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@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 get it, no matter what they do, someone will complain. Many people even. But I have not seen this bad a reaction in the 3 years I’ve been playing.

Since about May, there has been a consistent message from the people on the forum, Twitter, Reddit etc, they do not want 97 or less of players that already have 99s. It’s a waste of a card. By that measure I would say TA 4 has 90 wasted cards.

I love Team Affinity. I think it gives the offline player constant content to work toward. I don’t expect all 99s but another TA full of 97s makes no sense. TA 4 in 2021 was all 99s save for a few. This just shows that SDS either isn’t listening, doesn’t care or actually wants to prove some perverse point.

And who on earth asked for this card art?

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.

Bro....you are a real piece of work. We all know we'll see you back on as Dirty shawn or Mafia or another screen name with the stock icon and hateful rhetoric. Making fun of a video game and the rich company that makes it is one thing, but to attack people who have less than you, you spoiled little man, that's just purely embarrassing. I hope you wake up from your drunken stupor and realize that therapy is an option.

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

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@schwizzle_nizzle said in New legend. Guesses?:

Who cares

I might be going out on a limb here but I think the person that took the time to create the topic and post it probably cares.

I can’t figure that guy out. Every post is about how terrible the game is , how awful SDS is, and basically how stupid anyone who plays it or thinks differently is, yet he is here everyday like a bad fungus.

Obviously didn’t get enough hugs as a kid.

It's funny to make fun of you people. This game is garbage. I don't see why you can't understand it. "Oh, ah! A shiny new card that has one additional power vs lefties this year! WOW!". All the while, thousands of people get into freeze offs.All the while, every outcome is predetermined because SDS can't program a game that has real outcomes. They take the easy way out and you clowns buy it year after year with trash changes. I mean, it took them like, what?, 16 years to update the commentary? They never fix Franchise. I should be able to trade three C level players for Tatis to my team. I'm not buy this game again and I feel cheated by SDS.

So go away man. I just don't get why you're here. You've made your hatred perfectly clear. You don't need to criticize everyone who feels differently. You sound like a spoiled rich kid who only got one pony for christmas.

Why are the trolls out today, did someone feed them after midnight? Or is that gremlins?

Angels fans can hate on Pujols all they want, I don't entirely blame them. He had 11 dominant years in St Louis (find me a more dominate 11 year stretch by any hitter ever, other than Bonds). Only player ever to amass .300+ average, 30+ Home Runs and 100+ RBIs in 10 straight seasons.

But, his Angels run was nowhere near worth the money they paid him. And if he really said that, I would have beef too. But this Fraud talk? My buddy met Albert and his wife at the zoo this past year, he was taking his kid and a large group of autistic children on a tour. My friend works with a young man with autism and they happened to be at the zoo. Albert not only signed autographs, he invited them to join their tour and spent the whole day together. So when it comes to being a quality human. Albert is no Fraud. He is and always will be the man.

Are you their marriage counselor? Do you know why they are getting a divorce? Cool...me neither. Maybe back off the cancel culture train for a bit. I imagine there are reasons that aren't...."she just had a brain tumor removed...now I wanna be single."

Dude, you really should write books man, stranger than fiction. I've had these things happen a handful of times ever but somehow every one of your opponents is the worst offender.

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@serrato32_psn said in This game is an embarrassment.:

@balsamicarrow88 said in This game is an embarrassment.:

@serrato32_psn said in This game is an embarrassment.:

Quiet down Chad.

Or what?

Or I'll tell your mom you've been using all her minutes again.

Oh ok, you were just talking out the side of your mouth. For a second I thought you were implying that you were going to do something if I didn’t quiet down but it turns out that wasn’t the case.

Bro, simmer down. We get you hate the game. Not sure why you play something you hate. But don't get your chest all puffed out on the internet. It's just silly.

I really liked the All Star mission, beat Seattle on Vet or better. They should have missions like that in all programs. Beat certain teams on a certain difficulty.

I’m usually a big fan of this game but this seasons model really has no upside.

I just want to make sure I understand. In less than 3 weeks all of the season 1 cards will be useless (except for 4 wild cards which we have to unlock and at the rate of progress this year it’ll be season 3 by that point). So what is the point of team affinity chapter 3? Most of us will never get to use any of these cards. I have 1 card from that program so far and for the last 3 years I have completed every program and collected every card. Admittedly I play a lot less this year because the program layout is just such a bad one.

By the time we finish ranked or BR those rewards will expire? So why play those programs?

In a nutshell, we basically can only use Core cards starting in 2 1/2 weeks? It completely kills any incentive to play these last few weeks of the season. So why make a feature that makes people want to play less?

If im missing something, please let me know. I will keep playing because I like baseball but it kinda seems fruitless to play these last few weeks, why not just wait till season 2 starts? I imagine I’m not the only one who feels this way. Seems like nobody really thought this through.

There will be people who jump in and say, they want you to buy packs. I know that’s the idea but why on earth would I buy a pack now when whatever card I get is useless in 2 1/2 weeks. They are actively hovering me reasons to play less and spend less.