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Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston

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  • NR7LES_XBLN Offline
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    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

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  • BJDUBBYAH_PSNB Offline
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    @NR7LES_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

    No lifer shilling for 2k. Sad

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  • raesONE-_PSNR Offline
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    @BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @NR7LES_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

    No lifer shilling for 2k. Sad

    As much as I dislike 2K's business model, their games are high quality.

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  • lewisnadasurf1_PSNL Offline
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    I play from UK. I nearly always get matched up with east cost or Caribbean players. Occasionally a European!

    I don’t think location is the issue. Maybe playing at peak time is the problem with the SDS servers. Aware it’s p2p but I have zero lag problems. None.

    (Majority of my games are played between 5am-5pm ET)

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  • TPB Violet 9_XBLT Offline
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    @lewisnadasurf1_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I play from UK. I nearly always get matched up with east cost or Caribbean players. Occasionally a European!

    I don’t think location is the issue. Maybe playing at peak time is the problem with the SDS servers. Aware it’s p2p but I have zero lag problems. None.

    (Majority of my games are played between 5am-5pm ET)

    Nobody here honestly believes that unless your internet is horrible at which point the lag wouldn’t be affecting you which is most likely the scenario

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  • BestPalV_PSNB Offline
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    @BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @NR7LES_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

    No lifer shilling for 2k. Sad

    MLB 2K was awesome bozo. I would pick 2k over the show any day of week. At least 2k fixes their [censored].

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    @raesONE-_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    There are 2 reasons I can come up with for this happening, and they're both not very flattering for SDS buy very likely nonetheless:

    1. Their (prehistoric) networking infrastructure doesn't prioritize connection quality or location
    2. If it does in fact prioritize connection quality and location, then the simple conclusion would be that there aren't many people left playing this game online, or you wouldn't be connecting to someone so far away.

    i would've thought 2 here is the reality mate

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  • BJDUBBYAH_PSNB Offline
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    @BestPalV_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @NR7LES_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

    No lifer shilling for 2k. Sad

    MLB 2K was awesome bozo. I would pick 2k over the show any day of week. At least 2k fixes their [censored].

    So you’re both 2k shills. Now it makes sense.

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  • raesONE-_PSNR Offline
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    @BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @BestPalV_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @NR7LES_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

    No lifer shilling for 2k. Sad

    MLB 2K was awesome bozo. I would pick 2k over the show any day of week. At least 2k fixes their [censored].

    So you’re both 2k shills. Now it makes sense.

    Why can't you just let people have their own opinions? God you're so obnoxious all the time.

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  • TPB Violet 9_XBLT Offline
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    @BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @NR7LES_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I'd say player pool is just completely depleted.

    • Two way pitcher glitch not being fixed for two weeks now with no plans in sight/communication from development team on wtf is going on
    • No reason to grind for 900+ rating when everyone can achieve WS rewards by just playing and losing
    • Gameplay hasn't been tweaked/updated AT ALL since launch.

    It's obvious people are giving up, hell even the Devs have clearly given up based on the way they are handling everything. Hopefully the MLB license renewal goes in favor of 2k next time around.

    No lifer shilling for 2k. Sad

    No competition is bad for sports games look at Madden. They’ve become totally complacent with this game. I mean no gameplay updates in 3 months is either negligent or lazy. The online rewards bad swings far more often than good swings than it should still. We aren’t getting any network or gameplay fixes just diamond duo packs.

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  • ChuckCLC_PSNC Offline
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    I still havent figured how to find out where my opponent is playing from. Unless I message them. And that aint happening.

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  • TPB Violet 9_XBLT Offline
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    @ChuckCLC_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    I still havent figured how to find out where my opponent is playing from. Unless I message them. And that aint happening.

    You have to message them unless they have social media attached to their profile that says where they live. Most people will respond if you mention the area you’re from first.

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  • LuvMyXBOX_XBLL Offline
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    I wish I could play ppl from a different area. I get Giants/A's but the majority of time Dodgers players.

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  • TPB Violet 9_XBLT Offline
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    It really doesn’t work especially when the timing windows for each game is drastically different the online component really is a bad product. The fact the games are all homerun dependent shows how little work they’ve done on MLB 23.

    The desynch on pitches coming in is probably my biggest grip with how the online plays they need to figure out a better system then trying to guess where the micro stutter is on each pitch is when it comes in. Some people are much better at this then others, but it’s extremely hard to relearn how to play a totally different game after 100s of hours of offline where you can crush the cpu 15-0 on All Star but barely make contact online. All Star + is an excuse to mask the sub par multiplayer because All Star+ is different from game to game.

    People aren’t bad at the game the online is bad. I would rather lose 20-18 then struggle to hit a ball because the game is functionally broken during many multiplayer games. The game plays better on slower connections as other posters have pointed out and that’s a massive issue plaguing the game right now.

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  • genopolanco_PSNG Offline
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    Yeah I just played someone wearing Lichtenstein jerseys. This is getting out of hand. There’s no way they could’ve just equipped the jerseys without actually living there.

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  • Bearsfan217_XBLB Offline
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    @genopolanco_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    Yeah I just played someone wearing Lichtenstein jerseys. This is getting out of hand. There’s no way they could’ve just equipped the jerseys without actually living there.

    Made me chuckle 😃

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  • TPB Violet 9_XBLT Offline
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    @genopolanco_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    Yeah I just played someone wearing Lichtenstein jerseys. This is getting out of hand. There’s no way they could’ve just equipped the jerseys without actually living there.

    Ya, I kind of explained I’ve been asking people where they are from if it’s not already in their profile, but nice attempt at a gaslight 🫤

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  • virusts_XBLV Offline
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    I could care less where my opponent is. We are essentially going to have the same connection to each other whether it’s great bad. I can maybe count on one hand where o thought connection was an issue when I played a game

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  • genopolanco_PSNG Offline
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    @TPB-Violet-9_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    @genopolanco_PSN said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    Yeah I just played someone wearing Lichtenstein jerseys. This is getting out of hand. There’s no way they could’ve just equipped the jerseys without actually living there.

    Ya, I kind of explained I’ve been asking people where they are from if it’s not already in their profile, but nice attempt at a gaslight 🫤

    You can say anything you want. It doesn’t mean I have to believe it.

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    @TPB-Violet-9_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

    It really doesn’t work especially when the timing windows for each game is drastically different the online component really is a bad product. The fact the games are all homerun dependent shows how little work they’ve done on MLB 23.

    The desynch on pitches coming in is probably my biggest grip with how the online plays they need to figure out a better system then trying to guess where the micro stutter is on each pitch is when it comes in. Some people are much better at this then others, but it’s extremely hard to relearn how to play a totally different game after 100s of hours of offline where you can crush the cpu 15-0 on All Star but barely make contact online. All Star + is an excuse to mask the sub par multiplayer because All Star+ is different from game to game.

    People aren’t bad at the game the online is bad. I would rather lose 20-18 then struggle to hit a ball because the game is functionally broken during many multiplayer games. The game plays better on slower connections as other posters have pointed out and that’s a massive issue plaguing the game right now.

    Well said. I am currently only playing online rated with the settings all-star pitching and vet hitting. I feel the game plays good online with these settings. Would I prefer the game work right? Of course, but I love baseball and will make due with what they give us. Game plays great offline.

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