20 Card Max
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In the investment discord we have this down to as near a science as you can get. I’m not sharing details about what but they were in line for bumps in areas that should have boosted them to diamonds.
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I would be shocked if SDS intent was to allow this level of nearly risk free, low effort stub printing.
They could have handled it a lot better (with actual honest communication) and maybe not do it In a year where the game is in such a bad state though.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS What’s the point of doing a live series then? What’s the point of roster updates?
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@Teak2112_MLBTS what about this method is wrong? We watch games, track performance, and study correlation between irl performance and ratings over time in DD. That’s next level engagement. No bots, no computer programs, just a bunch of dudes pulling information and collaborating. Anyone can do it. I didn’t see anywhere in TOS that paying attention to the game irl and their own actions was a violation.
SDS has 1. Snuck a nerf in with the limit
2. Silenced or banned anyone who asks about it
3.Has infiltrated community discords and won’t acknowledge they have.
4. Did a poor update for RU1. Maybe intentional, maybe they are just doing what they have done all year. Apathy. I don’t think anyone knows for certain. I tend to lean apathy.None of this has been communicated well or it has been done in stealth. Either way they have burned a lot of trust/goodwill.
Throw the bots and cheating scandal in and their launching and communication on an app nobody asked for and it appears they don’t care about anything but profit this year. Which is their prerogative, but it was also what made them different than EA and 2K.
Not to mention the most unattainable card in the game is also a unplayable sack of dog turds.
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I never said it was against TOS. I just very seriously doubt SDS intended it as a way to make millions of stubs for little effort/risk.
I am in agreement with you that they handled it about as poorly as possible and they picked the worst possible year to do it.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS brother these loons never wanna hear they are half right. You either unequivocally take their words as bond or risk whatever backlash comes your way.
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@GoozeFn_PSN exactly don't call them roster updates. Call them whatever updates we feel like doing to make sure we arnt giving out free stubs.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS Whether they deliberately created it for that purpose or not, they are repeatedly and deceptively making it harder to earn stubs and ruining the experience in the process.
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They’re not even deceptive. It’s right in front of everyone’s face
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN Some things have been deceptive. The 20 player cap was never mentioned or even addressed for that matter. Other things have been flat out lies, like shrinkage. This is the worst year of MLB the Show and it’s not close. I’ve never felt this way about my favorite game.
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN Some things have been deceptive. The 20 player cap was never mentioned or even addressed for that matter. Other things have been flat out lies, like shrinkage. This is the worst year of MLB the Show and it’s not close. I’ve never felt this way about my favorite game.
Yeah I mean you and I are in total agreement.
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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS othering us doesn’t mean our view is invalid. I have no problem with them making changes to the game. But be open and honest about it.
Personally shrinkage is not a major deal to me. I get struck out by it a lot. But it’s also better than foul ball fest happening. However, I don’t belittle the folks who find it to be a big deal. I am mature enough to recognize that there are differing views and that my experience is not universal, that it is mine. If you don’t agree with anyone about SDS being scummy towards stub making that isn’t a monetary transaction in their favor that’s fine. Don’t other us and call us names.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but last year at the first roster update, didn’t they like artificially make a lot of live series players diamonds and that pisses a bunch of people off too? It basically lowered the chance of getting high diamonds in the packs. Something like that. Right?
I am 100% on board with the thought that SDS tankers with ratings and they aren’t really based on anything. But I’m just trying to figure out what’s more annoying: too many diamonds or too few.
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Last year there was an early update that was extremely inflated and several players went diamond who had shaky stats to back them up. I’m not sure if it was the first or second one. This one was the opposite. But whatever, they’ve made it clear what they think of getting stubs from any method that isn’t buying. And forget about grinding hard and getting to rewards early to sell them for a tidy sum. Their bot bros have that market cornered. I have nearly 100% of content completed offline, had MP path done in the previous iteration, and am working my way through it now. I’m not making a ton of stubs through those methods. I will keep plugging away and figure it out as I go.
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@LHUBison58_XBL actually no. Your views are in the minority on this subject. There is a huge difference between having a different view and being in the extreme minority. This is equivalent to 10 people on a boat saying wow the water looks really blue today. And I come out and say ehhhh its pink. Dont be that person..
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@Ditka06_MLBTS I never once mentioned majority or minorities. I have a point of view. I share it. I don’t other or name call anyone else with a different view. I get that you don’t agree. That’s okay with me. I have caught SDS doing something shady af. I’ll post about it. I don’t need a majority of agreement. Many folks around here like to shout down dissent. I witnessed it over the allegations of bots. People belittled others for saying they experienced it. Then a streamer outs the existence of bots. I didn’t see many apologies on the subject.
It’s okay to see things differently.
And the investment discord I am in has more active members in it at 7am est than this place has total. Big fish small pond and all.
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@LHUBison58_XBL I haven’t been against shrinkage in the past. My problem now is they lied about it.
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@LHUBison58_XBL The first update is the longest period of the year. Last year, there were 11 new diamonds. I don’t think that many earned it this year, but what they did was gross and blatantly greedy. It’s ruined the entire fun of roster updates in my eyes. I don’t how much time this game cycle has left for me. Nothing is fun about this year.
