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@DrBear100_PSN said:

I would assume because of that, that is why the streamer(s) posted the video to encourage the exploit to gain views/followers if in fact they are so irrelevant.

I think so too.

Some are finally starting to criticize the game/company. Not just YFK. And well before the WBC glitch. It's all falling on deaf ears, it appears.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN said:

Have any of you thought that maybe they haven't said anything because of legal ramifications?

Could be that theyre looking into banning people but have to make sure all the 'I's are dotted and all the 'T's are crossed.

They just cant come out 'willy nilly' and say so and so was banned.

Theres proper channels that have to be navigated.

You are correct. On the flipside, there are legal ramifications for not providing the product the consumer paid for. Maybe the TOS gets them out of it, but the TOS works both ways, and consumers have protections too.

Legal and PR departments can still advise on mass communications in the meantime as well.

@DemIsE4_XBL said:

A week long ban means nothing. I would do that in a heartbeat for 5,000 packs.

Exactly. That's why I think it was the best course of action. Everyone gets SOMETHING, and we move on rather quickly. The silence is deafening.

@MikeB14085_PSN said:

Then they come in and lock a post about violating TOS when they as a company have said its ok to do it since they took no action towards those that already did it. Bad look in my book they want people to stop talking about it clearly and hope it goes away but i am not surprised the issue was not even mentioned today.

They took this entire forum down last Sunday. Message received.

My sunk cost is gone for '26, so I'll play as I want to without spending another dime. No '27 barring some miracle.

Were they silent though? They really, really wanted to refute the claims in the chat saying today's stream was prerecorded. Um...ok? Then, Ashley threw her hands up and said there's just a lot of arguing online right now.

Did they just call us all out? Like they couldn't be bothered with any of us?

If so, now I'm sitting over here like YFK asking why Ashley? I defended you!

Message received? Yeah, it's time to dip out lol

At risk of sounding like a broken record, just give out short bans, heck even a week long. It would just show some good will and let the market cool off a bit. It would at least mean SOMETHING.

Maybe create an awesome exchange for all those WBC mini seasons uniforms to reward the players who grinded the WBC program legitimately. I know that doesn't help players who didn't use that mode much, but at least it would be SOMETHING, and it would be a little dig @ YFK who thinks nobody could prove that he got his packs without the uniforms legitimately (LMAO).

At risk of sounding like a broken record, just give out short bans, heck even a week long. It would just show some good will and let the market cool off a bit. It would at least mean SOMETHING.

Maybe create an awesome exchange for all those WBC mini seasons uniforms to reward the players who grinded the WBC program legitimately. I know that doesn't help players who didn't use that mode much, but at least it would be SOMETHING, and it would be a little dig @ YFK who thinks nobody could prove that he got his packs without the uniforms legitimately (LMAO).

I find the keyboard Robin Hoods way more funny than any "keyboard warriors." They say stop acting all high and mighty while literally acting all high and mighty for stealing from the big bad developer. And they encourage everyone to do the same. Amazing!

Also, grow a pair, SDS!

Yeah...tomorrow's stream gonna be LIIIIIIIIT

@virusts_PSN said:

@Ditka06-_MLBTS

If they already been cheating then they aren’t low on stubs at all for them to worry about one little card

Some ppl (and SDS) just want to watch the world burn? It's such a low effort cash grab, they'll still do it. Especially if they've gotten this far without consequence. After this week, I expect the entire crew to pull up!

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@platewelder_363_MLBTS said:
I’d take Judge as he is all I lack. Have a good day sir!

I'd Take Ohtani because it would at least give me a small chance of obtaining Pujols.

But lets be honest - that would be an absolutely crappy thing to do to everyone who grinded, flipped or bought their way to get either or both those cards legitimately.

Agreed. I still think there's a somewhat satisfying solution here. 1-3 month bans. SDS admits some fault, and the exploiters can come back when their competitive advantage theoretically expires.

Aside from that, the only other remedy would be to actually announce a complete overhaul for '27. Like, get into specifics and soon!

@MarioMendoza935_XBL said:

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

Boycotting 27 is more meaningful.

True! Even the real life MLB players are going to boycott 27.

OMG, could you imagine if SDS found a Real 99 account took advantage of the glitch? I'd pay money to be in that situation room/Zoom.

@DrBear100_PSN said:

@ryguy034753_XBL said:

It's already patched. Theonly think they have to do is ban the people like YFK who exploited it to get hundreds and thousands of free packs.

Is the affected mini season pay out rewards again or still just 1 stub?

Oh, it's still at 1 stub...

@rubicante23_PSN said:

YFK is super annoying - but I dont have any issue with what he did. It puts SDS over a barrel, cause theyre not gonna punish him - he has a huge following that draws people to the game.

If you're mad at SDS, you should like what Kyle is doing - its basically making the issue more public.

If Robin Hood/Captain Save a Female Streamer can put SDS over a barrel, then I'm definitely done giving SDS my money! ROFL

It's definitely time for MLB to pass the license to another developer.

@GoozeFn_PSN said:

@Nickc22_MLBTS Again, how does boycotting now hurt them?

There's got to be some licenses and rev sharing deals with multiple entities in place that will be up for renegotiation in the near future. Less active players and putting the spotlight on a significant glitch that probably resulted in a significant loss of their chunk of the revenue will affect those negotiations. Plus, what better time than now when the MLB and MLBPA are negotiating their new CBA?

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@Nickc22_MLBTS We the people type of bullcrap is this. This community is fractured.

I don't think so. I think there's a critical mass of unsatisfied customers now for sure. We're just divided on how to send a message to SDS (exploit a glitch, close our wallets, and my personal favorite, making a YT video as Robin Hood and Captain Save a Female Streamer and then yelling F ETHICS at the end lol). We need to stop the arguing and unite to get this company to finally move.

@Player99_MLBTS said:

@LorangeJuice_MLBTS said:

Topps

What could topps possibly do?

Pull the license for the card images/art.

And tag MLB, MLBPA, MiLB, Topps, SONY, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc.

I think the real damage is done to the players who purchased stubs. I'm also scratching my head at the lack of communication as there were players who won a WBC only to get one stub. Like, at least try to give your paying customers a heads up.

I agree SDS is darned if they do and darned if they don't. There might be a middle ground here with bans for less than one year where SDS admits some fault but exploiters don't get a competitive/market advantage lasting the entire rest of the game cycle. I dunno...

If they haven't lost the license by now, then it will only happen when revenue goes down enough. We'll see...