Content creators held to different standards?
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We all saw a number of content creators exploit the recent glitch with 0 consequence. That alone raised some eyebrows.
But lately I’ve also been seeing some other really questionable things on YouTube and X. I won’t name names, but we’re talking about promoting third-party stub sites and advertising doing ranked/WC/1000 runs for people.
How is any of that okay? The same people who are constantly calling out cheaters are promoting things that are also cheating or against TOS.
I’m all for enforcing the rules, but these rules need to apply to everyone, whether you’re a content creator or just an average player. Otherwise it sends the message that some people are playing by a different set of rules.
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It’s okay because they are basically marketing the game for SDS. Same reason so many COD streamers are allowed to cheat.
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When almost every creator promotes a stub site that sells a million stubs for $70, and SDS can’t stop the third party bots the market is inflated. So SDS loses out on any money. I’m ok with that if they are too stupid to fix it.
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This 1000x over... Streamers can pitch 3rd party resellers and expoilt glitches that would get us banned. 3rd party resellers control most of the bots, that's how they make their stubs to resell. The bots have driven up the marketplace prices where average players can't compete. SDS supports the streamers because it's free advertising (other then the free game and cards they give them)....
Am I the only one that sees the circle here. It's as simple as rinse and repeat.
Streamers gets there views, free game and cards. 3rd party resellers get their money. SDS gets a big enough piece of the pie to act like they care while they look back over their shoulder with a wink.
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This 1000x over... Streamers can pitch 3rd party resellers and expoilt glitches that would get us banned. 3rd party resellers control most of the bots, that's how they make their stubs to resell. The bots have driven up the marketplace prices where average players can't compete. SDS supports the streamers because it's free advertising (other then the free game and cards they give them)....
Am I the only one that sees the circle here. It's as simple as rinse and repeat.
Streamers gets there views, free game and cards. 3rd party resellers get their money. SDS gets a big enough piece of the pie to act like they care while they look back over their shoulder with a wink.
Then on top of that - the doing ranked runs for people? Imagine being a 400-500 rated player and matching up with someone who just happens to be a 1500 rated player who does this for a job… being paid to slap you into oblivion.
Sorry that’s cheating.
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This company has went so far off the deep end that it's literally mind blogging. And they don't have to answer to me or any of us for that matter. But you know who they do have to answer to... your states consumer affairs board. And my state should be getting their answer in 14 days. I'll get it within 14 days of that.
This company it's responsible for "unfair trade and (especially) deceptive practices" at the very least. They have outright lied to the consumers on 3 occasions that are indisputable. -
This company has went so far off the deep end that it's literally mind blogging. And they don't have to answer to me or any of us for that matter. But you know who they do have to answer to... your states consumer affairs board. And my state should be getting their answer in 14 days. I'll get it within 14 days of that.
This company it's responsible for "unfair trade and (especially) deceptive practices" at the very least. They have outright lied to the consumers on 3 occasions that are indisputable.Probably three seasons ago on NBA2K they advertised Kobe Bryant as the ultimate collection award. Basically that is the same as getting Beltran except you need every card in the game and it is not obtainable until the very end of the year.
A lot of people spent tens of thousands of dollars to collect the cards, if I had to guess.
I believe on the eve of Kobe becoming obtainable 2K let everyone know that Kobe would not be in the game. People assumed they lost his rights and hid it for the entire season.
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My point is that gaming companies are out of control.
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Okay, so my post here was not meant to blame SDS for all of this, although I can see how it came off that way.
I'm just getting super annoyed seeing stuff like, "Email me to do a World Series, Weekend Classic, or 1000 run for you," or, "Use my code to get 7% off your stubs" on a third-party site where you're not even supposed to be buying stubs.
First off, some of these content creators and parts of this community are seriously making me sick with everything they're doing. And I get it, SDS isn't some massive company that can magically crack down on every single person doing something against the rules.
But if I'm being fair, it is frustrating seeing regular players get restricted on the app for completely normal flipping (which happened to me earlier this year), people using actual cheating software, and then content creators who complain nonstop about cheaters while openly doing things themselves that are clearly not exactly playing by the rules.
I love this game. I support SDS probably more than most people on here. But my gosh, this community is getting completely out of control.
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We can not do anything about the cheaters. We can not do anything about bots. We can not do anything about SDS and their marketplace manipulation. (Call it what you want ir is what it is.) We can not do anything about a lot of what is wrong with this game. But the one thing we/I can and will do something about are the blatant lies. I've stood by this company, sung their praises against 2K and EA for the better part of 15 years. Now they are 2K and arguably worse then EA.
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Wonder why they've refused to do a live? Because they know this game is a rip off and they don't want their likeness attached to it.
I'm stretching on that one... maybe.
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@KenKen71412_MLBTS Im in agreement with this. They have no idea how much of their player base they have ticked off royally over the past two years. Its now coming to a head.
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Wonder why they've refused to do a live? Because they know this game is a rip off and they don't want their likeness attached to it.
I'm stretching on that one... maybe.
Honestly no drops since the all star game have warranted one.
They catch [censored] every stream so I am not sure why all of a sudden post all star. Maybe one or the other took some vacation time after the all star game.
There could be a myriad of reasons.
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They know exactly what they're doing. As a company they have no idea what next year brings, same as us fans. Their mistake was trying to cover 2 years worth of gaming profit in an 8 month period. If they really knew their fan base then they would have known we would support them through any stike or lockout but NOT through this complete BS.
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If anyone was around for the Grind99 days, when it actually meant something, you'll know what I mean.
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Wonder why they've refused to do a live? Because they know this game is a rip off and they don't want their likeness attached to it.
I'm stretching on that one... maybe.
Honestly no drops since the all star game have warranted one.
They catch [censored] every stream do I am not sure why all of a sudden post all star. Maybe one or the other took some vacation time after the all star game.
There could be a myriad of reasons.
They're still trying to give players time to come up with the million stubs to complete the all star game collection.
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If anyone was around for the Grind99 days, when it actually meant something, you'll know what I mean.
I gotta admit, I got really tired of Ramone's "Grind 99" routine on the streams
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Wonder why they've refused to do a live? Because they know this game is a rip off and they don't want their likeness attached to it.
I'm stretching on that one... maybe.
Honestly no drops since the all star game have warranted one.
They catch [censored] every stream do I am not sure why all of a sudden post all star. Maybe one or the other took some vacation time after the all star game.
There could be a myriad of reasons.
They're still trying to give players time to come up with the million stubs to complete the all star game collection.
I need a million plus stubs right now for 6 Cardinal Players
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If anyone was around for the Grind99 days, when it actually meant something, you'll know what I mean.
I gotta admit, I got really tired of Ramone's "Grind 99" routine on the streams
The meaning of it was well intended and true. Even if overplayed and 'slightly' overbearing. Lol But if you grinded you could get the cards
Now you have to grind, plus work 3 jobs, take out a second mortgage, and hope the bots don't take over to have a chance.
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If anyone was around for the Grind99 days, when it actually meant something, you'll know what I mean.
I gotta admit, I got really tired of Ramone's "Grind 99" routine on the streams
The meaning of it was well intended and true. Even if overplayed and 'slightly' overbearing. Lol But if you grinded you could get the cards
Now you have to grind, plus work 3 jobs, take out a second mortgage, and hope the bots don't take over to have a chance.
The bots are the single biggest problem here. Without them, I would easily be capped on stubs with every card in the game. Even with them, I do have 3 mill and Beltran... and I only play 1-2 hours per day.
But I also play "market simulator", as it's something I find to be fun.
