It's a great addition to the game, and I'm glad it's there. Most of us play with the strike zone camera, and we can't actually see the no doubt animation. SDS did a fantastic job of capturing these, and I enjoy seeing them.

While we can all agree that no game is perfect, I think we need to give the game props where it's due.

I absolutely love the fact that no two cards play the same in this game. You can look at attributes, ask other people for opinions, watch reviews on youtube, but until you get the cards and use them, you really don't know how they will play.

Every card is unique, and attributes are only a small part of the performance of the cards.

If you've ever played other sports video games you can appreciate how incredibly difficult that is. SDS doesn't do a skin change on players, they design each player from the ground up, and the result is an unprecedented amount of diversity in gameplay and lineup builds.

Those guys better be careful, more than 15 HR before the trade deadline, they'll be shipped out for a box of pizza and a small pepsi.

gold to diamond is indeed an evolution. Additionally, you get two diamond equipment items, a ballin is a habit pack, and show packs/stubs/XP.

its all free....IT IS ALL FREE.

Rain increases lag if you're the away team? Thanks for the tip, turning rain on for now on! You the man.

@GradektheBard said in SDS, Time to Admit Online Only Prestige Was a Mistake:

It is time for SDS to admit that having the prestige grinds be online only was a big mistake and move them to any mode (ie offline included) within the next update or two. The prestige grind has completely ruined events with a huge swath of people playing just for prestige (ie hitting and quitting, pitching and quitting, or just outright asking for stats), which has taken the fun out of events and made them into nothing more than grinding opportunities.

The idea that it takes more skill and/or time to prestige a card online went out the window as soon as these cards were included in events and thus allowing people who prefer to play offline wouldn’t change any dynamic in the prestige process other than to clean up events AND likely make a ton of their customers very happy.

Forcing people to play online to prestige cards didn’t work and it’s past time to rectify this mistake and move all these grinds to any mode.

I never see quitting on me as a bad thing, unless you're using events to simply grind prestige too? I play events for wins and rewards. People quitting gets me there quicker.

I don't know why anyone cares about RS record, unless you are wanting to make WS and good enough to do it. That's not me, I play for fun, and playing other people is more fun than playing the CPU.

I understand SDS saw an issue and rushed to fix it, but they are fixing the wrong problem. The issue is the strike zone. Strikes on the corners are consistently called balls when they aren't. That is forcing pitchers into bad counts, and forcing us to put the ball more over the plate. Fix the strike zone issue, return hitting to where it was, and you'll see things even out.

@onnagood1 said in It's FUnny How...:

1. ...Jo Adell 99 FS card that is rated higher and has better overall attribute numbers is approx. $100k less expensive than 95 Mike Trout card.

2. ...I bought Wade Boggs 98 diamond card for $51,000, and 24-hrs later, it is now $26,550 buy now price.

You knew these packs were coming out, and you knew the prices would drop. Thats your fault my dude.

@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in New content Edit: Bosses, Topps now, Headliner, Shark Map revealed!:

@lucas8181 said in New content Edit: Bosses, Topps now, Headliner, Shark Map revealed!:

Love it, hate on Johnson, you'll hate him when I face you with him

No

Excellent. Send over the friend request, I'll have him by Early mooning Saturday.

@jz2016cubs said in I have 650000 stubs:

@lucas8181 said in I have 650000 stubs:

Last night i pulled my 10th Trout. After trying a few cards out, I spent all the money on headliner packs. I mean, that's more fun for me than playing RS lag fests with a couple really fun games sprinkled in.

WOW. 10th?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
BREAKING: I found Ramone! "Hey, we see you under there!"

lol, Trout is no longer the "rare" card he was. Lots of my friends are getting him often this year (hence his price). DeGromm has taken the crown and might keep it for a while.

Last night i pulled my 10th Trout. After trying a few cards out, I spent all the money on headliner packs. I mean, that's more fun for me than playing RS lag fests with a couple really fun games sprinkled in.

Generally this is my personal, and preferred approach:

Sit down after a long day of work, open up a cold one, load into the game.

Feverishly await the unveiling of my opponents lineup, excited to see who I'll be hitting against.

Watch strike one, fastball down the middle. As the second pitch windup starts, my wife calls, so I look away and don't see the hung change up down the middle. Only slightly frustrated, my attention is back on the game. As the third pitch heads my way, my cat appears like a ninja and starts batting my nose with his paw.

Repeat for 9 innings. Sometimes I get lucky and still win.

Stub sale. Buy another million and place another order. I bet spending real money will speed up the process

Duck conquest is easier to get to. Most of the conquest maps have them actually. If you hop on Reddit or do a quick google search, you'll find "hidden reward" pictures of each map.

I don't see any with a quick scan, but I did pull and sell two Acuna's for 59K each on the 13th of March.

@AshbySB said in Best Conquest Extreme map?:

Geez dude. The YT he suggested the guy said it takes 10-12 hours. Looked at another youtube video and that guy said 8 hours. I am looking for the quickest one..... That's all.

Cbrev is by far the most knowledgable and intelligent content creator out there. If he says 10-12 hours, it's going to be 10-12 hours.

I love theories, but I seriously doubt that's the way this goes. 300 star programs are pretty much a staple by this point in the games history. If they release a player program, great, but it wouldn't be an inning program (see Jackie, Fathers day, etc.)

Thats pretty low, but that's where I try to keep my numbers as well. The guys I'm hitting over .400 with strike out in less than 1/5th of their AB's and have at least half as many walks as they do k's. Good job.

For those struggling, stop swinging so much You don't have to swing at a pitch, even if its a strike, if you aren't content with the most likely result of said pitch

@Burning_The_Day3 said in Votto 9th Inning Program:

I completed the 9th Inning Joey Votto program and did not receive the Votto card; anybody else?

Do I need to complete something else in order to lock down the card?

You need 50 points. If you just did the moments, you're still 8 short. You need to beat the Reds in a 9 inning game on AS or higher for those last points.