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I’m an auditor and the question OP asked is a valid one. Oversight in this day and age is a rarity, and there’s no way to prove anything quickly.

Show me a balance sheet and I can show you where the money is/was/will be.

If I were auditing them I’d look for (their odds %) against reported income.

If they’re lying it’d show up very quickly.

You give them a dollar for a pack. 1.00. So bank has a dollar. How did they report that 1.00 - they haven’t given you anything in return so they must report that 1.00 as income somewhere because they’ve given you nothing.

That’s what stubs are it’s what any player card is - nothing but profit and laugh your way to the bank.

Then do the same next year

@LHUBison58_XBL said:

Take a short break from this game and read some Hunter S. Thompson. You and he appear to be kindred spirits.

[censored] I’ll take that as a compliment and go to sleep soundly.

Thanks.

Should I bring my attorney?

Is there any way SDS can at least acknowledge problems bugs etc via a post or something?

Would trim a lot of our posts if we had any acknowledgment whatsoever of things like:

1-we’re aware of this bug that’s been present since 2024
2-aware that Adam Dunn looks like a Minecraft character
3-aware of the orioles
4-aware that every outfielder has 99 arm

Just any sort of acknowledgement of your bugs and you’re working on them would be helpful to the community.

Stop just showing up every 2 weeks to stream sweet packs from the RIP and CUT like we’ll get on Friday with your dumb jerseys.

This Dev likes the white sox. Jersey proves it clap clap.

What Devs? Who develops this game? Not that guy with the jersey.

Does anyone else confuse Graig with Crayeig Jergensen from Clovis? Proper pronunciation is key

I always laugh to myself every time I I see his card.

No it’s Grayeeg

They should do a grief system like the gacha games do - where you’re guaranteed 1:50 if you don’t get one naturally.

I think that’s where some confusion lies is some people read the odds as gacha games do.

Which is part of all of these companies’ cash grab is to expect parents to teach odds to gacha gamers and sometimes the gacha gamers are the parents themselves playing candy crush for more playtime.

So then you just have a legion of idiots you hope procreate - and then make bank.

Idiocracy did it well with “Ow, My Balls!” We’re just now entering the mid stage of that era.

@Bridge-Piece_XBL said:

@JenkinMeyer_PSN I literally bought all the cards to get to Maikel... then changed my mind and just relisted them on the marketplace.
If we NEED them, I'll buy them back later.
But for the moment, I am fine to have the WBC the one that I skip. I just wish I didn't already go up to Tatis.

That’s kind of the way I approach it. Since I’m a Cardinals fan Pujols is all I care about and so I know a Cardinal isn’t going to be the new collection

So, I’ll just sit on those WBC cards or rent them past Tatis for TA then sell back. I usually do that before all collections anyway.

In past years I always always always buy weird cards in veteran or 2nd half or whatever series if I see them cheap and have extra stubs just to stash for the inevitable collection announcement then make bank

But for now it’s best to sell all WBC since I want LS completed, at least NL.

LS is ALWAYS a big part of future collections. WBC to be determined. The gap of number of cards between Tatis and Garcia is so so big and you’ll lose money if you save those cards and then they immediately lose half value once they announce you don’t need him for a collection. Make money now not later

Yeah but they do on occasion have some rationale. They’re not usually really cruel on the first collections.

I kind of feel like it stops at Tatis. The Maikel card is way way out there for a card obsolete this next inning. I can’t expect hardly any of the player base to have him.

Maybe a 3rd or 4th collection would have Maikel after they’ve had a chance to release more packs via conquests and programs but no way they’d make him a part of the first collection.

I am wrong on many things

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@rubicante23_PSN said:

Seriously, what is with the pack prices? They come out for more than the top card even sells for! And what's with the random unannounced drops? Seems lazy and pointless.

I don't see this as any different than what they have been doing for years. Tiered packs always have their base level cards at well beneath the cost of the pack. It's always been a gamble. It is never a sure thing. Are people wanting a guaranteed profit when buying packs?

Right now an hour after release

• Andrew Miller = 74k buy now and 66K sell now. So that pack does not cost more than the top guy
• Blake Treinen = 62K Buy Now and 48K buy now.

So the pack is not worth more than the top cards sell for. Probably by the time they dip that low, if they do, the pack will be no longer available.

And then watch their prices sore when you need to collect Veteran or 2nd Half Cards for a big collection later and these cards are no longer avaiable.

I have complained that SDS has been steering their ship towards monetization island for quite a number of years now but in this case I don't see this as any different than previous years.

I think he was meaning other packs - so far even their headliner of the packs sell for less than pack cost so even if you pull it you lose money.

Maybe this bullpen pack is different so far as far as potential profit.

But previous packs were completely weird spotlight etc, the main card is worth less than the pack cost so….whos buying them and why?

Never really seen that in past years.

These are different only because (so far) there is no other way to attain them in game other than buying the pack.

So SDS must have a program coming up and people buying these packs and/players are going to feel ripped off at current prices because of the way SDS is releasing them. It’s almost as if they’re trying to drain people of stubs now for a few days then have everyone punch themselves in the nuts.

Which further proves the totally correct idea:

Never, ever buy packs

@BnK-24_PSN said:

What is the direction SDS is going this year? All of this seems so random. Some programs have collections, some don’t. Cards are released at random and in this case only in packs. Diamond values are all over the place. Some packs are cheaper than others during programs but give the same rarity tiers. Some collections are over 20 cards another is 16. I know they want to make money and the only way is having some unachievable standard for NMS to force to buy stubs but why would you want to put money into this game for everything being all over the place.

Preach. There is a serious lack of direction.

Most importantly what the hell are they doing with TA? Apparently there’s no more TA drops so essentially there’s no reason to want or care for many of the cards as you’re not going to grind for team TA stuff.

In past years with TA I got to play with people I’d normally never use etc and didn’t mind the grind with other teams’ players and rewards here and there were worth it.

The legacy rewards this season are very small for the amount of time needed to get them.

Truly baffling year of MLB

@Onix_Savage22_PSN said:

@JenkinMeyer_PSN Graig nettles is standout. Yankees collection.

Oh my bad - I think I based that off of there not being a collection for those yet on their tab.

Gotcha thanks. I’d excluded Nettles in my brain as I have 0 Judges and will have no Judges for awhile hah

Also take note that Brian Roberts is introducing “Standout” series so they are probably announcing a collection this weekend.

I believe he’s the first Standout card. Note to self, not saying buy the pack but may need the player later.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

They just drop headliners randomly now that noone even knows are there - and some more cards you can buy, with no programs or grind methods....weird. plus hey, Jim Johnson!

Someone’s favorite player. Probably Jim Johnson’s

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@JenkinMeyer_PSN mlb attendance just increased for the third straight year. And that’s with teams like the marlins, A’s, and rays actively killing their fan bases. Attendance from a historic point of view on average was slightly higher.

If you’ve got the data and I’m wrong then cool but I judge by my eyes.

Are we talking about paid attendance or actual attendance and how can we find that? With bots and StubHub type purchasers that buy in mass amounts - it’d be tough to find that.

Ballparks are emptier and emptier each season in almost every game I watch and I watch a lot of baseball. Announced paid attendance in parks doesn’t at all appear to match the empty seats. This has been going on forever. Announced attendance at a park will be like 30k, and there’ll be 10k there MAYBE.

Empty seats everywhere.

@Teak2112_MLBTS

I’m in game and saw that pack, then thought cool there must be new programs.

Newp. Interesting.

Why do they not announce anything anymore? Have they truly fired all staff as in my drunken posts from earlier?

Do they work one day a week?

They never address any gameplay issues, respond to bugs - there’s like zero communication with fans and game players other than their stream team.

The only 3 stats that matter in this game are:

Power
Speed
Control

That’s it. The rest are useless window dressing they’re meaningless stats.

@T4RbRuSh_XBL said:

It definitely is for me. I don’t want to have a “chance” At a card, so I don’t play DQ. I don’t want to play on All-Star, so I won’t be getting that card that’s locked to MS. The WBC MS counts wins as losses sometimes, so I’ve given up on that, until fixed. I really don’t play online, especially since the Gamepass price hike. That leaves a few conquests where the rewards for repeating them aren’t that great, and the normal MS, if I’m grinding on DD. I’ve quit this game earlier and earlier every year and this one looks to be the same. Plus, I’m not including the horrible menus, the bugs that make me have to quit out and restart the game, etc.

Yeah, in its current state I’ll be bored by May for sure. Only reason I’m grinding now is because of Pujols. Then when I get him I’ll realize “Oh” and then AJ Puk will get a 99 overall or some topps now card or some “upped” version of a card their live series rates as a 62 bronze.

What is live series for, exactly? Why do they rate everything so low in live series? It’s basically saying to all the players “we think you all suck [censored]” and then release a diamond version next week because they got a base hit.

Live series serves no purpose

Now if they had a “live series only” year around event that may spark interest. But otherwise it’s [censored] to ignore.

Ohtani for instance is 650k let’s say - and no one uses him. So what’s the point of spending 650k on something as useful as a 54 common. Equally useless and costs way less.

@MNKgod1979_XBL said:

@JenkinMeyer_PSN No doubt the game would be in a much better place if the focus was on getting the game play
where it needs to be instead of catering to the DD content where the money is at. So until that changes we will see minor improvements. I'll still buy the game every year and enjoy my offline experience. I just can't see dropping $100 every year and then throughout the year spending another 5k for some RNG virtual card packs you know are gonna be garbage. Maybe im just old, but who does that? lol

I think MLB is feeling it in the stands with the ridiculous contracts being signed, ticket prices etc. they’re just making up for lost revenues in games now or something.

Half of their broadcasts are sponsored by gambling companies, bet365 fanduel draftkings it’s just a way for them to make money for nothing. So packs play into their gameplan.

Sign big leaguers to just insane amounts of money - but look at the stands. No one wants to go to a ballgame anymore the stands are practically empty

But soon no one’s going to show up to their video games either

@MNKgod1979_XBL

What appears to be the masses is “well he lost so he’s mad” or some “well why’d you buy it? Quit! Idiot! “ mentality responses. When all I want is a good representation of baseball.

What we have is MLB sponsoring a completely inaccurate baseball experience. Mostly due to negligence and bugs and negligence.

[censored] maybe it is an MLB experience

@MNKgod1979_XBL

Preach

I just want gameplay better and menus to work.

So I am a whiner.