Madden 2006

[Sava]

I didn't "doctor the game" so I could win easily. I just wanted to play with good players.

Just like the driving analogy.

Who the hell buys a driving game and wants to drive a Ford Escort? Bring on the Ferrari.

[Imran Siddiqui]

no, I just find it more fun to completely dominate...

So what you are really saying is you can't win unless you cheat .

I've never understood people who don't want to be challenged in their games. Though it would explain your bratty attitude .

Who the hell buys a driving game and wants to drive a Ford Escort? Bring on the Ferrari.

But then you are racing AGAINST other Ferraris! You cheated to an all-pro team and played.... the Redskins. Oh yeah... real tough competition.

Cheater .

[Gamecube64]

Originally posted by duke o' york
is neither yar nor woo.

Then why did you just pirate Eventis's bandwidth?

[Sava]

well I'm too lazy to edit the rest of the teams, or else I would play against other all-pro teams

it took me like 2 or 3 hours just to make the roster and edit the salaries

and I play on the PRO difficulty.. it's not as if I'm setting it up to be completely easy... the top difficulty is just insane... everything is a completion and every running back is walter payton...

there are really only two options in this game
1. sava dominates the AI
2. AI dominates sava

number 1 is more fun

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Gamecube64
Then why did you just pirate Eventis's bandwidth?

Talk to my lawyer.

[Maquiladora]

If anyone deserves pirating their games its definitely EA Sports.

I would, but none of their games are worth the time, including this.

[Guynemer]

Not only did I pay for my copy, but I (usually) win comfortably on All-Pro with the Lions roster as-is.

So

[snoopy369]

I was playing on pro, and thought I was playing on rookie ... 2006's pro is roughly comparable to 2005's rookie IMO, although 2006's all-pro is harder than 2005's pro (i only win by a little, whereas in 2005 i usually won by 20-30).

Although I reserve my opinions on Sava, and certainly think that degree of cheating is pretty absurd, I can understand playing Sports games on a semi-but-not-really-challenging level. Mostly because there is rarely-if-ever a truly proper level - where you win sometimes and lose sometimes, and it's a combination of your skill and luck, but more skill, that helps you win - but rather Madden levels tend to be:
1) Way too easy, win by 100
2) Pretty easy, win by 30
3) Hard, lose 70% of your games
4) Impossible, lucky to score
for me. Admittedly I'm not a veterane gamer, and thus why the levels break down like that - and this year it seems all-pro, or 3, is easier than that. If they made more appropriate levels i'd not mind playing at a challenging level, but I get too depressed losing 70% of my games

[Dis]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Not only did I pay for my copy, but I (usually) win comfortably on All-Pro with the Lions roster as-is.

So

I haven't bought a madden game since like 2001. But I suck

I was trying to win as the Arizona Cardinals. But that was really difficult sometimes. I had Jake Plummer as QB, but my damn recievers couldn't catch the ball. I guess that's like real life . And my running back was okay, just not great.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Guynemer

Not only did I pay for my copy, but I (usually) win comfortably on All-Pro with the Lions roster as-is.

So

Originally posted by Guynemer



Quoted for
BULL****

because I don't believe that for a second

[Guynemer]

Want some screenshots?

[Sava]

sure...

and since we're going to use PC images as proof, I'll post proof I'm God, friends with George W. Bush, and the real face on the $1 bill.

also, about "challenge"

I find the whole idea of battling the AI to a somewhat normal score to just be a mediocre game experience. The challenge I find in the game is seeing how much I can dominate the AI.

If I want to have a realistic game experience, I'll watch real NFL. But I want to see Peyton Manning throw a 50 yard bomb to Randy Moss. I want to see Ladanian Tomlinson behind an All-Pro line bust 10 yard gains just about every play. I want to see opposing QB's cry when they throw interception after interception to my DB's... that is, when they aren't getting sacked by the onslaught of Freeney, Peppers, or when I pass rush LB's Peterson, Brooks, and Urlacher.

I want to see Ray Lewis get 16 tackles a game... ON SPECIAL TEAMS!

I don't know guys... but something about doing extraordinary things is attractive to me. Isn't that what gaming is supposed to be about?

If I want a challenge, I'll play myself in Tic-Tac-Toe.

[Guynemer]

You think I'm computer-savvy enough to alter screenshots and make them look realistic?

I'm flattered.

And the scores aren't necessarily normal; they just tend to be competitive. For instance, I just advanced my record to 8-1 with a 37-20 victory over Arizona. That's high-scoring for the NFL. And it was closer than the score indicates; tied at 17 at the half, and I lead by only a TD with 8min left. Got some timely turnovers when the Cards were driving.

My top score thus far, IIRC, was a 76-10 pimpslapping of the Bears.

[Guynemer]

Yup. To be fair, the Bears also gave me one of the closest games thus far, too. The Ravens game was like the Cards game, closer than the score indicated due to a late turnover and subsequent score.

So that's three games that could've gone either way that I won, and another that I lost on a last-minute 55 yard FG.

To me, that is much more fun than trying to run up the highest possible score with a hacked all-star team on a pirated game.

[Sava]

uhmmm not to question your honesty...

but why, when I look at default rosters, do I see the following for Detroit:
Overall: 78
Off: 80
Def: 74
QB: 69
RB: 81
WR: 88

which is quite different from the ratings on your team...

but back to the whole challenge thing... different strokes fer different folks... I just don't see why people have to rip on me for doing what I find to be fun...

So what if I make an all-pro team? Big deal. You know what? When I play single player FPS's, I always put on God mode and infinite ammo. OOOOOOH big deal. What do you guys care?