Just got an “invalid node state” message in Showdown and got a loss without even entering the game. Stupid.

Started a BR run today with a routine fly ball to Mike Trout that he completely whiffed on thanks to crappy animations.

Also, why do high fastballs seem like they’re coming in at 110 mph, while low changes and sliders appear to be 75 mph? The timing windows are completely erratic.

Double plays are fun to hit into every time someone is on first.

I love good/okay hits when the ball is pretty much dead center in the PCI.

Two outs? How about you allow an extra 4 runs before the game is over?

Ugh. Just needed to vent. This game is extremely disappointing.

Locked in a freeze off in a BR run. I’m in the lead and I’m one win away from nabbing Acuna. Looked through the opponent’s profile and game history and there seems to be a trend of winning games when down or losing. Looks like the opponent uses freeze glitches to get wins.

One of the opponent’s recent freeze offs against a top player went overnight.

Is there a way to report this?

Setting aside all the issues at release in the past, there is something exciting about the new season--setting up a new team, going over new content, etc. Playing people with golds and low level diamonds is also a nice break from playing god squads. Overall, the pre-order, for me, is more so an experience than anything else.

I'm going to avoid playing moments out the gate. I wasted a lot of time early in 2019 trying to grind those broken moments.

The other thing to avoid is buying cards and packs out the gate. Most cards are heavily inflated early. I'm just going to grind with whatever pre-order cards I obtain. I might just put together a competitive silver / gold squad and see how far it takes me.

I'm thinking of using the initial stockpile of stubs to put together a good BR team, but we'll see. The other option would be grinding to world series right out the gate, but I don't plan on buying stubs or cards, so that might be hard. Nevertheless, that component of strategy is what makes early MLB the Show so much fun.

The worst is when someone accepts defeat in Battle Royal, but just goofs around, intentionally misses catches, and lets you score 35 runs. There's no ten-run rule in that mode, so you could literally make the game go on as long as you want.

Free packs have better odds. Don’t waste your stubs.

I also am having issues with timing. I find myself late in changeups at times. Fastballs seem incredibly OP since the last patch.

I actually thought about this yesterday. If you play a game at, say, Capital Field (5 ft. elevation), the ball is basically dead off the bat for many hitters. Alternatively, if you play at Laughing Mountain (5000 ft. elevation), the ball absolutely jumps off the bat.

Shippett is about 3000 ft. elevation with a short right field wall. If you wonder why the streamers and top players have YouTube videos reading "offensive explosion - 20 runs scored" every other day, there's your answer: god squads + massive elevation. Of course, those players are some of the best hitters in the game (I'm not taking that away from them). But playing in hitters fields provides a huge boost to hitting.

Interestingly, many of those top players can't pitch and have horrible ERAs. This is because they play in hitters fields.

@appleceder said in Throwing Glitches:

Am I the only one that get random red color glitches and the fielders throw the ball all over the field like every other game? I am curious about that

I just experienced the same problem. I noticed it whenever I had Diego Castillo pitch in BR. All throws would lock in the red zone on button accuracy. Almost lost a BR game over it.

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Sds I believe is actually taking action against these guys, but you have to report them for them to act. They send me an email when action has been taken. They just don’t specify what that action is.

Not really sure how they can take action against it when there isn’t really anything against the rules about it ‍️

It’s called boosting and is against their TOS.

Pretty sure they don’t care, since prestige mantle was discovered on 3/24. No way that could have been done legit. Also, hitting and quitting isn’t boosting and yet is extremely prevalent (even without messaging or team names).

Someone probably spent a s***load of money on stubs on day one to buy Mantle--that's how he was discovered on 3/24.

He's talking about the prestige mantle. The guy had to grind a [censored] ton of stats to get that card very quickly. Or, to the point of the post, he boosted with a friend.

Whoops. Misread that (shouldn't comment at the end of a long day).

Maybe the person bought him day one and just cracked out on Red Bull? Lol idk.

I do the same thing: aim way in the dirt and pray they don't hang. It's stupid how bad change ups are this year.

CAP at 2nd for me. Not a fan of the 2B options so far. Plus, a maxed out, power hitting CAP at second is nuts - the CAP has over 100 contact and power on both sides, 80-something speed, and great vision.

I finished the LS collection yesterday. Had about 100k saved and luckily pulled Verlander from a BR standard pack. Sold him, bought Trout, and then bought Verlander back after grinding out the 300 program stars reward. Definitely worth it!

@lucas8181 said in ...and i quit:

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@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in ...and i quit:

Sds I believe is actually taking action against these guys, but you have to report them for them to act. They send me an email when action has been taken. They just don’t specify what that action is.

Not really sure how they can take action against it when there isn’t really anything against the rules about it ‍️

It’s called boosting and is against their TOS.

Pretty sure they don’t care, since prestige mantle was discovered on 3/24. No way that could have been done legit. Also, hitting and quitting isn’t boosting and yet is extremely prevalent (even without messaging or team names).

Someone probably spent a s***load of money on stubs on day one to buy Mantle--that's how he was discovered on 3/24.

He's talking about the prestige mantle. The guy had to grind a [censored] ton of stats to get that card very quickly. Or, to the point of the post, he boosted with a friend.

Whoops. Misread that (shouldn't comment at the end of a long day).

Maybe the person bought him day one and just cracked out on Red Bull? Lol idk.

@GradektheBard said in ...and i quit:

@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in ...and i quit:

@CaptainQ44 said in ...and i quit:

@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in ...and i quit:

Sds I believe is actually taking action against these guys, but you have to report them for them to act. They send me an email when action has been taken. They just don’t specify what that action is.

Not really sure how they can take action against it when there isn’t really anything against the rules about it ‍️

It’s called boosting and is against their TOS.

Pretty sure they don’t care, since prestige mantle was discovered on 3/24. No way that could have been done legit. Also, hitting and quitting isn’t boosting and yet is extremely prevalent (even without messaging or team names).

Someone probably spent a s***load of money on stubs on day one to buy Mantle--that's how he was discovered on 3/24.

I try to avoid guys who have the shift against them at the top of the lineup. So I bat my CAP lead off with Jackie in the two spot. Then I put power hitters up until the eight spot, where I bat Posey for contact to avoid having the pitcher lead off an inning:

1. CAP (S)
2. Jackie (R)
3. McCutchen (R)
4. Didi (L)
5. Sheffield (R)
6. Bellinger (L)
7. Giambi (L)
8. Posey (R)
9. Pitcher

He's been good for me. Batting about .350 with some pop in the two spot.

I'm hitting .323 with him and he's in my starting lineup in RS. Some people just hit better with some cards than others.

@WillTheThrill_7 said in Best Offensive BR Draft Possible:

Great gold and silver rounds, very subpar diamond rounds imo

I like to take Diamonds at shortstop and second during my diamond rounds, though. I feel like those position don't have as much depth.

If this squad can't go 12-0, then I don't know what squad will:

1. SS - Sig Series Larkin;
2. 2B - Future Stars Gavin Lux (90 Ovr.);
3. CF - Live Series Gallo;
4. 1B - Silver Encarnacion;
5. 3B - Silver Miguel Sano;
6. C - Live Series Gary Sanchez;
7. LF - Silver Jorge Soler;
8. RF - Gold Max Kepler;
9. P.

My bench also has Bronze Kris Davis as a pinch hitter.

Road to 12-0 starts now. Hopefully.