The Official OS "Challenge of the Week" Competition

[Rainey]

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18 million isn't that hard to believe, but there have been scores of like 500+ million. I've played this game a lot online to get a good sense of how most people hit. It just seems out of no where that no one who has played online before, only done cotw once, can get 18 million out of nowhere. I also see people with bad records getting 100+ million and hitting like .200 online. I'm not buying that lol. I know what people will do to get free prizes.

Sorry if I sound pessimistic, but I just know how online works and what people will do to abuse things.

It is way easier to hit offline in MLB 14 for the PS4. The online lag is crazy, you have to almost wait for the pitch to be in the mitt before swinging or you will be very early. In offline it is normal. So, it does make much more sense to smash in COTW than playing lag infested games. Now once, they fix the lag then it will be equal.

[baseballsim]

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It is way easier to hit offline in MLB 14 for the PS4. The online lag is crazy, you have to almost wait for the pitch to be in the mitt before swinging or you will be very early. In offline it is normal. So, it does make much more sense to smash in COTW than playing lag infested games. Now once, they fix the lag then it will be equal.

There's no hitter lag in MLB 14 this year because they revamped things in online play. The pitching and hitting is actually delayed (offline so to speak) to avoid lag issues. When the ball is put into play it goes back into realtime.

[Rainey]

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Well, I guess lag was the wrong word. Timing is completely off then. It is a drastic difference.

[baseballsim]

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I don't play RTTS that much but I haven't noticed a timing difference when hitting in RTTS as opposed to hitting in Online head to head (Diamond Dynasty).

Not sure if it's still the case but when I played RTTS exclusively, I could play when I'm not connected to the network and it felt the same.

You need to be logged in (playstation network?) to play COTW, right?

[cardinalbird5]

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Yeah you have to be on PSN.

Well maybe some may find it harder to hit online, but I find it to be roughly the same. I guess I just adjusted and got used to it. I actually find it easier to hit online because people are very predictable and they lower the pitch speed.

I guess my point is I don't believe users can just come out of no where and post an insane score. I know...I'm a *****. Almost wish they took the prize away from COTW so it can just be for fun between straight up players.

[MightyBruin]

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Yeah you have to be on PSN.

Well maybe some may find it harder to hit online, but I find it to be roughly the same. I guess I just adjusted and got used to it. I actually find it easier to hit online because people are very predictable and they lower the pitch speed.

I guess my point is I don't believe users can just come out of no where and post an insane score. I know...I'm a *****. Almost wish they took the prize away from COTW so it can just be for fun between straight up players.

So because I've never played an online game that makes me a fraud that has somehow cheated the game to get the score I did? That's some real brilliant and elitist logic there buddy. My girlfriend sat there and watched me as I did it. Would you like her phone number so that you can interrogate her on what I did to break the game for a straight up player like yourself? Better yet send me your address and I'll ship you the prize if the score still stands. Anything to keep you from crying and making bitter accusations with no basis. Or you know...you could try to beat the score yourself. Shouldn't be too hard for an elite online player such as yourself. life/sports are filled with examples of people who come from "nowhere " and surprise doesn't mean they cheated to do those things.

[MightyBruin]

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Bruin what was your strategy to get such a high score? Did you see mostly fastballs?

Only on the rookie level.

[cardinalbird5]

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So because I've never played an online game that makes me a fraud that has somehow cheated the game to get the score I did? That's some real brilliant and elitist logic there buddy. My girlfriend sat there and watched me as I did it. Would you like her phone number so that you can interrogate her on what I did to break the game for a straight up player like yourself? Better yet send me your address and I'll ship you the prize if the score still stands. Anything to keep you from crying and making bitter accusations with no basis. Or you know...you could try to beat the score yourself. Shouldn't be too hard for an elite online player such as yourself. life/sports are filled with examples of people who come from "nowhere " and surprise doesn't mean they cheated to do those things.

Lol...just relax. I honestly don't care. This is just for fun and I don't have time to do that many attempts per week. I usually do it once for fun and stop there. I also don't remember calling you a cheater nor do I even know who you are. Stop trying to instigate stuff...this thread is just for fun. I never said 18 million wasn't possible. It was more meant for the guys getting 400 million.

Plus I know there are glitches and people willing to exploit them for prizes. I faced Ubaldo Jimenez a few times instead of Tanaka and another user said he got straight fastballs during one session.

[cardinalbird5]

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This week I got around 3 million. It wasn't too bad but I kinda lost focus. If you sit on slider and adjust from there you should be fine.

[rspencer86]

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Here are the standings as we cruise into the All Star Break!




This week's challenge is a Chi-Town affair: Chris Sale vs. Anthony Rizzo!

[cardinalbird5]

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Lefty on lefty? Sale's slider is nasty too...I see this being a tough challenge.

[rspencer86]

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Yeah, I hate facing Sale, he is just too nasty.

[cardinalbird5]

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• Challenge of the Week pitcher settings no longer carrying over from any other game mode.

Does anyone know what this meant in the patch notes?

Maybe sliders or something were affecting the COTW pitcher? This is my guess on how some guy like 300+ million.

[bcruise]

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• Challenge of the Week pitcher settings no longer carrying over from any other game mode.

Does anyone know what this meant in the patch notes?

Maybe sliders or something were affecting the COTW pitcher? This is my guess on how some guy like 300+ million.

Good point...the guy did say he got a lot of fastballs, right? Possibly because it was on Beginner or some other low-level difficulty?

Either way, I doubt it was intentional. He might have known something was up, but didn't know why.

[cardinalbird5]

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Yeah I have no idea. I was just wondering what that even meant....SCEA doesn't tell us much and likes to keep things behind the curtains.