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[fanaticbuckeye]

Good game Fanatic... was just out of sync the first half. My QB goes down for 2 quarters on the first series and my defensive plan goes up in smoke the whole first half.

Most disappointing was my defense. Have been practicing the 3-4 defense for a bit and thought I had it fine tuned... then it became a sieve. I have the players for it... but you were just able to move the ball at will... until I finally ditched that plan. Then I almost came back...

Would have been more interesting if that onside kicked bounced one more time or one of my many diving players were able to fall on to the ball. Dang that ball, bounced around a bit, eh?

In the second half I didn't want to run my QB at all, hoping to not get him injured. I knew it would have taken a bunch for you to come back down by three scores. So I went conservative tempo and was just playing the odds.

The play that sticks out to me was the dropped ball in the end zone by my WR at the end of third quarter. That was a 13 point swing because on the play following the punt (result of dropping the ball on third), you scored on an 80 yard pass because I was pissy and decided to blitz.

The onside kick, the ball hit my guy and then just laid there for a second. Since I recovered it, I can now say it was funny.

 

[Piney]

In the second half I didn't want to run my QB at all, hoping to not get him injured. I knew it would have taken a bunch for you to come back down by three scores. So I went conservative tempo and was just playing the odds.

The play that sticks out to me was the dropped ball in the end zone by my WR at the end of third quarter. That was a 13 point swing because on the play following the punt (result of dropping the ball on third), you scored on an 80 yard pass because I was pissy and decided to blitz.

The onside kick, the ball hit my guy and then just laid there for a second. Since I recovered it, I can now say it was funny.

Yeah, no clue how your WR dropped that TD pass since he caught it at like the 5yrd line and didn't 'drop' it til you were in the endzone. I was more pissed he got wide open like that with my DB's playing back.

Yeah... the onside kick was funny... funny how? I just wished I kicked the FG without calling the TO. Then I could have been a dick and called all 3 TOs and force you to punt with 2 seconds left or something.

What would have been more 'fun' is if I got that last 2 pt converstion so I had no other choice than go for the TD on that last drive...

 

[IronBuckI]

Piney. Let me know when you're available.

 

[Piney]

Piney. Let me know when you're available.

Great... after I get to lose to fanatic, I get to lose to Iron... yeah

Will have to be either tonight or Thursday night around 8:30ish. Friday night I'll be at the Q at the MAC tournament and then hopefully Saturday night as well. Unless you want to play me at like 1-2am those night after I come home

Then I can play Sunday night... and FYI... this weekend I am packed from morning to night.

 

[IronBuckI]

Great... after I get to lose to fanatic, I get to lose to Iron... yeah

Will have to be either tonight or Thursday night around 8:30ish. Friday night I'll be at the Q at the MAC tournament and then hopefully Saturday night as well. Unless you want to play me at like 1-2am those night after I come home

Then I can play Sunday night... and FYI... this weekend I am packed from morning to night.

8:30 tonight then?

 

[Piney]

8:30 tonight then?

That was fun last night, eh? We would get as far as the first offensive/defensive possession after the kickoff and then it would disconnect us.

So damn EA servers!!!

The last time we tried we got 3 plays in after the kickoff but before each play I got a 'please wait' clock ticking lag for a few seconds before the play. So you know it has to be the lovely EA servers.

Still not sure I can get on tonight. The wife wants her time with me for some reason since I will be heading out for the MAC tournament Friday and hopefully Saturday night.

So most likely not going to get on tonight. So then it comes down to around 1-2am Friday night after I get home or Saturday night IF Ohio loses their Semi-Final game... BOOO!!!! or Sunday night around 8:30ish again.

 

[IronBuckI]

That was fun last night, eh? We would get as far as the first offensive/defensive possession after the kickoff and then it would disconnect us.

So damn EA servers!!!

The last time we tried we got 3 plays in after the kickoff but before each play I got a 'please wait' clock ticking lag for a few seconds before the play. So you know it has to be the lovely EA servers.

Still not sure I can get on tonight. The wife wants her time with me for some reason since I will be heading out for the MAC tournament Friday and hopefully Saturday night.

So most likely not going to get on tonight. So then it comes down to around 1-2am Friday night after I get home or Saturday night IF Ohio loses their Semi-Final game... BOOO!!!! or Sunday night around 8:30ish again.

We can just plan on Sunday night. I have plans Saturday, and I'm pretty buried at work right now, so tonight won't be an option.

 

[Piney]

We can just plan on Sunday night. I have plans Saturday, and I'm pretty buried at work right now, so tonight won't be an option.

So Sunday night it shall be. Hopefully I will be in a really good mood seeing that Ohio is playing Michigan again in the first round of the NCAA tournament

 

[IronBuckI]

I finally advanced to week 12 last night, but forgot to post the dynasty update. If someone can post the update, that would be great.

Olaf, you and I are up. Hopefully, I'll be able to use one of my two offensive playbooks.

And this is the fuck EA portion of my post. Two things.

1) Why can I use a custom playbook for all of my OD CPU games, and nearly a dozen online random games, but I can't use it against Piney? Because of fucking EA Sports, that's why.

2) I wanted to play against everyone's best players in my last season so I turned injuries off before week 1. In week 10 Piney lost his QB to injury for a couple of quarters against Fanatic. In week 11 I lose my QB halfway through the second quarter due to a concussion, which means he's out for the game. Now, due to the problem with the CPB, I wasn't actually using my QB as a runner because the stock Pistol playbook is stupid. The play that my QB received his concussion was one where he rolled out, and was tackled at the shoulders while trying to throw. Why did he get a concussion on that play? Because of fucking EA Sports, that's why.

 

[Piney]

I finally advanced to week 12 last night, but forgot to post the dynasty update. If someone can post the update, that would be great.

Olaf, you and I are up. Hopefully, I'll be able to use one of my two offensive playbooks.

And this is the fuck EA portion of my post. Two things.

1) Why can I use a custom playbook for all of my OD CPU games, and nearly a dozen online random games, but I can't use it against Piney? Because of fucking EA Sports, that's why.

2) I wanted to play against everyone's best players in my last season so I turned injuries off before week 1. In week 10 Piney lost his QB to injury for a couple of quarters against Fanatic. In week 11 I lose my QB halfway through the second quarter due to a concussion, which means he's out for the game. Now, due to the problem with the CPB, I wasn't actually using my QB as a runner because the stock Pistol playbook is stupid. The play that my QB received his concussion was one where he rolled out, and was tackled at the shoulders while trying to throw. Why did he get a concussion on that play? Because of fucking EA Sports, that's why.

Yeah, that really sucked for you. I wish it didn't come to that and for the record I didn't mind waiting to try again.

The one thing I suggest is to look at your custom playbook to see if something is 'wrong' with it. And by wrong I mean is it a full playbook? Maybe you need to take 5 plays out of the playbook so it is a 'legal' playbook. Since EA loves throwing default plays in your playbook maybe it shows on the servers as having too many plays?

Really... no clue... just grasping at straws.

 

[Piney]

As for the game itself... my QB came out inaccurate as hell... missing guys by 5-10 yards... I was starting to think I was doomed. Especially since I was geared to stop an Iron option offense and I think due to the playbook change he ran a different offense than I was expecting and it took me a quarter to adjust. But by then Iron was up 17-0.

But then my QB found his groove and I scored... then I stopped Iron and scored again before half, 17-14 at halftime.

Then I got the ball to start the half and scored promptly to go up 21-17 and then I went into 'Don't fuck up by throwing a pick 6 mode" and I held on to win.

Good game Iron... just wish I could have seen your full playbook as I did want to play you at 100% since you are leaving us... or does this force you to come back for one more season?

 

[IronBuckI]

Yeah, that really sucked for you. I wish it didn't come to that and for the record I didn't mind waiting to try again.

The one thing I suggest is to look at your custom playbook to see if something is 'wrong' with it. And by wrong I mean is it a full playbook? Maybe you need to take 5 plays out of the playbook so it is a 'legal' playbook. Since EA loves throwing default plays in your playbook maybe it shows on the servers as having too many plays?

Really... no clue... just grasping at straws.

I have fewer than 200 plays in my CPB. I have some flexbone, and a lot of Pistol and Shotgun formations. I may try to change the name to a one word title. It's hard telling what will set the EA gods off, so I'll try that before I start whacking formations. Once the formation cutting starts, I'll just have to hope that the flexbone or pistol forms that I rarely use are the ones causing the conflict.

As for the game itself... my QB came out inaccurate as hell... missing guys by 5-10 yards... I was starting to think I was doomed. Especially since I was geared to stop an Iron option offense and I think due to the playbook change he ran a different offense than I was expecting and it took me a quarter to adjust. But by then Iron was up 17-0.

But then my QB found his groove and I scored... then I stopped Iron and scored again before half, 17-14 at halftime.

Then I got the ball to start the half and scored promptly to go up 21-17 and then I went into 'Don't fuck up by throwing a pick 6 mode" and I held on to win.

Good game Iron... just wish I could have seen your full playbook as I did want to play you at 100% since you are leaving us... or does this force you to come back for one more season?

I thought that the stock Pistol playbook would give me the closest thing to my PB since I rarely use the flexbone stuff, and much of the shotgun stuff is played off of the pistol formations. However, the Pistol book is full of the running plays that are notorious for being blown up in the backfield. I was able to keep you on your heels early with some stick, smash, and screen concepts, but without a useful running game, and not knowing the PB well enough to run those concepts from different looks, my offense was doomed after you adjusted.

It shouldn't have gotten to 17-0 anyway. The fumble was pure bullshit. I accidentally called run commit a couple times when I meant to slant the D-line. On the fumble, I accidentally called run commit to the wrong side, and my super safety still managed to recover and lay the wood on your QB to cause the fumble. That and the streak down the right sideline (also a screwed up run commit/line shift) should have been huge plays for you, but ended up as a fumble and a batted down pass.

It all evened out though. You continually ran man beaters into my zone, and only avoided getting picked a half dozen times due to my extremely athletic, normally ball-hawking back 7 standing flat-footed while a pass went right by their faces. I tried every combination of zone and pass defense gameplans, and they did fuck all.

 

[Piney]

I thought that the stock Pistol playbook would give me the closest thing to my PB since I rarely use the flexbone stuff, and much of the shotgun stuff is played off of the pistol formations. However, the Pistol book is full of the running plays that are notorious for being blown up in the backfield. I was able to keep you on your heels early with some stick, smash, and screen concepts, but without a useful running game, and not knowing the PB well enough to run those concepts from different looks, my offense was doomed after you adjusted.

It shouldn't have gotten to 17-0 anyway. The fumble was pure bullshit. I accidentally called run commit a couple times when I meant to slant the D-line. On the fumble, I accidentally called run commit to the wrong side, and my super safety still managed to recover and lay the wood on your QB to cause the fumble. That and the streak down the right sideline (also a screwed up run commit/line shift) should have been huge plays for you, but ended up as a fumble and a batted down pass.

It all evened out though. You continually ran man beaters into my zone, and only avoided getting picked a half dozen times due to my extremely athletic, normally ball-hawking back 7 standing flat-footed while a pass went right by their faces. I tried every combination of zone and pass defense gameplans, and they did fuck all.

Probably would have been more wise to pick a team playbook that used pistol... Nevada might have more what you are looking for versus the default pistol look (or another team that uses the pistol) Oregon might also be a decent one if forced to use a default playbook.

Damn... the win helped me forget about that horrible fumble. I was dumbfounded when your whole defense shifted that way and my eyes got big thinking TD... then your super safety went through what... 4-5 blockers to not only make the tackle but force the fumble? I was so close to launching my controller into the TV.

Yeah, a couple of passes zipped by some flat footed zone defenders and I got lucky. But I was calling my zone pass plays as I rarely used my true man beaters (as I waited for my guys to clear specific zones) a few times it didn't work out... like one where my far wideout actually had no CB on him and he was on a streak route, I tried to throw it to him ASAP but your damn safety came over for a pick...

 

[IronBuckI]

Olaf, let me know when you're available to play.

 

[Smooth Olaf]

Tonight's out, but I should be good Tuesday evening, unless you're set on watching fake NCAA Tournament games.