[Bunktown Ballers]

Originally Posted by pastorjoeboggs

I understand that upsets happen. I get it. They happen all the time.

However, for the last two years, the number of times I have been "upset" by teams with a worse record far outnumbers the victories.

This week, I came into the playoffs with the top record in my league, the top run differential, the top scoring defense, and riding an 8-2 hot streak to finish the season. In my first series, I face a team fully 10 games worse, with less than 1/2 the run differential, a middling defensive metric, and a 3-7 record in their last 10 games. And, to boot, my team chemistry is 45% to their 12%.

So of course I not only lose but lose by blowing a 2-0 lead. Apparently the team chemistry boost is utterly meaningless.

This on the heels of darn near the same thing happening in the previous PT season, when I blew a 4 run lead in the bottom of the ninth of the clinching game.

It is discouraging - and plainly unenjoyable - to put the time and effort into strategy and lineups to have a successful season only to get repeatedly screwed in the postseason. It's reached the point where I get to Sundays and think, "Well, here comes another first series exit." And what's the point of playing at that point?

I don't know what, if anything, I expect the devs to do, but it's ruining my experience of the game.

OOTP has already admitted that WILDCARD teams get a boost going into the playoffs. How I know, they told me like 2 years ago that was the case. Somewhere in my history of post those words can be found. I'm never enthusiastic going into playoffs when I know the odds are stacked against me