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I think Robby you misspoke about the monitor thing. The game was designed to play on "old" monitors. I mean that's the resolution on which EA released the PC version. The mods that people have released in general are supposed to be geared toward that. Anyone trying to play the game in wide screen is just fooling themselves. The only widescreen ver is for the original Xbox. From the little bit I've read and seen of your submissions, you're into this specialty stuff that others generally can't or won't relate to. Basically, most of the users just want to plug and play. That's just the way it is.

Not if a new game would be trash. People would still play 05 + mods. I know I would.

The problem is that it may be a specific patch for Links that happens to help mvp. But if you don't have the Links game installed, then one's system may not verify it.

So where's the patch? Unless you're trying to pimp the Links game itself?

Maybe try running just one processor and see if it helps run it slower.

The thing that I would be concerned about with a laptop is having an intergrated graphics card vs. a dedicated card. I don't think they work as well.

Presently, I'm keeping up with the moves, thanks largely to Laro..... I'll keep up with any cyberface number changes, but not photo IDs. I'll release the roster at the beginning of the season, but not any kind of official thing. Then if someone wants to take control of it, they can. This is all provided my health stays good.

Ok....good luck. You guys obviously know what you're doing. Looking forward to "pinging" some hits!

Just my 2c, but since the number of stadiums seems daunting and stadium modders aren't around like they used to be, wouldn't releasing a "beta" of sorts (with the stadiums that are done) be advisable? My concern would be freeze-ups with all of the modding going on. Get the community to give feedback on any freeze-ups they are experiencing with this. Also, I have some global ranges for rosters that I've incorporated with mine in the past if you're interested in using them.

Keuchel, Astros silence Royals, 3-0 Dallas Keuchel stymied the Kansas City Royals, allowing only 2 hits over 8 full innings. The Royals were poised to take the contest in regulation when Mike Moustakas doubled to lead off the 9th inn, and was promptly subbed with the speedy Raul Mondesi. Jarrod Dyson batted for Alex Rios, and was pitched around with 1st base open and no outs by Astros reliever, Will Harris. With Alcides Escobar at the plate, Astros SS, Carlos Correa cheated to the middle which is exactly where Escobar lined the ball. Mondesi was caught too far off 2nd and was quickly tagged by Correa to kill the Royals threat. Then, in the top of the 10th, the Royals inexplicably left Luke Hochevar on the mound. Houston took advantage. After a Carlos Gomez single, Jed Lowrie gapped a double to LCF, scoring Gomez. Correa then put the icing on the cake when he sliced a shot up the middle off reliever Wade Davis which was misplayed by KC CF Lorenzo Cain. Seeing the ball trickle to the wall, Correa took full advantage and scored a 2 run, inside the park HR. Tony Sipp, handled the bottom of the 10th, striking out 2. Although the win went to Will Harris, Keuchel was brilliant striking out 7 and walking none. Royals starter Johnny Cueto was excellent as well, scatterin 6 hits in 7-2/3, striking out 6. The contest eliminated the Royals for the tourney (and gave me a 4-3 edge in points for the series).

Doubtful. Multiple people are reporting this problem. M$ simply puts out their products, especially OS's too early. That's the bottom line.

In the 3rd melee game, (my) Mets and Matt Harvey went up again the Blue Jays and David Price. For 4 innings, it was as expected with each pitcher allowing a few scattered base runners. Then in the 5th with 2 outs, Toronto lit up Harvey thanks to back to back singles by Josh Donaldson and, of all players, Price himself. Ben Revere did what he does best and rocked a triple, bringing home 2. Then, unexpectedly, Ezequiel Carrerra took Harvey yard, sticking the Mets' ace in a 4 run hole. The BJ's added another in the 6th. New York got to back in the bottom of the same frame thanks to back to back doubles by David Wright and Lucas Duda, but the Mets stranded 2 and the damage was minmized. In the 9th, the Mets bid for a minor miracle, touching Toronto's closer, Roberto Osuna, with a lead off single by Daniel Murphy who scored on Travis d'Arnaud's double. d'Arnaud scored on a Michael Conforto sac fly. Juan Lagares took a questionable strike three on the outside corner to end the contest, 5-4. The victory sends the Mets packing, as they only had 1 life for this tourney and knotted the points at 3-3 between the two contestants. gm 03 melee.htm

That's not the problem. I'm certainly no Windows expert, but there is no reason that an OS upgrade should downgrade an older game so that you have to make concessions to play it... not in this day and age.

I heard it was patch 3 if you want it for online play as well..... couldn't hurt.

Game 2 of the tourney saw (my) the Rangers and Cole Hamels drubbing the Dodgers, 8-2. Zack Greinke took the mound for LA and looked untouchable for the first 3 innings. The Dodgers started off quickly when Yasiel Puig took Hamels yard on the game's first pitch. In the 4th, the Texan bats roughed up Greinke for 3 runs, including an Elvis Andrus push bunt to LA 2nd baseman Howie Kendrick who wildly threw to 1st base, allowing Josh Hamilton, who doubled behind Andrus, to cross the plate. Adrian Beltre also scored on the play from third. Beltre was the big bat for Texas on the day, going 4/5 with 2 HRs and a double, knocking in 3 and scoring 4 runs of his own. Puig's HR helped him go 3/5 in the contest. Hamels gained 7 K's in as many innings. Greinke caught 8 Rangers swinging, though he only lasted 4 and a third after being charged with 5 ERs. The Rangers gained 3 points in the victory. (note: Hamilton's triple was incorrectly scored as he officially had a single and a 2 base error on the play) gm 02 melee.htm

Well, in short, the Tigers took care of the Rockies in 6 games. So, we started a new melee involving all of this past season's playoff teams. This is a new format for us involving getting points for a victory along with essentially taking away a life of the losing team. The higher teams (Royals & Mets) only have 1 life each,while the Astros, Rangers, Cards and Dodgers have 3 lives each. Cubbies and BJ's have 2 lives each. If you score a victory, you get the number of points corresponding to the seed of the team you defeated, plus you handed them a loss, taking away a life. So, for example, if the Mets beat the Dodgers, they get 3 points, but the Dodgers would still have 2 lives remaining. You can use any team you want, but pitchers for a given team have to follow a rotation. Also, any player injured is out for the entire melee tournament. We have a standing rule that any pitcher who pitches 3 full inning or more must sit for 2 games. (We also upped the OF speed a notch as we were seeing too many triples.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game 1 pitted my Cubs against my brother's Cardinals: Arrieta vs. Lynn. The Cards got to Arrieta right out of the gate with a Grichuk lead off single and 2 batters later, Holliday doubling to the RF wall, scoring Grichuk. Lynn looked almost invincible early, but was then touched by a Montero HR to LCF which knotted it in the 3rd. In the 5th, Molina led of the frame with a double, who was driven in by Grichuk with a double of his own. Grichuk then scored again, thanks to Holliday's hot bat (3/3; 2 BB), putting the Cards up 3-1. In the 7th, Fowler got to Lynn and deposited the Cubs second HR over the LCF wall as well. Lynn was then forced to leave the game (and the tournament) in the 8th on his 97th pitch. He exited with 7 K's and 1 walk. His counterpart, Arrieta, could only muster 2 K's on the day and gave up 3 ERs. The Cards added an insurance run in the 8th when Motte threw a wild pitch allowing Holliday to score from third. The Cubs vied to make things interesting in the 6th on 3 consecutive singles, however, Rizzo missed a sign and upon retreating to 3rd base instead of continuing home, was called out. The Cards and Lynn did not allow the Cubs to plate any runs that inning. St. Louis earned 2 points by beating the #2 seeded Cubs as well as forcing the Cubs to win or go home. (and with the OF speed tweak, we only saw 1 legitimate triple by Bryant. Arrieta is listed as getting a triple,though it was actually a 3B human error by the RF, Grichuk.) gm 01 melee.htm

Try to start a new season and sim from the start. If it freezes around mid to late April, it's probably because the roster can't handle having injuries, trades, & suspensions on. Turn them all off and try to sim another season. If this is not the problem, then you have to consider it's something else like a stadium, cyberface, uniform, etc. I'm pretty sure things like this were talked about in the 2014 support thread.

I recently saw the game going for as little as $60 on ebay, which by comparative standards of today's game costs is pretty good.

Just a quick update and again to show the variability and how sensitive the game is to settings and attributes, games 3 and 4 were highly different contests as well. Game 3 really exposed the weak pitching for both teams past the first 2 pitchers on each squad, pitting Chris Rusin vs Alfredo Simon. Each pitcher gave up a host of runs in the first 2 innings, though Rusin was especially roughed up. Once it was clear that the Rockies were not going to recover from this one, Colorado left Rusin in to take his lumps, giving up 16 earned runs on 19 hits, including 7 home runs. Simon settled down after the 2nd inning, but after taking liner to his body in the 4th, he was forced to retire early and will miss his next start, potentially game 7. With both squads pitching staff's stretched, both managers agreed to return to a 3 man pitching rotation, setting up a possible battle of the aces for a series deciding contest. Once the smoke cleared in game 3, the Tigers finished the rout over the Rockies, 19-6. In game 4, with the clubs forced to going back to a 3 man rotation, the series found itself pitting each club's number 1 starting in a rematch from the stellar game 1, where neither pitcher gained a decision. The first 3 innings provided a continuation with both Verlander and De La Rosa looking practically untouchable. Then, in the 4th, the Rockies bats came alive, ringing up 5 runs on Verlander, featuring 5 back to back singles. Justin Morneau struck the larger blow with a bases clearing double. Colorado threatened again in the 6th to do more damage, but were held off the board despite loading the bases. The teams traded zeroes in each inning again until the 7th, when the Tigers bats finally woke up. De La Rosa left the bases loaded for his reliever who was rudely greeted by Anthony Gose who ripped the first pitch he saw for a bases clearing triple to tighten the score. Gose then scored on a Davis ground out, making the score 5-4. In the 9th, with the same score, Jose Iglesias just missed a hanging curve ball, driving it deep to left which would have tied the contest. However, the Rockies and John Axford hung on to knot the series at 2 games each. ws gm 3.htm ws gm 4.htm

Letting Rose back in would create a huge precedent that MLB does not want to encounter in future situations. Coincidental, because I was a huge Big Red Machine fan when I was a kid, but I never really cared for Rose as part of that squad. There was always something about him even evident to a kid. He just seemed to arrogant and cocky, which I've never liked in anyone, let alone an athlete. When you're given a gift, you should embrace it and not misuse it for your own good or display. I'll sleep okay with this decision.

Something I brought up with several ideas months ago.

I would like you guys to institute a buffet at some point, too.