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@fubar2k7_PSN

Assuming that's true, that should bother all U.S citizens. Likely a recent development over the last 10-20 years with political correctness taking hold of so many people. The fear to say the wrong thing, resulting in being silenced / having your life ruined is real. This is the kind of thing people need to fight against. It has a real "fall in line" feel to it.

I remember being younger and reading about South Park or Family Guy being banned in countries like Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Jordan (not the actual list, but you can get the idea) and thinking about how crazy that level of censorship was. Fast forward to today and episodes of South Park have been removed from American streaming platforms, Comedy Central and even the South Park website. You either have to find some questionable streaming sites or have the physical DVDs. Same goes with episodes of Workaholics, among others I'm sure. The Office has been edited / had scenes removed. People should not be okay with that. It's perfectly cool if you don't want to indulge in shows like that, but that doesn't mean other people should be stripped of the option. The constitution guarantees us these rights, and unless you want to live in a repressive society and drop lower than 9th... I suggest you defend them whenever you can. That includes people saying things you may not like or agree with (a'la "The Show is a Bad Game")

@yankblan_PSN

Where are you from, @yankblan_PSN ? Didn't realize baseball was so popular outside of the U.S! Strange to be amongst so many who don't want freedom to speak, but I guess I also assumed the majority of people here would be from the U.S.

@fubar2k7_PSN

Appreciate the heads up. Love me a nice, respectful exchange!

@YOSHI24_XBL

That's the playbook. Involve yourself in something, hear words you don't like, block people and/or run away. It's not like there were any lies told. You can be jailed for speech in Germany. While I may not agree with what people would have to say in order to be put into a German prison, I don't support the imprisonment of people saying words. That's a slippery slope, but hey... I'm on your block list, so you won't see this anyway lol. Being of German heritage, I loved Germany when I visited in the late 2000's. Witnessing German people become so soft since then has been really sad to see.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL
Unfortunately, people don't seem to want to acknowledge your presence which is beyond rude. Their focus is solely on me and getting this thread locked.

@YOSHI24_XBL

Way to get us off topic again. You don't have free speech in Germany, so of course you're in favor of restricting what people can say and think. As long as I'm not making threats, yelling choice words in a movie theater or airplane, and following the code of conduct, I'm good to go!

What we're talking about is what's wrong with The Show. As you can see, others do agree with what I'm saying, just too many SDS fanboy clones trying to muddy up the waters with unrelated posts and get this thread locked.

@toeter83_PSN
17 was probably the one I enjoyed most, as Griffey has always been one of my favorites. I think that's the last year where 99 or 100 was the highest power went (and it took a lot longer to fill your team out with diamonds) It seems like 18 was where more and more people started to dislike the series... also when they introduced 125 power. Now there's just too much emphasis on home runs, because I guess people think baseball is boring unless every hit is a bomb. Market is ripe for an arcade baseball / the return of MLB Slugfest.

While I understand why they did it (to make things go quicker) not having to warm up pitchers and giving everyone a DH has sucked some strategy out of the game. I'm with you, I'd like some kind of mode that caps your team's overall / live series cards and gold, silver and bronze cards are in play. Make people decide on how to deck out their lineup strategically instead of just putting 99's at every position. The strategy is part of what makes baseball great. Seems they forget that there's more to their audience than young broccoli haircut bros who want to throw gas and hit bombs.

@toeter83_PSN
Honestly, you might be right. Sad thing is, on paper DD should be an absolute blast. I love putting together teams, lineups, opening cards, designing jerseys and stadiums etc... but I think Ultimate Team modes might be a culprit behind the decline in the 3 major sport franchises. Not to mention, it's well past time to discontinue yearly installments. It should be like Fortnite or Warzone where it's just one game, but gets updated over the years. They could always charge for new jerseys and rosters. But yeah, won't hold my breath.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Running List of Why The Show Is a Bad Game:

That said, there are fair criticisms to level. I have seen over five years bug reports issued first with MLB 21 that have gone to this day unfixed. Folks, there's no excuse for that! And I'm talking about basic functions not working properly, like stadium seats in custom stadiums going from their assigned colors to pure white or most recently grey for no good reason, spoiling the look of stadiums already blanched of life by deliberate efforts to ensure they are trapped in relative degradation.

I want to highlight this again, because this is related to what the thread was started for. It reminded me of something that happened in WWE in recent years. I'm not as big a fan as I used to be. I was all about the Stone Cold Steve Austin days. Slowly wrestling started to turn into something I didn't recognize, a'la what I'm talking about with The Show. I still had love for wrestling and wanted it to be good again (much like The Show), but that didn't happen for a long, long time. I'd pay attention here and there, usually around the time of their biggest events. (and I used to watch every event.) But then, I discovered CM Punk and if anyone's familiar, it was right around the time he was the hottest wrestler in the industry. I saw WWE fumble that entire storyline which lead to him walking out of the company for 10 years and returning to the stale, childish product they had been putting out since the Chris Benoit incident.

Finally, the fans started doing something about it. CM Punk walking out, combined with elevating part timers over popular top talent made the fans revolt. They started to hijack shows, start hashtags etc. The heat got pretty extreme, and ultimately the fans started getting what they wanted again. Then AEW started and was legitimately popular for a few years. That competition forced WWE to step up their game and ultimately benefitted the product because of it. Are they at the level they were in the 90's? No. And frankly, I don't know if them selling to TKO is going to be a good thing. It seems like things are kind of regressing under their watch. But for a time, fan complaints and competition lead to WWE becoming a more interesting product after years of stale and bottom of the barrel entertainment. I would love to see the same thing happen to The Show, but sadly it seems there are too many people denying the game's problems / fighting against it improving. As long as people are steadfast in them going down this wrong direction, I fear I will never get to play a quality baseball title again.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN

Aww, shoot... we're getting told on. Before this thread is closed and I'm suspended along with dap, I need to know......Did @dap1234567890_PSN send you a PM? Ya'll should meet IRL, catch a game together and slam beers. I think dap needs that more than anyone. He's replying to the void right now, on a Friday in July. I feel for bro. (or sis?)

@dap1234567890_PSN

I didn't read any of that, because I know it's going to be unhinged and without substance, like every one of your posts that preceded it. What I'm going to tell you is to:

1. PM that guy
2. It's Friday! You've been on these forums all day defending The Show's honor. You must be tired of this battle. Go enjoy the night out on the town!

While you've been ready to pounce on ever one of my replies, I've had breakfast, lunch, a killer workout, a post workout meal and now I'm going to catch a flick! Get outside! Just don't be unhinged in public.

@dap1234567890_PSN
PM him already!

@PriorFir4383355_XBL

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Running List of Why The Show Is a Bad Game:

It's no secret that my niche love of The Show is in RTTS and Custom Stadiums. I just enjoy playing virtual baseball games because in my sixties it's as close to playing actual baseball games as my body can handle! To those who don't understand that, don't worry, in time you all will! LOL!!

Same for me! (though to be fair, it's more about the lack of resources to get a game together) This is my baseball fix and half the time I don't even recognize the sport I grew up loving. But listening to Goose Gossage and Gary Sheffield interviews, it appears baseball has begun to change for the worse. Rob Manfred is absolutely horrible. He makes Roger Goodell look perfect.

I do think the majority of my issues are due to the nature of online play. However, I don't see the point of a card collecting game if I'm just going to play the computer. The idea is to put your team to the test against other people. RTTS also has some issues where it feels like the game pushes me into slumps and then allows a hot streak after so long. The more I play The Show, the less fun it becomes, it seems. That's what makes me angry. I know the foundation is rock solid and I've never questioned if I like baseball or not... but the game has been disappointing me for close to 10 years now. I'm a huge baseball video game player. SNES all the way through now. I've never felt this negatively towards a baseball video game. The blame can't just be with the people who don't understand the game the same way others do. It's so close to being a fun game, but often regresses into something rage-inducing.

But yes, gameplay aside, seeing so many problems that haven't been addressed is unforgivable. That's something I expect of EA and Madden, but SDS / The Show were supposed to be different. They always touted how they were the most critically acclaimed sports franchise, now they're slipping into Madden territory.

Exactly. There's not much they can change from year to year... so why not focus on quality of life things like that? Or continuously adding new announceable team names? Or giving us new classic stadiums. Or a new logo creator that is easier to use for people who don't have a degree in graphic design. Or custom walkup music. Etc etc. They've become lazy and complacent like EA and 2K.

People may not be ready to rake them over the coals to the degree I am, but they don't seem to want to hold them accountable for ANYTHING. That's a recipe for an inferior product. If they don't care, why would SDS care?

@dap1234567890_PSN
I'm the victim!! You're completely unhinged!! But yeah, it would be nice to see someone show that guy a little respect. He doesn't have to do any arguments for me, but I think what he wrote has plenty of substance. You just want to hijack the thread though, I get it. Unhinged people going to do unhinged things. Let me take the time to reply to his second post without your unhinged interruptions.

@dap1234567890_PSN
Other people feel the way I do. I'm going to request an admin suspend you. You're unhinged, off topic and outwardly disrespecting me, other members on this board, plus you refuse to PM a potential new friend. It doesn't send the right message. Are you too good for him? He got your back and you don't seem to have his.

@dap1234567890_PSN
You're repeating yourself, Mr. Unhinged. Do you have any thoughts on what @PriorFir4383355_XBL wrote?

@dap1234567890_PSN
I think we've talked about your reading comprehension before. Perhaps it's time for that conversation again? I was suspended for little to nothing the first time, why would it be any different this time? I see this on forums all the time. There's always a guy (in this case, it's you) who wants to distract from the point of the thread because they disagree and/or get their feelings hurt. The more back and forth we have, the likelier it is the post gets locked because it's gotten out of hand. You did that with the last thread, you're doing it with this thread. I'm sure you're flagging it like crazy too. As a logical thinker, it's not hard to come to that conclusion. But hey man (Or lady? Never got confirmation, so trying to be respectful), continue to be hostile. I just want someone to acknowledge my boy @PriorFir4383355_XBL

@Doppelganger39_PSN
Came in with hostility? Towards SDS you mean? So you do work with them? Got it. (Sorry, dap looked like he was having so much fun putting words in people's mouths, I wanted to give it a go.) This is a post about what's gone wrong with a once great series. Let's stop focusing on me. I know I'm charismatic and that will always put you on people's lips, but someone took the time to write a compelling reply and ya'll are pretending like it doesn't exist. Don't exclude people, that's just rude.

@dap1234567890_PSN
Oh, I'm sure I'll get suspended for this. Just like you're putting on full display, the world is full of softies that don't know what unhinged behavior actually is, so I'm sure I sound like Dr. Evil to some people here. Then you have the adults who know better. I'm cool with this hypothetical suspension, just as long as you join me. I've tried staying on topic, acknowledging someone who had a well thought out post instead of some reactionary man/lady... but you keep trying to drag it down so it DOES get locked. And me wanting you to make a friend is not a bad thing. Pull yourself together.

@dap1234567890_PSN
For your mental well-being I hope you either
A) Get professional help
B) PM that guy and make a new friend
C) Get a promotion from your boss at SDS so you can lock any thread you don't agree with.

Right now, your obsession is going to frighteningly unhinged levels.

@dap1234567890_PSN

We got @PriorFir4383355_XBL over here adding to the conversation with rational and informative replies and you're still fixated on me and how I'm getting under your thin skin. Your tunnel vision and obsession with just my posts leads me to think you might be unhinged and I just set off a switch in you. Maybe you should talk to a professional about how a stranger online who is talking negatively about your favorite video game is affecting your mental well-being. Seriously man (or miss?) , PM that guy and make a friend. I'm not interested in your replies anymore now that I've seen what a good one looks like.

@dap1234567890_PSN
Are you a girl? (asking because of the emojis) if so, don't be upset with me about the bro-mance thing. Could be a romance too! But nah, not jealous. I think two strangers becoming friends (or whatever you two will become!) in random ways is awesome. Every time I see something about people who met playing online video games and then meet IRL and become good friends, it makes me feel good. Please do message him! I'm genuinely curious to see if I'm a matchmaker for bros or for couples.

Also, not to get off topic with you PM'ing your bro, but what is your definition of unhinged? When I think of that term, I think of someone like Aaron Hernandez. It's a pretty strong term, so takes a pretty extreme example for me to apply it to someone. I think a lot of people need to re-evaluate how they use words. A lot get diluted.