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Want to add one more thing to my MP function wishlist:

• Ability to rejoin/resume a game after someone disconnects

It's now 2024 and modern gamers are begging for 21st century multiplayer, especially in sports games. What advanced technology is preventing us from combining some of the current features of MLB The Show into the ultimate online mode? Surely some of the following features are possible additions in an upcoming iteration of the title:

• Co-Op Custom Leagues where friends can team up against other friends, or join an online league
• Co-Op or SP Diamond Dynasty Leagues with a regular season and playoffs (i.e. DD rosters and uniforms)
• An option to fantasy draft at start of any SP or Co-Op Custom League
• Co-Op Exhibition option to select specific opponents instead of gaming the matchmaking system (3, 2, 1, PRESS)
• Finally the much requested, much desired ability to run a Co-Op franchise with friends

Games are more fun with friends, and unfortunately the days of LAN parties are over. Co-Op and Custom Leagues are my favorite legacy modes in MLB the Show, but they ultimately tease a bigger potential. Let us play together. Let us compete together. Let us draft players together. Let us win championships together!

Love the game, keep up the good work.

CPT CALIGULA

Please does someone have an answer to this? Why doesn't the league set home/away games for you in regular season? Does this happen if you increase the number of regular season games?

Am I missing something in Custom League settings? Does it not determine home and away games for you, just whoever challenges who? We have 6 teams and just trying to establish a balanced regular season without having to setup some sort of external fairness system to determine who gets to be home and away every game...

Kind of a tease right now with the online/co-op options. It's actually crazy more sports games aren't offering complete online leagues with friends. MLB 22 is a step closer, but come on man - let us play franchise or custom team leagues with friends!

Am I missing something? How do you lock in home and away games for regular season in custom league? Is it based on number of games played? Seems like whoever sends the challenge gets to be home - just wondering if we need to add some more manual organizing before we start a league. Thanks.

CPT CALIGULA

It's very disappointing. The custom leagues have a ton of potential, and the co-op games are a blast with friends. As commissioner I can at least reset games that don't finish but award wins/losses, but having to replay games isn't fun...

We get hit a lot when one of the jerks we play with a lot calls for a timeout at the plate...

Just give me Brady Anderson guys... Come on...

Need a reconnect/rejoin function. Or autosave that allows you to resume a game on the pitch where you left off. Why not? Not sure how many more games I can play where everything is wiped after 6 innings but I still get penalized for pitcher stamina. At least they let you reset disconnected games in custom leagues... but what's the point in playing when there's a 50/50 chance that something will hang up and disconnect players?

I feel like we run a 50% of getting disconnected every time we try to play a 2v2/3v3 co-op or head-to-head custom league game.
Nothing is more demoralizing than losing 6 innings of dramatic gameplay and have to replay. Better server stability aside, sometimes internet connection issues are inevitable - why not add the ability to rejoin/reconnect to a server? It's not like baseball is a rapid pace game, a reconnect timer could be implemented similar to what is done when a controller disconnects. Or what if a MP game could be saved/autosaved so everyone can reconnect and continue where they left off?

We are checking our internet connections, trying to stick with the game since it's so much fun (when it works) - but having whole games wiped is brutal. Not sure it is entirely a connection issue, as certain actions seem to trigger disconnects as well - i.e. calling timeout and other animations. Anyway - hoping someone hears me and some safeguards are considered. We all want to sink more time into this game.

BONUS - Why can't we create private lobbies for co-op games like we can for home run derby? Right now we get 6 friends and pick random settings, go "1-2-3-go" and hope it finds each other immediately. Usually works, but not always.

Also, why can't we use diamond dynasty custom teams along with DD rosters in custom leagues? So close to having the perfect fantasy baseball league setup...

Love,
CPT CALIGULA

Our biggest frustration is getting disconnected while trying to have some fun with 3v3 with friends. Then the random disconnects in our head-to-head custom leagues. It is disheartening to play through 5-6 innings then lose everything. Why don't they have an option to reconnect/rejoin a game? Or possibly save and continue?

Tangential complaint - why can't we create a private server for co-op games so we don't have to play the "1-2-3-join" game? And why can we use diamond dynasty rosters in custom leagues but not our actual custom teams? Great game but it's 2022, need to polish some of this stuff out!