Comments on: Your Feedback Is Welcome!

By: drksd4848

drksd4848 — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:35:26 +0000

Hi, Eddie

Wow! What a blast from the past! It’s been keeping me plenty occupied on my commute to work. It’s also interesting to see how so many current baseball games have been influenced by EWB… Bravo! I love it! A modernized version of this game would be amazing. Here’s hoping you do it.

One thing I will say, and I remember this when I played the original EWB v2 on my PC, it seems there’s a stat glitch: doubles hitters don’t hit many doubles. In fact I remember I played an entire season with the original and hardly any of the players accumulated doubles that were commensurate with the doubles they accumulated in real life… keep an eye out for it…

Also, my other critique: I remembered the physics were actually better on v 1.0 and 1.5 then they were on 2.0, and the same is true with the app.

I really do hope you make a modernized, slicker version of EWB: modern gfx, physics, detailed ballparks, etc… but even if you don’t, it’s EWB baseball is still a boat load of fun… and it was so ahead of it’s time when it was originally released. Thanks for bringing it back…

By: Eddie D.

Eddie D. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:25:04 +0000

It’s a thought.. I’m not quite ready for that though. Even at the high price, the game is receiving a lot of criticism for not being competitive as an action or visual-video-game style game… I was hoping to keep the user-base focused on the simulation aspects by keeping the price up and that seems to have more or less worked… I may offer a pre-season discount, but I’m still just considering that.

By: Eddie D.

Eddie D. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:23:10 +0000

Thanks for these notes… I’ll ponder the one-pitch mode option to allow you to call a play.. it’s a valid point, but only certain plays may be allowed at that moment.. but, for example, if the count goes to 3-0 with a poor hitter, might make sense to tell him not to swing!

As for the fielder’s choices (i.e. where they choose to throw the ball) and the runner’s AI, I’m hopeful to dig into these annoyances later in the season.

By: Eddie D.

Eddie D. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:19:49 +0000

Stats are currently not accumulated for non-round robin games, but I’ll be trying to add that for the next update.

By: Eddie D.

Eddie D. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:15:56 +0000

Starting to work on some updates now.. first one will likely be more bug fixes (I’ve eliminated most of the crashes and freezes, but there’s still a few that crop up way too often!). If you have a league file that you’d like to use and you’re willing to share it with the general playing public, let me know and I can add it to the downloadable files for now.

It’s my hope to make a more general purpose website interface… for now, the easiest way is through igiBall at http://www.bangbangplay.com.

By: glengoyne

glengoyne — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:39:50 +0000

Any news on updates? Can you load alternate rosters? Are there still plans to expand the commissioner capabilities..maybe utilizing a web interface? My friends and I drafted and managed all time rosters, and I’d love to be able to play those old teams.

By: sockpuppet999

sockpuppet999 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:33:42 +0000

Any chance of getting it so you can save stats for just playing games. I want to run a season but do not want to use round robin play.

By: danielgue

danielgue — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:52:22 +0000

How right you are! How good must a game engine be if all you can do is complain about such things! They obviously are only “little annoyances” but from my point of view, well observed ones. I noticed too that runners don’t move up. Also, what you did not mention is, that infielders too often focus on the lead runner and create a fielders choice where none should have been, as well. Fielders in general throw a bit too much at runners who are already safe and costing thereby an advancement of the runners, as you said in case of a single, but also many times in the infield. That always annoyed me! (Screaming at the screen: NOO, dont try to get the runner at second, go to first!!! Oh my god!).

Regarding the one pitch modus, your feature request could be tricky. As soon as you have the count, you already KNOW that something is gonna happen and you may decide your strategy on that fact alone, which not would be right. Well, it could be a foul ball, but in general, AFAIK, the count is calculated and the ball is put into play (or the k or bb happens). So when you have a 2-1 count and you already know the ball is hit in the field, would you still try to steal secont, or try that bunt? I don’t know, probably it would be best to go to full count, but that sometimes makes it a long game. Anyhow, like I said, good observations!

By: jpsherfy

jpsherfy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:42:29 +0000

As many say, I was pleasantly surprised to see my favorite baseball game for the iphone. I really had no games on my phone until I bought this. I just went on a road trip and enjoyed playing the game when I had a bit of time. Anyway, playing the game has brought back a few memories of things I wish could be “fixed.” Maybe the best potential fix would be for those of us who play one pitch mode. Is there any way you can change the game to allow the manager to pick a strategy once the pitch count is known? I remember thinking this was a problem way back when. It would be nice to know the pitch count before I tell my guy on first to steal second. Other than that I do remember a few issues with base runners not moving up from second to third or third to home on balls hit to the first base side. And too many times when throws were made home and allowed a single to become a double. But all in all a great game despite these little annoyances.

By: db4ip

db4ip — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:10:26 +0000

You should lower the price to 99 cents just so you can get more people using EWB. Later you could optionally allow fans to add special features with the new in-app purchasing feature now available to iPhone developers.