Seems to be a lot of negativity surrounding Madden, and around here it's normal. I'm guilty, I can't say I have never said anything bad, check my infractions [emoji1787]
(It's long, but there is a point...I promise)
Looking back to my younger years (I'm 36, so not too far back) I have played football, and enjoyed it while having a lot less. Madden 06 on OG Xbox to me was the last great Madden, and I would be playing that if there was a roster update for it. I played over 200 games, and I know that cause I found my journal tracking my QB's stats, game records etc etc. I had to put up with Madden 07-13, and those years were a struggle when I stop, and really think about. Yet, I still played over 100 franchise games year after year. I found ways to enjoy the game, get players on my team in the HOF, and see how many SB's I can win in a realistic coach time frame. I never stopped and looked at the yearly stats, player stats, never knew how many snaps you were supposed to realisitcly have in a game. Never thought about how many rushing rushing yards or td passes a QB should really have in a year. Never thought about anything but playing, having fun, and being challanged...until I found OS.
It's both a blessing and a curse to have found OS. I love this site, have had some amazing in depth conversations with people, and have contributed for other games to make sure everyone has a great experience. I came here looking for Rosters, off a Google search. That's where I found that there was issues with Madden that year, and the year after and the year after. Don't get me wrong, I am glad it was pointed out, but it seems everyone comes on here to complain more about what's wrong, versus what is great.
There is so much negativity on here for this franchise, that it really turns off those that are actually enjoying the game from posting. I am, because I'm a simple man, that wants to play football. I have played probably like 6 games so far on 22, and can't really say much except supersim and progressive fatigue is broken.
I enjoy the strategy involved, presnap reading the defense, learning their tendencies. Writing down their per down tendencies that I see when game planing to try, and guess what may be coming on a said down, in hopes of exploiting them. I am even playing defense this year, to try and negate the effects of the still broken supersim. Yeah, I got torched by Derek Carr for 450 yards, but I held them to 25 rushing yards, and 14 points. I even took a stab at playing as a safety, and you know what? I picked off Carr!
That may not seem like much to many, but it goes back to my comments about enjoying the simple stuff, stuff that makes you come back for more, to learn more, and get better. I found myself keeping track of Drew Locks career stats, like I did my players stats in Madden 06.
After trying those few new things, I realized that I found myself getting entrenched into the bad, worrying about realistic stats, snap counts, trades, FA signings, contracts etc etc. Some of that is important, but what has happened in the last few years, nothing is off limits. Many gamers here want a reflection of the NFL, I respect that, but many of us want something different, OUR way.
I vowed to stay out of the bugs/glitches thread unless I need to post something, or to search and see if someone else has had the same issue. This way if something is broken, I WILL discover it, as many of the issues over the years don't affect me.
To wrap this up, have fun, don't sweat the small stuff. You want real? Become a billionaire and buy your own team [emoji1787]
Rant over lol
Those that are enjoying the game, comment about what is keeping you going!
Sent from my SM-F916U using Operation Sports mobile app
(It's long, but there is a point...I promise)
Looking back to my younger years (I'm 36, so not too far back) I have played football, and enjoyed it while having a lot less. Madden 06 on OG Xbox to me was the last great Madden, and I would be playing that if there was a roster update for it. I played over 200 games, and I know that cause I found my journal tracking my QB's stats, game records etc etc. I had to put up with Madden 07-13, and those years were a struggle when I stop, and really think about. Yet, I still played over 100 franchise games year after year. I found ways to enjoy the game, get players on my team in the HOF, and see how many SB's I can win in a realistic coach time frame. I never stopped and looked at the yearly stats, player stats, never knew how many snaps you were supposed to realisitcly have in a game. Never thought about how many rushing rushing yards or td passes a QB should really have in a year. Never thought about anything but playing, having fun, and being challanged...until I found OS.
It's both a blessing and a curse to have found OS. I love this site, have had some amazing in depth conversations with people, and have contributed for other games to make sure everyone has a great experience. I came here looking for Rosters, off a Google search. That's where I found that there was issues with Madden that year, and the year after and the year after. Don't get me wrong, I am glad it was pointed out, but it seems everyone comes on here to complain more about what's wrong, versus what is great.
There is so much negativity on here for this franchise, that it really turns off those that are actually enjoying the game from posting. I am, because I'm a simple man, that wants to play football. I have played probably like 6 games so far on 22, and can't really say much except supersim and progressive fatigue is broken.
I enjoy the strategy involved, presnap reading the defense, learning their tendencies. Writing down their per down tendencies that I see when game planing to try, and guess what may be coming on a said down, in hopes of exploiting them. I am even playing defense this year, to try and negate the effects of the still broken supersim. Yeah, I got torched by Derek Carr for 450 yards, but I held them to 25 rushing yards, and 14 points. I even took a stab at playing as a safety, and you know what? I picked off Carr!
That may not seem like much to many, but it goes back to my comments about enjoying the simple stuff, stuff that makes you come back for more, to learn more, and get better. I found myself keeping track of Drew Locks career stats, like I did my players stats in Madden 06.
After trying those few new things, I realized that I found myself getting entrenched into the bad, worrying about realistic stats, snap counts, trades, FA signings, contracts etc etc. Some of that is important, but what has happened in the last few years, nothing is off limits. Many gamers here want a reflection of the NFL, I respect that, but many of us want something different, OUR way.
I vowed to stay out of the bugs/glitches thread unless I need to post something, or to search and see if someone else has had the same issue. This way if something is broken, I WILL discover it, as many of the issues over the years don't affect me.
To wrap this up, have fun, don't sweat the small stuff. You want real? Become a billionaire and buy your own team [emoji1787]
Rant over lol
Those that are enjoying the game, comment about what is keeping you going!
Sent from my SM-F916U using Operation Sports mobile app
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