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Massively Multiplayer Baseball

Posted by Zonk on from the something-completely-different dept.

Next Gen is reporting on Netadmin's upcoming Ultimate Baseball title, which is designed to take the MMOG market into the sports genre for the first time. From the article: "We also looked at the MMOG landscape at the time. Everything was some variation on a fantasy theme. Kill the dragon, rescue the village and such. We were interested in the MMOG business model but looking ways to do things differently and sports just made sense..."

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  1. Baseball! Oh boy! by ActionJesus · · Score: 3, Funny

    3 points:

    1) Geeks, as a rule, hate sport. Yes, there are exceptions.
    2) Jocks, as a rule, hate computers. Yes, they can work them.
    3) Everyone in the world, as a rule, hates baseball. Yes, there are americans.

    So how well, exactly, is this gonna do?

  2. I've seen it by generic-man · · Score: 4, Funny

    My brother played the beta. When you're in the field it's about as boring as you imagine it'd be, except the outfield chatter is replaced with "wtg lol" and there are about 700 fielding errors on any play. It's like watching Little League play with adults.

    For an approximation, join a weekend softball league that brings a keg to every game. :)

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