies.

10-05-2020, 11:56 PM	#78
Amazin69 Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,218 Infractions: 0/4 (4)	Hmmm, that doesn't sound good… Pardon the digression, but I've skipped purchasing v. 19 and 20. And, as next season will be my last time following MLB (I sat this year out, what with universal DH and abolishing extra-innings and 16-team-playoffs and such, but next year is back to 2019, basically, until the new CBA kills this sport for me, forever, in 2022), I've been thinking about getting v.21, if only for the updated roster sets. Have there been any changes since v. 18 that have improved historical authenticity? Historic owners? Historic coaches? Historic minor-league managers? Better accuracy on salaries? Teams making more logical choices in hiring managers than "just got fired in low-A ball, so he's available"? A "market size" factor that doesn't class the Mets down with Pittsburgh or whatever? (Temporary Yankee popularity spurts don't mean NYC's population forgot how to get to Flushing, you know.) Spring training games being played at spring training locations, with a realistic spring schedule, rather than the Mets facing Cactus League teams and so on? Heck, I'll even take retired players having their proper uniform numbers or Hall of Fame plaques crediting the proper team so that Chief Bender isn't enshrined as an Oakland Athletic or whatever. And increased statistical realism is always a priority for me. If so, great. If not, I'll probably give it (another) miss, as I could barely care less about in-game simulations (I'm usually a GM and just read the PbP after the fact) and aesthetics and so on. (Not that I want the look to be ugly, mind you. But "flight of the ball path" is waaaay down on my personal list of priorities. JMO.) Again, I realize this is slightly OT, but it seemed a decent place to jump in. Thanks for any replies. Last edited by Amazin69; 10-05-2020 at 11:58 PM.