SDS: Non-Sellable rewards
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Count me on the side of non-sellable ruining the mode. It’s 1,500 stubs for an entry. I enjoy playing online, and I’m fine at the game, but I’ll never go 12-0. So I’m supposed to enter 15-20 times or whatever it is to get a non-sellable card? Why would anyone who can’t go 12-0 ever play BR now? It’s a complete waste.
Not to mention, if you are actually good at this game, you are going to end up with millions of stubs whether BR rewards are sellable or not. All SDS has done now is ensure almost no one will be able to buy these cards because supply will be next to nothing on the market.
This could have been easily fixed by adding a 50k stub reward for flawless on top of the player (or something similar). Instead they made the mode worthless for the majority of players.
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@eatyum_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
SDS is forcing my hand, I stopped flipping because I just wanted to enjoy the game and I was making decent stubs to get roughly most of the players I wanted by just playing. I'm not gonna go back to flipping so if they keep squeezing us, I'll just pack my bags. I've spent some money just about every year, but this kind of stuff has the opposite effect on my wallet
My point. I was ready to hit the 'Check Out' button on my PS5 order through PlayStation Direct; but I cancelled it this morning.
This game is the only game I play and I'm not spending $500, for a better console, when I can still play it on the PS4. Yes, I'll still have to deal with the 'laggy graphics' and not having the Mission Progress screen, but I'm not spending $500 to just have those items when I can't sell any of my rewards.
When you don't play online; you have no use for a 99 rated starter. You can do what needs to be done with a lower rated player. Why would I want to keep a player that I won't use?
Also, I was ready to buy $300 worth of stubs because I wanted to complete the LS Collection before Memorial Day weekend, as there will probably be a stub sale then, but I'm not buying any now.
I play with what players I have now and when I get bored; I'll move on to something else.
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@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Yep in years past I was motivated to play and get all the cards to play with in the game. It gave me something to strive for as an average player that will never be elite. Now that deal is long gone with the new direction, high end packs, and non sellable rewards. I can’t be the only one in this boat, was nice while it lasted.
Ok then stop trying to participate in a mode where elite players are playing. Just because you want something doesn’t give you the right have it. Either accept the reward that they give you for participating (the participation trophy ie the non sellable card) or stop playing the mode altogether and annoying us with your whining about why you can’t sell your trophy.
This is so insulting. Grinding 8-10 hours, playing the same people you are but winning less isn't a participation trophy. Elitist snobbish points of view like this are exactly whats wrong with this game.
Sometimes somebody has slap you for you to return to reality. Life is a competition. That’s not elitism thats a fact of life.
No, it's not a competition. It's A video game that's supposed to be fun. The pov that only the 1% should be fairly rewarded is elitist and snobbish.
Please go tell that to streamers who make a living at playing this game. You’re only further proving my point. Let me guess, you think capitalism is elitist and snobbish too? Well why don’t you tell me how every communist society has faired in the history of human kind. Cuba, China, N. Korea, USSR, Venezuela, all the eastern block European countries during the Cold War. All are cautionary tales about how much of an abject failure that economic system actually is. But you’re young maybe you know more than me.
Your general idea is correct. Communism fails. But it’s not an economic system. It’s an authoritarian form of government with governmental ownership of all goods and services.
Socialism is an economic system. And every successful economy in the world uses a hybrid of capitalism and socialism of varying degrees.
All communists societies begin as socialist societies and evolve into the former which is where the authoritarian governments take over the economies and take away individual liberties to create the equity that the government seeks. In this scenario, equity is not the same as equality.
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@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Yep in years past I was motivated to play and get all the cards to play with in the game. It gave me something to strive for as an average player that will never be elite. Now that deal is long gone with the new direction, high end packs, and non sellable rewards. I can’t be the only one in this boat, was nice while it lasted.
Ok then stop trying to participate in a mode where elite players are playing. Just because you want something doesn’t give you the right have it. Either accept the reward that they give you for participating (the participation trophy ie the non sellable card) or stop playing the mode altogether and annoying us with your whining about why you can’t sell your trophy.
This is so insulting. Grinding 8-10 hours, playing the same people you are but winning less isn't a participation trophy. Elitist snobbish points of view like this are exactly whats wrong with this game.
Sometimes somebody has slap you for you to return to reality. Life is a competition. That’s not elitism thats a fact of life.
No, it's not a competition. It's A video game that's supposed to be fun. The pov that only the 1% should be fairly rewarded is elitist and snobbish.
Please go tell that to streamers who make a living at playing this game. You’re only further proving my point. Let me guess, you think capitalism is elitist and snobbish too? Well why don’t you tell me how every communist society has faired in the history of human kind. Cuba, China, N. Korea, USSR, Venezuela, all the eastern block European countries during the Cold War. All are cautionary tales about how much of an abject failure that economic system actually is. But you’re young maybe you know more than me.
Your general idea is correct. Communism fails. But it’s not an economic system. It’s an authoritarian form of government with governmental ownership of all goods and services.
Socialism is an economic system. And every successful economy in the world uses a hybrid of capitalism and socialism of varying degrees.
By the way nice to see you in the forums again. I know we don’t agree on much but at least baseball unites us.
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First of all this is a video game and not real life. Second I have no problem with players good enough to get the best cards making all the stubs they can selling them. In years past I accepted the fact that I’m mediocre at the game and if I want the best cards I need to grind and flip my way to them. This year they have made that impossible by making most rewards non sellable, over loading content, and jacking up prices on the high end 99s forcing players to buy packs. So in the end the only way to get all the cards in the game now is to pump in thousands of dollars to buy stubs or be elite at the game, as in the top 2-3%. Simple math would say you have now excluded a majority of the player base and that will not sit well. In the end though money talks so as long as the game is making money, the elite are crushing their competition, and new players are willing to pump money into the game that’s all that matters. I’m not whining about it I’m just a little bummed out that the only game I’ve played for years is coming to an end based on this paradigm shift. Maybe after this year I will pick it up down the road when my son is old enough to give it a try. That’s assuming microtransactions haven’t completely killed the sports game genre by then. Time will tell.
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@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
First of all this is a video game and not real life. Second I have no problem with players good enough to get the best cards making all the stubs they can selling them. In years past I accepted the fact that I’m mediocre at the game and if I want the best cards I need to grind and flip my way to them. This year they have made that impossible by making most rewards non sellable, over loading content, and jacking up prices on the high end 99s forcing players to buy packs. So in the end the only way to get all the cards in the game now is to pump in thousands of dollars to buy stubs or be elite at the game, as in the top 2-3%. Simple math would say you have now excluded a majority of the player base and that will not sit well. In the end though money talks so as long as the game is making money, the elite are crushing their competition, and new players are willing to pump money into the game that’s all that matters. I’m not whining about it I’m just a little bummed out that the only game I’ve played for years is coming to an end based on this paradigm shift. Maybe after this year I will pick it up down the road when my son is old enough to give it a try. That’s assuming microtransactions haven’t completely killed the sports game genre by then. Time will tell.
I’m not sure we are playing the same game. Every single card can be had without spending a dime. I have just about every card except the WS rewards because I haven’t played much online. The majority of my play has been offline. Not sure how you come to this conclusion.
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@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Been saying that SDS was heading down the EA path before this. This is just another example of really pushing monetization.
I suppose this was inevitable but I naively hoped they might realize their biggest asset was being the player friendly sports gaming franchise. I guess they might still be compared to EA/2K but the lines are getting blurrier all the time.
What, by making the program version of the same card non-sellable. Not following your logic. Having spoken to some of the developers and streamers the logic was to have a way to reward those who go 12-0 while appeasing the entitlement generation by giving them a program so they could earn the same rewards as those who earned the reward the way the game mode was originally designed to played. The only difference was that the 12-0 guy can sell his card and the program guy can’t. I mean there is no reason SDS can’t just say screw it and remove the BR program altogether and make you earn the old fashion way. Which is the way it originally was. It’s amazing to even be debating this. This game has become no different than society. Everyone wants a handout instead of earning it. Absolutely mind boggling how we ended up here to begin with.
By “talking to developers and streamers” you mean one streamer. What that’s whiney dudes name? Watched him whine about it for like an hour one day. Maybe he should go outside and do something.
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@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Been saying that SDS was heading down the EA path before this. This is just another example of really pushing monetization.
I suppose this was inevitable but I naively hoped they might realize their biggest asset was being the player friendly sports gaming franchise. I guess they might still be compared to EA/2K but the lines are getting blurrier all the time.
What, by making the program version of the same card non-sellable. Not following your logic. Having spoken to some of the developers and streamers the logic was to have a way to reward those who go 12-0 while appeasing the entitlement generation by giving them a program so they could earn the same rewards as those who earned the reward the way the game mode was originally designed to played. The only difference was that the 12-0 guy can sell his card and the program guy can’t. I mean there is no reason SDS can’t just say screw it and remove the BR program altogether and make you earn the old fashion way. Which is the way it originally was. It’s amazing to even be debating this. This game has become no different than society. Everyone wants a handout instead of earning it. Absolutely mind boggling how we ended up here to begin with.
By “talking to developers and streamers” you mean one streamer. What that’s whiney dudes name? Watched him whine about it for like an hour one day. Maybe he should go outside and do something.
This coming from a serial complainer. Next!!!!!
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@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Been saying that SDS was heading down the EA path before this. This is just another example of really pushing monetization.
I suppose this was inevitable but I naively hoped they might realize their biggest asset was being the player friendly sports gaming franchise. I guess they might still be compared to EA/2K but the lines are getting blurrier all the time.
What, by making the program version of the same card non-sellable. Not following your logic. Having spoken to some of the developers and streamers the logic was to have a way to reward those who go 12-0 while appeasing the entitlement generation by giving them a program so they could earn the same rewards as those who earned the reward the way the game mode was originally designed to played. The only difference was that the 12-0 guy can sell his card and the program guy can’t. I mean there is no reason SDS can’t just say screw it and remove the BR program altogether and make you earn the old fashion way. Which is the way it originally was. It’s amazing to even be debating this. This game has become no different than society. Everyone wants a handout instead of earning it. Absolutely mind boggling how we ended up here to begin with.
By “talking to developers and streamers” you mean one streamer. What that’s whiney dudes name? Watched him whine about it for like an hour one day. Maybe he should go outside and do something.
This coming from a serial complainer. Next!!!!!
I say when things are good and when they are bad. You think the rewards in this game are good? You probably do because you’re won of the 7 or 8 that d ride them. I really do hope y’all 8 are good enough for them to keep their jobs because y’all gonna be the only ones playing it. Go look at 2k posts right now lol. And this game is closer to 2k than it is to its former self or even madden. You’re probably that whiney dude himself.
I listened to that dude cry for an hour about his rewards not being exclusive. Was the saddest thing I ever saw. I was wondering where his dad was his whole life.
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@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Been saying that SDS was heading down the EA path before this. This is just another example of really pushing monetization.
I suppose this was inevitable but I naively hoped they might realize their biggest asset was being the player friendly sports gaming franchise. I guess they might still be compared to EA/2K but the lines are getting blurrier all the time.
What, by making the program version of the same card non-sellable. Not following your logic. Having spoken to some of the developers and streamers the logic was to have a way to reward those who go 12-0 while appeasing the entitlement generation by giving them a program so they could earn the same rewards as those who earned the reward the way the game mode was originally designed to played. The only difference was that the 12-0 guy can sell his card and the program guy can’t. I mean there is no reason SDS can’t just say screw it and remove the BR program altogether and make you earn the old fashion way. Which is the way it originally was. It’s amazing to even be debating this. This game has become no different than society. Everyone wants a handout instead of earning it. Absolutely mind boggling how we ended up here to begin with.
By “talking to developers and streamers” you mean one streamer. What that’s whiney dudes name? Watched him whine about it for like an hour one day. Maybe he should go outside and do something.
This coming from a serial complainer. Next!!!!!
I say when things are good and when they are bad. You think the rewards in this game are good? You probably do because you’re won of the 7 or 8 that d ride them. I really do hope y’all 8 are good enough for them to keep their jobs because y’all gonna be the only ones playing it. Go look at 2k posts right now lol. And this game is closer to 2k than it is to its former self or even madden. You’re probably that whiney dude himself.
I listened to that dude cry for an hour about his rewards not being exclusive. Was the saddest thing I ever saw. I was wondering where his dad was his whole life.
I’m not going to engage with someone who feels the need to name call because they’re mad at a video game. Have a goodnight. I hope you feel better later.
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@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
First of all this is a video game and not real life. Second I have no problem with players good enough to get the best cards making all the stubs they can selling them. In years past I accepted the fact that I’m mediocre at the game and if I want the best cards I need to grind and flip my way to them. This year they have made that impossible by making most rewards non sellable, over loading content, and jacking up prices on the high end 99s forcing players to buy packs. So in the end the only way to get all the cards in the game now is to pump in thousands of dollars to buy stubs or be elite at the game, as in the top 2-3%. Simple math would say you have now excluded a majority of the player base and that will not sit well. In the end though money talks so as long as the game is making money, the elite are crushing their competition, and new players are willing to pump money into the game that’s all that matters. I’m not whining about it I’m just a little bummed out that the only game I’ve played for years is coming to an end based on this paradigm shift. Maybe after this year I will pick it up down the road when my son is old enough to give it a try. That’s assuming microtransactions haven’t completely killed the sports game genre by then. Time will tell.
I’m not sure we are playing the same game. Every single card can be had without spending a dime. I have just about every card except the WS rewards because I haven’t played much online. The majority of my play has been offline. Not sure how you come to this conclusion.
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If that is the case how many hours per day are you playing the game my man? I work full time and have a family so during the week I may get a couple hours per night at best. The weekends I try to catch up but that is also family time and despite all that I’m still well short of 260 cards for set 1. Less than 30 cards into set 2 and missing a boat load of the top tier cards that were only found in premium packs. If you have all the cards except World Series rewards you must live on the game 24/7 and have incredible pack luck. If so, more power to you and congrats. I think my complaint rests with the casual players that do the best we can with the time we have, love baseball, are willing to grind and flip our way to the best cards, that now can’t keep up because the game has fundamentally changed. Casual players are now firmly on the outside looking in.
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@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Been saying that SDS was heading down the EA path before this. This is just another example of really pushing monetization.
I suppose this was inevitable but I naively hoped they might realize their biggest asset was being the player friendly sports gaming franchise. I guess they might still be compared to EA/2K but the lines are getting blurrier all the time.
What, by making the program version of the same card non-sellable. Not following your logic. Having spoken to some of the developers and streamers the logic was to have a way to reward those who go 12-0 while appeasing the entitlement generation by giving them a program so they could earn the same rewards as those who earned the reward the way the game mode was originally designed to played. The only difference was that the 12-0 guy can sell his card and the program guy can’t. I mean there is no reason SDS can’t just say screw it and remove the BR program altogether and make you earn the old fashion way. Which is the way it originally was. It’s amazing to even be debating this. This game has become no different than society. Everyone wants a handout instead of earning it. Absolutely mind boggling how we ended up here to begin with.
By “talking to developers and streamers” you mean one streamer. What that’s whiney dudes name? Watched him whine about it for like an hour one day. Maybe he should go outside and do something.
This coming from a serial complainer. Next!!!!!
I say when things are good and when they are bad. You think the rewards in this game are good? You probably do because you’re won of the 7 or 8 that d ride them. I really do hope y’all 8 are good enough for them to keep their jobs because y’all gonna be the only ones playing it. Go look at 2k posts right now lol. And this game is closer to 2k than it is to its former self or even madden. You’re probably that whiney dude himself.
I listened to that dude cry for an hour about his rewards not being exclusive. Was the saddest thing I ever saw. I was wondering where his dad was his whole life.
I’m not going to engage with someone who feels the need to name call because they’re mad at a video game. Have a goodnight. I hope you feel better later.
Yea you forgot the fact I give zero Fs about your opinion either. You’re whining about something that only affects you and not caring how it affect 99% of the player base. If SDS was dumb enough to listen to you they deserve to be fired.
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I understand Ranked going this way, it needed to, the only thing with BR is that it costs to play, so I think for that reason, I’d keep it sellable. 12-0, you get the flawless reward, plus a few high diamonds, so If you’re good enough you are making Stubbs.
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@jcassaro44_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
I understand Ranked going this way, it needed to, the only thing with BR is that it costs to play, so I think for that reason, I’d keep it sellable. 12-0, you get the flawless reward, plus a few high diamonds, so If you’re good enough you are making Stubbs.
Ranked season didn’t need to go that way either. Hell for a company that thought it was cool to have you lock in 500-800k and grind for 100 hours for maybe 2 99s(which were good cards) the least they could do is make some solid 99s cheaper so at least a couple were actually useable. Especially because they all expire in 3 months or so lol.
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@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
If that is the case how many hours per day are you playing the game my man? I work full time and have a family so during the week I may get a couple hours per night at best. The weekends I try to catch up but that is also family time and despite all that I’m still well short of 260 cards for set 1. Less than 30 cards into set 2 and missing a boat load of the top tier cards that were only found in premium packs. If you have all the cards except World Series rewards you must live on the game 24/7 and have incredible pack luck. If so, more power to you and congrats. I think my complaint rests with the casual players that do the best we can with the time we have, love baseball, are willing to grind and flip our way to the best cards, that now can’t keep up because the game has fundamentally changed. Casual players are now firmly on the outside looking in.
I work 45-50 hours per week in the elements Sun-Thur and a single parent to boot. I get to play this game after my son goes to bed while watching baseball in the evenings. And spend even less time on the weekends playing do to my family commitments and doing door dash to supplement my income. I do have a system on how to make my time on the game efficient so I can complete the most stuff in a timely manner. So please don’t assume you know me.
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@GoTitans3_XBL said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@jcassaro44_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
I understand Ranked going this way, it needed to, the only thing with BR is that it costs to play, so I think for that reason, I’d keep it sellable. 12-0, you get the flawless reward, plus a few high diamonds, so If you’re good enough you are making Stubbs.
Ranked season didn’t need to go that way either. Hell for a company that thought it was cool to have you lock in 500-800k and grind for 100 hours for maybe 2 99s(which were good cards) the least they could do is make some solid 99s cheaper so at least a couple were actually useable. Especially because they all expire in 3 months or so lol.
Hell I’m gonna be honest. I got chipper and Pedro. Passed on babe. This season I’ve grounded. About done with the last TA conquest and at the point I don’t care if I get a single card, which means it gets turned off.
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@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Yep in years past I was motivated to play and get all the cards to play with in the game. It gave me something to strive for as an average player that will never be elite. Now that deal is long gone with the new direction, high end packs, and non sellable rewards. I can’t be the only one in this boat, was nice while it lasted.
Ok then stop trying to participate in a mode where elite players are playing. Just because you want something doesn’t give you the right have it. Either accept the reward that they give you for participating (the participation trophy ie the non sellable card) or stop playing the mode altogether and annoying us with your whining about why you can’t sell your trophy.
This is so insulting. Grinding 8-10 hours, playing the same people you are but winning less isn't a participation trophy. Elitist snobbish points of view like this are exactly whats wrong with this game.
Sometimes somebody has slap you for you to return to reality. Life is a competition. That’s not elitism thats a fact of life.
No, it's not a competition. It's A video game that's supposed to be fun. The pov that only the 1% should be fairly rewarded is elitist and snobbish.
Please go tell that to streamers who make a living at playing this game. You’re only further proving my point. Let me guess, you think capitalism is elitist and snobbish too? Well why don’t you tell me how every communist society has faired in the history of human kind. Cuba, China, N. Korea, USSR, Venezuela, all the eastern block European countries during the Cold War. All are cautionary tales about how much of an abject failure that economic system actually is. But you’re young maybe you know more than me.
Your general idea is correct. Communism fails. But it’s not an economic system. It’s an authoritarian form of government with governmental ownership of all goods and services.
Socialism is an economic system. And every successful economy in the world uses a hybrid of capitalism and socialism of varying degrees.
All communists societies begin as socialist societies and evolve into the former which is where the authoritarian governments take over the economies and take away individual liberties to create the equity that the government seeks. In this scenario, equity is not the same as equality.
I mean, from the countries I’m familiar, that’s not the case at all. It’s generally a violent revolution that brings communism after some form of civil war. It’s not some slippery slope from socialism. Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, etc. All violent revolutions. Very abrupt.
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@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@Firestormx_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
@TripleH-4481_PSN said in SDS: Non-Sellable rewards:
Yep in years past I was motivated to play and get all the cards to play with in the game. It gave me something to strive for as an average player that will never be elite. Now that deal is long gone with the new direction, high end packs, and non sellable rewards. I can’t be the only one in this boat, was nice while it lasted.
Ok then stop trying to participate in a mode where elite players are playing. Just because you want something doesn’t give you the right have it. Either accept the reward that they give you for participating (the participation trophy ie the non sellable card) or stop playing the mode altogether and annoying us with your whining about why you can’t sell your trophy.
This is so insulting. Grinding 8-10 hours, playing the same people you are but winning less isn't a participation trophy. Elitist snobbish points of view like this are exactly whats wrong with this game.
Sometimes somebody has slap you for you to return to reality. Life is a competition. That’s not elitism thats a fact of life.
No, it's not a competition. It's A video game that's supposed to be fun. The pov that only the 1% should be fairly rewarded is elitist and snobbish.
Please go tell that to streamers who make a living at playing this game. You’re only further proving my point. Let me guess, you think capitalism is elitist and snobbish too? Well why don’t you tell me how every communist society has faired in the history of human kind. Cuba, China, N. Korea, USSR, Venezuela, all the eastern block European countries during the Cold War. All are cautionary tales about how much of an abject failure that economic system actually is. But you’re young maybe you know more than me.
Your general idea is correct. Communism fails. But it’s not an economic system. It’s an authoritarian form of government with governmental ownership of all goods and services.
Socialism is an economic system. And every successful economy in the world uses a hybrid of capitalism and socialism of varying degrees.
By the way nice to see you in the forums again. I know we don’t agree on much but at least baseball unites us.
Always happy to discuss ideas! Not sure what you think we disagree on, though.
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I’ve read through this and multiple other threads and I see good arguments from both sides. Probably nobody will care what I think but here’s my 2 cents.
If you go back 3 years ago, there were no programs for RS/BR. Only way to get these special cards were to make it to WS and go 12-0.
In my honest opinion, the way they just made set 2 is how it should’ve been implanted in the first place when they introduced programs.
Lets not kid ourselves, “programs” are a handout. If you’re gonna be handed out a special card for participating, it shouldn’t be worth as much as the one who earned his way to WS or 12-0 in BR. It’s a great way to encourage those who can’t make it or don’t have the time to get what was an unattainable before without having to spend 300-400K stubs.
