Ranked Seasons…
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It’s been said. I’ll say it. I’m 5-0 in the current ranked season. I have 3 kids finding the time is not easy. I’ve played 12 innings…..yep. Listen if you sign on for 9 play 9. If you can’t play Events or BR. I’m sorry that some of you suck. But you know the deal, the White Sox suck and they don’t quit after 2 innings. Dash boarding or quitting I feel should be penalized. You get 2 freebies a RS season, I do understand accidental lost connections happen. After that 5 minutes penalty that doubles each time. I mean I played a guy 60ish wins and 350 ish losses. How many dashboards are in there? If you sign up to play 9 that’s what you do, anything under that besides a mercy is penalized. If you don’t like it go to events
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Because your pitchers are depleted of their energy and you only get credit for 2-3 innings on the Ranked program for example. Between that and SDS not giving you credit for an inning if a pitcher doesn't pitch the entire inning, you need 150 innings or whatever and it takes 30+ games. Then you factor in dashboarding on homers and you progress even more slowly as those stats might not count.
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@fellspointguy_MLBTS said in Ranked Seasons…:
Because your pitchers are depleted of their energy and you only get credit for 2-3 innings on the Ranked program for example. Between that and SDS not giving you credit for an inning if a pitcher doesn't pitch the entire inning, you need 150 innings or whatever and it takes 30+ games. Then you factor in dashboarding on homers and you progress even more slowly as those stats might not count.
Ahh, I get it now. Makes sense! Thanks
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Idk it's tough on this one. You must just be that good cause there's nothing worse than just slogging through a game you're clearly going to lose to gain virtually no difference in xp and the season rewards that come with the loss.
It's simply not worth it, dude. If someone hits a home run first pitch and just keeps smacking you in the first two innings you're only going to get angrier and more frustrated with a game. Ain't no one getting paid like a Detroit tiger so that doesn't even make sense to compare. I'm here to play a fun video game and remove myself from reality. I ain't making 1 million dollars to get my [censored] beat like the Detroit tigers players are.
If SDS added a ban or penalty for quitting they would literally have no player base.Take the win homie and move on to the next one. The game is in a bad state and I could never blame someone for quitting early.
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@fellspointguy_MLBTS said in Ranked Seasons…:
Because your pitchers are depleted of their energy and you only get credit for 2-3 innings on the Ranked program for example. Between that and SDS not giving you credit for an inning if a pitcher doesn't pitch the entire inning, you need 150 innings or whatever and it takes 30+ games. Then you factor in dashboarding on homers and you progress even more slowly as those stats might not count.
This isn't your opponents fault but SDSs and poor game design.
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@AAM34_XBL said in Ranked Seasons…:
Why cry about more points in less time. It gets you closer to Trout. SMH
But... you don't get points for wins in RS any more...
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@MarioMendoza935_XBL rating points, you know.. the whole point of ranked before this whole get the same reward for not winning nonsense.
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@TheCanuckler309_XBL said in Ranked Seasons…:
@MarioMendoza935_XBL rating points, you know.. the whole point of ranked before this whole get the same reward for not winning nonsense.
Got it... I'm talking about us not-so-talented players that have to work the program
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN, this is the wrong attitude.
If the person you're playing is that much better, and you don't have the mental fortitude to stick in there long enough to learn something (see if you can allow fewer runs by trying something different, try to be more patient at the plate in coming innings and see if you can score, etc.), then they'll mercy you in couple of innings anyway and your "pain" will be over soon enough.
Failure and loss are major components of the game, and if you can't handle that because it isn't fun, then baseball might not be the game for you.
I agree with the OP - give a couple of freebies to account for disconnects, then penalize the hell out of quitters.
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Here is my thing I signed up to play a 9 inning game. I’m not worried about a trout who will be useless in 2 weeks. I like to play and compete. If you clicked ranked seasons you signed up to play 9 innings. Stop being a byotch because you can’t beat me and quitting. I don’t quit when I get beat. I get better. I don’t care about the rewards. I enjoy playing.
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@LIONED-33_XBL you did compete, you played so well that you made your opponent quit. End of story, load up another game and play it.
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@LIONED-33_XBL said in Ranked Seasons…:
Here is my thing I signed up to play a 9 inning game. I’m not worried about a trout who will be useless in 2 weeks. I like to play and compete. If you clicked ranked seasons you signed up to play 9 innings. Stop being a byotch because you can’t beat me and quitting. I don’t quit when I get beat. I get better. I don’t care about the rewards. I enjoy playing.
When we match up, I will play every inning where you're ahead of me by less than 10 runs. That's a promise...
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@The_Joneser_PSN said in Ranked Seasons…:
@AdeptOfMemory_PSN, this is the wrong attitude.
If the person you're playing is that much better, and you don't have the mental fortitude to stick in there long enough to learn something (see if you can allow fewer runs by trying something different, try to be more patient at the plate in coming innings and see if you can score, etc.), then they'll mercy you in couple of innings anyway and your "pain" will be over soon enough.
Failure and loss are major components of the game, and if you can't handle that because it isn't fun, then baseball might not be the game for you.
I agree with the OP - give a couple of freebies to account for disconnects, then penalize the hell out of quitters.
There is no method to learn in a game of RNG and poorly reflected statistics like swinging timing and pitch timing. This is NOT the wrong attitude on a broken game that doesn't penalize you for leaving games. I'm not coming at this from a sportsmanship or morals angle. Ain't no one making money or losing their jobs over this [censored] so no, it's not some grand morals issue and your opponents are not obligated to stay in the game against you.
How do you learn if you have good to perfect timed hits and pitches and they get decimated? How do you learn if your throw curveballs in the dirt and your opponents still foul them out every time until you throw a strike down the middle for them to smash? Even the most active and vocal players in this forum will tell you that perfect perfects don't mean anything and you should expect perfect results. So how tf do you learn if the information being given isn't accurate??
You can't blame the gamer for the fault of the poor game design. That's on SDS not the community who gave them money to play the game.
You act as if this game is a pure simulation that requires utmost baseball skill and knowledge. Ain't nothing accurate about this game. You're gonna say "it's just baseball" with players batting .575 on average? Lol wtf??
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Failure and loss are major components of the game, and if you can't handle that because it isn't fun, then baseball might not be the game for you.
If you can't handle someone quitting because you are better than them then maybe the Internet and video games aren't for you.
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN, sadly, this is about what I'd expect...
Of course there's absolutely no way to get better at this game; if you're a 400-500 level player, that's all you'll ever be, but don't worry: it's SDS's fault. You simply can't improve upon your pitch sequencing, or tunnelling... just impossible to play better defense, or to make better decisions running the bases... no way to be more selective at the plate or to work counts into your favor. It's the game's fault because every single aspect of it is out of your control, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
When you play someone who's better than you, the best course of action is always to give up and quit. And don't dawdle and amateurishly navigate to the game's menu and select quit; just go straight for the power button, or, better yet, yank the cord right out of the wall. Why not? There's zero reason to stick around if you aren't winning... I mean, why play anything if you aren't winning.
Of course you're not coming at this from a sportsmanship angle; it's hard to see the anything as an exercise in character building when you have none.
You're really good at complaining, though, so there's something.
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN seems on brand..
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What’s crazy to me, is that in 2020 and 2021 I had the best ERA in the world at 3.45 and 3.55. I’ve now realized that I will NEVER get even close to those numbers again or even close. This game is for hitting by far. It’s frustrating, but it is what it is. I do wish I could dominate a team on the mound again, but even my best pitched games I seem to give up 5-6 runs. Crazy
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Whether it's morally right or wrong, the game incentivizes players to quit because award retrievals become a massive time sink.
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@KommanderNKeef9_PSN the best era in the world at 3.45? lol what?
