Ted Simmons. Newly inducted to the Hall of Fame. A rare switch hitting catcher who had over over 9,500 plate appearances. 8 time all star. Silver Slugger winner.

I am still baffled why anybody pre-orders so early. Maybe if there is special edition that is in danger of selling out, but for the digital edition there is no benefit to ordering two months early vs two days early, unless you really wanted that Baez card I guess.

I never preorder until I have seen all of the twitch streams and decide if I like what I see or not.

@omegaminus_sk said in Horrible presentation of franchise:

Meanwhile, I'm sitting here wishing I could enjoy Diamond Dynasty. I've never cared for Franchise mode, but I find DD's manner of acquiring and progressing your team to be much more interesting and entertaining than the dry-as-a-bone bureaucracy of being a GM in Franchise. But since I don't like playing online, I'm not invited.

Huh? I acquired the best team I have ever been able to acquired in DD in the 2019 version and I played a total of maybe 3 Battle Royale games. Between the Conquest Maps and the Moments this past year was the easiest year of all to enjoy DD offline.

Ruth - LF
Griffey - CF
Williams - RF
Gehrig - 1B
Alomar - 2B
Banks - SS
Pujols - 3B
Piazza - C

Since I mainly play offline I don't really need to worry about defense, not like online players do.

@Dounte said in The MLB The Show 20 Gameplay Reveal Thread:

Somebody, anybody!! Please tell me that created leagues is OFM!!! Please...

I think that if it was a true Online Franchise Mode then they would have call it that. Just a guess on my part though.

I hope the online franchise fans get what they want but I will not be holding my breath.

Hated the stat grinds in MLB 18 and because of that I spent a fraction of the time in that game I had in the others. I think I have spent 10 times more hours into 19 than I did 18.

Part of my problem though was it forced me to bench players that I wanted in my lineup and play with some card I could not care less about and try to reach some particular stat.

In the Team missions I was working towards a completely useless Ozzie Smith and while I reached many stats fairly easily others were ridiculous. I play mostly conquest. I don't usually have a middle reliever earn a hold for me so I was never going to naturally get that stat. Essentially I gave up because three or four of the team stats were going to force me to play the stats instead of the game.

I think they are on a better track with 19 and I hope they continue down that road in 20.

I will wait until after the streams. Other than a card you get for the '19 version (Baez) that I will never use there is no real benefit to buying it two months early as opposed to 2 weeks early or even 2 days early, especially if you are going digital.

@mjfc_363 said in Tip my cap to those who did moments:

I can’t even get Edmonds.......and he’s the one an 8th grader can get. Props to those who got the others.

I manged to get Edmonds but that Pujols moment almost broke me. I did not even try to do the missions for Andrew Miller, and I won't attempt the newest batch.

Actually, I don't see that at all. It really looks like the same RTTS as last year with a few graphical changes in how the info is presented to you.

I add a collection of classic rock (late 70s to early 80's) every year. I can't say I have hated every song every year but if there are only one or two songs that I enjoy then they get old really quickly (assuming I turn off all of the stuff I don't like)

The problem with music is that you can never appease everyone. The demographics are just too varied.

Did they announce the new partners somewhere?

It would make sense that they would target those players for face scans but in the end it probably comes down to who is in the camps when they visit and who they can get into the booth. Also,aren't they always a year behind meaning that the new face scans this year were captured last year?

I am still baffled why anybody pre-orders so early. Maybe if there is special edition that is in danger of selling out, but for the digital edition there is no benefit to ordering two months early vs two days early, unless you really wanted that Baez card I guess.

I never preorder until I have seen all of the twitch streams and decide if I like what I see or not.

@omegaminus_sk said in Horrible presentation of franchise:

Meanwhile, I'm sitting here wishing I could enjoy Diamond Dynasty. I've never cared for Franchise mode, but I find DD's manner of acquiring and progressing your team to be much more interesting and entertaining than the dry-as-a-bone bureaucracy of being a GM in Franchise. But since I don't like playing online, I'm not invited.

Huh? I acquired the best team I have ever been able to acquired in DD in the 2019 version and I played a total of maybe 3 Battle Royale games. Between the Conquest Maps and the Moments this past year was the easiest year of all to enjoy DD offline.

@ManWithNo_Name_ said in Is There Any Hope for RTTS?:

but RTTS needs a complete, long overdue overhaul.

This is the overhaul, like it or not. They changed the progression and added the cut scenes a few years back and added the personality type more recently.

And I never wanted an NBA style story to my RTTS. In fact I want less cut scenes and less things that take time away from actually playing the game.

Anybody who thought that there was going to be more than what they showed were simply fooling themselves. The fact that they combined Franchise and RTTS into one stream kind of confirmed to me that the bullet points that we saw on the schedule were probably the extent of the changes.

Problem is there are a whole lot of RTTS players who don't want to toil in the minors for 4 or 5 seasons. If you are one who plays out every at bat and fielding opportunity then that is a major time sink.

Ted Simmons. Newly inducted to the Hall of Fame. A rare switch hitting catcher who had over over 9,500 plate appearances. 8 time all star. Silver Slugger winner.

Actually, I don't see that at all. It really looks like the same RTTS as last year with a few graphical changes in how the info is presented to you.