[quote name='Matt Young']Wow... why does Madden hate me so much? For the second time in three games, I was cost a win by programming flaws.
This was a really good game, but the blatantly bad call caused me not to win. Early in the game, I was fielding a punt and I called for a fair catch. My return man waved his arms in the air and all that good stuff. Yet, just like against Minnesota, I got drilled with the hit stick and fumbled. It only led to a field goal this time instead of a touchdown, but without that field goal, I would have won the game.
I got really pissed at the game after that blown call, and it motivated me. While I couldn't get much going on offense, my defense was insane, accounting for several touchdowns off turnovers. I was up 31-10 at one point. Then my defense decided they'd put in a full day's work and took the rest of the day off.
Dallas staged an incredible comeback, scoring 3 touchdowns on long drives and stopping me when I had the ball. They tied the game at 31 with less than 10 seconds left, and my Hail Mary, while completed, fell short of the end zone.
Defense was again the name of the game in overtime, as I forced a fumble after the Cowboys received the kickoff. Then, going for it on 3rd and long since I was around Dallas's 35 yard line and didn't trust my kicker in 15 MPH crosswinds, the screen froze for a second and a screen pass to what looked like an open man suddenly turned into an interception.
Dallas drove down the field and called a timeout with 3 seconds left to kick a 17 yard field goal. That kick went about as wide left as it could possibly go, ending the game in a tie.
That was a really fun game, but the AI screwing me over and it ending in a tie really put a damper on the experience. I've now been cost 2 wins because of AI mistakes, so instead of being in 1st in my division, I'm now barely out of last. Still, Applecobra played a great game and it was fun aside from those problems.
Green Bay Packers 31, Dallas Cowboys 31
EDIT: Oh, and with Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, and Charles Woodson all out, I had to see AJ Hawk carted off with a broken forearm. He'll be out 6 weeks, so basically the rest of the regular season.[/QUOTE]
When I call fair a fair catch I wack the crap out of the Y button to make sure I get the fair catch I called. If you hit it once, sometimes it doesn't work. The game was crazy. I had full power with my kick with 3 seconds left in OT and wacked the crap out of it again when it was coming back but it didn't recognize and the meter went all the way left. What would of happened if I made the field goal with time expiring? Would you have gotten the ball back to be able to try to score a td?