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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in Shaping up to be a big L this year.:

I don’t know, guys. I think I need to take (at least) the next month off from these forums. Make no mistake, there are some awesome dudes who post here (and several of those awesome dudes are even in this very thread!). But toxic negativity just feels like it has gradually become the default setting around here. It’s just a freakin bummer. I don’t know what else to say. It’s just depressing.

The game and the company are far from perfect. But good grief, SDS can’t do anything right in the eyes of some of their “fans.” If SDS keeps things the same, people will gripe because it’s “a copy/paste of last year’s game.” If they shake things up, people preemptively declare it an “L” a month before release.

Who knows — maybe Sets & Seasons will be the worst thing to happen to baseball since Craig Kimbrel’s facial hair. But why not just wait and see? Better yet! Why not get excited about the prospect of something new and go into it with positivity and optimism? You might be surprised to find how easy it is to enjoy things when you actually want to enjoy them.

To all the cool dudes — hopefully I’ll be back closer to launch. And I hope everyone else finds something in life they can enjoy. (Dogs are always a safe bet. Anne Hathaway movies are great. I hear good things about heroin. I’m sure you’ll all find something that’s right for you).

It's baseball man. Not Fortnite. There isn't much to do besides tighten up the gameplay and graphics.

It's clear the demographic The Show is going for these days.

MLB needs new fans. We love in a world where you can subscribe to something called MLB TV and not even be able to watch the team you actually subscribed for because of blackouts.

Makes too much sense.

@DoIHearBossMusic said in Does this game seem more entertaining early?:

Maybe it's just me, but I think the game is much better when we only have silvers, golds and low diamonds to choose from. Endless 99s just don't do it for me, even if there is a variety of USABLE 99s which there typically isn't. I like the mixing and matching with low cards early on.

Playing with silver and gold LS to start has always been the best gameplay. That first week before they completely change how the game plays is great.

They seemed to have made changes that nobody asked for. Everyone wanted gameplay changes. We got a new UI and they put the same things in different spots and called it a day. Nothing new. Just things to make it feel new.

Geovanny Soto has a 99 card with 125 power. That's all I need to say. It's stupid, ridiculous and not real.

Everybody gets stats once reserved for Babe Ruth. Even for a good game in May. Make it make sense. That's all I ask.

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in More 99s:

@Ericulous1_PSN said in More 99s:

@SaveFarris_PSN said in More 99s:

They said '99 card's, not 'cards that are boosted to a 99'.

If the cards in question are just the result of an expiring supercharge, there will be riots.

I think it’ll be nice having a card you like the whole season.

Definitely agree there. Nothing sucks more in this game than getting a card you been grinding for only to have it become irrelevant a few days later

What's irrelevant mean? That there is a better card that you gotta have? Slow n steady boss. Don't let the shiny new cards distract you.

Nothing better than sending..."GG. You got lots of pretty cards" after a tough win against a stacked lineup.

Is anyone watching San Diego vs Seattle game?

This pitch clock is a trip. It's like the game is on fast forward.

@jake98833_PSN said in So They Took My Least Favorite:

@CCARR77_PSN said in So They Took My Least Favorite:

@aaronjw76_PSN said in So They Took My Least Favorite:

@jake98833_PSN said in So They Took My Least Favorite:

Feature from NBA 2K and copied it over awesome I can't wait to skip DD this year

No one cares bro. Call a friend

This you bro...

https://forums.theshow.com/topic/8645/no-patch-no-communication-no-acknowledgements?_=1677190763806

Wow

No self awareness whatsoever

I haven seem this many L's in the chat, since LL Cool J was on Drink Champs.

@aaronjw76_PSN said in So They Took My Least Favorite:

@jake98833_PSN said in So They Took My Least Favorite:

Feature from NBA 2K and copied it over awesome I can't wait to skip DD this year

No one cares bro. Call a friend

This you bro...

https://forums.theshow.com/topic/8645/no-patch-no-communication-no-acknowledgements?_=1677190763806

If I put 5 Tigers in my lineup why does my fielding drop?

How fake is Ramone? I thought him shedding a tear was bad. This is just cringe.

I'm here just like the guy who watches his house burn down.

All them good memories up in smoke. They killed this mode.

Lowell is alot better than Jeff Fn Conine.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel

@FRSTDWN_XBL said in Some of the homies on Reddit think All Star pitch speeds are too fast online....:

Pitching is definitely faster on the test . I also think think the timing window is smaller. Which is good imop. I play mostly hof and it was brutal at times.

On that note been playing 22 and it's a laggy mess today. Hamsters must be old .

For years the game would always play wonky when they're working behind the scenes on the new one.

I talked to my cousin today who hasn't played on a console since about 2015-2016. I told him that a guy could be sitting in class on a Switch and it's 4-5 inch screen and still compete against your XBOX X and $400 4k blah blah blah monitor.

He couldn't believe it. I said it's to make it easier and to hook guys playing.

He then proceeds to tell me OOTP has basically turned into diamond dynasty. Different cards and everything. Card investing and all. These modes have ruined everything.

@whitejw98_PSN said in Some of the homies on Reddit think All Star pitch speeds are too fast online....:

It would be a waste of money for me to buy an expensive TV or gaming monitor, because the flaws in my game go beyond bad timing. Even with more precise timing, I'll still never make contact with that breaking ball way out of the zone that I stupidly couldn't resist the urge to swing at.

I can see where better technology would benefit a good player who just needs a little bit of an edge to take their game to the next level, but bad players like me will always be bad no matter what they play on.

You'll never get better with that attitude and I promise a good monitor would hel. Even you....

Now there's a thread on Reddit asking the devs not to make Franchise mode harder because it'll discourage people from playing it.

The already bare bones Franchise......

What happened to learning the game you want to play? Stevie Wonder can see how this game has been dumbed down over the last 6 years.

Anybody who learned zone hitting years ago when coming from directional or button knows you took your lumps online until you learned PCI placement. I came from Madden and NHL where stick skills really mattered and zone wasn't easy at first.

You're a straight up liar if you don't think this PCI anchor nonsense can still be considered Zone hitting.

Anyway, that's not the point. I grew up playing sports games. Loved them all. Didn't play nothing else. But I can remember watching my younger brother play Tomb Raider and he'd spend a hour just trying to jump from one ledge to another.

Can you imagine that today? In a world where after 1 home run or giving up the lead your opponent quits 40% of the time. Good luck in 23 boys. No more dog fights for me against buddy who can't identify the pitch and just swings at everything.

Do some pushups man. Toughen up. Your online experience may change.

@beanball0571_PSN said in Content Creators:

I have started to slowly lose respect for a lot of content creators. They blame the game when things don’t go their way. It’s not that they might be playing a better opponent, but it’s the game. Now that 23 is releasing they don’t want to hear anything negative about the game , but yet I watched enough of them cry during the tech test.

You just started?....

We're cut from different cloth. When I see 30+ year old men making faces like a teenage girl who fartted in study hall I lose all respect.

Not to mention the fact most these dudes don't even have the discipline to push away from the dinner table. Not a good look....

@PossessedCowboy_PSN said in Get rid of bringing starting pitcher out of bullpen:

We have tons of relief pitchers. No team besides in the playoffs do they bring a starter out of the bullpen. Please take it out of the game. Everyone has great relief pitchers, and people bring out the second starter almost every game. You can’t do it in the regular mode but you can in DD. Please make this change.

Half these guys responding only play the CPU and the other half forgot about facing DeGrom or Randy out of the bullpen all year.

Short memories around this place bro.

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in More multiplayer online options needed:

@CCARR77_PSN said in More multiplayer online options needed:

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in More multiplayer online options needed:

@PossessedCowboy_PSN said in More multiplayer online options needed:

Multilayer Options needed

Regular 1 V 1 against a friend
————-
Custom sliders for game
Custom rosters

MTO
———-
Should be at least two player

Playoff Bracket
————
Needs ability to do fantasy draft
Abilities to set Custom rosters for upload
Ability to set Custom sliders for gameplay
Be able to fill teams with CPU so can play with one friend.

Franchise
————-
Needs to be able to play at least two player online
Fantasy draft should be an option
Madden does this well.

Diamond Dynasty
————
Allow us to set custom settings for gameplay sliders in playing with friends
Get rid of second starting pitcher coming out of bullpen. It’s abused to much and not realistic.

They had an online franchise mode before. They got rid of it because they said it was to much of a strain on the servers and was causing disconnections. Ironically, there are still issues with the servers; so who knows if getting rid of that mode was beneficial.

They'll never incorporate an online friend vs friend mode that has custom sliders. To easy to boost missions and stats. Pretty sure the reason they went to having at least 8 batters having an AB to get any kind of PXP towards that game is because people were trying to boost stats by sending messages asking to boost stats for free wins.

It's bad enough that you can use certain created stadiums to boost stats vs the cpu.

"They got rid of it because they said it was to much of a strain on the servers and was causing disconnections."

I want a simple yes or no answer from you. Not some long winded spin. Do you think all the people who are flipping cards all day on the companion app causes problems with the game servers?

They got rid of online franchise to funnel those players to DD. That's a fact.

And I'm still waiting for you to explain how letting people finish against the CPU when their opponents quit is boosting.

I don't think you realize how ridiculous you sound half the time, Shawn.

Pretty sure the companion app is on a different server than the game.

Aren't they both down at the same time during maintenance? That leads me to believe they are on the same server.

As far as being to finish against the CPU when your opponent quits that's not what boosting is. You didn't plan to play the CPU. Your opponent quit. The decent thing would be to let you finish so you can complete any missions.

I don't play any CPU under All-Star, but many people fire up on rookie and finish these missions in 1 game. Is that boosting to you? 'm a slow and steady guy. I know they'll come eventually....

I don't know why you're so against letting people finish an online game against the CPU.

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in More multiplayer online options needed:

@PossessedCowboy_PSN said in More multiplayer online options needed:

Multilayer Options needed

Regular 1 V 1 against a friend
————-
Custom sliders for game
Custom rosters

MTO
———-
Should be at least two player

Playoff Bracket
————
Needs ability to do fantasy draft
Abilities to set Custom rosters for upload
Ability to set Custom sliders for gameplay
Be able to fill teams with CPU so can play with one friend.

Franchise
————-
Needs to be able to play at least two player online
Fantasy draft should be an option
Madden does this well.

Diamond Dynasty
————
Allow us to set custom settings for gameplay sliders in playing with friends
Get rid of second starting pitcher coming out of bullpen. It’s abused to much and not realistic.

They had an online franchise mode before. They got rid of it because they said it was to much of a strain on the servers and was causing disconnections. Ironically, there are still issues with the servers; so who knows if getting rid of that mode was beneficial.

They'll never incorporate an online friend vs friend mode that has custom sliders. To easy to boost missions and stats. Pretty sure the reason they went to having at least 8 batters having an AB to get any kind of PXP towards that game is because people were trying to boost stats by sending messages asking to boost stats for free wins.

It's bad enough that you can use certain created stadiums to boost stats vs the cpu.

"They got rid of it because they said it was to much of a strain on the servers and was causing disconnections."

I want a simple yes or no answer from you. Not some long winded spin. Do you think all the people who are flipping cards all day on the companion app causes problems with the game servers?

They got rid of online franchise to funnel those players to DD. That's a fact.

And I'm still waiting for you to explain how letting people finish against the CPU when their opponents quit is boosting.

I don't think you realize how ridiculous you sound half the time, Shawn.

You went to the 19th against the CPU? Tell me you were on Legend difficulty.

Most times they'll just give you some BS to call it a day

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in Dashboarding:

@go4stros25_PSN said in Dashboarding:

I've had 2 people in a row dashboard... in a casual game... during the tech test

There needs to be a punishment for this.

they cant implement a punishment for something that is out of their control. They wouldnt be able to determine if it was an actual dashboard or a power/connection drop.

I agree, but way back in 2005 on Madden if someone quit on you they would give you the option to continue against the CPU, which would mean stats could still count and you could still work on your missions, etc.

You'd think it would be a no brainer with all these missions attached to stats