I never played video games actively until I bought and played MLB the Show for the first time this past April. Three friends in real life got me into this game so that we could build squads and do fantasy drafts to determine who we can use (yeah, pretty nerdy, Dungeons & Dragons-ish stuff lol). It’s really helped keep my mind occupied from Covid. I’ve geeked out the most out of the 4 of us during this time and am the only one who posts here in these forums. My wife is still amazed at how engrained I’ve become.

With that being said, I wanted to give a shout-out to some of the great people in this forum to whom I’ve taken a liking. I kinda wish many of us knew each other in real life. There are also a lot of negative/troll types in the forums, but that’s ok too... I tell my kids (they’re in grade school) that it’s ok and that folks like that actually help us better appreciate and connect with the good ones.

In these lonely times for everyone, thanks to the great people here.

I have a suggestion (not that you asked for it). Don’t do the whole “take as much time as possible between pitches” toxic approach. Even if you thought he was trying to pitch as quickly as possible, that’s nowhere near as childish as taking as long as you can; and stooping below someone else’s level is never something that any solid human being does.

I played Fuzzy (from YouTube) in an Events game last night. Top of the 1st, he hits a 3-run homer, then replays it, followed by a bunt dance. Very annoying, but I keep pitching. He hits a wall-scraper, replays it, then double bunt dances.

[this is the moment I could empathize with dashboarders]

I proceeded to bean him (I don’t care if he’s YouTube famous), he led off a bunch of times, and we played this lead-off/pick-off attempt several times until I let the pause timer run out.

Not my greatest moment and won’t be a popular commentary, but I think I needed to vent.

@midnightdt_mlbts said in Showdown made me uninstall the game (feedback):

Hello this post is not meant to be a hate post it's just meant to be feedback.

I am not very good at this game. I own and I admit that, I'm like a 400 or 500 skill level in head to head. If that. I very often struggle to make hits and score runs.

I've accepted that I'm not that good and I still enjoy building a team by doing all the offline content, And then I like to go online occasionally with my team and see if I can get some wins.

The showdown mode broke me. I ended up uninstalling the game because of it.. that game mode is actually quite fun but it's all or nothing nature is extremely frustrating for bad or new players. You can spend an hour on a run and if you don't beat the final boss you get literally nothing. Maybe some XP but that's it.

I really feel like if you make it to the final boss and lose you should still get at least one ticket I mean what's one ticket it's nothing. But it's better than literally nothing... If you win you should get five and if you lose you should get one. Maybe make it so you can't skip to the end(and still get the 1 guaranteed ticket) if you're worried about people just cheesing to get one ticket. But if you actually play through it all beat the middle boss and then lose in the final getting nothing is heartbreaking.

It happened to me four times in a row and that combined with the fact that I suck and lose online all the time I was just like what am I doing with my life why am I playing this game.

I hope this feedback is well received If a change such as this were to be made I will probably reinstall and come back because at least then I could feel like I could grind away and get the characters I want even if I'm bad and I lose to the boss half the time or more.

You can see some of the filth who plays this game by reading the responses to your post. They had to put you down when you’re down in order to feel better about themselves.

With that being said, as someone who can relate to your struggles (I picked up this game last year around this time), I understand. I was frustrated then and there were only two actions I took to get better results: 1) I bought a $175 gaming monitor; 2) I hardwired (Ethernet cord) my internet to my PS4. Those changes alone made enough of a difference to get better results that I wanted to keep playing and then I naturally got better. All of a sudden you can distinguish pitches coming as well as balls and strikes. It’s so significant that I think it’s understated how much that determines your “skill”. The truly skilled players are amazing at it and wouldn’t be so insecure to tell you to “git gud”. So you can tell all these guys that told you “cry me a river” and what not to eat a fat one because they’re really just salty about other aspects of their life and taking it out on you as a poster, but you won’t do that because I can see that you’re more mature than them.

You will get there if you’re willing to invest in that. If not, you’ll keep it uninstalled and totally move on to something else and I wish you luck.

Filthy. Gross. Ridiculous.

@raesONE said in I'm done:

@jonblaze2424 said in I'm done:

No one cares. Best of luck in your future endeavors

You cared enough to comment. Move along buddy.

I care. This dude @raesONE always comes through clutch when people need help/info.

I’m a YouTube content creator for MLB the Show. I have 3 brand new catch phrases:
We made a lineup of all 99s and you wouldn’t believe what happened!
We finally put John Doe on the squad and he hits absolute tanks!
You love to see it!

@elway7751 said in Online hitting:

Im so confused on how to hit online.
Sometimes I think I have perfect PCI placement and then the feedback has me nowhere close.
Other times I wait and then I swing and the ball is in the glove when my guy swings.
What really puzzles me is that when I do move my PCI and think Im right on it the feedback has me dead center, it's almost like it froze.
I'll never understand how zone works online.
I watch the YouTube's and it's so fluid, when I do it, I can't get the [censored] close at all.
Nobody has ever been able to explain online hitting in a logical way that makes any sense to me.

I swear when I watch an online video it looks like it’s slow motion for them.

I gotta give it to Kevin Gohd (I think that’s his name) by a landslide. Can’t really stand any of the others I’ve seen.

This is the most positive thread I’ve read in this community in a long time and I love it. No toxic people, no douchebags, just genuine folks. That’s all! I enjoyed relating to a lot of the dudes here because I suck too!!!

@midnightdt_mlbts said in Showdown made me uninstall the game (feedback):

Hello this post is not meant to be a hate post it's just meant to be feedback.

I am not very good at this game. I own and I admit that, I'm like a 400 or 500 skill level in head to head. If that. I very often struggle to make hits and score runs.

I've accepted that I'm not that good and I still enjoy building a team by doing all the offline content, And then I like to go online occasionally with my team and see if I can get some wins.

The showdown mode broke me. I ended up uninstalling the game because of it.. that game mode is actually quite fun but it's all or nothing nature is extremely frustrating for bad or new players. You can spend an hour on a run and if you don't beat the final boss you get literally nothing. Maybe some XP but that's it.

I really feel like if you make it to the final boss and lose you should still get at least one ticket I mean what's one ticket it's nothing. But it's better than literally nothing... If you win you should get five and if you lose you should get one. Maybe make it so you can't skip to the end(and still get the 1 guaranteed ticket) if you're worried about people just cheesing to get one ticket. But if you actually play through it all beat the middle boss and then lose in the final getting nothing is heartbreaking.

It happened to me four times in a row and that combined with the fact that I suck and lose online all the time I was just like what am I doing with my life why am I playing this game.

I hope this feedback is well received If a change such as this were to be made I will probably reinstall and come back because at least then I could feel like I could grind away and get the characters I want even if I'm bad and I lose to the boss half the time or more.

You can see some of the filth who plays this game by reading the responses to your post. They had to put you down when you’re down in order to feel better about themselves.

With that being said, as someone who can relate to your struggles (I picked up this game last year around this time), I understand. I was frustrated then and there were only two actions I took to get better results: 1) I bought a $175 gaming monitor; 2) I hardwired (Ethernet cord) my internet to my PS4. Those changes alone made enough of a difference to get better results that I wanted to keep playing and then I naturally got better. All of a sudden you can distinguish pitches coming as well as balls and strikes. It’s so significant that I think it’s understated how much that determines your “skill”. The truly skilled players are amazing at it and wouldn’t be so insecure to tell you to “git gud”. So you can tell all these guys that told you “cry me a river” and what not to eat a fat one because they’re really just salty about other aspects of their life and taking it out on you as a poster, but you won’t do that because I can see that you’re more mature than them.

You will get there if you’re willing to invest in that. If not, you’ll keep it uninstalled and totally move on to something else and I wish you luck.

This might be trivial compared to other issues and sorry in advance if this has already been addressed. Is anyone else seeing that you’re changing the equipment, stance, etc, yet when you log back in later, it defaults back to how he appeared before you made the changes?

The main theme for me in this entire thread is human beings attaching value, and sometimes even self-worth, to their success in a video game. It’s not necessarily sad, but it’s indicative of a bigger picture in which the importance of your online record or your reputation as a “good video game player” can get carried away. The game (and any video game) seems like it’s a better investment for someone who can play it for fun without it impacting their mood or self-worth.

@hikes83_psn said in Customer support reply?:

Mike Trout disappeared from my inventory on Apr 30th. No reply yet. That’s over 400K stubs as of now

That’s the most brutal issue I’ve heard yet. I would be enraged. Sorry, man.

I went through this as well. If you go to the free agent pool afterwards, you’ll see them at the very bottom of the list. If for some reason that doesn’t work for you, try assigning them to a team when you create them.

@mista6022_psn said in UPDATE THE MUSIC!!!:

@writetoshawn_psn said in UPDATE THE MUSIC!!!:

There are two songs on this soundtrack that I can listen to repeatedly: “Take Care in Your Dreaming” by The Avalanches and “Pick Up the Pace” by Big K.R.I.T.

Bruh I feel the exact same. I had to look up the lyrics to Take Care in Your Dreaming cuz in the second verse the girl is spittin fire!!

Hella ! My favorite verse too!!

@buddyhightower_xbl said in After reading the patch notes....:

First thing I will do when in game is delete my RTTS save and my Franchise save and start over. Will probably delete and re-create all my loadouts too.

Can you explain why? I haven’t read it.

Ohtani is by far the fastest pitcher in baseball.

@nymets1987_psn said in Bumgarner 14k moment:

Any suggestions? The nationals don’t swing out of the strike zone and hit everything

Ps I guess Lester is Babe Ruth with the bat too

LMAO I had a very similar experience - and yes, Lester turned into Ichiro at the plate. Very frustrating moment.

@squid_adams_psn said in Home Runs by the Numbers:

Or another analogy...MLB the Show is the prettiest girl you've ever seen, but her teeth are jacked up. If only she got braces, she'd be perfect.

Man, I love a good analogy and you used 3 of them. The only problem is that if you keep badgering her about needing braces, she’ll probably bang Joe Random instead. You’d probably be better off with her consistent, reliable friend - Sally Simulation.