How is the Community Market feeling (8)
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Howdy and Happy Sunday!
I have now tighten up the rules and we should probably see a significant impact...
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Indeed, seems better
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Much better!
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Glad to see someone working on this and providing updates, kinda wish this was more of a thing Months ago but, is what it is. But this is one of the single worst things about this game this year for sure. Hopefully for 27 we can use the market without bots, or at least no so many.
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These actions have renewed by confidence for MLB The Show 27
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Looks like the Brice Turang WBC card (earned through event rewind packs) was active earlier today for stub swapping/selling. So September 14th from 10:45AM PDT to 10:56AM PDT is where I'm seeing nearly 100 orders completed in a small window. Also seems to have been active late last night. Hope this information helps so you can keep banning these bozos purposefully and willfully breaking ToS. Is this the best place to report these types of issues Manu? Or should I be doing tickets.
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Howdy and Happy Sunday!
I have now tighten up the rules and we should probably see a significant impact...
I have no complaints since whatever was tightened up Sunday. I won’t be shy to mention anything that sticks out to me as abnormal
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@Manu__SDS_MLBTS market seems great to me, but how often should we be getting these market verification requests? At first when I would get them, it would tell me I would have to verify again in 24 hours. Yesterday and today that's gone down to every 6 hours. Is this normal? Or have I done something to trigger more intense scrutiny?
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@FokkenXCross_NSW Good news, it's not you! Parameters change, and I'm trying to find a good spot...
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@Manu__SDS_MLBTS thank you Manu! I just wanted to make sure I hadn't done something to make the system suspicious. I honestly don't mind this verification system at all, and it seems to be working from my limited experience.
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I am receiving a notification that reads “Your account has been restricted” when attempting to buy/sell/cancel an order on the companion app only. Although, I can utilize the marketplace via my console. I have submitted tickets, and followed up more than once. Disappointingly, I haven’t even been acknowledged in return. I have logged out/in, no luck. I have deleted the app, then redownloaded, no luck. This issue began 09/13/2026 around 7pm EST. So, it has been almost 48 hours ignored. Any insight?
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@DEF266_PSN I like that idea. But instead of just doing a verification only by email, maybe do verification via google authentication too.
Along with console login should be a part of verification. Gameplay vs app use with buys and sells should be looked at as well.
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@manu__sds_mlbts you are a genius. You have been working diligently on this all year, and adding verification once or twice a day has been incredible. It is a super minor inconvenience that takes a few seconds - easy cheese.
Right now, it looks like the bots are gone. I also tested flipping cards the way I normally would and have not hit any stalls, aside from one or two 20-second cooldowns, which are totally fine.
If things stay as they are, this is THE W of the year. Amazing work!
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Thank you!!!
It appears the current combination of measures is keeping the majority of the unwanted Marketplace access at bay, now we continue to monitor, explore and correct.
Please continue the observation and feedback, which is very precious for our next refinements!
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Sorry for asking this question but I'm just coming back to this app after taking time off to be with family after a loss of a family member and when I went to sell cards I'm met with verification now, how long has this been happening or is it new?
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Sorry for asking this question but I'm just coming back to this app after taking time off to be with family after a loss of a family member and when I went to sell cards I'm met with verification now, how long has this been happening or is it new?
I'm sorry to hear about your family member. The verification happens 1-2 times per day for me. It's part of Manu's combination to keep the unwanted activity away.
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Oh ok, if it's to keep the unwanted activity away from the market then I'm all for it
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@Manu__SDS_MLBTS I think think the tweaks/tightening you did Sunday were very helpful and eliminated a tremendous amount of unwanted traffic. 4 days later and I have not come across any obvious signs of bots dominating the marketplace. No super speed, instant undercuts, rapidfire buy low sell high, etc. check Eddie Murray all star card activity last 24 hours - the stub transfers may have been done by a person instead of rapid fire bot - either way it was ill intended market activity. But just because someone sold a card or 2 at 100k+ doesn’t mean they were involved. Anyone can see the history and if it sold for 100k then people will think it can sell at 100k at list theirs for 100k. Anyways,
I am noticing some new behaviors that are sticking out to me as suspicious. I definetly think there are some bots back in the marketplace and they are more focused on keeping buy/sell prices at certain levels and not buying up and selling all like before. Possibly in preparation for upcoming legend collection. I think the next 72 hours in the marketplace are going to be busy and I know a lot of people have been strategically investing for a long time with the new legend collection coming out tomorrow in mind. The thought of playing the marketplace the next 72 hours without bots and bad actors is legit exciting.
In short - I want to ask if one more round of “tightening” could be made before the legends collection. The moving of weeks of investments has already started and a possible flash sale today will fully kick off a market frenzy through the weekend. Also, fwiw, I redeemed a code for free packs last night on my phone in the show website and got a captcha with pictures I had to solve. When I’ve been getting captcha challenge (on same website I think) for market related verification, I just check the box and submit and don’t have any kind of challenge. Is the way recapcha is set up for redeeming coupon codes stricter then how it’s set up for market verification? If so, I’m sure people wouldn’t mind clicking on a bus or mountain while doing the market verification if it gave peace of mind that more bots might be blocked… -
Working as intended good job.
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Yes @oliver230230230_psn we're on tightening phase III now
