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@Zachtronics_XBL said in What's the first thing you'll do when MLB The Show hits PC?:

@PriorFir4383355_XBL I read all of this, and I agree 5000%, for what its worth! I thought the studio came off a bit snotty, up until the mid-2010s. I didn't care for the product, but with all of the visual upgrades, the immersion, the various difficulty and ways to play additions, adding legends, and all of the freedom of customization, it became an incredibly good product!

XBOX fans went NUTS for this game, when 2021 hit. I could already see the drag while paging between teams, pages in the Vault, the glaring omission of Sounds of the Show. It wasn't off to a great start.

I'm not sure where the hiccup is, where this bottleneck is, but a lot of the people on these forums certainly don't seem to care to encourage positive change for the series. They prefer to watch as we make considerate, thoughtful critiques and ideas for positive change, tearing us down.

It's a forum, so... it goes with the territory.

So when someone like yourself puts up something this thoughtful, it adds to my day, so thank you!

I know there are lots of great people who love this product and especially those who love making it. Let's not see it devolve into Madden, because the XBOX and Switch fans are already trashing it more, year-to-year. They get a well-respected Sony game on a different platform, and Sony is held to a standard. And, rightfully so!

Well, it would appear that while you agree with it "5000%" the people running this forum at SDS simply cannot stand me saying it for folks like you to read. They put my XBox based account on a terminal redirect path, which is a sneaky way to ban someone without actually banning him. This is my Show account I'm posting under now. And it's likely my last post.

Companies that run in such a shady and below board manner don't deserve my time. It's become clear SDS isn't interested in what the customers think about their game or want to see in it. Now, it's equally clear they don't even want to hear us say it in ways they fear might tip the balance of customer viewpoints.

@SDS_JoeK_PSN

The clock is firmly ticking, Joe. If something isn't done rather soon, the damage will become almost impossible for SDS to overcome. And if that comes to pass, it may well be better for SDS to just kill the logo editor, stadium creator, and custom uniform tools entirely vice see them remain languished in purgatory!

The current MLB rule is nonsensical, as it assigns a duty to the hitter running to first a requirement to stay inside a running lane and then somehow contort his footing instantly to side slip to his left anywhere from one to two feet while running full speed.

That's biologically impossible. So, the rule is compromised.

The MLB rule should have been changed decades ago, or the base changed to facilitate the current rule. Extending first base so that it firmly rests in the running lane is a reasonable solution.

@SDS_JoeK_PSN

@Zachtronics_XBL said in The following description for an uploaded player was flagged as INAPPROPRIATE:

I created and uploaded George Sisler (whose last name has not been re-recorded yet), and apparently the following description was offensive "HoF 1B/OF/P, Best Hitter in Browns-Orioles history, scouted Jackie R"

I don't understand. This is offensive, yet you allow logos of Nazi symbols, drug use, beer advertisements, nude women, and [censored]?

I've been very patient with your studio for the past 7 + years, but it's time to do something about this.

Catering to duplication of tens of thousands of logos, both vulgar and non-vulgar, while expecting the user base to recreate EVERY player each year is ridiculous.

What's your solution, San Diego Studios? What are you doing to address this?

@SDS_JoeK_PSN

I am bringing this excellent post to the attention of Joe at SDS. You make strong points and in a very professional manner. It is time for SDS to address both issues forthrightly. Like with a great deal of the code that tries to automatically limit what customers can do, the effect is rejecting perfectly valid attempts to do things that are reasonable, moral, and wholesome, while facilitating some of the worst forms of vulgarity and outright cheating.