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So I’ve never played online before. No matter what game I’m playing, I’m just not a fan of multiplayer.

But I REALLY want that Dominguez card, so I just entered the event. Game went into the 4th inning tied 0-0. First at bat of the 4th, I hit a two run shot with Eduardo Escobar. Then my screen freezes for a few seconds and I’m thinking “[censored], this is what everyone on the forum is always bitching about. Stupid freeze off.” But it turns out it was just my opponent quitting.

Now I’m about to play my 2nd online game ever. I hope it goes as well as the first.

@jimmymacnz31_mlbts said in Team affinity season 3:

I know folks probably do this but stack your team with players from the same division and play vs CPU is a good way to grind it

Yes sir. That’s exactly how I do TA after I complete the Conquest maps and Moments.

@aware_ward13_PSN said in This game has jumped the shark while riding a dollar store knockoff godzilla:

@iBonafideScrub_ said in This game has jumped the shark while riding a dollar store knockoff godzilla:

@aware_ward13_PSN said in This game has jumped the shark while riding a dollar store knockoff godzilla:

@BearDownGoBlue said in This game has jumped the shark while riding a dollar store knockoff godzilla:

Why so dramatic with the “I’m deleting the game for a few weeks” comment

I see that often on here

Congrats on getting a console with infinite storage space. Some of us have to delete games to make room to try new games.

You see comments like this often because a lot of players are frustrated/losing interest in the game, and this is a good forum for providing feedback to SDS.

Na that’s a cop out

You could’ve easily conveyed your message by sayin I’m going to stop playing this game and play something else for a while

The whole- “i’m uninstalling the game” is used to be dramatic and to emphasize how bored you are with the game. And it’s cringe

I get having legit criticism for the game( I made a thread saying I wasn’t happy with cards being retired after x amount of time) because as much as I enjoy the game that’s something I had a hard time swallowing

But I’ve come around and I actually don’t mind building a new squad and getting their averages up like I did with my original god squad

But threads like yours are just pointless to me- like did you do everything you could do? make World Series, go flawless, become a top 1000/100/50 ranked season player? If you did and then made a thread stating that and saying you’re bored- then I get it. Because you’ve done pretty much everything the game has to offer

But you’re just bored and want people to know you’re uninstalling the game…

Lol ok? Thanks for the update

Maybe he just doesn’t care about honing his skills and making world series and being at the top of the leaderbords, some people don’t want to be competitive.

And that’s exactly why he’s bored- how much can you play the computer on rookie and still be excited about it and find fun in the game

It’s 2023- online competitive play is the crux of video gaming- for example people that buy street fighter are buying to play online against other humans- they only play the computer to unlock rewards

Compared to when we were young we would buy it and play the computer only or a friend if they were over

playing competitively you tend to want to get better at the game which is challenging but also fun and an accomplishment

If you’re just buying this game to play conquest and mini seasons then yes I can see it getting boring really quick especially if you’ve been playing it for years

Yeah, not everyone plays video games to play other people. I can’t stand multiplayer, in any game. I’ve never bought a game with the intent to play other people, and most likely never will.

@thegoaler_psn said in Oh thaaaat's why they nerfed XP:

I start 2 week vacation this week, but planned on doing some heavy Days Gone, and try to Plat Train Sim World 2, and play other stuff, but I should have time to max this.
Striking out the side used to give in the 400's.
I wonder what you'd get for an immaculate inning

Love me some Days Gone. I’ve played through it three times. Great story and even better gameplay.

@ironeyes_cody_psn said in The DDA is dismal:

I suppose DDA effects every online sports game to a certain degree. But too often, in RS, it's just blatantly obvious.

We understand the marketing desire to create parity in online matches. You can't let the less talented look terrible, or the more talented look great all the time. The game developers gotta put adjustments in place to keep parity. It's been going on in the EA games for years.

Every year in MUT the community flocks to Youtube to share "Secrets" on how to glitch/gimmick in order to spaz out the AI. How to motion, how to sub, where to shift and shade. Because of the inherent glitches that people just figure out in order to nerf their plays it's hard to tell what the AI DDA is doing and where the AI exploitation points are. The game has got so many moving pieces it's not always easy to tell.

Not so in The Show. There isn't a whole lot of moving pieces. You pitch, you swing. So when playing RS (all of DD for that matter) and it's time for HAL to implement some DDA to create parity..it's pretty hard to hide. Just gigantic departures from reality and spun animation that doesn't begin to fit controller input.

Undoubtedly it's much more difficult for the Developers of this game to manipulate outcomes. Just can't hide it. And that's too bad..for the developers and the customers that experience it all the time.

So I'm not saying The Show's DDA is any worse than EA products, it's just so much easier for FUT and MUT to obscure it. It's always going to be obvious (I suppose) in DD which makes it so much more frustrating.

Played an RS game last night that was just a microcosm of all that destroys the interest in playing online. A 10 inning snoozer that culminated in my opponent hitting a 2-run homer (after striking out 18 times and having 2 total hits) in the top of the 10th. Then the AI making it "exciting" by letting me get a run and then throwing in some blatantly dumb animation to shut me down.

I'm to the point I'm afraid to play RS. I got a decent record, I've played a lot of hours and believe I'm average to decent at the game.

But, the game doesn't reflect skill. It reflects whatever outcome the AI dictates. I think most of us have some pride in our records. That's where the frustration and anxiety comes in. I don't mind losing to my opponent..But I absolutely HATE losing to the AI and my opponent getting credit for it

I don't give a fruck about any of the surplus of 99 Diamond's that are just dished out like candy and have about the same significance as dirt. I care about a game that can, at least, aspire to be immersive. A game that doesn't make its customers more frustrated than appreciative.

This is the only game I have ever played that just, literally, drives me to fury at times.

But, again, when you played one like I did last night where it's 10 innings (probably 30+ minutes) just down the $hitter wrapped in a fiasco of not just irrelevant animation (doesn't match up with anything coming out of my controller) but ignorant animation that depicts nothing I've ever seen in an MLB game. And I've watched a whole lot of baseball in my life.

I got nothing else. But this meandering stream of consciousness felt good to share.

It may be time for you to accept that maybe you just aren’t as good at the game as you think you are.

Did anyone else get the email asking them to complete a survey for MLB The Show 21? I just received the email and took the survey. Took about 10-15 minutes. Hopefully they use the info to improve next year’s game.

@doihearbossmusic said in I've been sleeping on ODay:

Pitches like a 99, whiffs all day

Agreed. I bought him from the market when trying to finish up collections to get Rivera. I figured I’d at least try him out, and he’s been in my bullpen ever since.

Full disclosure: I only play offline so him tipping his pitches doesn’t affect me.

@the_dragon1912 said in Oh thaaaat's why they nerfed XP:

I played just as much last year and didn't make it to the max stars 1 time. I completed the first 3 innings with ease this year. Not everyone is supposed to get to the max

This right here. The goal of the inning is to get to the boss. The rewards after that are just extra. It’s not expected for everyone to get the max.

Like you, I never made it to max stars. But I’ve maxed out each inning so far, not playing any more than any other year.

I really like that now when you click on “Programs” and highlight “4th Inning,” it shows how far away you are from the next reward, along with showing what that next reward is. I know it’s a small thing, but I like it. Saves me from having to go into the Inning screen and scroll over to find it myself.

@doobiebross66-72 said in It’s Elly De La Cruz Day!:

@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in It’s Elly De La Cruz Day!:

@doobiebross66-72 said in It’s Elly De La Cruz Day!:

The Reds finally called up the most electric players in the minor leagues today, I’m about to be glued to my TV tonight for Elly’s first AB! So hyped.

I’m calling a ripped line drive for a single. Can’t wait to see what this kid can do in The Show! It’s a (surprisingly) great day to be a Reds fan.

Looks like he’s batting cleanup and playing 3B tonight. He’ll have his hands full with Gonsolin on the bump.

Man, I don’t even know you but I gotta say just reading your post has me excited FOR you brother!

Hope he rips the Dodgers a new one and goes 5 for 5. Im still mad at them over the 1988 NLCS which my Mets should’ve won…but I can’t stay mad long when I think about Gibson’s epic blast in Game 1 of the WS…his only at bat. Man I friggin love baseball!

I’ll be listening on the MLB app think it’s a 7 or 730 start.

I’m 28 and this is the most hyped I’ve ever been for a Reds player debut. I hope you’re right, Gonsolin won’t be an easy debut but I’ve seen Elly in person in Louisville and he just looks different out there

That’s the best part about living in Louisville as a Red’s fan: getting to see their prospects before they make it to The Show. And he’s a great one!!

Moments are my favorite part of DD.

@erinssilence_xbl said in PSA: Let's Get Those Prices Down!:

@aaronjw76_psn said in PSA: Let's Get Those Prices Down!:

@erinssilence_xbl said in PSA: Let's Get Those Prices Down!:

@aaronjw76_psn said in PSA: Let's Get Those Prices Down!:

@erinssilence_xbl said in PSA: Let's Get Those Prices Down!:

Imagine trying to tell the free market not to make stubs when demand is high....

The fact you think this is a free market makes believe you wore a helmet to school.

Do tell how a system that is based purely on supply and demand without any intervention from the governing body (in this case SDS) is somehow not a free market when that's literally the definition. If you want regulated markets then go look at HUT in NHL 21. It's awful when you pull a card there and they tell you oh that card caps out at 10k when people would be willing to pay 50k for it to complete a set. MLBs system rewards the seller because A) it makes collections harder to do and more of a badge of honor for those that do them and B) why should a player have to sell a card for less then what people are willing to pay?

SDS sets market minimums/maximums, and limits the amount of stubs one can "hold".

What about that is a free market to you?

Back to school, son.

Sets market min/max? Clearly you haven't seen the price fluctuations for cards when there's literally none on the market because there is none of that. As for the amount of stubs one can hold is this something you figured out by emptying your bank account in game?

Seems like you're the one that needs to go back to high school and take a basic economics class to learn the difference. Also wearing a helmet doesn't help you learn or anything like that. But it's super useful for dealing with people like you who think they know something about something when they clearly don't so then when I'm bashing my head against the wall wondering how someone can live like that then it doesn't hurt me.

Please go try to set a price higher than 1,000 stubs for a common card and then come back and let me know about this “free market” you speak of.

Did anyone else notice they added four more collections for 2nd Inning XP?

@locutusofburg said in TA 2 Will Be A Grinnd:

@killerpresence4 said in TA 2 Will Be A Grinnd:

@locutusofburg said in TA 2 Will Be A Grinnd:

@killerpresence4 said in TA 2 Will Be A Grinnd:

An MTO run on AS with a contender will allow you to gather 72 TA points. That takes approximately 5-6 hours to accomplish. That is far an away more efficient than running showdowns back 10 times when a showdown takes over an hour to complete if you don’t skip to the final boss to complete one division

It takes WAY longer than that unless they changed it from last year....10 hours ar least. The playoffs took 4-5 hours by themselves.

Dude I played the Braves MTO this year and completed it in under 6 hours. If you play just the moments and don’t trade or bring up players it can be done pretty fast.

I simply doNt understand why people feel the need to lie.

He’s not lying. I’ve completed MTO for the Padres and the Yankees………both of which took less than 6 hours. Not trading or calling up any players is a big part of getting through it faster.

Did anyone else notice that one of the goals is to conquer all seven strongholds, yet there are only six total strongholds on the map, counting your own?

I didn’t complete the Milestone collection, just because I only had 4/8 and I was able to get enough of all of the other cards to complete all other collections.

@vvsharkyvv_xbl said in SDS Why do you rip people off in this game.:

@macktastic-brad_xbl said in SDS Why do you rip people off in this game.:

Its called free market lol sfs doesnt set prices..

It's there game. They made game like this

Ok, so if you’re stopped at a red light and I rear end you, that means it’s your fault? Never mind that I wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing. By your logic it has to be your fault, because it’s your car that I ran into.

That’s awesome. I remember reading somewhere that you can tell when it’s an actual MLB player because they always get a 99 overall version of themselves.

@lazy_toast_psn said in Something cool in RS today!!:

@flaw7420_xbl said in Something cool in RS today!!:

That’s awesome. I remember reading somewhere that you can tell when it’s an actual MLB player because they always get a 99 overall version of themselves.

Yea man his 99 card lead off. I held his card hitless lol. He had his own card Parallel 4. His fielding attributes were all 98 and 99

Idk why, but it’s really cool to know he actually plays the game often enough to have the card to Parallel IV.

I started on my 4th time yesterday. It’s [censored] amazing that now instead of getting one Prospect per pack, you get all five per pack. It helps make a decent bit of stubs while working your way through the map.