joecrisp
12-02-2004, 01:05 AM
Alright, so I've been playing Madden 2005 Online for XBox for almost a month now, and here are the things that have absolutely ruined it for me:
1. Glitchers. These cretins somehow manage to find pleasure and pride in manipulating the glitches in the game that allow them to compile ridiculous win-loss records, at the expense of others who prefer to play fair regardless of the consequences. In addition to employing unsportsmanlike techniques that I will detail later in my rant, these jerks have figured out how to disconnect when they're losing-- without the game being recorded on either players' career stats. Thus, the ridiculous win-loss records.
2. Cheezers. These half-wits call the same damn plays over and over and over again, ad nauseam, even when you've burned them for it. If you don't burn them, you feel like a mindless moron yourself for not being able to figure out how to beat a guy that calls ONE DEFENSIVE PLAY THE ENTIRE GAME!
3. The Field Goal Block Glitch. I've been beaten by this particular cheater's play a few times, and I haven't figured out how to get around it yet, which is even more frustrating. Basically, the other guy takes his fastest player on the field goal block unit, lines him up to the far right, and backs him up a few yards off the line of scrimmage, to allow him to accelerate to full speed. Before the ball is snapped, he runs the player across the line of scrimmage at full speed and lands on top of the holder before or as the ball gets there for the snap. Obviously, it takes good timing, but when they do it right, they never get called for offsides, and they often wind up returning the fumbled snap for a touchdown. The only time they get called for it is if they cross the line of scrimmage before the snap and try to get back.
4. Fair Catch glitch. I played some a**hole tonight who had managed to figure out a glitch with the fair catch that allows him to position his player inside the 'halo' around the punt returner who is attempting the fair catch, which causes the return man to muff the fair catch, which allowed the coverage team to easily recover it, since he had kicked a high punt, and had three or four coverage players around the returner when the ball landed. The only work-around for this is obviously to get out of the way, and just let the ball be downed by the coverage team, but unfortunately for me, I had to get burned by this cheat tactic to figure it out. I can't understand how he didn't get called for 'fair catch interference', but somehow he found a glitch there.
5. The Wave. I've played a few imbecilic morons who get their jollies from making their defensive players do the wave during field goal and PAT attempts. Obviously, this is an unspeakably annoying tactic that serves no other purpose than simply to irritate the hell out of me.
6. End zone teasers. Don't let yourself get beat by a long pass or fumble/INT return, as you will undoubtedly fall victim to the hated "goalline tickler", wherein the ball carrier, usually someone with a 90+ speed rating, having outrun your players by at least a good 25 yards or so, decides to run from sideline to sideline-- tickling the goalline-- before actually walking across it as your would-be tacklers re-enter the field of view. Absolutely one of the most atrocious forms of taunting I've ever experienced. Inevitably followed by a full 30-second pause just to let you think about selecting 'Concede Defeat' from the game menu.
7. That damn defensive formation with all the defenders within 2 yards of the line of scrimmage. I don't know what the hell it is, but this is one of those annoying cheeze tactics that is extremely popular among the online gaming crowd. I've found a couple plays that will beat it regularly, but it still annoys the heck out of me that these punks have the audacity (or sheer stupidity) to keep calling the same damn defensive play every time... yep, so annoying I had to list it twice.
Anyway, there are countless other tactics used by the swarming mass of idiots that seems to constitute the online Madden crowd that have driven me to believe there is no alternative but to join a private league and just play among trusted and true sportsmen that believe in playing the game the way it was meant to be played.
Anyone fitting that description here?
1. Glitchers. These cretins somehow manage to find pleasure and pride in manipulating the glitches in the game that allow them to compile ridiculous win-loss records, at the expense of others who prefer to play fair regardless of the consequences. In addition to employing unsportsmanlike techniques that I will detail later in my rant, these jerks have figured out how to disconnect when they're losing-- without the game being recorded on either players' career stats. Thus, the ridiculous win-loss records.
2. Cheezers. These half-wits call the same damn plays over and over and over again, ad nauseam, even when you've burned them for it. If you don't burn them, you feel like a mindless moron yourself for not being able to figure out how to beat a guy that calls ONE DEFENSIVE PLAY THE ENTIRE GAME!
3. The Field Goal Block Glitch. I've been beaten by this particular cheater's play a few times, and I haven't figured out how to get around it yet, which is even more frustrating. Basically, the other guy takes his fastest player on the field goal block unit, lines him up to the far right, and backs him up a few yards off the line of scrimmage, to allow him to accelerate to full speed. Before the ball is snapped, he runs the player across the line of scrimmage at full speed and lands on top of the holder before or as the ball gets there for the snap. Obviously, it takes good timing, but when they do it right, they never get called for offsides, and they often wind up returning the fumbled snap for a touchdown. The only time they get called for it is if they cross the line of scrimmage before the snap and try to get back.
4. Fair Catch glitch. I played some a**hole tonight who had managed to figure out a glitch with the fair catch that allows him to position his player inside the 'halo' around the punt returner who is attempting the fair catch, which causes the return man to muff the fair catch, which allowed the coverage team to easily recover it, since he had kicked a high punt, and had three or four coverage players around the returner when the ball landed. The only work-around for this is obviously to get out of the way, and just let the ball be downed by the coverage team, but unfortunately for me, I had to get burned by this cheat tactic to figure it out. I can't understand how he didn't get called for 'fair catch interference', but somehow he found a glitch there.
5. The Wave. I've played a few imbecilic morons who get their jollies from making their defensive players do the wave during field goal and PAT attempts. Obviously, this is an unspeakably annoying tactic that serves no other purpose than simply to irritate the hell out of me.
6. End zone teasers. Don't let yourself get beat by a long pass or fumble/INT return, as you will undoubtedly fall victim to the hated "goalline tickler", wherein the ball carrier, usually someone with a 90+ speed rating, having outrun your players by at least a good 25 yards or so, decides to run from sideline to sideline-- tickling the goalline-- before actually walking across it as your would-be tacklers re-enter the field of view. Absolutely one of the most atrocious forms of taunting I've ever experienced. Inevitably followed by a full 30-second pause just to let you think about selecting 'Concede Defeat' from the game menu.
7. That damn defensive formation with all the defenders within 2 yards of the line of scrimmage. I don't know what the hell it is, but this is one of those annoying cheeze tactics that is extremely popular among the online gaming crowd. I've found a couple plays that will beat it regularly, but it still annoys the heck out of me that these punks have the audacity (or sheer stupidity) to keep calling the same damn defensive play every time... yep, so annoying I had to list it twice.
Anyway, there are countless other tactics used by the swarming mass of idiots that seems to constitute the online Madden crowd that have driven me to believe there is no alternative but to join a private league and just play among trusted and true sportsmen that believe in playing the game the way it was meant to be played.
Anyone fitting that description here?