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  • notoriousHEB_PSNN Offline
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    @halfbutt said in Stepping off to delay game:

    It’s a video game. This topic has been discussed on here ad nauseum.

    Obviously, you are free to play the game the way you want, but you can expect to have a lot of opponents throw over or step off until you stop taking that step or get picked off.

    Also, this is a tactic most commonly adopted by poor hitters, so way to out yourself.

    What a terrible assumption, stop trying to deflect and move the goal posts. I'm a CS player that overall has hit approx 265-270. Am i the greatest? No, but I'm also not playing on a monitor so i stall out in the mid-800s, maybe I'll hit WS this year maybe not.

    Also, look what I'm saying, i don't do it all the time because that's how you get picked off. I'm talking about great base runners with great speed taking a larger lead. I've seen entitlement mentioned here, you know what entitlement looks like? Refusing to play the game because your opponent is taking a larger lead with a great base runner!

    Honestly though you guys need to stop deflecting and moving the goalposts and address this statement that you continue to avoid: Do you feel its wrong for a player such as Rickey Henderson to take a longer lead than a guy like Yadier Molina or Miguel Cabrera?

    Statcast and the entirety of baseball history disagrees with you. Wake up.

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    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

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    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

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  • DriveByTrucker17D Offline
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    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    But I can only pickoff three times without you taking an extra lead, so if you stop taking an extra step I won’t be able to step off anymore. In that sense, you are the one delaying the game.

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  • halfbutt_PSNH Offline
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    It’s a video game, so “right” and “wrong” don’t really come into it.

    Obviously, you can take as big of a lead with whoever you want, and your opponent can then counter.

    The really fast guys don’t need an extra step lead to steal a base.

    There’s no deflection going on here. This is the consensus on these forums. You don’t have to like it or agree.

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  • PennStateFencerP Offline
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    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    A helpful lesson for those who get upset when a pitcher continues to step off or throw over.

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  • notoriousHEB_PSNN Offline
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    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    A helpful lesson for those who get upset when a pitcher continues to step off or throw over.

    https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidts-lead-distance-helps-steals/c-141464286

    There's an article on statcast lead distance for people like yourself that are unfamiliar with how baseball is played.

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  • PennStateFencerP Offline
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    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    A helpful lesson for those who get upset when a pitcher continues to step off or throw over.

    https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidts-lead-distance-helps-steals/c-141464286

    There's an article on statcast lead distance for people like yourself that are unfamiliar with how baseball is played.

    This isn't the major leagues chief. We've got 102 mph sinkers that are most effective up and in. Lazy fly balls at the track that defenders with diamond defense can't handle. Runners getting thrown out at first on weak hits to right field far more often than is reasonable. Catchers that are essentially Swiss cheese. Perfect/perfect fly balls from the greater power hitters of all time that die at the track, and good/okay moonshots by pitchers. Base runners refusing to advance on a ball that clearly won't get caught, which eventually leads to two runners standing on the same base. I hate to break this to you, but you're playing a video game, and a flawed one at that.

    It is ridiculously easy to steal in this game even without an extended lead, so why is it your opponents responsibility to concede an even larger than necessary lead? If you really feel that entitled to your extended lead because "that's baseball", fine. Just don't [censored] and moan when your opponent steps off and throws over because guess what? That's video games. They can do whatever they want to try and beat you within the confines of the game, and complaining about their actions is hypocritical.

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  • ThaSultanOfSwagT Offline
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    If my opponent takes an extra step I will step off.....

    every. single. time.

    until they stop. You already get given a standard sized lead where you CAN NOT get picked off. If you take the extra step, I will step off all night i have nowhere to be and a lot of pettiness

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  • ThaSultanOfSwagT Offline
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    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    This

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  • notoriousHEB_PSNN Offline
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    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    A helpful lesson for those who get upset when a pitcher continues to step off or throw over.

    https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidts-lead-distance-helps-steals/c-141464286

    There's an article on statcast lead distance for people like yourself that are unfamiliar with how baseball is played.

    This isn't the major leagues chief. We've got 102 mph sinkers that are most effective up and in. Lazy fly balls at the track that defenders with diamond defense can't handle. Runners getting thrown out at first on weak hits to right field far more often than is reasonable. Catchers that are essentially Swiss cheese. Perfect/perfect fly balls from the greater power hitters of all time that die at the track, and good/okay moonshots by pitchers. Base runners refusing to advance on a ball that clearly won't get caught, which eventually leads to two runners standing on the same base. I hate to break this to you, but you're playing a video game, and a flawed one at that.

    It is ridiculously easy to steal in this game even without an extended lead, so why is it your opponents responsibility to concede an even larger than necessary lead? If you really feel that entitled to your extended lead because "that's baseball", fine. Just don't [censored] and moan when your opponent steps off and throws over because guess what? That's video games. They can do whatever they want to try and beat you within the confines of the game, and complaining about their actions is hypocritical.

    But we aren't talking about playing the game. We are talking about people refusing to play refusing to allow the game to move forward because your being a sour puss over a fast runner taking a lead. Are you listening to yourself? My god how embarrassing.

    It's the I'm taking my ball and going home mentality that's the issue.... All because rickey henderson gets a bigger lead than yaddy molina... This is such a clown show.

    Go watch baseball for once in your life.

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  • ThaSultanOfSwagT Offline
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    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    A helpful lesson for those who get upset when a pitcher continues to step off or throw over.

    https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidts-lead-distance-helps-steals/c-141464286

    There's an article on statcast lead distance for people like yourself that are unfamiliar with how baseball is played.

    This isn't the major leagues chief. We've got 102 mph sinkers that are most effective up and in. Lazy fly balls at the track that defenders with diamond defense can't handle. Runners getting thrown out at first on weak hits to right field far more often than is reasonable. Catchers that are essentially Swiss cheese. Perfect/perfect fly balls from the greater power hitters of all time that die at the track, and good/okay moonshots by pitchers. Base runners refusing to advance on a ball that clearly won't get caught, which eventually leads to two runners standing on the same base. I hate to break this to you, but you're playing a video game, and a flawed one at that.

    It is ridiculously easy to steal in this game even without an extended lead, so why is it your opponents responsibility to concede an even larger than necessary lead? If you really feel that entitled to your extended lead because "that's baseball", fine. Just don't [censored] and moan when your opponent steps off and throws over because guess what? That's video games. They can do whatever they want to try and beat you within the confines of the game, and complaining about their actions is hypocritical.

    But we aren't talking about playing the game. We are talking about people refusing to play refusing to allow the game to move forward because your being a sour puss over a fast runner taking a lead. Are you listening to yourself? My god how embarrassing.

    It's the I'm taking my ball and going home mentality that's the issue.

    Bro are you just trolling at this point? It is entirely in your hands. If you don't want your opponent to pick off any longer, then stop taking an extra step, it is that simple.

    In real life, if a runner keeps taking an extra step I would continually step off until they stopped as well. Not going to risk throwing the ball away just to try to pick someone off. The game is entirely in the pitcher's hands and controlling the run game is 80% up to the pitcher. I would not be doing my job if I didn't keep the runner close.

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  • boudie23_PSNB Offline
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    @halfbutt said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @Harrisville318 said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @boudie23 said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @halfbutt said in Stepping off to delay game:

    You are the one that is delaying the game. He is only trying to counter you.

    The sportsmanlike thing to do once your opponent sees you are taking an extra step lead and throws over/steps off a few times, is to stop taking an extra step and move your runner with the bat.

    No you are delaying the game, learn how to pitch with runners on base and them taking the extra step won’t have any affect.

    Stepping off or throwing over is actually the proper move to counter the fact that you get an extra step. You must be .....never mind. Good luck stepper. Life gets tough sometimes when youre.....nevermind.

    The only guys that argue this point are the ones that constantly take extra steps. If they make it to WS, then they seem to feel particularly entitled to it, because they keep getting rewarded for it.
    I never take an extra step. 👍

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    @Harrisville318 said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @boudie23 said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @halfbutt said in Stepping off to delay game:

    You are the one that is delaying the game. He is only trying to counter you.

    The sportsmanlike thing to do once your opponent sees you are taking an extra step lead and throws over/steps off a few times, is to stop taking an extra step and move your runner with the bat.

    No you are delaying the game, learn how to pitch with runners on base and them taking the extra step won’t have any affect.

    Stepping off or throwing over is actually the proper move to counter the fact that you get an extra step. You must be .....never mind. Good luck stepper. Life gets tough sometimes when youre.....nevermind.

    Guess you should of kept reading the rest of our conversation, you must be....never mind.👍

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    This game is not real baseball. It’s a RNG based dice roll game with made up cards. So no most players will not let you just lead and steal with a fast player.

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    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @halfbutt said in Stepping off to delay game:

    It’s a video game. This topic has been discussed on here ad nauseum.

    Obviously, you are free to play the game the way you want, but you can expect to have a lot of opponents throw over or step off until you stop taking that step or get picked off.

    Also, this is a tactic most commonly adopted by poor hitters, so way to out yourself.

    What a terrible assumption, stop trying to deflect and move the goal posts. I'm a CS player that overall has hit approx 265-270. Am i the greatest? No, but I'm also not playing on a monitor so i stall out in the mid-800s, maybe I'll hit WS this year maybe not.

    Also, look what I'm saying, i don't do it all the time because that's how you get picked off. I'm talking about great base runners with great speed taking a larger lead. I've seen entitlement mentioned here, you know what entitlement looks like? Refusing to play the game because your opponent is taking a larger lead with a great base runner!

    Honestly though you guys need to stop deflecting and moving the goalposts and address this statement that you continue to avoid: Do you feel its wrong for a player such as Rickey Henderson to take a longer lead than a guy like Yadier Molina or Miguel Cabrera?

    Statcast and the entirety of baseball history disagrees with you. Wake up.

    In this game you do not need the extra lead to Steal a base with Henderson, I steal a lot in this game and rarely take an extra step, no need to. I suck at hitting. Realistically those slow runners take the same lead as the fast runners in this game. Every player in this game takes the same normal lead. Saying Miggy or Molina or any other slow runner takes a shorter lead does not exist in this game. You have a right to take the extra lead and I have a right to step off or throw over as many times as I want or the game allows.

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    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @PennStateFencer said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @notoriousHEB said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @maskedgrappler said in Stepping off to delay game:

    Its not wrong for you to take a longer lead, its not long for me to hold you on. Its a stalemate. Guess we find out who's more stubborn.

    You can't pretend this game is real life either, we all know giving a fast runner the extra lead is a guaranteed stolen base in this game.

    It is wrong of you to refuse to play the game and not allow it to continue ... 100%. It's also entirely unrealistic.

    A helpful lesson for those who get upset when a pitcher continues to step off or throw over.

    https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidts-lead-distance-helps-steals/c-141464286

    There's an article on statcast lead distance for people like yourself that are unfamiliar with how baseball is played.

    This isn't the major leagues chief. We've got 102 mph sinkers that are most effective up and in. Lazy fly balls at the track that defenders with diamond defense can't handle. Runners getting thrown out at first on weak hits to right field far more often than is reasonable. Catchers that are essentially Swiss cheese. Perfect/perfect fly balls from the greater power hitters of all time that die at the track, and good/okay moonshots by pitchers. Base runners refusing to advance on a ball that clearly won't get caught, which eventually leads to two runners standing on the same base. I hate to break this to you, but you're playing a video game, and a flawed one at that.

    It is ridiculously easy to steal in this game even without an extended lead, so why is it your opponents responsibility to concede an even larger than necessary lead? If you really feel that entitled to your extended lead because "that's baseball", fine. Just don't [censored] and moan when your opponent steps off and throws over because guess what? That's video games. They can do whatever they want to try and beat you within the confines of the game, and complaining about their actions is hypocritical.

    But we aren't talking about playing the game. We are talking about people refusing to play refusing to allow the game to move forward because your being a sour puss over a fast runner taking a lead. Are you listening to yourself? My god how embarrassing.

    It's the I'm taking my ball and going home mentality that's the issue.... All because rickey henderson gets a bigger lead than yaddy molina... This is such a clown show.

    Go watch baseball for once in your life.

    You refuse to continue the game by taking an extra lead cause you feel entitled, I refuse to play the game cause you take the extra lead. The first action is what is delaying the game. Me stepping off is a reaction to your action. If you do not take the extra lead then the game is not delayed. Again my action to delay the game is one that you caused by your extra lead which you do not need to steal a base but feel that you should be entitled to with out a reaction from the pitcher. Even fast runners get picked off in this game.

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    @dbarmonstar said in Stepping off to delay game:

    I have a right to step off or throw over as many times as I want or the game allows.

    People like you ruin the online experience for everyone else. But enjoy your few extra "wins" that don't matter anyway.

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    @NatsChampions19 said in Stepping off to delay game:

    @dbarmonstar said in Stepping off to delay game:

    I have a right to step off or throw over as many times as I want or the game allows.

    People like you ruin the online experience for everyone else. But enjoy your few extra "wins" that don't matter anyway.

    People who feel entitled to take a extra lead to win ruin the experience how does stepping off give me any extra wins. I take it the only way you can win is by taking extra leads.

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    The fact that you are willing to exploit a bug to stop a game from continuing just because you don't like something the other guy is doing makes you a cheater. I hope you get banned.

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