Ethan Holliday?
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I support @PolKrout calling out SDS on this every day until Cam Smith is in the game.
Seems somebody don't understand.
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I support @PolKrout calling out SDS on this every day until Cam Smith is in the game.
You should be calling out Cam Smith. SDS’s hands are literally tied.
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@SaveFarris_PSN Ok. I’ve seen these posts and arguments forever now. One guy posts something complaining about lack of face scans, other guys respond with “you can’t force guys to get scanned”.
After what was just announced for player likeness updates, can we all just be honest and admit the obvious? SDS does not release all the scans they have upon release. This has been my one major complaint on this issue. On their 11th update (June 2nd) they will be adding Colt Keith, Drake Baldwin, Kevin McGonigle, Cam Smith and others. No one honestly believes all of those guys JUST flew over and got scanned this last week.
If you don’t care about player likenesses and are more passionate about other areas of the game, cool. Totally valid. But we need to stop with the whole “that player doesn’t have a scan because he didn’t want one” talk. Ultimately we don’t know why EVERY person doesn’t have an updated likeness. But this latest update proves, to me at least, they are sitting on scans and choose to leak them out as the year goes on. Which totally screws over franchise players because we need to start all over if we want those updated likenesses.
All this arguing and fighting over this doesn’t need to keep happening. We can admit both things at once:
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We don’t know who agreed to get scanned and who didn’t.
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SDS has more scanned likenesses at the start of the season and choose to dribble them out throughout the season rather than release them at the start.
SDS defenders and SDS critics can we at least agree on that?
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@RedstickRebel_PSN You see the latest update?
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@bleachfro_mlbts I'm not a graphic artist by trade so I can't speak with specificity, but I imagine there is a little more to the process than "Scan. Save. Publish." and there is some correction time in the process.
I just reject the notion that SDS has these face scans in the bag ready to publish and are piecemealing them for whatever reason. What does that serve them? They're expecting a phalanx of Drake Baldwin fans going out and buying the game now that his face scan is available? And if that were the case, what benefit do they have for waiting when they could have published it earlier and gotten all those sales months ago?
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@SaveFarris_PSN I don’t think the reason has anything to do with sales. I personally think these scans are leaked out as content throughout the season to keep up interest. It’s something new. Again, if you don’t care about scans and the game looking as lifelike as possible, that’s totally fine. Admitting SDS has had these scans since training camp shouldn’t be something to fight over. It’s simply not important to you. Again, that’s fine. But what’s the argument here? Are you honestly suggesting that Drake Baldwin or Colt Keith’s scans were harder to add to the game than some random Athletics reliever back in May? Or that more people wanted to see that reliever than Max Clark or Justin Crawford (being added tomorrow too)?
For franchise players this is frustrating. If you don’t care, fine. But it’s weird to jump into a thread you don’t care about to defend SDS when it seems clear they’re holding scans. I wouldn’t go into a DD thread and tell them they’re dumb for wanting what they want. I’m not bashing you, bro. I get being annoyed by OP’s posts and lists. I just disagree with you that SDS couldn’t add all these guys on the first update. It’s a new game and it should feel new. And starting franchises over every single time they add people really sucks. I hope that makes sense.
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. I personally think these scans are leaked out as content throughout the season to keep up interest. It’s something new.
That makes zero business sense. I get that it's frustrating. I want everything for free right now too.
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@SaveFarris_PSN How does keeping people interested with new content make “zero business sense”? If they didn’t think people cared about updated likenesses, why would they announce them on the updates or do them at all?
The fact is, even if you’re not one of them, people out there like the idea of their game looking as real as possible. It makes it more immersive and fun.
Not sure what the comment about wanting something for free was about but, again, for franchise players it IS frustrating to have to constantly restart. Even if you don’t care or disagree, can you at least understand that part of the frustration?
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I get both sides. I'm in the camp that there are more serious issues at play with this game than whether we have or have not particular face scans of players. Quite honestly if the game continues on it's current trajectory noone will have to worry about face scans anymore.... there won't be a game.
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Thank goodness Max Clark and Cam Smith had face scans. Totally makes up for the top of the 4th being extra innings, 30% of the pitches being fouled off and relievers pitching in every game of a 3 game series.
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@dodgers19k88_MLBTS If you don’t care about the topic of the thread, why reply?
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@dodgers19k88_MLBTS If you don’t care about the topic of the thread, why reply?
I find it hilarious. The conspiracy theories tossed around for guys that are irrelevant in franchises that don’t go more than a season or 2 without major edits or lots of simulating. They literally said how scans work in the streams and in a post on this site. They had a huge post when they did the first updated face scan during a game cycle about them coming to tour the studio and see how the game is made and get their face scanned.
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@dodgers19k88_MLBTS They addressed why all scanned players aren’t released at the beginning of the season? I don’t recall them ever doing that.
If you’re saying they made a post about it, what did it say?
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The thread about players likeness has been a pretty hot topic. Is there an explanation on how it works? Or why players are leaked weekly? Just want to have someone from the inside give some insight.
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@RiceRiceBaby15_PSN Straight to the source. I like it.
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@dodgers19k88_MLBTS They addressed why all scanned players aren’t released at the beginning of the season? I don’t recall them ever doing that.
If you’re saying they made a post about it, what did it say?
It was one of the post years ago when they first started doing it in 2022 or 2023. They had a post with the player coming to their studio to get a tour and get scanned. That year they did maybe 5 players total.
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@dodgers19k88_MLBTS Yeah I remember when they posted about how the scans were made. But they didn’t address why scans captured at Spring Training aren’t released as early as possible or why they’re leaked out throughout the season. That’s the discussion we’re having.
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@RiceRiceBaby15_PSN -- As far as the process itself goes, we set up a face scanning rig at Spring Training and players have the option to get scanned. Some choose to and some choose not to and we respect whatever their decision is. But that contributes to why you'll see some players with face scans and some without.
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@RiceRiceBaby15_PSN -- As far as the process itself goes, we set up a face scanning rig at Spring Training and players have the option to get scanned. Some choose to and some choose not to and we respect whatever their decision is. But that contributes to why you'll see some players with face scans and some without.
That's not the question at hand. Most of us understand that aspect.
What some folks keep asking about is why some scans come much later in the season than others. Some believe that they are purposely withheld for whatever reason.
Can you address this issue?
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@RiceRiceBaby15_PSN -- As far as the process itself goes, we set up a face scanning rig at Spring Training and players have the option to get scanned. Some choose to and some choose not to and we respect whatever their decision is. But that contributes to why you'll see some players with face scans and some without.
That's not the question at hand. Most of us understand that aspect.
What some folks keep asking about is why some scans come much later in the season than others. Some believe that they are purposely withheld for whatever reason.
Can you address this issue?
Didn't he just say that they have the option to be scanned or not? Are you blind or something?
