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I don't get it. I play for an hour and a half just to lose on the last boss and then have to start all over. And this is fun? At least let me go back just to the last boss. At least reward me for making it this far. Make me pay the entrance fee again, fine. But make me start over and slog my way through another hour? There is no joy in this.

@onnagood1 said in Quick Menu vs. Pause Screen:

@Serafim42-zaphod said in Quick Menu vs. Pause Screen:

@onnagood1 said in Quick Menu vs. Pause Screen:

@Serafim42-zaphod said in Quick Menu vs. Pause Screen:

I'm not much of an online player (only 3-1 in ranked season games), but I am enjoying the current event. I have a question:

It seems rude to use the quick menu to adjust my lineup and manage my bullpen since the opponent can do nothing but wait. At least with the pause menu, it looks like they can work on their lineup, too. Am I right in assuming pause menu is preferred?

What do you mean it seems rude to use quick menu? LOL Yeah, maybe you should message your opponent first, and ask him if it's ok to pause....you know, get his permission first. LMAO.

Dude, grow some balls and be assertive, timeouts are timed, and both sides get an equal amount, so use it however you want without being timid.

Not trying to come down on you, just trying to help you snap out of it.

Wow. All I am saying is that at least if you Pause the other guy can work on his lineup, too. When you Quick Menu the other guy has to sit there and wait. Not sure why someone always has to be an asshole answering an honest question about game protocol.

I wasn't trying to be an a-hole at all. Wow, you really do have soft skin.

I'm not hurt, or triggered, or thin-skinned. But when someone asks an honest question about how to play the game, and you tell them to grow some balls? You might be an asshole.

94 Chipper. All 99's around him, but I can't seem to let him go.

I know a lot of us get on here to complain (including me) about the bad fielding interface, questionable hitting, and more. But here I am -- during the shelter-in-place, with baseball canceled for the foreseeable future -- in Wrigley Field, with the sun setting, the crowd cheering, facing Clayton Kershaw on a cold night, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks.

@T-Rox_09 said in Showdown sucks:

@Serafim42-zaphod said in Showdown sucks:

I don't get it. I play for an hour and a half just to lose on the last boss and then have to start all over. And this is fun? At least let me go back just to the last boss. At least reward me for making it this far. Make me pay the entrance fee again, fine. But make me start over and slog my way through another hour? There is no joy in this.

Your reward for making it to the boss is the stubs and xp gained. Thats why its called showdown. Its do or die. You died.

The reward I want is the 70 DD points.

@onnagood1 said in Quick Menu vs. Pause Screen:

@Serafim42-zaphod said in Quick Menu vs. Pause Screen:

I'm not much of an online player (only 3-1 in ranked season games), but I am enjoying the current event. I have a question:

It seems rude to use the quick menu to adjust my lineup and manage my bullpen since the opponent can do nothing but wait. At least with the pause menu, it looks like they can work on their lineup, too. Am I right in assuming pause menu is preferred?

What do you mean it seems rude to use quick menu? LOL Yeah, maybe you should message your opponent first, and ask him if it's ok to pause....you know, get his permission first. LMAO.

Dude, grow some balls and be assertive, timeouts are timed, and both sides get an equal amount, so use it however you want without being timid.

Not trying to come down on you, just trying to help you snap out of it.

Wow. All I am saying is that at least if you Pause the other guy can work on his lineup, too. When you Quick Menu the other guy has to sit there and wait. Not sure why someone always has to be an asshole answering an honest question about game protocol.

I am not that good at showdowns. I never even won the 8th inning one against Kershaw. But, putting a closer to pitch the 9th inning one? Piece of cake. After 45 pitches or so he was throwing me grapefruits that landed in the outfield seats more often than the catcher's mitt. Just work the pitch count.

@T-Rox_09 said in Thank you, San Diego Studios:

@Serafim42-zaphod said in Thank you, San Diego Studios:

I know a lot of us get on here to complain (including me) about the bad fielding interface, questionable hitting, and more. But here I am -- during the shelter-in-place, with baseball canceled for the foreseeable future -- in Wrigley Field, with the sun setting, the crowd cheering, facing Clayton Kershaw on a cold night, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks.

This isn't a real person

I'm real. Just a little drunk and sentimental is all. I miss baseball.

@ChuckCLC said in Tips on getting 3 XBH with Mark Reynolds?:

Took me forever. Of course they had to put it on rookie to make it harder. Unrealistic pitch speeds and a limited range on the PCI made me have to take like 40 min to do this one. All the others one try.

I agree. I cannot time pitches well on Rookie.

@Oachs83 said in Extreme! Walk edition:

@TheGoaler said in Extreme! Walk edition:

How about in XBH moments when slow [censored] runners clog the bases in front of you?
Good times!

You mean how the pitcher is 3 for 4? Lol

Always a bad sign when the guy on first is wearing a coat.

I will never understand why SDS's inability to keep their servers up (especially in April) prevents me from playing my DD team offline, or to manage my roster. I paid $100 for THIS?!

This is happening way too much. I will win a conquest game and the game "disconnects" as I leave the game. I get no credit for the progress I made toward the first inning program (for example, three innings with Blue Jays pitchers, 3M stolen fans, XP for the win. I lose it all).
Why do I need to rely on SDS's crappy servers to complete offline games?! This is frustrating.

I have few complaints about this year's The Show, except...
I play mostly three-inning games. Starters are occasionally at red energy in the first inning, and relievers are tired after two batters. Either get rid of the three-batter rule, or give my pitchers more energy.

Is anyone else struggling to get a solid hit since 2nd inning dropped? Almost all my DD games are going extra innings in a 0-0 tie. Kluber, Rivera, Wood, and Lee Smith are no-hitting my opponents, while my all diamond/gold lineup is hitting lazy fly balls and groundouts, regardless of my opponent's pitch count or pitch placement. It is growing frustrating.

I always love the responses: "It's easy. I did it." Or "you don't know what you are doing." Thanks for that insight.

I've been playing this game since 17, and video game baseball since Earl Weaver way back in the 80's. I'm just saying this mode is a little too unforgiving. I'd like to see a save feature after each boss. If you lose on the next one, pay the re-entry free and start back where you saved. As someone that plays mostly offline, I have fewer options for getting DD points. Don't make those options this frustrating.

Thanks, SDS. My weekend plans are now set!

@Chestnuts20 said in Blake Snell program:

Just realized you have to do the collection to get Blake Snell. Smh, so much for getting Blake Snell. Lol

That is just a stupid requirement.
I'm renaming it the Ian Happ program. That's my goal now. A power, switch-hitting outfielder that can play two infield positions, too. Blake who?

I would love to see a Ranked Seasons-type mode with 3-inning games, where you use your team. My main issue is I cannot always guarantee I can be on the couch for a 45-minute game watching my opponent click in and out of the pause screen two dozen times..

I am cursed. I finally got home runs on the first two ABs.
Third AB? Hit by pitch.
Fourth AB? 3-0 count, forced to swing at horrible pitch and pop out.

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