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Quote: Originally Posted by spankdatazz22

I think regardless of the sports game, most people that play online choose to play with the best teams to give themselves the best opportunity to win. I wasn't trying to say the Tiered system is perfect; I didn't understand why you'd "hate" an attempt of a developer to give your fellow online players some incentive to use a variety of teams. I would've elaborated more but as I said didn't want to sidetrack the thread. My reply was more a rant as an offline player - I don't want my enjoyment of the game offline overly affected because of idiots online that are going to use whatever means necessary to gain a win. Your issue isn't going to affect me necessarily, but I saw it as another instance of online players seeming to place more blame on the game than the other online players they're playing. I'm not exclusively an offline player; I'll play online. It's when I do, I have an expectation I'm likely going to face someone willing to do anything to win.

I just want to clarify something that's not being said. The problem is not in the opponent selecting whatever "powerhouse" team to win. The problem is that the online players DON'T have an option to back out of the match unless they automatically want the loss.

In years past, if I didn't want to play another "powerhouse" team, I would back out and search for a new opponent. This year, you're just "stuck" with whomever you're matched up against unless you want the automatic loss, AND the problem could be compounded if you and your opponent select the same colored jerseys.

I played one game where I had the Pacers gold jerseys, and I was matched against a Cavs user using their gold colored jerseys. I quit the game in the 1st quarter, because it was just too much of a eye sore. Plus, I kept getting confused which players were on the court. There's nothing worse thinking you're passing to Paul George, but you was LOOKING at JR Smith.