The thread where you celebrate your PT success or complain about your failures...

[DotDash]

Second best regular season record in my silver league. Knocked out of LCS by wild card team (as usual), who went on to win it all. The winner faced another wild card team in the finals (84-78 record), who in turn beat yet another wild card team to get there. So none of the 5 teams with 100+ wins (3 with 110+) made it to the final. Guess this is all down to 'variance' too, but it sure seems to vary in that direction very, very often. This probably cements that I won't be winning any championships other than Rookie league this year, if Gold league and upwards are as stacked as they were last year.

[LeeD]

Originally Posted by DotDash

Second best regular season record in my silver league. Knocked out of LCS by wild card team (as usual), who went on to win it all. The winner faced another wild card team in the finals (84-78 record), who in turn beat yet another wild card team to get there. So none of the 5 teams with 100+ wins (3 with 110+) made it to the final. Guess this is all down to 'variance' too, but it sure seems to vary in that direction very, very often. This probably cements that I won't be winning any championships other than Rookie league this year, if Gold league and upwards are as stacked as they were last year.

The good news is that Gold+ isn't as stacked as it was last year. The bad is that it's still early, and there aren't a crap-ton of killer Perfect cards out there.

[Tinkerman]

Just realized I finished 133rd in the daily PD for PTCS. Dropped about 50 places in the last week 'cause I hardly did any. What a numpty.

[HRBaker]

Saturday update...
I'll post a more complete review on Sunday as usual.



First Team (Commodores) should return to Gold next week now that I have a handle on team chemistry. If we do get there, maybe we can stay for a while this time.

Second Team (Classics) will remain in Silver, and

Third Team (Stars) will drop to Bronze If there doesn't seem to be the possibility of much more improvement for the Commodores in the near future (pack pulls are terrible), I might move my Twitch account to the Stars to see if I can help them out...

[Magus978]

My relegation to gold is confirmed after a 12 game losing streak yesterday. We'll reach our level in a few weeks and by that time my entire league team will be oops all silver combinators and I will not give a single <censored>

Won the Friday Night Live through the night though, that's something. The historical perfect pack brought Darvish, and that will add around 60k to the coffers once sold. Coulda' been worse, but could have been much better too.

[Stormhound]

Well...I guess I've got company, at least, in getting relegated from Diamond. Sorry to hear, Magus978; I empathize.

As of this writing, the same identical squad that squeaked into the playoffs in Diamond last week is almost certain to lose 100 games this week. If it were a real baseball team, you'd surely wonder how such a disaster could happen. But there were no key injuries, no major slumps, no free agent departures...none of the stuff that befalls a MLB team. I still have 8 players rated in the top 10 of the league in Team Position Rankings. So what gives?

Simply put, I didn't improve the team. Really, at all...even with the missions I was able to finish, I made no major acquisitions (in fact, I'm not even sure there were any marginal ones). Pack drops were little help, because I already had a lot of the low-level players except for the ones that just came out, and I haven't lucked into a new perfect in weeks. Tournaments are getting harder and harder to score rewards from, because the whole game is set up to reward people who throw large amounts of time and money at it...and I'm not (and never will be) one of those people. (Up for debate is whether I will bother to throw any money OOTP's way next year, even for the base game.) I exist on the margin of Twitch drops and occasional lucky tourney results where I squeak into a reward round. I'll never ever see the inside of a PTCS, so those cards...which are frequently better than "normal" ones, or so it would seem...are never going to make my team list. Combinators...well, don't even get me started on those, just see "Tournaments, not winning". So I'm in a Red Queen's race at this point, and the hurrieder I go, the behinder I'll get.

Mind you, none of this is a real surprise. I read up before deciding to try PT this year, and fully expected what's happening (if anything, it went better than I expected by making Diamond, when I figured I'd be lucky to get to Gold). I guessed...correctly, it seems...that my best chance for a high peak would be muddling through the Entry League as best I could, then going full-bore on live missions. I'm fully aware that I'm not in the real target audience, and that I'm not going to make their company any significant money beyond whatever tiny bit Twitch streaming makes them. And I'm good with that...I don't figure they'll cater to me, because I surely won't cater to them. At this point, if I had a chunk of money and had to make the choice, I'd sooner spend it supporting my favorite Twitch streamers, because they're providing superior entertainment value and community compared to PT-the-game.

So...I've had my speech, and I've had my peak, and now I figure that barring an occasional surprise from a pack drop, my team is now starting a long slide downward due to my unwillingness to spend money to keep it competitive.

Well, ha...I guess it is a little like a real-life team, after all. Enjoy your board; I'll leave it in peace.

[Magus978]

Originally Posted by Stormhound

Well...I guess I've got company, at least, in getting relegated from Diamond. Sorry to hear, Magus978; I empathize.

As of this writing, the same identical squad that squeaked into the playoffs in Diamond last week is almost certain to lose 100 games this week. If it were a real baseball team, you'd surely wonder how such a disaster could happen. But there were no key injuries, no major slumps, no free agent departures...none of the stuff that befalls a MLB team. I still have 8 players rated in the top 10 of the league in Team Position Rankings. So what gives?

Simply put, I didn't improve the team. Really, at all...even with the missions I was able to finish, I made no major acquisitions (in fact, I'm not even sure there were any marginal ones). Pack drops were little help, because I already had a lot of the low-level players except for the ones that just came out, and I haven't lucked into a new perfect in weeks. Tournaments are getting harder and harder to score rewards from, because the whole game is set up to reward people who throw large amounts of time and money at it...and I'm not (and never will be) one of those people. (Up for debate is whether I will bother to throw any money OOTP's way next year, even for the base game.) I exist on the margin of Twitch drops and occasional lucky tourney results where I squeak into a reward round. I'll never ever see the inside of a PTCS, so those cards...which are frequently better than "normal" ones, or so it would seem...are never going to make my team list. Combinators...well, don't even get me started on those, just see "Tournaments, not winning". So I'm in a Red Queen's race at this point, and the hurrieder I go, the behinder I'll get.

Mind you, none of this is a real surprise. I read up before deciding to try PT this year, and fully expected what's happening (if anything, it went better than I expected by making Diamond, when I figured I'd be lucky to get to Gold). I guessed...correctly, it seems...that my best chance for a high peak would be muddling through the Entry League as best I could, then going full-bore on live missions. I'm fully aware that I'm not in the real target audience, and that I'm not going to make their company any significant money beyond whatever tiny bit Twitch streaming makes them. And I'm good with that...I don't figure they'll cater to me, because I surely won't cater to them. At this point, if I had a chunk of money and had to make the choice, I'd sooner spend it supporting my favorite Twitch streamers, because they're providing superior entertainment value and community compared to PT-the-game.

So...I've had my speech, and I've had my peak, and now I figure that barring an occasional surprise from a pack drop, my team is now starting a long slide downward due to my unwillingness to spend money to keep it competitive.

Well, ha...I guess it is a little like a real-life team, after all. Enjoy your board; I'll leave it in peace.

It's okay. I blew it up and was expecting it. I don't let two weeks of Saturday collapses go unpunished. I'm all in on silver tournaments now.

[mikezone13]

My claim to fame from first season of diamond league this year, what a performance from Joe DiMaggio!!

Over 20,000 PP earned from the one game!!



Unfortunately couldn't get us to the playoffs, but thankfully kept us in diamond after finishing 82-80.

[mikezone13]

Originally Posted by Stormhound

Well...I guess I've got company, at least, in getting relegated from Diamond. Sorry to hear, Magus978; I empathize.

As of this writing, the same identical squad that squeaked into the playoffs in Diamond last week is almost certain to lose 100 games this week. If it were a real baseball team, you'd surely wonder how such a disaster could happen. But there were no key injuries, no major slumps, no free agent departures...none of the stuff that befalls a MLB team. I still have 8 players rated in the top 10 of the league in Team Position Rankings. So what gives?

Simply put, I didn't improve the team. Really, at all...even with the missions I was able to finish, I made no major acquisitions (in fact, I'm not even sure there were any marginal ones). Pack drops were little help, because I already had a lot of the low-level players except for the ones that just came out, and I haven't lucked into a new perfect in weeks. Tournaments are getting harder and harder to score rewards from, because the whole game is set up to reward people who throw large amounts of time and money at it...and I'm not (and never will be) one of those people. (Up for debate is whether I will bother to throw any money OOTP's way next year, even for the base game.) I exist on the margin of Twitch drops and occasional lucky tourney results where I squeak into a reward round. I'll never ever see the inside of a PTCS, so those cards...which are frequently better than "normal" ones, or so it would seem...are never going to make my team list. Combinators...well, don't even get me started on those, just see "Tournaments, not winning". So I'm in a Red Queen's race at this point, and the hurrieder I go, the behinder I'll get.

Mind you, none of this is a real surprise. I read up before deciding to try PT this year, and fully expected what's happening (if anything, it went better than I expected by making Diamond, when I figured I'd be lucky to get to Gold). I guessed...correctly, it seems...that my best chance for a high peak would be muddling through the Entry League as best I could, then going full-bore on live missions. I'm fully aware that I'm not in the real target audience, and that I'm not going to make their company any significant money beyond whatever tiny bit Twitch streaming makes them. And I'm good with that...I don't figure they'll cater to me, because I surely won't cater to them. At this point, if I had a chunk of money and had to make the choice, I'd sooner spend it supporting my favorite Twitch streamers, because they're providing superior entertainment value and community compared to PT-the-game.

So...I've had my speech, and I've had my peak, and now I figure that barring an occasional surprise from a pack drop, my team is now starting a long slide downward due to my unwillingness to spend money to keep it competitive.

Well, ha...I guess it is a little like a real-life team, after all. Enjoy your board; I'll leave it in peace.

100% agree, and noticed we were in the same league Stormhound, also think we were in the same gold league when you got promoted, so yes was suprised to see you near the bottom in Diamond when we finally got there.

At the moment with the majority of the rosters still rolling with the mission cards and chemistry in that 50-70% range it's a bit of luck (or really strong strategy with sliders) to get a better record. But there will be stronger cards coming out soon, plus P2W teams coming from Gold so I don't expect my stay in Diamond to be too long.

But you can start to see the teams at the top adding those 3 or 4 extra perfect/high dimaond cards from the new sets that give them that extra advantage.

100% free to play guy here, find the fun in collecting and building a couple decent rosters.

[bailey]

I opened the week 1-8, so got busy completing more live missions to boost my chemistry to 60%. The result was winning 100 games for the first time since Stone League. I finally completed the live missions while being eliminated in the Division Series. I had to pay a lot for the final Mets gold cards, but it was all good because I was able to sell the diamond card from the diamond pack for 75K.

Next week, (and for many months to come) I'll be using 25 live mission reward cards and Ron Santo. The question is whether to continue to open packs or save them for when there is a better chance to not get six duplicates.

[RunninYakAngler]

The YakAnglers miss the playoffs for the first time, falling one game short. It was an odd season as the pitching staff was rated first in several categories but the offense failed to show up all season. A complete turnaround from last season as the pitchers were horrible and the offense was great. Weird game at times.

The Battle Corgis will be staying in Gold as they lost (actually it's a WIN!) in the Division Series.

The Gunners win Stone .112 and will be headed to Iron. No changes were made to the team from Rookie league, hopefully just keep racking up the points, although points were WAY down from Rookie.

[LeeD]

Another decent season from the Sharks. 93-69 in Diamond, first place, lost the league/conference championship. 77% team chemistry was the key, as I continued to play nothing but Live Series reward cards plus Scott Sanders. Adding A-Rod to the mix for next season since King Kelly's bat is more of the super-sub variety in my ballpark. He can split time between his three positions while A-Rod bats clean-up.

[HRBaker]

The 8th season (2031) wasn't much better for HRB teams. Although two of the three teams made the playoffs, they both lost and will stay in Silver. My third team drops to Bronze.

It appears there isn't much I can do (as an F2P team) with the Commodores. I've finished the live missions, have invested all my Twitch drops into them, and maximized team chemistry, but my pack pulls continue to be a replay of duplicates. Until (or if) there are any historical missions, I'm pretty much in limbo.

I'm thinking of switching my Twitch drops to the Stars to try and pull them out of Bronze, but hesitate because I may doom the Commodores from another chance at Gold. Maybe settling for all three teams in Silver is my only real option.

I'm well aware (and admit it) that I'm only a semi-serious PT player. I consider myself a "casual" player and enjoy the game, but lose interest once it becomes "work" with little to no satisfaction. Unfortunately, I continue to believe I may not be playing past the All-Star game and will return to the Classic platform.

[RunninYakAngler]

The YakAnglers are stuck in mediocrity in Diamond. An 81-81 season with another late season collapse to fall short of the playoffs.

The Battle Corgis make it to the LCS but fall in 5 games and will be headed to Diamond. I doubt that they will stay very long.

The Gabby Street Gunners do a 3-Peat winning Rookie, Stone, and Iron back to back to back.

[HRBaker]

Eh.

I was thinking last week of switching my Twitch drops to the Stars to try and pull them out of Bronze, but turns out I can't justify reducing any support for my best team. As it turns out, the continued Twitch support for the Commodores barely got them into Gold again, so maybe I can stay there more than a week this time.

So, I sit with one team in Gold, one in Silver, and one in Bronze. Nothing to write home about, but not unexpected either. What I need is some historical missions I can roll over for improvements.

[LeeD]

So much for going against my gut. Picked up some solid Diamond starters and added A-Rod to the active roster, then watched the Sharks drop to 74-88 in Diamond league. Yes, dropping team chemistry from 77 to 40-something made the wrong kind of difference despite having better starting pitching.

Back to basics this week by keeping team chemistry in the blue. I did manage to add the 100 Pujols, who counts as a mission reward with good chemistry numbers. 15-10 on Monday. So far, so good. I'm guessing I need to add multiple Future Legends who will provide each other with chemistry boosts before I can move on from current roster make up...

given that there aren't any other mission paths available!

[Magus978]

Seeing a sharp decline in my daily tournament results over the past 72 hours...dailies that I'd at least make the last 16 in, I'm being jobbed out in round 1. Something is going horribly wrong because you don't go from constantly placing high to being an enhancement talent for inferior teams overnight.

"That's baseball" is not an excuse, so I don't wanna hear it. Things must be shifting in the silver meta, not that I'd be able to figure that out. Think it's time for one of those famous sabbaticals that I take once things go completely tits up because all the failure is starting to trickle into non-OOTP matters.

[Magus978]

Think I'm done after next PTCS. My tournament results have only gotten worse since last week, and I've come to the conclusion that I can't get that good form back no matter how much I chop, change, and adjust. Having scrapped league success to focus on tournaments and no longer getting anywhere near the success I was having, this is a sad conclusion I've had to make. It's a helpless plunge into the abyss and there are only two options of what to do about it once it starts: Spend more, or walk away. I'd rather take the second option.

This cycle is over for me and it's time to move onto something else.

[RunninYakAngler]

A terrible week for all my teams this week with none making the playoffs and I blew tons of PPs chasing the FL missions just trying to stay above the relegation lines. Only to figure out that I really don't want those cards anyway.

YakAnglers got relegated back to Gold playing in a 24-team league. Nothing went right and never got going at any point.

Battle Corgis fall two games short of the playoffs as I probably tinkered with the team way too much trying to make someone at least hit above .220.

And the most surprising was the Gunners barely above .500 in Bronze after winning 3 straight championships.

[HRBaker]

Ten weeks in (20% of v25 campaign) and things are pretty much stalemated. My three teams will remain in Gold, Silver, and Bronze next week but it's clear they are losing their competitive edge unless a random pack drops a significant card. (Or the Devs decide to add some historical missions!).

I'm not holding my breath. Also getting the opinion their aren't many folks left here on the forums anyway that care much about how I'm doing, LOL.


Another week, another disappointment.