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@Rhyno1986_XBL said:

Lol wow all you people hating on streamers who were giving endorsement contract instead of calling out the hypocrisy of SDS is just generally showing of your age and misunderstanding of what is happening. Even though legally they can do this it is starting to tread on violation of people's personal civil rights now. Yes it's a private platform, but so is that streamers youtube, twitch, TikTok whatever and to tell them what they can and can't promote is getting very sketchy now.

We’ve officially reached the “advertising black-market video game currency is a civil right” portion of the discourse. Incredible. Streamers are free to promote TOS-breaking services, and SDS is free to ban them from its game. Freedom of choice isn’t freedom from consequences. Please leave the civil rights movement out of Diamond Dynasty.

The community is making this game harder to enjoy

I know this probably won’t be a popular post, but I feel like the community is becoming one of the biggest problems with MLB The Show.

The game is not perfect. Nobody is saying it is. There are issues, there are frustrating moments, and there are absolutely things SDS can improve. But the way some people talk about this game, and the way some creators lead the conversation around it, has gotten ridiculous.

We have toxic content creators who complain about almost everything, encourage people to exploit glitches, and then act like the game is completely broken because they’re mad about whatever the latest thing is. We have people harassing SDS employees on X, flooding every post with negativity, leaking content and ruining surprises, and just generally making the entire environment miserable.

And I doubt most of the loudest people complaining have any idea what actually goes into building, launching, maintaining, and fixing a video game at this scale. That doesn’t mean SDS is above criticism, but there’s a big difference between criticism and acting like every issue is some personal attack on the player base.

The reality is, hundreds of thousands (maybe millions?) of people are playing this game and enjoying it. Most people just log on, play some baseball, build their team, and have fun. It’s still a great game with an awesome mode in Diamond Dynasty. But the loudest parts of the community make it feel like everything is terrible all the time.

I actually think SDS deserves some credit for continuing to show up, communicate, release content, and try to improve things, knowing full well that no matter what they do, people are going to attack them.

It’s just a shame. I love baseball, I love this game, and I wish the community around it was better. Criticism is fine. Feedback is fine. But the constant negativity, harassment, glitch exploiting, cheating, and leaking is brutal.

I know I’ll probably get [censored] for this post, but I genuinely feel for SDS. This community could be so much better than it is right now.

@Rhyno1986_XBL said:

@Bridge-Piece_XBL said:

@Rhyno1986_XBL said:

Lol wow all you people hating on streamers who were giving endorsement contract instead of calling out the hypocrisy of SDS is just generally showing of your age and misunderstanding of what is happening. Even though legally they can do this it is starting to tread on violation of people's personal civil rights now. Yes it's a private platform, but so is that streamers youtube, twitch, TikTok whatever and to tell them what they can and can't promote is getting very sketchy now.

We’ve officially reached the “advertising black-market video game currency is a civil right” portion of the discourse. Incredible. Streamers are free to promote TOS-breaking services, and SDS is free to ban them from its game. Freedom of choice isn’t freedom from consequences. Please leave the civil rights movement out of Diamond Dynasty.

Aww look who obviously skimmed a comment then thought they'd do a gotcha. Listen they ABSOLUTELY have the right to get promoted and endorsement for whatever they want. And yes SDS has the right to ban people from using it. But since you obviously don't understand to then tell people they are basically not allowed to take an endorsement deal from said 3rd party contract also violates some of thier rights shows you are probably mid 20s and mad because you have NO real world life experience. All well this company had lied, defamed their product, allowed contuined obvious cheating with proof, and punished people with thier personal blunders. Then simply said sucks to be you guys and still have people going "yeah back this company and don't talk about their hypocrisy" then leads me to believe that you are probably either A) a bot AI reply B) a paid employee or C) simply don't have enough world real life experience to realize when someone is saying look over there just to distract you from what was happening. You know kinda like, look we banned these people for breach of ToS but hey no don't worry about them over there doing something any normal person would say is even worse breach of ToS. All well basically going hey it's not at all because this thing costs us money and the other thing simply make our game a wreck. LOL and finally NO WHERE DID I SAY advertising 3rd party currency is a civil rights, I said telling someone what they can and cannot say on THIER PERSONAL platform is starting to skim the line.

I likely have more business experience than you have years of life, but unlike you, I don't need to invent your biography to explain why your argument fails.

An endorsement contract binds the streamer and sponsor. It does not bind SDS, override its TOS or create a civil right to access its servers while promoting a business designed to circumvent its rules. YouTube can host the video. The streamer can take the money. SDS can ban the account. Three private entities making three independent choices.

And your walk-back doesn't work. You didn't call advertising stub sites a civil right... you said imposing consequences for it violates civil rights. Same argument, one extra step.

Players followed these paid promotions and got banned. SDS is protecting its community from streamers who were financially rewarded to steer them toward TOS violations. You think you're the lone experienced adult seeing what everyone else missed. But in fact, you're the only person in this thread who brought a pocket Constitution to a Diamond Dynasty discussion and opened it upside down.

@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said:

I’ll be glad when the devs are fired. Most won’t step foot in a real studio again. Sorry you feel differently, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, two wrongs don’t make a right, and all those other really cool sayings about holding hands and being one. I will laugh… out loud….when they get fired.

This is exactly the type of thing I’m talking about. Criticism is totally fair, but being excited about real people losing their jobs over a video game is wild.

I get being frustrated. I’ve had frustrations with the game too. But there’s a big difference between “this needs to be fixed” and acting like the people working on it are lazy, incompetent, or deserve to be unemployed. None of us know what their internal resources, timelines, budget, staffing, or technical limitations actually look like.

Hold the game accountable, sure. But rooting for people to get fired is just weird.

@SoldierHill71_PSN said:

I wasn’t part of the glitch mob but my question for you is what does them taking action against the glitch mob going to do for you? I’m sure you will play better right? Or get better pack odds? Just curious is all

It’s common sense to want action taken against cheaters and exploiters. I shouldn’t even have to explain why.

I say this as someone who has defended SDS a lot this year and genuinely appreciates the work they’ve been doing. This isn’t meant as a complaint, it’s feedback because I want the content to be even better.

What happened to the legends?

With the All-Star Game program, there was a perfect opportunity to release a bunch of vintage All-Star cards. Instead, we’ve gotten so many repeat current players that it feels like the legend side of the game has taken a back seat.

I know licensing plays a role, but this year’s content has felt heavily focused on current players. Maybe I’m just an old head, but I honestly couldn’t care less about getting another version of most of today’s players. I’d much rather earn and play with Griffey, Manny, Pedroia, Damon, Andruw Jones, or other legends than my 57th Cody Bellinger card.

The repeat All-Star MVP cards were understandable because of how the content was structured, but mixing in more legends could have helped avoid a lot of the duplication and made the programs feel more exciting.

I say all of this with love because I think SDS has done a lot of good things this year. I just hope next year we see a little more balance. Give us more legends. That’s what a lot of us grew up watching, and those are the cards that make Diamond Dynasty special.

@yanksthebest_PSN The justifications are ridiculous. It's against TOS. It's unethical. DO NOT DO IT.

Honestly I've never loved SDS more than I do today.

I’ve been having a lot of trouble putting in orders the last few days. The app is moving super slow. Just me or anyone else also experiencing this?

@allday9128_PSN said:
What is the purpose of playing a video game if you're just going to complain about it constantly?

Not to point at anyone here or the OP, but this is something I never understand. I've had plenty of video games, TV shows, books, subscriptions, etc. that I started to not like. Instead of complaining I stopped playing them, stopped watching/reading them, stopped subscribing, etc.

Like I get this game isn't perfect, but the hate being spread around is toxic.

@Jisaksen2422_MLBTS said:

I’m convinced 98 % of MLB The Show players need intense therapy.

Not to be the police here, but can we not bring mental health attacks into the forums?

@rubicante23_PSN said:

I am SO tired of people yelling about King and Hader and even Grant. Every Tom and Joe puts it as Number One on their list of grievances to SDS.

Hader and King are super hittable these days - they're not feasible pitchers to use now, and anyone using them is probably a goofball. (Ps: because theyre a goofball, they will always throw you that two seamer away...and you should jack it to the moon).

Grant is a lesser glitch - and once you're used to it, its kinda the same as any pitcher.

These glitches have almost no impact on your daily player experience.

If you want to complain, there are SO many other things. I suggest you use "game is stale and boring"

What’s hilarious is 99% of the people complaining about Hader/King aren’t even playing on a difficulty where it matters. And they likely don’t even notice it. They’re just repeating the tired narratives of their favorite CCs.

Absolutely epic. The violators are going to cry about it but it’s so blatantly against TOS. I was getting so triggered by the CCs constantly promoting sites also. Huge SDS W.

@DrBear100_PSN said:

@Bridge-Piece_XBL said:

Dude the CCs are still promoting the sites. Are they stupid? Like is something actually broken in their brains?

Sony can and should go after the third-party stub sites themselves, and even creators who knowingly promote them for affiliate money, especially when they’re encouraging players to violate the game’s TOS.

Sue them into the ground. Then let’s see people try this again in the future.

IP Bans. That would make them stop.

IP & console bans on people buying. But I would for sure take legal action against the 3rd party sites & the content creators promoting them.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL seeing as though I play the CPU on random difficulties, half asleep most of the time and don’t even come close to losing - it’s hard for me to have a problem.

If you read the rest of what I said - take some pitches. When you get ahead in the count they do throw strikes. Especially on higher difficulties.

Some of you guys just come here to complain about the same stuff day in and day out. All due respect, just find a different game to play if everything is always so negative.

Probably unpopular as this is ALL OVER Twitter, but I think two things are getting mixed together here.

The strike zone update seems pretty simple: it’s visual. The logic didn’t change. If the ball clips the zone, it’s a strike, and that’s how it was already working - we just didn't see the "correct" box. Now, the box is smaller / more accurate. Annoying to adjust to? Maybe. But I don’t think that’s some huge gameplay change as the box disappears as you're swinging anyway.

The PCI shrinkage thing is different. The communication around it was bad, and I get why people are pissed. But the actual logic makes sense to me. A hanging curve should be easier to square up than a dotted slider down and away. I know it’s a video game, but by that same logic, every perfect-perfect should be a hit and every bad swing should be an out. There still has to be some balance between input, ratings, pitch quality, and baseball randomness.

I’m not saying the game is perfect. There are definitely things that drive me nuts. I just still like playing it, and I think some of this is getting taken to the worst possible interpretation.

For me, the strike zone thing is basically nothing. The PCI thing makes sense in theory, even if it sucks. The biggest issue is the communication around it.

Is there any way SDS (@sds_joek_psn) can do something about the leaker?

I know it’s hard to avoid things once they start flying around the internet, but at this point it feels pretty obvious someone on the inside is leaking the new cards. They hit on everything today, and now we already know what to expect next week too, including the Legends & Flashbacks collection.

To be clear, I’m not complaining about the cards themselves. The content looks great. I just actually enjoy having some surprise and suspense when new drops are revealed.

This leaker is taking a lot of the fun out of it.

I'm actually annoyed that a) people got away with doing that glitch and b) people actually did it.
Like sorry, that's cheating and breaks TOS.
Doesn't help that some CC were encouraging it. Disgusting behavior.

@samguenther1987_PSN said:

@Bridge-Piece_XBL said:

@Good-Talk-Bud_XBL said:

@Parr99_XBL it’s because of the new update they did on the companion app. It’s to try and bottleneck the market to limit bots. For anyone using a bot it’s ridiculously easy to code around

So far so good. Been bot free for longer than ever.

Yup but the bots got wise once again and now control the market again..... next idea

Yeah it lasted awhile though. Wish these guys would get a life and stop building bots to cheat in a video game.

If you all hate the game so much, seriously - stop playing it. Stop coming to forums. Stop making the community so toxic.

They don't fix stuff, you complain. They fix stuff, you still complain. It's a lose-lose.

Also it's the middle of the day, people should be working - or if you're a kid... well then, I guess the behavior makes sense.

Without the bots the marketplace is healthy and card prices and margins are better. While this update makes it take me 15x longer to place my orders, I’m making a good 30x more profit from flipping. So it’s a W to me.

If these losers weren’t DDOS attacking the servers and throwing bots in the marketplace this wouldn’t be necessary. So blame the community.