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Fair point. Looks bad. Also don't like how the font warps to NCAA Football 06 when you hover over an attribute.

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

I think people are misunderstanding some of the communities reaction to this. Look at it this way :

Community - Online franchise? Updated graphics? New legends? New features? Updated stadiums? RTTS improvements?

SDS - We hear you loud and clear. We're adding a female in RTTS this year. LOOK AT ALL THE COOL HAIR OPTIONS!!

Lol, so fricking true.

Franchise will be basically the same. Hell, I bet even the coach glitches will still be in there.

But at least now I can barrel up a 103 mph fastball with a 5'1" 105 lb. woman and launch it 450 ft.

Sigh.

@LTG_8719 said in Franchise Mode:

I am baffled of another year of this company doing franchise so dirty by not even a mention just a & More bone toss. How a whole sector of this game gets alienated that we don't even matter is beyond me. I'll look forward to the 1 addition to hold me over to next year's 1 addition and so on. The Legacy excuse is getting tired and after 5 years of using it in modern day technology it wouldn't still be the case if it were a priority
If this game is for everyone u should really build it up for everyone as every mode matters

I'm with you. I'm a franchise guy, and disgusted with the SDS neglect of that mode.

But every mode doesn't really matter.

DD is king because it creates persistent revenue. Negro League stuff is great, but I wish they'd do more with it. And the new women in RTTS option is just DEI/ESG stuff -- not hard to put in, not impactful, but you get to virtue signal.

@Bearsfan217 said in Caps should remain in dd:

This is the year CAPS definitely need to be gone from diamond dynasty online with the addition of female. Maturity level of the online community it will be insanity

Wrong! If CAPS can be female, then the people you're worried about will not be able to resist making offensive CAPS and get banned. Just report them.

@BJDUBBYAH said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

@SuntLacrimae50 said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

@BJDUBBYAH said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

I can’t imagine what it’s like, to consider the inclusion of Women, Women, who make up half of the world’s population, into literally anything as “woke”. That sounds like an awful life.

It very much is if it's a new feature added at the expense of real substantive improvements when women -- WOMEN -- have accounted for literally 0% of MLB gameday rosters, ever.

Here’s some light reading for you, from the MLB HOF

https://baseballhall.org/women-in-baseball

And? You really should take a class in debate or basic argumentation.

Nothing -- literally nothing -- in that timeline refutes what I wrote, that no woman has ever been on an actual MLB roster in any competitively meaningful way.

I don't really care about this that much. But for you to see people who question SDS's motivation for or implementation of this feature as miserable people or as woman-haters (lol, seriously) says way more about you than about me.

The game is called....?

MLB the Show.

NOT -- "Baseball in Society" or "Baseball and Social Change" or "Baseball for Everyone."

And before you bring up the Negro Leagues not being MLB, that's an entirely different thing. Many of those players would have been superstars in MLB had the racial landscape been just. NO WOMAN would have made an MLB roster, let alone become a star.

Make an NCAA softball game! Make a LLWS game! All good, and I'd probably check them out....

I've already spent way more time going back and forth with a person who lacks basic emotional maturity ("yer a woman hater!") and basic reading/reasoning skills.

By the way, tonight I will go home to my wife and probably go to the park to give BP to my 11 yo and 15 yo daughters, who love softball. Woman-hating me...

Goof.

@genopolanco said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

@Dolenz I know what you’re saying and I get it.

But there’s not much difference between buying 24 and just starting a new DD account on 23. You might miss out on a couple of legends. That’s about it.

It’ll be the same moments, practically the same cards, same conquest, mini seasons.

It's the psychological sizzle of release day and building from scratch. The same mechanic that hooks RPG players leveling up their characters...

@BJDUBBYAH said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

I can’t imagine what it’s like, to consider the inclusion of Women, Women, who make up half of the world’s population, into literally anything as “woke”. That sounds like an awful life.

It very much is if it's a new feature added at the expense of real substantive improvements when women -- WOMEN -- have accounted for literally 0% of MLB gameday rosters, ever.

It's reactive a ridiculous to say not supporting the inclusion of XXX in "literally anything" is awful. That's one of the most generalized, anti-intellectual things I've read on this forum.

@Red_Ted_is_back said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

Totally not labour-unintensive to do this, although just like the face scanning it might have little value to existing players so may not seem like the mode has changed.

But it’s a great idea that expands the market for the game.

"Expands the market"? Too funny. Just like how Madame Web or The Marvels or Space Feminism expanded the markets for the MCU and SW???

Ridiculous. This is purely a DEI move that will have little to no impact on "the market."

On a sidenote, I don't know why another guy here was saying that all they're focusing on is "woke stuff." I hope he wasn't referring to the Negro League stuff. We NEED more of that, but not just storylines because PLAYERS HATE MOMENTS.

If there were a Negro League franchise mode I'd buy the game for just that...

@fubar2k7 said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

@SuntLacrimae50 said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

@fubar2k7 said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

@SuntLacrimae50 said in New Blog Post: MLB THE SHOW 24 UNVEILS ROAD TO THE SHOW: WOMEN PAVE THEIR WAY:

It's not "women's fault" that this feature is here -- SDS is using an easy-to-include, labor-unintensive, DEI-friendly initiative to try and distract us from the reality that they're not really making substantive changes at all.

The past few years they've focused on getting on all platforms. $$$$ Now that they are, the excuse is, "Our base is ps4, sorry current gen. Deal with it."

Meanwhile, NBA2K, with all its flaws, has a current-gen AND a last-gen version.

Pathetic.

I’ve played the PS4 one and besides the obvious of the fluttering birds in the outfield. The game doesn’t play the same. So I’m gonna say there very well may be 2 versions now.

Not even close. Stadium creator is not on ps4, and the game is smoother -- but it's basically the same thing with a shinier coat of paint. 2K has much more differentiation.

I said they’re probably not the same because they don’t play the same. You mentioned a feature not in the PS4 and said it’s the same but with a shinier coat of paint. You just mentioned another feature one game has the other doesn’t. That is an entire feature not a shiny coat of paint.

I see you're point-fighting. Fine. I'll concede the stadium creator, but parry with the real meat of the argument -- the CORE GAME hasn't been upgraded in a meaningful way, meaning engine, graphics, mechanics, etc. It might play at more fps and run more smoothly and look slightly better, but that's about it (minus the SC, of course). That's not a generational shift, and we (ps5/series x) should not be pleased with it.

It's far from being "a new game."

Oh, the answer is no, if you're asking about 23. Nobody knows yet about 24, but I'd bet a 24 LS Shohei the answer is no.

@fubar2k7 said in Create your own Manager - Franchise Mode:

Does it matter really? We are the manager, GM and all the players?

Yes, it does. In other games' franchise modes, 2K especially, managers and coaches have attributes that impact the game.

Another question: How many versions of the same legend will we get? Over-under set at 4.5.

1. Curse myself for buying the game.
2. Rip packs to work towards the LS collection.
3. Curse myself for buying the game.
4. Check out Franchise and be disgusted.
5. Play some single-player DD.

Not buy and then check the forum -- really? Doomscrolling so you can post "Told ya so!"? If you really don't care, then just do 1, 4, and 5. It's more of a waste of time to not buy and then lurk -- just saying.