No more picking team in rtts?!?!

[Trackball]

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John Elway basically picked his team back in the day,lol, as he told the Colts dont draft me, they did anyway, and he refused to play for them.

Eli Manning told the Chargers not to draft him, because he didnt want to play for them, they drafted him anyway, then made the trade to the Giants.

That's my point. You'll come off as a complete jerk if you do that.

And to their credit, that's EXACTLY what Sony San Diego is doing with Pave Your Path--if you talk to the team on the phone and say you didn't want to play for them, they'll be furious at having wasted a pick on an ungrateful jerk like you, and every other team will now be wary of drafting you.

Big props to the devs and writers for putting that in. It's one reason I'm so looking forward to RTTS this year--I'm even thinking of making a dynasty thread on it.

(Side note: I really, really want to agree with you on California and Chicago teams...but that would move the discussion to something that really doesn't belong on this board.)

As for being able to spend stubs on the character, that's ALSO my point.
People want to have it both ways. You can't.
You don't HAVE to spend stubs on training points. You can always progress naturally.
But because you have the OPTION to do so, now we have to make the mode into full-blown fantasy stuff? It can only be either MLB Slugfest or roguelike-permadeath?

...That being said, in the interest of full disclosure, I do admit to always keeping 1,000 stubs on hand in case I need to heal what would be a season/career-ending injury. I've never had to use such yet, but still.

[jeffy777]

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I didn't catch the whole stream, but it looked like you could refuse an offer if you didn't like the team. Maybe you can just keep doing that until you get a team you want?

[slickkill77]

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I didn't catch the whole stream, but it looked like you could refuse an offer if you didn't like the team. Maybe you can just keep doing that until you get a team you want?

It showed that you would play a year in junior college or something of that nature. I guess it's possible, but it may affect your age if you keep doing it

[Caulfield]

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It showed that you would play a year in junior college or something of that nature. I guess it's possible, but it may affect your age if you keep doing it

I hope thats the case. I miss the days where I would try to recreate a Jim Morris type career.

[Caulfield]

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My main RTTS guys will be carried over so this won't amount to a big deal for me but I just don't see why they would remove the option. It will upset many RTTS players

I would think keeping the old way in would appeal to the casual masses. Surely Sony has thought of that angle and left it in. Gotta grow the base and all that jazz.

Has it been confirmed that picking your team has been removed?

[Bullit]

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I would think keeping the old way in would appeal to the casual masses. Surely Sony has thought of that angle and left it in. Gotta grow the base and all that jazz.

Has it been confirmed that picking your team has been removed?

Yes I believe it was in the last stream.

[CardsNation8412]

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. Watched the twitch stream again and screenshot this. Interesting



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[PhilliesFan13]

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. Watched the twitch stream again and screenshot this. Interesting



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Nick mentioned in the stream that this screen is not in the game. Was a screen for development development use.

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[Rand]

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I'm annoyed with the removal as well, I get the it's more realistic angle but... well, if their genuinely concerned about realism they probably need to overhaul the entire mode considering you have perks like requiring the pitcher to throw all fastballs, or throw all strikes...actual real players can't exert mind control over the pitcher and require them to throw what they want and where they want it, they can't buy stubs to purchase the ability to make themselves better, they can't buy equipment that magically makes them hit better etc.

For better or worse this is a mode that's there for fun factor more then realism. Unless the development team is somehow insane and genuinely believes mind control is a real thing that commonly happens, in which case we have bigger problems.


In the video however, they showed that once you start Bowman Scout day, and begin the hitting session you could go into the menu and hit quit and it would skip through that part and move onto the section where you talk to your agent, you could then refuse to do the showcase game and move straight on to the draft.

Assuming that option is still in the game, then one could probably just go through the beginning of RTTS 15-20 times in an hour. So you could just keep doing it until you land on the team you want, it wouldn't take THAT long.

If that option has been removed then I'm going to be really annoyed, as I'm sure they must be well aware a lot of people want to play on their favourite team.

[Mitchrapp]

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I don't think it was removed out of realism. As others have said many things in RTTS are unreal.. Even in Franchise how real is it that a player hit's 1000 home runs for their career..

[Aggies7]

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I definitely see both sides of the argument. Personally, I enjoy just randomly being drafting and getting to play with a team other than the Rockies, since I use them for my Franchise.


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[Armor and Sword]

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I can understand people being upset of it’s removal. It’s always nice to have options.

I really wonder if it just did not “fit” into the whole “Pave Your Path” direction the mode is taking.

I am for the first time since MLB The Show 11 going to play Road To The Show this season and personally I was going to enter the draft and let the chips fall where they may.

[TotesMaGotes]

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I have been playing RTTS since it started and never once I have I picked my own team. I do understand not everyone plays the same way I do, so I can understand this disturbing some. However, it always made me play longer, so I could make it to free agency and finally play for a team I wanted to.

[Dolenz]

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I have been playing RTTS since it started and never once I have I picked my own team. I do understand not everyone plays the same way I do, so I can understand this disturbing some. However, it always made me play longer, so I could make it to free agency and finally play for a team I wanted to.

Yeah, but unless you play RTTS exclusively or sim some of the games then 6 years of service time can take years to accumulate. RTTS is my most played mode and my CF was carried over from a previous version and he is still only in year 4 of his career. He will begin year 5 with this version of game. But, between my two RTTS players (maybe three if I start a new one to experience the new stuff), and my dabbling in Diamond Dynasty and possibly franchise, that CF sill not make it to Free Agency until The Show 18.

[PhilliesFan13]

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I am currently in the 4th season (3rd full) with my RTTS Rays first baseman. I have played every game and this is one career I want to play to completion. I have never finished a RTTS career before. Unfortunately, those of us who are carrying over from MLB 16 will not get the full perks of PYP. Just some stuff.

That being said, I still plan to keep playing that career and also may start a new career with a pitcher to get the full PYP package. I haven't done a RTTS as a pitcher since MLB 10 or 11. No issues getting drafted. Just hoping to not get picked by the Mets or Nationals. Lol.

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