The Madden Online Dynasty PS4 League - 2014

[korme]

Both of you wearing white... was that the game not realizing that all teams against Dallas should be wearing their colorful unis? That seems like a nightmare.

How was the connection? Experience any noticeable lag?

[korme]

And how did you take that screenshot?

[markprior22]

I didn't have any lag or connection issues on my end

[korme]

From what I understand, everyone has played their week 1 game. As a future reference, just hit 'Ready to Advance' so the league will automatically advance once everyone has played.

Just to err on the side of caution, I'll wait until tomorrow at noon to force the advance.

[korme]

Week has advanced. Eagles/Colts, Pats/Vikings are this week's H2H

[BillJasper]

Who has the Colts? I'll need to schedule the game for tomorrow or Tuesday if possible?

[Sun Tzu]

I have a H2H matchup, too. Bears @ 49ers.

Our game is already scheduled for 9pm PST/11pm CST on Tuesday.

I took the screenshot by going to the highlights area after the game, finding a play that I wanted to take a screenshot of, and then hitting the "share" button on my controller. I then shared it to Facebook (to myself only), saved the file, and then uploaded it here. I had to shrink the picture resolution down to about 40% of it's original size, just FYI. That thing comes out massive.

I didn't experience any game crushing lag, though I did have a few hiccups here and there. Surprisingly smooth for an online game, though. Two thumbs up.

[korme]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

Who has the Colts? I'll need to schedule the game for tomorrow or Tuesday if possible?

Check the first post. I'll constantly keep it up to date.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by korme

My old roommate just signed up as the Patriots. I'm going to get him to signup on the forums.

I've got him up next, is there any way for me to get in contact? I'm going to be a real pain in the ass to match times with given the time zones, but I'll do my best to accomodate.

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by korme

Check the first post. I'll constantly keep it up to date.

I'm wlj1701a.

[Terps]

I have Indy. We can try to schedule something for tomorrow.

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by Terps

I have Indy. We can try to schedule something for tomorrow.

Something between 6pm and 9pm EST work for you?

[Terps]

Sure... Maybe around 7?

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by Terps

Sure... Maybe around 7?

Should work for me.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I've got him up next, is there any way for me to get in contact? I'm going to be a real pain in the ass to match times with given the time zones, but I'll do my best to accomodate.

Trying to get him to sign up. He manages at a bar so his weird nighttime schedule might work out well here. I know he is completely off tomorrow. Try through Madden for now, I'll bug him tomorrow

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by Terps

Sure... Maybe around 7?

Is 6:30pm possible? I had something pop up for 8:15 and didn't want to leave you hanging while I took care of it...

[BillJasper]

Eagles/Colts are suffering a delay due to both of us having something to do. Anticipating kickoff @ 8:20pm EST.

[BillJasper]

The connection timed out in the 2nd quarter.

[Terps]

Ugh. Well, it was fun while it lasted, I don't want to hop in again and not be able to finish it out.

Bill ran a pick six back on me on my first drive, as well as picking me off on my first pass of my second drive, haha.

He was moving the ball really well, and I started to as well after the two early picks, mostly with Trent Richardson. I had just broke off a big run with a facemask tacked on and it started lagging, and then it seemed fine, I went to snap, connection lost.

[BillJasper]

One thing that was odd: the camera view. The first game I played against the CPU, the camera was zoomed like it is in the default setting. This game against Terps was like I was sitting in the nose bleed seats.

[Terps]

You should be able to cycle the cameras with up and down on the D pad.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by korme

Trying to get him to sign up. He manages at a bar so his weird nighttime schedule might work out well here. I know he is completely off tomorrow. Try through Madden for now, I'll bug him tomorrow

I sent him a msg on PSN, still nothing as yet.

[korme]

You should have gotten a game invite back

[Sun Tzu]

Illinicub and I played our game this evening. It was a hard fought battle, but in the end Jay Cutler just couldn't quite get the ball into the Endzone. Kaep had two touchdown passes, and Ahmad Brooks returned a Matt Forte fumble for a TD to cap a 24-6 win in Levi Stadium.

GG Illini, and best of luck the rest of the way!

[korme]

Raiders move to 3-0.

Brady threw 5 picks, including 3 INT-TDs. With 10 minutes to go in the 2nd Qtr, the Raiders were up 35-0.

But Brady came out firing and their defense shut me down the rest of the way, and I hung on to win 38-31. No thanks to Janikowski, who missed 3 FGs, and big thanks to Shane Vereen, who fumbled twice, giving the Raiders 7 total takeaways.

I did what the Raiders should have done in real life and started purging veterans from the roster. I traded MJD and James Jones, and have signed and used younger players. It's worked well so far. HB Kenjon Barner, who I picked up in FA, now has 281 yards over the first 3 games of the year. But the star of the offense has been TE Mychal Rivera - 25 rec, 349 yds, 4 TD thru 3 games.

[Terps]

I don't know what the consensus is with the Armor & Sword sliders, but I think they're awful. Something is wrong when backup QB's rarely have a pass go incomplete.

I'm playing my week 3 game and Bortles has started the game 12-16, and in week 1 when I knocked out Peyton, Dysert came in and was completing nearly everything as well.

I don't seem to have the same issues when I play offline, but I don't use those sliders either.

[Groundhog]

I didn't have any luck re: my matchup last night, I'll try again this afternoon. When's the round being progressed?

Re: the sliders, I don't know what difficulty we're playing on in this league offhand, but I've found offline that bumping the difficulty level up to the highest actually helps hinder AI QB play a little - ie. not 34/40 completion rates regardless of opponent - because they attempt to try to throw down the field and let plays develop, rather than complete the 4-5 yard pass after 1.5 seconds.

[Terps]

Box score from my game against the AI controlled Jags.

Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars
Sep 21, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Indianapolis Colts (2-1)	0	7	0	14	21
Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2)	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats Comparison
	IND	JAC
Total Offense	367	244
Rushing Yards	141	59
Passing Yards	226	185
First Downs	16	13
Punt Return Yards	30	15
Kick Return Yards	0	40
Total Yards	397	299
Turnovers	1	3
3rd Down Converstion	5-11	4-12
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/0	0/0
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Posession Time	22:57	25:33

Indianapolis Colts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Luck 15/33 226 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Richardson 23 123 5.3 0 Bradshaw 2 18 9.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Nicks 6 56 9.3 0 Wayne 5 117 23.4 2 Hilton 2 37 18.5 1 Allen 1 17 17 0 Richardson 1 -1 -1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jackson 10 1 0 0 Freeman 9 0 0 0 Mathis 6 1 0 0 Landry 5 0 0 0 Jean Francois 2 1 0 0 Redding 1 1 0 0 Davis 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Vinatieri 3/3 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 McAfee 6 240 40 2

Jacksonville Jaguars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Bortles 26/37 213 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Gerhart 12 57 4.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Gerhart 6 21 3.5 0 Hurns 5 45 9 0 Shorts 4 50 12.5 0 Harbor 3 27 9 0 Lewis 3 34 11.3 0 Blackmon 2 29 14.5 0 Lee 2 10 5 0 Robinson 1 -3 -3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Posluszny 6 0 0 0 Gratz 5 0 0 0 Guy 5 0 0 0 Reynolds 4 0 0 0 McCray 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Scobee 0/1 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Anger 6 300 50 0

[korme]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I didn't have any luck re: my matchup last night, I'll try again this afternoon. When's the round being progressed?

Sorry buddy, it was processed today at noon, as per the rules. Sorry you guys couldn't work something out, but you can play your week 3 game at any time.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Terps

I don't know what the consensus is with the Armor & Sword sliders, but I think they're awful. Something is wrong when backup QB's rarely have a pass go incomplete.

I'm playing my week 3 game and Bortles has started the game 12-16, and in week 1 when I knocked out Peyton, Dysert came in and was completing nearly everything as well.

I don't seem to have the same issues when I play offline, but I don't use those sliders either.

If anyone has any better suggestions, I'm all up for listening and altering. I've had similar experiences, but I've also had games where QBs couldn't do anything.

It's hard to find a balance. I don't want sliders that completely favor the user.

edit: After all that, here is Bortles final line:

Bortles 26/37 213 0 1

Not much to complain about man. You won 21-0.

[Terps]

His line only ended up like that in the 4th quarter when every play was a pass and they actually had to try to force the ball down the field.

[Terps]

Looking at the league completion percentage leaders, you have to go down to a 5 way tie for 13th (67%) before you see a QB controlled by a user.

Edit - Forgot to add, I didn't remember Dysert's line from week 1, but that was 16-22.

[Terps]

I just checked his sliders out on OS, I think one of the problems is he has the QB Accuracy set to 10 so the AI only makes throws it knows it can make, which are dump offs and short passes.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Terps

I just checked his sliders out on OS, I think one of the problems is he has the QB Accuracy set to 10 so the AI only makes throws it knows it can make, which are dump offs and short passes.

Hmmm, so you think raising the accuracy is going to decrease it? I don't know if the AI is that smart.

[korme]

BTW, how did you get that boxscore? I am continually impressed with what you guys are showing me.

I'd love to post stats & standings in this thread, but the connected franchise page isn't very copy+pastey (or user friendly, to be frank)

[Terps]

I'm not sure, just reading threads about how people think the sliders work, some said to raise that because it makes the AI dumber and make safer throws. Some people said to lower coverage but raise another slider to counteract it. Some people lower the catching way down so the receivers drop more balls. Some people think the intentional grounding slider has something to do with it. It's a mess, haha.

For the box score, you go here Operation Sports Generators - Create great tables for MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and more! fill everything in, and then it will give you HTML code to paste here.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by korme

Sorry buddy, it was processed today at noon, as per the rules. Sorry you guys couldn't work something out, but you can play your week 3 game at any time.

Yeah that's fine, no probs! Argh, a bye....

[Groundhog]

I had the game at default 50 for AI QB Accuracy the first week I had it, and every QB was Peyton Manning.

[korme]

Originally Posted by Terps

For the box score, you go here Operation Sports Generators - Create great tables for MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and more! fill everything in, and then it will give you HTML code to paste here.

Bummer that it's not a direct translation from Madden, aka that's a lot of typing. But I might do a top ten leaderboard every 1/4 of the season, I'm off on Wednesdays, so it's not like I have anything better to do with my time.

Edit: For shits and giggles, here's the boxscore from the wild game 3 I played:

New England Patriots at Oakland Raiders
Sep 21, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New England Patriots (2-1)	0	14	7	10	31
Oakland Raiders (3-0)	28	7	3	0	38

Team Stats Comparison
	NWE	OAK
Total Offense	552	365
Rushing Yards	29	178
Passing Yards	523	187
First Downs	18	15
Punt Return Yards	27	18
Kick Return Yards	87	64
Total Yards	666	447
Turnovers	7	3
3rd Down Converstion	8	5
4th Down Conversion	1	0
2-Point Conversion	0	0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0	0
Penalties	1	0
Posession Time	18:38	29:22

New England Patriots PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Brady 36/57 544 4 5 J. Garoppolo 0/2 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Vereen 9 28 3.1 0 T. Brady 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Gronkowski 9 157 17.4 2 B. LaFell 7 140 20.0 1 S. Vereen 7 35 5.0 0 J. Edelman 5 53 10.6 0 A. Dobson 4 126 31.5 1 K. Thompkins 2 25 12.5 0 T. Wright 1 4 4.0 0 D. Amendola 1 4 4.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. McCourty 10 0 0 0 D. Hightower 9 1 1 0 D. Harmon 7 0 0 0 J. Collins 5 0 0 0 L. Ryan 5 1 0 0 C. Jones 5 4 0 0 S. Siliga 4 0 0 0 J. Mayo 4 0 0 0 D. Revis 3 0 1 0 B. Browner 2 0 0 0 P. Chung 2 0 0 0 R. Ninkovich 2 1 0 0 R. Jackson 2 0 0 0 D. Fleming 1 0 0 0 V. Wilfork 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Gostkowski 1/1 4/4 7 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 R. Malone 3 120 40.0 0

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Carr 13/26 252 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD K. Barner 26 138 5.3 0 D. McFadden 6 22 3.7 0 D. Archer 4 18 4.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Rivera 8 151 18.9 1 K. Martin 3 50 16.7 0 D. Moore 1 22 22.0 0 D. Archer 1 29 29.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Williamson 9 0 0 0 C. Woodson 5 0 0 0 D. Hayden 5 0 0 0 T. Branch 5 0 1 0 S. Moore 4 0 1 0 T. Brown 4 0 1 1 K. Burnett 3 0 0 0 K. Mack 3 0 1 1 P. Sims 3 1 0 0 K. Maiava 2 0 0 0 D. Milliner 2 0 1 1 L. Asante 1 0 0 0 L. Woodley 1 1 0 0 B. Arnfelt 1 0 0 0 M. Sam 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Janikowski 1/4 5/5 8 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 M. King 4 187 46.8 1

[IlliniCub]

Finally on the board with a win! Beat the Giants today. Glad to know I'm not going 0-16

[Groundhog]

I was down 21-0 to the Saints after a couple of unlucky picks thrown by Bridgewater... both resulted from WRs dropping passes after taking a hit. We made a nice comeback in the 2nd half, but we failed to stop the Saints on a 3rd and 5 to get the ball back.

Lost Bridgewater to a broken jaw for 6 weeks.. Yikes. No Peterson, no Bridgewater, lost my best lineman too... like we weren't bad enough as it is!

[BillJasper]

I'm not going to have access to my PS4 for the next week so you guys will have to go on without me and I can either retire or jump back in when I can.

[korme]

It's cool we'll just sim until you're back into it.

Advancing to week 4 now.

[korme]

Playing against the 0-3 Dolphins, and this is the first time I've felt like I'm playing with a crappy team. Down 13-3 halfway through the third quarter. It's like they've been scouting how I've played. My "go to" Z-Spot has been completely shut down.

[korme]

HB Kenjon Barner explodes after giving his team the lead. He is the only one excited.

[korme]

Just realized I have a bye in Week 5, so after already completing my game I don't get to play until next Sunday. Boo bye weeks!

[Sun Tzu]

Are you playing in London?

[korme]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Are you playing in London?

Yes, I had the volume down so I don't know if the announcers made a note of it, but the sidelines had London painted on them and the NFL shield was in the center of the field.

[IlliniCub]

Is there a way to uncheck the simulate box? I accidentally hit the simulate box and now it says it willbe simulated when the week advances and I can't uncheck it!

[Sun Tzu]

I just saw that BillJasper is afk this week. I'm scheduled to play him, so I'll try to get that game in tonight or tomorrow night.