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@iBonafideScrub__PSN, I think that was self-deprecating humor rather than a passive aggressive insult… at least it’s written that way.
I would think advice to lighten up is more aptly directed to the guy who suggested punching a pillow, but, hey, what do I know?
Really good post. 100% agree.
I’m now on my second run through it, and loving playing against the theme teams. Makes it much so much more interesting…
My only thing, even though it was kind of fun, at first, would be that I’d rather see MS transition from GBL to all new teams, where they can have a single stadium for a new team that remains static, like now, but from MLB team regions, where the North East could be, say, a Red Sox theme one MS, a Mets the next, then Phillies…
This was a good one, though. Kudos for the content and the original post.
@TheBigPapa55_PSN, cheers, man.
@TheBigPapa55_PSN, of course I do. And that’s certainly my preference. You seem a reasonable person and not a [censored], so I’d enjoy a respectful exchange and there’s no reason why it would devolve like this did.
I understand that there’s no nobility in my popping off to [censored] here. I know it’s stooping. I know it’s childlike. But there are just some people that need to get slapped in the face with a glove.
And, yeah, while not quite the equivalent of starting a fistfight at a kid’s birthday party, I get that it’s not the most pleasant thing to read, so my apologies for any offense to you or other decent people put off by it.
But I’ll probably do it again.
@TheBigPapa55_PSN, yeah… except I didn’t say the few, very specific things I commented on didn’t exist. I said that they did not happen to most people, that they seem more like odd behavior resulting from a connection issue, and that the connection issue may very well not be the fault of the game itself or it’s infrastructure. It all seems something unique to a smaller subset of users.
Flat out, I don’t really like that guy, and I don’t at all feel bad about trading insults with people who don’t treat others with any semblance of respect; if someone, or, in this case, a small handful of people, just constantly [censored] on everything and then get snippy with people who engage, I see no point in playing nice.
You might be a turn-the-other-cheek guy, and that’s great (though you did kind of jump in here with some edge, too), but I’m just tired of these guys saying the same [censored], lying when getting called on it, and then just coming back to say the same thing later.
That’s okay if you think that’s wrong. I’ll still sleep just fine.
@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL, please do. Not a comma splice in there… not the most succinct or elegant sentence I’ve ever written, but it is grammatically sound.
Should I ask my question again?
@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL, tell me: why do dumb people insist on advertising it?
Though I’ll admit, unlike you, that I had to look that one up, I understand what it means when a word is an adjective, and I would have used it correctly.
Nice try, though.
@Ditka06_MLBTS, yeah... I should look at the "thousands of Google reviews complaining about the same stuff."
Of course, there are only 544 Google audience reviews (only 415 with any actual commentary that say anything at all), and a quick scroll through several revealed exactly zero mentions of the specific things I've pointed out as not being real issues.
Maybe if you weren't lying you could point some out.
Yes, when I read obvious [censored] I point it out. I'm sorry if that makes you feel "discredited," but perhaps you should feel that way when you're just making [censored] up and someone calls you on it.
@DemIsE4_XBL, your sad attempt at a logical argument:
If all you saw from the start were warping pitches you wouldn't know any better. You would think that was the normal game play.
My response:
Anyone who has even the slightest conception of baseball knows that pitches don't "warp," and no one would think that was normal game play.
Does that read like I was claiming that you, personally, have no conception of baseball? Perhaps your ability to understand written language is as bad as your logic.
Nice flex, though... I never would have guessed that you think so highly of yourself.
@DemIsE4_XBL, your logic is astoundingly bad. Let's step out of Plato's cave for a bit.
Anyone who has even the slightest conception of baseball knows that pitches don't "warp," and no one would think that was normal game play. And complaining online is an industry unto itself (see Yelp). The truth is actually the opposite of what you're clumsily trying to say.
Those without issue tend to stay silent and go about their lives. Those with gripes are overrepresented in every forum. And, yet, there are only a handful of people in a forum known for complaining who are complaining about warping pitches, endless freeze-offs, and unplayable offline lag.
What's the logical conclusion, there?
@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL, your complaining far exceeds commonplace. You are a fountain of complaints, but the handful of you that splash and preen about in your own gush are far from representative.
And I'm not surprised that you stopped reading something that ran counter to your counterfeit advertence; I suspect that's how you go through life... there's not much growth when your goal is to simply reinforce your preconceived beliefs.
@fubar2k7_PSN, 100% agree.
The foul balls are more than a little silly, and should be the next thing to be tamped down now that the HR rate isn't quite as ridiculous as it has been in past iterations. Fix that, call strikes according to the rules, and this game gets much better (it's already pretty decent).
@TheBigPapa55_PSN, I'll deny that.
It's definitely behaves differently than it has in years past, and by that I mean that it seems to rely, to a larger degree, on card attributes and situational factors in determining chances for hard hit balls if not "perfectly" timed and placed (yes, that's speculation on my part), but just because a fair amount of people don't like it doesn't mean it's broken. There are also a fair amount of people like me who prefer it this way; baseball isn't all about hitting and some people that play this game like to pitch and field, also.
Totally fair to say you don't like the changes, and I respect that, but getting more undesirable results than you'd like doesn't mean it's broken.
@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL, because warping pitches, multiple freeze-offs, and needing to restart the game multiple times each day to make it work properly aren't even commonplace in this forum. It's just the same handful of people.
When something is actually wrong, these forums light up; think about what happens when PSN goes down, or even something like the regional codes given out for free cards not working... people come out of the woodwork, but you're just not seeing that level of activity about this topic. Just from you and a few others.
And who gives a [censored] what streamers think about anything? Their livelihoods don't depend on this this game; their livelihoods depend on the marks and their lemming-like devotion to the "content creators'" aggrandizing promotion of themselves. They can simply switch games, and fools would either follow or they'd find new fools, and they'd still have lost no progress in their pursuit of being famous for doing nothing of consequence.
The game plays great for me, connection-wise, and I enjoy playing the game despite others' opinions of it.
You just keep right on banging your head against that wall and yelling about it; maybe if you yell some more someone will move it for you.
@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL, you must really like me… is that what you usually say?
This is what’s real: what you’re describing doesn’t happen to most people. If it truly isn’t something on your end and it affects a significant amount of people, then SDS already knows about it. You and your brethren will not inspire transparency with incessancy.
Please take your own advice.
Move on
@mdafurball_PSN, I’m in the same boat. Almost 200 ranked games, several mini seasons completed, lots of time grinding against CPU in other modes… exactly 1 freeze off, and almost no problems offline. And I am also enjoying this year’s iteration more than years past.
It’s almost funny that some people with bad connections can’t come to grips with the fact that the problem likely exists on their end of things. Maybe their incredible fiber internet is hampered by bad wiring between the MPoE and their modem, or by any other number of potential failure points. Who knows? But when the same game works beautifully on the same hardware for most other people, the problem isn’t the game.
Maybe a few more angry posts will do the trick.
@virusts_XBL said in When every reward is just another 99, what is the motivation?:
People get too obsessed over overalls that they bench they .440 94 overall for a 99 that are hitting .210 with.
Yeah… I’ve done that. I haven’t hit .440 past 20 or so at bats, so, not that, but I know what you mean and I’ve acted under that mindset.
Sometimes i just really want to like a card and that 99 with those crazy power numbers are too tempting, but I just can’t hit with it. I like Griffey and the times I connect, it’s fun, but I’m demonstrably better with Pipeline Past Kelenic.
But, and to the OP, I’ve never felt like I had to do something with all the cards. I’m happy there are so many choices, and each year I try to find the ones I like the most without much regard for collections (I’ll do a small one, but no majors) or “finishing” anything. I like to play baseball games against other people, and I want to use cards I enjoy playing with. I try not to make it much more complicated than that.
@SavageSteve74_PSN said in Hitting is RNG:
... no one should deny that players sometimes have valid reasons to feel frustrated
Your post was well thought out and well explained. Personally (for what that matters), I agree with most of it.
But neither should anyone deny that some people are morons, and their frustration stems more from that and their lack of comprehension than from "valid reasons."
How about the ability to set multiple lineups as part of your squad set-up? One vs. R and one vs. L... and not saying that there should be any pre-game glimpse of who your opponent is pitching in online games, but just two batting lineups with the same squad members in the Manage Squad screen, toggled with R1 or R2, so you can set a lineup utilizing platoons or a different order at the plate.
@Ditka06_MLBTS said in Lag so bad couldn’t pitch at all! Ranked:
No more sense in complaining about it.
Yep.