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@Manu__SDS_MLBTS I appreciate that and everything you are doing. I’ll take a restriction here and there if it means defeating bots. I used the website instead for a bit and it was fine.

@Manu__SDS_MLBTS No I understand and appreciate you trying to make the market better. I’m using the website until my restriction is lifted and it’s going fine.

I was unfairly banned for a day as well, and am a real user who has provided feedback here before. Restrictions are too tight for real users.

@PLY24MKR_XBL The market is pretty much all bots again. I’ve just adjusted my habits to not engage with the market when it’s overrun with bots. It’s a shame, but it’s unusable when like this.

@Oliver230230230_PSN I agree with that, but you also aren’t wrong either. I think many of the stub transfer sites for this game and other sports titles are indeed operating out of here in Russia. There are also legitimate players like myself who earn stubs legitimately too here.

@Oliver230230230_PSN Please don’t ban users from Russia. I’m a legitimate player of this game and big baseball fan that lives in Russia. You can’t paint all users from an area with a broad brush like that.

@Pergo_MLBTS First round of picks is either wild card team. You basically get to pick the wild card team or division winner

@Oliver230230230_PSN I can confirm almost all listings in the marketplace have bots again. Rampant bot activity, back to the levels seen in the early season. Looks like marketplace is unusable once again. If it was me, I would require a 2-factor authentication every 6 hours to users using the companion app. Sure it would be a bit of a hassle, but very much worth it to restore the market to fair selling.

@ArcPrime126_XBL it’s the same pattern I’ve noticed. Groups of 3 and 4 undercutting my bids instantly. When I delete my bid those undercut bids also instantly disappear, so that shows me they are indeed bots.

@Oliver230230230_PSN @manu__sds_mlbts
Yes, bots are in full force on Mike Trout All-Star card right now for instance.

These actions have renewed by confidence for MLB The Show 27

Indeed, seems better

Bot currently active on Ryan Braun card. Instantly outbidding by 2 stubs on a buy order.

@DEF266_PSN I like that idea. But instead of just doing a verification only by email, maybe do verification via google authentication too.

Market is working amazing, and feels like an organic market now. All bids that outbid me seem like humans now. Well done, and thank you for your efforts.

I enjoyed watching Melrose commentary on ESPN too. He will be missed.

Working great. Not noticing bot behaviour at all anymore. Seems like a genuine market again. Thank you.

@J_Kidd1231_PSN Not much they can do. A lot of those 3rd party stub sellers are here in Russia where I live, although I never engage with the game outside of official means myself. SDS Studios has no jurisdiction anymore.

@Oliver230230230_PSN I used to buy stubs weekly in past versions of this game, but seeing it’s just a botted, non-organic market, there is no chance I put real money into it anymore. Oh, and another issue for me is Sony no longer allows me to spend my currency (Russian Rubles) with them on the store.

Yeah, I have about 3 million stubs, so might use them to buy some cheap players.