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I’m going to make a list of all the things I did to make it to World Series. Some may help you. Some may not. But the most important thing is that you know that I made it to World Series.

1. Somehow make it to the 800’s.
2. Before each game, practice hitting against Billy Wagner on Legend.
3. Stop practicing after 5 minutes because you can’t freaking hit Billy Wagner on Legend.
4. Be the home team.
5. Have Mantle, Ruth, Dibble, Hersheiser, and other very good players.
6. Strike out a lot. (Hitting not pitching).
7. Keep your hits for each game under 5 (Hitting not pitching)
8. Beg your pitchers to stop missing their spots.
   Also 8. Get all of your wins on walkoffs in the last inning after being outhit all game.
9. Make it to 886 three times and lose.
10. Miraculously get two consecutive disconnect wins to get to 898.
11. Give up a game tying homerun in the top of the 9th to Larry Freaking Walker in the 898 game.
12. Pause and literally cry for about a minute.
13. Win on a duck snort over first base in the 12th that scores Your 47 speed Stan Musial from second.

Anyway. If you do most of these things, I don’t see why you can’t be a World Series Champion Hero just like me.

Often times, when a server’s flux capacitor goes into retrograde, it will trigger an unhandled server expectation. Programmers should know this though, which is why it’s so frustrating. There are two simple fixes when this happens:
1: Reconstitute the narflap so that the jabberwock no longer garflumples.
2: Propitiate a haberdash every time the charcuterie board frittatas.
It’s not that hard.

0. He stands beside the umpire like in slow pitch softball.

I think it’s just a Baby Ruth.

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@GrandpaShaft said in A Quick Note and Friendly Reminder:

They will fix nothing

Run along troll

To be fair, since 17 the final patch usually comes in late may-early June. I could see some very minor things being tweaked, which will make a very little footprint on how the gameplay actually plays. Next patch is going to seal 20 for the rest of its cycle.

That’s a little disconcerting. The pessimist in me fears the next patch will deal more with too much xp being rewarded in some game mode rather than anything to do with hitting or pitching.

That's about what I expect to. We will get a line that says "improved pitcher acuraccy" and notice no change to boot. Beyond that, I don't think we see anything.

Maybe we’ll get more terms to label why our contact is bad: rolled over, out in front, cracked bat, closed eyes, limp wrists, dropped shoulder. The possibilities for this patch are endless.

I’ll accept a 98 for speed if every time he steals a bag, he lifts it over his head and refuses to give it back.

@raesONE said in I am World Series. You can too.:

@vagimon said in I am World Series. You can too.:

@will_cusk3 said in I am World Series. You can too.:

biggest flex of the year

You are not wrong, my friend. As I mentioned at the beginning, the most important thing I wanted people to take away from this was that I made it to World Series- a feat that I am in complete disbelief that it actually happened. It was honestly, just a string of very good luck. All the bad things that usually happen to people playing ranked, happened to my opponents. Having said that, I’m still just tickled pink that I made it.

Congrats on making it and kudos for your honesty. Don't mind a flex when you admit it was one.

Thanks, man. It’s nice to be able share your success with people who actually know what you’re talking about. I tried to tell my coworkers but I think they just judged me for still playing video games at my age.

My hope is that this strategy starts to backfire. This is the only game I really want to play, but I absolutely hate it. It makes me miserable. I would consider myself an average to below average player. I would be much more likely to spend money on a game that gave me consistent and repeatable feedback on my input, rather than most of my outcomes just chalked up to chance. I feel as if there’s no point to having better cards. I would like Mantle, and I would be tempted to spend a little of my actual money to acquire him if I thought that for one second, he would make that much of an impact on the game. This game feels so off right now, and hopefully enough of the marginal players will start giving up on it like I am tempted to do. Then maybe they will reconsider the type of game they want to put out.

@halfbutt said in 109 mph exit velocity:

How does a well hit ball with 109 mph exit velocity become a routine fly ball? Anyone have an explanation for this? Launch angle was good. So the ball just hit a huge amount of resistance? The air was really humid that day? Windy?

At this point, nothing surprises me. If the giant gorilla from the Ready Player One movie started randomly showing up in the outfield to swat would be homeruns out of the sky, I probably wouldn’t bat an eye. There’s plenty of lag today for anybody who’s interested. Get it while it’s hot.

For The Show 20, I’ve bought a monitor, a tournament stick, gaming glasses, and I bought the rubber replacement joystick from an Atari 2600 that I have attached to the top of a kontrol freak. All this has made me maybe a fraction better. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to throw a sinker down the middle that I aimed up and in and lose on a walk off three run jack.

Me playing a ranked seasons game: I’m so frustrated, I want to die. I’m never playing again.

Me five minutes after turning off my PlayStation: That wasn’t so bad; I think I’ll hop into another game.

Hey everybody,

I am attempting to flip some cards to make some money. I need everybody else to stop doing this. You are free to buy cards, but I need you to stop selling them. Thanks. Also, if we happen to play online, don’t throw me fast balls. I can’t hit them. I also can’t hit sinkers, or splitters or sliders or any type of curve. Or forkballs. Don’t throw those either. To be on the safe side, don’t throw me anything. Just stand there.

@DriveByTrucker17 said in Yellow exclamation mark:

Why does this site need so much maintenance?

Way too many good okay results on perfect responses with perfect punctuation.

Rickey freaking Henderson

@will_cusk3 said in I am World Series. You can too.:

biggest flex of the year

You are not wrong, my friend. As I mentioned at the beginning, the most important thing I wanted people to take away from this was that I made it to World Series- a feat that I am in complete disbelief that it actually happened. It was honestly, just a string of very good luck. All the bad things that usually happen to people playing ranked, happened to my opponents. Having said that, I’m still just tickled pink that I made it.

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@vagimon said in Location Location Location:

@niatstihs86 said in Location Location Location:

Pulse option might be good for you.

Do pitches go where you direct them using pulse? If so, I’ll definitely try it out. Using analogue, I’ll get a good release and position my ball in the red circle on the way back up and it will go broken arrow on me. Do you use pulse?

I use pulse because I’m a lazy [censored], and it works good enough.

Lazy and Good Enough are words that have shaped much of my life thus far.

Just lost a 16 inning game. It was tied 1-1 going into the eighth. I scored one then he scored one. In the 11th, I scored two then he scored two. In the 12th through the 16th, I went three up three down while he got a runner on 1st and 2nd everytime. How he didn’t score in those innings is beyond me. In the 16th, Frank Thomas hit his patented early rollover double off the 3rd base bag. And he won off a bloop hit that poor Mike Trout had to fight through molasses to get to and then had the slowest throwing animation I’ve ever seen. Plus, I had to pee super badly the entire time. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go change my pants.

I’ve just recently turned the hitting and pitching feedback off because it simply doesn’t matter. I’m also going to try to start looking at online play like I look at the Moments. If you center the ball in Moments, sometimes it’s a moonshot. Other times, it’s a fly out. The game decides not you. This game is not geared to reward you every time you do something right. Sometimes it will, sometimes it won’t. Sometimes your opponent will get rewarded. Sometimes you will. Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.

Rickey is my favorite player of all time, but I feel like he performed below his stats last year. I think the smart bet is to take somebody like Kluber first...so I think I’ll probably take Rickey.

I went 1-7 today in ranked seasons. I dropped from 774 to 603. I could not hit anything. The pitch speeds were so fast that I could not react. I tried watching the ball right out of the pitcher’s hand and the ball would not appear until half way there. It is such a frustrating and helpless feeling. Even the my swings that felt good where the timing was there and the pci seemed spot on would not end in solid contact. What am I doing to myself? I clearly not perform at a level where I can derive any sort of satisfaction from playing this game. I’ve bought a monitor specifically for this game, and while it helps, it can not compensate for the pitches warping their way to the plate. I need to get a life...I’ll see you guys tomorrow.