Choosing Starting Pitchers and Lineups
After the initial transfer of information, each participant is
presented with the starting pitcher selection window. Both can
interact with this window at the same time and in any way --
scrolling lists of pitchers, looking at player profiles, checking
out the opposing team's roster of hitters, asking the computer
manager to nominate a starter, and so on -- before choosing a
starting pitcher and pressing OK.
You and the opposing manager are NOT looking at the same screen
image, you are working independently. When a pitcher is selected,
the ID of that pitcher is sent to the other manager. It doesn't
matter who finishes that process first. DMB knows when both
pitchers have been selected and it's time to move on to the
starting lineups.
After the starting lineups have been
selected by both managers, the game window is displayed on both
computers. As with pitcher and lineup selection, the two displays
are independent. It doesn't matter whether you and your opponent
are using the same resolution, the same color scheme, or the same
play-by-play font. You can even have different settings for the
speed of the play-by-play messages.
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