I'm doing it no matter who it is. I'm an obsessive collector in this game.

I don't even care who it is. I just like having an excuse to collect stuff.

Most of my biggest weaknesses have nothing to do timing, so it would do me very little good to bother with a monitor. Even if it did help, playing on a smaller screen just isn't as much fun.

The content is designed so that even the worst players can field a pretty amazing team if they're willing to work at it, so I could care less about ever being "elite." In my experience the most negative and toxic people who post on here typically have way better records than me, so if playing on my TV means I'll never get good enough to be matched up with any of them then I'm totally content with continuing to suck.

I prefer the slow buildup. If I had things my way,, it wouldn't even be possible to get a non-live series diamond until at least a month into the game cycle.

I've seen quite a few posts lately from people who've hit 650k in the program. Pretty impressive for a game that's allegedly so unplayable that we all must demand compensation.

The community in 2021: "Stupid newbie casuals! Everything should be on hall of fame!"

Also the community in 2021: "Waah this rookie moment is too hard!"

I enjoy the grind of gradually building my team almost more than actually playing the game, so I'm probably in the minority but I actually wish the buildup to good cards was even slower than it is. In my perfect world, non-live series diamonds wouldn't be a thing until at least a month into the game cycle.

Ive just done all the teams in the al east. I'm not that good at this game so I'm dreading the hof games. Those are gonna be a huge pain for me.

"Look at me, everyone! I'm good at a video game! Everyone praise me for my completely meaningless accomplishment, because I crave the attention of strangers on the internet!"

I'd bet any amount of money that somewhere in some forgotten corner of the internet, there's a message board from back in 2006 that's filled with rants like "MVP 05 is trash! 04 was so much better! Fix your game!"

Memory has a way of playing tricks on us and causing us to remember things as better than they really were. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

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How’d you best get your stubs to buy the other high end dudes

I don't really have a special strategy. I did it through hours of tedious flipping, usually live series golds.

I finished on Saturday and I got cole. I'm done with the live series collection so I sold him for like 70k. Not too shabby.

For those annoyed by rookies with inflated ratings, I think it helps to look at them as actual real life baseball cards.

Live series wander is like a super common card that some kid stuck in their bicycle spokes and rode around town with, but the 99 version is like a mint condition limited edition rookie card that a hardcore collector stores in the best protective case money can buy.

The community in April: Gameplay is great! If they could just fix the servers then this game would be perfect!

...SDS dramatically improves servers and other than a contact swing adjustment that most are fine with, makes zero changes to gameplay...

The community in July: Gameplay is trash! Fix your game!

I had a tough time with this one, so I came to this thread hoping to laugh at some whiners and there's nothing so far. The community has let me down today lol

@flaquis_xbl said in LOL @ Nolan Ryan 5th Inning Boss:

I think what has happened is there were too many good cards delivered, or made obtainable, that make any other card useless. A better balance in how content is released could help make the inning programs more worthwhile. I mean, honestly what cards could still be released that would replace players we already have access to? After the AS/HR cards outfield is set, INF set, catcher? Pitcher? Maybe Randy Johnson or Bonds, but not likely to happen.

I agree that more balance would be better, but SDS has very little incentive to save the best cards until later since this is about the time of year when the majority of the player base moves on anyway. Most people don't play the show for the entire year. It's not my preference, but I understand why they do it this way.

I'm not knowledgeable enough about the terminology to remember which one I'm using, but I stick with whatever the default option is and that's always worked fine for me.

You have to play rtts until you get to your first training session. and the option to add a new pitch should be there. Then you have to keep playing until you reach enough training sessions to get your pitches how you want them. It's annoying but as far as i know that's the only way.

Here's what I've got so far. I'm not quite as prepared as the OP but I think I'm just about ready.

2021 ASG/HRD: 40/50
42 Collection: 42/42
Milestones: 17/28
2nd Half Heroes: 26/32
Prospects: 41/41
Prime: 9/15
Awards: 16/24
Signature Series: 3/11
Topps Now: 82/82
Monthly Awards: 39/39
Future Stars: 20/22
Rookies: 45/45
Breakout: 31/31
All-Star Series: 57/63
Veteran: 46/47
Postseason: 26/29
Mariano Rivera: Completed
Chipper Jones: Completed

Nice job! I've never thrown a no hitter online myself, but last year I came really close. In one game my opponent had no hits after nine innings, but he was also pitching really well and the game went into extra innings tied at zero. He ended up winning on a walk off homerun in the 10th.