Pretty incredible for a guy who once claimed showdown was “impossible”

I think tying prestige to online play is a good idea. If you play offline, +3 in everything probably isn’t that meaningful anyway.

We get insane amounts of free stuf from this game, no need to complain.

I’m watching this guy pitch tonight and he’s topping out at 96, lots of 94 mph fastballs. Can we not do these fantasy prospect flamethrowers going forward?

How many backflips did Mazeroski do?

@lucas8181 said in What is the point of the 5th starter?:

@loshbomb said in What is the point of the 5th starter?:

@lucas8181 said in What is the point of the 5th starter?:

@Therealest_JB said in What is the point of the 5th starter?:

@lucas8181 said in What is the point of the 5th starter?:

That is called using an opener, and I almost always do it. The 5th starter for me is usually a "closer". most of the year it's been Kopech.

Nice strategy... smh

Thanks? In the 1924 World Series (game 7), the Washington Senators used a RHP for 2 batters before bringing in a LHP. In the 1990 NLCS the Pirates used a "relief pitcher" to start the game. The 1993 Oakland A's rotation was so bad, Tony and Dave platooned guys all year in order to win as many as possible. Dave Fleming, a writer for Bill James, started talking about the advantage of using guys for 3 innings max in 2009, he called it the 3-3-3 rule. Baseball didn't recognize saves as a stat until 1969, and Baseball didn't use a 5 man rotation until the early 1980s.

This isn't a new concept, the video game just finally caught up.

Walter Johnson saves the 24 WS game 7 in extras - this happens every game in Ranked in early innings.

While it wasn't a stat at the time, Marberry got the blown save and Johnson got the win. Baseball has always been about creativity and finding an advantage. No reason people should complain about it being in the video game too.

We’re talking about a single game from 96 years ago. Doesn’t mean that people should be pitching 3-4 starters every RS game. This should be stopped.

This was the easiest showdown ever. The bar is incredibly low, the missions can be knocked out in a couple of pitches, and they’re all on rookie / veteran. Just try again.

@lucas8181 said in Pitch speeds lag:

@MHHW33 said in Pitch speeds lag:

Every time I play someone with any lag this year I can’t catch up to a 95 mph fastball. Why are pitch speeds so different game to game even facing the same exact pitchers ? It doesn’t matter if I’m home team or away. I’ve never had this happen in any year before 20 and it’s so bad I’m not wanting to play online anymore.

I had this problem to the point that I quit more games than I can count when the year started. Turned out, it wasn't lag, it was my TV. I finally figured that out when I upgraded to a monitor.

My record will never recover, but that's been working to my advantage. Everyone thinks I'm awful at the game now

Has nothing to do with a monitor. Like the OP stated, sometimes you play games where there’s a lag of pitches (or swinging as I see it) where you’re timing up what you see on your screen, but always behind it.

Thank heavens.

watch cbrev videos on youtube. They will help you develop a strategy for patience and knowing when to attack. I also started recording some of the ABs I strike out on as well as the ones where I hit homers. Then after the game I review them to study how to read the pitch out of the hand and what I did with my pci. When you watch the replay and aren't anxious to swing, you'll see that you really do have a lot more time than you think. So it all boils down to my first point - watch those cbrev videos and develop a strategy so you're anticipating, not reacting.

I scored 6 in the 8th to beat a streamer by a run.

Dashboard

I’ve played on a 1 ms monitor for the past 3 years and can make WS. I’m considering a Sony X90J 65 in TV, which appears to get 10ms in game mode. Is this going to be a significant drawback?

Hopefully SDs does something this year. It seems like enough people know how to trigger them that the game will become unplayable.

Update. I made WS playing a guy at 910 who quit after his first 6 struck out vs kopeck. I feel like there’s no good reason for guys on the bubble to play up on legend.

When SDS first announced that the higher rated player would dictate the game difficulty, I was pretty happy because of all of the frustrating 700+ games on AS I played last year where each team scored 10+. Now I've played 2 games to get to WS on legend, my first 2 legend games this year. I've put up a fight both times, but 2 hit games with 15ish strikeouts isn't my idea of fun, and it's really not what I think people trying to make WS should be facing.

@the_dragon1912 said in HUGE glitch in BR:

@thaghettoblasta said in HUGE glitch in BR:

@jeezy-e_psn said in HUGE glitch in BR:

@thaghettoblasta said in HUGE glitch in BR:

The second I see a pitch coming from the left side of a right handed pitcher.....I'm reporting the game and moving on. I now always have to wonder if some idiot is using the "Zen".

Thats no way to go about playing this game, you will never find enjoyment playing this game with that mentality, This game is already frustrating enough, don’t add anymore unnecessary stress.

I report any sketch games, but those are far an few in between. There are literally guys that can crush any pitch you throw no matter where you throw it and you can't really tell the difference. I just consider it a bad matchup for the most part.

I had a sketchy game the other night where my opponent had 8 p/p, and he wasn't like a complete god tier hitter. Thought about reporting but looked into his game history and saw nothing fishy at all in his other games. So either he started cheating right at the game he played me or just had a hell of a game. Either way game history usually tells you the full story. If it's repeated behavior=cheating, if a one time occurance=glitch.

If you use the contact swing you will get a lot more perfect perfects.

Did anything drop today? I’d check myself if I wasn’t in a FREEZE OFF.

You get 3-4 endgame cards. On a 26 man roster. It that big a deal.

Enter the market.