[quote name='BigAT']I'm not one to complain about tactics, in fact, I don't think I ever have on here before, but my game against MrGrandCru was everything that makes playing random online matches completely intolerable and why I usually just stick to leagues like this. This isn't some bitter post after a loss, I don't even care about the outcome; I have a playoff spot locked up and my seeding really isn't going to change based on how my season winds down. I was going to post something like this win, lose or draw.
A few of the things I can think of off the top of my head:
-manually lining defensive linemen an almost comical distance outside of the tackle box. I'm talking even wider than the tight end. This has been exploitable and completely ridiciulous in almost every iteration of Madden and really shouldn't be allowed. There's a difference between shifting your line to guess where a run is going and manually lining up your DE opposite a slot receiver because they can sprint past a tackle with broken AI and straight to the QB.
-CONSTANTLY dropping 9-10 men into coverage
-running the Wildcat with a team that has no business running it
-stacking defenders on top of each other so they can nano through the line
-sprinting around the backfield with Pat White. There's a difference between scrambling out of the pocket once things break down, and taking a snap and immediately holding turbo while making a sprint directly for the sidelines.
-manually running back an extra blocker on punt returns. Punt coverage is bad enough and unrealistic in this game to begin with without taking someone off the line to act as a personal wrecking ball for the return man.
I think there was a couple of other things I can't remember off the top of my head. Like I said, I participate in leagues to avoid this type of thing and it's frustrating to have to deal with it in such a great capacity. I'm not for absurdly strict sim rules or anything, but there is a certain amount of reason I thought was being practiced that certainly wasn't here.[/QUOTE]
I am not attempting to cause any sort of argument or anything either with my post, first the three maybe four times i moved Everette Brown over was to cover the flats and that screen that you called which for some reason my cover three cornerback would not cover that area as they normally do, granted i dont know what type of screen play you were running but normally the cb covers the area.
On to the situation with the Wildcat , which i only ran three times i didn't think there was anything wrong with it and did not exploit it in anyway. I typically don't use it but being that you injured de angelo and his backup i figured i would try it and it worked well.
The dropping nine in coverage, that was actually eight except for two maybe three times when i ran out the nickel 1-1-5 which has a cover three that drops a lineman back and and blitzes the linebacker instead, a few times when you had eli manning sneaking i dropped peppers or kemeotu (mispelled name) in qb spy and they dropped off the line to watch manning.
I dont know about the stacking of the line if this occured i dont remember doing it, it was one time i had to move beason back because when i crowded the box by hitting y + left they stacked him but i was not attempting any nano's of any sort, if anything i was trying to avoid them.
The sprint with Pat White happened twice both on third down abd because you brought the heat, my check down reciever was not open, my pocket collapsed so i got out of there, and on another attempt by Pat White it was a playaction rollout play so i rolled out.
As for the Punt Coverage, i did manually move back an extra person but i have also played other players who have done this i didn't realize this was wrong, regardless whether its wrong or not i apologize because seeing other players is no excuse, when i first saw it i thought it was a good strategy so i adopted it. If we aren't allowed to do this it should be known widespread.
In conclusion, I don't believe at any point was i doing anything to exploit or cheese or breaking any rules. You can check with past opponents, throughout the league, i get on the game and play an honest game, similiar to yourself. I thought we had a good game ? but regardless i appreciate the formality of you posting your feelings about the game and not just hoping on the forum bashing me or name calling.
