I still skew toward enjoying the game, but This is why when anyone says something along the lines of “it’s my money. Why do you care what u do with it” (that’s the kind version) they are invalid.
Every micro transaction purchased over the past decade, every whale that spends thousands has contributed to games losing features and modes, or having them hidden behind additional paywalls. They are the reason publishers prioritize grind over gameplay and retail games resemble a free to play model.
It’s the reason developers will keep moving the line on what’s deemed acceptable, because SDS will openly receive praise for what would have been deemed unacceptable 5 years ago because other developers are even worse now and people have completely forgot what normalcy is.

This year is less fun for me because it seems like every game plays completely different and there are games where pitch speed is just insane. I’m talking I could be on Veteran and very late on any fastball over 96. I can then go into practice mode and be early on the same fastballs on legendary...it makes no sense at times and it’s frustrating.

Instead of jacking up pitch speeds I really wish they kept those reasonable and just considerably shrunk the pci (and forced actual good contact) as a means to balance skill/difficulty.
At least to me that seems more reasonable considering the potential online issues....and the absurdity it every pitcher you face having a 95+ sinker or can magically throw 100+ every single pitch of a game as a starter.

Wait what?!? This is 6 innings and quick counts?!?

I figure they’d learn their lesson after the first 6 inning one and the response...and the quick counts?!? I mean it’s not even real baseball, stats shouldn’t even count for this.
I’m pretty disappointed at the moment...

As for the actual topic. The reward structure was clear from the start. If you were a maniac who got 60 wins in a week that’s on you. Though, after what I typed above I wish I was more of a maniac and got some more wins lol

I wouldn’t be opposed if it was at least double and stats had to be accumulated AS or higher, maybe even higher than that...

But I mean it is “prestige” which connotes respect and admiration from a great achievement...so it would make sense that would have to be done through competitive online play and there is no prestige that can come from grinding vs the CPU on lower levels (AS probably being included in a lower level)

It was an awful idea for an event to begin with. At least to me as someone who’a favorite part of Events is creating unique teams and using cards I may not normally use. Or having fun gimmicks you get to build a team around - under 25, all speed, etc etc
There were only a handful of cards available for this Event, so you’re either running into the same lineup/players every game or you don’t have the stubs/money to get those players and field a competitive team.
To me that’s the antithesis of fun and what these Events should signify...and that’s all before the fact that it’s on Hall of Fame.

Know what would be sweet?
If they started adding the occasional TA voucher to these maps.
Even if it’s just like a +4 AL and +4 NL it would be appreciated, especially since Showdown apparently is done with me defeating it and has turned into a complete nightmare.

Your comment to me is borderline offensive in its delusion and naivety.
You’re literally feeling bad and making an excuse for someone that’s ranked 872 in a week and a half in ranked seasons?!? Someone that’s currently the top 1% of the top 1%.
You want to put that in context to the real world. It’s a billionaire standing in line and asking you to pay their bill because they don’t feel like reaching into their pocket.

You want to talk about what’s ruining society. It’s individuals that that form strong opinions regarding situations where they’re incapable of seeing beyond the most simplistic surface level.

@Steelerof3Rivers said in Pathetic Babies Begging for Rating in RS:

@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Pathetic Babies Begging for Rating in RS:

First game I played in the new event was a guy saying “HR w/Walker and I quit.” He was the home team and gave me 6 homers in the first. I walked Walker and K’d the side with Orel. He beaned me and quit in the top of the 2nd. Love it!

People like you and OP are why there is so much hate and ill will in this world. Someone is humble enough to know they aren’t good enough to achieve certain things in life so they ask for help & you in turn feel the need to shame & humiliate them. Just remember this the next time you are in a bind in some walk of life and people refuse. And spare me the “it’s just a video game” line. This is a reflection of who you are period.

@Saberq269 said in New Showdowns:

@kidcharlemagne22 said in New Showdowns:

Community complained and now we have a mode that give zero competitivity. That's crazy how people are lazy in video games. If you want no challenge, play conquest in rookie mode.

Go play BR if you want competitive gameplay or RS.

This is against the CPU

The developers themselves claimed that the purpose of Showdown was to create an anxiety and tension filled experience, similar to online competitive, for single player vs CPU.
Competitive gameplay was literally the selling point during the live stream.

But along with not wanting a challenge, people also think they should be able to acquire every TA in like a week or two, so whatever...

I don’t want random pitchers.

They need to tweak stamina and make it more punitive and I’d advocate for a secondary position type penalty for bringing starters in as relievers.
That way it still it can be an option, but it becomes something you at least have to think about, or it may no longer be the optimal option.
I think it makes sense as it relates to real life as well, because a starter coming in for relief can often be a bit of a [censored] shoot, since it’s entirely different routine and situation that they are used to.

Overall I’ve been happy that we get to choose our starters now, but Events are the one area where it has sucked.
You basically need two starters. Every event has been this way, seeing the same few pitchers game after game.
It kind of double sucks too, since I have to imagine guys like Orel and Paxton are far less effective when needed in Ranked Seasons now, since players just spent weeks seeing them nonstop.

Events are the one area I wish we still had that dice roll and get a bit more variety.

Do we know if part 2 is a typo and it should have said fo the 17th...or is it really just a few days?

Kind of shapes how I feel about this, because I feel like they’ve been pretty ridiculous with the rewards this year. And it’s not even a skill thing, but a time thing for a majority of players. Having to win like 4 Event games a day is pretty much a no go for anyone with other responsibilities or looking to do anything else in the game...around 2 wins a day on the other hand definitely seems reasonable.

I’d say Soto missing the game due to the virus is worse...

Considering what the forecast looked like this morning, the fact they got in an official game to this point, actually seems like a positive outcome.

I mean using “chase” for a rare collective is pretty common place. If we’re taking it literally, why not just assume it’s a fast I player.

There were some collections with limited cards available, people are technically right that you didn’t neeeed to complete the LS, but it was very difficult if you didn’t because the other option was finding the non-LS reward options to fill in the blanks, and most of those card prices were completely jacked up due to that being the situation.

From what I’ve seen elsewhere all Ortiz’ hits we’re counting as Xbh, and it was SES’ bright idea, or I guess simply a result of attempting to fix the problem, it just reset everyone’s xbh to 0.
I haven’t been online to see if that’s happened to mine as well.

Your comment to me is borderline offensive in its delusion and naivety.
You’re literally feeling bad and making an excuse for someone that’s ranked 872 in a week and a half in ranked seasons?!? Someone that’s currently the top 1% of the top 1%.
You want to put that in context to the real world. It’s a billionaire standing in line and asking you to pay their bill because they don’t feel like reaching into their pocket.

You want to talk about what’s ruining society. It’s individuals that that form strong opinions regarding situations where they’re incapable of seeing beyond the most simplistic surface level.

@Steelerof3Rivers said in Pathetic Babies Begging for Rating in RS:

@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Pathetic Babies Begging for Rating in RS:

First game I played in the new event was a guy saying “HR w/Walker and I quit.” He was the home team and gave me 6 homers in the first. I walked Walker and K’d the side with Orel. He beaned me and quit in the top of the 2nd. Love it!

People like you and OP are why there is so much hate and ill will in this world. Someone is humble enough to know they aren’t good enough to achieve certain things in life so they ask for help & you in turn feel the need to shame & humiliate them. Just remember this the next time you are in a bind in some walk of life and people refuse. And spare me the “it’s just a video game” line. This is a reflection of who you are period.

To me the “cheese” portion connotes taking advantage of poor game design. It’s not bunting because bunting is a viable baseball strategy in that moment, it’s bunting because you’ve effectively figured out a way to cheat the game at a high success rate because you are taking advantage of poor a.i., winky animations, stuff like that.

I guess I can see where you are coming from, on a lower difficulty scale I’ve found Showdowns infinitely more frustrating since they lowered the difficulty to Veteran.
I prefer hitting on All-Star to Veteran, so I could see a better player having a similar experience with HOF/AS.

And maybe I see some of the HOF points as well, as somehow I’m 14-4 in this Event despite not having played a ranked HOF game all year. I was legit under .150 with no home runs in a couple dozen at bats with Ellsbury in the Moonshot, in this Event he’s probably over .400 with 3 homers, so not really sure how to explain that lol

@MaxHarvest said in 5th Inning Boss Prices:

@notoriousHEB said in 5th Inning Boss Prices:

My long term target for these was 70k, similar to when Alomar dropped last year... But it may settle a little higher.

After this conquest map we will see, but I still think settle at 50-60!

I would strongly bet against that.
They are end game caliber players. 2 of the 3 play for 3 of the most, if not the most popular franchises.
Those are undeniable, but I’d also speculate the majority of people still grinding hoping to get to 300 also aren’t the type of players that are looking to immediately sell a boss once they finally earn it.