First, I'm playing offline dynasty. Now that that's outta the way, I quit an offline dynasty game last night because I was being majorly cheaped by the AI. Yes, I know, it's the AI. Point is, I feel salty over it but there's no way I can argue against quitting out. Here's the scenario:
My D has been playing lights out. I've been building my team (SDSU) on nasty defense. My 5-star QB I recruited has also been playing lights out. My secondary and LBs have gotten 11 picks through 4 games. I've had 10 sacks through 4 (my 5-star DE I recruited has 6 of those). So not bad, right?
Then it happens. 5th game against a vastly inferior opponent. UNM is 15-20 points below me in every category. It starts with me on O, running a speed option. Pitch to my HB who catches the ball then promptly fumbles and the UNM D recovers. Ok fine. Hold them to 3 points while they march down the field, fine. Kickoff and I bring it to 25. Run a read-option and my QB gets easily outrun by their 70-speed DE (my QB speed is 88). And yes, I checked the ratings. Ok fine. Cheesy but fine. Next play, I drop to pass and get grazed by a CB and fumble. They recover. I've had this QB for 2 seasons and he's never fumbled yet chooses to do so in this game. Ok fine. It happens. The first play they run, their QB scrambles and my LB blows him up, to where the ball pops loose in the air, hits the ground, and... no fumble. He was scrambling, not throwing by the way. So not only did it not get ruled a fumble and recovered by my D that was swarming, they run an option and score after their QB breaks (I'm not kidding here) 5 freakin' tackles! Someone tell me when a QB can stiff arm a DE AND a DT (and my CBs and FS) in the same play? Mind you, my DE is a badass, 85 speed and 90 tackling. So they score. I march down field on my ensuing possession mixing pass and run. On my next read option, my QB gets grazed AGAIN and promptly fumbles AGAIN. Their ball. Meanwhile, on their possessions, their QB has gotten gang sacked and hit numerous times. No fumbles. But whatever. It was 10-7 UNM going into 4th. After 2 fumbles off option plays, I quit those and go traditional run. Guess what? Another fumble. This time I actually recover (GASP). I go pass, hit the correct button and my QB throws it nowhere near my receiver I selected and??? Pick. Their ball again. My QB threw it to the opposite side of the field I selected. Whatever, I keep fighting. I stop them (surprising given how I've been ripped off up to this point in the game) and am milking the clock to march down field and score and leave them little time to score back. So I drop to pass, throw to intended receiver (this time, game got it right) and it bounces off the DBs chest, hits the ground, then "warps" into his hands for a game-killing INT. I challenged it, of course. Saw it on replay the ball did bounce from his chest, to the ground, then warped into his hands so I figured "I got this." Nope. Call stood. It was 1:36 left in game and I was at 40. At that point, I said "enough" and turned it off. AI cheated, so I did.
Make no mistake, if it was a legit loss, I'd have taken it. I got my *** kicked by South Carolina and VT and while I was pissed, I took it. They were just simply the better team. Of course I wanna win, but I'm not a sore loser. I've lost plenty of games where I've made mistakes or I knew "crap, that's a pick!" or when I knew I hit the wrong button or called a blitz at the wrong time or whatever. What I'm describing here is clear super-computer cheating. When I lost that challenge, that was the final straw and I turned it off.
Anyone have crap like this happen? Anyone ever quit out mid-game?
Ok /rant
My D has been playing lights out. I've been building my team (SDSU) on nasty defense. My 5-star QB I recruited has also been playing lights out. My secondary and LBs have gotten 11 picks through 4 games. I've had 10 sacks through 4 (my 5-star DE I recruited has 6 of those). So not bad, right?
Then it happens. 5th game against a vastly inferior opponent. UNM is 15-20 points below me in every category. It starts with me on O, running a speed option. Pitch to my HB who catches the ball then promptly fumbles and the UNM D recovers. Ok fine. Hold them to 3 points while they march down the field, fine. Kickoff and I bring it to 25. Run a read-option and my QB gets easily outrun by their 70-speed DE (my QB speed is 88). And yes, I checked the ratings. Ok fine. Cheesy but fine. Next play, I drop to pass and get grazed by a CB and fumble. They recover. I've had this QB for 2 seasons and he's never fumbled yet chooses to do so in this game. Ok fine. It happens. The first play they run, their QB scrambles and my LB blows him up, to where the ball pops loose in the air, hits the ground, and... no fumble. He was scrambling, not throwing by the way. So not only did it not get ruled a fumble and recovered by my D that was swarming, they run an option and score after their QB breaks (I'm not kidding here) 5 freakin' tackles! Someone tell me when a QB can stiff arm a DE AND a DT (and my CBs and FS) in the same play? Mind you, my DE is a badass, 85 speed and 90 tackling. So they score. I march down field on my ensuing possession mixing pass and run. On my next read option, my QB gets grazed AGAIN and promptly fumbles AGAIN. Their ball. Meanwhile, on their possessions, their QB has gotten gang sacked and hit numerous times. No fumbles. But whatever. It was 10-7 UNM going into 4th. After 2 fumbles off option plays, I quit those and go traditional run. Guess what? Another fumble. This time I actually recover (GASP). I go pass, hit the correct button and my QB throws it nowhere near my receiver I selected and??? Pick. Their ball again. My QB threw it to the opposite side of the field I selected. Whatever, I keep fighting. I stop them (surprising given how I've been ripped off up to this point in the game) and am milking the clock to march down field and score and leave them little time to score back. So I drop to pass, throw to intended receiver (this time, game got it right) and it bounces off the DBs chest, hits the ground, then "warps" into his hands for a game-killing INT. I challenged it, of course. Saw it on replay the ball did bounce from his chest, to the ground, then warped into his hands so I figured "I got this." Nope. Call stood. It was 1:36 left in game and I was at 40. At that point, I said "enough" and turned it off. AI cheated, so I did.
Make no mistake, if it was a legit loss, I'd have taken it. I got my *** kicked by South Carolina and VT and while I was pissed, I took it. They were just simply the better team. Of course I wanna win, but I'm not a sore loser. I've lost plenty of games where I've made mistakes or I knew "crap, that's a pick!" or when I knew I hit the wrong button or called a blitz at the wrong time or whatever. What I'm describing here is clear super-computer cheating. When I lost that challenge, that was the final straw and I turned it off.
Anyone have crap like this happen? Anyone ever quit out mid-game?
Ok /rant
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