They finally addressed the toxicity of the upvote, there was nothing more harmful to this forum and community than people being able to upvote as much as they pleased.

@REALITYZAY_PSN said in New to The Show scene:

Hey I’m new to MLB The Show, I’ve played it here and there but MLBTS21 was my first time playing it on a consistent basis. This year however I’m grinding and putting the work in. I want to learn some of the MLBTS lingo tho because I see veteran players talking about things like P5,T4,T5

I just want to get caught up and also know what they’re talking about. Any info would help and anything you feel I should know please lmk! Who knows maybe we get a game

P5 is parallel 5, FS is future stars, SS or sig is signature series, LS is live series. “F*ck SDS” usually means someone lost. Not sure what else I have I missed but that’s some of the lingo I use at least.

Did the Astros really win it in ‘17?

The amount of time people are wasting on the showdowns they could be done the PXP grind. The showdown takes a lot of luck, sht draft? No chance, Sht RNG rolls?, no chance. If you don’t get a run early in the showdowns, especially the first couple you are screwed, pitchers confidence is OP as hell, not like 99 Greinke needs it against my common Micheal Papierski.

@Dolenz_PSN said in No more moments!:

They aren't going anywhere.

They can be frustrating a times but overall I don't mind them at all and kind of actually enjoy some of them.

Blasphemy!!! No one enjoys moment’s, there’s a special place in hell for whoever came up with the idea of moment’s!.

@trojansALLday55_XBL said in Congrats, the worst "show" ever made:

Everyone at SDS should be fired. Absolute dumpster fire of a game and not a single word from the company about how bad they've been this year. SDS should give up their licensing to someone who actually cares about baseball. And Ramone should never work on any sports title ever again.

Ramone doesn’t work on the game, he’s an overpaid hype man, think Flava Flav but worse.

@lckdb_XBL said in They should raise the stub cap on the next WS reward win:

I'm assuming the last World Series reward will be Retro Finest Randy. Unfortunately he will be 1 million stubs permanently with a huge waiting list, same as Trout and Walter J. I think I'm still probably somewhere between 60-80th in line for Walter J and I don't even want to use him...he's just for binder completeness.

For those of us that don't expect to make World Series (with only hardcore players still out there), the only option to get Randy will be to get in line on the auction house immediately or grind out hundreds of innings. I'm assuming anyone who makes it to World Series will want to keep and use him given stubs are close to worthless for anyone who already has Mantle.

I have almost 9 million stubs at this point (including bogus underbids and duplicates in my binder) and every card in the game other than Walter J. I would bid a full 5 million stubs to get Randy before the game ends...but chances are I won't ever get to play with him.

Or you could just play 250 innings, and save the stubs. Yea its a grind and people in RS are typically the scum of the universe but if you go into it just trying to grind innings its not to bad.

@MRAD2010_XBL said in 99 Retro finest Cole Hamels incoming:

Coke Hamels is always pretty sneaky. He has a glitchy delivery

How much Coke could Coke Hamels handle if Coke Hamels could handle coke?

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in How to Fix Moments in MLB:TS 23 -- Heroes vs. Villains program path.:

I don’t hate moments, but they are a missed opportunity. Over the past few years, we’ve all seen consistent complaints: they’re repetitive, some “moments” are essentially full games, grinding moment after moment ultimately feels pointless, and the “moments” SDS has chosen are completely forgettable and unremarkable. I think this plan could fix most (if not all) of these problems.

We have 140+ years of historically noteworthy “moments” in MLB history, but we are only ever asked to recreate meaningless scenarios. Pitch one inning with some middle reliever and get a strikeout. Get 2 XBH with some slapwiener. Big deal.

For this idea to work properly, it would need to be a yearlong process that tallies points every time you complete a mission. A full year-long Moments Reward Path Program, I guess. But the hook is that it would branch out in two separate reward paths. A “Heroes” path and a “Villains” path.

Each moment would ask us to replay a BIG moment in baseball history. Mookie Wilson’s grounder in the 86 WS. Carlton Fisk’s walk-off in 75. The last inning of Don Larsen’s perfect game. You get the idea.

Before each moment starts, you have to choose if you want to recreate history or change it. If you recreate history, you get hero points. If you change it, you get villain points.

Example: It’s the 88 WS, and Kirk Gibson is hobbling up to the plate. If you choose to play for Hero points, you play as Kirk and you need to hit the HR in order to complete the mission. If you want to play for Villain points, you play as Eckersley and you need to strike him out.

I think it would only be fair to allow us to play each moment both times so we can get Hero AND Villain points. But it would be an interesting wrinkle if you could only do it once. So you would need to decide early in the year if you’re going for the ultimate end-game Hero reward (and a ton of hero henchman along the way) or if you want to spend the full game cycle rewriting history and working toward the Villian rewards.

The end-game Hero reward could be a 99 Griffey. The end-game Villain reward would be 99 Joey Votto.

I think this would fix most of our complaints about Moments:

1.) They're repetitive. Of course you'll still be hitting a lot of walk-offs and striking out a lot of dudes in the bottom of the 9th. But I think setting the moments throughout all of MLB history -- with different teams, players, uniforms, parks, etc -- could add to the variety a bit. And, I think this next point is important too...

2.) They're meaningless and not noteworthy. hitting a HR with Andrew Vaughn is, like, whatever. It's just a thing that happened in a game that no one cares about. Hitting Mazeroski's walk-off HR just feels a million times more exciting.

3.) They're pointless. Give us a full year-long program to work toward. When I grind through the program moments this year, I just go on autopilot and forget about what's happening on the screen. And when I get through all the good rewards, there's no point in doing moments. It's August, guys. I'm not grinding through 10 moments to get a little closer to a 5-pack of standard TS packs.

4.) They're too long. If SDS is truly choosing noteworthy moments then this is going to solve itself. Also, the Hero/Villain concept prevents them from giving us obnoxious missions, like Strike out 11 batters in 6 innings" or whatever. Focus, SDS! Focus!

And as an added bonus, giving us a huge yearlong program to work toward gives us something to do between featured programs. Once most of us get through the really good rewards, we stop caring. This gives us a big project to work on between featured programs.

Also, who wouldn't want to play as Bill Buckner and get the glove down for real this time, or strike out that fat smug Babe Ruth as he calls his shot, or break up Kershaw's no-hitter in the 9th inning?

Anyway. Moments! They could be better.

When they initially released moments it was to recreate historical moments in baseball history. They just took it and tied it to Topps Now then went completely overboard with them. They are literally just a boring waste of time, energy and patience.

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Your preparation for EXTREME:

I did make it through my one and only EXTREME in 2020. It was not easy for me. When I got my 4th XBH with Gehrig, I passed out from sheer exhaustion. I'm assuming the worst for 2022.

I think I'll set up my gaming area like a spa to keep calm. Scented candles, a water feature, some Enya.

More practically, I should soundproof the room so my wife doesn't hear my screams of anguish.

What are you doing?

I might just skip the extreme program and just listen to Enya all weekend.

@ChuckCLC_PSN said in Only need one more thing before the start of 23...:

@ThaGhettoBlasta said in Only need one more thing before the start of 23...:

@CDNMoneyMaker93_XBL said in Only need one more thing before the start of 23...:

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Only need one more thing before the start of 23...:

@PAinPA_PSN said in Only need one more thing before the start of 23...:

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Only need one more thing before the start of 23...:

... the return of @SchnauzerFace_MLBTS

I second this. Where did he go? He was back for a little bit then gone again, forum isn't the same without him

He said there was a lot of negativity out here about a month ago (he was right), and was stepping away for a bit. But... look how excited we all are! COME BACK

Give it 48 hours and the negative energy will be back when a rush of players run here to complain about everything

LOL, 48 hours is a long time. I give it less than 48 minutes after release before the negativity starts rolling like herd of wild buffalo. All it takes is one server exception

Que the. "The game just released and already server problems!" Like any game doesn't have server problems at release.

Not quite like the show does though.

Queue people raging about something they got for pre ordering becoming available to everyone else two months later.

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Best monitor for 500 or less:

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in Best monitor for 500 or less:

If you buy a monitor just to play this game; can you still call yourself NMS? 🤭🤭🤭🤭

Yes, since it makes a great business monitor. I can see so many columns and rows in Excel. It's how I sneaked this purchase past my wife... Shhhh...

Can you also write it off as a business expense on your taxes?

@raesONE-_PSN said in Diamond Club Members:

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in Diamond Club Members:

@raesONE-_PSN said in Diamond Club Members:

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in Diamond Club Members:

@SaveFarris_PSN @raesONE-_PSN @TheHungryHole

Do any of you know what I mean?

Can you ask the question again? Kinda don't wanna read the whole thread.

There is a post on MLB The Show's Facebook page about new Diamond Club Members.

I assumed these were the LS players that were going to start out as Diamonds. @Blind_Bleeder took it as a possible new card format (SS, Milestone, etc).

I mentioned that the have done this before and the card shown in the video is a special card just for that player (actual 1 of 1).

We had a friendly little debate going on. But Blind posted a link where it states that it's LS players that are starting out as a Diamond.

I remembered they did this before and was trying to get verification thus why I tagged you and ferris.

Oh okay, as far as I know this Diamond club thing is just a way to promote the players who will have a diamond LS rating at the start of the cycle. They try to give it an award kinda vibe for the players while sharing their reactions on social for clout.

the madden 99 club schtick

Everyone gets a 99, tied your cleats? 99!, hit 4 home runs in a game? 99, hit a single in your first MLB game? 99, woke up before 8 am? 99

@ANF_GOLD99_PSN said in Your 2023 first 48 hours plan:

@Ericulous1_PSN said in Your 2023 first 48 hours plan:

@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Your 2023 first 48 hours plan:

When the servers are up, my plan is to flip less and play more RS. Just having more fun with it overall.

I’m with you on this. I’ll still try to collect every Flashback and Legend while completing the LS collection but my focus will be more online play this season.

I played 280 Games of RS last year. Truth is, i'm not jumping into RS until i have a full Diamond Squad.

Won’t matter, Online play is and has been an RNG slot machine since ‘18

If you’re not drinking two bottles of Jameson and screaming at your TV/monitor due to unexpected server error’s are you really playing The Show on launch week?

@eatyum_PSN said in Replay:

@JEEZY-E_MLBTS said in Replay:

@drummerdude8486 said in Replay:

When are we gonna have the abilities to call for replays in DD? Got M’fers doing 360 in the box and ump calls it no swing and how bout close plays on the bases? Not like replay just got implemented in MLB. It’s been a thing for a few years now.

They haven’t even implement the universal DH rule and you expect them to be able to implement that?. Let’s just have the servers stay up for more than a. Hour a day at launch week and go from there shall we?

What? They have dh in the new game

Yet the rule was implemented last year and there was a feature to simply just switch it on in single player modes but could not be implemented in DD? Come on man. Anyways all I care about is whether the servers can stay up for more than an hour a day, they do that and it’s already better than the previous two installments.

@drummerdude8486 said in Replay:

When are we gonna have the abilities to call for replays in DD? Got M’fers doing 360 in the box and ump calls it no swing and how bout close plays on the bases? Not like replay just got implemented in MLB. It’s been a thing for a few years now.

They haven’t even implement the universal DH rule and you expect them to be able to implement that?. Let’s just have the servers stay up for more than a. Hour a day at launch week and go from there shall we?

Can’t wait for the unhandled server exceptions, really hope that feature wasn’t pulled from the game this year.