32. The Infield Fly Rule
This seems to be a more detailed baseball simulation than SPANUNKO! In fact it's a little too detailed: the title screen has cute anime baseball players, but after that there's a screen full of all kinds of strange numerical statistics: BAT 14, CAT 34, BEE 29, DOG 44, YUK 9, DUM 8, BOO 99, BUM 96?
Glockroach: and here I bet everything on dum. guess the dum one was me HNV: Booooooo. I mean it, bet on Boo ButterflyDefect: Some games are not meant to be fun though, I mean maybe it's more to teach kids complex ideas via sports It's fun cause you get to figure it out aroseahorseboy: no no! the only one to put any numbers in is... BEE
"I was gonna say that!! Just considering my options!"
"Nnnnnow what the HELL am I doin' here?"
DueyDecimal: Yuk Dum Boo Bum... it sounds like a poem
"Or a Korean menu! Eh?? Eh??? Wow. It's getting late folks, I'm sorry!" Once Bea has selected some numbers and altered them to whatever random number she pleases, she can scroll down to the BEGIN button.
ButterflyDefect: hang on Hang on I think I figured something out, don't dangit too late, lets see how it goes
There's a fanfare as the baseball diamond appears, and the players take the field... and this is a sort of a strange team. At least two of the players are clearly umpires, and the shortstop and the second baseman are both wearing mascot costumes! (Or else they just ARE baseball-headed monsters.)
"All right, who's ready for some approximately baseball-ish game? I know I am! We like to mix it up now and then, hopefully nobody's going to get their head knocked off!"
"Psst.. I hope someone gets their head knocked off"
Llord_Kuruku: This game is very peculiar. ...Continue.
Bea alters between announcer voices! "Well Bob I think things are looking up for the Anaheim Spanunkos, y'know in addition to being trained in all sports they are the first undead team to make it this far in the league" The actual interactivity of this game, however, is very limited-- as far as Bea can work out, the only thing you can do is make the pitcher pitch, and the rest of the game plays itself out automatically.
"Right you are Ken, and while you're watching make to grab some Auntie Joy's Worm Rinds! They're Not Alive, Honest!"
HNV: I think we've figured it out, guys, Bea's favorite games are the ones she doesn't have to play
The game itself, whether or not Bea has any input, is highly chaotic: the mascots trip over each other, the umpires argue, but still no one scores a run; the third baseman has a bat, and he's knocking runners senseless as they come to him!
ButterflyDefect: Ok nvm, no idea what's doing here
"Uh, guys, can we just- can we- maybe- wait a- children, no don't fight!" Bea hammers away at buttons to little if any effect. "I must have programmed them all wrong! Maybe let's just start over. Maybe this is just local rules!
Klickitat_Street: Bea. I figured it out. Every time he hits somebody, it shows the number 44-- that guy is DOG. I think you're assigning players to field positions, based on the numbers on their shirts! HNV: ...well that's needlessly complex! Syrupentine: I was going to ask when the spanunkos were going to show up, but... I think it's YOU, in this game ButterflyDefect: Uh YEAH I was thinking that too! <_<
"Huh. Guess they're worming their way into management now. The story of a manager and their parasite who have to lead the wackiest team in the league to victory!"
She goes back through the settings, trying to do it right this time, but this could take a while to figure out! "So the refs were.. what again? And the mascots go here, and here.. Do we really need them? Do they do buffs?"
DueyDecimal: Wow, you can assign everyone to ONE position? So you could have nine shortstops and nothing else? HNV: Some of the values are set to 0-- maybe you could have some different players. Syrupentine: yeah, who are BOB ROB SUE GOO
"Let's find out!" >BEGIN, with a whole set of new values!
The game is very different now, you've got that aggressive third baseman as a pitcher now, and he's striking them out! Which is a good thing because a lot of the new characters are sort of weird-- there's a pink-headed baseball mascot girl in right field, and what looks like a football player on first base!
"We've got a game going! A sports game! Thankfully sports are basically interchangeable! And now that we're winning I'm.. back to not playing again. Yay team!!"
aroseahorseboy: maybe you're the cheerleader? baseball has that right
"There's one footballer, aro, so they get one cheerleader!"
Klickitat_Street: Maybe we should be betting on this? Glockroach: I accept coin, teeth, and grandmothers