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Official Madden '16 PS4 Online league thread #2: Blink Daggers and Backflips
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The problem here is that it isn't stability, but performance. I'd love to know how long this was tested.
"Pocket Mortys isn't much more than a shallow Pokémon clone covered in liquefied re-used Rick and Morty jokes."
"Mediocre"
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
Hi does anyone have any tips for beating Bowser? Tired of getting embarrassed by the better team/player. I at least want to make it close!
Thanks for the update I'll be sure to start it tonight to not hold up a league game.
Make sure to have someone on his RB at all times, he will get passed to at least 15 times.
That's all I got for ya!
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
he said Bowser not me
You mean pokemon and it's alright. Need to figure out how to catch more mortys. 3 is not enough.
Wellington
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McKay: 38
Bryant: 24
Dallas RBs: 43
Not too far off. Luckily I have ZERO LBs that can cover. :-D
No. He said Fallout Shelter was their big inspiration. I have no idea what the game is personally.
Azwethinkweiz
Member
The real early GOTY contender comes out in 4 weeks and is called XCOM 2.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Probably going to just skip it and wait for the new Fire Emblem. Maybe get xcom when it goes on sale in the winter. Besides I'll have Dragon's Dogma to play next week.
Azwethinkweiz
Member
I think it's the first week of February, so I guessed when I said 4 weeks. Can probably just check steam to confirm.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Just keep an eye on McKay and follow him on his many drags/slants across the field because he is fast. Careful to mind safety help deep.
Also, he is the worst running team in the league
FE is mid February. Besides the dragon's dogma pc port i don't think anything comes out before xcom.
This is before I changed the playbook! I've had 80 YPG running since! This has also allowed me to throw to the HBs less as I was using that as a surrogate for my stifled run game. Though, JPP stopped my runs even in the season(s) where they worked, so who knows.
Giving advice on beating someone is mean. Tell me how to beat Cb, guys!
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
Yeah I was watching his game against Soka last night. Too bad he went up big early.
Looks like he is on the MIA playbook. McKay primarily plays in the slot so I will have to figure out how to handle that. Seems like the big issue going for McKay is that he takes short plays and turns them into big gainers like you mentioned. He did that against Soka.
Get used to seeing "Hot Routes: 1" in the previous play art. Hint: down on the right stick.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
Lots and lots of luck.
He is primarily in the slot because he is my 3rd rated OVR WR!
What's this down on the stick business?
watching Bowser's last two streamed games made me want to limit hot routes globally to one per play.
one thing you could try when you have a special type of player who loves to throw drags and slants is:
put two OLBs at DE for the game and on the opposite side of the slot, hot route the DE into a spy/hook zone/flat zone every play.
this can create some confusion for the read because it can create some extra traffic in the part of the field where players like to throw the slant/drag
DCX
DCX
Wellington
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Yeah I was considering this. It has been my screen stopper for years now tbh. I was looking into a cover 1 option where the safety opposite McKay is the one in man coverage and I'd manually cover the drags and slants but the problem there is that the AI could easily be confused on 4 verts style plays which this league loves.
Other option was to call man 2 deep most of the game and just use the defender not covering the TE to limit those crossers but he throws to HBs too much.
Can't run a lot of typical zones because McKay or Bryant will go over the top. Blitzing will be useless since he is mostly out of shotgun and has the best OL in the game.
I can't match up 1 on 1 against both McKay and Bryant.
I'm going to watch his game again and also watch his game against FMT, FMT was his only loss. I just don't have the horses anywhere to make this a tough game for him.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
if you want to win, maybe you shouldn't be divulging your strats in the thread
kinda like how you shouldn't talk about trades in the thread
kinda like how you shouldn't talk about trades in the thread
play cover 3
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Shut down McKay and let him try to go over the top elsewhere if he wants. Be patient and eventually he will make a mistake
Realistically, other than against CB's infuriating running game, those are the games I lose. Against FMT, I wasn't patient enough or tried to force things in. I also didn't realize how inept my run game was until it was too late.
What's wrong with calling hot routes, btw? Some play designs have players being wasted and when you see where the open space in coverage will be, it makes sense to send people to it. Sounds pretty sim. Also, I think the audible and hot route animations are the same.
He's probably smokescreening like he does every draft.
Sure, cover 3 works for me!
edit: Sorry for the double post... meant to edit the last one.
DCX
DCX
I feel McKay is his first and second read. RB and TE after. If you sell out to stop McKay you will have a shot. Can't stop it all.
He will adjust, or he won't. Keep his offense off the field. Limit his possessions and he might feel pressured to get his offense going faster due to limited possessions.
If Bryant and his RB has big games, then so be it. His numbers show he is very comfortable doing some things and not others.
DCX
He will adjust, or he won't. Keep his offense off the field. Limit his possessions and he might feel pressured to get his offense going faster due to limited possessions.
If Bryant and his RB has big games, then so be it. His numbers show he is very comfortable doing some things and not others.
DCX
Well just got around $2,000 I wasn't expecting. Time to start looking at computer parts to build my PC. Figure I can get one of the new Nvidia cards down the line and just sell the 970 or 980 whichever I end up getting (probably the 970 to save a bit since it'll be replaced sooner than later)
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Purple Cheeto
Member
I stopped playing after 5 minutes. UI is shit. If you make a game with tap to advance text boxes on mobile, I should be able to tap anywhere on the text box to advance!
It better not be! I'm supposed to play LJ tonight.
Too bad. I finally got my first pokeball and was saving it for moustache morty. But then I ran across blue shirt morty and actually starting laughing at my desk. Hopefully I can buy more pokeballs soon.
Bruh! I have Aaron Rodgers and no running game. When I've had games get out of hand I've actively not thrown to Mckay in the 4th quarter or even the whole second half.
You go Sanjuro-mode with Motes.
I was going to type up some reasons for Mckay's stat-boon with explanations of how I read coverage, but that's too much info to give away.
FYIDM.
I go Sanjuro mode with Motes, yet this McKay guy has 1000+ yards and 10 TDs 6 games into the season.
GTFOH.
You're trying to kill LJ?
Also they can miraculously bat down passes targeted for 10-15 yards downfield.
Compare the game tapes. You continued games that were over just to get the ball back and throw jump balls to Motes. CPU Rams game was Sanjuro-mode. I assume the meaningless Hail Mary vs Smokey was to Motes. It doesn't bug me, but pot-kettle-black and such.
Aaron Rodgers has 2,400 passing yards. Less than half of that is to his leading WR. Sure, Mckay's production is absurd, but so are the team's passing yards so far. Mckay's yardage has been dictated by the flow of the game and like I said, in the couple of blowouts I was in, I stopped throwing it to him to avoid the "stat-padding" comments.
Purple Cheeto
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eznark: https://www.instagram.com/gehrig38/ your favorite scammers instagram account is full of pictures of Erin Andrews.
1) I don't think you know what Sanjuro mode is
2) You're wrong about the jump ball TD
Yeah, I had one game where I was pursuing stats. One game.
And funny thing is, he's still got half the yardage of this McKay guy.
I should study your tape. Perhaps I should run more easy drag and comeback and slant routes with my guy.
I meant the Sanjuro-CPU-gate game.
Like I said, Mckay's yardage is a side-effect of the offense's yardage. If you studied my tape, you wouldn't talk about me throwing drags or comebacks, friend.
So much hostility today. I still play CB twice, Seahawks, Chiefs, and a revamped Chicago secondary. My offense is doomed to sputter soon enough. Don't fret, guys.
Wellington
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I had Beckham in the slot like 6-7 times in one game against him because the formation puts my #1 WR in that spot. Bowser is the only person to have ever complained about it. Admittedly I have been twinsing more this year