I like my guy...

Scared Hitless

From Reddit:

1 - 91 Jeff Bagwell
2 - 91 Jimmy Rollins
3 - 92 Eric Gagne
4 - 92 Johnny Bench
5 - 91 Ty Cobb
6 - 90 John Franco
7 - 93 Vida Blue
8 - 91 Dale Murphy
9 - 92 Robb Nen
10 - 94 Miguel Cabrera
11 - 95 Christy Mathewson
12 - 95 Nick Madrigal
13 - 96 Luis Patiño
14 - 95 Ozzie Smith
15 - 96 Cy Young
16 - 95 Jason Heyward
17 - 96 Spencer Howard
18 - 96 Paul Molitor
19 - 95 Rob Dibble
20 - 97 Matt Kemp
21 - 96 Cole Hamels
22 - 96 Carter Kieboom
23 - 97 Saberhagen

Just opened a pack with 4 FA and now they're gone. I want my 60 stubs!

I think it's contagious somehow. I quit trying and decided to just mow the lawn since it's a nice day here. I jump on the old zero turn and whaddaya know, an unhandled server exception occurred.

Apparently, there's an immense amount of talent just sitting behind a desk within these forums. Who knew?

My favorite part is how there are 30 teams with 40 man rosters, so in the neighborhood of 1200 players. There were 340 FA on day 1. I've not bought packs, but opened any free ones and I can pull 3 FA out of basically any pack and sometimes get the unanimous 4 FA in a pack. Those are some great odds.

First at bat - 1st inning. Overlay said I was 0 for 5 with a K. Knew it was going to be a special set of moments. SDS does not disappoint.

The 2 doubles with 1 SB moment - I was Bronze 67 when it started. I was Bronze 75 before Carlos Martinez could find the strike zone. (Stage 2 Moment)
In around 30 attempts at above moment, Cardinal outfielders dove and caught around a dozen gap shots. Took about 35 attempts as I somehow hit more HR than doubles.

Appreciate the free stuff. Not a fan in the least of moments where the game plays differently than other modes that drastically for long periods, then all of a sudden, you are able to complete it almost effortlessly.

Was better last year when it started off with 2 cards for 7500, then went to 2 cards for 5000. Now it's 1 card for 7500 so I avoid them altogether.

Disappointment is a habit.

Poor Catfish. He's last on a list like this every year.

In a nutshell, all specialty packs are garbage. You can paint any label on them (Headliner, BIAH) but it doesn't negate the fact they are garbage. I don't care what odds they put on them. I think I'm around 1fer 500 for the year. I don't expect to pull anything out of packs, so it's not that disappointing. What WOULD be nice is while opening specialty packs or normal packs, I don't pull 3 useless FA cards in every single one of them.

Awaiting 2042 as well. Playing Ghost of Tsushima, Borderlands 3 (again) and some Battlefront 2 mainly. Put this game away earlier this year than every other year as it's pretty forgettable. I play a couple hours a week now and it used to be the only game I played for months.

Mainly played offline with Events sprinkled in the mix. I've hit into more double plays in this game, which came out a month late, than I did in 19 & 20 combined. Throw in the insane defense <insert player X here> plays, and it's just stale. I'm a baseball junkie and I hope next year is better, but it's merely some added visuals and a roster change from year to year now with the same gameplay flaws and really bad netcode. I won't mention Moments. Well darn, I went and did it.

All your base are belong to us...

@ikasnu_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

@konphlikt_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

@ikasnu_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

@konphlikt_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

@ikasnu_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

Battlefield 2042 beta starts this week and I cannot wait.

I'll be locked in from the 6th to the 9th as well.

If I have room in my party would you wanna squad up?

I'm pre-ordering for PC and will be playing there on 6th and 7th (early access) but definitely going to play on the PS5 on the 8th and 9th (normal access). If you're playing on 8th or 9th on console, you can most definitely hit me up. I may end up buying base game for console anyway as I have quite a few friends doing the same. I recently built a new PC and also want to use it as I put some bucks in it and need some of that ROI.

There should be crossplay for the beta, if be surprised if there wasn't, but either way man yeah let's squad up.

Looks like crossplay is there, as I thought as well, but parties will not be enabled for beta, although should be available for official launch in November.

BF2042 Beta Crossplay

FWIW, I do have a couple Discord servers that I still use/manage that go all the way back to my UT2004 days (That's way-back!). I know a couple/few of my friends will be playing so we can definitely squad up and use one of those Discords, if needed.

@ikasnu_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

@konphlikt_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

@ikasnu_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

Battlefield 2042 beta starts this week and I cannot wait.

I'll be locked in from the 6th to the 9th as well.

If I have room in my party would you wanna squad up?

I'm pre-ordering for PC and will be playing there on 6th and 7th (early access) but definitely going to play on the PS5 on the 8th and 9th (normal access). If you're playing on 8th or 9th on console, you can most definitely hit me up. I may end up buying base game for console anyway as I have quite a few friends doing the same. I recently built a new PC and also want to use it as I put some bucks in it and need some of that ROI.

@ikasnu_psn said in Did RIB make you 'Run Back In' from stinky Maddens?:

Battlefield 2042 beta starts this week and I cannot wait.

I'll be locked in from the 6th to the 9th as well.

@dap1234567890 said in MOMENTS ARE RIGGED:

I think the biggest problem with the moments are the mental attitudes of the player in their approach. I believe many are more worried about going through the moments as fast as they can and chase pitches that will not give them the best attempt of the goal of that particular moment. For instance, chasing low outside sinkers when needing a homerun to complete the goal of the moment. Sometimes, you have to take a strike and wait for your pitch. In this case should be a fastball belt high or higher. Best approach is to understand what the goal is, your batters' strengths and swing style, and work the counts to get the pitch you need rather than swinging at every strike. Being impatient and swinging at every strike is a lost opportunity in waiting for the correct pitch and leads to additional attempts at the moment, requires more time to complete the moment, adds to the player's impatience and frustrations, which leads to swinging at bad pitches and into a vicious cycle until they get lucky with the correct pitch early on in the count.

While I agree in that being impatient can play a role in the frustration, Moments Confirm Restarts, in general, bring dread and frustration before they start. Sure, some can go by quickly, but some are just tedious for no real reason. I like a good challenge, but I don't like ignorance. If they played as they were labeled (Rookie, Veteran, etc.), I'd be fine with it. No chance in Hades it takes people who have played all year 20 AB to hit a HR on Rookie squaring up everything on a power swing. As seemingly everything in this game ties into Moments Confirm Restarts, I absolutely have no fun playing them, whether they're quick to complete or not, simply due to the lazy development behind them. I played 'em; I finished 'em; I didn't like 'em. One of the best ideas ever for the game; hands down the absolute worst implementation I've seen in any game mode.

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Last month I reached the end of the program, and I didn't need the moment on the very last day of the month. So the number you need isn't exact but it's pretty close.

I got to the end too and had at least a day of extra dailies. I have finished every month, except for one. I don’t need the watch, but would like to complete it and get the 5000 stubs. Do you know what I should be at, counting today’s moment?

33 points

Thanks. I have 31, so I hope I can still make it at least to the FOD pack if I am unable to complete it.

I enjoyed my Normal base round HRD pack today lol

I have 'base rounded' every single specialty pack except 1, which was very early in their release. I'm talking free packs, flash packs, etc. and I'm talking ASG, HRD, KS1, KS2, FOD. Depressing odds for me this year.

Sorry to hear that I have had pretty decent odds with one ASG mid, one HRD mid, KS I think i got all rare rounds picked among all opened, but FOD and Headliners have been bad

Ah, Headliners, or as I like to call them - Silverliners. I was 1 for say, 100 (Joe Morgan) up until Yelich, which I was able to pull from the 5th pack. I usually only buy 1 or 2 and never 5, but did go for 5 and pulled him so I'll give the 1 for 100 a wash, I suppose.

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@whitejw98_psn said in Today’s daily moment:

Last month I reached the end of the program, and I didn't need the moment on the very last day of the month. So the number you need isn't exact but it's pretty close.

I got to the end too and had at least a day of extra dailies. I have finished every month, except for one. I don’t need the watch, but would like to complete it and get the 5000 stubs. Do you know what I should be at, counting today’s moment?

33 points

Thanks. I have 31, so I hope I can still make it at least to the FOD pack if I am unable to complete it.

I enjoyed my Normal base round HRD pack today lol

I have 'base rounded' every single specialty pack except 1, which was very early in their release. I'm talking free packs, flash packs, etc. and I'm talking ASG, HRD, KS1, KS2, FOD. Depressing odds for me this year.

First thing I do here lately is immediately Confirm Restart about 7 to 10 times, then start the actual moment. Maybe it's me, but I tend to get something that resembles a pitch to hit afterwards. Otherwise, in some of these awfully set up moments, I'm going to drudge through 7 to 10 of them anyway. Therefore, I just quit first, then try.