Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience
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@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@ICantHelpFalling said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.Both these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever work out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Honestly dude, you might want to accept the friendly quit next time.
Sucks, but if someone is already convinced they will lose to you and you make them play, they are gonna do everything to make that game painful. Even when you do win the game, it's not gonna feel like one.
Also to clarify, I'm referring to friendly quits when the game first starts, not when they are down a run or more.
Bro literally before these 2 games I accepted 4 friendly quits. I'm only ranked close to 700 because I played under 20 RS games so far but my record, banner and bat skin makes people not wanna play me until I reach WS where people don't care about that stuff. What am I supposed to do?
Accept 2 more and move on.
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@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@pootiecat said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
It’s simple man if they offer a FQ before first pitch take it. It’s not that hard and will make your experience much better.
It shouldn't be that way, though. The only people who FQ before the first pitch are doing so because they don't think they can win. That's not how competition works. If you want to choose your competition, play against the computer or your friends.
I agree with this. I sometimes offer a FQ to top players if I'm not in the mood for a sweaty. They sometimes get declined and I'll be motivated to prove them wrong for the entire duration of the game. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Either way there is always something to take away from playing someone who's better than you are.
So why can you offer a FQ for whatever reason, but someone can't offer you one?
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@GixxerRyder750 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@pootiecat said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
It’s simple man if they offer a FQ before first pitch take it. It’s not that hard and will make your experience much better.
It shouldn't be that way, though. The only people who FQ before the first pitch are doing so because they don't think they can win. That's not how competition works. If you want to choose your competition, play against the computer or your friends.
I agree with this. I sometimes offer a FQ to top players if I'm not in the mood for a sweaty. They sometimes get declined and I'll be motivated to prove them wrong for the entire duration of the game. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Either way there is always something to take away from playing someone who's better than you are.
So why can you offer a FQ for whatever reason, but someone can't offer you one?
Oh no dear sir, you got it all wrong. Anyone can offer a friendly quit. That's not the problem. It is up to the other party to accept or decline though, you don't hold that power by yourself. The difference is that I don't get upset and toxic when mine get declined and these people are.
And to comment on your comment before this one; I'll be the one to decide when I accept or decline one, thank you.
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@TeamPotro said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@D_e_m_I_s_E said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.All these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever works out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Had a guy decide to watch a replay of his two run HR Saturday which came in the top of the first. Think I ended up with 6 HR's in a 12-3 win and watched every one of them.
I get a lot fewer friendly quit requests since I tanked my RS record and quit out like 30 games so far.
There are HRs you just gotta watch. I don’t get mad for replays. I even replay the one I give up sometimes.
100% gave up a blast to the new PS Griffey card and did a replay myself just to see that sweet pimp job
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@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@ICantHelpFalling said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.Both these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever work out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Honestly dude, you might want to accept the friendly quit next time.
Sucks, but if someone is already convinced they will lose to you and you make them play, they are gonna do everything to make that game painful. Even when you do win the game, it's not gonna feel like one.
Also to clarify, I'm referring to friendly quits when the game first starts, not when they are down a run or more.
Bro literally before these 2 games I accepted 4 friendly quits. I'm only ranked close to 700 because I played under 20 RS games so far but my record, banner and bat skin makes people not wanna play me until I reach WS where people don't care about that stuff. What am I supposed to do?
If you're prestige 68 it's probably not the skins, and all that stuff they don't know about yet. They're asking to quit because of the incredibly OP team you're likely trotting out there for May 19.
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@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@D_e_m_I_s_E said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.All these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever works out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Had a guy decide to watch a replay of his two run HR Saturday which came in the top of the first. Think I ended up with 6 HR's in a 12-3 win and watched every one of them.
I get a lot fewer friendly quit requests since I tanked my RS record and quit out like 30 games so far.
I literally get a FQ offer every game. I haven't played RS all that much but I'm 17-1, prestige level 68 and I got the 12-0 banner with goat bat skin. Nobody wants to play when they see either one of those things it seems. If I would accept every FQ, I'd never play a game before I reach WS.
Then put a basic banner and Icon
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@hegone44 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@ICantHelpFalling said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.Both these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever work out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Honestly dude, you might want to accept the friendly quit next time.
Sucks, but if someone is already convinced they will lose to you and you make them play, they are gonna do everything to make that game painful. Even when you do win the game, it's not gonna feel like one.
Also to clarify, I'm referring to friendly quits when the game first starts, not when they are down a run or more.
Bro literally before these 2 games I accepted 4 friendly quits. I'm only ranked close to 700 because I played under 20 RS games so far but my record, banner and bat skin makes people not wanna play me until I reach WS where people don't care about that stuff. What am I supposed to do?
If you're prestige 68 it's probably not the skins, and all that stuff they don't know about yet. They're asking to quit because of the incredibly OP team you're likely trotting out there for May 19.
Dude I run into Mickey Mantle every single game regardless of rating.
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@ThaSultanOfSwag said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@D_e_m_I_s_E said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.All these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever works out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Had a guy decide to watch a replay of his two run HR Saturday which came in the top of the first. Think I ended up with 6 HR's in a 12-3 win and watched every one of them.
I get a lot fewer friendly quit requests since I tanked my RS record and quit out like 30 games so far.
I literally get a FQ offer every game. I haven't played RS all that much but I'm 17-1, prestige level 68 and I got the 12-0 banner with goat bat skin. Nobody wants to play when they see either one of those things it seems. If I would accept every FQ, I'd never play a game before I reach WS.
Then put a basic banner and Icon
I will not. That wasn't the issue either, it was about people being salty, toxic and miserable for whichever reason. This was because I declined a FQ, others do it because they're just sad angry individuals who can't cope with losing a virtual game. Let's stay on topic, the issue wasn't the friendly quits. That was what lead to the actual problem.
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I’m in the boat where I almost never accept friendlies, and I never ask for them. Ultimately, I want to play whoever I match up with. I enjoy playing better players because it’s a more enjoyable experience. With that being said, I’m not going to let a lesser player off when they ask for a friendly. If they want to dashboard after the first home run or quit out, that’s their decision.
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@halfbutt said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
I'd be totally ok with getting rid of friendly quit. There's really no reason for it. I never get one outside of the very beginning of the game, or after I've put up a few runs.
If a person starts a game, they should play the game. If they wish to leave the game, they should quit and take the L. If the game is 5 innings in and a team is winning but that person has to go take care of something in reality...they also should quit. You don't without playing the whole game. There are totally viable reasons for needing to leave a game early, but not really a single one that warrants another person saying, "Ok...let's let this not count."
I've even gotten messages where someone says something like, "Hey, I have an emergency I have to go take care of." I typically just ignore it and keep playing, and they don't quit...so either they lied or they don't know what an emergency actually is.
Moral of the story...a lot of people who play online are just trash people.
Ironically, based on what you just said, you could be one of them.
There’s plenty of reasons for a FQ. Some brilliant players like to choose an mlb park in full sun to play in.
Maybe a kid woke up crying or a spouse needs something.
It’s a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention.
An MLB park in full sun sucks...but it's not a reason that you should be able to quit. This falls under the same category as choosing your competition. I hate playing in a number of parks, but if I'm not the home team, then I have no control over that.
Real life definitely does demand attention from time to time. If that prohibits a player from completing a 45 minute game, then that sucks, but it's a loss. Why should one player get halfway through a game and have it not count because somebody else has something they have to tend to? I'm not unsympathetic to real life situations, but if it's truly an emergency, then taking the time to send a message begging for an FQ doesn't make sense. Turn off the game. It's that simple.
"It's a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention." I completely agree with, and real life should always come first. If real life interrupts a game, 20-40 points in ranked seasons isn't really too large a penalty.
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Some people being forced to play a prestige 68 flying 12-0 banners in 700 ranked division would consider you being toxic for XP grinding a god squad and then force feeding them an [censored] whopping. I’m not saying that’s the case but it’s always good to consider other people’s perspective. Your team is extrodinarliy op for that level, I play a lot of teams w fotf or evolution cards at those levels
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@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@halfbutt said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
I'd be totally ok with getting rid of friendly quit. There's really no reason for it. I never get one outside of the very beginning of the game, or after I've put up a few runs.
If a person starts a game, they should play the game. If they wish to leave the game, they should quit and take the L. If the game is 5 innings in and a team is winning but that person has to go take care of something in reality...they also should quit. You don't without playing the whole game. There are totally viable reasons for needing to leave a game early, but not really a single one that warrants another person saying, "Ok...let's let this not count."
I've even gotten messages where someone says something like, "Hey, I have an emergency I have to go take care of." I typically just ignore it and keep playing, and they don't quit...so either they lied or they don't know what an emergency actually is.
Moral of the story...a lot of people who play online are just trash people.
Ironically, based on what you just said, you could be one of them.
There’s plenty of reasons for a FQ. Some brilliant players like to choose an mlb park in full sun to play in.
Maybe a kid woke up crying or a spouse needs something.
It’s a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention.
An MLB park in full sun sucks...but it's not a reason that you should be able to quit. This falls under the same category as choosing your competition. I hate playing in a number of parks, but if I'm not the home team, then I have no control over that.
Real life definitely does demand attention from time to time. If that prohibits a player from completing a 45 minute game, then that sucks, but it's a loss. Why should one player get halfway through a game and have it not count because somebody else has something they have to tend to? I'm not unsympathetic to real life situations, but if it's truly an emergency, then taking the time to send a message begging for an FQ doesn't make sense. Turn off the game. It's that simple.
"It's a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention." I completely agree with, and real life should always come first. If real life interrupts a game, 20-40 points in ranked seasons isn't really too large a penalty.
You know, I don’t disagree with you here. I’ve had things come up and had to leave a game. Nobody is going to accept a FQ in the sixth inning of a ranked game, and honestly, you’re right, in those situations I didn’t have time to be messaging my opponent.
I will say, I had an afternoon game in Turner Field yesterday and I really wish I had not tried to stick it out. I guess this is just another flaw in the game that can be exploited.
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@halfbutt said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@halfbutt said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
I'd be totally ok with getting rid of friendly quit. There's really no reason for it. I never get one outside of the very beginning of the game, or after I've put up a few runs.
If a person starts a game, they should play the game. If they wish to leave the game, they should quit and take the L. If the game is 5 innings in and a team is winning but that person has to go take care of something in reality...they also should quit. You don't without playing the whole game. There are totally viable reasons for needing to leave a game early, but not really a single one that warrants another person saying, "Ok...let's let this not count."
I've even gotten messages where someone says something like, "Hey, I have an emergency I have to go take care of." I typically just ignore it and keep playing, and they don't quit...so either they lied or they don't know what an emergency actually is.
Moral of the story...a lot of people who play online are just trash people.
Ironically, based on what you just said, you could be one of them.
There’s plenty of reasons for a FQ. Some brilliant players like to choose an mlb park in full sun to play in.
Maybe a kid woke up crying or a spouse needs something.
It’s a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention.
An MLB park in full sun sucks...but it's not a reason that you should be able to quit. This falls under the same category as choosing your competition. I hate playing in a number of parks, but if I'm not the home team, then I have no control over that.
Real life definitely does demand attention from time to time. If that prohibits a player from completing a 45 minute game, then that sucks, but it's a loss. Why should one player get halfway through a game and have it not count because somebody else has something they have to tend to? I'm not unsympathetic to real life situations, but if it's truly an emergency, then taking the time to send a message begging for an FQ doesn't make sense. Turn off the game. It's that simple.
"It's a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention." I completely agree with, and real life should always come first. If real life interrupts a game, 20-40 points in ranked seasons isn't really too large a penalty.
You know, I don’t disagree with you here. I’ve had things come up and had to leave a game. Nobody is going to accept a FQ in the sixth inning of a ranked game, and honestly, you’re right, in those situations I didn’t have time to be messaging my opponent.
I will say, I had an afternoon game in Turner Field yesterday and I really wish I had not tried to stick it out. I guess this is just another flaw in the game that can be exploited.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely hate playing in certain parks. I'm sure some people don't realize they're choosing settings that make it hard to see (and therefore play well and therefore enjoy), but I'm sure others choose it intentionally to try and gain an advantage. The thing is, I don't really see how they're doing anything but creating a disadvantage for both players. Maybe they're hoping they can get lucky and can get ahead before the sun goes down...I dunno. Just another desperate attempt for players to gain an advantage.
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@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@MaxHarvest said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@MaxHarvest said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@D_e_m_I_s_E said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@raesONE said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Decided to jump in some ranked today and 2 games in a row I play the most salty, toxic and miserable people in the community it seems.
Yes, I declined your friendly quit offer. You're looking for a game to play, so play.All these guys made it their mission to make my life miserable for declining the friendly quit. Taking minutes to wind up between pitches, pausing for a minute and a half every inning, stepping off, throwing over to first base 5 times in a row while I don't even take a lead. I don't know if these shenanigans ever works out for anyone, but if anything it only gets me juiced up to absolutely obliterate you. I honestly don't understand why people are so toxic, salty and miserable. Just play the darn game man. Such a turn off to play like this every single game.
Had a guy decide to watch a replay of his two run HR Saturday which came in the top of the first. Think I ended up with 6 HR's in a 12-3 win and watched every one of them.
I get a lot fewer friendly quit requests since I tanked my RS record and quit out like 30 games so far.
I literally get a FQ offer every game. I haven't played RS all that much but I'm 17-1, prestige level 68 and I got the 12-0 banner with goat bat skin. Nobody wants to play when they see either one of those things it seems. If I would accept every FQ, I'd never play a game before I reach WS.
While I get loving the flair, but you could just take them down and “blend in” and you would not get as many fq’s. The record itself isn’t as intimidating as the rest of the things you mentioned. Often times I don’t even look at record to avoid preconceived notions as we all have good days and bad, slumps and streaks.
I hear what you're saying, but I feel like that's a little bit backwards. I'm proud of those accomplishments so I wanna show them, just like the top 50 players do. I'm not at all unbeatable either, as a matter of fact the first guy of the two took me to extra innings and I barely got the W. He might've actually won if he would've just played the game like a normal person because he really wasn't a bad player. But I really really really didn't wanna lose against him because of all these nonsense toxic things that he did.
I've matched up against top players before like Jerznetwork, z0bliterator, Tapscot and McGunski and my friendly offers to them got declined as well. I take that as motivation to prove they made a mistake and I actually beat the first 3 I mentioned, only took the L against McGunski, while the 3 players I mentioned before him are probably better than me as well. But that's what the game should be about, accepting the challenge and rise above yourself.
Hey man I get it , and I agree with you. I was just saying in regards to you not enjoying getting all the FQ’s and attitude towards not accepting. It might be good to take them down until you get to 800’s you might avoid the nonsense more. More power to you for keeping them up too, but you have to own the responses from people feeling beat before they play and acting like little beaches. Knowing it’s wrong and childish dosent make it stop, you can mitigate it w minimal effort. As those players don’t see your accomplishments as a positive they see it as a brag.
You're right. There is an upside to it as well though. When I'm able score 4 or 5 runs in the first 3 innings, my opponents usually throw in the towel and straight up quit, saving me a bunch of time. I don't want to give that up either.
Ignore him, he is just trolling people now
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@TeamPotro said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
The game is already trash and having to deal with that doesn’t help much.
If the game is "trash" then why are you here?
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@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@halfbutt said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@halfbutt said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@WiryHooligan22 said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
I'd be totally ok with getting rid of friendly quit. There's really no reason for it. I never get one outside of the very beginning of the game, or after I've put up a few runs.
If a person starts a game, they should play the game. If they wish to leave the game, they should quit and take the L. If the game is 5 innings in and a team is winning but that person has to go take care of something in reality...they also should quit. You don't without playing the whole game. There are totally viable reasons for needing to leave a game early, but not really a single one that warrants another person saying, "Ok...let's let this not count."
I've even gotten messages where someone says something like, "Hey, I have an emergency I have to go take care of." I typically just ignore it and keep playing, and they don't quit...so either they lied or they don't know what an emergency actually is.
Moral of the story...a lot of people who play online are just trash people.
Ironically, based on what you just said, you could be one of them.
There’s plenty of reasons for a FQ. Some brilliant players like to choose an mlb park in full sun to play in.
Maybe a kid woke up crying or a spouse needs something.
It’s a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention.
An MLB park in full sun sucks...but it's not a reason that you should be able to quit. This falls under the same category as choosing your competition. I hate playing in a number of parks, but if I'm not the home team, then I have no control over that.
Real life definitely does demand attention from time to time. If that prohibits a player from completing a 45 minute game, then that sucks, but it's a loss. Why should one player get halfway through a game and have it not count because somebody else has something they have to tend to? I'm not unsympathetic to real life situations, but if it's truly an emergency, then taking the time to send a message begging for an FQ doesn't make sense. Turn off the game. It's that simple.
"It's a video game. Sometimes real life demands attention." I completely agree with, and real life should always come first. If real life interrupts a game, 20-40 points in ranked seasons isn't really too large a penalty.
You know, I don’t disagree with you here. I’ve had things come up and had to leave a game. Nobody is going to accept a FQ in the sixth inning of a ranked game, and honestly, you’re right, in those situations I didn’t have time to be messaging my opponent.
I will say, I had an afternoon game in Turner Field yesterday and I really wish I had not tried to stick it out. I guess this is just another flaw in the game that can be exploited.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely hate playing in certain parks. I'm sure some people don't realize they're choosing settings that make it hard to see (and therefore play well and therefore enjoy), but I'm sure others choose it intentionally to try and gain an advantage. The thing is, I don't really see how they're doing anything but creating a disadvantage for both players. Maybe they're hoping they can get lucky and can get ahead before the sun goes down...I dunno. Just another desperate attempt for players to gain an advantage.
A few years ago, some players would tweak their colour settings so that they could see the ball better in certain situations like this. It’s pretty lame.
In my case, I just figured my opponent was a Braves fan who didn’t know better. As it turned out, I have my doubts about that.
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@Blue7_Gaming said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
@TeamPotro said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
The game is already trash and having to deal with that doesn’t help much.
If the game is "trash" then why are you here?
You don’t think the game is bad? What kind of game you’ve been playing then?
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@MaxHarvest said in Making the game the most toxic and miserable experience:
Some people being forced to play a prestige 68 flying 12-0 banners in 700 ranked division would consider you being toxic for XP grinding a god squad and then force feeding them an [censored] whopping. I’m not saying that’s the case but it’s always good to consider other people’s perspective. Your team is extrodinarliy op for that level, I play a lot of teams w fotf or evolution cards at those levels
First of all, I don't do and never did any "XP grinding" just for the sake of gaining XP. I just play, I don't need that nonsense. The way I reached prestige 68 is by playing showdowns to get all TA programs to 100%. That was the goal, the XP was a nice side effect.
Secondly, my team is good but not "extraordinarily OP" at all. Even in these tiers I run into God squads almost every single game contrary to what you say. And even then; it's not the car, it's the driver.
Thirdly, how can I ever be considered toxic when I HAVE TO climb through the ranks? If it were up to me, I wouldn't wanna play any of these guys either.
And lastly, if you want to play online you're gonna run into players who are better than you and will most likely give you a beatdown. It happens to all of us. If you can't cope with that, you shouldn't be playing online at all and stick to the offline game modes.
