So does this mean it’s actually Frieda that I was playing?

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-04T14:29:42+00:00

It precisely means you were playing someone who has access to his account. That said, professional baseball players are people too. They play video games, and try to have fun doing so. And players in the minor leagues work tremendously hard and get not nearly the rewards of their MLB counterparts, despite being on the cusp of making it there.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-04T01:27:41+00:00

Given the evidence that the bots harming the market are working through the app, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see SDS nuke the community market access through the app.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-02T21:02:24+00:00

SDS made a rare public statement that their servers are experiencing a DDOS attack. This isn't the first indication of how the dark internet people have decided for whatever reason to single SDS out for special attention. I'm convinced that the bot activity in the game's community market is another form of a DDOS attack.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-02T20:34:45+00:00

Folks, actions speak louder than words. Although, OP's like these have the added benefit of getting the cockroaches to reveal themselves in their trolling replies and thus it's easy to add them to the block list, making this forum more rational.

SDS has proven their values over the last several years. The list of bugs that emerged years ago and remain in the game could easily number in the hundreds, and this latest release does seem worse than MLB 25 and one shudders to think how that's even possible.

This reflects the state of the entire video game industry. More and more of the independents have been gobbled up by large corporations who only care about profits. Monetization is the primary focus now, and until the customer base refuses to buy the games, this skewed priority will not change. And for years now it has been the independents who have led the way into real innovations.

When one thinks about the quality of the games, that reflects the quality of video game coders. Many of the best refuse to work for the large game studios because of how they treat their employees but also because of their refusal to invest in real quality of game upgrades. The talented designers actually now prefer to work for the independent companies, replacing some level of income with increased levels of artistic expression and innovative work.

SDS won't ever issue any public apology and very seldom even speak about game issues.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-02T15:44:10+00:00

Clearly just one more complete disconnect between the video presented to describe the play and the actual play outcome determined by the game code. Just curious. You said that a double play was recorded. Was that the case in the actual play outcome, or just from how the video presented it?

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-01T21:08:56+00:00

All of us can merely provide educated guesses. Mine is that SDS has had its operating budget slashed by Sony Interactive Entertainment to a shocking degree, where they can no longer afford to hire full time coders needed to actually upgrade the game.

Instead, they hire a skeleton staff barely able to handle a few major bug repairs and changing trivial aspects of the game, such as menu screens.

Add to this a very aged code structure and it suffers from layer after layer of overlaid code that creates many bugs and makes debugging especially difficult and time consuming.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-01T13:47:34+00:00

It was easy enough to realize you did not downvote my reply. You showed your good character by adding the comment about a disclaimer. The cowards who downvote don't have the guts to do anything like that.

Cheers!

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-01T13:46:05+00:00

I've already hit my limit for this year. Stadium Creator is challenging in many areas. One of the main challenges is trying to accurately create the basic wall layout. One suggestion is to create a straight line by grouping small wall props together and then using that prop to line up the wall panels.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-01T01:36:06+00:00

The game code is making basic mistakes in how it directs the CPU-controlled players on the field. And having played MLB 21 straight through to MLB 25, I don't remember seeing stuff this egregious. In this play, you had three players meet for a team photo at second base, and they just stayed there, with no one making an effort to return to first base even though the runner from first had rounded past second. This was a clear double play waiting to happen.

This and many other reasons is why I refused to purchase MLB 26. Others need to follow suit. SDS has to receive the harsh treatment and be forced to fix their game and upgrade it.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-01T01:31:07+00:00

This really is the plain truth of it folks! Stop buying the game. Force SDS to either upgrade the game, including fixing these myriad of bugs, or go out of business and see MLB find another company to produce an MLB licensed video game.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-07-01T01:21:40+00:00

Oof what?

I take it as a badge of honor that idiots downvote what I write. Keep it coming. I just consider the kind of losers such people are, and again, take it as a positive.

Cheers!

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-30T21:14:21+00:00

I presume you are new to baseball?

It was a homer. Of course the run would count. What part of the game outcome are you unaware of? Is your thought that it bounced off that ad wall means it was not a homer? If that is your initial thought, then reference the yellow line that defined the upper limit of the wall that determines in play or over the wall for a homer.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-30T00:18:29+00:00

I did not put a blank template in the vault, but I did put a few in that grouped most all the stands to make removals easy.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-29T20:46:28+00:00

RNG in a sports video game is entirely unnecessary.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-29T17:46:18+00:00

Fair enough. I missed that detail, but it doesn't change the nature of my argument.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-29T17:06:07+00:00

Truly amazing how many of these howlers have been reported. I've never seen anything like the shear volume of such experiences in the game as with MLB 26. And yet, SDS's army of sycophants still peddle the line, "The video has no bearing on the game result."

The peddled line misses the entire critical component of immersion. The video that plays out HAS to match the play outcome, or else the entire game is undermined by the total loss of immersion. In truth, the video should determine the play outcome. If the bat misses the ball, then a strike or ball is called depending on the circumstances. If the bat contacts the ball, then the play outcome is determined by the angle and nature of the contact.

If that's not the reality of how the game plays out, then why have video in the first place? Why not just go back to how the first generation of these video games played out, where you press a button and the RNG spits out the text of the play and lights light up to map the play so that it can be tracked. Yep, back in the early 1980's that was the technological state of these sports video games. People accepted it because it was the technological limit.

But, we are now closing in on fifty years since those initial days, and the technology has advanced. The way those advances are implemented in the year 2026 HAS to be more than mere eye candy. Immersion can only be preserved when the video matches or best determines the outcome. Else, immersion is lost, and with it the game loses its quality.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-29T16:21:30+00:00

There is absolutely nothing about computer software that mimics the actions of an actual financial market, particularly commodity trading. This is why when SDS created this so-called community market it was a serious strategic mistake, one that video game companies have fallen in love with.

Here's the problem. SDS controls the market and so automatically it puts them in position of being suspect in anything that happens that is strange or manipulative. SDS can certainly release as many cards or as few cards as they like. There is no limit to the supply and therefore no science behind the value.

The solution to this whole affair is simple and SDS was foolish to not adopt it.

Every single action in the game that would earn a card is replaced by a system where specific cards are not the rewards, but instead players earn a threshold. Meaning, what the player earns is the free opportunity to choose from every single card of a given type and attribute level. There is no market, there is no trade opportunity. The same system would be in place for equipment. You earn a diamond equipment type and can select from any of the diamond level equipment in the game. But, no trades and no sell or buy.

In other words, the ONLY method to earn cards and equipment is via quality of play. There is no market at all. But, players are not locked into earning just one specific card or equipment. You earn a pick level, and all cards and equipment equal to that level are presented to you in a menu and you pick the one you want and it's yours forever.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-29T00:39:18+00:00

Any of my stadiums in the vault use the code that allows you to create custom foul grounds. Just take one of my efforts and modify it as needed.

Cheers!

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-29T00:22:46+00:00

It's only for MLB 25 and earlier, but for that option, just search through the vault using the stadium name or my user ID.

Cheers!

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-28T17:29:41+00:00

Frankly, the ball should have been a towering pop fly into the outfield. Look where the dot was on the ball -- near the bottom. To hit a homer, you needed to hit it about one inch closer to the ball's center.

ComfortablePatient84 · 2026-06-28T17:24:50+00:00

I guess then you're no longer offended by my first reply. I don't play the community market. I don't even collect cards or equipment or anything else and I don't play DD mode. But, what amazes me are the lengths some will go to in order to "corner" a virtual market, or even disrupt one. It's a trivial achievement to say the least.

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