MAVERICK IS PISSED OFF PART 2
My faith in videogame football, something I have loved for so long, is beyond waivering. Where do I begin? How can I describe the pain that I know all my brothas feel. I'll try.
Situation: Online game against a random pats fan. I'm the Ravens.
The stats?
total offense:
Ravens: 235
Pats:
131
First downs?
Ravens: 12
Pats:
5
The SCORE?!
Pats 23
Ravens 14
I limited this guy, ranked 700, to 5. fucking. first. downs and lost the game.
In a sentence, that sums up my distain right now for Madden online. It's so smooth, it's so much better than ESPN, but it's also downright unfair at times. If you want to know why I am really pissed, read on.
So it's late in the 3rd quarter and I am down 2 Tds. It's 3rd and long, so I make a brilliant 11 yard completion to J. Lewis. 4th and inches. Perfect. Got enough yards on 3rd and long to keep me in this game. I'm at midfield. A first down is a sure thing.
Wait, no it isn't. Ea's Fairplay system kicks in and tells me that I must punt. Okay, you know what, I can accept that. Despite playing 4 minute fucking quarters, and despite the fact that this guy can pretty much run the clock out on me w/ just a first down, enough so that I will never come back from 2 TDs down.
No, I can accept that. If the Fairplay system means me not having to put up with assholes, I can accept it.
Cut to late in the 4th. I have made him punt (of course, the fucker only has 5 first downs) and I have scored a TD on a nice quick drive (after all, I am playing
well). So what happens? I stuff him on 3rd and short and force him to punt me the ball with a minute left.
HAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING! Ea's Fairplay system lets him go for it on 4th and short. Weeeee! And he presses "up" with Tom Brady for a first down. Game fucking over.
I just feel robbed in almost every game I play online. Even when I win. I'm smart. I make long, sustained drives that always seem to end with a fumble or an INT. Now, I have only played 8 online games, but frankly, the fact that on every one of my first drives, I've had a turnover in the redzone is ludachrist.
When I'm pounding a defense w/ Jamal Lewis, running up a 20 play, 5:00 drive, I don't want to fumble on the 2 yard line like I have twice now with Lewis alone on the first drive in the first quarter. The exact same thing happened with Priest Holmes and Steven Davis. All long, sustained drives, QBs going 6/7, defense tired, when all of a sudden I fumble it in the redzone. FEAR DA D!!!!!
And then there's Westbrook's phantom fumble on the 9 because of a leg tackle. BUMMMBBBLLLE!!!!! DEFENSE RECOVERS!
I'm not trying to be a sore loser here. That's not the point. The point is that I can't play sim ball in madden online. FMT says he can, but what's your record FMT? You even said the other day how you were frustrated.
You play sim ball, the longer the drives, the more realistic you play, the better chances for INTs and fumbles. I'm just going to play like these pricks do. Play cheese Quarter defense and go big on every play.
Alright, my venting is over. Even with the ridiculous stats and shitty servers, I never felt like I was cheeted out of a win in ESPN.