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SDS you need to tone down the thrown balls on these missions. I completely understand these moments are meant to be challenging and not done in a day but come on. I’m sitting here with a 3-0 or 3-1 count almost every single AB and find myself forcing to swing at terrible pitches so I don’t walk. I swear I have seen more wild pitches than meatballs.
How are we suppose to hit when majority of these pitches thrown are useless?
8 out of 10 RS games go like this
First inning or two the better player will score right away but just a run or two. Then it’s five innings of stalemate (usually just a ton of fly balls near the warning track or double plays). If someone does score during stalemate time that run will be matched in the next half inning.
Then in the 8th the better player will get a two or three run lead. In the 9th the lesser player will get the tying and or winning run on base but will come up just short. This happening near the end leaves the better player happy because of the win and the lesser player believing he almost pulled it off.
Now this formula works until you experience the same scenario about 50 times and just realize it’s in the coding.
I play MLB The Show online, I’m use to defeat.
Bunt dance, stealing every pitch, quick pitching, about every textbook cheeser act except R2 holding, strangely that never happened. It’s an event game this was the first inning and he pulls a change up outside of the zone early swing for a homer probably scrapping Peskys pole. My thought was “I’m quitting this game as it’s a meaningless event game and won’t put up with this all game”. I go to hit pause to quit but can’t as he then replayed his homerun.
Well now it’s on, I just wanted to win now because I felt quitting to a player like this would give him what he wants. I focused and ignored all the childish behavior and when I tied it he stopped bunt dancing. Striking him out to win was great! I feel these people are such a cancer to this community and it’s the best feeling to beat them.
Share your story as I’d love to read them!
Very easy to explain
When you lose hitting and pitching is broken
When you win.....crickets
It feels like they’re designed to keep you logged on for whatever reason. The absolute laughable stuff we have all experienced with these things.
I just finished the PS division moment and no joke finished every single one on my first try until the last moment with Brosseau. Easily 20 minutes if not more to complete this. A good dozen or better hitting dead center/good PCI with balls not even going to the warning track. This is 125 contact with 125 power and in reality hitting like 35 power (it felt like). Then wouldn’t you know on not even the greatest PCI placement a no doubt shot.
I think for the average player the game tends to put you in a scenario where you have to work out of a loss/win. Like showdown it gets predictable. For whatever reason in the last inning 2 out of 3 games the tying run gets to the plate. I’ve been on both ends far too much to think it’s a fluke but that said it’s what you do at that moment to succeed.
Obviously the elites hitting multiple perfect or the newbs whiffing at everything are exceptions. It’s the programming of the game and just learn to accept it or not play h2h. Sure there is games you can mercy a guy and there are games you can’t buy a hit. Majority though we are just average and I think many times fool ourselves on how good we think we are which puts us in these situations to begin with.
17 Beltran was the last card that put fear in EVERYBODY. People would walk him even if you had two on. I feel like 17 was the last year cards played to their ratings. Meaning 99 meant something special and there was just a select few. Now there are weak 99s, average 99s and Good 99s. I just don’t feel there is that small elite 3 or 4 cards that strike fear in your opponent.
Some of you can relate with me here. NBA Jam on Sega or Super Nintendo. Even with the golden ball you would clank dunks if you were too far ahead lol. If you were way behind the worst shooter would drain full court three’s.
I’m sure this isn’t new but it’s new to me. Playing an event game and my last opponent pulls this scummy move.
I pinch hit for my pitcher with Ortiz, he brings in lefty Britton and immediately pitches, like way fast as I was trying to hit start to bring in a righty bat. So I spam down to call time and hit up to try to change batter again. Nope as he was spamming up as well and got the timeout before me. So he must start spamming his next pitch because the split second he came out of time his pitcher immediately already had a pitch selected. Like just wow to be that scared to not allow a batter change. Silver lining I got a hit anyway.
You sir win the pathetic award of the day! With that and your high sinkers during a meaningless 3 inning event game shows me you obviously are a hoot at the dinner table. I thank you!
You mean can’t wait for the game to play perfect for three days then have a patch come in making it fair for everyone.
@Hikes83 said in Extreme! Walk edition:
@Malikeve said in Extreme! Walk edition:
why u swing , just take all the walk.
Pretty sure he’s talking about the 3HR/4XBH moments
Yes I am, I have hardly seen 5 ABs in a game so taking the walk is basically an out in these missions.
Are you guys in Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Wisconsin? I heard they been having trouble with counting there recently 
Franco is my go to stadium but I play in September so my guys don’t get too chilly.
I don't get a bunch of time to play ranked seriously like in years past. I get about a half hour to play during my lunch break and maybe two hours if I am lucky after work. Last year I made WS most every season. With the 4 day weekend and nobody needing my services this week I gave WS a go. I got into the 870's but two tough games made me tip my hat and call it a season.
Oh well in order for guys to make WS there also needs to be losers. I had my chances and it just wasn't meant to be. Perhaps I can give it another go over the Christmas break?
Good luck to you all still grinding!
At this state of the game we know how it plays and what it is. Nothing should be a surprise anymore.
That being said I have expressed in the past that there are times I believe the game puts us in situations we must work out of. There is absolutely some DDA but it’s not impossible to wiggle out of and that’s when our skill takes into account and shows the difference between how good we are and how good we think we are.
Honestly I would say 4 out of 5 times these situations occur I beat myself. I get frustrated, I say “here we go again”, and I let it get the best of me. Not staying calm and doing bone head things like swinging at bad pitches is my fault. My current state of mind is making me do these stupid things.
Have I lined out a perfect ball with a 100 plus power hitter to end and lose a game? Sure have but I’ve struck out or had terrible pci placement to end a game much more. Ever notice if you are goofing off and do a theme team or all gold team you play well? I do, it’s because I don’t care. I’m relaxed and having fun. We beat ourselves more than coding beats us
I am normally sleeping at last nights launch but I did stay up to fire up the game but did not play anything just looked around the menus.
Truthfully I got frustrated and shut it off. It could be I was tired but these menus are terrible. Opening packs took a huge step back as well as the Diamond card graphics. Opening animations feel like a PS3 animation. The menus are clicky as I felt I was doing twice as much to get what I needed.
I hope the gameplay (until the first patch that wrecks it) outweighs the presentation as what I experienced was a D- grade, also being on a PS5 the graphics are much to be desired.
After 4 years of reading these forums there is only one conclusion I have.
“You will never make everyone happy”
My two gripes about the sinker is 1) it comes out of the hand like a breaking ball but snaps the speed of a fastball. 2) and this grinds my gears when guys spam it high and you are ready for it the high sinker doesn’t get punished like it should. A high sinker is a mistake pitch just like a high curve or change yet the AI does not treat it as such and many a times it’s still a ground to SS or 2B instead of a line drive etc.
If the high sinker was treated like a mistake pitch a lot less people would be throwing it.
Been trying since release and finally got the Walmart sale. A bit of advice if you are still trying with Walmart on a future date.
Right at 9 o’clock eastern I got my order in and hit place order in under 15 seconds. It said temporarily out of stock. First it was strange it sold out THAT fast and second I never seen “Temporarily out of stock”. It always just said “out of stock”.
So I thought maybe like Best Buy they will release a handful every few minutes so for five minutes straight I just hit refresh. Sure enough I was able to add to cart and got the order through! Sounds like Walmart tried a bot deterrent by releasing a small amount at 9 but then releasing their stock a few minutes later. It now says out of stock. For future if you are trying and it says temporary out of stock just keep hitting refresh.