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@Jacob151167_XBL Sure! I’d love to check it out.

@StinkyMcPooter_XBL thank you!

I’m looking to download some player models from the vault and have noticed there’s a few creators that are really great at getting player likenesses down.

Is there a way to narrow it down and search solely through one creator’s models?

@dodgers19k88_MLBTS I know we used to think that they needed to play a game first but we have Ryan Sloan in the Mariners organization who has a scan and hasn’t played in the majors. There’s also been many others who are in the game before appearing in the big leagues. Ultimately I don’t think we’ll completely know the ‘why’ or the ‘when’ but at least we have some kind of answer now.

@dodgers19k88_MLBTS Oh I totally agree that they couldn’t have everyone at launch which is why I was asking about doing it their first roster update.

But it looks like we got an answer. I’m thankful for that but a tad bummed top prospects/players aren’t the priority when the new models are added. That being said, I’m glad we got an answer on this.

@SDS_JoeK_PSN Thank you for the response!

@Player99_MLBTS The question wasn’t “where do you scan players and does every player in Major League Baseball get scanned”.

We are asking why all the scans of new players they get at Spring Training are not released at the beginning of the season and are instead leaked out throughout the year.

Unless you’re honestly suggesting every player added to the game later went to San Diego and got scanned in the middle of the baseball season (something SDS has said rarely ever happens)?

@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.

@RiceRiceBaby15_PSN Straight to the source. I like it.

@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?

@dodgers19k88_MLBTS If you don’t care about the topic of the thread, why reply?

@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?

@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.

@RedstickRebel_PSN You see the latest update?

@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:

1. We don’t know who agreed to get scanned and who didn’t.

2. 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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@StinkyMcPooter_XBL Thanks for looking into that. I think the 26 man roster used to feel like the only rule. A guy gets called up and boom, face scan on the next update. Now it just feels more random and I think that’s where it’s gotten frustrating.

@TNGreen4_PSN That’d be nice for sure.

@StinkyMcPooter_XBL He could have. But to say they’re not holding onto scans we’d have to believe that every single new scan added is from guys going to SDS in the middle of the season (American League too). Is that more likely than SDS sitting on scans from Spring Training to leak out throughout the season?

Like I said earlier, this could all be avoided if they just released everything they had on the first update. Then there’d be no more wondering. I think this is purely a Franchise frustration.

@dodgers19k88_MLBTS Ok so I didn’t misunderstand your reply. What does a player’s focus have to do with anything in my post? My post was about SDS, not the players.

So you don’t think they’re sitting on scans. After today’s announcement of the next update, I’m more convinced that they actually are. Carson Benge’s facescan/ player model is being added. Soooo if he got scanned at Spring Training, they have been sitting on it. Or do you think he just flew over to SDS last week and got scanned? This was my whole point. Players are slowly added throughout the season instead of right away.