And they were completely fine/fun. Nobody bunt danced/R2 spammed/ quick pitched (much anyways). One game was a blowout but no one quit. No one abused the pause timers...scores were reasonable (5-2, 9-0)

The only reason I’m writing this is, given the toxic cesspit that everyone on these forums describes, I wanted to try it out for myself. It was neither completely broken nor unplayable. No vast AI conspiracy dictated the winner or the loser. I haven’t played The show since 17, I’ve never been a top player (CS in 17), and I thought the game felt pretty good online. I gave up runs on one mistake pitch and one great pitch... both of which happen IRL. I’m sure this isn’t reflective of the top tier - meta etc, but from the perspective of a filthy casual, I just wanted to say that RS felt pretty good at the start.

Now bring on the hate!

@msk5031_psn said in Needed Conquest QOL change:

I feel Conquest is overdue for a QOL change. Simulating is a real pain and makes the mode slow and aggravating. What if once we conquer the last stronghold a team owns, we gain every area that team owns, with 1 fan per area. This would really made the mode more playable IMO. With moments and showdown introduced Conquest really needs a change to make it more enjoyable. Maybe I'm wrong and in the minority and people love simulating but I don't think I am.

I don’t think this is the answer. I think the answer is that simming should be almost instant. There is no reason for a coin flip/dice roll to take as long as it does. You should hit x and instantly we w/l and fans lost. I have no idea why it takes so [censored] long.

This take is... bad... just really bad. And I don’t own an Xbox. The idea that someone is more/less likely to cheat or anything based on what console they have is... yeah, I try not to be toxic, but that is not... correct or rational.

Sounds like you are trying to drive up the price for profit before the next update.... don’t worry, it will go up... the. Down again after the update. I hedge by keeping a few, but the way to play the investment is to buy after the updates when all the “OHTANI IS DEF GOING DIAMOND” guys sell when he doesn’t

Agree with OP. What am I supposed to do at work? Work? No!

@yankeefan412_xbl said in Opponent had Swastika as logo:

@drewshbag420_psn said in Opponent had Swastika as logo:

@icards1_psn said in Opponent had Swastika as logo:

I played this gem in ranked, I hope they follow through and ban this scumbag. Trash Human Logo Here

I played some loser yesterday whose logo was the a racist epitaph....he raged quit after I hit 3 HRs off of him. I reported him and hope he gets banned. He was of couse an Xbox player since the Xbox just attracts all the racists

Right….It has nothing to do with Halo or Gears or the other Xbox exclusives like gamepass. When I was deciding which one to get it was my love of racism that made me choose Xbox. You’re extremely intelligent & intuitive.

I love these takes. (FWIW I own a PS5). I’m not usually a fan of the “go outside” advice that gets thrown around on these boards, but if you think that console choice is indicative of personality traits.... go outside.

I’m glad it’s out there. Someone tried the iBB one on me. I was up 6-0 in a pretty meaningless ranked game (300s). Had no idea what was going on but it didn’t freeze and he quit a minute later. At the end of the day companies fix stuff when it costs them money. If the streamers people watch publicize this enough, it becomes worth it to fix the problem.

Simple 5 step process:

1. Get Married
2. Have Son.
3. Wait 12 years.
4. Son won’t stfu about it and wife goes nuts on discord groups etc till she happens to get one after like 300 attempts.
5. Enjoy PS5

I’m on the “Sinkers are OP” train with one major Caveat... go hop on pitcherlist and look at the nastiest pitches from yesterday... Corbin Burnes through a high sinker that tailed down and away (and appeared to defy physics) at ~98... so it is possible... but that is something ONE guy can do... not 50% of SPs.

Seriously 11 errors and a sub 90% fielding percentage at SS means his arm accuracy should be moved to the bottom of the barrel, and hitting stats bumped. I’m a fan of his but the defense is about as far from diamond as it can get.

Barry Bonds!

I think Votto. Partly just for sentimental reasons. Great player for a long time on not great teams. Awesome to see him have a run like this. Thought his power was gone 5 years ago.

Squeaked in at the end and grabbed DeGrom. Happy with it.

Ortiz = kind of worth it
Chipper = very worth it

Chipper for a lefty, Thome for a righty

I had to go to directional and power swing up and inside. Got gunned down at home 3 times and was overall very annoyed

I don’t get the “WAR doesn’t matter crowd”. I’m not saying it is a perfect measure of all things, but it is a measure of total value. A great defensive CF is more valuable than a great defensive 1B. War includes that. When you start talking about slash lines, etc and Trout you kind of miss the point. Trout isn’t the best player because of any one number. He’s the best player because he plays a premium defensive position, great defense (despite a weak arm), walks, hits for a good avg, and has power. Everyone else discussed here has a weakness he doesn’t. Tatis commits an insane number of errors, Acuna strikes out a ton and doesn’t walk as much. Both guys steal way more bases, but SB are not actually that valuable. Will trout be the best player in baseball in 2-3 years? Probably not. But if you look at the actual value of what he does in baseball compared to the actual value of others, he’s unquestionably the best still and has been since his age 21 season.

I’m on the Chipper is worth it by himself train… then again I can’t stand having an unbalanced lineup and place a premium on SH. With that said, I can’t imagine a 3B I would take him out for.

@jkooch66_xbl said in Ohtani not able to play OF:

He’s a 99 pitcher and 99 hitter in a game with no DH, so he’s bonkers whether he can play OF and regain stamina or not. I agree that it would be more ideal to be able to start him in the OF, but just because you can’t doesn’t mean the card is bad. It’s still an insane card. And there’s plenty of other options for the OF anyways.

Plus if you pitch him you can lead off w/ the pitcher and have a rotating cast of PH in the 1 hole for late innings of you need...

My last two were awards and signature. Grabbed Eck as the inning boss to finish signature. Honestly 42 was the toughest but Jackie is very, very worth it.