Jazz... 2023
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
So a guy who played 60 games is the cover athlete? Standards for what I expect on the game are extremely low now.
Come on, He has played 1.25 seasons so far certainly he deserves it more than the likes of Goldy, Freeman, Ramirez, Trout, Scherzer, Verlander, Arenado, etc etc
While there are certainly better choices, I have to imagine there are players who are asked that pass on it. A lot of the more veteran players may not want to go through the hassle of flying out to San Diego and doing photo shoots etc. A younger player may be more likely to do it to build their brand and Im sure there is some kind of payout to do it. It's possible they went through a few players before someone said yes.
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@pfcorporate_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
A younger player may be more likely to do it to build their brand and Im sure there is some kind of payout to do it. It's possible they went through a few players before someone said yes.
They probably already did that last summer when he came down to the studio.
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I don't care about the cover at all, but putting a guy like Jazz on there shows the level of poverty this franchise has become. Sorry not sorry.
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@pfcorporate_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
So a guy who played 60 games is the cover athlete? Standards for what I expect on the game are extremely low now.
Come on, He has played 1.25 seasons so far certainly he deserves it more than the likes of Goldy, Freeman, Ramirez, Trout, Scherzer, Verlander, Arenado, etc etc
While there are certainly better choices, I have to imagine there are players who are asked that pass on it. A lot of the more veteran players may not want to go through the hassle of flying out to San Diego and doing photo shoots etc. A younger player may be more likely to do it to build their brand and Im sure there is some kind of payout to do it. It's possible they went through a few players before someone said yes.
I agree with this, plus the Madden cover jinx is real.
It's true for other sports as well, but no one talks about it. There is an NBA 2K23 jinx going on atm with Devin Booker, lol.
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@TheGoaler_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@pfcorporate_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
So a guy who played 60 games is the cover athlete? Standards for what I expect on the game are extremely low now.
Come on, He has played 1.25 seasons so far certainly he deserves it more than the likes of Goldy, Freeman, Ramirez, Trout, Scherzer, Verlander, Arenado, etc etc
While there are certainly better choices, I have to imagine there are players who are asked that pass on it. A lot of the more veteran players may not want to go through the hassle of flying out to San Diego and doing photo shoots etc. A younger player may be more likely to do it to build their brand and Im sure there is some kind of payout to do it. It's possible they went through a few players before someone said yes.
I agree with this, plus the Madden cover jinx is real.
It's true for other sports as well, but no one talks about it. There is an NBA 2K23 jinx going on atm with Devin Booker, lol.
I'm sure that factored in.Yeah, Ohtani had a rough 2022. That cover jinx is real.
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At least Jazz gives all you something to be mad about for the next 2 months lol
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Great cover, y’all!
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Looking at the cover at the end of the stream. It looks horrendous. It looks like it could be a cover for Just Dance 2023 with that color scheme.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@TheGoaler_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@pfcorporate_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
So a guy who played 60 games is the cover athlete? Standards for what I expect on the game are extremely low now.
Come on, He has played 1.25 seasons so far certainly he deserves it more than the likes of Goldy, Freeman, Ramirez, Trout, Scherzer, Verlander, Arenado, etc etc
While there are certainly better choices, I have to imagine there are players who are asked that pass on it. A lot of the more veteran players may not want to go through the hassle of flying out to San Diego and doing photo shoots etc. A younger player may be more likely to do it to build their brand and Im sure there is some kind of payout to do it. It's possible they went through a few players before someone said yes.
I agree with this, plus the Madden cover jinx is real.
It's true for other sports as well, but no one talks about it. There is an NBA 2K23 jinx going on atm with Devin Booker, lol.
I'm sure that factored in.Yeah, Ohtani had a rough 2022. That cover jinx is real.
And Tatis was terrible in 21 :). Can you imagine though if he was the cover athlete last year and all that happened? SDS would have been so bummed.
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I'm old enough to remember when they put the best player's in the game on the cover.
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Orestes Destrade is rolling over in his grave.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
At least Jazz gives all you something to be mad about for the next 2 months lol
I am not upset at all. It just shows SDS doing their usual low effort work again. I can now guarantee there will be a ton of bugs on opening, with lots of server crashes upon launch and all the old glitches from previous editions intact.
Just a pricey roster update with a fresh coat of paint slapped on it.
Working as intended.
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It’s almost like they are going for a younger audience instead of worrying about what a bunch of miserable pricks(myself included on that) on the forums who represent a small percentage of the player base and are already set on getting the game or not think.
Also implying that the cover athlete has any correlation to how the game quality will be is as dumb as saying directional hitting is competitive
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@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
At least Jazz gives all you something to be mad about for the next 2 months lol
I am not upset at all. It just shows SDS doing their usual low effort work again. I can now guarantee there will be a ton of bugs on opening, with lots of server crashes upon launch and all the old glitches from previous editions intact.
Just a pricey roster update with a fresh coat of paint slapped on it.
Working as intended.
That has nothing to do with the cover athlete at all. Jazz is the first CA since Mauer to have any genuine passion for this game(being that he actually regularly plays it). The new legends are going to sell the game for me(nothing to do with how the game plays just burnout). I just think people make the cover athlete out to be way kore of a deal than it is.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
At least Jazz gives all you something to be mad about for the next 2 months lol
I am not upset at all. It just shows SDS doing their usual low effort work again. I can now guarantee there will be a ton of bugs on opening, with lots of server crashes upon launch and all the old glitches from previous editions intact.
Just a pricey roster update with a fresh coat of paint slapped on it.
Working as intended.
That has nothing to do with the cover athlete at all. Jazz is the first CA since Mauer to have any genuine passion for this game(being that he actually regularly plays it). The new legends are going to sell the game for me(nothing to do with how the game plays just burnout). I just think people make the cover athlete out to be way kore of a deal than it is.
That's a pretty bold statement.
That means you don't believe that players like
Adrian Gonzalez
Andrew McCutchen
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Donaldson
Ken Griffey Jr
Aaron Judge
Bryce Harper
Shohei OhtaniAmong others had any real compassion for the game?
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
At least Jazz gives all you something to be mad about for the next 2 months lol
I am not upset at all. It just shows SDS doing their usual low effort work again. I can now guarantee there will be a ton of bugs on opening, with lots of server crashes upon launch and all the old glitches from previous editions intact.
Just a pricey roster update with a fresh coat of paint slapped on it.
Working as intended.
That has nothing to do with the cover athlete at all. Jazz is the first CA since Mauer to have any genuine passion for this game(being that he actually regularly plays it). The new legends are going to sell the game for me(nothing to do with how the game plays just burnout). I just think people make the cover athlete out to be way kore of a deal than it is.
That's a pretty bold statement.
That means you don't believe that players like
Adrian Gonzalez
Andrew McCutchen
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Donaldson
Ken Griffey Jr
Aaron Judge
Bryce Harper
Shohei OhtaniAmong others had any real compassion for the game?
The video game. Not baseball
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
@darkblue1876_PSN said in Jazz... 2023:
@the_dragon1912 said in Jazz... 2023:
At least Jazz gives all you something to be mad about for the next 2 months lol
I am not upset at all. It just shows SDS doing their usual low effort work again. I can now guarantee there will be a ton of bugs on opening, with lots of server crashes upon launch and all the old glitches from previous editions intact.
Just a pricey roster update with a fresh coat of paint slapped on it.
Working as intended.
That has nothing to do with the cover athlete at all. Jazz is the first CA since Mauer to have any genuine passion for this game(being that he actually regularly plays it). The new legends are going to sell the game for me(nothing to do with how the game plays just burnout). I just think people make the cover athlete out to be way kore of a deal than it is.
That's a pretty bold statement.
That means you don't believe that players like
Adrian Gonzalez
Andrew McCutchen
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Donaldson
Ken Griffey Jr
Aaron Judge
Bryce Harper
Shohei OhtaniAmong others had any real compassion for the game?
Have all of those guys said they play the show like that? I don’t see a few in that list playing video games much.
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I don’t mind it. As long as the game is fun. Ohtani being the cover athlete didn’t get me “excited”. Tatis got me excited. Jazz seems to be an energetic and passionate guy, hopefully that energy and passion relates to the game itself.
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Plot twist: they have a big new legend for the special edition and that’s why a weaker cover like Jazz was selected for the standard. They would sell more of the expensive version of its a nostalgic/big name legend on it.
