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@manu__sds_mlbts The Companion App still shows my account as restricted, and at this point it’s getting pretty hard not to be frustrated.

First, credit where it’s due: the app itself is working great. This isn’t an app problem. This is an SDS problem. Something on the backend is restricting accounts without notice, explanation, or apparently any response to support tickets. Mine has been sitting for two days now.

I know one of the devs occasionally pops into these forums asking for information on issues, and that’s appreciated. Even if SDS as a company has been completely silent on these restrictions, it’s clear at least somebody is listening.

What makes this especially maddening is that while legitimate marketplace users are getting restricted, the activity everyone associates with bots appears to be happening in plain sight. Sponsorships suddenly selling 60 times a minute instead of 3 times an hour. Cards going from a handful of sales a day to dozens a minute. Orders changing so fast that listings barely appear before they’re undercut again.

Try to jump into one of those markets and it’s like you’re playing whack-a-mole against someone with a machine gun.

If the goal was stopping bots, banning active marketplace users doesn’t seem like it’s accomplishing that. The bots are apparently still drinking everyone’s milkshake.

At this rate, maybe SDS will start banning people for hitting too many home runs. “Congratulations, your account has been restricted for excessive engagement.”

Nobody expects an apology. Nobody expects SDS to suddenly acknowledge years of bot complaints. But it would be nice to see one of three things happen:

1. Reverse these restrictions if they’re catching legitimate players.
2. Respond to support tickets.
3. Clearly explain what marketplace or app behavior can trigger a restriction.

The only guidance I’ve ever seen is don’t use automated tools or third-party apps, which I’ve never done.

It’s wildly unfair to restrict people for trying to play the game, especially while the activity these restrictions are supposedly targeting appears to be continuing uninterrupted.

@Manu__SDS_MLBTS the work that’s been done in the last week had undoubtably helped the integrity of the marketplace. I can appreciate that you’re fine tuning the filters so they don’t feel so restrictive. That being said, i think being able to place 3 or 4 bids a minute that have a 50% chance of going through is more important than being able to make 20 bids a minute that have a 2% chance of going through.
The past 2 days I have noticed bots on several items, but not like they were last week or before. I have only noticed a few bots that do the instant undercutting and deleting bids instantly - which is good. The bots I’m noticing now will wait 15-30 seconds after the last bid was placed and then will undercut by 1. When their bid wins, 15-30 seconds later it will make a new bid to remain the highest or lowest bidder… so instead of instant undercutting then deleting, this new behavior waits 15-30 seconds and makes a top bid. It they win or get outbid, wait 15-30 seconds and makes new top bid.
Obviously, humans need to be able to make their bids and move on to other items or play the game instead of babysit their bids. But this not behavior will win items around the clock. The last 2 nights I placed bids on some items I suspected having bots and my bids were still sitting the next day and looking at sale history I could see the items were won over and over with a bid slightly above mine.

Anyways, I don’t mean to ramble. TL;DR - the bot situation is much improved but there are still bots noticeable on some items, but not all items like they have been most of 2026. Instead of instant outbids and undercuts, bots are waiting for no bids to be made for 30 seconds(ish) and placing top bids or placing new top bids when they win the item. 24/7

Wow - this is definetly not the feeling of the player base. Yes, the game has caused many people a lot of frustration, but there’s nothing but gratitude for anyone trying to fix those problems and make the game better. Thanks again for the work you’re doing.

I also feel bad for the sds employees that I’ve seen pop their head up to communicate issues or respond to problems. I can’t imagine how embarrassing and downright humiliating it must be to work on a game that has so many unbelievable problems. New problems coming up daily! I agree, it’s upsetting when I hear my 11yo and his friends talking about all the problems this game has and saying it’s made by idiots and how they didn’t even know that something can be sold to consumers in such a broken state and remain broken all the time. I’ve tried to explain to them it’s not the people actually working on the game, it’s the people that they work for that decide what/when things get fixed and for reasons unknown, they just don’t want to fix the game. It is totally sad how great this game was and still could be and the way it’s letting so many loyal fans down. I agree. The way they dropped this pos on the community and ignore all the fans begging for them to fix things is a disgrace.

The market is usable right now. Lots of cards that have been controlled by bots are winnable at the moment. You can see the effect that bots have had on them. Night and day. Prices have been more or less locked on what the bots parameters are. IF and when the market is functioning this way, imo there is no need to feel like you need to buy and sell things in bulk. Real talk though, the thought to grab what you can while bots are disabled/slow is there.

The reality has been, the market is basically controlled by bots. If you want to flip cards, you’re going to be competing with bots. But if you try to compete with the bots, you will get restricted on the app. Lose/lose situation.

Lots of players, including myself have been caught up in account restrictions, which sucks. But if the bots can be sidelined more often like they are right now, I’d think players wouldn’t interact with the market in ways that resemble bots…

@Manu__SDS_MLBTS theres been some sort of restriction put on users making a lot of market transactions on the app. The message literally says “account is restricted”. Please fix this asap. If there are going to be limits to buy/sell orders volume wise or time wise you guys should make that clear so users playing by the rules don’t get punished. Without any kind of notice, the most active marketplace users are getting shadow banned on the app and that sucks. If you guys could act quickly on this it would be appreciated. At this point, many of your most engaged players are banned from using the app. Plz fix.

The problem with any new content being added is that it’s being added to the same broken game. Ok, so the game works, most of the time. But it is super F’d. The fact that all these broken things remain while new things get added speaks volumes. Not to mention there’s a 50/50 chance anything added will just add to the list of broken problems that will never be fixed. Arguing over programs needing online play or not just seems so besides the point when the core game needs so much fixing.

There’s definitely some bots back. They don’t react as quickly and are clearly slowed down to avoid restriction pauses. Same behavior with outbidding/undercutting then deleting their bids if you delete yours. I have only noticed them on a few items today. I have not noticed any items that had 100s of buy/sells a minute since Saturday. Clearly a result of limiting bids over time - bravo. Even the greediest of flippers should be able to still accomplish their goals with the limits now in place - as long as there is no competing with bots. This weekend definetly showed there is enough of everything on the marketplace to go around when the bots aren’t sucking everything up. The restriction timeout was a big blow to the bots but you gotta tighten the noose and keep up the fight! Perhaps the next step would be some kind of throttle for the amount of bids for specific items over time. Whatever the next step is, I’m going to get back to playing the game and leave that stuff to you. You can do it!

@Manu__SDS_MLBTS not sure if it’s more annoying for you or me to keep tagging you on posts asking for my account to be reviewed and unbanned from the app marketplace. My support ticket has gone unanswered 5 days.

I’ll 2nd the credit where credit is due. Keep it up!

The restrictions at least level the playing field. It’s been great to see an offensive against the bots. I think restrictions must be kept in place until another method is found to prevent them. The aggressive campaign against them has been effective and should continue.

@NOWLTZKI_MLBTS How about giving all the people who have been out for the last 12 hours 100k free stubs!

made me lol FR

@Manu__SDS_MLBTS I got the 6.4.6 update about 14 hours ago and it was working really well! Buy/sell orders, navigating through marketplace listings and marketplace history was seamless. Best experience I’ve had in the few months of using the app - by far! 14 hours later, not so much. Everything is massively slowed down and fetching data lags for everything. Still an improvement from the previous version but that’s not saying much. I hope to see a new update or announcement soon on a fix. Thanks

It doesn’t feel good to realize you’ve spent so much time on a game that’s made by a company that takes its players for granted. They will keep doing what they do, which is nothing. They aren’t going to say anything and they aren’t going to do anything. If they do, surely it will be the wrong thing to do that won’t benefit anyone. At this point, they are just running a business, not making a game. They don’t care if people are happy playing the game or not. The greed and betrayal they show to their loyal players is astonishing. Trumpian.

Some cards have bots around the clock. Since this last update it seems like they take a break after beating/undercutting you twice. The brief pause has allowed me to win a couple bids on active cards, but equipment and slower moving cards are still impossible to hold a position on unless you refresh listings 24/7. This is probably a result of “marketing throttling” the App Store lists as the main change for the newest app version. Not sure if that’s saying the quiet part out loud but it doesn’t sound like an upgrade. Kinda sounds like a downgrade.

@Manu__SDS_MLBTS thanks for the reply! I figured as much because every time you pop up, things get fixed. So, I’m hearing I just need to wait longer. I filled out a pretty detailed support ticket. Well, thanks the stuff you do do.

The market sure was weird yesterday. Usually everything dips from people trying to free up stubs to buy packs with but non-live series cards didn’t budge much yesterday. Most of the higher live series dropped in half due to the 88+packs and 85-87 diamonds shot up. Snell shooting up ftom 5 to 30k was unexpected and Bellenger doubled. I had some dupes of snell and was stoked to see them move so quickly at 30k. I’m no market expert but the way spotlight cards are down across the board and rare wbc cards have skyrocketed, I’d say the market was and still is in a weird place before and after the flash sale.

So…I think the last several hours on the market place have been great. Easily the best it’s been all year. The limited amount of transactions on the app is kinda weird but I’d rather be making a couple of orders successfully instead of dozens in hopes of beating bots. I’d much rather be playing the baseball part of the game instead of the market to get stubs for cards and today is the first time I can realistically see how making a few strategic orders here and there can allow for that. I think all the bots have made a lot of people here borderline insane and thet any haters of these new limitations/restrictions will come around. I’m happy to say for the first time this year that I’m not pissed with sds. Today… thanks and good job!

Update: 2 minutes later, the app is working. Hopefully it continues. Something definetly going on with that notice tho…

I hate playing online and only do when there’s no other way to get a reward I want. Pretty much every ranked game I’ve ever played is like moonshot event - against me. I do enjoy online when I’m matched with someone that doesn’t crush me, but that’s rare. Literally dozens of reasons I prefer offline. I enjoy playing offline and it would be awesome if at least one of the settings included cpu that throws hittable pitches more often. I can appreciate the way the game is, but sometimes, when I play video games, I just want to push the buttons and hit things. Not exercise patience.