Showdowns are great
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@formallyforearms said in Showdowns are great:
I like the mode a lot. I dont have any issue at all with starting over if you fail. I imagine many dont remember that video games used to be exactly this way. Galaga, Donkey Kong, Punch Out, Super Mario Bros, etc. Its how they all were. You played until you failed, or completed it. It's old school, and I dont believe it's unfair in any way.
The difference is also that there are now workarounds if you're not up to the challenge. Back in the day you could either keep trying or stop. Now you can just grind stats for the cards instead and yet people complain.
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@aaronjw76 said in Showdowns are great:
@formallyforearms said in Showdowns are great:
I like the mode a lot. I dont have any issue at all with starting over if you fail. I imagine many dont remember that video games used to be exactly this way. Galaga, Donkey Kong, Punch Out, Super Mario Bros, etc. Its how they all were. You played until you failed, or completed it. It's old school, and I dont believe it's unfair in any way.
You weren't playing those game to earn rewards so you could get cards to play in another mode (h2h).
Subtle difference.
You were playing to complete the game, where every level was a mini boss. It's similar to me.
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Fun mode...until you are asked to hit a home run at polo grounds in which you crush one to the deepest part of the park and get an inside the park home run and the cpu decides that doesn't count as a home run so you lose the challenge. So much fun.
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@allmustfall16 said in Showdowns are great:
I hate it. I hate moments and this is just a super charged set of moments.
Also, I like using my team I’ve built. Any mode that doesn’t let me use my own team, I do not enjoy.
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@XxSupercena54xX said in Showdowns are great:
Fun mode...until you are asked to hit a home run at polo grounds in which you crush one to the deepest part of the park and get an inside the park home run and the cpu decides that doesn't count as a home run so you lose the challenge. So much fun.
I feel this. I had that last night. Ball rolled to bullpen wall and I scored on an inside the park HR. Not according to the game. Thankfully Helton hit a blast the next batter up. What a joke tho.
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@XxSupercena54xX said in Showdowns are great:
Fun mode...until you are asked to hit a home run at polo grounds in which you crush one to the deepest part of the park and get an inside the park home run and the cpu decides that doesn't count as a home run so you lose the challenge. So much fun.
I had that mission, the caveat is to not allow a HR also. So I hit 3 flyballs to CF, so then my turn to pitch, strike out, strike out, Home Run, I fail.
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@XxSupercena54xX said in Showdowns are great:
Fun mode...until you are asked to hit a home run at polo grounds in which you crush one to the deepest part of the park and get an inside the park home run and the cpu decides that doesn't count as a home run so you lose the challenge. So much fun.
Lol that's brutal
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@raesONE said in Showdowns are great:
In every way. The entry fees are super low and you make your stubs back after beating the 1st red challenge. You gain XP regardless and you eventually make stubs if you finish the showdown. It's a super easy path to the diamond FOTF players.
I honestly don't understand why people complain about this. Yes, it'll cost you some stubs to enter. Sorry you can't have everything for free all the time. Yes, you need to be able to hit some pitches on Veteran. I mean, it's Veteran. And yes, sometimes you will fail. You lose nothing but a few minutes of your time. Get it out of your system and try again.
you are right and a good perspective - after reading your post ill try it out again
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I tried one - the AL West showdown - defeated the first miniboss and then decided that the mode isn't for me because I wasn't having fun. I don't care for Moments and I don't care for drafting my team, so combining the two just doesn't appeal to me.
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Sounds like people just want it to be easy and quick and good rewards. So yea...there's going to be a divide.
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@omegaminus_sk said in Showdowns are great:
I tried one - the AL West showdown - defeated the first miniboss and then decided that the mode isn't for me because I wasn't having fun. I don't care for Moments and I don't care for drafting my team, so combining the two just doesn't appeal to me.
It's not my most enjoyable thing to do either and I probably won't touch it again if there's no need to. But right now it's the best way by far to obtain the FOTF players relatively quick and easy. As far as the inning programs I'll just approach them as the grinding stuff we always have to do.
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Yea it’s pretty easy tbh, even though I’ve struggled and lost on the final boss a few times. All I have to do is retart and skip it’s way quicker than a whole MTO
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I just beat AL Central Showdown using zone hitting.I am shocked.
I was down 15-5 and Scored 11 runs with 12 outs to go.
Using Zone.
I started using Zone 2 days ago
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@Saberq269 said in Showdowns are great:
I just beat AL Central Showdown using zone hitting.I am shocked.
I was down 15-5 and Scored 11 runs with 12 outs to go.
Using Zone.
I started using Zone 2 days ago
Yeah, if I had to use a method other than zone with all the RNG, this would be impossible.
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@nflman2033 said in Showdowns are great:
@Saberq269 said in Showdowns are great:
I just beat AL Central Showdown using zone hitting.I am shocked.
I was down 15-5 and Scored 11 runs with 12 outs to go.
Using Zone.
I started using Zone 2 days ago
Yeah, if I had to use a method other than zone with all the RNG, this would be impossible.
I actually beat it 3 times on directional
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@aaronjw76 said in Showdowns are great:
Super easy. Yeah ok.
Some of you people are clearly out of touch with reality.
It's not hard in the least
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I use it as my batting practice for RS. I love the mode. It’s not that tough to come back from 15-0 either. Just have to be patient and work the confidence/stamina down.
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@DaShrimpP1mp said in Showdowns are great:
I use it as my batting practice for RS. I love the mode. It’s not that tough to come back from 15-0 either. Just have to be patient and work the confidence/stamina down.
It's definitely not impossible.
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@Saberq269 said in Showdowns are great:
@nflman2033 said in Showdowns are great:
@Saberq269 said in Showdowns are great:
I just beat AL Central Showdown using zone hitting.I am shocked.
I was down 15-5 and Scored 11 runs with 12 outs to go.
Using Zone.
I started using Zone 2 days ago
Yeah, if I had to use a method other than zone with all the RNG, this would be impossible.
I actually beat it 3 times on directional
I bet I dont beat 1st boss on directional
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@GradektheBard said in Showdowns are great:
Not everyone is an elite player. What should be done is to make the bosses replayable for half the initial entry fee without losing progress. Last year in the inning programs if you got stuck on a moment you could skip it and still do the others for program points, this year it is all or nothing for 70 (not really fun for the average player).
Just for clarification, I like the showdowns and have had pretty good success so far (beat 1st inning on 1st try and have beat AL Central 3 times)
Showdown is mainly Rookie and Veteran, no need to be elite, not even close. People have to stop swinging at every pitch. Just because it’s on Rookie or Vet doesn’t mean they’ll throw BP.
