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@JenkinMeyer_PSN I don't know that we can speak in absolutes here. I didn't play MLBtheShow for about a half decade. Played '25 for a month last year around the World Series. Picked it up this year because my son is playing baseball and have been having an absolute blast. I expect nothing from those packs but man was I excited when Judge flipped around. I have a long way to go to collect them all but I am having fun playing the game with each new card I get to try and find the cards I enjoy most. I even roped a close friend in that said he would never play. He is also having a blast. I definitely know they have some things that they can improve, but I have really enjoyed my time playing and feel like its a great value for what I spent on the game. I won't speak for everyone, but I am really having fun playing MLBtheShow.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL I can appreciate the desire for random odds. I respect that you stick to what you prefer here. I also agree that loot boxes/gacha games are predatory in nature. I personally don't mind whether the odds of these are pre-determined or totally random though as I won't spend any money on anything but the base game so I just take what I get. I can see the emotional attachment that some folks on here have about getting the best cards to battle in multiplayer, but I am not very good online so I can't speak to the advantage of any given card in that scene and whether or not it is fair to have a pre-determined amount of them available (through gatekeepers in pre-determined packs to complete the collections).

@JenkinMeyer_PSN I definitely understand if you would appreciate some audit validation of the odds. Tough to take a loot box company at their word. Regardless of what the true baseline odds are (honestly stated or not) following that factual AM opening strategy would improve yours against baseline and would thus create a decided advantage, no? I don't want to move the goal post here. Just want to pin down an understanding of different folks' perspectives.

@JenkinMeyer_PSN I gotcha. I mean I have pulled all of my good pulls at night. I can't play in the AM. I would think there would be significantly more people taking advantage of this if they knew about it. I must be pretty lucky they don't or I wouldn't have pulled anyone haha.

@JenkinMeyer_PSN But if that is a factual experience, then following that strategy would improve your odds beyond 1:50 to pull diamonds. That is a decided advantage. It would be akin to knowing the store the winning scratch ticket were sold at, but still not knowing which of the scratch tickets is the winner until scratched. Are you saying that you would rather have worse odds if it were totally random rather than pre-determined?! I will give you credit for sticking with your guns, but I definitely would love to take advantage anywhere I can to pull that elusive Ohtani!

@JenkinMeyer_PSN Based on this knowledge, pre-determined odds would actually work in your favor. Because the math must balance, you get a decided advantage over anyone that does not follow this strategy. I think you are actually making an argument in favor of pre-determined odds! I will have to try this trick out. I got my Judge pull at 10:30 PST, but I haven't yet pulled Ohtani.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL Totally fair perspective. Just wanted to better understand your position.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL Understood. I guess I am not understanding the issue with it though. Whether you are scratching a lotto ticket or playing a roulette wheel, you still don't know the outcome prior to reveal. It is still exciting to play either, no?

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL Does that matter though? From an individual perspective, it will still be "random" unless they are specifically targeting your account to not receive something? The pre-determined nature of the odds only guarantees a deployment of a set number of each card, not necessarily to specific people, right? Regarding the back to back same 85 diamond you mention earlier, are you saying you think the game design is specifically to make sure that you don't get a diamond until you get a diamond elsewhere and then it gives you the same one? I know this is anecdotal, but I had a streak earlier this year of about 150 packs without a diamond and I had a streak with 3 diamonds in 30 packs. I have also pulled diamonds back to back a couple of times. It may have been pre-determined that that was the specific pulls my account was going to get on those specific packs, but still felt to me to be pretty random whether it was pre-determined or not.

Any update on this? I had the most fun I have had in the game last night flipping and didnt realize that it was due to bots not accessing companion app. Hoping bot activity is being reduced.