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Played a Ranked Season game last night to try and climb the ranks, but after the game ended, I received the message The Show is servers are offline?? (Or something like that). I noticed that nothing counted for the game and everything from the record to the PXP was missing.. Has this happened to anyone else?

He does consistently throw over 100 miles per hour. So outlier makes sense because it makes his pitches more authentic.

Here is my Guess

David April
Billy Foolish
Michael Harris the 1st
Steve Jokes
Daniel Giggles

Or something like that

I haven't heard the first part yet about closing margins..... @onix_savage22_psn interesting

i know i will be called every name in the book, but my question is why would someone use bots in this game?

That is all I'm hearing these days, but in this game, stubs do not transfer, they cannot be sold, and to exploit the marketplace doesn't seem to make a lot of sense unless you could sell the entire account.

And I do get it, you could transfer stubs buy upselling a really cheap items or cards, but that seems like something SDS could actually monitor as cheating/exploiting...

Are we talking about actual bots? or just people trying to work the market with macros while they are away to get an advantage?
Are we talking actual bots, or people using scripts to play Ranked Seasons to get stats done?

I'm not saying this isn't an issue, but I am trying to get to the motivation for their actual use if it is anything other than what I mentioned above....

Now, let the roast begin

Dominic Canzone should have had a supercharged card.. Unless I missed it

In the past, Events is what I enjoyed most. Mostly based on the lack of time I have to play multiple Ranked Season games in a row. I honestly did not mind the win counter that was part of events to get to a specific reward either, but for some reason, they moved away from it.

Last year after they took that out, they quickly discovered that Events were absolutely pointless and really didn't serve any point other than maybe moving the multiplayer program along. They needed it to have relevance, but they didn't want to use the "win counter" again. So this is what they came up with.

Honestly, I don't mind it. I like the fact that events have meaning again, and their are actual goals to strive for. My only negative about it is the very quick turn around. 5 days is a very short time and if you are out of town for a weekend, it makes it more challenging to find time to hop on and complete the objectives.

I have a feeling though that these cards that people are missed through event programs will resurface later down the road, just not sure how.

The issue with Meter and most of the pitching options is you have to be really accurate. I used to use Analog pitching last year and it worked really well.. Even if it wasn't perfect, the program would be somewhat forgiving. This year, I feel that it has changed so much that unless it is almost perfect, the chances of it missing and going right down the middle are pretty high. This is so much so that I switched back to pinpoint..

Who knows if this is true or if we are just using really weak pitchers to start, but it does seem different

Is there anyway to alter or change the order that you see the information? I noticed that how I am hitting online and against the CPU with the card is the absolute last tab and I have to click all the way down to the bottom every time. This seems silly, especially when the tab right under attributes is where I can find the card... I would like to bring up the play stats to a closer level and wondering if they gave up the ability to modify the order... asking for a friend

They still don't count to your stats but do count towards pxp.

It is that time of year where legends are being revealed, so I have to ask... Do you think that MLB the Show has the top 10 legends of all time from your team in the game?

For example, I am a Mariners fan, so I would argue that our top 10 list would be

Ken Griffey Jr
Edgar Martinez
Jay Buhner
Randy Johnson
Ichiro
Felix Hernandez
Bret Boone
Alvin Davis
Jamie Moyer
Kyle Seager
Arod?

Out of your top 10 list, how many players are in the game..? This is all subjective, but still interesting to discuss. We lost Bret Boone and Buhner, but regained Seager.. and I have a feeling Ichiro will be back next year...

In the game 5/10
Used to be 3/10
Never 2/10

Please make other online modes playable this year...

Events had zero point
BR had zero point for most people
Which left only one mode left.. all roads led to RS... and I honestly don't enjoy playing 9 inning games exclusively because it is a time sink..

I have a feeling though with the quickening of the games that it my be a repeat of last year

It is not that we lost them last year, but the fact that we have lost so many greats, that I would rather have some of them back instead.

Ted Williams was gone for awhile before his return, but others like

Rogers Hornsby
Jimmie Foxx
Ty Cobb
Dave Winfield
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Fred McGriff
Mike Schmidt
Ernie Banks
Matt Williams
Fergie Jenkins
Mariano Rivera
Reggie Jackson

Some of these guys are what people think about when they think of baseball, so it sucks to have them removed.. And I do get it, they all cost money for their rights and some are more expensive than others, but my original point was that there are so many great people we have had and lost, that I would love to see return.

Some of these

I love seeing the new lists, but I always wonder which legends will not return. I feel every year we lose more good players than we gain. I hope that isn't the case this year.

Not really a fan.. But the worst one was by far, out of position players

I know this is extremely wishful thinking, but when you play with someone, like a squad, your players and theirs are preset... they pick half, you pick half.... if it is two randoms, then the last 8-9 you used will populate and you can readjust as you wish...
Having a way to save the players you use for the 2nd and 3rd game isn't too crazy of an idea honestly.

Great List.

The truth with the list is that many people have already been in the game and then were removed. Sometimes SDS nails it, then because people aren't playing with the guy 24/7, they dump them.

Just a small list off the top of my head that is very similar would include:

Rogers Hornsby
Jay Buhner
Will Clark <- A Must
Kevin Mitchell
Matt Williams
Ty Cobb
Kirby Puckett
Dwight Gooden
Sandy Koufax
Dave Winfield
Ichiro
Barry Bonds (One Can Dream)
Jack Morris
Carlton Fisk
Alex Rodriguez

The truth is that most of my desired players have already been in the game before... Need to definitely keep the legends and players we remember

My opinion is that anything is better than Sets and Seasons over the two prior years.. Nothing is worse that earning a card that expires or can only be used for a certain amount of time. (Yes, I get they created wild card spots, but it was still silly)

That being said, I do agree with the Original Poster. The content was there, but it felt like there was really never anything to do all year. There was so much of a push to ranked seasons and Weekend Classic, that everything else was abandoned. The move towards a one size fits all multiplayer program was the nail in the coffin for Events and BR too. There was no real point to play anything except for RS this year.. It made everything else pointless, and in doing that, took away the drive and motivation to play the game. Also Diamond Quest, which I enjoyed in the beginning, doesn't have the same appeal as mini seasons or Conquest. It was way more difficult to play multiple versions of Diamond Quest, especially when rewards really were not guaranteed. It just seems that there needs to be more of a focus on long-term play and trying to find new modes for multiplayer... This year felt like they actually regressed in that department.

In Closing

Events were pointless
BR was pointless (unless you are really good at the game)
Diamond Quest was too redundant
Coop is fun, but still needs something
New Modes for multiplayer
TA was really weak this year
Give the people something to try and achieve
I know this sounds crazy, but let people carry over something to the next game, even if it's minimal (can parallel one live series player to P3 on day one if you complete this mission)

SDS was so close to having the big three from the late 80s and early 90s Giants (Will Clark, Matt Williams and Kevin Mitchell) and instead of getting the third guy, they lost rights to the other two... Now they are missing all three...

At the very least, we need Will Clark back....

Here is my question about pitching.. How much does the attributes of a pitcher actually help??
Walks per 9?
Hits per 9?
Ks per 9?
Or Quirks for that matter?

Has anyone ever noticed? I only bring it up because some of the Meta pitchers like Johnson, Gibson and Donaldson can actually receive more points into those categories with the new captains.... Does it help with lineouts? Does it make those close pitchers become strikes instead of balls? And if your opponent squares it up, does it matter anyway?