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@Bridge-Piece_XBL said:

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@Ericulous1_XBL said:

Content this year is the worst it’s ever been. Nothing good us coming

I still think, and this is just a hunch, that they told the content team "You need to create content for two games now and you are not getting any extra people to accomplish that."

By the way, when Ashley and Carson ended the last live stream and said they would be back but they were not sure when, I was expecting it to be this year. They are not even bothering with the pre-recorded videos we got last year during off weeks

I miss The Show Live. Unfortunately I think too many toxic folks got in there and ruined it for everyone else. I like Carson and Ashley, and always looked forward to the live shows and the content that came with them. Twitter posts just don’t hit the same. Hoping they get back at it in ‘27.

I doubt it was the toxicity as chat has been toxic for years. I stopped even looking at chat years ago because it was unbearable.

There are grinds and then there are GRINDS.

A grind for someone who has 10 hours a week to play and a grind for someone who plays 30 hours a week are very different.

Then there is the skill issue. Racking up 50 hits in online modes is going to feel like less of a grind to a skilled player while feeling like a unreachable grind by a lesser skilled player.

I have said it before, when it comes to the game they should not cater it to the top 10% or the bottom 10%. Not in time spent or skill. It's that middle 80% that is paying the bills for them.

@Ericulous1_XBL said:

Content this year is the worst it’s ever been. Nothing good us coming

I still think, and this is just a hunch, that they told the content team "You need to create content for two games now and you are not getting any extra people to accomplish that."

By the way, when Ashley and Carson ended the last live stream and said they would be back but they were not sure when, I was expecting it to be this year. They are not even bothering with the pre-recorded videos we got last year during off weeks

It was a whole month program. We are half way through the month so something like it is not possible.

There is no mention of it on the calendar which runs has the content thru Friday the 23rd

We'll probably get a 3 or 4 card Halloween program at best.

How to keep me involved.

Give me cards to play for and earn. It seems like 90% of the cards I wanted the most (yes, Cardinal Cards) had to be bought for stubs. 5 Chase Cards, Several Headliner Cards, Multiple cards that were the rare round in Packs.

Just playing to earn stubs only so that I can buy players in the on the market is not as entertaining. I don't think there is an easy way to do it, but I would love to see the number of Cardinals cards I purchased vs how many I pulled.

I just checked. This was the list last year on Oct 31st.

53 in 2025 vs 109 this year

Updated Graphic

28 players have been neglected two years in a row

Player		2026	2025	
Matt Cain	83	98
Bert Blyleven	88	91
Bob Feller	88	92
Eric Gagne	88	92
Hal Newhouser	88	92
Juan Marichal	88	95
Justin Morneau	88	98
Lee Smith	88	95
Mike Cameron	88	93
Vida Blue	88	86
Larry Doby	89	89
Mark Davis	89	98
Andrew Miller	90	96
Brian Roberts	90	91
Kyle Seager	90	98
Bruce Sutter	91	87
Duke Snider	91	85
Ralph Kiner	92	90
Raul Ibanez	92	97
Jim Rice	93	94
Billy Williams	94	96
Lou Brock	94	91
Gary Sheffield	95	98
Gary Carter	96	80
Harold Baines	98	91
Ian Kinsler	98	95
Tony Oliva	98	97
Whitey Ford	98	92

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN

What about him? He is included in the list, 2 cards with his best being a 97. Better that about 100 guys on the list.

But thanks, it pointed me to another error.

Zach Thornton - Topps Now
Zac Thornton - Live

Just seems sloppy both on SDS' part for not being able to sync the name of these players and me for not proofing it and catching it before.

@Gamer01097615_XBL said:

The commentators we have now have been around for so long.

Here's the lesson that we learned the last time they completely replaced the commentary team.

It will take years for the new guys to build up a sufficient amount of dialogue to match what is currently included in the game.

Matt Vasgersian, Mark DeRosa, and Dan Plesac were the commentators from 2006-2021
Sciambi and Singleton just were added in 2022 so in comparison they are still relatively new.
The did add the alternate Flores commentary this year which I have learned to prefer.

But here is the real kicker - No matter who they add we (as a collective group) will get tired of their limited, and therefore repeated, talking points by the end of the first year.

Just noticed that it included Leonardo Bernal on the list but he is obviously not a legend.

The problem happens because his Topps Now card is Leonardo and his live series is Leo. Since my program did not find a matching name in the live series it assumed he was a legend

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Allen is 1000x more appealing to me than some switch hitter du jour.

How dare you talk about Ted a Simmons, Ozzie Smith, Lance Berkman and Willie McGee like that!

🤨

As a side note there are 13 players who currently have 5 cards and 53 who have 4 cards (it may include ranked 1000 cards I am not sure).

Since the conversation in the Retro WS discussion has turned to Legends. I thought I would take another look at them and see where we stand.

Kind of surprising to see how many still have their best card at 90 or below and how many of those have only had a single card (as indicated by the number after their name). That includes big names like Lou Gehrig Willie Mays and Randy Johnson.

70 out of 111 legends who do not have a 99 card have only received a single card so far this year. You have to assume that the ones at 88 or below were all released as soon as the game launched.

@WolfgangMLB_XBL

And even I, who has been called an SDS defender (and far worse) over the years, think that they should do more to detect and punish those who cheat.

I just don't think it is as common place, especially when you go down into lower rankings, as many claim.

I have been here many years and the sheer number of times I have read tirades about opponents cheating or SDS rigging the game has made me a bit jaded to these claims.

People who have been around know that I am not a defender. Very few here complained more about their apparent lack of action against those who exploited the WBC glitch than I. You can go back 3 years or so and find posts by me about the slow but inevitable march towards extreme monetization. Very few paid attention then but they certainly do now.

@MoeBuug68_XBL said:

Dam, the SDS defenders team came out hard on this post player's have being cheating in this game since 2020.

Not a single person in this thread denied that there are people cheating at the game.

There seem to be two camps though.

Camp 1: The game is full of cheaters. It is at unprecedented levels. Everyone is doing it. I can't even find a legit game anymore.

Camp 2: This game definitely has some cheaters but I am not convinced it is as widespread as Camp 1 thinks

Many of us have been here for years and have seen, countless times, where people come in to the forum hot and exaggerate their claims or flat out lie to try and illustrate their point.

So yes, there is cheating in the game. Nobody denies that. We are not defenders simply because we don't 100% agree with those complaining every single time one of them post a complaint

Wouldn't matter if they did. They could list them for 100 stubs but nobody could buy them until every single higher priced card was sold.

@NotesOfJohn_PSN said:

Wow, good for you, dude.

Are you playing something else, or just doing other things?

Both.

I have talked a lot about the apps and such that I vibe coded for this game. But I also created a tour app for MS Flight Sim that plans my legs out for me and lets me log them. Then I decided to try and create a Tour Guide who, as I am flying my legs will tell me information about the areas I am flying over. I pretty much spent all of my game time over the last few weeks flying and testing it out

I have also been playing a lot of small cozy style games.

But in the end, none of the content has really enticed me to play. I thought about jumping in to get that new JJ Wetherholt but have not yet.

I'll post here what I posted in the other thread in the RTTS thread

Every team wants more of their legends but Boston is not in bad shape.

Right now, Boston has the 3rd most unique legends in the game. The are 2nd in HOF Players in the game. They are 2nd in Unique HOF players in the game (even more than the Yankees)

Pedroia
Veritek
Damon
Ramirez

Are all actually in the game this year.

@Pergo_MLBTS said:

Doesn't look like they've been updated on the drop rates page as far as I can tell.

I checked and didn't see it either. I just checked the Show Pack though. Not sure if it is available in any other.

I'll be honest, I can't even remember how I got that 175.
Just 274,825 XP to go.

And I think it is safe to say that, whether it's due to my wavering attention span or SDS just not providing content that engaged me, it will be the first year since they introduced inning bosses that I have not earned a single one all year.

Though not the greatest of choices I had no Live Series options in my Scouting Report Vault Pack.

93 Mural Machado
94 Vintage Gary Sanchez