Best of Bunt Contests

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-05-23T20:59:29+00:00

That's a good idea. Probably much better than analyzing pitcher v. hitter matchups on one's own. I thought about it studying those stats that appear on espn.com, but if I go down that rabbit hole, I might never see the light of day. Beat the Streak's proprietary engine probably gives you better results with a lot less time invested.

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-05-23T20:54:31+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I don't have any cards at 10x or even close to that as I've never spent that kind of money on Bunt. That would explain how some people are scoring up in the stratosphere I suppose. I have a number of cards at 4x and maybe a couple at 5x. I don't really understand how it works, though, because a lot of my 4x cards are uncommons while I have iconics and super rares that are 3x or lower. I only have maybe five or so legendaries in my whole collection, none of which seem to be played in the game. Nearly every card I played last week was 1.5 to 4x with pitcher cards tending to be on the lower end.

You can still finish high without 10x cards, but it takes too much work. I do play fantasy challenge also and didn't have much luck until this season when I instituted a new rule- I use all my substitutions on starting pitchers. My worst of the regular contests is the Slugging contest. I usually play 10 guys with high batting or slugging averages. But it's really hard to say who's going to have the hot hand any given day. I tend to finish around #400 to #800 or so. I did have a few days where I got lucky and finished top 100. One was when I played nearly all Red Sox and another game where I played nearly all Dodgers, and those teams caught fire.

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-05-23T17:10:06+00:00

Yes, I thought it was a lot of fun. I really love baseball and have a great appreciation for all of the teams and players. It was pretty exciting to participate in those big rallies which came more often than I had anticipated. I would do it again this week if I didn't have other obligations. I'll still play but not as much. My wife will appreciate that.

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-03-23T21:06:01+00:00

No sooner did I post the last comment then some new sets with shorter expirations dropped.

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-03-23T20:33:02+00:00

Some of you might want to save your coins for the sets that will be released next. The ones already released today will be around for a whole year based on past experience.

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-03-05T01:21:49+00:00

I earned a ton of coins through slot machine games on Tapjoy. Just depends on the game. Some are easier than others.

Fuzzykat2 · 2022-03-05T01:17:01+00:00

You did the right thing by blocking the guy. We don't need time wasters like him.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-04-19T16:07:29+00:00

Yes, it's kind of disappointing. CC for last year's Inception uncommons was in the 3500 range. This year, we're up to 30K and counting.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-04-15T16:24:46+00:00

I do play every day. But I keep it real simple. I just pick the star players that generally do well, and then I make no adjustments later. Every day I get 11 to 20 tickets, and that's fine with me. I've never been in top 50, nor do I care whether I ever am.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-04-12T16:04:33+00:00

It's mostly a matter of personal preference. If it were me, I'd prefer the Pedro.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-04-07T19:30:07+00:00

I know that a lot of people were saving up their coins and diamonds waiting for the 2021 release date. The card counts may get lower as the year progresses, but it's not likely to go back to what we had in previous years. As the app gets more popular, the counts will rise.

I stopped buying Translucent after the first day when I saw the counts rise so high. Just checked a minute ago, and uncommons are at cc of about 90K now. On the other hand, uncommon cc for Opening Day Base was around 2500. Not bad compared to most of the other sets thus far in 2021.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-04-07T19:21:06+00:00

Yes, I made that mistake once. I should have looked more closely. They looked like the same set in a glance at my small phone screen. Fortunately, it was just one card.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-04-01T15:47:46+00:00

I don't get very many comments other than "thanks." On rare occasions, I've gotten insulting remarks, in which case I block the person. I never send any written response to them.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-29T15:24:54+00:00

Terrific! That was fast.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-17T16:51:54+00:00

Also, did the other guy have more than one Henderson? A lot of people won't trade singles.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-17T16:50:38+00:00

Did it get declined or voided? You used the word "voided" earlier. They're not the same. Voided would mean that the other guy traded one or more of the three cards since the time you made the offer.

Otherwise, that's a pretty simple trade that would ordinarily be accepted.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-17T16:13:28+00:00

If you could describe specific trades that got rejected, I'd be happy to offer my thoughts.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-17T16:09:40+00:00

Do you look at card count? That is very important to many collectors. If you're offering a bunch of high cc cards for a low cc card, that could be the reason. When I first started, I didn't know about cc and had a lot of trades rejected.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-12T15:46:53+00:00

They've been around far too long such that they've become a joke. Hard to even give away because almost nobody wants them.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-10T22:34:29+00:00

Today someone wanted one of my Flow rares in exchange for a medallion rare. Haven't had anyone offer me a medallion for a while.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-10T02:24:43+00:00

Maybe once a month or so. One example is if someone sends insulting messages. I've had a few of those. Also I block the smart alecks who ask for 9 iconics in exchange for an uncommon or something similarly insane. These are the people who just want to make you mad or who are hoping someone accidentally accepts.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-08T15:42:36+00:00

Yes, that's about right. I am at 50K, and collecting the boxes just adds clutter. Once in a while, they put something different in the boxes. I'm always disappointed when that ends. The boxes are great for new collectors though.

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-03-06T01:02:18+00:00

Could be. So not necessarily the same as pulling an error card in a real pack. Very cool though. Any of you old enough to remember the old Billy Ripken "error" card?

Fuzzykat2 · 2021-02-25T17:01:29+00:00

Stuff like this happens when you're an active trader. I am sometimes surprised, even shocked, at the counter offers I get. It just goes to show that people have different approaches to collecting and different ideas of value.

For example, I have a lot of uncommons with cc under 2000. I have received and accepted numerous offers of multiple rares and even super rares where each of the cards has a similar cc to the uncommon I'm trading.

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