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@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN said:

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL depending on how consistently they were actually doing it, may or may not have had scripts at play

If that is the case, how are they able to control where the ball goes within the PAR?

@aaronjw76_PSN said:

New strike zone is amazing! Finally, we will be rewarded for dotting the black.

The problem with the way it was: you make a great pitch that straddles the black. No swing and called a ball. So now you have to try and adjust to bring it inside little more except the game fks you and serves up a meatball to be crushed.

Happens continuously in this game.

Coop last night was great as we were able to pitch ourselves to be competitive.

The only thing that pisses me off is when my opponent is consistently dotting the black with guys that I know have a PAR the size of half the strike zone.

Completely unfair and RNG. I don’t think perfect input on pinpoint or any other pitching method cause the ball to dot the black within the PAR.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@ryguy034753_XBL I don’t about a permanent ban that’s kinda crazy lol. There should definitely be repercussions.

Couldn’t disagree with you more. Should be banned for life.

Turn off the stupid pci. Baseball games didn’t used to have an aim cursors.

Crank up the pitch speed and make the off speed pitches nasty. Punish poorly timed swings.

Problem solved

Lmao, shooting games have been trying to stop this forever and can’t.

@NotesOfJohn_PSN said:

It's a problem, and one they need to address, but it's also not nearly as rampant as some would have you believe.

Far too many extrapolate their narrow experience to game wide experiences, sadly.

What are you talking about haha. The discord has 40k members with subscriptions. How many players are even on the leaderboards about WS level lmao? Much less than 40k.

Still denying people cheat at this point is hilarious.

@Ditka06_MLBTS said:

Alot of us have already been done playing br. Thats for sure.

Been saying it….

Anyone that played the game above World Series the last few years knew this was happening and everyone called you a sore loser when you brought it up.

Every streamer or wannabe streamer can sign up for this at 20 dollars a month since they have a streaming set up next to them. They could use it all the time or when they get down in a game.

MLB is cooked along with any other first person shooter until they figure out how to stop this.

If you think your favorite streamer doesn’t have this [censored] on their streaming cpu ready to load up when needed, you are wrong.

My favorite part is how you can see the pci aim setup tool where it’s allowing aim right under the ball in an optimal place for homeruns……..just like what you see in streamers swing feedback every time haha.

Before you say that the streamers would appear in the list of users on the cheat discord, I’d imagine they don’t use their real gamertag and stream name haha

@dmc04005_PSN said:

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL quite literally not how it’s done. And trust me, the top level comp players/streamers are that good.

They’re investing in the controllers, the monitors, accessories and the internet that are going to make their game that good.

I’ve watched numerous streamers/comp players have bad AB’s, bad games, etc.

The people who are cheating are literally using programs that do everything besides field the ball for you.

I disagree, monitors and p rings do not amount to absolute perfect precise input on every swing.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

Cheating has blown up this year in other games too. SDS isn't alone here

I certainly don’t blame SDS at all. It’s worth discussing though.

It’s interesting because it seems like SDS has shifted to rewarding PCI placement over timing. Doesn’t help the issue.

I’d be interested to see a LAN setup for the finals of some of these tournaments to see if they can replicate their swings with an official setup.

@Onix_Savage22_PSN said:

Yeah I’m sorry tho this year is light years worse then any year in the past this is pathetic it’s worst the prime 2k and nearing cod level. I’m not gonna go to In depth into it or name anything cause it’s against guide lines but they are literally using a tool that makes it possible if undetected for anybody to be elite. this game is going down hill quick it’s at the point where I don’t wanna play online cause there’s a 50/50 chance I play a cheater. Smt has to be done or this is the fall of the show as we know it.

I was watching a few of the very top competitive streamers and their pci dot is always a hair below the ball and perfectly centered on the swing feedback….exactly where you need it for a homerun.

They aren’t even trying to hide it….it was every single swing with the opponent changing speeds and locations on legend. Literally not possible. No matter how “cracked” you are.

I agree with him. The physics mlb uses would assume there is no hip movement or change in the angle of the batter’s foot landing. I am pretty sure hitters don’t just try to yank an inside pitch and the green window shouldn’t be in front of the squared up bat. The hitter would open their hips on the swing or adjust their front foot landing to enable them to square up the ball.

Those swings always feel incorrect to me as well.

I’m very concerned about the online gameplay. It’s very weird this year.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

But they aren’t always put into play. This is where it’s really hard to make the game as real as possible. There are hits in real life off balls that bounce off the ground. I don’t believe there is a suitable solution to this without making it impossible to foul the ball off. Otherwise every single pitch would have to be almost dead center of the pci. There are blooper and bat hits all the time in baseball.

Waaaaaayyy too rewarding to hack at balls out of the zone.

Out of 100 swings on balls out of the zone five probably go for a hit in MLB, 1 for an out in play and 94 fouled off.

SDS, what part of physics says that every bad swing on a ball out of the zone is foul? Just checking.

Game would be so much better if those swings were put into play for outs.

Rather wipe my [censored] with sandpaper than do all that work.

Seems like it’s almost better to have swing lag. From what I’ve experienced this year they are really penalizing early swings.

@JasonAEMales_PSN said:

I'm looking for a new TV and it seems OLED is generally better than QLED, but the caveat is that some video games with graphics that stay on the screen continually (like possibly the pitching and hitting graphics) can wear out those pixels, essentially burning the image into the screen when the game isn't on.

If anyone has an OLED TV and logs a lot of hours on the game, I'd love to get your feedback as I'd like to get the OLED is this isn't an issue.

Thanks.

I have been using OLEDs since 2019 and have never had an issue.

@Ditka06_MLBTS said:

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL appreciate the nice words. But i think it’s impossible. And trust me im not the type of guy to say anything is impossible. Maybe if I played nothing but online 6 hours everyday and stayed away from offline for a month i may get good enough to do it. Ive been playing this game religiously for 5 years and have never done it. Not only do you have to be incredibly good! You need the ball to bounce your way and im sure get incredibly lucky to be able to beat 10 sweats in a row. 10 wins in a row bro!!! Against that level of competition! Excuse the explanation marks. A few perfect input outs, aka unlucky and you’cooked. There has to be some room for error. Maybe if they allowed 3 losses. Going 10 and 3 would open up the mode for more people to attempt it. That would be do able. Still have to be pretty good even with that. You get my point. If you are that good. More power to you. I can assure you 99.9 percent of us are not.

I’m not that good. I usually go flawless once a year to get some stubs in the beginning and quit BR because I don’t like bouncing between HOF/Legend and All-Star, although it seems like they have made all-star closer to HOF and Legend this year.

Funny story, I think three years ago I was 9-0. I played the worst player imaginable in the 10th game. He struck out 11 times in four innings and I struck out zero. Every ball I hit was solid, but at a defender. He won off of a jammed Texas leaguer in the first extra inning. So I get what you mean about luck being involved.

I also think if you are getting decent pci input and can pitch well it is realistic to go 10-0. Sometimes you run into great players that have bad luck and get beyond those games.

I do love BR though. I remember back in the day circa 2017 going 12-0 and getting an RNG reward Bryce Harper when he had the best swing in the game.

@Ditka06_MLBTS said:

@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL oh you are 7 and 0 really lol. In the sweatiest game mode ever known to man mind. Battle royale. We have a .00001 percent player here everyone. Bow to him. This guy is the reason no one wants to play. We all admit it, some of you are just too good at this game. I am so proud of you! ️

It’s not that hard to go 7-0. The last few usually get you unless you are super elite.

You seem like a nice dude. Best of luck pal.