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@Talkingben9558_XBL said in A joke:

@Rhyno1986_XBL
That's baseball

Way to prove a point a tool

At least give debatable arguments, not just this game is trash. Give a reason like the fact that RNG is so broken in this game you can literally call whats going to happen. 0-2 count and 3rd pitch a strike and RNG calls a ball, well here we go 9 fouls later and your oppent gets a very late or very early 71mph dribble down the line that a 99 overall diamond defender stares at like an6 year old playing T-ball. Next At bat cutter literally way inside and a bloop hit over the in fielder and the ultimate RNG is a real thing and favored 1 player over the other a Perfect Perfect 3 run HR after a 17 pitch 3 batter inning. Then what happens oh easy 3 quick outs. Then you bat and what happens 0 foul ball and 3 straight squared up good timing 100+ mph line outs lol.
See now I would wager to say if you have spent any substantial amount of time playing this game, you read that and said. Yeah happens all the freaking time. Then ofcourse at some point we'll get the 1 person who comes in and gives the, "Well yeah thats baseball". So for argument sake yes in real world physics that is baseball, but in that token in REAL life baseball how often do diving plays happen in 1 game? Maybe 2-3 outstanding plays? Mostly a decent swing and an outfielder will just let it drop to playbit safe and not turn a single into a triple. Now the problem I have and maybe some will agree is this is NOT real baseball. This is a video game that the developer could easily code to say yes a perfect is a hit 99% of the time, good swings SHOULD be rewarded at a higher rate, a 12 pitch at-bat with 9 fouls is not a common and thing and we should probably code the game to mitigate that.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in You Never Fail to Disappoint, SDS:

@Rhyno1986_XBL
First of all, you need to learn some grammar because you make zero [censored] sense. But let me try to decipher this code language you speak. Ok let me make this perfectly clear, nobody gives a flying [censored] as to when the lightning flashback players are picked. I only care who gets picked, and I don’t think anybody agrees with not necessarily the choice because Gary Sanchez is a very good card, but the timing. Timing is everything in this game, whether it’s when content releases or when you’re hitting in Ranked, and SDS simply got it wrong as they’ve done with many things this year. Another annoying thing is that the program entails Jakob Marsee, while the pack contains Jurickson Profar, Rafael Devers, Brenton Doyle, et cetera. But to you, that’s good content. The better, more usable cards are in a pack while the [censored] cards are free. Some logic, dude. And then ofc there’s Chipper Jones in a, you guessed it, a Chase pack. What a [censored] shock. One of the best cards in the game is only accessible in an [censored] pack and in the marketplace and he’s worth over half a million stubs. Yeah, that’s great content. Dude stop dickriding and look at the game for what it actually is.

Lol you wanna claim good grammar yet have not made 1 single post where you can't swear, because your a tool. Next off when they pick who's gonna be a flash back in March for August Spotlight and then dang a bunch of Yankees have a great August. YOU think that they should change everything, just because you either dont like the Yankees or feel there are to many 99 Yankee cards. Well KAREN let's go ahead and spell thing out for you so you can understand how life works. A) YOUR personal feelings on a team does not matter, B) Kinda unreasonable to change who SDS already had designated for a flash back because of a while team having a good month, and C) Historically what time in baseball has had some of if not the best players pass through thier club house?
Now to break down the fact that you are obviously a 20 something child. SDS has infact done a great job of content this year. Yes some cards are going to be pack locked, BUT they have made enormous strides from 23 and 24 were you were lucky to get 1 free pack. This year if you completed the Spotlight program you had what 5 free Spotlight packs. Not to mention if you completed the Neon programs by the end of all the teams (I know because I zeroed my packs first) around 100+ standards, 10-20 ballin, 10+ choice packs, and a few ultra packs not even including the reward program packs.
So as we can see YOU are a child who complains about the .1% thing while people who have actual experience in playing the game call a spade a spade and a heart a heart. Or in other words have NO problem saying SDS you are freaking doing amazing with content THIS year. But where you should focus next is your inconsistent gameplay mechanics.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in You Never Fail to Disappoint, SDS:

@Rhyno1986_XBL
False, false, false, and [censored] false again. Atta boy, kid, you are 0-4. One, I usually play on HOF in Ranked, have a winning record, and have some of the best cards in the game like Beltran and Ted Williams, so you're not even close on that part. Number two, if you think getting juiced 99 Yankee cards every drop is "meaningless" well Idk what to say. You do you I guess, but when each Spotlight drop and really each content drop as been the same [censored] all year, it pisses the community off after awhile. Can't we get an even distribution in terms of skill in the program and pack instead every usable card being in the pack instead. This isn't a meaningless issue, this is a BIG issue and icymi it's been the case almost all year. Personally I don't really care about theme teams rn but others do, and this is why most theme teams suck up until this point. Would you still say I'm complaining about meaningless issues or is this a real conundrum?

Just another guy crying because A) All the lighting flash backs were probably picked back in March and 2) they dont control who has good games in real life. Everyone on here complains and complains about content. Why? Content is the thing SDS has always done good. Even when you had people wanting 99's all year long when anyone who has played since 17 knew this was a bad call. But they did it and gave it 2 years and it failed. Next I dont care what you play on because I to hang in the 800s so you should be asking for consistency in gameplay not crying what player gets a spotlight card. Coming in here cursing acting like the biggest issue in The Show is content is like crying because your mom only gave you 1 piece of dessert.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in You Never Fail to Disappoint, SDS:

I just got unbanned from the forum and I'm already livid. Welp, another major Yankee card is in the spotlight drop. What a shocker, right? And the funny part is, we already JUST GOT A [censored] YANKEE CATCHER AND NOW WE GET ANOTHER ONE!! Not to mention it's behind a decently expensive collection. But then there are teams who don't have [censored], but they're all left out. And the pack cards are 10x better than the program cards. What a [censored] shock. I really don't know what to say at this point. I mean it's been the same [censored] this entire year. I mean does SDS want us to beg for an alternative game at this point? It really seems like it.

You complain about stuff that literally doesn't matter. My guess would be you hang out at spring training rank and are mad because you aren't a decent enough player to win consistently in order to sell duplicate cards. If you were you seriously wouldn't care about that 1 card. You'd just be like the other 95% of players and go "oh well guess if I really want him I'll spend some of the absurd amount of stubs SDS has given me in the last month."

said in Can I get a Use Case?:

@Rhyno1986_XBL or hear me out. Wouldn't it be more fun and interesting if the decision to switch cards and form different teamswere strategic....instead of just "ok, I guess I'll play with this guy for a while to change it up"

Nothing is stopping you. Would a team building mode be good for game longevity? Yes ofcourse, but that isn't what was said. In ranked mode I should be able to use the cards I like and the cards I am most comfortable with. And again there isn't anyone forcing you to use the same players over and over. YOU can make the decision, so grow up and make it.

@AppleLemon560_MLBTS said in Can I get a Use Case?:

Ok, so I'm a player who has almost all of the big cards in the game, with the exception of Ketel and a few Chase cards (though I could get most of them too with my current stubs). And I find myself really wishing the game would give me a reason not to use the same old cards.

The game never gives us a good use case for 95 percent of the cards in our deck. Am I going to use them over Tedrick Williams, Joey Bats, or Griffey? Over Cal or Posada or Willi? Noone loves Troy Glaus more than me, but give me a reason to use him! How about Ryan Howard or Anthony Rizzo - whelp, who can afford that Lefty Tax!

Put a salary cap on, or make theme teams required in stretches, or something. We need a reason to build cool and funky teams.

Or hear me out. Just play the game and YOU try different cards. I use players others don't. I have Durran as my starting LF and Utly as my 2nd baseman. Stop trying to get them to MAKE you use different cards and you use different players. No one is making you use the same ones.

Get over guy. Happens to everyone. Not just a conspiracy to do it to you. Why do you think people do thier mission grinding in play vs cpu for the experience? No it's so that doesn't happen

@xProject-iLL_XBL said in Disconnecting from MLB servers?:

Just happy that 2k is coming out this coming Friday (early access). Not that 2k is any better but they at least have the basics. They clearly arent making enough money to fix their servers, so hopefully they are atleast saving up the money they are making right now to get better servers. They need to cut back and fire all those streamers they have on YT bc its a waste of money. Money that should be going to their engineering team. Somebody in SDS is not utilizing their finances correctly.

Umm the only streamers that are "paid by SDS" are the ones that do The Show stream for SDS. Ashley and the other guy who are actual employees of SDS, not sure which other streamers you are talking about. Like which ones exactly.

@fatass3294_PSN said in Why can't I play in the multiplayer games:

@Rhyno1986_XBL thxs for the info

No problem again this is just my experience with the the game session being ended everytime you match up with someone. Be aware though some people are also experiencing server disconnect problems since update 23 in every game mode of DD. If you experience this try unplugging your modem for 30ish minutes then restarting everything. No guarantees that will work though hasn't for me.

@CarlosLBJ23_PSN said in Weekend Classic:

@Rhyno1986_XBL rating does not measure if you can hit, pitch or defend, it only cares about who wins, not always the best player wins especially in sports video games like this one (freezes off, handicap, luck, bugs, disconnections ...) and on top of that a WS player can manipulate his rating to stay on lower difficulties. Rating has to be more complex because winning does not make me better than you or Rockies and Dodgers are at the same level because the tied 2-2 their last series?

That is a false statement on 3 of your 4 points. It is directly effected to hiw well you can hit and pitch. Why? Because I've played players in the 800-870 (where I normally play) that have a low overall average with thier cards, but can pitch like crazy. Inversely I have also played people who have crazy averages with thier cards, but throw the same 3 pitches in the same pattern and location all game with every pitch they use and get shelled. The only thing it doesn't show is fielding anf that is because fielding is fairly random and based on CPU random animations. As well as you are correct we have seen plenty of higher rated players intentionally tank thier record to play an easier WC experience. Still shows that their record is rating is a good metric of player skill. Why? Because again as they win even in WC after tanking thier record they would have to win more games then losing in that lower skill rating which would increase thier record and rating. This is why SDS needs to use Highest overall lifetime rating for WC placement and not just taking when WC starts.

@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Weekend Classic:

You can get a WS badge if you play enough games of weekend classic staying on ur difficulty and not jumping to legend and HOF. So they either did the COOP glitch or played a lot of weekend classic. Good WS players will want to play on the harder difficulties.

That is a valid argument but a WS badge obtained through CoOp guit glitch or just in general does not effect YOUR personal ranked record. So again it still shows rank is at least a fairly good indicator of skill level. Because even if you stayed on All-star at 600 rating you'd still have to win enough in order to get to WS. This still means that the metric or rating would show that player is capable or winning 2-3 more games a run then losing.

Your player skill setting is suppose to stay the same. So if you only made silver 2 and are on All-star then every game you play during WC is suppose to be on All-star even if you won 10 straight and made 800 rating. This is my understanding and what seems to be the case. I could be incorrect though.

@kasper411_PSN said in Game Improvements:

1. Add a feature to hustle to first base by tapping X giving the runner a better chance to beat out the throw.

2. Add fielding collisions to make pop ups more interesting.

3. Add charge the mound and ejections.

4. Add pitch & close call challenges.

I don't really see how any of these thing would "improve gameplay". This is because if they just fixed and/or deleted bad animations you wouldn't need a hustle button. Fielding collisions on pop ups also not a needed thing since a pop up shouldn't be getting rewarded anyways. While charge the mound would be interesting strictly in an RTTS or franchise setting, online makes no sense for that. You can get your pitcher ejected if you throw at batters to often. And finally you can challenge close calls in franchise and you shouldn't have to challenge strike calls because you can set the umpire setting to perfect for offline and it is set to perfect for online (not that it works properly).

If you really want to add gameplay improvements, just make the game play as advertised. Hitting is an inconsistent random rng mess this year. Perfect release pitches go wherever they want. "Fielding rating is important" expect that a common shield defender get better animations then diamond shield. You play people who dive across 6 lanes of traffic and then throw 99 speed out with a 50 arm. Then there is the newly acquired server disconnects from update 23. If SDS would just spend time and iron out these things people would be flocking to play, but when you hit a perfect and its a line out just to see your oppent get 3 straight 70mph bloopers to score a run or a sub 90 exit velo late swing HR it makes it just unbearable.

Yep cost me 4 straight games in WC and now can't get the reward packs. Sent multiple tickets in to SDS and haven't even got the automated email back. So they know and are ignoring the problem. Bet if it was a legend player that had this happen they'd get thier pack or at least run reset. Update 23 may have been the straw to break the camels back. Server disconnect in EVERY DD mode since it came out.

That a hot take how can you confidently claim that? Are you working for SDS and see the results or are you just saying this. Just wondering because while I had enjoyed the game until the recent update 23 that now disconnects me from the show servers ever 30 minutes. I have filled out every survey then send send out and ALWAYS give honest feed back and lay out the things the are doing outstanding with in my opinion (content, card design, and ways to earn xp), I also give HONEST feedback on what is wrong with the game this year (hitting engine is less rewarding and more random, pitches going wherever the want on perfect releases, and now the disconnect from serves since update 23). Again this is asking an honest question and posting honest facts of problems in game that I know not just people on the forums state but also people with more reach.

This is either 1) the person you matched quit because they weren't host or 2) your network nat type isn't set to "open".

This is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable. Since update 23 I will disconnect from The Show servers. Not the internet my upload speed never changes. It has now cost me 4 WC games where I was winning by 3 or more runs and 1 where I was tied in the 10th. Whats more is I feel like people are being able to exploit this issue because each time it has been when my oppent continues to tap and hold Right Trigger and pause 2-3 time and at-bat during ranked. What's worse is it also happens in ANY DD mode if I play more then 4 games on mini seasons or conquest, more then 4 moments in a row, or more then 7 innings on play vs CPU. Again only started happing AFTER update 23. And just as a final thing it's really funny the people who come in here and say THEY haven't had any issues, but when you look up thier gamertag the dont show any online record or a very low record and rating.

It's not my internet my guy. Like I said this has not happened all year until update 23. Since that update 23 will get disconnected from the show servers while playing ANY DD mode.

@CarlosLBJ23_PSN said in Weekend Classic:

They have to learn that rating does not represent how good a player is, just like avg does not represent how good a hitter is. A more complex measurement is needed.

Im sorry what? What kind of backwards ideology is that? Rating doesn't determine how good someone is? Oh okay so a player who barely gets out od spring training at 400 rating is just as good as a 1000 rates legend player? That's like saying a high school team is as good as a college team or a pro team. Seriously guy re-think that train of thought.