Charter04's Madden 13 All-Madden Sim Sliders

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Quote: Originally Posted by charter04

I've looked at it. I am still working on an offline slider set. I just haven't had time. I think my play now or slow set might work for offline. Just give them a try with All-Madden. I just have a lot of stuff I'm working on right now.

I will do that tomorrow, thanks

[charter04]

I'm testing lowering speed threshold right now. I really might go to 30 to 35. If anyone wants to help test this let me know how it goes. I want to try it with the Normal Base set as well as the Normal personal set.

[The JareBear]

So I raised user rush reaction from 1 to 50 in week 11 of my CCM...

In the third QTR Big Ben is 14/21 for 231 and 3 TDs, 1 INT, Mendenahll has 8 rushes. I ahve seen plays for the first time, including a nifty PA that hit quicker than anything else I have seen yet in thsi game from the CPU.

I wonder what the lowest I can pu this at and still get teams to be aggressive thru the air...

This was also first game with threshld at 30, which feels perfect to me right off the bat.

[The JareBear]

This is what I got going right now....

Online CCM - Conventional Play Calling for OFFENSE, GAMEFLOW for Defense
All-Pro
15 minutes - 13 seconds minimum clock
30 threshold
Normal Speed
45 Fatigue - 25 Injury


USER/CPU

QBA - 5 - 55
PB - 30 - 50
WRC- 45 - 60

BT - 1 - 60
RB - 1 - 100
FUM - 9 - 12

PDRT - 60 - 60
INT - 18 - 45
PR - 35 -65

RDRT - 50 -99
BS - 1 - 99
TACK - 1 - 45

Right now my slow secondary is getting exploiting by an elite QB and a fast WR corp, and I am loving it. This is like a McDonals commerical, Hmmm, I'm Lov-in' It!

M13 is gonna be a winner...still needs a couple fixes from EA, but damn, some good gameplay here somewhere for sure!

[charter04]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaredlib

This is what I got going right now.... Online CCM - Conventional Play Calling for OFFENSE, GAMEFLOW for Defense All-Pro 15 minutes - 13 seconds minimum clock 30 threshold Normal Speed 45 Fatigue - 25 Injury USER/CPU QBA - 5 - 55 PB - 30 - 50 WRC- 45 - 60 BT - 1 - 60 RB - 1 - 100 FUM - 9 - 12 PDRT - 60 - 60 INT - 18 - 45 PR - 35 -65 RDRT - 50 -99 BS - 1 - 99 TACK - 1 - 45 Right now my slow secondary is getting exploiting by an elite QB and a fast WR corp, and I am loving it. This is like a McDonals commerical, Hmmm, I'm Lov-in' It! M13 is gonna be a winner...still needs a couple fixes from EA, but damn, some good gameplay here somewhere for sure!

I like it! I wonder how low the User RDRT can get too. I am liking 30 threshold has well.

[charter04]

Ok, I played a game using my personal normal speed set in my Online CCM. The only changes I made: Lowered threshold to 30 and fatigue to 50. I got these ideas from two others guys on here. The 30 threshold really made the CPU tough on defense! It might have been just the one game. I don't know but, I played the Ravens and I had little to no time to pass. I know everyone doesn't like that but, I do. I got sacked 5 times. Romo was terrible and I lost 12 to 9. It was at Baltimore. It was a great example of how a game against the Ravens should be.

The only thing bad I noticed was the CPU run game took a hit. I don't know if it was a one game thing or if it was the threshold. Flacco actually played good though.

[SABennett84]

I've given up waiting for a patch which may or may not address gameplay issues to try a "serious" CCM. So here... we... GO!!!

Week 1: Colts @ Bears (User)

Note: I use conventional play calling for my offense and gameflow for D.

1st Drive (IND): The Bears D, in typical Tampa-2 style, bend but don't break. Indy knocks home a 45 yarder.

2nd Drive (CHI): Didn't really exist. Devin Hester takes the post FG Kickoff 103 yards for the TD.

3rd Drive (IND): First play from scrimmage Brown, for no apparent reason, jukes to his right after taking a stretch handoff (right). Gave up a couple yards there, but still got 3. Sacked Luck on a CB blitz to set up 3 & 18, Austin Collie gets his bell rung by Peanut (Charles Tillman) and drops a pass which would have converted.

4th Drive (CHI): Matt Forte run for 3 yards. Pass complete to Marshall for 5 yards, bringing up 3rd and 2. Bush fails to convert, punt on 4th & 1.

5th Drive (IND): Indy does a good job on the ground, getting consistent if not stellar yardage. Luck completes a couple of passes. Drive stalls in Bears territory outside the RZ, Indy misses the long field goal wide left.

6th Drive (CHI): A couple decent runs for Forte allows Cutler to go Play Action and hit Brandon Marshall on the outside shoulder, between the CB and S against Cover 2. Sets up 1st and goal from the 5, Cutler sacked next play. Cutler forces the ball into the end zone, drive ends in an INT.

7th Drive (IND): Three straight passes, one complete for 3 yds, one incomplete, 1 complete for 6 yds. Colts punt.

8th Drive (CHI): Forte breaks off a 29 yard run. The SS took a weird angle, probably gave me an extra 10 yards. A couple of fairly average (though successful) plays later, Cutler hits Hester on a curl route. Hester jukes the CB out of his shoes and outruns the S to the end zone for a 29 yard TD. 14-3 Bears.

9th Drive (IND): Indy has a successful first series, then stalls. Two runs for a yard or less, Shea McClellan gets credit for the coverage sack. Indy punts.

10th Drive (CHI): Bears have a solid, well balanced drive going. Freeny lays out Forte, who goes out with an injured shoulder (will return soon). On 3rd and 2 Bush gets drilled by Bathea, fumbles, recovered by IND. Had a good shot at a FG on that drive :/

11th Drive (IND): First play is a "Sack", one yard loss when Luck tied to scramble and didn't quite make it back to the line. Luck completes a pass for 8 yards, goes deep on 3rd and short, play broken up by Chris Conte. Colts punt.

12th Drive (CHI): Cutler takes a coverage sack after going 5 wide on 1st down. I decide to go conservative and try to go into halftime up 11. Forte breaks off a 20 yard run for a 1st down, and I go back into the 2 minute drill. Back to back completions to Marshall and Forte is followed by another coverage sack for Cutler. Sets up 2nd & 18 from the 25. Another sack on 3rd down. Robbie Gould bangs home a 50 yarder to end the half, Bears up 17-3.

13th Drive (CHI): I stall out at midfield, try to force a ball to Brandon Marshall on a curl route. Picked off.

14th Drive (IND): Indy does nothing, a run into the line for 1ish yard and two incomplete passes. Punt.

15th Drive (CHI): I decide to try for a mid-late 1990s Lou Holtz Notre Dame we've-got-a-two-score-lead-and-the-ball ball control ram-it-down-your-throat drive. Things go well until a holding penalty gives me a 1st and 20 at my own 40. ANOTHER sack doesn't help things. Hester makes a couple great moves but gets stopped 6 yds short of the 1st down. Punt.

16th Drive (IND): Indy has figured out that I run a lot of zone and begins to call a screen pass on every third play. It works for a couple series, then luck gets sacked. Punt.

17th Drive (CHI): Indy stops Bush in the backfield for -2 yards. Cutler misses an open receiver for the first time in the game. Alshon Jeffery makes a great catch about two yards past the marker. But wait... yep, holding on me. Alshon Jeffery makes a great catch about 2 yards short of the marker and can't break a tackle to get the first. Result: 4th and IN. I don't feel like going for it from my own 35. Punt.

18th Drive (IND): Luck gets drilled by Peppers on the last play of the 3rd Q. Can't convert on 3rd and 20... punt.

19th Drive (CHI): Still in ball control mode, which means Bush is getting a lot of carries. A stat flashes up: I'm 0/6 on thrid down for the day. Good thing it's 3rd and 1 and I've got Mr. Automatic in short yardage. Bush breaks off an 8 yard run and ANOTHER damn holding call. 3rd and 11... Cutler finds Forte and coverts. I continue to pound the rock until Michael Bush breaks off a 38 yd TD run. Off of an A-gap iso play. That shouldn't really happen. Reggie Bush can do that. Michael Bush... only if he's back at Louisville Male High School. And not playing Trinity. Or Saint X. Chicago leads 24-3.

20th Drive (IND): Indy moves the ball well, though in small chunks, all passes. Luck gets called for delay of game, which I LOVE about this slider set. A solid 9 yard game, and luck gets called for delay AGAIN. Peanut makes a great play on the ball to break up a pass on 3rd and 11. Indy goes for it on 4th from their own 45 Luck makes a rookie mistake and completes a pass to his RB for 4 yards with no hope of breaking enough tackles to get the first down. Turnover.

21st Drive (CHI): I nickle and dime my way down to a 3rd and a short two 2 from the Indy 4. Bush fails to convert. 2 Minute warning, after which Gould knocks home the FG. 27-3 Chicago.

22nd Drive (IND): -6 yard completion on a screen pass, incomplete pass (Peanut drops an easy INT), Luck takes a sack. Indy punts from their own end zone.

23rd Drive (CHI): I pull most of my skill position guys. Patrick Witt completes his first NFL pass. Armando Allen gets his first NFL carry. The game ends.

Stats:

Chicago:
456 Total Offense
231 Rushing Yards
225 Passing Yards
21 First Downs
47 Punt Return Yards
131 Kick Return Yards
634 Total Yards
Turnovers 3 (-3)
2-9 3rd Down Conv
0-0 4th Down Conv
Penalties 6-60
Posession 31:54

Indy:
188 yds Total Offense
44 Rushing Yards
144 Passing Yards
10 First Downs
15 Punt Return yds
0 Kick Return Yards
203 Total Yards
0 (+3) Turnovers
3-14 3rd Down Conv
0-1 4th Down Conv
4-25 Penalties
28:06 Posession

Notes:

I was surprised that Donald Brown (IND) only averaged 1.9 ypc (31 yds on 16 attempts). Indy tried to run a few draw plays for more or less zero yardage once they go behind, and they had this annoying habit of running the same HB toss play out of a two-TE right I-form which never gained more than a yard and usually got stopped for a loss.

Andrew Luck made some rookie mistakes, but didn't play terribly.

Jay Cutler was 18-23 for 78%. Actually, 87% of his passes were complete to SOMEBODY, two of which were wearing blue and white. He only missed an open receiver once, Alshon Jeffery on a 10 yard out route. At least two of his ohter incompletions were lame ducks thrown while getting plastered.

Sorry for the long, long game cap, but I wanted to make the point that this felt like a game of football. There were a few niggles here or there, but for the most part it was enjoyable. Apart from a little bit of screwy CPU decisions while running the ball, and a stupid play call they insisted on going to over and over and over again. Even though I had some success on offense, I felt like I had to work for it. My main complaints would be that my running game was a little too effective, both with Forte and Bush. And Cutler was just way way too accurate. Chicago's D was probably a little more dominant than they should have been against a fairly bad Colts offense. We'll see how differently things go when we travel to Lambeau.

[SABennett84]

2nd game of CCM, Bears (User) at Green Bay. This SHOULD be a tough game, as I'm rated as a worse team (82 vs 86) and on the road. We'll see.

I'll try to keep this recap a bit shorter than my last one.

Note: I use Gameflow for my defensive playcalling and conventional for my offensive playcalling.

I do nothing on my first drive, 3 and out. Green Bay marches down field with short passes and a fairly effective run game. Rodgers hits Nelson in the corner of the endzone on 1st and goal. Pack up 7-0.

I do a little better on my 2nd drive, but still stall out around midfield and punt. Green Bay has a promising drive going, until Jennings fumbles on their 41. I take over in Green Bay territory. I easily move the ball inside the 5, then can't gain a yard. Bush gets stopped for no gain, Cutler has a couple of passes knocked down, and I settle for a FG. 7-3 Pack.

Green Bay does a good job of mixing things up (and running the ball effectively). I assume that, on 3rd and 1 from around midfield, that GB is going to run and tell my D to key on the run. Play action pass, Jennings, TD. Pack lead 14-3.

I go play action on my 2nd play from scrimmage in the ensuing drive. Clay Matthews blitzes. Clay Matthews forces the fumble Green bay ball on my 20. Green Bay struggles momentarily, but eventually Rogers hits Jennings in the back of the end-zone. Pack lead 21-3.

My next drives stalls at midfield. Cutler is not playing well. Green Bay's aggressive D is wreaking havoc on my run game. I finally manage to make GB Punt. I march downfield, and Bush knocks it on from the GB 4 yard line. 21-10 Pack. Note: Brandon Marshall dropped a pass in the end zone on more or less the same route with more or less the same coverage as he did on Thursday Night in the actual game. If I wasn't so pissed off, both because of what happened in the game and what happened in the actual NFL, I'd have thought that was pretty cool.

Cedric Benson continues to kick my ***. But I manage to get GB in a 3rd and Inches, Rodgers throws into double coverage, and GB punts. I get a solid 14 yard gain on the ground from forte, and go play action the very next play. Hester streaks downfield, running right by the GB corner in 1 on 1 coverage with no safety help. Cutler overthrows him by 5 yards. I'm both pissed off that Cutler did that, and happy that his... erm... accuracy issues are being realistically represented in this game. Several plays later, Cutler has Hester fairly open streaking towards the end zone. Cutler under throws him, and is nearly picked off. I force a ball to Jeffery, and DO get picked off.

Green Bay goes 3 and out, I've got 32 seconds and 1 Time Out with the ball at my 46. Cutler hits Hester for a gain down to the GB 10. Marshall makes a great catch in the end zone, going up to beat Charlie Woodson. 21-17 Pack at the half.

Rodgers takes a sack at his own 1/2 foot line, GB puts from their own end zone. My ball in GB territory. I march down field and Cutler ends up pushing the pile in for the score from the 1/2 yard line. 24-21 Bears.

Aaron Rodgers has a very Aaron Rodgers-esq drive, including a fitting a pass into a tiny hole in the zone (Nelson got rocked, but held onto the ball), and consistently getting rid of the ball just before he gets laid out. Ends with a TD, 28-24 Pack.

Cutler goes all Jay Cutler and throws it into double coverage on 3rd and long. INT, GB. At their 30 though, so that's good. GB crosses into bears territory, and decides to go for it on 4th & 6 on my 42. They don't get it. I march downfield and, eventually, Cutler scrambles into the endzone untouched. 31-28 Bears.

GB marches downfield and kicks a FG with 1:17 left. 31 all. I go 3 and out. Punt. Green Bay gets into FG position. Green Bay runs some clock. Green Bay kicks the winning FG as time expires.

Notes: This was a fun game. Though I'm getting annoyed that the CPU isn't getting punished for throwing the ball into coverage. I dropped a couple 4 or 5 INTs. It would have been nice to come down with one or two of them. Other than that, THE CPU HAD A RUN GAME! Benson got 131 yds on 29 carries for 4.5 ypc, and James Starks added another 11 on two carries (5.5 ypc). I didnt' run the ball as much as I should have, 23 carries compared to 38 pass attempts. Forte still got 104 yds on 15 carries for 6.9 ypc. Cutler had a bad night, completing less than half of his attempts and throwing two picks to 1 TD.

On the whole, I deserved to lose that game, and I did. Probably not by as much as I should have. Still, best (most enjoyable / frustrating (in a good way)) game of Madden I've played so far this release.