Have you ever gone into a game secretly hoping to loose?

[minikiller]

Quote: Originally Posted by RoyMela

I always play to loose myself. But never to lose, if that is what you mean?

Right on with the beer. I literally checked twice to avoid stuff like that and yet still it happened. Lol 🍻

[blackscorpion11]

Sometimes I wish the cpu would play better and beat me like madden does

[nofx94]

I just had my most dominant performance ever against Cal in my 07 dynasty and I thought they'd be the first team to give me a challenge all year. They were ranked A+ across the board just like I was. I think the final was 45-0. I've never been so disappointed to win.

Two seasons ago I had two regular season losses that were assisted by lack of attention. It was exciting to keep things lively.

[acts238shaun]

Player lock is a great equalizer towards the CPU.

[huskerfan01]

Quote: Originally Posted by minikiller

Spoiler Lol probably not right? But that’s exactly what happened with me last night. To set this up I imported my own team, put them in the American conference and had 4 great seasons with them. I was averaging 9-4 a season, 2 conference champs and 2 bowl wins. AA custom sliders. My fourth and last season before I jumped to ACC I went 14-0 and won it all. My team rating was an 88 so not crazy but that’s when I begin making sliders more difficult. In any case I’m in my second year at ACC and am sitting 5-1. My rating is actually an 86 now. The game I “wanted” to drop was vs #8 Clemson who is a 96 overall. I just adjusted sliders again to make it tougher and in a way wanted to drop the game to prove I have decent sliders. Both teams had 2 turnovers and with a chance to put me away late they gave up a fumble. I went 80 yards to tie and bring it to OT. I then won in triple OT. Thrilling exciting annoying I laughed I cried lmao but came away like...did I straight up earn that win or do I need more adjustments. Haha anyway we both finished with 450plus yards of offense, my biggest thing is I still can’t stop the pass. I play 3-4 D typically. I’m 1st in the nation against the run giving up just under 80 a game but 122nd in passing giving up nearly 280.

I can totally relate to this sentiment of ranking in the top for rush defense but horrible in pass defense. I seem to always allow like 60 rushing yards a game even though I run a 4-2-5 and defend pass 70 vs defend run 20. It just doesn't make sense, but it's mainly the sliders.

As for "wanting" to lose, I understand your point, but I haven't gotten to that point in my dynasty yet. I did a ULM dynasty and they have a 94 base OVR WR with ridiculous speed and their skill players mesh well with my custom playbook.

So in my second season, after going 4-8, I decided to test myself with a road game to Penn State which was ranked 11th at the time. Needless to say I found myself winning late in the 4th quarter, and these sliders were Heisman and the year before I got blown out by 40+ points to OU in non-con. I actually had a chance to win it, but went uber conservative and actually forced myself to lose it. I was 0-2 going into the game so it didn't feel right being 4-10 and beating an 11th ranked team on the road, especially because I was 4-1 in games that I played. (I mainly sim dynasties that I don't report over on OS)

[Deegeezy]

I never go into a game wanting to lose, but when I do, it is welcomed. Makes for better story-telling when adversity hits every now and then.

[AKEjcl41]

I've started this offseason (1st) after a dynasty reboot, and trying to improve the recruiting class of teams that finished in the top 10. Going through and giving each true freshman a +5 OVR ratings boost to keep the top teams at the top and keep them very competitive going against the user. I haven't faced a team that I've improved yet, or haven't been through a second season to see if it helps, but I don't like playing year 4 or 5 and having Army #1 and undefeated, Navy #3 and having top 10 recruiting classes. So my intent was to keep teams like USC, Alabama, Clemson, Ohio St, Michigan, Oklahoma, etc, at the top and make them harder to beat during bowl season or during the regular season when I get to a Power 5 school. Even though the top 10 will not always be the same, there will always be the usual suspects and I hope it creates more parity when I get to Power 5 level and not go 13-1, or 14-0 every year and win 7 0f 10 national championships. I already do all the hard sliders and play calling restrictions and house rules, so I'm basically just wondering if anyone has tried something like this...and their results.

[Von Dozier]

Quote: Originally Posted by huskerfan01

I can totally relate to this sentiment of ranking in the top for rush defense but horrible in pass defense. I seem to always allow like 60 rushing yards a game even though I run a 4-2-5 and defend pass 70 vs defend run 20. It just doesn't make sense, but it's mainly the sliders.

It's the fatigue. I used to have this happen habitually with any slider set I tried, then when I turned fatigue off, CPU running game got much better. More consistently ranked nation average in D.