Scoring menu makes no sense

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Stockmoose16
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Scoring menu makes no sense

Post by Stockmoose16 » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:58 pm

Ok, so maybe it's just me, but the scoring menus that appear are overly complicated. Let me give you an example:

A) Player #1 gets a base hit, the following menu options occur
1) In Play --> Safe --> Hit Single
2) Touch screen where ball was hit
3) What happened to the batter, Player #1? (***I don't understand, shouldn't it know by menu option #1 that he got on first? What are you supposed to hit here? "Advanced by batter"? "Held up"? He technically advanced himself to 1st. But maybe he "held up" at first instead of trying for a double. This just seems overly complicated. Please explain.)

B) With Player #1 on 1st, Player #2 reaches on an error made by 3rd baseman. The following menu options occur
1) In Play --> Error
2) Select spot on field where ball was hit
3) Select field position that made error (***seems redundant with #2, since you've already selected the field spot)
4) What happened to the runner on 1st, Player #1? (***Again, confusing menu system. Are you supposed to select "Advanced by batter" - which is true, he advanced when the batter put the ball in play. Or, "Error" (which is what he advanced on).
5) What happened to the batter, Player #2? *** Why is it asking this AGAIN? I already answered in menu option #1 that he reached on an error. The base he reaches should be consolidated into menu option #1.

...My point here is, there are far too many menus needed to score a game. Seems like it would be simpler to do this on paper, which defeats the whole purpose of having an app.
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Re: Scoring menu makes no sense

Post by FTMSupport » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:03 pm

A)
3) The additional question of what happened to the batter is there because many things can happen to a batter after he gets his single.
For example:
Man on second, batter hits a line drive to right field and runner on second tries for home. The right fielder throws home and the batter advances to second "On the throw"
Runner reaches first base on an error. Ball is thrown into the dugout as part of the error. Batter advances to second on "Ball Out of Play"
If the batter did not advance after the initial base was reached then simply select "Held up".

B)
3) Selecting a spot on the field where the ball was hit does not determine who made the error. If the ball was hit between first and second then which baseman should receive the error?
4) You would use either one depending on how you judge that he advanced.
5) Refer to the answer in A above. If the player who made the error had thrown it into the dugout the the batter would have gone to second on "Ball out of Play"

When you are comfortable with the available choices you will find that scoring a game becomes second nature.
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