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They gave first base coaches carbon fiber shins that ricochet errant pickoff attempts right back to the 1st baseman, so that's a plus.

Not exactly the same but 1 of the moments in the Post Season is hit a Grand Slam with Gio yet SP threw a wild pich and whoever was on 3rd stole home. At least it didn't fail the mission BUT the SP also walked me so yeah GGs.

@PoopsyMcDoodle said in Turns out the all speed bunt teams really do upset people:

Man is it fun Ive missed the point of this game all this time

I just bunt and take walks with this new approach

That’s until a smart player brings the infield in and takes away that cheese. What are you left with. Easy shallow fly balls and you raging out of the game

No more 99 speed, 99 steal and nerf bunting. The only way to put those guys is throwing balls and hoping they try to drag bunt

Uh you can flush that Analog down the toilet. Sorry that is my inner 12 yr old coming out.

Of course they do. They tweak sliders to get what they deem to be the “correct” ratios of hits, HRs, etc.

This is very apparent in showdowns and in moments.

It's a grind for those cards... but if you have plenty of time and enjoy the games against CPU the rewards are nice. I only get an hour or two at best each night freetime, so it would take me a month to complete it and I get bored fast playing the CPU. Some people time is far more valuable than money and I would rather spend $100 over 8 hours of grinding any day. If I had 8 hours a day free time then 8 would probably grind it slowly and get it done.... I want to play online with the little time I have. It is easy to say that the Ruth moments are worth it or the Mantle set is worth it when you have all the time in the world to grind.

I’m not doing too well with mantle so far. Yeah yeah I know everyone is a beast on all star. I’m just having issues getting used to his swing for some reason. Or I get too impatient with him and swing at everything

That's what happens when you become a BR reward: nobody uses you.

I honestly struggle with Larry so bad. But seems like quite a few people have had that problem to start with. He's hitting like .240 with a few bombs. Do I persevere? Or do I just get rid? If I sell I'll be up to 450k and just wondering what to do with the team at this point. Just bought Carlson too which has made it even harder to justify getting larry in over him, Mantle and Belli/Kemp

@Crimson_Monk said in Why Doesn't Maddux Have 2 Seam?:

@olivegarden2 said in Why Doesn't Maddux Have 2 Seam?:

@Crimson_Monk said in Why Doesn't Maddux Have 2 Seam?:

Lol at theses dudes messing with a young buck. major leaguers aren’t the only ones to have movement on their pitches. I’m an “old man” and I can throw a pitch that moves easy. The problem is mine never topped out over 85 and I wasn’t a PO, I mainly played 3rd and LF.... and trust me, the 1B knew my throws could possible move to the left. Keep working on the game young buck, gets some pitching coach ( or hitting) and hopefully you can get to the show, or at least the college level.

I’m in middle school and throw 60, I hope my arm doesn’t wear out! I could see myself throwing 90 if I’m careful!

Don’t let them throw you more than 80 pitches a week or 60 in a game.... seriously, that’s how you throw it out. There’s a video out by fox sports south ( the Braves channel) and it talks about the damage that can be done with over pitching

It’s called Driven: Youth Baseball and another called Driven: Dr Andrews. Dr Andrews is one of the best sports surgeons in America and talks about the effects and potential injuries of overpitching

I had to go see Dr Andrews almost 10 years ago after getting over pitched in a Cooperstown tournament. He definitely knows his stuff.

@PoopsyMcDoodle said in I've figured out why the fans never eat the food..:

The world that SDS created within the show allows the fans to eat and eat without actually eating...

This is because the fans are so wealthy they merely buy food for its looks. They're wealthy because they have won the lottery multiple times due to the amazing odds that exist in this strange world.

Sports like baseball have become perverted entertainment where the population goes to watch players suffer under drastically different odds. Good and perfect after good and perfect going right to the fielders gloves as the players become more and more apathetic to the game because the odds are always defied against their favor.

The people just sit back and laugh as baseball dies

I think this is how the PURGE starts ???

@tomivory23 said in Serious Question: What's the point of different stats for pitchers if all of their pitches end up over the middle of the plate, despite perfect inputs on multiple modes?:

@PhatWhiteOwl said in Serious Question: What's the point of different stats for pitchers if all of their pitches end up over the middle of the plate, despite perfect inputs on multiple modes?:

@PoopsyMcDoodle said in Serious Question: What's the point of different stats for pitchers if all of their pitches end up over the middle of the plate, despite perfect inputs on multiple modes?:

A 125 may as well be a 75 if he can't place pitches despite high numerical ranking.

Can SDS explain within the context of the game what I am failing to do consistently to achieve a desired pitching result

I hit corners all day.

You must be the player determined to be at a disadvantage in most of your matchups. Lol jk. I'm calling sarcasm because..

1.) Hitting the corners is difficult

2.) If you hit the corner the chances of the umpire calling it are slim to none...and slim just died.

Just aim right down the middle, at least then you know why it went there. But then when you get perfect release it'll hit the corner because it ain't going where you aim

I definitely don't have fun playing anymore despite a solid run as of late. I had a potential 5-game winning streak ruined by the usual late-game comeback followed by a bug (forcing a position player to pitch despite that being a violation of MLB rules). I just want to get my record to 1 game over .500 and then I'll probably quit RS for the year or actually forever since I don't plan to buy next year's game unless there are major improvements.

@maskedgrappler said in Well At Least SDS Doesn't..:

I mean, they've flat out said they want this game to be a simulation, so I don't think any amount of feedback is going to change that.

That said, a lot of problems with feedback, be it here, Twitter, Facebook, or surveys is in the language and hyperbole used. Hard to take feedback seriously when its full of cursing and name calling.

Preach!!!

@Dolenz said in Showdown mode is the most pathetic this franchise has put out:

@Crimson_Monk said in Showdown mode is the most pathetic this franchise has put out:

@Dolenz said in Showdown mode is the most pathetic this franchise has put out:

I will admit to being 0 for 3 in my 1st inning Showdown attempts, losing stubs each time.

Very little desire to keep trying although I expect I will, at least a few more times.

With the addition of Showdown (all or nothing for the points reward) and the removal of normal Inning Moments in favor of Player Moments (all or nothing for points rewards) they have made it harder for average or below average players to even get to 300 stars.

Dude there are plenty of Easy ways to 300. I’m also to 500 and I dot consider myself much better than average. If you get the moment cards you get 40 stars, there are several that give you chunks too. Conquest, online play ( only 10 wins) that give you 65 total. Dailies give a few and 1st inning showdown give you 70 that’s easily almost 300 stars if you count dailies for the inning, and it doesn’t even include playtime. Even if you don’t beat the showdown you get stars and xp....

I meant to specify that I was talking about offline players in my post. I'll make 300 but mostly based on playing time and not the actual Inning goals.

I have done the 1st Inning conquest. I have done the Granderson and Woods Missions. I have played half of the Main Conquest map and half of a MTO season. I have done some of the offline dailies. I have also played the starter moments, starter showdown and starter conquest.

I am sitting at 170-180 points. The only remaining ways to earn Points offline are Showdown, Collections, Dailies. Showdown is not doable for all players. The collections are simply buying Program Points for stubs, but i would rather use my stubs on players that I actually want to play with (also, you can buy all three bosses for less stubs than it would cost to finish these collections). Offline Dailies are minor boosts and let's face it, pitching 8 innings Orioles pitchers is not how I want to spend 30-40 minutes of my limited daily play time.

True on the last part. But I didn’t get all the bosses or anything, I just did all the other “free” ones. Showdown can be frustrating but if you learn to just wait for high fastballs then it is way easier. It takes more patience than I ever had on this game until I forced myself to take unless it was my pitch. Treated it like conquest extreme last year ( and yes it is almost that hard unfortunately) I don’t think they should nerf showdown but definitely tweak the pitchers to reflect the actual difficulty it’s set on. Right now they are pitching at least 1 step above the stated level

@theCRIMSON_4_2_0 said in Don't Act Shocked SDS Screwed 20 Up Already:

I played lastnight and it was working great. At the end of the game I wasnt looking at a football score.

Yes, but if you score a TD in football, you will not be happy if you only get 3 points.