Why are we playing against bots in "online rated"

[xXSharkyXx4757_XBL]

Why? It's obvious in some games. I dk t wanna hear i suck blah blah. I been playing this game for years. This year it's different. Are there not enough players who bought game?
I'm using "all star" for online rated. Seems weird. Had another game where I was tied 4-4 going to the 10th and all of the sudden the opponent was dotting pitches after 9 innings when he couldn't and then scored 6 runs on me in 1 inning. I lost 10 to 5. Weird.

I think , not many people bought game and they are plugging games against humans with bots. This dude the whole game never chased any balls close to the zone except maybe 2 times in 9 innings. He seemed too perfect. I'm painting balls on the lines of the square(half on, half off for balls) and no chases. The next game, i play , the opponent chased several close pitches and I won 9-1 after he quit game by the 5th inning. It was obvious he was human.

We are playing bots on "competitive" because I looked in the settings during the game and this is what it said. I preset my settings for "casual" gaming but yet it places bots against live opponents and changes the level of comp to a harder setting so basically your playing someone who is insanely better than what your used to playing. Weird. I'm 14-7 overall. I've never started off this bad in 8 yrs playing this game. Normally im like 20-3 and once you hit 30 wins then the comp gets harder ive noticed over the last 4 seasons. I know right off the bat if I'm playing someone i shouldn't be or its a bot(which is what it is)when they are crushing the balls pitched over their heads on into the dirt.

I havent even started DD yet because my team average ovr is only an 80. I usually wait till I got a decent team of 87 ovr then I'll play game one. I'm trying to achieve as many moments and programs as possible to build my team up. I usually tried to get at least 5/6 switch hitters in my lineup. Stops opponents from switching pitchers every dam time in the later innings.

[P0pa Cherry_XBL]

@xXSharkyXx4757_XBL said in Why are we playing against bots in "online rated":

This dude the whole game never chased any balls close to the zone except maybe 2 times in 9 innings. He seemed too perfect. I'm painting balls on the lines of the square(half on, half off for balls) and no chases.

It sounds like Luis from SDS.

It's the beginning of the year. You never know what you are going to get playing ranked. You could get a goon, or you could get someone playing the game for the first time ever. I highly doubt you are getting bots.