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@bounceman75_psn said in Name a worse online game for casual players:
Having played a while now, I can tell you the big advantage is already being familiar with certain players pitching animations that everyone tends to use. If you used Kershaw today against anyone who was semi decent two years ago, you would see him get lit up. If you tried to face him not having lots of experience, it will be very frustrating. Probably why Cabrera is so dominant, he is new.
I agree somewhat but I think it's more about the pitch mix. Kluber is still pretty good this year despite how many hours we logged against him last year. Any pitcher with three direction breaks with multiple speed differentials on same tunnel pitches with high h/9/k9s is going to do well.
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?:
@dogslax41_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?: I can't give you a review since I sold mine immediately last night when I got him. To be worth that price the card would basically have to hit a home run every two games without you even pressing the button to swing. Let him come down another hundred stubs in the next week as more people finish the program. Nice review. Some people got 5mil stubs, 350k is a drop in the bucket to them.
@dogslax41_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?:
I can't give you a review since I sold mine immediately last night when I got him. To be worth that price the card would basically have to hit a home run every two games without you even pressing the button to swing. Let him come down another hundred stubs in the next week as more people finish the program.
Nice review. Some people got 5mil stubs, 350k is a drop in the bucket to them.
And those people don't need to know how a card plays or if he's "worth it".
Play third base at any level above high school and tell me baseballs don't slice that much.
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in New headliner SS Michael Young:
@nymets1987_psn said in New headliner SS Michael Young: Just released odd nothing stated earlier The shortstop is about as useful to me as the Alan Trammell they just dropped a couple days ago. I actually like both their cards and both their swings for BR or events but they definitely do not make a Ranked Seasons roster unless you are doing some sort of theme or something.
@nymets1987_psn said in New headliner SS Michael Young:
Just released odd nothing stated earlier
The shortstop is about as useful to me as the Alan Trammell they just dropped a couple days ago. I actually like both their cards and both their swings for BR or events but they definitely do not make a Ranked Seasons roster unless you are doing some sort of theme or something.
He's a good cheap versatile SS for people without top level squads. Or for me he's a cheap signature to grab and hold for collections to drive his price up.
I thought you were taking about this gem.
http://electronicbaseball.blogspot.com/2014/06/parker-brothers-starting-lineup-talking.html
@dap1234567890 said in Britton:
@untchable704_psn said in Britton: I would have been number 1 if I didn’t have diarrhea. [censored] you lactose intolerance, [censored] you. I would have been 1/1 with someone if it wasn't for adulting and having a life!
@untchable704_psn said in Britton:
I would have been number 1 if I didn’t have diarrhea. [censored] you lactose intolerance, [censored] you.
I would have been 1/1 with someone if it wasn't for adulting and having a life!
Posts like this always crack me up. Posting on a video game message board boasting about adulting and having a life.
@dogslax41_mlbts said in Britton: @dap1234567890 said in Britton: @untchable704_psn said in Britton: I would have been number 1 if I didn’t have diarrhea. [censored] you lactose intolerance, [censored] you. I would have been 1/1 with someone if it wasn't for adulting and having a life! Posts like this always crack me up. Posting on a video game message board boasting about adulting and having a life. Always got to be "boasting" if someone says that huh? Ok, buddy! You obviously do not understand sarcasm! Posts like yours crack me up because you obviously do not have a sense of humor and always make yourself feel better and feel like a tough guy with posts like yours!
@dogslax41_mlbts said in Britton:
@dap1234567890 said in Britton: @untchable704_psn said in Britton: I would have been number 1 if I didn’t have diarrhea. [censored] you lactose intolerance, [censored] you. I would have been 1/1 with someone if it wasn't for adulting and having a life! Posts like this always crack me up. Posting on a video game message board boasting about adulting and having a life.
Always got to be "boasting" if someone says that huh? Ok, buddy! You obviously do not understand sarcasm! Posts like yours crack me up because you obviously do not have a sense of humor and always make yourself feel better and feel like a tough guy with posts like yours!
Your post was not sarcasm. It was a passive aggressive attempt at making others that may play the game a different way feel inferior to you because their priorities don't align with yours. Your entire first post was to be an internet tough guy. I simply pointed out the irony of how you went about it.
@locutusofburg said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:
@doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @locutusofburg said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @vipersneak_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought It isn’t ridiculous because not everyone is getting those levels of XP. I think that is the issue here. I get between 1-2 k xp for a conquest game regardless of how many runs scored or strikeouts. That’s not the issues here, that’s not even the subject of this post Even if you’re making 1-2k for conquest games, playing that and playing online modes will easily get you to 350k by end of program That’s the point here...OP thinks people won’t have enough time to get enough xp to get a boss, and that’s simply not true unless it’s a personal problem Define easily? Do you mean 2 hours a night every night? That is closing in in 60 hours of play and a lot of people wouldn’t call that easily. Assuming you’ve completed the program missions, player programs, conquests, and showdown, after completing those....if you play 2 RS games a night, I’m sure you’d hit 350k easily If you’re an offline player, you could grind through the USA conquest map, showdowns, moments etc and that should still net you enough XP after completing the other listed things above I am a big advocate of making programs like these inning programs completable by the average player so they too can have access to great cards for free. I think 350k shouldn’t be an issue now with smoother servers. I hope you make it! Oh I’ll make it. I’m already at 175k but that is with over 4 hours a day but I do think the time needed to just get to 350k starts going outside of casual. TWo RS games a night is almost two hours then start throwing in moments and conquests you are absolutely looking at 60 hours to complete the program.
@doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:
@locutusofburg said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @vipersneak_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought It isn’t ridiculous because not everyone is getting those levels of XP. I think that is the issue here. I get between 1-2 k xp for a conquest game regardless of how many runs scored or strikeouts. That’s not the issues here, that’s not even the subject of this post Even if you’re making 1-2k for conquest games, playing that and playing online modes will easily get you to 350k by end of program That’s the point here...OP thinks people won’t have enough time to get enough xp to get a boss, and that’s simply not true unless it’s a personal problem Define easily? Do you mean 2 hours a night every night? That is closing in in 60 hours of play and a lot of people wouldn’t call that easily. Assuming you’ve completed the program missions, player programs, conquests, and showdown, after completing those....if you play 2 RS games a night, I’m sure you’d hit 350k easily If you’re an offline player, you could grind through the USA conquest map, showdowns, moments etc and that should still net you enough XP after completing the other listed things above I am a big advocate of making programs like these inning programs completable by the average player so they too can have access to great cards for free. I think 350k shouldn’t be an issue now with smoother servers. I hope you make it!
@doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @vipersneak_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought It isn’t ridiculous because not everyone is getting those levels of XP. I think that is the issue here. I get between 1-2 k xp for a conquest game regardless of how many runs scored or strikeouts. That’s not the issues here, that’s not even the subject of this post Even if you’re making 1-2k for conquest games, playing that and playing online modes will easily get you to 350k by end of program That’s the point here...OP thinks people won’t have enough time to get enough xp to get a boss, and that’s simply not true unless it’s a personal problem Define easily? Do you mean 2 hours a night every night? That is closing in in 60 hours of play and a lot of people wouldn’t call that easily.
@vipersneak_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: @doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought It isn’t ridiculous because not everyone is getting those levels of XP. I think that is the issue here. I get between 1-2 k xp for a conquest game regardless of how many runs scored or strikeouts. That’s not the issues here, that’s not even the subject of this post Even if you’re making 1-2k for conquest games, playing that and playing online modes will easily get you to 350k by end of program That’s the point here...OP thinks people won’t have enough time to get enough xp to get a boss, and that’s simply not true unless it’s a personal problem
@vipersneak_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:
@doobiebross66-72 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs: Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought It isn’t ridiculous because not everyone is getting those levels of XP. I think that is the issue here. I get between 1-2 k xp for a conquest game regardless of how many runs scored or strikeouts.
Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought
Just finished the stronghold game and won 5-0...shows I earned 5520XP which I admit is strange
idk specifically how XP is earned but you all complaining about not making enough XP is simply ridiculous
Edit: considering that the map was finished by beating the stronghold last, that XP total above may have included the XP for completing the last few missions within the conquest program...just a thought
It isn’t ridiculous because not everyone is getting those levels of XP. I think that is the issue here. I get between 1-2 k xp for a conquest game regardless of how many runs scored or strikeouts.
That’s not the issues here, that’s not even the subject of this post
Even if you’re making 1-2k for conquest games, playing that and playing online modes will easily get you to 350k by end of program
That’s the point here...OP thinks people won’t have enough time to get enough xp to get a boss, and that’s simply not true unless it’s a personal problem
Define easily? Do you mean 2 hours a night every night? That is closing in in 60 hours of play and a lot of people wouldn’t call that easily.
Assuming you’ve completed the program missions, player programs, conquests, and showdown, after completing those....if you play 2 RS games a night, I’m sure you’d hit 350k easily
If you’re an offline player, you could grind through the USA conquest map, showdowns, moments etc and that should still net you enough XP after completing the other listed things above
I am a big advocate of making programs like these inning programs completable by the average player so they too can have access to great cards for free. I think 350k shouldn’t be an issue now with smoother servers. I hope you make it!
Oh I’ll make it. I’m already at 175k but that is with over 4 hours a day but I do think the time needed to just get to 350k starts going outside of casual. TWo RS games a night is almost two hours then start throwing in moments and conquests you are absolutely looking at 60 hours to complete the program.
I don't think casuals (based on your definition of casual) should get the bosses. Henchman feel like the perfect reward for someone that does not play the game that much. Bosses are for more dedicated players and the bundles and live series rewards are for the maniacs.
@jmcdonald1817 said in Who ya got going gold/diamond?:
i understand martinez and cruz i dont understand winkler though
As a Reds fan I love Winker and what he is doing this season but he has posted a -2.0 UZR in left this year. There is a reason they are working to see if they can convert him to the infield.
Soriano just has a slow swing so unless you adjust you approach you will struggle with him. The others combined with your success with Abrams sounds like you might be pressing with your big hitters and swinging outside the zone more, combined with opposing players pitching around the big hitters more out of fear this leads to strikeouts and weak contact. I do the same thing when I get shiny new cards. Their first few games I end up hitting sub .200 with them. Right around the time I write them off and stop caring they start climbing up to .350-.400 due to me not pressing and opponents not fearing them due to their average and challenging them.
@suntlacrimae50_psn said in HOF is on crack:
Didn't mean to come off so aggressive in my last post -- my bad! As for "pitching respectfully," I suppose my take would be pitching in the zone at least half the time. NOT "meatballs." I throw about 60-70% strikes (if not more) and rely on strategy and skill rather than the simple fact that most people can't catch up to outliers. I'm almost always ahead in the count and will certainly throw 58 foot curves/changes or backfoot sliders, but not regularly on 0-0, 1-0, 2-0 counts. And yes, most people CAN'T invest the time necessary to "git gud" at reading uber-buffed pitching to make WS. Lots of older players, like me, have stuff to do and/or want to play the game (as opposed to practicing it). All respect! Take care
Didn't mean to come off so aggressive in my last post -- my bad!
As for "pitching respectfully," I suppose my take would be pitching in the zone at least half the time. NOT "meatballs." I throw about 60-70% strikes (if not more) and rely on strategy and skill rather than the simple fact that most people can't catch up to outliers. I'm almost always ahead in the count and will certainly throw 58 foot curves/changes or backfoot sliders, but not regularly on 0-0, 1-0, 2-0 counts.
And yes, most people CAN'T invest the time necessary to "git gud" at reading uber-buffed pitching to make WS. Lots of older players, like me, have stuff to do and/or want to play the game (as opposed to practicing it).
All respect! Take care
That is absolutely not what he is referencing when he says pitching respectfully. Pitching respectfully is not throwing the same pitch over and over again because you have shown you can't hit it, like gassing you up and in over and over again because you can't turn on it. Hence they don't respect you and don't feel like they have to vary their spots. It has nothing to do with giving you hittable balls. You have to force them to do that yourself by making them respect the fact that you are competent enough to work a walk and show you can turn on the inside fastball.
@aaronjw76_psn said in 99 Baez:
Big boy walk off? It was a fly ball lol
That he acted like was a game 7 grand slam. Didn't see him taking his jersey off and pounding his chest last week when he single handedly booted two balls giving the Cardinals 4 runs in an inning and hanging his pitcher out to dry.
@dogslax41_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?: @t-rox_09_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?: @dogslax41_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?: I can't give you a review since I sold mine immediately last night when I got him. To be worth that price the card would basically have to hit a home run every two games without you even pressing the button to swing. Let him come down another hundred stubs in the next week as more people finish the program. Nice review. Some people got 5mil stubs, 350k is a drop in the bucket to them. And those people don't need to know how a card plays or if he's "worth it". So why are you commenting on this thread if you don't have a review? The OP is clearly looking for a review of the card so you added nothing to this thread. You went off on a tangent about nothing.
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?: @dogslax41_mlbts said in Is there any MVP Harper Reviews?: I can't give you a review since I sold mine immediately last night when I got him. To be worth that price the card would basically have to hit a home run every two games without you even pressing the button to swing. Let him come down another hundred stubs in the next week as more people finish the program. Nice review. Some people got 5mil stubs, 350k is a drop in the bucket to them. And those people don't need to know how a card plays or if he's "worth it".
So why are you commenting on this thread if you don't have a review? The OP is clearly looking for a review of the card so you added nothing to this thread. You went off on a tangent about nothing.
"I want to know if it's worth the price."
To be worth that price the card would basically have to hit a home run every two games without you even pressing the button to swing. Let him come down another hundred stubs in the next week as more people finish the program.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangent
@bearsfan217_xbl said in Name a worse online game for casual players:
@therainmaker29_xbl said in Name a worse online game for casual players: You can’t. This game is absolutely hideous online for anyone that isn’t a die hard, no job, goon. Not sure what the deal is but the game is rarely not laggy. Love my opponent stealing second and third constantly as my catcher double clutches the ball and won’t throw it. Hitting is ridiculously hard right now. Nobody throws anything that isn’t a sinker or slider on the black or outside of the zone. My opponents though all seem to be amazing at the game.They have 9-10 pitch at bats fouling off everything even stuff 6-8 inches out of the zone before eventually taking said pitch deep. I know I’m not great but I don’t think that changes the fact that this game just blows [censored] online for many reasons. Sincerely, Disappointed Destiny 2. Prove me wrong
@therainmaker29_xbl said in Name a worse online game for casual players:
You can’t. This game is absolutely hideous online for anyone that isn’t a die hard, no job, goon. Not sure what the deal is but the game is rarely not laggy. Love my opponent stealing second and third constantly as my catcher double clutches the ball and won’t throw it. Hitting is ridiculously hard right now. Nobody throws anything that isn’t a sinker or slider on the black or outside of the zone. My opponents though all seem to be amazing at the game.They have 9-10 pitch at bats fouling off everything even stuff 6-8 inches out of the zone before eventually taking said pitch deep. I know I’m not great but I don’t think that changes the fact that this game just blows [censored] online for many reasons. Sincerely, Disappointed
You can’t.
This game is absolutely hideous online for anyone that isn’t a die hard, no job, goon.
Not sure what the deal is but the game is rarely not laggy.
Love my opponent stealing second and third constantly as my catcher double clutches the ball and won’t throw it.
Hitting is ridiculously hard right now. Nobody throws anything that isn’t a sinker or slider on the black or outside of the zone.
My opponents though all seem to be amazing at the game.They have 9-10 pitch at bats fouling off everything even stuff 6-8 inches out of the zone before eventually taking said pitch deep.
I know I’m not great but I don’t think that changes the fact that this game just blows [censored] online for many reasons.
Sincerely,
Disappointed
Destiny 2. Prove me wrong
Destiny 2 is one of the most casual friendly games ever created. Light level means next to nothing outside grandmasters. Outside grandmasters and raids you can literally use any weapon and breeze through content. Not only that but with the endless amounts of catch up methods for light you can be soft cap in less than a week. PVP outside competitive is light disabled. Destiny is the definition of casual.
@thongypu_psn said in Big Flashback/Legend collection:
Probably. I'm still waiting for a useable mantle, gehrig, wagner, biggio, maddux
Maddux's 94 has been beyond incredible for me. Sub 1 ERA even throwing him on All-Star in the events. His upcoming signature card may be the only card I have ever valued over 500k stubs.
@earvgotti_xbl said in Name a worse online game for casual players:
We shouldn't eliminate skill gap for the sake of protecting the ego's of new players. This is coming from a 1st year player who's getting his [censored] whooped online. Does it feel bad getting smacked around? Of course it does. Will it make you a better player over time? Yes it will.
Sorry, not going to happen. You were born about 15 years too late.