Mission: Play 2,131 games with Ripken at SS.

So long, USA Map! I've got a new friend in town...

Get your buddy to buy your packs. Problem solved.

@Oats_N_Whey said in Buying a ps5:

Have them both here, but wife said I have to sell one of them.

Sell the wife.

"Something Something HOME RUN OSD..."

Best. Update. EVER!

WARNING: Math Involved.

What we KNOW:

There are currently 484 Legend and Flashback cards in the game.

If we project out to mid-September, we should have...

• 27 cards via innings programs (figure 3 more innings with 3 henchman, 3 classics, 3 bosses each)
• 6 cards via player programs (2 each new inning)
• 9 cards via Daily Moments (July, August, September each with 2 Evolution starters per month plus 25 point reward)
• 6 cards via Evolution Programs
• 60 cards via a new Team Affinity Season (5 henchmen & 5 bosses per division)
• 27 cards via POTM (July, August, September w/ 9 cards each)
• 66 cards via Topps Now (11 weeks between here and 9/11)
• 22 cards via Headliners packs (2 per week)
• 8 cards via Ranked Seasons (2 more seasons w/ 2 henchmen and 2 World Series rewards each)
• 4 cards via BR Flawless Rewards (figure 2 more seasons)
• 10 cards via BR Program (2 more seasons each w/ 2 silvers, 2 golds, and a Diamond)

What we THINK...

• 7 more cards via Events (1 tomorrow, plus 3 more events w/ 2 cards each)
• 1 more card via 'Mariano-type' collection
• 24 cards via 4 more specialty packs (Space, Kitchen Sink, Ducks on the Pond, etc)
• 15 cards via All-Timer Teams Program (the Vlad/Ruth program from years past)

That puts us up to around 775 acquirable cards in the mid-September range.

PREDICTION:

I'm gonna go ahead and speculate Mega-Collection #3 will be for Milestone Hank Aaron, and the way to collect him is to collect 755 Legends & Flashbacks.

• It'd be achievable only be the die-hards at first, but would eventually get easier as they continue to release cards in October, November & December.
• Aaron's 99 card is GOING to be the 755 Milestone (you don't debut a card series like that in the same year as Aaron without putting the two together. It's one of the most famous milestones in all of sports, not just baseball. It's happening)
• It'd be a lot more interesting than having to get 20 Signatures, 30 Awards, 20 Primes, etc.

Who's with me?

Was able to pick up a few DD cards for the collection.

Forum denziens: "We want more communication from the Dev team!"

(Dev team communicates more)

Forum: "Boooooooooooooo!!!"

They kinda are if we want to complete future collections.

Future Collections build on previous collections.
You can't collect Chipper without collecting Papi.
You can't collect Papi without collecting Tanana.
You can't collect Tanana without collecting Trout.

And so on. And so on....

@kingakp_xbl said in My ONLY complaint about collections:

I don't really want Mookie but I know if I don't collect him, I won't be able to do the later ones.

No one's forcing you to cash in the vouchers.

@pbake12_psn said in Upcoming Topps Now! MVP!:

I sure hope we get this card! It will be able to cover some ground in CF!

'Quick Reflexes' quirk confirmed.

@vipersneak_mlbts said in Let's see if I got this right..:

95% of those cards will never be used.

False.

@vipersneak_mlbts said in Let's see if I got this right..:

Explain the point of collecting digital cards that will be extinct when 22 comes out.

Explain the point of a Netflix subscription.
Explain the point of a newspaper.
Explain the point of a sandwich.

Most everything on this planet is designed for use NOW, for sustenance, knowledge, or entertainment. Acquiring physical objects that can be passed down (outside of land) is a relatively new phenomenon within the past couple of centuries. DD cards are just that: endorphin releases designed to bring a small amount of pleasure to get through this thing called life.

@vipersneak_mlbts said in Let's see if I got this right..:

Ahh. You got one card, Mookie for millions of stubs....gratz! lol

False. NMS.

@savefarris_psn said in Request to Post Voucher Requirements for Mookie:
Status update:

Jackie
2nd Half
All-Star
Awards
Breakout
Future Star
Milestone
Postseason
POTM
Prime
Prospect
Rookie
Signature
Topps Now
Veteran
Ohtani (thank you flash sale!)

RF/2B Acquired.

Was going to wait until Thursday to use the POTM voucher instead of Ohtani.

Then the flash sale happened and now I've got myself a RF/2B.

@go4stros25_psn said in Let's see if I got this right..:

So in hindsight the best thing you could have done to prepare for this collection was... nothing at all.

False.

The best thing you could have done was flip like crazy so you had already purchased everything except for the HRD/ASG cards, which you could pick up on the cheap after the flash sale.

And then you get...

... with 3.5 million stubs left over ready to start collecting for Mega III.

I am continually amazed that at this late in the game cycle, Gold Prospects aren't at Quicksell value yet.

It's mystifying.

(But I still appreciate it since I usually finish the USA map every 6 days or so!)