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The game is great, for what it is. Sure I could get upset, act like I don’t care, and go on to type a 750 word comment in the community forum. At the end of the day, it’s just not that important to me (and 98.999%) of the people who play this game. Sure online can lag, timing windows can be inconsistent, and fluky things can happen. It just doesn’t affect me in any way. I laugh at it, go outside, have other hobbies, and spend time with my daughter and do the things she enjoys. I don’t stream it for a living, nor I’m I playing 8+ hours a day to become a top 500 rated goon.

I think some people would really benefit from that mentality. The amount of 500+ word essays I see posted on here about lag, perfect perfect outs, same side matchup PCI shrinkage, RNG, etc is just so funny to me. It’s a video GAME, this time next year no one will care or remember what your online Ranked record is. Just have fun and if something doesn’t go your way, just laugh it off and play another game.

Life is too short for you guys to be getting this upset over virtual baseball

PCI shrinkage is ludicrous. MAYBE for a pull hitter I could understand it somewhat, but for a push/balanced hitter it’s just a miserable addition to the game.

@Talkingben9558_XBL I understand what you’re saying, but I also feel OP’s frustrations. There are games where the winner is already decided before the first pitch of the game. This coming from a 38 year old dad who could care less about a win or loss in a virtual baseball game.

I’ll play a game where my opponent is swinging out of his shoes at everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. You could throw the ball into the concession stands and my opponent would still try and yeet it 476 feet dead center.

Then here I am with an above average eye at the plate, with a sound approach, and literally every ball squared up is a line out, deep fly to the warning track, a perfect perfect missile to an infielder, or that insane animation where a line drive hovers 4 feet off the ground for 376 feet just to find the center fielders glove.

Only for the inevitable to happen; 9th inning, my diamond defense second baseman boots a routine grounder just for him to walk it off next at bat with a bloop hit on a cutter 4 feet out of the zone.

Again, at the end of the day I could care less. But come on guys, you cant deny that it doesn’t happen, and that it also happens way too often…?

I’ve been an avid DD player for 5+ years. I’m usually a .290-.320ish World Series player. Can pretty much hold my own with anyone, minus the 1000 rated goons who hit .450+ with everyone on the team.

I don’t know what’s wrong this year, but I absolutely can’t hit. I’m hitting .190-.225 overall. My timing windows seem nonexistent, my PCI is always late to the pitch, I can’t track pitches from the release point, and they just seem to teleport to the plate. I play on a monitor w/ 120hz and 1ms response time, have high speed internet (not fiber unfortunately), I’m hard wired with an Ethernet cord and use a Power A/Gamesir G7 both wired.

Anyone else having issues? The only thing I can think of is I did recently move from Georgia to Maine. My latency has been running 65-85ms the last few weeks, could that be an issue?

It’s so frustrating because I genuinely love this game, but not being able to hit a beach ball is infuriating.

Competitive online play. Hardcore baseball fan, so The Show has always been my go to sports game. To me, it’s the only sports game with an actual skill gap. Madden, FIFA, NHL, 2K, you can buy yourself wins. MLB you can take someone who is above average and give them a 99 God squad and put them up against YFK, OhChev, Mangoes, etc with an all silver team and the more talented player wins 95% of the time

I’m by no means a 1000 rated goon, but I’m a competitive WS player who can pretty much hang with anyone 900s rated and below. As much as I enjoy playing this game (diehard baseball fan), there’s nothing more frustrating than playing a game and just KNOWING it’s going to end in a loss no matter what. You can just tell after only a few outs at the plate.

I’m talking about the game where your opponent is swinging at everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. They have no approach or eye at the plate. You could literally throw the ball 6 rows in the stands behind the home team dugout and they’re swinging at it. Yet here I am with an above average eye at the plate, not chasing, and any pitch I square up is a line out, deep fly to the warning track, or a perfect perfect out.

Those are the games I’m talking about. After a few innings you just know a loss is certain no matter user input. Then the inevitable happens, it’s the 9th inning and your opponent gets on base because your diamond defense 2nd baseman boots a routine grounder, and the very next at bat is a walk off bloop hit on a cutter 4 feet off the plate. Is it RNG, built in code, or is it just a fluke? IDK, but those are the games that over the years have made me take online play a lot less serious. Those are the games I think about when Ohchev, YFK, Major Mangoes, etc go in depth on why this game can’t be played competitively for monetary gains.

Im a 38 year old dad who works full time, so winning and losing in a video game isn’t that big of a deal anymore these days. With that said, someone pls tell me Im not the only one where this happens to them?

@MarioMendoza935_XBL said in Your Diamond Quest rewards for Sep 30th (The Jason Drop):

As a Sox fan, I'll take a Varitek. I liked his earlier cards. As for Giambi, it's weird... I don't WANT to like his cards, but I always love them.

Giambi has that typical meta swing. It’s short, compact, and quick through the zone. It’s the best way to get to outlier fastballs on HoF and legend. It’s why Trout, Corey Seager, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, etc are always wildly popular among the competitive player base

Crazy Battlefield can have 64 people in one lobby, flying jets, driving tanks, blowing up skyscrapers, people snipping from a mile away, close quarter combat, etc and it’ll run flawlessly. We can’t get two people playing baseball to have an enjoyable smooth online experience. Don’t even get me started on co-op . It’s almost comical at this point.

Touché

George Brett, always has been and always will be for me. I don’t know if it’s stance, swing, distance he stands from the plate, or all the above, BUT that’s the one card I have all the confidence in the world with when going to the plate. It could be bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, GOAT difficulty, John Don on the mound, tying runner on second, and I JUST know I’m going to get a hit.

@YOSHI24_XBL said in As we approach the end of the season.. A few thoughts.:

My thoughts: Awesome improvements in game design & power creep … Starting from the all-star-break, „the creep“ got too steep too quickly

I agree with all of this. Love the power creep, makes for more competitive and diverse online play. With that said, it did seem like we went from decent 95’s to top tier 99’s in what felt like just a few weeks time.

I get that the All Star content is always SDS’s biggest draw for the player base, but man I wish the creep was a more steady, consistent incline.

Still, I will take any type of power creep over last year’s Sets and Seasons. Whew, that was such a swing and miss.

I’m talking about a low diamond, high silver, or one you never see many use, but for one reason or another you just love the card.

Mine is the 96 2nd Half Trea Turner. It amazes me I NEVER see him in Ranked - Just his swing alone is top tier, then add in the fact the majority of the meta starting and relief pitchers are lefty. He CRUSHES lefties. If nothing else a great bench bat to have, along with 99 SPD

Online seems like the hitting windows are getting less and less consistent. Maybe a result from SDS not leasing as many serves this late into the season? It’s bee painful recently..

@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Weekend classic placement manipulation:

The rewards are better the higher you go, not sure why people would purposely want to lose.

It’s pride. A lot of people would rather win games, then sweat it out and have a chance at decent rewards. The great players are going to have enough stubs to buy the best players at this stage of the game anyway.