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I think some people just sit 4 seam fastball and swing at any and everything but if they're early and make decent contact with a 4 seamer it can be gone especially on all star.

I'm now 52-3 after posting this about 2 weeks ago

I still care to win but have been using some random team builds instead of God squads and also using some non meta Pitchers

A few games have gotten tight but in enjoying it more without a god squad. I'm still very much trying to win but it's a little less serious without a god squad

I did a all lefty team, a corbin/Mussina boost, a Yankees boost

I may try a burnes/freeman team and was considering a 125 vision team but was having a hard time building that one. I prob won't play again until Monday but am liking the end of the cycle

World series I think should remain hard for most people to get to.

I agree with people here that if you want to do good on hall of fame you have to go into practice mode and put some time in. Before I play ranked I go into practice on hof difficulty with Fb slider speed all the way up. I start lefty lefty hitting against randy. Just fastballs inside as strikes to get my timing and confidence down. Then I have him pitch inside and outside and I try to not swing at outside pitches and turn on the inside pitches. This is to try to speed up my ability to pickup location.

I typically don't practice hitting off speed because I don't want to practice for an hour.

Going into a real game I carry this same approach. Sit inside fast pitches until 2 strikes and try to not be late.

A good opponent will figure out my strategy but a bad one will not. Alot of players just mindlessly throw the same routine of pitches.

On all star I can react and hit all strikes at any part of the zone without sitting. On hof I kind've have to sit altho I typically sit inside and not in a specific quadrant.

Usually if I'm late on everything in practice and my pci is all over the place then I know today is not the day for me.... Other days I crush everything and I go in with lots of confidence

Another practice drill I sometimes do (with just fastballs) is I don't leave practice until I've hit 10 balls in a row over 100mph. The outcome doesn't matter just over 100mph because that's telling me I'm squaring up everything in different locations

I feel like people may not respond kindly in this thread

They used to cap your overall team in the event a few years back....

I would be pro ranked cap...but the cap kind've increases through the year as the power creep increases. Give us some 95+ real early but we'll have to build our team and run some bronze out there or use only one 95+ to make the team overall fit.

By end of year, the creep has you up to max squads

it'll probably keep variety in teams, may still make a switch hitter type squad the meta but I think thats the best way to do it and since people want a power creep it seems like a overall cap would align perfectly with a power creep

At this point most of the best hitters/swings are switch hitters anyway

Ketel, jram, mantle, Reynolds, lindor, Adley(pop time), posada, etc

I played a 700 rated or so game and it was a tight game I think 6-6 that went into 10 innings. The opponent was constantly dicking around on the bases, bunt dancing, and he replayed one homerun. I picked him off like 3 times and he still was doing weird stuff on the bases. On two or three occasions he would bunt while stealing 3rd with like hank aaron or some other 99 power hitter. I guess that's a strategy? But the guy didn't suck at hitting so i dont know why he was playing like that

I didn't replay anything, I didn't bunt dance at all...I was just going to let him do whatever. I was down 2 in the 9th and tied it 6-6 then in the 10th i crushed a 3 run walkoff with corbin carroll and he actually let it land

So people play like that at all different levels of ranked and I gotta assume its just to be annoying because they have nothing better to do...like maybe to intentionally get under the opponents skin?

I always block these players through the ps app to hope that I never match up with them again and then I report them for toxic play to also hope that they never match me up with these opponents again but I don't think it does anything...I've never noticed if I play repeat opponents or not

@TeakAUS_PSN said in Anybody doing theme teams ?!?!?:

sets and seasons my limit theme teams, but the real reason people don't use them is they aren't perceived as meta.

It was kind of depressing how few people used theme teams in the winter event that was designed for theme teams. The Mets team was great in that one. Oh no, you need to use a 97 Nimmo! Who with captain boosts hits as well as any 99 in the game without a team captain boost.

Also an issue with theme teams is the Mets are one of the very few teams with fully functional bullpens. No live series needed. Really the amount of relief pitcher cards needs to be at bare minimum doubled.

But back to the main point, people dont use theme teams simply because people are lame and feel the need to use teams perceived as meta, regardless of sets and seasons.

I find I have more fun using non meta teams simply because I don't really care if I win. When I use the God squad I'm sweaty palm sweaty pits and just trying too hard

Downside is I don't have familiarity with alot of swings outside of my God squad as I try to do the foot kick/stride timing method. Works much better when you're used to swings

@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN said in So, now what?:

Finished all the programs.
Have every card available.
Have 5M in stubs.

Now what?

I've been running an all left lineup to try to get better left v left

@Chrono_Omega_PSN said in Pitching too powerful or hitting not powered up enough?:

On hall of fame and up it’s a real slog. Really seems like majority of good swings are nerfed to oblivion. Some pitchers are just tough like anyone with outlier, but the hitting isn’t there on good swings.

Honestly every game feels different to me. I lit up Pedro on hof and the glavine next gamw the fastballs were like 105mph
I feel like it's always been that way tho

@RealPudgyPanda_PSN said in How much do you care about your ranked record?:

I am 89-17 in solo ranked, 705-118 in BR, and 576-86 in events for a total of 1370-221 in online play this year. I’m 5635-38 vs the CPU.

I care more about my record reflecting how I feel I performed than what anyone else thinks about it. In that respect, I would say my 38 losses vs the CPU is easily the most annoying. I did not get outplayed by the CPU 38 times. But if you play enough on HoF or legend difficulty, eventually you’ll get a game where input is entirely irrelevant to the outcome because the CPU won’t get anything other than XBH or foul balls.

At the end of the day, when 25 launches, no one (including you) will care about any of it and it’s not worth obsessing over. Literally no one else actually cares. Yeah, someone may quit a game quicker over it, but they’ll forget you exist by the time they wake up tomorrow. It doesn’t impact anything. It doesn’t carry over.

If you know you’re not really a 42-0 player because it’s all on all star against people you should beat, it’s not an impressive record because you’re the only one that cares and you know it’s not.

Yeah that's all well and good, nobody cares, that's fine...

But that doesnt help me not get nervous playing ranked. It doesn't make the games less sweaty than the other modes.

For something more constructive then just "nobody cares", I played exclusively with a all lefty lineup and pen in ranked with the intent of trying to care less... And THAT kind've worked, a little bit more than trying hard with a god squad... And my armpits are still sweaty... Meanwhile playing other modes or games... No armpit sweat

@MarioMendoza935_XBL said in How much do you care about your ranked record?:

In my mind, I only care about being above .500. I don't know why, but I do.

Since I'm not a "World Series" level player, I never run a "God-Squad". I load up my team with players to accomplish another series of goals (i.e. Hits with SS, HR's with OF, etc). If I run into a player like you who has an insane record, yes, I'll quit (but NOT in a BR game. I never quit BR games, as I'm always working the program).

That's actually how I do events. I usually load up with a squad to complete a program. It's fun and stress free

I legit get sweaty palmed playing ranked before I even play. It makes no sense. Each year I say I'll make a run at world series but it's not really fun even if I win

I feel like the event is often fun i just wish it was a 9 inning game opposed to 3.

Id prob like playing in a league but I don't think I can join one while I'm working and be available enough

@YOSHI24_MLBTS said in How much do you care about your ranked record?:

I care about my ranked record … but only to a specific extent. As I climb higher, I usually lose more … but I like comparing to previous years … during the end-cycle, I usually do my theme teams … that is when my record starts getting worse … but: who cares.

Best part of your post: Shield woods is a disgrace, the higher you get, the more you see it …

Without opening up previous years games on my ps5 in this year it's just showing me one season and it's "2021" even tho it's this years stats. If I look on the show website my universal profile doesn't even show up... Maybe because I use my profile set to private where people can't message me in game?

Im about to play a ranked game with all lefty Kershaw boosted team so good chance I earn my 2nd loss soon lol. I haven't played since the Monday before Christmas too

Each year I get sweaty and nervous playing ranked where it almost eliminates the fun of ranked for me as I do events and br way more frequently.

This year I went 42-0 before losing and then I won one to end. So I'm 43-1...using playing on all star and playing end of season knowing I prob have a good advantage against my opponent. I don't ever really sweat for world series. I'm not trying to brag my record cause I'm not really pushing the competition so it is what it is.

To play well I feel like I need to be in the right mood, well rested, caffeinated, calm, patient, in a recent groove hitting wise, etc

Part of the reason I protect my record is I get ALOT of free quits in br and events making my speed of getting thru the programs better and more efficient but that doesn't matter now at this point in the cycle.

I honestly didn't even care that much that I lost and my plan now is prob run weird teams and not God squad for the rest of the year so I also care less

Is it easier to not care when you're running theme teams as I've always tried to run God squads and Meta Pitchers

Did anyone previously care about their record then eventually not care? I almost have to be in the right mind to play ranked where as br and events I literally have zero care win or lose. Br or events I'll just quit rather than play shield woods and then ranked ill just deal with it.

Also, next year I think I'd rather just quit rather than play a bunt dancer or excessive pause guy... Shield woods, etc. Should I just quit out of 10 games to start 2025 and sabatoge my record?

If it's not fixed by now then I doubt it will be unfortunately

When that happened to me earlier in the year I had to reinstall the game

@Dookie-Possum_XBL said in December Matchups:

5 games in a row.

Donaldson = Quit
Donaldson = Quit
Donaldson = Quit
Donaldson = Quit
Randy = Quit

My Money is on Donaldson in the next matchup.

You quit because you were facing them?

I think I'd rather have to face them all the time then to play a game at shield woods or Costco

I only play ranked when I have ghost energy drinks... They have 200mg of caffeine. Def feel more locked in with quicker reactions but could be placebo

@RealPudgyPanda_PSN said in Refusal to enforce ToS:

The account/PSN eguerrero824 has boosted BR all year. He has a PlayStation and a Switch and he created multiple Switch accounts (they’re mostly eg### format, like eg001 or eg011 or eg008). He matches himself by using the two consoles and boosts to get flawless rewards. He also has boosted to get event rewards. I have reported him I believe now five times.

For reference, he’s now 892-3 in BR with a grand total of 1 run scored and 3.2 IP.

SDS claimed to have taken action on September 30. He was boosting on October 4 again.

SDS claimed to have taken action on October 22. He was boosting on October 26 again.

SDS claimed to have taken action on October 30. He was boosting on December 6 again.

SDS claimed to have taken action on December 6. He was boosting on December 9 again.

SDS claimed to have taken action on December 9. He was boosting on December 13 again.

He is still boosting as of today, December 17.

If you want to cheat at the game, buy a Switch. SDS apparently really, really, really, really, really doesn’t care.

Good for calling it out

@Ericulous1_PSN said in Studio map is sloooooooooow:

Remember a couple years ago when they sped up the simming for the maps and made it fast? This studio map was painful. Like pouring molasses. How do they regress with these things?

Don’t get me started on Mini Seasons stat tracking

Yeah they need to remove Sims and switch conquest to something else.