Is it really football?

I run into kids that do this a lot. Its not super fun, but people just want to win. When I play offline I dont run the same things I would normally do.

I hear ya. Well I'm a pretty smart guy...and I'm sure if I tried hard enaough, I could figure out some unstoppable plays...but do I really want to do that?

No! Whats the fun in that? Finding a couple of plays you will always gain on? I only like to play offline (franchise) where I can make the game as realistic as I can. Thats football for me!

Yeah, that's why thinking about calling it quits for online play.

Man if someone runs 3 plays on me all game I pitty them. Just stop it man. I know you don't like playing people like that but you can't control that. Maybe find people online or on this site that you can play that plays more realistic. You are going to run into CHILDREN online its just a fact.

online play fcking sucks ass when you get players who just wanna get a win to make there record look good, i just played this kid, ran gun bunck wk all game and threw to wr that runs egual to the los and to the hb, i stop it every play then he ran to wilcat and i stuff that, thats all he had i was winning 34-6, but i quit cuz it was so fcking boring to me lol i can careless about my record

i totally agree and there is a lot more of it in today's madden. back in the day on the old ps2 many people had more of a scheme than just a few plays. of course there were ppl that took advantage of things that were not controllable however i don't remember it being half as bad as it is in this generation of madden.

Man...maybe it was just me but the frustrating part is i couldn't stop it. It was just that bad...I'm at a cross road right now...to be or not be online.

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i played a lvl 29 guy last nite all he did was 3 playes. a run a playaction and a qb draw. he was beating me 28 to 7 at half i came back and won 42 to 28 cuz i shut down his unstopable plays cuz it was all he had even when i shut it down thats all he tryed to do i hate this style of play it becomes repetative and gets real boring i dont enen keep the same pb cuz it gets boring..

Well. if it is not broken, than dont fix it. sorry man. but I played football. div 1. and if there is a weakness in the O or D and we find it, than we will work that weakness and end up getting a win. so 3 plays or not. if you can not stop it. than that is on you. not the team/person that is putting it on you. your D is prb weak. step up your game. we all lose from time to time. no need to cry. just get better

I understand what your saying but I guess sometimes you gotta just figure out a way to counter it. In any online game theres gonna be those kids that in a sports game do the same the over and over, or in shooters just camp or glitch, etc. I suppose online play is always doomed to stuff like this. But if you want to try to get as realistic as possible try out a sim league

green is right. this happends more then you might notice in a real game. no joke during the state title game my senior year. the guy who was guarding me could not stop me from getting into the lane to save his life so my coach honestly told me to do that EVERY time we went down the floor. if you cant stop it, then the other person will run it

I understand your frustration....but you're right it is a video game and not reality. If you want to play a "real football" game, get some friends and go outside and play a "real football" game. Madden is a video game, in the virtual world. It's perspective my man....don't let it get to you. And oh yea....do what they do to you....what's wrong with that?

Cboy918 wrote:

I understand your frustration....but you're right it is a video game and not reality. If you want to play a "real football" game, get some friends and go outside and play a "real football" game. Madden is a video game, in the virtual world. It's perspective my man....don't let it get to you. And oh yea....do what they do to you....what's wrong with that?

You my friend, are a genius.

Im Back!!!!! After much off time labbing!!! I'm Back!!!



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boatrace76 0 3 3 17 0 23

cinco5ocho8 0 3 0 0 0 3

Thanks for all the comments..I did join a sim league, which actually helped my online play. It got me me in the lab room alot. I'm still having trouble with countering some trick plays...but in the last game i played...my TOP was 21:?? mins and the other guy was 6:?? min...

I simply won by frustrating my opponent...lol


Score breakdown:



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cinco5ocho8 0 3 0 0 0 3



Statistics boatrace76 cinco5ocho8

Rushing attempts for 17 11

Rushing yards for 40 51

Passing attempts for 21 16

Passing yards for 132 103

Punts 0 0

Field goals for 3 1

Long field goals (40+) for 1 0

Rushing touchdowns for 0 0

Passing touchdowns for 1 0

Returns touchdowns for 0 0

Defensive touchdowns for 1 0

Turnovers for 3 1

Interceptions for 0 3

Sacks for 1 0

Number of third downs 9 4

Third down conversions 6 0

No-huddle plays 0 0

Audibles called 0 0

Hot routes used 1 2

Shotgun plays 6 11

Blitzes 16 9

Time of possession 21:57 6:03

2-point conversions tried 0 0

2-point conversions succeeded 0 0

Red zone field goals 2 0

Red zone touchdowns 1 0

Red zone opportunities 3 1

First downs 11 8

First down yards 43 161

Special teams yards 66 151

Punt return yards 0 0

Punt yards 0 0

Penalties 1 1

Penalty yards 10 10

First down rushing plays 10 6

First down passing plays 6 8

Second down rushing plays 6 4

Second down passing plays 7 3

Third down rushing plays 1 1

Third down passing plays 8 3

Fourth down rushing plays 0 0

Fourth down passing plays 0 3

Passes completed 17 6

Fumbles 1 0

Fumbles recovered 0 1

Possessions 7 8

Third downs, 3 or less yards 3 1

Successes 2 0

Third downs, 4 to 9 yards 5 2

Successes 3 0

Third downs, 10 or more yards 1 1

Successes 1 0

Hurries 3 2

Knockdowns 0 0

Passes deflected 4 1

Passes tipped 0 0

Offensive yards 172 154

Total yards 238 305

Return yards 66 151

Total touchdowns 2 0


I figure if they dont have the ball, they can't run the trick plays...thanks Madden School.

In case you are wondering I'm a lvl 9...wanna lab. look me up.

My question is this, why stop doing something if it continues to work?

If someone can't stop me from running to the left side, why would I not continue to run to the left side?

If someone cannot stop my short passing game, why would I go away from it?

I'm not saying that I run the same few plays over and over again, what I'm saying is that why should someone stop running certain plays if they're working for them? You want a real football game? Shut their best plays down, and force them to mix it up and look elsewhere.

I'll admit that I would like to see an increase in defensive awareness when plays are run over and over again. Obviously in real life the D would be able to look for that no matter what your play call is.