This game is SO bad online
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@quinnymcquinn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
Like I don't even know where to start to explain it. I fcking hate it, not even joking. I feel like previous years had their obvious flaws but this game is outright unplayable 9 out of 10 games due to my location. I either get matched up with people from the US or with Koreans/Chinese/Japanese people. I can swing as soon as the pitch leaves the hand and still be late on a mediocre fastball. It's awful.
People ask me why I haven't been playing RS this year. Well that's the reason. I rather dance on legos 8 hours a day than play a single game of this mess.
Okay rant over, I got my 97 Chapman so time to kick this game back to the curb where it belongs.
I feel your pain but according to El flama blanca, dolenz, raylewissb47 and many others, the laggy warping pitches don't exist or are a product of your internet.
I know for a fact that's BS. Like I have explained many times before on this forum, I split my time between Amsterdam and Texas. Internet quality and speeds are the same. In Texas, I can compete with anyone and turn on 102 when I'm looking for it. I've proven it too, the stats are there. Made 1100+ rating, top 50, countless flawless runs and so on in previous years. This year, it's just not possible playing in Amsterdam. It has always been harder when I'm here, due to the latency, but I've always been able to at least put up a good fight and reach WS and go flawless. I've even had a few flawless runs this year as well playing from here. But it's not been nearly the same latency wise, and I honestly feel like luck played a factor more than anything in those runs.
Which is awful, I don't want to win games by luck and I certainly don't want to lose games to guys who I know I would outplay with one hand behind my back if we had equal circumstances. It's so infuriating and for that reason I just don't play anymore and keep my sanity.
Tell your internet to “Gid Gud.” Sorry I had to, it’s a joke.
No worries. I have fiber internet and I have a $400 router and everything wired. In other games that do have dedicated servers, I'm pinging between 5-10ms, sometimes even <5. It's not me that's causing issues when I play The Show.
Oh I know. I Already have expressed my opinion on match making and how it seriously effects gameplay on other post. It’s an issue and has been for a long time
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I know nothing about any of this stuff, but I heard that SDS isn’t big enough (like EA) to have dedicated servers because it costs a fortune. Is any of that accurate?
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@writetoshawn_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I know nothing about any of this stuff, but I heard that SDS isn’t big enough (like EA) to have dedicated servers because it costs a fortune. Is any of that accurate?
No, first of all SDS makes plenty of revenue like other fantasy sports games. It has been reported yesterday that MLB The Show is now the second most selling sports game on the market. That's just form the sales of the game, let alone the amounts of money they make from people who purchase stubs.
And on top of that, SDS is a Sony owned studio. Doesn't get more flushed with cash than being backed by Sony. It's just a cheapskate mentality, why spend on something if people will buy the game on our terms anyway?
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
Like I don't even know where to start to explain it. I fcking hate it, not even joking. I feel like previous years had their obvious flaws but this game is outright unplayable 9 out of 10 games due to my location. I either get matched up with people from the US or with Koreans/Chinese/Japanese people. I can swing as soon as the pitch leaves the hand and still be late on a mediocre fastball. It's awful.
People ask me why I haven't been playing RS this year. Well that's the reason. I rather dance on legos 8 hours a day than play a single game of this mess.
Okay rant over, I got my 97 Chapman so time to kick this game back to the curb where it belongs.
My man Raes does not miss when it comes to post like this. Be prepared to face off against people who defend the game as if Ramon pays their rent or something.
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
Like I don't even know where to start to explain it. I fcking hate it, not even joking. I feel like previous years had their obvious flaws but this game is outright unplayable 9 out of 10 games due to my location. I either get matched up with people from the US or with Koreans/Chinese/Japanese people. I can swing as soon as the pitch leaves the hand and still be late on a mediocre fastball. It's awful.
People ask me why I haven't been playing RS this year. Well that's the reason. I rather dance on legos 8 hours a day than play a single game of this mess.
Okay rant over, I got my 97 Chapman so time to kick this game back to the curb where it belongs.
100 percent with you. I got matched up with someone from Dominican Republic and despite all the lag and pitch warping I have a 9 to 5 lead and now stuck in a freeze off. I mean you would think as long as they have been putting out this game that some things would be figured out but nope. Lack of competition isn’t helping anything either. They just don’t care
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I went from playing 1200 RS games per year, to 60 last year to 20 this year, if you’re not dealing with crappy connections, you’re dealing with crappy people. Events have been kind of interesting…I guess, really only play them when I get an itch to take Superfactor Alomar online.
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@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I went from playing 1200 RS games per year, to 60 last year to 20 this year, if you’re not dealing with crappy connections, you’re dealing with crappy people. Events have been kind of interesting…I guess, really only play them when I get an itch to take Superfactor Alomar online.
This sounds exactly like me. I used to grind RS like a madman, it's literally all I played when I turned my playstation on. Now I don't even wanna play one.
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I went from playing 1200 RS games per year, to 60 last year to 20 this year, if you’re not dealing with crappy connections, you’re dealing with crappy people. Events have been kind of interesting…I guess, really only play them when I get an itch to take Superfactor Alomar online.
This sounds exactly like me. I used to grind RS like a madman, it's literally all I played when I turned my playstation on. Now I don't even wanna play one.
Sometimes I’ll get to the pick stadium screen but then my better judgement kicks in and I go play something else. It’s just been so disappointing the last couple years.
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I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
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@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Yeah, it was when online rated was the only thing. Did DD come out in 15? I forget when that came out. But there was a ping indicator I think when imagine dragons- radioactive was in the game. I don’t know why they ever got rid of it.
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ping was in the lobbies for the play now/online rated community whom theyve abandoned
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@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Yeah, it was when online rated was the only thing. Did DD come out in 15? I forget when that came out. But there was a ping indicator I think when imagine dragons- radioactive was in the game. I don’t know why they ever got rid of it.
Ah I've never been aware this was a thing. Now I'm even more baffled that they don't just bring it back, like what's the problem lol.
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ive just always used the line up screen, if it takes 3 minutes to get to the 9 hole im backing out
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@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ive just always used the line up screen, if it takes 3 minutes to get to the 9 hole im backing out
I used to do that as well, but they made changes to make sure you can't cherry pick home games anymore. So it's kinda off right now and I still get really crappy games when the menu seems fluid, so it's not reliable.
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@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ive just always used the line up screen, if it takes 3 minutes to get to the 9 hole im backing out
That doesn't always work. Plenty of home games with warping pitches.
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@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ive just always used the line up screen, if it takes 3 minutes to get to the 9 hole im backing out
I used to do that as well, but they made changes to make sure you can't cherry pick home games anymore. So it's kinda off right now and I still get really crappy games when the menu seems fluid, so it's not reliable.
Ah ffs
️ this is why we need dedicated servers, it literally kills 2 or more birds with one stone. -
@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ive just always used the line up screen, if it takes 3 minutes to get to the 9 hole im backing out
I used to do that as well, but they made changes to make sure you can't cherry pick home games anymore. So it's kinda off right now and I still get really crappy games when the menu seems fluid, so it's not reliable.
Ah ffs
️ this is why we need dedicated servers, it literally kills 2 or more birds with one stone.I would love some dedis! But I was told it would be too expensive and not worth it for SDS. So idk.. but at-least bring back a ping indicator! That’s cheap right?! Lol
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@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@jeezy-e_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@raesone_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This game is SO bad online:
I’ve said this a couple weeks ago, but I would love for them to at least bring back a ping indicator like they used to have. Let us be able to see our opponents ping and if we don’t like, we can back out. This would help eliminate some bad games
Did they have a ping indicator? I've been playing since 15 and I can't remember ever seeing a ping indicator.
Ive just always used the line up screen, if it takes 3 minutes to get to the 9 hole im backing out
I used to do that as well, but they made changes to make sure you can't cherry pick home games anymore. So it's kinda off right now and I still get really crappy games when the menu seems fluid, so it's not reliable.
Ah ffs
️ this is why we need dedicated servers, it literally kills 2 or more birds with one stone.I would love some dedis! But I was told it would be too expensive and not worth it for SDS. So idk.. but at-least bring back a ping indicator! That’s cheap right?! Lol
Do you know how much it costs just for the upkeep of one of those birds flying around in centre field!?. Ping indicator is definitely not in the budget.
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The game has felt smooth to me the last week or so for most of this event. I had a couple games here and there where speeds/timing windows felt wonky but I was still cruising and sitting at 25-2.
Then today, I couldn't see a fastball no matter who threw it. Orlando Hernandez looked like Edward Cabrera. I could sit with my PCI in the exact location and guess fastball and still couldn't swing fast enough. Facing the very same pitchers I was smashing on my way to 25 wins, all of a sudden every single one had Outlier even when throwing 90 MPH. I lost 4 games in like an hour because I couldn't see the ball, recognize pitches or ever catch up to anything. I'm not even going into the outcomes on my good contact because I can live with that. What I can't live with, is not knowing what game I'm loading into when I boot up. The game was unplayable this morning and after getting the last wins I needed for Giolito, I did my dailies and I'm not touching the game again today.
This Jekyll and Hyde routine with pitch speeds needs to disappear. If this game had dedicated servers and these issues didn't exist, I truly believe it would be one of the best games ever. As is, the game literally tells me if I should play it that day or not and I'm tired of fighting through that just because I want to play baseball.
I would be willing to pay a monthly fee to rent dedicated servers, too. I'll donate to a GoFundMe to get dedicated servers into this game. SDS can afford to do it on their own already from the revenue and I know this, but I would STILL give them extra money on top of the hundreds I've already plugged into it just to have dedicated servers in this game.
