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The fanboys will tell you it's not happening, but it's simply factual that SDS/Sony is moving towards a pay to win model.

I'm NOT saying they're worse than EA or 2K, it's just trending in a negative direction.

Evidence:

1. They manipulated the market to crush flipping.
2. There are way more cards in packs than programs. Look at how many Egg Hunt cards are in packs!
3. They nerfed hitting to hurt us NMS grinders (takes longer to complete missions).
4. I know it's not popular, especially with the online folks, but it also hurts offline grinding that Stadium Creator is broken and we can no longer play in "little league parks".

And I feel like I'm forgetting one or two others.

I literally had no idea what this topic was about.

I was thinking Kurt Angle, right angles, obtuse angles.

Oh you meant ANGELS? Now I get it.

With the Egg program coming today, I wanted an organized thread where we can track the clues.

If you respond, please put it in 1 of 3 categories:

1. I'm 100% sure I found the answer to the clue.
2. I'm pretty sure but not positive.
3. Might work, Might not.

Missions:
Trivia Night - Quality Start (need 6+ innings so play vs. CPU) with Vida Blue 86 confirmed. 64 Vida unconfirmed?

Wait a Second - Win with ANY Randy Johnson in ANY mode

Woah There, Slow Down - Double with player who has 15 or less
speed

Swordfish - Strike Out with ANY Mike Trout in ANY mode

Tax Season - Two Holds in Mini-Seasons

Let's Roll - Six hits in a single Diamond Quest game

Big Conquest Mystery - Lefty save in Conquest

Small Ball - One sac bunt in Mini-Seasons

Eggs

I got blue and green from beating the 2 strongholds in the new Diamond Quest. And this is from reddit so unconfirmed but looks legit:

Purple Egg: Complete all of the Moments in the Egg Hunt program.

Green Egg: Win the left Stadium Challenge in the Egg Hunt Diamond Quest.

Blue Egg: Win the right Stadium Challenge in the Egg Hunt Diamond Quest.

Red Egg: Capture the Royals and Rockies Strongholds in the Bunny Ears Conquest map.

Yellow Egg: Capture the Marlins and Rays Strongholds in the Bunny Ears Conquest map.

Pink Egg: Strike out 25 times in online games.

Orange Egg: Get on base 25 times in online games

Question for those of you singing Madden's praises:

How much real $ would it cost to own every card in Madden? $10,000?

I own every single card in The Show 22, have over 2 million stubs and besides buying the deluxe game, I've spent a grand total of ZERO DOLLARS on The Show.

I'll admit a good job by SDS getting a number of these guys crossed off.

But here's the current list for you. Still tons of big names. If a 97 or worse is their best card, I included them.

I've labeled guys likely to get either Finest or Postseason cards so it's understandable why they won't get another good card.

I reorganized the list so the crossed off names are now all on the bottom.

Flashbacks/Current Players:
Justin Verlander
Kenley Jansen
Andres Munoz
Nolan Arenado
Riley Greene
Joc Pederson
Tyler Glasnow
Bryan Reynolds
Royce Lewis
Jhoan Duran
Josh Donaldson
Xander Bogaerts
Freddy Peralta
Evan Longoria
Noah Syndergaard
Willson/William Contreras
Johnny Cueto (yes he has a 99 but it's impossible to get)

Bryce Harper (Finest/Postseason)
Anthony Santander (Finest/Postseason)
Kyle Tucker (Finest/Postseason)
Trea Turner (Finest/Postseason)
Jose Ramirez (Finest/Postseason)
Zack Wheeler (Finest/Postseason)
Corbin Burnes (Finest/Postseason)
Elly De La Cruz (Finest/Postseason)
Edwin Diaz (Finest/Postseason)
Manny Machado (Finest/Postseason)
Alex Bregman (Finest/Postseason)
Jose Altuve (Finest/Postseason)
Luis Castillo (Finest/Postseason)
Garrett Crochet (Finest/Postseason)

Guys that probably don't deserve a better card but are personal favorites and also much loved by the community:
Eddie Rosario
C.J. Abrams
Kyle Seager

Legends:
Cy Young
Lou Brock
Dontrelle Willis
Mike Piazza
Jason Giambi
Don Mattingly
Eddie Mathews
Whitey Ford

Austin Riley
O'Neil Cruz
Corey Seager
Vlad Guerrero Sr.
Ryan Howard
Lee Smith
John Smoltz
Curtis Granderson
Billy Williams
Ronald Acuna Jr
Jacob DeGrom
Clayton Kershaw
Marcus Semien
Paul Goldschmidt
Salvador Perez
Jorge Polanco
Bo Bichette
Max Muncy
Nolan Ryan
Pudge Rodriguez
Fernando Valenzuela
Mike Trout
Alfonso Soriano
Camilo Doval
Al Kaline
Kevin Youkilis
Aroldis Chapman
Julio Rodriguez
Jason Heyward
Charlie Blackmon
Christian Yelich
Cody Bellinger
Andrew Miller
Andrew McCutchen
George Springer
Pete Alonso
Cedric Mullins
Mark McGwire
Rafael Palmeiro
Jasson Dominguez
David Wright
Al Leiter
Eric Gagne
Dennis Eckersley
Rob Dibble
Joe Morgan
Troy Glaus
Ozzie Smith
Mike Mussina
Eddie Murray
Jason Bay
Paul Molitor
Justin Morneau
Fergie Jenkins
Shawn Green
Jim Rice
Pedro Martinez
Mickey Mantle
Stan Musial

I will try to keep this list updated and remove guys that get a 98/99. And I'll add in your suggestions.

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why Are We Getting Dupe No-Sell Cornerstone Cards?:

For the people that missed getting those cards for the previous Conerstone programs.

But...too bad for them. Should have started earlier.
I started late last year and missed out on tons of good cards (like 99 Rollins for example).

I never complained because I knew it was my fault for starting late.

I love the morons on Twitter saying "It looks easy" when you can only see the map and can't actually see the goals.

Fernando!

27 up 27 down with 27 Ks.

Yes it was CPU on Rookie. But it's harder than you think. I'd had multiple 25-26 K perfect games. And I play at a user-created "little league" park which made it harder to achieve.

Love that it ended up being Fernando. RIP.

No-Sell dupes are the worst.

Agreed it would be an L. But my theory is the tweet isn't even about the big collection reward.

Pirate flag and a 97-98 Cutch makes way more sense for the Shark Map.

I have included 2 (at least) for many of the teams: who deserves to get the Finest and then secondly, who I would like for gameplay reasons. And since SDS doesn't seem to care about multiple 99s for the same player, I won't either. So please no "But so and so already has a 99." posts.

But feel free to disagree!

Blue Jays
Vlad Jr. (confirmed)

Orioles
Colton Cowser (confirmed and bizarre)

Rays

Red Sox
Tyler O'Neil (confirmed -ugh)

Yankees
Judge (confirmed)

Guardians
Kwan (confirmed - obviously should have been J-Ram)

Royals
Deserving - Witt Jr
Gameplay Wish List - Witt Jr

Tigers
Riley Greene (confirmed - obviously should have been Skubal)

Twins
Griffin Jax (confirmed)

White Sox
Deserving - Crochet or Nobody
Gameplay Wish List - Crochet/Moncada

A's
Deserving - Rooker
Gameplay Wish List - Butler/Bleday

Angels
Deserving - Neto
Gameplay Wish List - O'Hoppe/Joyce

Astros
Bregman (confirmed - would have rathered about 5 other guys)

Mariners
George Kirby (confirmed - REALLY wanted Raleigh)

Rangers
Kirby Yates (confirmed - yawn)

I have included 2 (at least) for many of the teams: who deserves to get the Finest and then secondly, who I would like for gameplay reasons. And since SDS doesn't seem to care about multiple 99s for the same player, I won't either. So please no "But so and so already has a 99." posts.

But feel free to disagree!

Braves
Deserving - Sale
Gameplay Wish List - Sale/Reynaldo Lopez

Marlins
Deserving - Otto Lopez/Xavier Edwards
Gameplay Wish List - Xavier Edwards

Mets
Deserving - Lindor
Gameplay Wish List - Lindor/Nimmo

Nationals
Deserving - Mackenzie Gore/Luis Garcia Jr
Gameplay Wish List - CJ Abrams

Phillies
Deserving - Wheeler/Harper/Chris Sanchez
Gameplay Wish List - Trea Turner

Brewers
Deserving - Contreras/Adams/Chourio
Gameplay Wish List - Turang

Cardinals
Deserving - Winn/Donovan/Arenado/Gray
Gameplay Wish List - Helsley

Cubs
Deserving - Swanson/Imanaga/Hoerner
Gameplay Wish List - Pete Crow-Armstrong

Pirates
Deserving - Skenes
Gameplay Wish List - Skenes

Reds
Deserving - De La Cruz/Hunter Greene
Gameplay Wish List - De La Cruz/Hunter Greene (please give us both somehow!)

Diamondbacks
Deserving - Marte/Gallen
Gameplay Wish List - Marte

Dodgers
Deserving - Shohei
Gameplay Wish List - Shohei/Glasnow (a man can dream)

Giants
Deserving - Chapman/Bailey/Webb
Gameplay Wish List - Snell/Wade Jr

Padres
Deserving - Merrill
Gameplay Wish List - Merrill/Profar/Cease

Rockies
Deserving - Tovar/Doyle/Feltner
Gameplay Wish List - McMahon

@theBlindRhino_PSN said in Spring Breakout collection BS:

I completed this and I don't recall having to play showdown that many times. Make sure you've cleaned your console so that it doesn't overheat. That may be causing your issues. Happened to me last weekend. PS5 shut off six times. Cleaned it out the next day and I've had no issues since.

Huh? He's talking about having to do the Showdown 4 times which is the case for everyone if you want all the Spring Breakout cards. It has nothing to do with console performance.

I'm on this one auction and I'm selling an item. Every time I go to put a lower price on the card, at that exact instant someone places a bid $1 lower than mine. Like the bids show up instantaneously. I've tried various random numbers and it keeps happening.

This is weird s****.

Yeah it happens to me at least 3-5 times per day.

It's embarrassing for SDS that this has been an ongoing issue for FIVE months!

Guess I'm the only one who likes the card art of both Signature and Awards.

Guess I'm boring.

Milestone is definitely lame though.

Grandal by a mile. Destroys the ball from both sides of the plate.

Yes he's slow. But I rarely even notice.

It's also ridiculous that 10+ catchers have been mentioned in this topic and not Grandal.

I swear people won't give Topps Now guys a chance.

Read through this entire topic hoping there was a clue for the 3rd boss.

Instead saw people arguing about Posey/Molina which I could care less about.

Stay on topic people!

@oreorockstar_psn said in Failed Experiment:

Was bored tonight so thought I would see how I would play after taking some good old "Colorado Gummies" and playing some event games...

It didn't calm me down, but put my reactions to sleep :), I think I lost 5 out of 6 event games(I don't think I have ever done that before tonight) didn't matter if it was a goon or a guy with a losing record contact swinging, I was going down!

Well, now I know.....

Yeah. My pattern is:

1. Play online
2. Consume Edibles
3. Edibles kick in
4. Play offline

@sportpimpin_xbl said in Little Things That Annoy Me About '22 Plus One Small Positive:

I don't like the hip-hop-ification of all these games its bs play some hype rock music or something I don't want me or my kids listening to [censored] rap!

The rap is all clean versions so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want your kids listening to it.

Plus your username has pimpin in it and yet you're worried about your kids listening to clean rap? Ok...