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It just may be me, but want to see if anyone else feels that same way.
In any mode, RS, BR or Events, when the game just loads in & you see the home stadium being featured with the letter board graphics of the 2 teams facing each other. Many times it does not show the W-L record of both teams.
This always annoys me & upsets me when it does not show it. I like seeing how good of a player I am facing before the game starts because that in a way lets me go about that game in a certain way. Being able to see if someone is 300-100 as to 100-300 tells me a lot with what to expect from this opponent & how to try to implement a game plan. Same with seeing if it's a newbie & if he is 40-10 or 10-40.
Maybe most in here, this really don't matter to them. But wondering if it does to any in here & they would like to see "ALL" game Intro's (in any DD mode) showing W-L records.
I feel those who quit games, do so mostly when they feel out matched or when someone just had a really big early inning scoring 3-5 runs & now doesn't want to grind out the game trying to gain back the lead fearing they will continue being out scored by that other team. I know because I have quit many RS games for those same exact 2 reasons.
Oddly at times I have mixed emotions when someone quits on me. At times I feel like "Cool, easy win, easy RS rank points" & at times I get really pissed off because if that game was being played for a program mission objective to gain program points & the person quitting now nixes that mission & it has to be done all over, then that ticks me off.
I feel there is not enough penalty or penalization for those who quit other then the loss itself & getting an other "quit/disconnect" card. The player needs to see there is much more to lose & to be punished for by quitting games.
I feel I may have a solution to this that will prevent those from quitting as easy & as often as they do. Some out there will LOVE this idea & some will HATE this idea. But here it goes ..........
Lets say that RS game would give +50 to the winner & -50 to the loser. If the Loser played out the entire game to it's end, then the loser only gets -25. He only loses half the ranking points as a bonus for playing the entire game. But if he quits, he now gets a -150 which is 3x in negative then what the winner got. So quitting is now a ranking point value of like losing 3 games immediately back to back. Apart from that, quitting causes a 3 hour ban, meaning the system detects your last "quit" & blocks you from being matched in an RS Game for 3 hours.
ONLY THING THAT BYPASSES THIS "PENALTY" AN AGREED "FRIENDLY QUIT"
I feel this will prevent many from quitting so easily & as often as they do. Tell me what you guys think.
Tug McGraw ........ "YOU GOT TO BELIEVE!!!!!"
Only a true real Met fan will know about that with Tug. lol
Your player stats you earn as you play comes from everywhere (Events, RS, BR, Conquest & even Extra Innings or Vs. CPU). I personally don't like that because it reflects in a negative way. They should all be recorded & tallied separately. This way you can see how well a card preforms in a certain mode.
For example in Events that only goes with 3 innings games, SP's stamina/energy depleats so quickly & by the 3rd inning you have to switch him out if the game is still no score or tied. This really affects his W-L, ERA & QS stats big time. I would really like to see how my players preform in RS separately & the same with Events & as well Conquest.
So what I am suggesting is that when you open your players card & go to his stats, you can see what he did in each mode separately. Similar to a REAL card with separate stats for each MLB team played & as well AAA, AA & A
Using the same style of stats displayed in Franchise or RTTS.
Mode....................G...GS...W...L...SV...BS...HLD...IP...H...R...ER...ERA...K...BB Rank Season Battle Roy. Events Conquest Extra Inn. Casual Vs. Friend Vs. CPU
****** Tell me what you guys think of this.
@sportsking1331 said in Betances to Mets:
He leaves a NY team to go to the other NY team. SNAKE
So Doc Gooden & David Cone were both snakes too for leaving the Mets & going to the Yanks? And both ended up pitching Perfect games as a Yankee. Funny how you would call Betances a snake if he came to play for the Mets.
The Mic Has Been Dropped!!!!!!!
I'm Hoping so badly that SDS will have something to offer with a separate Ranked Season Play limited to ONLY Live Series Current players. Bad enough they dont have a Franchise Online Mode anymore. But to me SDS goes way way to overboard with all these Retired Players & Multiple version cards of current active players. Would be nice to play others online with just Live Series only to make the game more genuine & realistic.
To me having all these retired players & multiple versions of current players is more fantasy due to the stats of those cards being so juiced up & hyped up that does NOT realistically reflect the actual players REAL career performance. Makes it seem that the stats of the card & popularity of the player is the lure to get & use those cards even though it's not very realistic or practical.
I really enjoy Online play the most within the 1st & 2nd month because the game has not yet been flooded yet with all these type of cards that are either earned or purchased.
Was just wondering if anyone feels similar to this.
I sold him immediately once I got him. listed him for 120k & got it within 10 minutes. I used those stubs to buy 5 Signatures ranging from 8k - 12k which I didn't have yet & surely wouldn't use unless for an event that caters to that type of player. But mostly to lock in 5 cards to my signature collection rather then just 1 high priced card I would not use anyway because Eddie Matt's stats dont compare as good to to other SS & Finest 3rd basemen does.
I'm NOT saying for SDS to Stop making these types of cards because I know the majority the plays DD loves these types of cards & it's as well a big time cash cow for SDS. But the minority of us that want something related to Online Franchise or a separate kind of Ranked Season for "Live Series ONLY", we should be able to have that. We spent money to buy this game & feed more money in SDS's bank accounts. So they can at least have modes that will 1 can choose which 1 they prefer to play & enjoy most & why.
I'm NOT asking SDS to take away what you guys love. Just asking SDS to add an other option for those out there wanting that.
Mostly all "Quits" are intentional via the quit option. Very very rarely is it accidentally because someone actually lost internet connection. I have done Online (RS, BR, Events) for 3 years now & never have I experienced a disconnect due to my internet being interrupted. So to answer your Q, yes I feel it's fair because the penalty will prevent most "Quits" by a huge margin.
To remedy that, everyone can have "3 Grievance Outs" per month. Meaning if they truly did get disconnected due to internet issues or some other emergency within the household did happen that prevents from being able to continue playing that game. Then they can use 1 of those 3 Grievance Outs & not be hit with the Quit Penalty. Now that is very fair because again many quit just because they being crushed or out matched. However with a mercy rule implemented, the suffering wouldn't that long if the other player is killing you that d**m fast. LMAO
@Maverick31762 said in Universal hitting:
@TonyTheTiger2k16 said in Universal hitting: Right now you have 3 types, Directional, Zone & Analog. You pick the 1 that works best for you as will everyone else. I personally prefer using Directional because I can never get the API in place in time to square up properly on certain pitches. But I do switch to Zone when someone is trying to cheese with low pitches the look like a strike coming but end up under the zone. I can place the API there & smash the ball because I know that's what he is throwing until he gets hit enough & wises up. I then switch back to Directional when he does wise up & pitches differently now. So having more then just 1 type of hitting is a positive rather then a negative. I never thought of hitting this way. When you first said it to be honest my thought was that this was cheesy as hell. Especially cuz u reference to low pitching as cheese, when in reality that is just baseball. But on second thought, there is nothing wrong with using your tools that you have. I also don’t think that your method will give you an overall advantage. If you mix up pitch selection and approach what you are doin isn’t game breaking in any way. Actually on third thought. I think using any style is fine but both players should have to use the same. it should be in the match mAlong setting.
@TonyTheTiger2k16 said in Universal hitting:
Right now you have 3 types, Directional, Zone & Analog. You pick the 1 that works best for you as will everyone else. I personally prefer using Directional because I can never get the API in place in time to square up properly on certain pitches. But I do switch to Zone when someone is trying to cheese with low pitches the look like a strike coming but end up under the zone. I can place the API there & smash the ball because I know that's what he is throwing until he gets hit enough & wises up. I then switch back to Directional when he does wise up & pitches differently now. So having more then just 1 type of hitting is a positive rather then a negative.
I never thought of hitting this way. When you first said it to be honest my thought was that this was cheesy as hell. Especially cuz u reference to low pitching as cheese, when in reality that is just baseball.
But on second thought, there is nothing wrong with using your tools that you have. I also don’t think that your method will give you an overall advantage. If you mix up pitch selection and approach what you are doin isn’t game breaking in any way.
Actually on third thought. I think using any style is fine but both players should have to use the same. it should be in the match mAlong setting.
What I mean being a "cheese" with low pitching are those who relies on that mostly. It's the ONLY way they know how to pitch regardless what pitcher they are using. When you look at their bullpen, you will see pitchers that throws the same kind of low breaking stuff (sinkers, splitters, 12-6's, etc). It is not cheating & they have that right to play that way if they need to because maybe most of the time it gives them the results they seek.
But my comment was how I switch from Directional to Zone hitting to against guys like this because that works for "ME". I shared that because they may be many others in here that uses Directional Hitting mostly or even exclusively & they may have problems against guys that choose to "Cheese" on low pitching like that. Zone Hitting may not work for most players who are accustomed to Directional hitting. But in this case Zone would be so much easier because this other player has proved he will go low in the Zone at least 4 out of every 5 pitches thrown. So with Zone you just sit the PCI low & clobber the ball enough times so that the other player now realizes that low pitching Cheese is not working anymore & now is forced to change his approach & locations.
To me it's just so freaking immature & stupid. It's like they do it more like to trash talk in the form of Bunt Dancing. As well what looks so freaking stupid is how so many dive at "EVERYTHING" that is foul. The ball can be 20 plus feet away from then in four territory & they still diving. An other thing that bothers me is how so many NEED to take the runner with their catcher on a dropped pitch. REALLY!!!! Throwing to 1st is not enough & they must add insult to the K by tagging the runner out with their catcher & 50% of the time they have to throw to 1st anyway when their catcher is not fast enough to tag the runner.
@TonyTheTiger2k16 said in Off Season Draft League:
Just some thoughts on something new, different & unique for those who may get tired of seeing the same cards being used mostly every game within RS. It would need to begin the 1st week of November because by that time many will have pretty much a good size collection of cards within their inventory. This league will carry out until 1st week of March right before the latest year for MLBTS is released. These are my thoughts on how it could work. ***There are 3 League Levels. Legend, Hall Of Fame & All-Star. You pick the level of League you want to play in & sign up for that League ***Leagues will have a 3-5 day sign up period with day & time to hold an actual draft. each League will have 30 people max to mimic the 30 Teams within the MLB. So once it has 30 people signed up, it now gets closed off & all others needs to select an other league draft to sign up for. ***The draft will have 25 rounds & will start off with the order being totally random in the 1st round with who picks 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, .......... It also rotates each round so all 30 people gets to have a 1st pick within those 25 rounds. ***All cards chosen will come from your own personal Inventory. And once a player is chosen, it is now seen by all other 29 participants & they can NOT pick that card if they happen to have that same card within their own inventory. *** So lets say I got the 1st pick in the 1st round & from my own personal inventory I picked "SS-Kershaw". Now no one else can pick him if they happen to own that card as well. Lets say the person with the #2 pick of the 1st round picks "Finest-Bellinger", then that means he is no longer available to anyone else that may own that card as well. ***This way when the Draft is over. All 30 participants for that league will have their own exclusive team & still be pretty much balanced pending on the choices you made. ***Divisions you are placed in will also be random. Once you see what division you were placed in, then you can create your team name & logo. No MLB teams names should be allowed so this way it can all be different. *** This gives the fun of having an actual draft like in Fantasy Baseball & at the same time allows you to actually play within a league with the team you picked & see who makes it to the Play Offs & then the World Series within that short season league. .................................................................................................................................................... I know SDS most likely wouldn't go for this until they can figure out how to profit from it. Always about the green with them. But let me know what you guys think of this. As well share Ideas you think this Draft League concept can be further improved.
Just some thoughts on something new, different & unique for those who may get tired of seeing the same cards being used mostly every game within RS.
It would need to begin the 1st week of November because by that time many will have pretty much a good size collection of cards within their inventory. This league will carry out until 1st week of March right before the latest year for MLBTS is released. These are my thoughts on how it could work.
***There are 3 League Levels. Legend, Hall Of Fame & All-Star. You pick the level of League you want to play in & sign up for that League
***Leagues will have a 3-5 day sign up period with day & time to hold an actual draft. each League will have 30 people max to mimic the 30 Teams within the MLB. So once it has 30 people signed up, it now gets closed off & all others needs to select an other league draft to sign up for.
***The draft will have 25 rounds & will start off with the order being totally random in the 1st round with who picks 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, .......... It also rotates each round so all 30 people gets to have a 1st pick within those 25 rounds.
***All cards chosen will come from your own personal Inventory. And once a player is chosen, it is now seen by all other 29 participants & they can NOT pick that card if they happen to have that same card within their own inventory.
*** So lets say I got the 1st pick in the 1st round & from my own personal inventory I picked "SS-Kershaw". Now no one else can pick him if they happen to own that card as well. Lets say the person with the #2 pick of the 1st round picks "Finest-Bellinger", then that means he is no longer available to anyone else that may own that card as well.
***This way when the Draft is over. All 30 participants for that league will have their own exclusive team & still be pretty much balanced pending on the choices you made.
***Divisions you are placed in will also be random. Once you see what division you were placed in, then you can create your team name & logo. No MLB teams names should be allowed so this way it can all be different.
*** This gives the fun of having an actual draft like in Fantasy Baseball & at the same time allows you to actually play within a league with the team you picked & see who makes it to the Play Offs & then the World Series within that short season league.
.................................................................................................................................................... I know SDS most likely wouldn't go for this until they can figure out how to profit from it. Always about the green with them.
But let me know what you guys think of this. As well share Ideas you think this Draft League concept can be further improved.
It would need to begin the 1st week of November because by that time many will have pretty much a good size collection of cards within their inventory. This league will carry out until 1st week of March right before 20 is released. These are my thoughts on how it could work.
It just feels good playing with cards & players that were stopped being used for a long while now. Also because there are so many Gold cards to choose from & as well players that has secondary positions with good defensive attributes. It really has everyone putting different & unique teams out on the field. I played 12 Event games so far since it opened earlier. Only 5 games I saw someone using 1 of the same position players as me with the starting line-up & only 2 times I seen someone using 2 of the same as I had with the line up. Most events the options are so freaking limited that everyone is using all the same guys & it gets so boring so quickly. Even in RS it gets boring seeing the same guys over & over & over. Which just gave me a thought for a new post. Let me get all my thoughts together on it & I will start a thread on it soon enough.
Some cards will work great with some people & not with other people. Jansen works very well for me, but not as "great" as the guys I normally have in my bullpen. Plain & simple. For those of you who LOVES Jansen & SWEARS by his card performance. Then more power to you. Continue using him & be happy.
You do not have to stop playing the event once you get your 15 wins for all 4 vouchers. You can re-enter as many times as you like & get all 60 wins. You also get prize cards for reaching 3, 6,9 or 12 wins per entry.
@Maverick31762 said in Kenley Jansen?:
@TonyTheTiger2k16 said in Kenley Jansen?: For me he is not deceptive enough with his delivery & other guys picks up on what I'm throwing & where. Overall he is decent then most closers/relievers out there, but not within the best top 7 in my opinion. For a 99 SS Diamond, to me he does not pitch like it, more like a 85-90 Diamond. I only use him when I need to insert into my DD Team Bullpen because my Bullpen may have been heavily taxed in the last 2-3 & I need a fresh arm to use while it takes 1-2 games for my other guys to re coop energy. Wow you don’t think he is top 7. Who is your top 7 in this game.? I got Jansen Wagner Gagne Miller Chapman Kimbrel Britton
@TonyTheTiger2k16 said in Kenley Jansen?:
For me he is not deceptive enough with his delivery & other guys picks up on what I'm throwing & where. Overall he is decent then most closers/relievers out there, but not within the best top 7 in my opinion. For a 99 SS Diamond, to me he does not pitch like it, more like a 85-90 Diamond. I only use him when I need to insert into my DD Team Bullpen because my Bullpen may have been heavily taxed in the last 2-3 & I need a fresh arm to use while it takes 1-2 games for my other guys to re coop energy.
Wow you don’t think he is top 7. Who is your top 7 in this game.?
I got Jansen Wagner Gagne Miller Chapman Kimbrel Britton
My 7 go to guys in my Bullpen that I'm using now on a regular basis (until I get others within my wishlist) that are giving "me" the best results for "myself" are the following
(Lefty's) PS-19 Britton LS Felipe Vasquez (Yes for a LS card he is AWESOME for me) (Righty's) Finest Yates Finest Hendricks SS Hoffman SS Nen All Star 95 Diamond Gossage
Again these are the closers/relievers that works best for "ME". I only insert Jansen at times when I need a fresh arm to use while the others stay in the pen re cooping. I use SS Smith the same way.
I still have not gotten yet Wagner, Gane, Miller or Chapman. They are on my wishlist.
@TonyTheTiger2k16 said in Quick Sale Diamonds:
Your CAP Catcher will NEVER give you the attributes that either Realmuto, Pudge, Piazza or even Garver, Santiango & McCann will. They ruined the CAP in 18 & 19 that you can no longer max out attributes to 125 each. Mostly because they want you to use thier cards which is how they make money with stub exchange & tax charged each time 1 sells a card.
I made a CAP catcher go 2nd tier Diamond & his attributes didnt come close to the guys I mentioned.