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@Nickc22_MLBTS said:

I watched and 100% agree with his thoughts and views. As I’ve said before it’s one thing to be negative about a game and just trash them, but it’s another thing to have a company lie and gaslight its community and then have the audacity to ask for surveys and tell us how the game is while doing nothing to fix it. There’s so much wrong with this game this year and imo sds knew this game was broken beyond repair but they put it out anyways because they needed a profit. They used to listen to the community and creators used to be big influences and the game was for the most part always fair and balanced. This was by far the best online sports game to play but now it’s so vile and predatory towards money. For everyone that says well then don’t play it, you’re the reason this game is so pathetic. You’re a sheep and you would jump off a cliff if your buddy went. People are so passionate about their thoughts because most of us have families and jobs and for a couple hours a week we want to forget reality and just play our favorite pastime game. We don’t get to spend hours a day grinding for stuff we probably won’t get. We want to hop in the game do some missions and play but we keep getting booted out or deal with cheaters or cards hid behind paywalls. It ruins the fun for the majority of this games base and it’s so sad that sds has no awareness of what’s going on or they do and they just don’t care. We aren’t asking them to split a atom or solve world hunger. All we want is to be heard and to just play a game that can both satisfy online and offline players. Surely it can’t be that hard to appease people. I get your not ever going to make everyone happy and people are always going to find something to complain about but this years game is well deserved of all its criticism. If it was playable and half way decent then yea maybe we would be over exaggerating but this years game is beyond pathetic.

Listening to creators is an easy way to kill a game. Most (notice not all) creators only care about views and making a buck because they're too lazy to get a real job. There are a few good ones out there but most are just fake pieces of [censored]. Tells you where we are in society when people are giving these degenerates money. No different than OnlyFans. If you are one of those that give money to a woman online you are a simp.

My guide to online bliss is use the cards I want to use and don't care about online record. I haven't cared about record for 3 years. Anyone remember I was like 250-250 last year. Of course not, no one cares.

@platewelder_363_PSN said:

I’m late to the party on this as I’m sure this was already talked about. How could his clutch on the derby card only be 100 when he hit like 4 in a row on his last ball. That’s the epitome of clutch.

This is a super easy fix and should have been done already imo. Maybe even take the vision up to 80 for winning.

@Sarge1387_PSN said:

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL Yeah, some questionable moves for sure. It's worse because a good deal of them are blatant kicks in the a$$ towards the MTX shop, right?

There has to be some happy medium here because like Apollo said we can't give stuff away, but at the same time it can't be top 5% exclusive- which is what a good chunk of it seems like right now

True. The Bellinger collection stung because that sounded like it was going to be attainable until they threw it behind another collection. We have so many cards hidden behind collections, chase and rare round. It wouldn't hurt them to have some good cards for a 12 team conquest or something. You need to feel a little rewarded for your time. I will say that although I haven't reached him yet, Trout was a really good pick for XP boss.

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL said:

Sinkers warp
Inconsistent hitting results
Need dedicated servers
Collections too hard to complete

Exactly what he said in the 20,000 word essay.

We will never see dedicated servers. PTP is much cheaper and that is why they would keep them. You know what also cost money? Combatting cheaters. I honestly don't think they have done anything about them especially the pitching ones.

@nolimitnick2064_XBL said:

This is getting frustrating every single ranked game I’ve played has been against an absolute demon. The highest I’ve ever been was WS last season. Every game in this new season has been the worst. I cannot get into the 700’s because these kids are losers

Where to begin. You are playing a competitive mode at a high level. What did you expect? You are also playing at the start of a new season when every 1000+ rated player is with you at 700 to begin.

Some people are cheating, some are just better and some are hopped up on adderall and monster energy drinks. Unfortunately, we are in a gaming culture and have been for 10 years where there are a ton of cheaters. I blame Sony and Microsoft for letting this get so out of hand. I find it very hard to believe that 2 multi billion dollar companies couldn't have stopped this a long time ago. Back 15 years ago, I never thought I would see the day where you could walk into Walmart and pick up a device solely used for cheating in video games for $100 but here we are.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said:

@D_e_m_I_s_E_MLBTS said:

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

@WackyGrass_PSN I’d bet that the majority of players can beat showdowns. Wanting an entire mode to be removed because you aren’t very good is selfish and frankly, dumb. I’m all for making these cards sellable, so you aren’t locked out from getting them, but taking things away is almost never the answer. I want more things to do, not less. They already removed RTTS and MTO. Let’s not encourage them to continue to give us less options. Go practice.

You guys are really out of touch with how tough this game is for huge majority of people. I would still hit a baseball further than most on here but can't hit a little white ball sitting on the ground. Very few people are really good at video games. They are good at other things like being a Dr, teaching, welding, etc. I think the streamer/cheating universe has clouded people.

Pick a game, any game and the majority of people streaming it are cheating. Hate to burst anyone's bubble.

If SDS was wise, they would print this post and force feed it to everyone at their next concept meeting. Video game companies need to accept two things. First, most customers have about an hour a day (mostly at night after work) to play a game before getting to other things related to family. Second, those few who devote extreme time to master a video game tend to come onto forums like this one and voice overt contempt for those who lodge concerns about degree of difficulty.

Put those two concepts together, and it means companies need to work better at scaling the game's difficulty. But, that only works for offline games. Online versus humans needs to be a level platform and you take your chances. But, offline should allow the game to be tailored for experience.

Last point, anyone who derides others the way I've seen some do here earn my immediate account ban. Such people I'm frankly not interested in hearing from. No one rationally complains about people earning skills in something. But, condescending and taunting people over it earns nothing but rebuke and shunning.

Gaming companies can be pretty dumb if you ask me. Letting streamers have a big say in your game is completely idiotic. Most only care about the views and money.

Take a game like PUBG which has casual and ranked mode. For some reason in ranked they put bronze and silver teams (lowest levels) against teams full of Master players (mostly cheaters cough, cough). Do they not understand this is a quick way to get the bronze and silver players to quit playing? At least MLB The Show has it where if I am a 500 rated player I will not see a 900 rated player in ranked unless the 500 rated player lets the bar go to far or the 900 rated player sandbags which most won't do because an online record in a video game is more important than life itself.

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

@WackyGrass_PSN I’d bet that the majority of players can beat showdowns. Wanting an entire mode to be removed because you aren’t very good is selfish and frankly, dumb. I’m all for making these cards sellable, so you aren’t locked out from getting them, but taking things away is almost never the answer. I want more things to do, not less. They already removed RTTS and MTO. Let’s not encourage them to continue to give us less options. Go practice.

You guys are really out of touch with how tough this game is for huge majority of people. I would still hit a baseball further than most on here but can't hit a little white ball sitting on the ground. Very few people are really good at video games. They are good at other things like being a Dr, teaching, welding, etc. I think the streamer/cheating universe has clouded people.

Pick a game, any game and the majority of people streaming it are cheating. Hate to burst anyone's bubble.

@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said:

Lol when you are bad for 10 straight years you come up with some wild theories and expect people to be dumb enough for the “I can’t tell you this top secret information but trust me I tried it and boy ol boy did I ever almost score a few runs more than normal”

You and Ditka should start Prestige Research Worldwide

You do realize that less than probably 2% of people that play this game make WS correct? I have made WS multiple times every year since I started playing DD in 17. This includes reaching over 1000 rating and making WS with an all gold lineup the first season first year I played. You really nailed that bad for 10 years genius.

Another thing I have noticed for certain since I've been playing online games since December 2002 is when people's skill increases drastically the game is infested with cheats. MLB The Show is infested.

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

@kenken71412_PSN They won’t care as long as people continue buying the game. Don’t buy this game next year. Never buy stubs.

If GTA 6 is amazing this may happen. It will only be about 4 months old (if it comes out on time) and looks to be a ton of things to do. MLB with all the collections and chase packs has become a full time job. I play a lot and still a ways from Victor. This is what happens when you never pull Judge, Ohtani, chase packs or rare rounds. Just playing the game takes a ton of time to get collections done. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. I had to spend 100k last night on the WBC collection and not sure I am done yet. I'll have to check tonight. Can't remember but I probably finished that program and conquest the first week. Here I am 4 months later having to spend 100k+. These packs should be dropping like candy along with every other collection over 2 months old.

I understand this is a business and needs to make money but when you never get a bone thrown your way, you really lose the desire. Been playing PUBG more and will likely play a lot more.

Save the no one cares posts. Might want to have your marketing team on overdrive next year. You will likely need it.

Beltran brings in too much money. Elite switch hitter. Greedy company.

[censored], I'll have to apologize if I'm wrong.

@Dolenz_PSN said:

I hope it is not Bellinger. Two different cards in the same day?

But there are not a lot of options. Someone mentioned Cease and he definitely gets a card but he is not enough of a draw.

Man, the Phillies players really let down the hometown the last few days

I wouldn't say Schwarber let them down. He did great. Jordan Walker just went to another level. Unreal clutch performance.

@NotchSoBad_XBL said:

You've been posting garbage for wayyy too long.

Can't wait to hear this. So you are saying there is no lag compensation in this game?

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL said:

@D_e_m_I_s_E_MLBTS said:

I'm not going to go into details about what I did but on fiber internet I could not score more than 6 runs in all star during the WC. Most games were around 3 runs including getting shutout by Verlander (who is not good).

Dumbed down my internet and played 2 games and part of 1. 1st game against Verlander scored 5 runs off him in 3 innings and 8 in 3 innings total before opponent quit. 2nd game 3 HR's off Felix in 1st inning for a quit. 3rd game scored 3 runs in 1st inning. Dumbing down my internet I could actually see the ball. Full fiber internet could not see or read pitches at all. Looked like a blur. Opponent getting hits on horrible swings constantly, baserunners running in mud (99 base stealers not moving until the ball was almost released and although I didn't have many good swings not being able to see the ball I rarely got rewarded. One game I literally didn't have a hit on a good swing until the 8th inning. Completely opposite after "dumbing" down the internet.

I don't know how these results can be anything but horrific lag compensation. Completely different experiences. Full fiber internet I had trouble scoring on all star. Dumbed down I feel like I could compete in HOF.

Have you ever messed with the UPNP settings on your modem? I’m sure you have but wanted to ask.

Yes. Also tried port forwarding too.

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL said:

@D_e_m_I_s_E_MLBTS said:

I'm not going to go into details about what I did but on fiber internet I could not score more than 6 runs in all star during the WC. Most games were around 3 runs including getting shutout by Verlander (who is not good).

Dumbed down my internet and played 2 games and part of 1. 1st game against Verlander scored 5 runs off him in 3 innings and 8 in 3 innings total before opponent quit. 2nd game 3 HR's off Felix in 1st inning for a quit. 3rd game scored 3 runs in 1st inning. Dumbing down my internet I could actually see the ball. Full fiber internet could not see or read pitches at all. Looked like a blur. Opponent getting hits on horrible swings constantly, baserunners running in mud (99 base stealers not moving until the ball was almost released and although I didn't have many good swings not being able to see the ball I rarely got rewarded. One game I literally didn't have a hit on a good swing until the 8th inning. Completely opposite after "dumbing" down the internet.

I don't know how these results can be anything but horrific lag compensation. Completely different experiences. Full fiber internet I had trouble scoring on all star. Dumbed down I feel like I could compete in HOF.

I have tried using my phone hot spot, WiFi while streaming on numerous devices….etc.

My results were inconclusive. MLB has been the same way for years where it seemed like you knew you were getting rocked when you matched up with someone from Latin America with dial up internet. Not completely sure how to replicate their poor internet.

I do know that I did one BR run like five years ago with terrible hotel WiFi and easily went flawless. My opponents couldn’t touch the ball and hitting was insanely easy for me.

I have had some luck using native 60 HZ/FPS monitors. I suspect that MLB is still running at this rate even though they are 120 FPS capable via upscaling or whatever the technical jargon would be.

True story. I once did vpn from Australia and matched against a top 50 player at Shield Woods when the elevation was high. The match was laggy. They scored 4 runs until the 8th inning when I threw some bad pitches. I can promise had I played that same game on my fiber internet I would have been mercied in 4.

@theBlindRhino_PSN said:

Is fiber internet good? Is it better than wifi?

I can't go into details about what I did for this test but it appears you get penalized with fiber 900+ up/down speeds. My guess would be lag compensation. This wasn't just a small difference in these. It was a massive difference in game play.

Was I late on some 102 fastballs? Well yes, I'm older than the old highway speed limit. That I can live with. My early games of WC were extremely frustrating not being able to see or read the ball. I was going to play a lot less ranked after this weekend but if this continues to work, I may try HOF and see how that goes.

I'm not going to go into details about what I did but on fiber internet I could not score more than 6 runs in all star during the WC. Most games were around 3 runs including getting shutout by Verlander (who is not good).

Dumbed down my internet and played 2 games and part of 1. 1st game against Verlander scored 5 runs off him in 3 innings and 8 in 3 innings total before opponent quit. 2nd game 3 HR's off Felix in 1st inning for a quit. 3rd game scored 3 runs in 1st inning. Dumbing down my internet I could actually see the ball. Full fiber internet could not see or read pitches at all. Looked like a blur. Opponent getting hits on horrible swings constantly, baserunners running in mud (99 base stealers not moving until the ball was almost released and although I didn't have many good swings not being able to see the ball I rarely got rewarded. One game I literally didn't have a hit on a good swing until the 8th inning. Completely opposite after "dumbing" down the internet.

I don't know how these results can be anything but horrific lag compensation. Completely different experiences. Full fiber internet I had trouble scoring on all star. Dumbed down I feel like I could compete in HOF.

@TheGoaler_PSN said:

@virusts_PSN said:

This is the time I miss the roided out guys that looked like WWE stars.

It was nice of Netflix to show some of Barry Bonds' HRD performances before the steroids. He didn't need them. He was too good anyway.
He needs to be in The Show. It's a shame that he doesn't want to be.
I loved Elle Duncan on ESPN, but her voice makes one long for Chris Berman's: 'back, back, back.....' 🤪

Bonds was 100% a HOFer before the juice. McGwire and Sosa weren't even close. Sosa wasn't even hitting over 15 hr's a season before he started. The people that say it doesn't help are ignorant. If it didn't help, they wouldn't do it. Bonds got tired of seeing nobody's like Sosa get praised.

I had Schwarber winning and Jac for the longest but that was a great HR derby.

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL said:

@unliveablechris_PSN said:

Holy [censored] I come back 5 days later and see I have pissed off a lot of people on XBOX. I’ll stick to what I say. All I know is when I would play another player who had an all bronze team they Xbox users and yes that was proven to be Xbox specific. If you remember the video YFK put out about the person using a a script against him was on Xbox. Now can cheating happen on PS5, sure it can I just haven’t seen it yet. Before you go and start thinking that I’m just a PS5 player I have both consoles that I play on. I split my time on them.

It wasn’t a script on Cronus. It was a full blown computer operation. Might want to know what you are talking about before you post.

There are way more of these than that discord device. Way too many people dotting with low control pitches. I am hoping GTA 6 is really good. This game has become an unrewarding job.

I don't think I scored more than 6 runs in an all star game. Flat out could not see the ball. Got shutout on all star. Multi WS player since 17 and can't hit on all star. Ball was just a mass blur. I've been playing PUBG more and would rather play against cheaters and bots in that than the [censored] I played this weekend. Had zero fun. Only reason I won the first 5 games is because my opponents didn't have thumbs. You literally couldn't pay me to play this on HOF.