Rave - Diamond Mind Baseball play by play

[jim]

One of the charms of DMB baseball is the play by play. It's all text, no sounds or graphics telling you what is going on, but boy is it diverse. I've replayed so many seasons I couldn't even count, the pbp is so diverse that you often see something once in hundreds of games. Tonight, I was treated with this gem that I have never seen from a 1985 replay of a Pirates/Cards game:

throw to first
Pendleton is safe
able to walk back in, easily
let me tell you something ....
there are eighth grade boys
in dark balconies of movie theatres
who have better moves than Jose Deleon
if you get my drift.

[JL21]

The SOM play-by-play is so pathetically bad that I turn it off, other than just the raw details. Something like "Flyball to rightfield, caught by Ludwick"

[jim]

The SOM play-by-play is so pathetically bad that I turn it off, other than just the raw details. Something like "Flyball to rightfield, caught by Ludwick"

On the DMB forum, there is entire category dedicated to interesting play by play. They don't over do it, if you got something like that every game it would be overkill.

[JL21]

That's precisely the trouble with SOM- they over do it.

At least once a game, someone will hit a flyball, the outfielder will make the catch and the hitter is out... and then OMG! The umpire reverses the call! The batter is rewarded first base!

[jim]

The biggest concern I have with DMB right now is that they sold the company and the new guys are not doing any more development on the PC game, focusing on the online version. They claim they will still put out season disks, but for how long? And at some point the OS will change enough where it just won't run, then what? Hopefully it's 10 years down the road or so. The online game just doesn't cut it for me, I'm not interested in drafting fantasy teams. I like replaying with some historical accuracy, and I don't care about competing against others.