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At release we had a brilliant game ‘twas truly a joy, nothing could get in the way of our grinding oh boy

The hitting engine was rewarding user input which was key instead we should wonder why pitching felt a little wonky.

But hey, these are professionals and it’s a simple fix, nothing SDS cannot nix

Day after Early access weekend...

A boy named billy had purchased the show and boy oh boy did he blow

Games would end over and over in slaughter and little Billy’s eyes started to water

I hate this game daddy it’s broken and trash, we need a patch ASAP so do something brash.

Billy’s daddy worked so hard he almost forgot his name, but he had to program a way to keep little billy in the game

Son I’ve done it patch 1.04 is here, You won’t recognize the game to be clear

But it will be fun for you with plenty of cheese,
Just how you like it billy with plenty of ease

Random and fake the skill gap is narrow, you’ll beat people you shouldn’t so sing little sparrow

Sing about how you’ve ruined a potential Amazing beautiful masterpiece of a game because you suck and I hate you so so so much.

Will the increased timing windows lead to less frequent good/okay outs? The size of the pci didn’t seem to be the issue

Thank you, I’m honestly just glad you didn’t think this post was good/okay...

Awful design. If you don’t get a hit with first player automatically should fail mission

Change it back revert it do whatever you have to do to make hitting back to how it was at launch. Clearly the community agrees and all you’ve done with the good okay bs is increased RNG and narrowed skill gap. This is a joke it was perfect before people were just crying because they were playing on veteran with candy pitch speeds

I took the L by reading this post.

He’s a stud. Best SS in the game in my opinion then just move over prestige didi to 2nd and you got the middle infield on lock

Made WS last season so I’m not a total scrub so that should hopefully eliminate the simp git gud comments/narrative. I also say that not to boast but rather to shed light on the fact that even “good” players struggle with this game and the amount of ridiculous involved at times most notably on AS difficulty.

Anyway moving forward, lost my first couple of games to some really good opponents to start off this RS. They outplayed me and I’m totally cool with those kind of games and I’m honestly cool with this game on HOF in general...

What I’m not cool with is the layer of hell that is AS difficulty. Holy [censored], with the increased PCI, relatively slow pitch speeds, fielding animations (or lack there of), pitch tunneling, this difficulty is truly a dumpster fire. Perhaps it wouldn’t be so bad if they at least kept HOF pitch speeds to go with the larger PCI?

I sincerely think and I know this sounds egregious but I feel like I could give my dog the controller and she could foul off pitches at this point. I don’t know what to do when I’m pitching or how to attack a hitter because everything I do leads to a foul tip or weak contact that bleeds into the outfield . I’m not a great pitcher but I’m definitely above average and the amount of just awful foul offs with terrible timing, check swings, and just momentum swing nonsense is sheer pandemonium and disgraceful. I think I’m 3-6 now this RS and sure I’ve probably let the amount of craziness get to be but I just don’t understand how anyone could honestly enjoy this consistently. If you can’t breach the 700 barrier and play consistently on AS bravo on not being institutionalized by now.

This looks amazing... many of us wanted to know WHY certain outcomes would occur with “good” pci placement. Hopefully this system will help to explain the good okays/good popped etc.... not going to get too excited but wow it looks like you heard many of our gripes! Can’t wait to test her out. Really hope ballpark and wind doesn’t cause too much variance but other than that really liking everything

I sit awake at night my blood pressure surely will spike

Dreams of high sinkers/good ok & of course Kluber’s head on a pike

PCI placement sometimes a mystery I swear I’m not lying, outfielders and infielders impersonate the flying Hawaiian.

The true community begged and pleaded to revert the game to its old ways, SDS gave us the middle finger because they knew little billy would still pay

I tinker with showdown and conquest it’s Ight,
But I miss mono y mono ‘‘twas truly morning my delight

Now I find myself bored and stuck at home with the wife, she asks me without the show this time a year what am I going to do with my life?

The hardest part is I know I’ll keep coming back, And for that maybe sure I deserve some flack

But I’ll keep writing poems the same,
Until SDS fixes their game.

Fin

1. MLB The Show 16
2. MLB the Show 17
3. MLB the Show 19
4. MLB the Show 20
5. MLB the Show 18

The fact that this game is in the same breath as 18 is laughable. It’s not 18 thank god but definitely the second worst iteration in the last 5 years hands down. Could have been the best too if they trusted what they had in the beginning

Game is a circus especially on AS. Started off 15-1 pre 1.04, made WS and now this season I’m 15-12 and started out like 4-8.

The game is so wildly Inconsistent/unpredictable especially on AS difficulty. One game I’ll beat a prestige 12-0 Banner and tear the cover off the ball, the next game I’ll lose to someone with a mediocre record and can’t swing out of a paper bag.. I always joke with my wife that I must have just forgotten how to Hit pitch and field because to me it all feels wonky

Mommy it’s too hard and if I can’t do it then it needs to be out of the game even if it’s one of the best ways to complete collections and make a great team NMS. TAKE IT OUT!

Like many others it would be awesome if any SDS representative would acknowledge the Good/Okay logic. I’ve had balls dead center of the pci that are cans of corn and balls just outside the pci that I’ve been rewarded with home runs. User input needs to be rewarded at a higher rate like we saw during early release or at least give us some middle ground of consistency... I feel like the community really just wants SDS to be transparent and at least acknowledge the elephant in the room with pitching and hitting in general

The serenity video is telling... if it’s possible to illustrate everything wrong with this game in 5 minutes or less then it’s truly perfect.. This game is a joke in its current state and borderline unplayable at time especially on AS. Skill gap continues to vanish with each patch and for someone that tries to play competitively it’s getting more and more difficult to care when you got all the best players bashing this game and for good reason. The worst part is we literally can’t get excited no matter how good the gameplay looks for MLB the Show 2021 because we’ve seen they’ll pull the old bait and switch as soon as little billy starts to get upset.

@frizbgirl22 said in An Ode to Little Billy:

I love that the game has never had as high of a skill gap as it does now, yet people think SDS is pandering to those of no skill...

Pitch speeds are fast, PCIs are small, and bad pci placement is not rewarded.

Maybe you all aren’t near as good as you thought you were.

The games hitting was perfect at launch this is what I’m saying, it makes me question what game you have been playing

With a good okay here and a perfect release missed, what leads you to still be a SDS apologist?

These are the posts that make me want to pull my hair out.

Nice catch... appreciate the editorial work lol

@Untchable704 said in Started off 22-5 in Ranked Seasons (1st season):

  Game is as close to perfection As I’ve ever seen. Just gotta Git Gud

Brainless take coming in hot

Mommy, I got tricked and that’s not allowed to happen to me. I told all my friends if they are going to try and take advantage of me then I’m gonna take my toys and go home!