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@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Its okay that the menus often lag because some people always complain.
Its okay that the communication around the exploit has been abysmal because some people always complain.
Its okay that bugs continue to linger year after year because some people always complain.

This is the message some of you want to send to SDS? Really?

I think you are putting words in their mouth.

It's possible to say that "we get these same complaints/threats every year" without passively condoning any of those items.

I am one of the voices that say that they should ban the exploiters and I still will confirm that threats to quit the game over issues, whether big or small, happen every single year and that most don't follow up on them.

The two things happening now that would have me considering not playing next year are.

1. Seemingly no repercussions yet for exploiters. It doesn't effect my play much, if any at all, but the signal it sends to those of us who follow the rules is that we will get the short end of the stick.

2. The top cards for my favorite team and how they are earned. It is just not fun or sustainable for me. I don't flip cards and I don't invest. I play more casually than many and my reasonable goal is to just collect the cards from my favorite team. I even expected and accepted that Pujols would be unattainable for me from the moment he was announced.

I appreciate that we are getting more Cardinal cards than last year but i'm tired of just needing to buy them outright.

OVR	Player			How Earned	
**99	Albert Pujols		Collection**
**97	Lance Berkman		Chase Pack**
**96 	JJ Wetherholt		Rising Rookies Pack**
**96	Ted Simmons		Chase Pack**
94	Matt Carpenter		Program Reward
**93	Bob Gibson		Mural Pack**
**93	JoJo Romero		May Drop 5 Pack**
**93	Terry Pendleton		Vintage Pack**
**92	Bryan Torres		May Drop 4 Pack**
**92	Jordan Walker		April Drop 5 Pack**
92	Ozzie Smith		Diamond Quest
**92	Tyler O'Neill		Vintage Pack**

Why?

Aaron Judge is on the IL. If they removed him then the AL collection just got a whole lot cheaper!!!

They don't want that

Wow, Padres no hit through the first 4. That is 1 hit in the last 13 innings

Oh good, a new Cardinal going for 50k. Let me add him behind Chase Simmons and Chase Berkman.

Thats only 500k I need to find

@Player99_MLBTS said:

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LOL - I am going to go put on the VR headset and put a 3d puzzle together in VR and try to forget about how much time i just wasted

@Pergo_MLBTS said:

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@Pergo_MLBTS said:

Just curious, where did those percentages in the table come from? Looking at the link below they seem to be different from what you found. Do they have different odds listed somewhere else?

https://mlb26.theshow.com/drop_rates?pack_id=10222

That is where I pulled from. Worst case Scenario they updated the page after I started doing calculations. But I just did an alt F5 and ones like Kurtz, Trout and Crow_armstrong looked the same

Weird, not sure whats going on then. I see different percentages then those in your original post. Just using Kurtz, Trout and PCA as examples. I see Kurtz at 0.05%, Trout at 0.042% and PCA at 0.042%.

I screwed up and am adequately embarrassed. The stupid thing brought up the 25 drop rates file and not the 26 drop rates file

I might do the analysis again later.

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Yeah, I can understand if there are unforeseen circumstances causing issues but it has been down for nearly 6 hours now.

@TheGoaler_PSN said:

1-hitter!
Maybe he gets a Topps Now card for it?
I can't stand facing him, tbh. Can't hit him well at all, but I would like him to be on my side for a change, lol.

I am not sure how he would not get a Topps Now or Spotlight since he only has a live series card.

@victoryphoenix_PSN said:

When are we going to get the championship bundle restored. It's been two weeks with nothing. I've completed the WBC miniseason four times. The glitch is gone. Restore the bundle.

According to the patch notes it will happen this afternoon at the normal content release time.

@sbchamps17_NSW said:

And once again the app is broken, it's the good ole fetching data once again

This is normal on the morning of a patch. Seems to happen every morning a patch is released.

The website is not working either. I think the patch deployments are just taking longer these days.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN said:

New patch notes mentions a Content Update June 16th.

But according to the schedule; there isnt anything until the 18th.

Is the mentioning of June 16th an error?

@sds_joek_psn

Maybe the Headliners Pack?

Plus they mentioned that the Fix for the WBC Mini Season would roll out today at the normal content release time.

I just wanted to say that I appreciate your tracking and analysis.

In case you did not know SDS actually posts the pull rates of every single card available in a pack.

https://mlb25.theshow.com/drop_rates

Who knows. I hope so because the Cardinals theme team is really weak on pitching.

May matched Mis' complete game 1 hit shutout but obviously did not match that strikeout total.

Difference is that Mis has a great card already and May does not. He did not even score a New Threads card at the beginning of the year.

Counting his last outing he has a 15 scoreless inning streak with 15 Strikeouts

@Rhyno1986_XBL said:

Hey Hader and King like I've said give unfair advantage.

I am going to go out on a limb here, even though I do not play competitively, and say that using Hader and King is not an exploit.

Is the issue with these cards a bug? Maybe, but using them is not an exploit.

Everybody has access to them. Everyone can use them. You can't use them in a way that was not intended by SDS, meaning you can't pitch them more often or have them pitch longer without running out of Stamina.

If everyone can obtain these cards and everyone who has them is operating under the same conditions for pitchers then using them does not provide any unfair advantage.

So just because we don't like how they operate and choose not to use them does not mean that those using them are exploiting.

I won't say Alec Burleson should be leading the 1B ballot and I am actually surprised he is 5th (a lot of fans for other teams overlook him) but here he is against the top vote getter at 1B

Firstly, I know Jordan Walker will be on the all-star team and quite possibly the Cardinals only representative (even though Marmol is part of the Coaching staff), but still when you compare how he is doing against those ahead of him

I guess I should be happy he is as high as 6th place.

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