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They better figure things out fast if it goes down during all star weekend that would be very bad
Better hope they don't have another DDOS attack then. I have a bad feeling that next weekend could be worse then this one, more people online.... it's just a worry for now though.
I think this is a very real possibility. I don't know for sure but I would bet they lower the number of servers when player numbers get lower. If so, that could be a huge issue for the all star update.
Again not home it works, you can go 100 packs without getting a diamond, you are never guaranteed to pull a diamond in show packs or BIAH packs
This is correct. You have a 2% chance to pull a diamond every pack. This does not increase to 4, 6, 8%, etc which is what @fatkidzlag3617_xbl is implying.
Anyone else getting server issues again and can't get on? Last 2 times I got on this happened. This is comical at this point.
Are you playing on a monitor? That makes a huge difference.
Yep. $500 monitor (was a few years ago). 1 ms. 1440.
@D_e_m_I_s_E_MLBTS It might be your internet connection. Who is you ISP? Maybe time for an upgrade.
Google fiber is some of the best internet in the country.
Thought it may be NIC on PS5 but Series X does the same thing.
Retro Lightning
(Not Schwarber)
This card has an elite swing.
First up Conquest (96 OVR Cubs Greg Maddux)
Why pitch with Maddux when you can dot with all the outlier people?
Pitches 120 mph on all star. Yet, I'm apparently throwing slow pitch softball. What I wouldn't give to have one of these "elites" come to my house and flail at pitches you flat can't see. I used to be able to score 10 runs a game on HOF. I can't hit [censored] on all star with these 120 mph wiffle balls.
I literally have more fun doing the deGrom showdown than I do playing online against people with McDonald's wifi.
@Pergo_MLBTS thanks that’s not bad idea bc you get up 5-0 early in ranked they peace out
This is what I had to do. Hell, one game I gave up 5 runs by throwing pitches right down the middle but when I took a 1 run lead they quit.
@D_e_m_I_s_E_MLBTS said:
40k people in a cheating discord that is pretty expensive. Not a small number and likely not the only place to get that one. The other device you can get at Walmart and GameStop (another showing of greed over integrity) for what $100. EVERY online game is littered with cheats. Yet a game that most legit people (I say this because I think the majority of people above 900 are not legit) find difficult to pitch and hit doesn't have them? People just need some common sense. Seems to be quite lacking these days.While that's a disgusting number, I heard that wasn't all for MLB The Show. I also don't take anything that Kyle guy says seriously because he's super toxic and just spews garbage.
TBH, I didn't know there was a $100 device you could plug in, but even still, I don't understand the point. Aren't people playing this game to have fun? What's the fun in not actually playing the game or cheating? I don't get it.
It's hard for me to think that most people over 900 are not legit. I probably would be a 900 player if I actually tried to get there, but I don't want to play on Legend, so I stop before that. And I'm old and don't consider myself to be amazing at the game.
Now I will say this. While I don't think, or at least haven't assumed, that I've played cheaters this year, I do have these weird games where someone kind of stinks at hitting, but they mostly shut me down. I usually just assume I'm slumping or something. Then I score a bunch of runs the next game and blame it on RNG, my old eyes, or whatever else.
I'm really not sure. It also might be me assuming that if you cheat, you're a horrible piece of garbage, and even though I've seen plenty of this community on X prove that point, I still hate to believe it while I'm actually in a H2H game.
Connections vary game to game. At least for me and I am on wired fiber internet. It has done this on PS5 and Series X. I truly don't know how people get constant connections in this game. I played ball at a high level so maybe I see things other people don't. There are seasons on this game I don't hit as good as I did in A ball which completely baffles me. Lately the pitches have looked like they are 120 mph and I wonder how on earth people are hitting .450 on legend. I can watch a streamer play legend and it looks like slow pitch softball compared to what I see on all star. Someone posted a response about it but even if I am just watching and not swinging, it looks way faster on my screen. Being a former high level baseball player, seeing and reading the pitches shouldn't be an issue but it is a lot of time. Being my age, I understand and have zero problem if my reactions are a little slow. That being said though the games I'm seeing lately I couldn't hit when I was 21.
All online games are infested. That is just a fact no one can dispute and it's been this way for a decade. Lucky for us, I never suspected people of cheating in this game until last year. People do it for different reasons. Make friends online by appearing better than they really are, tired of thinking they are getting cheated on, not being able to perform like they want in their favorite game, frustrate opponents, stick it to the game devs, etc.
I recently ran into an Xbox player who got six really good home run swings in a row. A couple of them on very tough pitches (turning on perfectly located inside cutter).
There was also some "glitchiness" to the swing - like, it looked like the ball was past the bat, then glitch and its a home run. A few balls that looked like the fielder was too far away - and then glitch and its caught. Could just be server issues...and its possible he just got super hot for two innings, that can happen...but he did nothing the other seven innings, lol
Could have just saw your pitcher really good. Did he lose the game? There are certain things I look for. Dotting with low control pitchers, scoring when they need to (like if you would have taken a lead and he magically started doing it again), if it happens to multiple pitchers and you can also slide step which throws off the cheat device because of the different release point. These are for the discord one. As far as I know the other one doesn't do hitting, only pitching.
I think everyone misses the br program rewards.
I started out 2 and 0 last night. Played a 1000 rated player game three of course. I was doing great. He ended up beating me 8 to 7. I hit into a perfect perfect double play and he got 3 of his runs on bloop hits. This cannot happen vs a 1000 rated player. Made me so mad. Just cannot happen! I dont know how anyone goes 10 and 0 when you factor in RNG.
Some skill, some luck and that magical internet that makes legend look like veteran.
I highly doubt anyone is running into them in the lower levels of Ranked
You'd be surprised. I've run into a bunch, not the majority of my opponenets by any stretch but a fair amount.
I mean I've noticed a crazy amount of perfect releases, but even then, I just assumed that's a talented pitcher. I probably have a perfect release on 75% of my pitches as well.
While people do dot me, I don't immediately think they're cheating. Not saying this isn't the case, but not once this year did I assume I was playing a cheater.
40k people in a cheating discord that is pretty expensive. Not a small number and likely not the only place to get that one. The other device you can get at Walmart and GameStop (another showing of greed over integrity) for what $100. EVERY online game is littered with cheats. Yet a game that most legit people (I say this because I think the majority of people above 900 are not legit) find difficult to pitch and hit doesn't have them? People just need some common sense. Seems to be quite lacking these days.
Running into goons to start half of BR runs sucks but complaining about 1500 stubs is beyond any kind of sense of entitlement I've ever seen.
When you pull a quick sell diamond every hundred packs $1500 stubs is a lot.
I’ve long said it’s like combining Rick Vaughn and Greg Maddux. Zero control combined with super dots that clip or just miss the corners. 100% unrealistic and super tedious.
This is online play.
Been playing online a lot this weekend for the challenges, haven't run in to any sweats or cheaters. Have had some really fun games.
You just likely don't notice them. The pitching one is very prevalent. I see this way more than the discord one.
I've been saying for a while this game is infested. WAY too many people dotting with pitchers.
If I'm just not noticing them, shouldn't I be losing a lot more? I am not very good at this game, yet I still win online far more than I lose. Are the cheaters hiding it so well that they are losing on purpose? If so, that seems like an odd use of a cheat. Cheating but losing and not gaining much in the way of stats is pretty strange.
The pitching cheat device does not have a hitting cheat with it. Many people struggle with pitching in this game. This device eliminates that struggle. I can use pinpoint very well but with the PARS, I can't nip the edge all the time. I see this frequently.
If they were to ever ban these people you would see a noticeable difference in pitching.
Been playing online a lot this weekend for the challenges, haven't run in to any sweats or cheaters. Have had some really fun games.
You just likely don't notice them. The pitching one is very prevalent. I see this way more than the discord one.
I've been saying for a while this game is infested. WAY too many people dotting with pitchers.
Please and thank you!
I did notice the game was playing really bad last night in events. Maybe its just that stadium, not sure
No. Wired Xbox and still seeing 120 mph pitches. Wanted to try HOF on Xbox but these last few days, not a chance. Thought it might be the NIC on my PS5 but Series X doing the same thing. Game looks smoother on Xbox but still have to swing when pitch leaves the hand on all star.
I would love to fly an elite streamer to my house. Not a chance in hell they are hitting .400 on legend here.
So, how does SDS encourage more players of different skills to play it? Thats the fix. Get more people in there, so it ain't just elites.
A BR program would help a TON, but these programs and missions are okay too.
Get rid of cheaters for starters. Game is infested and I would bet my house SDS knows it.
Lose the $1500 entry fee. Does anyone actually get anything out of the free pack? I know I don't.
Make the first game or two against people in your own ranked rating. Let me guess, elites don't want to play someone of their own skill the first few games but it's OK for a 400 ranked player to play 20x flawless.
