Madden 11 -- QT3 league

BroadwayJoe · 2011-02-17T08:35:48.000Z

The AI is the same, it just can be really unpredictable. Some games will be a cakewalk, and in some games it will be a real bitch.

Erik_J · 2011-02-17T08:36:10.000Z

Matt Bowyer:

If it has been, can we confirm that the Cardinals and Bills are playing the same AI as the rest of us?

The Bills resent this remark. They will be filing a complaint with the commish.

VegasRobb · 2011-02-17T08:36:47.000Z

What Madden really needs is a gamelog feature that lists the following:

Offensive Playcall
Defensive Playcall
Result

It’s almost in the game now, almost. I thought it was in Madden way way back when, but I might be wrong.

Mightynute · 2011-02-17T08:37:27.000Z

Some interesting stats I noticed:

The Colts are made entirely out of Gouda, Muenster, Brie, and Cheddar. Why, you ask? Top Rusher: Oren O’Neal. 1 attempt, 2 yards.
Peyton? 54 passing attempts, 533 yards, 5 TDs.

I mean, okay, it’s one thing to lean on your strengths, but when your plays go 98.2% pass and 1.8% rush? Whooooo…

dailin_kal · 2011-02-17T08:39:25.000Z

Damn…thats worse than my ratio which is saying something…

Erik_J · 2011-02-17T08:40:43.000Z

Madden is one of those things that sticks in my brain for some reason. After playing someone once or twice I’ll get their tendencies down. I just try to break out of my own tendencies. A lot of the time I’ll force myself to use the same formations but ignore my signature plays, just so I can break that play out later. More trying to play you guys than I am concentrating on the players on the field. It’s like poker.

Erik_J · 2011-02-17T08:41:11.000Z

Mightynute:

Some interesting stats I noticed:

The Colts are made entirely out of Gouda, Muenster, Brie, and Cheddar. Why, you ask? Top Rusher: Oren O’Neal. 1 attempt, 2 yards.
Peyton? 54 passing attempts, 533 yards, 5 TDs.

I mean, okay, it’s one thing to lean on your strengths, but when your plays go 98.2% pass and 1.8% rush? Whooooo…

That is pretty hardcore.

Mightynute · 2011-02-17T08:45:06.000Z

Oh, wait. Okay, he DID run a total of 7 rushing plays. Versus 54 passing plays. So 88.5% to 11.5%.

Even still, In Excelsis Queso is the new Indianapolis motto.

BlueJackalope · 2011-02-17T08:46:54.000Z

screw them haters J, let Peyton stand back there in 5-wide sets and lazer.rocket.arm all day.

Until they stop you.

Erik_J · 2011-02-17T08:48:08.000Z

BlueJackalope:

screw them haters J, let Peyton stand back there in 5-wide sets and lazer.rocket.arm all day.

Until they stop you.

I’d get eaten alive if I tried to stick to one or the other with the Bills, so I’m a little envious of teams like the Colts.

Mightynute · 2011-02-17T08:49:45.000Z

AndrewMyers:

The Rules

As described by Ryan A here:

try to play like it’s a football game rather than a video game. This means don’t run the same play over and over, don’t sprint your QB straight backwards, don’t try to “nano blitz” or otherwise cheese, don’t go for it on 4th unless it makes good football sense (4th and 1 on the the other guy’s 40 vs. 4th and 5 on your own 30).

Just sayin’…

BroadwayJoe · 2011-02-17T08:51:21.000Z

Man, when I play the Colts I’m gonna drop 8 and just hope for some INTs.

Matt_Bowyer · 2011-02-17T08:52:08.000Z

Some notes. These don’t include sacks, but unless anyone got sacked 10 times it might not be relevant.

In New England vs. Washington, both teams ran 38 plays.

Indianapolis ran 61, Cincinnati 53.

I think Peyton and Carson threw a lot more passes into the turf than Tom and Donovan did. We’d have one drive each take a whole quarter.

Erik_J · 2011-02-17T09:00:01.000Z

What is a nano blitz?

Matt_Bowyer · 2011-02-17T09:03:30.000Z

Erik J.:

What is a nano blitz?

Nanomachines sent from fuzzyslug’s sensors to a port in the back of Trevor Pryce’s head that activated his murder simulation program. We outlawed them last year after Pryce had 50 sacks and a routine scan of fuzzy’s BIOS found the nanomachines.

AndrewMyers · 2011-02-17T09:08:10.000Z

Erik J.:

What is a nano blitz?

Exploiting a glitch in the game enabling you to fire a defender through the offensive line 100% unimpeded.

BlueJackalope · 2011-02-17T09:09:45.000Z

Erik J.:

I’d get eaten alive if I tried to stick to one or the other with the Bills, so I’m a little envious of teams like the Colts.

Me too, even with Rivers the Bolts don’t have enough decent WRs.

Mightynute:

Just sayin’…

BroadwayJoe:

Man, when I play the Colts I’m gonna drop 8 and just hope for some INTs.

Yeah, I tried blitzing him and you can’t get to Peyton fast enough.

Mightynute · 2011-02-17T09:12:12.000Z

Also, halfway through week 2, the injury report:

Bears: Mark Anderson (upper arm fracture, 4 weeks), Corey Graham (abdominal tear, 4 weeks)

Bengals: None

Bills: Lee Evans (broken ribs, 5 weeks)

Broncos: Wesley Woodyard (abdominal tear, 6 weeks)

Browns: David Bowens (herniated disk, 11 weeks)

Bucs: None

Cardinals: Calais Campbell (broken ribs, 4 weeks)

Chargers: Darrell Stuckey (upper arm fracture, 4 weeks)

Chiefs: Reshard Langford (broken collarbone, 12 weeks), Glenn Dorsey (broken ribs, 5
weeks)

Colts: Antoine Bethea (torn shoulder labrum, 2 weeks), Clint Session (abdominal tear, 3 weeks)

Cowboys: Jay Ratliff (dislocated hip, 12 weeks)

Dolphins: None

Eagles: None

Falcons: None

49ers: None

Giants: None

Jaguars: None

Jets: LaDainian Tomlinson (broken collarbone, 9 weeks), Shaun Ellis (meniscus tear, 4 weeks)

Lions: None

Packers: None

Panthers: None

Patriots: Gary Guyton (dislocated hip, 7 weeks)

Raiders: Lamarr Houston (broken ribs, 2 weeks)

Rams: Na’il Diggs (torn shoulder labrum, 2 weeks), James Laurinaitis (broken collarbone, 6 weeks)

Ravens: None

Redskins: Santana Moss (fractured toe, 8 weeks)

Saints: None

Seahawks: None

Steelers: Troy Polamalu (partial groin tear, 2 weeks)

Texans: Bernard Pollard (broken collarbone, 7 weeks)

Titans: None

Vikings: Jared Allen (broken collarbone, 11 weeks), Adrian Peterson (broken hand, 8 weeks)

Vikings and Jets are obviously hit the hardest here, so those of you playing the uninjured teams or the Chargers - get busy!

hellens · 2011-02-17T09:52:54.000Z

Mightynute:

Nah, I have only player error to blame here. It’s becoming quite obvious that Madden is not really my FORTE.

Tried resisting the urge to pimp my available player, but failed

Matt_Perkins · 2011-02-17T10:43:55.000Z

Erik J.:

Madden is one of those things that sticks in my brain for some reason. After playing someone once or twice I’ll get their tendencies down. I just try to break out of my own tendencies. A lot of the time I’ll force myself to use the same formations but ignore my signature plays, just so I can break that play out later. More trying to play you guys than I am concentrating on the players on the field. It’s like poker.

Whew, I am not the only one that does this. I am VERY conscious of my patterns in play calling. I know I am still way too predictable and often get into ruts, but I work my best to avoid doing the same patterns over and over.

I will call formations two or three times in a row only to skip my favorite plays out of the formation so I still have them later. Or I will set running from specific looks and then break out a pass or vice versa.

I have no idea if it helps at all, but I figure the more Belicheck I play it, the better it goes for me… Not sure if that is true or not.