@BrikMahorn_XBL said in All 99s undermined their own game.:
@ssamy777_NSW said in All 99s undermined their own game.:
It’s 100% a home run derby game. I constantly play games where all runs scored are via home run
Same thing when I watch Streamers play...it's literally HR Derby.
That said, it's not all on SDS and the gameplay.
Some of it falls on the COMMUNITY.
Everyone wants to play at Coors...or a MAX elevation created stadium with fences as short as they can make them.
Everyone uses Normal swing. No one swings with Contact...even with 2 strikes, a runner on 3rd, and a slap hitter at the plate.
Everyone fills their lineup with mostly power hitters.
Year after year, cards with low power like Boggs, Gwynn, Ozzie Smith, and Carew are considered "unusable" by the majority of the community. So much so that they have to give ridiculous BOOSTS to the Power ratings of those guys (the most glaring is the Ozzie Smith Charisma card) just so players will USE them.
Let's be honest...while there is a portion of the community that is extremely baseball savvy, an even larger portion doesn't know much about baseball and is just here because hitting is like an FPS and they like to see HOMERS...but but but...god forbid you REPLAY one! You're going straight to hell if you do that.
You and I haven’t seen eye to eye on here about this years game and I know you think I’m a a shill, but I do agree with what you’re saying specifically about the lack of diversity in hitters. I prefer offline but have played much more online including in a league this year. It bums me out that so many great hitters are considered unusable because they don’t hit for power. Boggs is a great example. Unless a slap hitter has speed, he is basically useless online and that is a shame when talking about great hitters like Boggs.