Weekend Classic
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I think a ton of non world series players have ws badges since you can kind've fake level up during weekend classic. I'm not sure exactly but you can prob go 6-0 in silver II (maybe silver I) and get the WS banner.
When I see like a 20x flawless banner I think this game is done before it starts but honestly I don't think the WS banner means as much as it used to this year.
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You can also get a WS badge through CoOp and with the quit game glitch in June and now the pitches down the middle being balls glitch. Alot of people have got WS badges they shouldn't have.
That being said there are players who intentionally do not play ranked until WC and then sweep wins on All-Star because difficulty doesn't change during WC. So a person with a 800+ rating could just not play ranked and sweep 10-15 wins to get a 800 rating from 500-600 to get a WS badge and pack.
So yes both statements are true and I have brought this up since WC 2 where people intentionally tanked thier record AFTER getting 1000 badge in order to go down to Gold 2 to get 6-0 for rewards. Unfortunately until SDS locks in lifetime highest rank and not rank week of WC it will consist to be an issue. -
Dude I’m in bronze ( I don’t play H2H much ) and I always see World Series icons and banners when I play weekend classic..
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I'm on a fresh start so 0-0 online, realistically a 500-600 player because i can't be bothered to care.
I saw the rewards and just said nope. If the rewind pack was at 3 wins I would have given it a try.I'll just wait to forever season and earn everything then.
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I was about to come and do a thread on something similar , so I reached 900 for the first time this season which got me into diamond l grouping , I DID NOT KNOW that I would only be facing 1000 players lol [censored] sucks. But I got 2 wins right now and 3 losses , only good thing was the 2 weekend players pack with 2 wins , so I kept Johnson and sold Jackie , so that’s a plus I guess. Just sucks facing these sweaty players all dam weekend because I broke 900 for the first time.
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@Dharper_23_PSN Same and also in Silver II. 0-4. have lost 2 in the bottom of the ninth/10th. Hung with the WS players but lost by 5 runs or so in each. That's just weekend classic...
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They have to learn that rating does not represent how good a player is, just like avg does not represent how good a hitter is. A more complex measurement is needed.
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@CarlosLBJ23_PSN said in Weekend Classic:
They have to learn that rating does not represent how good a player is, just like avg does not represent how good a hitter is. A more complex measurement is needed.
Im sorry what? What kind of backwards ideology is that? Rating doesn't determine how good someone is? Oh okay so a player who barely gets out od spring training at 400 rating is just as good as a 1000 rates legend player? That's like saying a high school team is as good as a college team or a pro team. Seriously guy re-think that train of thought.
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@CarlosLBJ23_PSN
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You can get a WS badge if you play enough games of weekend classic staying on ur difficulty and not jumping to legend and HOF. So they either did the COOP glitch or played a lot of weekend classic. Good WS players will want to play on the harder difficulties.
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@Rhyno1986_XBL rating does not measure if you can hit, pitch or defend, it only cares about who wins, not always the best player wins especially in sports video games like this one (freezes off, handicap, luck, bugs, disconnections ...) and on top of that a WS player can manipulate his rating to stay on lower difficulties. Rating has to be more complex because winning does not make me better than you or Rockies and Dodgers are at the same level because the tied 2-2 their last series?
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@Rhyno1986_XBL relax tf? Just his opinion. No need to go be an [censored].
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@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Weekend Classic:
You can get a WS badge if you play enough games of weekend classic staying on ur difficulty and not jumping to legend and HOF. So they either did the COOP glitch or played a lot of weekend classic. Good WS players will want to play on the harder difficulties.
That is a valid argument but a WS badge obtained through CoOp guit glitch or just in general does not effect YOUR personal ranked record. So again it still shows rank is at least a fairly good indicator of skill level. Because even if you stayed on All-star at 600 rating you'd still have to win enough in order to get to WS. This still means that the metric or rating would show that player is capable or winning 2-3 more games a run then losing.
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@CarlosLBJ23_PSN said in Weekend Classic:
@Rhyno1986_XBL rating does not measure if you can hit, pitch or defend, it only cares about who wins, not always the best player wins especially in sports video games like this one (freezes off, handicap, luck, bugs, disconnections ...) and on top of that a WS player can manipulate his rating to stay on lower difficulties. Rating has to be more complex because winning does not make me better than you or Rockies and Dodgers are at the same level because the tied 2-2 their last series?
That is a false statement on 3 of your 4 points. It is directly effected to hiw well you can hit and pitch. Why? Because I've played players in the 800-870 (where I normally play) that have a low overall average with thier cards, but can pitch like crazy. Inversely I have also played people who have crazy averages with thier cards, but throw the same 3 pitches in the same pattern and location all game with every pitch they use and get shelled. The only thing it doesn't show is fielding anf that is because fielding is fairly random and based on CPU random animations. As well as you are correct we have seen plenty of higher rated players intentionally tank thier record to play an easier WC experience. Still shows that their record is rating is a good metric of player skill. Why? Because again as they win even in WC after tanking thier record they would have to win more games then losing in that lower skill rating which would increase thier record and rating. This is why SDS needs to use Highest overall lifetime rating for WC placement and not just taking when WC starts.
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When the season resets, so does your rank. If a 800-900 level player didn't play much, you would match up with them.
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If I’m in the 0-399 bracket why am I facing World Series players that are currently ranked over 500? This is the part that doesn’t make sense to me
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@CarlosLBJ23_PSN said in Weekend Classic:
@Rhyno1986_XBL rating does not measure if you can hit, pitch or defend, it only cares about who wins, not always the best player wins especially in sports video games like this one (freezes off, handicap, luck, bugs, disconnections ...) and on top of that a WS player can manipulate his rating to stay on lower difficulties. Rating has to be more complex because winning does not make me better than you or Rockies and Dodgers are at the same level because the tied 2-2 their last series?
So what does measure your skill? How many cards you have?
