[NinersFan49]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

You have to remember that these games are programmed, and anytime something is programmed, anything can be made to happen. With that, all you have to do is play MUT to know that the game absolutely manipulates scenarios to produce possible results. The programming is obvious in those scenarios, but it sort of has to be. I think there is a blurred line though that has to do with what might be the "ethics" of creating a game that should be considered. The line is, "has and does Madden programming rely on manipulation of scenarios to help adjust difficulty?" I believe it does, and the reason being is it is difficult to program absolute realism. But, does that mean Madden cheats? I don't believe so.

That depends on your definition of cheating. Imo having things result from truly random dice rolls isn't cheating, but scripted outcomes are. Interfering with user control also is cheating. Also, calling a play based on knowledge of the user's play as opposed to some kind of strategic ai.