Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?
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@kovz88_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I've seen others post about this but honestly
- Your ruoning it for guys that are actually at the lower ranks because you are clearly better than them.
- Shouldn't talk about tanking in the forums because I'm fairly certain it's against TOS and you might get yourself in trouble.
Just my opinion here, but....
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A player ruining it by tanking it to play a non CS/WS player is the same as a CS/WS player ruining it for WC/DS players that they are clearly better than. One is tanking on purpose and one isn't, but the matchup mismatches hold true across the game. I think a smarter way for SDS to handle match-ups is that once you make a level you only play people at the same level until you reach the next level and so on.
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I do not see how tanking on purpose would get you banned. People quit games all of the time for various reason. Not sure how SDS would or should police that.
The matchup's in game boggle my mind at times. I know that when playing event the ranked season W/L records of players are insane. 25-3, 60-8 and so on. I never see anyone 8-60 or 3-25. I know that there are really good players out there and I am only 24-12 in ranked (3 early disconnect losses early in the game cycle), but with all of the things that go wrong at times late in close games it is impossible for me to understand how people can be that effective online.
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@sevisonjn_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@kovz88_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I've seen others post about this but honestly
- Your ruoning it for guys that are actually at the lower ranks because you are clearly better than them.
- Shouldn't talk about tanking in the forums because I'm fairly certain it's against TOS and you might get yourself in trouble.
Just my opinion here, but....
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A player ruining it by tanking it to play a non CS/WS player is the same as a CS/WS player ruining it for WC/DS players that they are clearly better than. One is tanking on purpose and one isn't, but the matchup mismatches hold true across the game. I think a smarter way for SDS to handle match-ups is that once you make a level you only play people at the same level until you reach the next level and so on.
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I do not see how tanking on purpose would get you banned. People quit games all of the time for various reason. Not sure how SDS would or should police that.
The matchup's in game boggle my mind at times. I know that when playing event the ranked season W/L records of players are insane. 25-3, 60-8 and so on. I never see anyone 8-60 or 3-25. I know that there are really good players out there and I am only 24-12 in ranked (3 early disconnect losses early in the game cycle), but with all of the things that go wrong at times late in close games it is impossible for me to understand how people can be that effective online.
My record is like 50-11 or something but it's because I don't play alot of ranked so when I do occasionally play a ranked game it's in the 500-700s.
I never try to make world series because I don't like playing in hall of fame. Also I usually just buy the rewards I want so there no reason to waste my time trying to get 40 wins
So this being like the 6th season a player could be 30-0 and never play a single game above 550. Just play 5 low ranked games each season
I'm also convinced your first 10 games are against bots
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legend last season was playable...i went 3-1...but i pretty much avoided playing ranked season after getting WS, that's why i only played the 4 games
before that season once i hit WS i would lose on purpose to get back to HOF.... -
Hard no on this one.
Play the game if you are getting throttled 8-0, 9-1 then quit but quitting out just to get lower is toxic.
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@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
Every season until I get to around 25-30 wins. Then I make run to WS.
Monday night I dropped down to 430. Fix the game where I don't see 110 mph wiffle balls and I'll be more than happy to start at 700. I usually only run my best players from like 750 to 900+ for the initial WS run. Once I make WS I tank back into 7-800's and play with different cards.
I don't care about my record, I care about having fun. Not being able to read or react to pitches because of the lag isn't fun. Coincidentally (cough, cough), the higher you go the worse it is.I think it is a product of me being 8-9+ hours from the alleged server locations and opponents being very close. I just don't think there are very many people in my area that are highly ranked.
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
Every season until I get to around 25-30 wins. Then I make run to WS.
Monday night I dropped down to 430. Fix the game where I don't see 110 mph wiffle balls and I'll be more than happy to start at 700. I usually only run my best players from like 750 to 900+ for the initial WS run. Once I make WS I tank back into 7-800's and play with different cards.
I don't care about my record, I care about having fun. Not being able to read or react to pitches because of the lag isn't fun. Coincidentally (cough, cough), the higher you go the worse it is.I think it is a product of me being 8-9+ hours from the alleged server locations and opponents being very close. I just don't think there are very many people in my area that are highly ranked.
wow how do you go from 430 all the way up to world series =X..
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@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
If you never want to get better at this game then this is the tactic but some people like competition and to actually get better.
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@qwesty16_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
Every season until I get to around 25-30 wins. Then I make run to WS.
Monday night I dropped down to 430. Fix the game where I don't see 110 mph wiffle balls and I'll be more than happy to start at 700. I usually only run my best players from like 750 to 900+ for the initial WS run. Once I make WS I tank back into 7-800's and play with different cards.
I don't care about my record, I care about having fun. Not being able to read or react to pitches because of the lag isn't fun. Coincidentally (cough, cough), the higher you go the worse it is.I think it is a product of me being 8-9+ hours from the alleged server locations and opponents being very close. I just don't think there are very many people in my area that are highly ranked.
wow how do you go from 430 all the way up to world series =X..
Practice before every game
15 minutes of thumb exercises
15 minutes of eye exercises
30 minutes of custom practice against deGrom
15 minutes of custom pitching practice
3 inning practice game against cpu on legend
After the rs game, complete a scouting report on the positives and negatives in the game
Player evaluation to see who makes the starting lineups, bullpen, bench and rotations for next game -
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
If you never want to get better at this game then this is the tactic but some people like competition and to actually get better.
This has zero relevance on getting better at the game. I love to compete but until SDS figures out the connection/server issues plaguing this game that is nothing more than a pipe dream for me. I gave up 3 non-pci HR's just in my last game. Meanwhile, good/good is just a lineout. I'll just play for fun until then. Going to be a while.
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@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
I dont blame ya. Many people I am sure do this. Its a loophole and if its not fixed why not
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
If you never want to get better at this game then this is the tactic but some people like competition and to actually get better.
This has zero relevance on getting better at the game. I love to compete but until SDS figures out the connection/server issues plaguing this game that is nothing more than a pipe dream for me. I gave up 3 non-pci HR's just in my last game. Meanwhile, good/good is just a lineout. I'll just play for fun until then. Going to be a while.
everyone complains about connection/server issues
i'm in canada with a DSL connection of 50mbps and i'm using wifi
and i have no issue with server connections
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
If you never want to get better at this game then this is the tactic but some people like competition and to actually get better.
This has zero relevance on getting better at the game. I love to compete but until SDS figures out the connection/server issues plaguing this game that is nothing more than a pipe dream for me. I gave up 3 non-pci HR's just in my last game. Meanwhile, good/good is just a lineout. I'll just play for fun until then. Going to be a while.
Sure it does if you're playing down at All-Star a bunch against a bunch of newer players. You will never get better at the game by beating up on them. It's likepitching Rebel playing against you every game, it's not fair to you and he will never get better playing you.
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@qwesty16_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
Every season until I get to around 25-30 wins. Then I make run to WS.
Monday night I dropped down to 430. Fix the game where I don't see 110 mph wiffle balls and I'll be more than happy to start at 700. I usually only run my best players from like 750 to 900+ for the initial WS run. Once I make WS I tank back into 7-800's and play with different cards.
I don't care about my record, I care about having fun. Not being able to read or react to pitches because of the lag isn't fun. Coincidentally (cough, cough), the higher you go the worse it is.I think it is a product of me being 8-9+ hours from the alleged server locations and opponents being very close. I just don't think there are very many people in my area that are highly ranked.
wow how do you go from 430 all the way up to world series =X..
Practice before every game
15 minutes of thumb exercises
15 minutes of eye exercises
30 minutes of custom practice against deGrom
15 minutes of custom pitching practice
3 inning practice game against cpu on legend
After the rs game, complete a scouting report on the positives and negatives in the game
Player evaluation to see who makes the starting lineups, bullpen, bench and rotations for next gameDo you seriously do this before playing online? Honestly, I've never understood the idea of practicing vs CPU to play online. The game feels different offline vs online and I feel like I play astronomically worse playing the CPU in any mode/difficulty and then jumping online. I may just be odd though.
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@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@qwesty16_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
Every season until I get to around 25-30 wins. Then I make run to WS.
Monday night I dropped down to 430. Fix the game where I don't see 110 mph wiffle balls and I'll be more than happy to start at 700. I usually only run my best players from like 750 to 900+ for the initial WS run. Once I make WS I tank back into 7-800's and play with different cards.
I don't care about my record, I care about having fun. Not being able to read or react to pitches because of the lag isn't fun. Coincidentally (cough, cough), the higher you go the worse it is.I think it is a product of me being 8-9+ hours from the alleged server locations and opponents being very close. I just don't think there are very many people in my area that are highly ranked.
wow how do you go from 430 all the way up to world series =X..
Practice before every game
15 minutes of thumb exercises
15 minutes of eye exercises
30 minutes of custom practice against deGrom
15 minutes of custom pitching practice
3 inning practice game against cpu on legend
After the rs game, complete a scouting report on the positives and negatives in the game
Player evaluation to see who makes the starting lineups, bullpen, bench and rotations for next gameAin't nobody got time for that!
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i believe he was just joking
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@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
and he will never get better playing you.
Yes, but he would be able to get all of his team up to level V in a single game against me. He might not be better, but his team would be...
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@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
If you never want to get better at this game then this is the tactic but some people like competition and to actually get better.
This has zero relevance on getting better at the game. I love to compete but until SDS figures out the connection/server issues plaguing this game that is nothing more than a pipe dream for me. I gave up 3 non-pci HR's just in my last game. Meanwhile, good/good is just a lineout. I'll just play for fun until then. Going to be a while.
Sure it does if you're playing down at All-Star a bunch against a bunch of newer players. You will never get better at the game by beating up on them. It's likepitching Rebel playing against you every game, it's not fair to you and he will never get better playing you.
You do know I just played a top 50 player on legend and lost 8-7. Pitch speeds were warping. I literally had to guess pitch and location (basically get lucky) to score. From a hitting standpoint, the game felt like zero skill. I could not read and react pitches. I have also got this a ton even on all star. So much so that people would never guess I was a WS player. Game is a straight [censored] shoot for me. I generally have to take pitches for a while to try to figure out the speed.
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@theu715_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@qwesty16_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
@maddogtannen777_xbl said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
I have thought about to doing this so many times....
Getting up to mid 600's, lose a bunch of games on purpose to go back down, then win a bunch then lose, rinse and repeat.
I feel like the most fun I have in RS is when I am at or below 650. But I kinda care too much about my win loss record.
How do ya'll get to that 30 or 40 win mark without doing this?
Every season until I get to around 25-30 wins. Then I make run to WS.
Monday night I dropped down to 430. Fix the game where I don't see 110 mph wiffle balls and I'll be more than happy to start at 700. I usually only run my best players from like 750 to 900+ for the initial WS run. Once I make WS I tank back into 7-800's and play with different cards.
I don't care about my record, I care about having fun. Not being able to read or react to pitches because of the lag isn't fun. Coincidentally (cough, cough), the higher you go the worse it is.I think it is a product of me being 8-9+ hours from the alleged server locations and opponents being very close. I just don't think there are very many people in my area that are highly ranked.
wow how do you go from 430 all the way up to world series =X..
Practice before every game
15 minutes of thumb exercises
15 minutes of eye exercises
30 minutes of custom practice against deGrom
15 minutes of custom pitching practice
3 inning practice game against cpu on legend
After the rs game, complete a scouting report on the positives and negatives in the game
Player evaluation to see who makes the starting lineups, bullpen, bench and rotations for next gameDo you seriously do this before playing online? Honestly, I've never understood the idea of practicing vs CPU to play online. The game feels different offline vs online and I feel like I play astronomically worse playing the CPU in any mode/difficulty and then jumping online. I may just be odd though.
No I don't. I just jump in and play most time. Ain't no amount of practice gonna help me hit 110 mph wiffle balls. If I can read and react to the pitches, the game is over in less than 5 unless I am playing with some not so great cards which I do frequently.
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You seem to have a worst go of it than anyone else with the servers. And you stated earlier you live like 8 hours away from the closest server. I don't even know how you know the locations of the servers. Sounds like you just live in the middle of nowhere with bad reception if that were the case I wouldn't even bother playing this game because timing is everything. I also have games where the ball is faster and it seems like a 90 mile per hour pitch is 150 but I don't experience it everyday like you but I also have been playing a lot less I'm playing events and stuff which is that all star I never think all stars too fast.
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@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Ranked Seasons, do any of you do this?:
You seem to have a worst go of it than anyone else with the servers. And you stated earlier you live like 8 hours away from the closest server. I don't even know how you know the locations of the servers. Sounds like you just live in the middle of nowhere with bad reception if that were the case I wouldn't even bother playing this game because timing is everything. I also have games where the ball is faster and it seems like a 90 mile per hour pitch is 150 but I don't experience it everyday like you but I also have been playing a lot less I'm playing events and stuff which is that all star I never think all stars too fast.
KC. Almost center of the U.S. Wired fiber with an asus router. It isn't my connection.
Alleged location of servers as someone posted a while back. NJ, Florida, Chicago, Texas, Colorado and West Coast. All places that I coincidentally have when I see these names in the team name. Not always but a lot and vice-versa. I cringe when I see say Chicago in the team name. I know there is a really good chance the game is going to suck. Errors, warped pitches, base stealers not running, baserunning problems, non-pci hr's (I am the king of giving these up. Gave up 3 the last game I played), weak opponent hits, good/good for me going nowhere, etc. The list goes on. Somehow, SDS thinks it is good to match me against these people right next to the servers. Pretty sure this is where the fiber hurts me. Been dealing with these for years and think I finally found the problem. Big relief but absolutely nothing I can do. I would like to see them move a server from Florida to KC. Florida people would struggle making the WS.
