@sportpimpin_xbl said in Thai game is not worth playing:

Haven't logged in in days to jump on and see nothing but trash rewards available for long [censored] grinds sds has turned this game into trash in one year of my experience playing this game and that's something even ea couldn't do smh

Thank you for that riveting, cutting edge expose on the state of the game. It calls to mind the great baseball thinkers of history like Roger Kahn, George Will and David Halberstam. Please keep up the great work you do.

@mightytapir_PSN said in This game won’t last:

Does anyone actually like how easy they’ve made it to get all the best players in the game? Am I the only one that actually enjoyed having to put some effort in to build my team? I played for one hour and had a full team of 90s... what’s the motivation to keep playing? I don’t see how this game lasts. 3 days in and I’m already bored. I can’t be the only one.

Basically the way I see it, instead of one long slow grind where we finally get the cards we want and half the people have stopped playing, the game will be 6 shorter cycles. Get that Chipper card and use him online all you want, come July you can’t use that specific card. Meanwhile you can work on the next card to go in his place. Personally, I think it’s a great move and most of the people I know who didn’t want the game this year are now playing and enjoying it.

Thank you for this award winning investigative expose on the state of the game.

I think they should get auto grand slams. Even when there is nobody on base. Then be served a tray of beer and Hor d'oeuvres when they cross home plate.

This game is more than just building one “God Squad to rule them all.” The logic that certain cards aren’t usable only applies to the percentage of people who only play Ranked. There are many of us who like playing all the other aspects of the game- conquests, showdowns, Mini Seasons, BR, Events, events missions etc. I pay my $100 for the game so that I can have a ton of enjoyable content to complete and a diverse set of cards of my favorite players to collect and use. This year far surpasses last by a massive margin.

This company can’t win with anyone. How is a robust program with a ton of content, 90 diamond cards, 3 showdowns, 3 conquests, an entire Mini Seasons attached to it and 6 huge reward paths filled with missions, moments, cards, stubs and XP underwhelming? If all you wanna do is have the best team to play online and don’t enjoy any of the other content or any of the cards that aren’t the top tier- that’s like buying a mansion and only using 1 room.

Watch out everyone, freaked out Xboxers coming through.

Hi I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such posts as:

RIP Team Affinity, we hardly knew thee.

Every card except ALOMAR!

How can I change my icon on the app?

Anyway, for those of you just starting on your Show 22 journey today, remember that it's a marathon, not a sprint. If in 2 months, it's still like this, then maybe we can be upset.

Signed,

The guy who freaked out 4 days ago when he saw that Team Affinity was gone. Thanks to @CDNmoneymaker93_MLBTS, @the_dragon1912, @arvcpa_MLBTS , @SchnauzerFace and the rest of the gang for keeping me sane during these troubled times.

Winter is coming.....but not until after a great year of baseball and baseball video gaming.

@ysl_uchiha23_psn said in 3rd day of the freeze off:

@dolenz_psn said in 3rd day of the freeze off:

@raylewissb47_psn said in 3rd day of the freeze off:

The joke is probably on the OP as his opponent may have another console and is playing the game right now.

Or the joke is that the game even can freeze this year on offline content. It has happened to me twice. It is possible he is not even waiting someone out and just has a console lock up and not a freeze off.

We’ve messaged he’s for sure trying to steal a win while down 6

Well, you're showing him. Nobody steals a fictitious video game win from you. Finish him. No mercy.

Are you seeing articles making excuses for why the Dodgers, Braves, Mets and Cardinals were eliminated so early? Screaming from the mountaintops that the new playoff structure is unfair?

If you had the choice of playing a 3 game series in New York against a 101 win team and facing the two headed dragon of Degrom and Scherzer while risking elimination or going bowling and appearing on Jimmy Kimmel what would you choose?

Stop making excuses. Your team lost. My team lost. The other teams won. The new playoff structure isn't designed to destroy the Dodgers, maybe work on your baseball game and not on your bowling or at least stop making excuses.

And get off my lawn.

They’ve definitely found a way to deter casual online players from playing online. Maybe that was the goal. I came into the season truly planning on playing online more but that is no longer the case.

See you next year

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Who is going to be May's lightning player?:

Position players:

Acuna cooled off a lot in the 2nd half. I would have given Bichette a chance, but he had a MA in 2022, so maybe they don't go that route. Freeman had a monster month, but he already has a big WBC card. I'll go outlier and say either Lane Thomas or Santander (I love switch hitters).

Pitchers:

Like @Ericulous1_PSN said, Jon Gray had a great month for the Rangers, but Eovaldi was even better I think you have to look for Doval to get a card. 11 saves and a .71 ERA in May... yikes. Diaz was also great for the Reds.

God, Rangers fans must be loving the ride right now. @SaveFarris_PSN - am I right??

Yeah I thought of that with Bichette, plus Chapman just got one so they might wanna mix up the teams. I think Freeman would be a well received choice

There are a few really good options. Jorge Soler with his 12 HRs, Freddie Freeman had 25 RBIs, Bichette has been hitting all month.

Of course Judge and Yordan did their thing.

Pitchers- Jon Gray was super solid for the Rangers.

@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

@Ericulous1_PSN said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

You know I’ll never forget seeing Wade Boggs in the dugout as he wept bitterly at the end of the 86 WS. Even though I was euphoric with glee at time due to the Mets having conquered, I couldn’t help but feel for guy - he left nothing on the playing field and yet it just wasn’t enough…who can’t relate to that in some form? I pulled for him from that moment on. When he followed up Bo Jackson’s epic all star game lead off homer with one of his own I thought that was a great moment and he looked like he was having the time of his life when he made it back to the dugout.

Man, I love baseball.

I’d tune in every episode.

What an incredibly kind thing to say about those two and whomever it is that you must have me confused with hahaha!

However…I have heard it said that I have a face for radio.

Haha, nope you’re one of us. plus I loved your nerdy wrestling posts. It was like looking in a mirror or my mind. I appreciate all the posters in here who don’t take themselves too seriously.

Good points by all. And I’m with you, I just play through this mode now to get my vouchers and PxP, just wish it worked as intended. Or wait…that was a bad thing huh?

@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

You know I’ll never forget seeing Wade Boggs in the dugout as he wept bitterly at the end of the 86 WS. Even though I was euphoric with glee at time due to the Mets having conquered, I couldn’t help but feel for guy - he left nothing on the playing field and yet it just wasn’t enough…who can’t relate to that in some form? I pulled for him from that moment on. When he followed up Bo Jackson’s epic all star game lead off homer with one of his own I thought that was a great moment and he looked like he was having the time of his life when he made it back to the dugout.

Man, I love baseball.

Missed seeing your posts around here haha. I personally think you, @SchnauzerFace_MLBTS and @arvcpa_PSN need a podcast of some kind regarding this game. I’d tune in every episode.

Boggs- superstitious? Sounds about right.

@xElRojo44x_MLBTS said in Eric The Red BOTD:

Over a 162 game span from 6/18/86 - 7/10/87 Eric Davis hit .307/.405/.629 while launching 49 HRs and swiping 93 bases. He is the only player in MLB history to rack up those numbers in a 162 game stretch. He reached the 30-30 club in fewer games than anyone, ever.

World Champion, 2X AS, and multiple GG and SS awards. Most impressively, however, was Eric Davis winning the Roberto Clemente Award in '97 while fighting colon cancer. He did not quit. In '98, Davis had one of his best statistical seasons of his career, while playing for

Eric Davis was my favorite player growing up not named Ozzie or Gwynn. Love these fact posts, thanks for sharing.

Rare-
Mays, Kershaw, Sandberg

Base-
Scott Barlow, Mitch Garver, Richie Ashburn, Chris Taylor and Jim Palmer

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

@Ericulous1_PSN said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in How do they decide the ultimate reward in a program?:

I'd like to know their thought process for a lot of these programs...but i am kinda looking forward to finishing this. I usually smash everything with Belts gold cards and i did hit 3 homeruns with this card in the showdown.

Nice, I’m gonna definitely give him a shot and certainly am not a huge fan of Boggs’ swing. But Boggs is certainly the greater legend/player

I hate Wade Boggs (yes even though he was a Yankee*) but i can't even lie....his card is kind of a beast for me.

I was watching a game the other night that featured Wade Boggs (might’ve been ‘86 ws game 6 but not certain) and I’m 100% positive I heard the announcer say that he had only 3 pop outs for the entire previous season! Impressive.

Oh he was great for sure. I'd never deny that. When i was a kid, my father and my grandfather were Red Sox fans and i was at Fenway a ton more than i was at Yankee Stadium. Im old enough to have seen guys like Fred Lynn, Carl Yazstremski, Dewey Evans and Jim Rice play in person. My "dislike" for Boggs is more a team loyalty thing really and nothing personal. I'll absolutely use his cards in the game.

Plus his mustache ranks in the all time greats.

I’m a Pads fan by birth and a Cards fan by blood. My family is from St Louis and taught me at a young age I either root for the Red Birds or eat elsewhere. That’s daunting when you’re 5.

Both teams look awful. The Cards have very little pitching and the Pads have the historically low batting avg with RISP. At least the Cards are in the dumpster fire of the NL Central and could still somehow win the division despite being 7 games under .500. The Pads have the Dodgers and clearly they didn’t slay the dragon. They just kicked it the the groin and made him mad.

Ok, most of you know I’m pretty positive about this game. I guess you could say I’m still in my honeymoon phase with The Show. Call me an SDS apologist or even a shill, but I genuinely like this game.

But……. It’s June in a few days and Mini Seasons is still a hot mess of glitches. This game has been out 2 months and there are still no filters in Mini Seasons. The stats are still totally made up- example- I started this MS and my lineup had a bunch of arbitrary stats. Jazz hits two home runs in the first two games and now he’s magically batting .000. Stamina gets attributed to the wrong player every few games - I just pitched 2 innings with Loup and it burned Alvarez. These are just a few examples.

Like last year, they seem to have ironed out the major glitches like the invalid roster, “sorry you wasted 6 hours playing 20 games and now have to start the season over issues.” And just set it and forget it with the rest. Admittedly, these really aren’t earth shattering. I will say, I loved the idea of stat tracking and awards when they introduced it, but so far it’s a feature that doesn’t work. How can my guy win MVP if he is hitting .000 after hitting 2 Home runs? I wish this would be a working feature with a few add. Win Cy Young, MVP or a batting title on AS or better and get_______. Either make it work, or don’t advertise it as a feature.

Anyway, do you think there will ever be fixes for these things?