There's more uses for your Rock Band mic than simply belting out off-tune renditions of Lump or clubbing your roommate as he reaches for a bite of your chili dog. ESPN reports that next year's MLB 09 The Show will allow players to record cat calls to be yelled out from the stands using a microphone or wireless headset.
Calling the feature Trash Talk 2.0, the article reveals that the game will mix your recorded chants or insults so they sound as if they are a part of the crowd and not just coming from a single overzealous fan with a booming voice. With this, virtual baseball competition will likely get a bit more personal when MLB 09 The Show arrives on March 3.
Reader Comments (39)
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 2:07PM CrashTunoku said
They would only be rickrolling themselves, so they can do it all they want.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 4:17PM (Unverified) said
I wish there was a way to +1 Donald more than once. I lol'd.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 2:17PM (Unverified) said
Are you a robot?? Is that your only response??
Where is my rockband mic!!Come March I am going to heckle you so bad!!!
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Where is my rockband mic!!Come March I am going to heckle you so bad!!!
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 1:47PM chicago mafia said
Indeed. It's little ideas like this that make games memorable. Oh, and they gotta be at least decent.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 1:36PM (Unverified) said
I remember when Microsoft was first marketing XBLive and for some reason they thought , " talking trash" was a feature. Who likes hearing people curse them out? I've been playing on Live since Wolfenstein and I've always hated it.Thank god for the party system.
Now we're actually spending money and manpower to develop "asshole tech" in our games. Are developers retarded?
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Now we're actually spending money and manpower to develop "asshole tech" in our games. Are developers retarded?
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 1:43PM baby sea tuna said
Then you probably love Smash Bros. and Mario Kart's take on communication.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 4:21PM (Unverified) said
I hate Nintendo's lack of voice chat.
With a passion.
Nintendo seem to forget that some of the people that use their consoles are ADULTS.
If anything, give me voice chat and parental control to turn it off for when the kids are online.
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With a passion.
Nintendo seem to forget that some of the people that use their consoles are ADULTS.
If anything, give me voice chat and parental control to turn it off for when the kids are online.
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 1:51PM The Gentleman Bat said
What a useless feature.
Though, it would be funny to see a ball go flying and all you hear is, "GOOD HEAVENS ME THAT PARTICIPANT IS A OUTRIGHT HOOLIGAN. WE'LL TAKE NO MORE SHENANIGANS FROM HIM."
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Though, it would be funny to see a ball go flying and all you hear is, "GOOD HEAVENS ME THAT PARTICIPANT IS A OUTRIGHT HOOLIGAN. WE'LL TAKE NO MORE SHENANIGANS FROM HIM."
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 1:53PM butaneko said
I read this and assumed it would be a local feature. Playing games at your home stadium you can record heckles to be yelled at the other team. Like how I was able to specify in NHL 09 that 2 Legit 2 Quit plays in the background when my Lowell Devils take the ice.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 2:10PM LaughingTarget said
You're mistaken, this is clearly the fifth D. Though it isn't as good as Initial D.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 2:08PM CrashTunoku said
I don't know why you guys didn't report on the rest of the article, which has a lot more details on what's in the game. I can't wait to see how the new leagues will work out since they were a bit of a pain in the ass before.
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Posted: Dec 19th 2008 2:30PM mrbigjonstud said
ha ha that could be funny with local multiplayer :)
nice simpsons reference guilty fart, didn't get it at first
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nice simpsons reference guilty fart, didn't get it at first
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 3:13PM lindros2 said
Who cares - computer and console baseball games are fun for about one day. Then you realize how stupid of a game baseball is to simulate.
Maybe they should introduce the "how to pay Dominicans $14 million while I struggle to make rent in a shitty economy" feature.
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Maybe they should introduce the "how to pay Dominicans $14 million while I struggle to make rent in a shitty economy" feature.
Posted: Dec 19th 2008 5:04PM Jack Tretton said
"Calling the feature Trash Talk 2.0..."
In which game was Trash Talk 1.0 featured? It was Zoids Assault, right?
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In which game was Trash Talk 1.0 featured? It was Zoids Assault, right?
Posted: Dec 21st 2008 1:33AM remarkableryan said
I can you my Wii RockBand mic on my ps3 to talk to people on GTA 4.
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