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  • ODogg
    Hall Of Fame
    • Feb 2003
    • 37953

    #1

    My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WTF?

    Hey guys, I run a great online dynasty of 10 players and we are in year 2. However I'm having a problem that I can't explain that may cause me to have to drop out. Every so often I will drop back with my QB, press the button to throw to a receiver and my QB throws the ball out of bounds just as if I had hit the RB button to throw the ball out of bounds. I then get a 10 yard penalty and loss of down which effectively kills a drive. As we all know if you have even one of these drive killers in a game it can cause you to lose. I just had it happen twice in the first quarter and thus killed two drives. I ended up going to the half down 28-0.

    I thought when this first occurred maybe it was my controller so I bought a new controller. Same deal. It seems to happen randomly but lately it's been happening more often. I don't know what to do but I don't plan on continuing to play if it keeps happening, it's just sucking the fun out of the game for me.

    Has anyone else had this nonsense going on and figured out how to stop it???
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  • Gotmadskillzson
    Live your life
    • Apr 2008
    • 23442

    #2
    Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

    Never happened to me.......But I will think of some ideas.

    1. Is auto pass on ?

    2. Is your controller wireless ? You might be getting some wireless intereference from some where, like a new neighbor who has a very powerful wireless router or satellite dish pointed too low towards the ground.

    I know this was the case with my sister and her house. She is a gamer too and everything was fine until one day random things would happen even though she didn't press the button to make it happen. But then it turned out a new family moved into the house behind her and they have DISH, however their DISH is pointed too horizontal, so therefore it was causing intereference with everything that was wireless in her house every time that neighbor turned on their tv.

    So check to see if you have some new neighbors who has DISH or Direct TV. Or see if somebody around you using a wifi signal booster or repeater or CB radio in their house.

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    • Buffalo Gold
      Banned
      • Mar 2009
      • 45

      #3
      Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

      This^ I had a wireless, and something similar happened. My quarterback would sometimes do nothing at all, and take the sack. I would suspect some sort of interference, but make sure auto pass is set to off like mentioned. That sucks big time though. Try a wired controller I would bet that solves the problem.

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      • ODogg
        Hall Of Fame
        • Feb 2003
        • 37953

        #4
        Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

        Maybe it is interference, but the odd thing is I don't have things like this happen in other games. I have a wireless phone nearby I could unplug. I am 99.9% sure that auto-pass is off but I'll check it.

        However I don't know why I didn't think of Buffalo Golds idea and just order a wired controller for my league games. I guess sometimes the simplest solution is the best. Just placed a one-click order for a black wired controller off Amazon. It'll be my online dynasty controller I guess.
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        • DrAnguish
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          • Oct 2010
          • 122

          #5
          Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

          Dumb Questions:

          What is your QB's rating?

          Is he super fatigued when this is happening?

          In the past I had problems with my QB throwing absolutely stupid passes when he was fatigued. I had to make a few changes to my game planning / subs to make sure he stayed fresh and didnt do stupid things like that.

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          • ODogg
            Hall Of Fame
            • Feb 2003
            • 37953

            #6
            Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

            I'm using Hawai'i in my online league, my QB's Bryant Moniz and his rating is 86 I believe so that shouldn't be an issue. I have noticed sometimes he gets fatigued but haven't noticed if he tends to throw it out of bounds or not when he's overly fatigued. I don't think that's the case though because last night he did it on my first drive on 3rd and 9 so he wouldn't have been fatigued by then.

            I do think you're right though overall and that I should make the sub out % a little higher for the QB position because I have had issues with him going "red" on me at times.
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            • Yeti_2009
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              • May 2010
              • 262

              #7
              Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

              Originally posted by DrAnguish
              Dumb Questions:

              What is your QB's rating?

              Is he super fatigued when this is happening?

              In the past I had problems with my QB throwing absolutely stupid passes when he was fatigued. I had to make a few changes to my game planning / subs to make sure he stayed fresh and didnt do stupid things like that.
              yep this has happened to me a couple times. Running a hurry up spread with a 1 star program....I didnt realize that the QB would get fatigued so fast.

              But definitely look for interference. I would unplug that phone, check ur neighbors for new dishes and try again. If that doesnt work, you can always try a wired controller but costs of controllers can add up quickly.

              Also, this may sound stupid, but make sure your finger isnt even hovering over the RB button. I know sometimes your fingers will seem to act on their own sometimes and you may be accidentally hitting the RB button. I know when I first started, I was randomly pitching the ball alot because I had my finger hovering over the button and when I was trying to stiff arm, I would accidentally tap that button.

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              • ODogg
                Hall Of Fame
                • Feb 2003
                • 37953

                #8
                Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                Yeah I thought about the fact maybe I was hitting it by mistake but when I switched to my new wireless controller I could feel like a click when I pushed in, I mean I actually had to push in with a decent amount of pressure to get it to click so I know last night after I switched to the new controller that I wasn't hitting the RB button by mistake. It's quite possible it's that phone. I don't think it could be any neighbors interfering because my play area is in my den and my neighbors are not that close to me. I'll bet if it is interference it's of my own doing.

                I think what I'll do is unplug that phone (I don't use it anyways) and move my router back a little bit behind the TV. Then play a few games vs. the cpu and see if it happens anymore. As it is though I've already ordered a wired controller so going forward I will use that for all of my online dynasty games. I don't mind losing but not to this BS!!
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                • ODogg
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                  • Feb 2003
                  • 37953

                  #9
                  Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                  by the way - it really wouldn't be so terrible if it was just the QB throwing the ball away but the kick in the head is the 10 yard penalty and loss of down that the penalty incurs. So I go from 2nd and 6 to 3rd and 16 and it's basically a DRIVE KILLER. I had that happen twice in the first quarter last night and ended up going down 21-0 to start. That's a pretty rough road to climb to come back even with 7 minute quarters.
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                  • Yeti_2009
                    Rookie
                    • May 2010
                    • 262

                    #10
                    Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                    Originally posted by ODogg
                    by the way - it really wouldn't be so terrible if it was just the QB throwing the ball away but the kick in the head is the 10 yard penalty and loss of down that the penalty incurs. So I go from 2nd and 6 to 3rd and 16 and it's basically a DRIVE KILLER. I had that happen twice in the first quarter last night and ended up going down 21-0 to start. That's a pretty rough road to climb to come back even with 7 minute quarters.
                    definitely...not to mention its nothing you did intentionally. Have you also tried offline versus online? If this is happening online and not offline, then it also might have to do with the wireless signal between your router and the PS3....

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                    • ODogg
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                      • Feb 2003
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                      #11
                      Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                      You know I don't believe it's EVER happened offline. However I'm wired directly to my router from my Xbox 360. That's one thing I was thinking about was maybe it was some sort of weird netcode bug or something. But the thing is I've not heard it happening to anyone else in my league.
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                      • AbsoluteFury
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                        • Apr 2009
                        • 257

                        #12
                        Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                        Can you turn off the penalty?

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                        • Yeti_2009
                          Rookie
                          • May 2010
                          • 262

                          #13
                          Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                          Originally posted by ODogg
                          You know I don't believe it's EVER happened offline. However I'm wired directly to my router from my Xbox 360. That's one thing I was thinking about was maybe it was some sort of weird netcode bug or something. But the thing is I've not heard it happening to anyone else in my league.
                          mmm...sounds like it might have something to do with the internet. Routers are weird sometimes...is there anyway you can plug directly into your cable modem?

                          I know my router, although working wireless, worked fine with my PS3. Then all of a sudden, I could not connect wirelessly to the router from the PS3, but my IPODtouch and computer still could connect wirelessly.

                          I would just keep testing until you finally nail down the the problem, but if it doesnt happen offline, then it has to be something with your online...

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                          • ODogg
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                            • Feb 2003
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                            #14
                            Re: My QB keeps throwing the ball out of bounds just as if I'd hit the RB button - WT

                            Absolutefury - you can't turn off the penalty I don't believe, I will check the settings though. And the other guy can't refuse it either.

                            I really can't wire directly to my router, too big of a pain in the rear...I think it's got to be something related to the wireless controller getting interference more than the router itself. It just seems too specific to the controller to be an overall internet issue. If it was an overall internet issue then other things would happen besides that.
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