Losing oddly feels good

[jsr862]

For the first time in A LONG time, I started a dynasty 1-3. Using Idaho who was 1-11 this year I lowered some players ratings and using some good rosters and actually losing games I am supposed to lose having the game being realistic feels oddly good for once, unlike taking A New Mexcio team into a game VS #15 Texas and beating them by 10.

[jt2000]

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I am with you on that one. I play with VT and always lose 2-3 games. The right set of sliders can make this game fun.

[BLACKHORSE09]

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The sim game made me give it up this year. I always start O-Coord and my defense is just gawd dam amazing no matter who I am.

[R1zzo23]

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I never understood how people could play a game like this and go undefeated every single year and find that entertaining. I always take a bottom dweller, find a great set of sliders and need at least two seasons before I start having winning records, let alone conference championships or even BCS bowl berths. Right now I'm running a CPU vs. CPU dynasty as Old Dominion and we are 3-5 having lost two games to FCS teams...and I love it!

[XXstormmXX]

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For the first time in A LONG time, I started a dynasty 1-3. Using Idaho who was 1-11 this year I lowered some players ratings and using some good rosters and actually losing games I am supposed to lose having the game being realistic feels oddly good for once, unlike taking A New Mexcio team into a game VS #15 Texas and beating them by 10.

If losing if good you're doing it wrong.

[jsr862]

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If losing if good you're doing it wrong.

Don't get me wrong I like to win, and take a low tier team to the promise land, but in year 1 when I am an OC and I take a team like South Alabama or New Mexico state to a 10-2 record with Wins over teams from Big Conferences dynasty after dynasty it gets old. I try to do everything I can to win, but when your HB is sub Par, Starting QB is 69 overall and Wide outs drop wide opens balls a lot, and defense letting up scores 2 out of 3 drives, it becomes hard to win. But at the end when my Idaho team loses 41-14 to Washington State or 27-21 to North Texas I can not really complain.

[falcor1234]

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Don't get me wrong I like to win, and take a low tier team to the promise land, but in year 1 when I am an OC and I take a team like South Alabama or New Mexico state to a 10-2 record with Wins over teams from Big Conferences dynasty after dynasty it gets old. I try to do everything I can to win, but when your HB is sub Par, Starting QB is 69 overall and Wide outs drop wide opens balls a lot, and defense letting up scores 2 out of 3 drives, it becomes hard to win. But at the end when my Idaho team loses 41-14 to Washington State or 27-21 to North Texas I can not really complain.

i agree with you. i start out as a mac team builder school. i make them one of the worst in the mac because i like to build up a school. it makes it so much better when you finally win that championship.

[Trojan32]

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Agreed. Even winning feels better when you are challenged. In years gone by, I'd eventually get a team to 98-99 OVR and beat 88-92 teams by an average of 40 points - boring and unrealistic. The current sliders I'm using make those games usually decided by a FG or TD.

Yes, I'm winning but most games have me concerned as it's not "guarantee win night" . The games are "entertaining".

[osubucki6]

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The sim game made me give it up this year. I always start O-Coord and my defense is just gawd dam amazing no matter who I am.

Really! How? Every school I play with as an OC has No.1 rush D but give up 500 passing yards a game and 50 points. I have to win a shootout every game.

[kwilliam]

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Don't get me wrong I like to win, and take a low tier team to the promise land, but in year 1 when I am an OC and I take a team like South Alabama or New Mexico state to a 10-2 record with Wins over teams from Big Conferences dynasty after dynasty it gets old. I try to do everything I can to win, but when your HB is sub Par, Starting QB is 69 overall and Wide outs drop wide opens balls a lot, and defense letting up scores 2 out of 3 drives, it becomes hard to win. But at the end when my Idaho team loses 41-14 to Washington State or 27-21 to North Texas I can not really complain.

I get your point, but South Alabama was a play or two away in all their losses but Navy from winning those games. They could have went 11-1 and that includes the Tennessee game.

http://www.usajaguars.com/schedule.aspx?path=football

[canesfins]

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I used some really hard sliders and went 3-9 with Air Force. They went 2-10 in real life so it was the most realistic season I ever had in ncaa football.

[conception]

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I took over a 1-star EMU team as OC and I was surprised by how much my defense gave me a chance to win games, even against good opponents. I was limited by my team's lack of true playmakers but won a lot of games just by executing intermediate plays consistently, which was all I could do with the limited talent at my disposal. I wouldn't have complained if my defense got lit up consistently by good opponents, but I saw them mostly give up points after my own turnovers.

[XXstormmXX]

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Don't get me wrong I like to win, and take a low tier team to the promise land, but in year 1 when I am an OC and I take a team like South Alabama or New Mexico state to a 10-2 record with Wins over teams from Big Conferences dynasty after dynasty it gets old. I try to do everything I can to win, but when your HB is sub Par, Starting QB is 69 overall and Wide outs drop wide opens balls a lot, and defense letting up scores 2 out of 3 drives, it becomes hard to win. But at the end when my Idaho team loses 41-14 to Washington State or 27-21 to North Texas I can not really complain.

True. I don't think it's that easy to take someone to the top in year one though. At least for me, but I'm a simulation player, I sim most of my games.

[tril]

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personally I think its about a challenge and not feeling cheated in losses.
This is the first year that I actually played 3/4 seasons in an EA football game despite the heavy amount of losses.
The reason being was that the games felt very organic. Even when the CPU would come back it felt organic.

[cparrish]

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I went 2-10 and 4-8 my first two seasons as the OC at UMass and loving it! Great sliders and great rosters can really make a difference.