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The frustrations of online gaming Stuck

Posted on November 13, 2008 at 05:25 PM.

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OK, I'm throwing in the towel. Well, at least for the next week or so. I've had it when it comes to online gaming. I've been playing All Pro Football 2k8 on 360 and my team (Nashville Fury of the Armchair QBs league) is seemingly cursed. I will lose every game by a touchdown or less, no matter what. It's so frsustrating. Reminds me a lot of a high school team I covered this season; they were competitive and fun to watch but lost 4 games by a touchdown or less.

A lot of the frustration has to do with my generic quarterbacks. They are terrible. Playing Buddy Knox today, I went to throw a simple slant pattern to my WR and my generic missed the target by a good 15 yards and Buddy came down with the easy INT. I watched the replay and my QB's feet were set, there was no pass rush in his face and yet, the ball wasn't even close to being accurate. It's so tough to win only running the ball because there are going to be drives where my opponent slows down Christian Okoye enough to where I have to get a completion to keep the drive going. And, while my opponents have no trouble passing on me, I can't complete more than 5 passes a game. Most passes wind up intercepted or fall incomplete. On the rare times I get the ball to the receiver I want, they'll drop the ball.

I've really enjoyed playing the guys in the Armchair QBs league that we have going here on the site. All of the games have been competitive and down to the wire. No cheese involved. I'm not a sore loser, either, but all these losses have piled up and taken a toll on me.

So, I've got to get away from the game for a bit. APF is a great game but it suck the life out of you. It's done it to me.

Comments

# 1 TJdaSportsGuy @ Nov 14

LOL....tough online losses are always tough to swallow. I've been involved in a few leagues where I was a play here or a fumble there away from winning and wound up losing. In fact, I missed a 47-yard FG wide left in our NCAA Online Dynasty in a game that would've put me in the driver's seat to win the ACC. I'm still pissed about that one, lol.

# 2 RogueHominid @ Nov 14

Man, I feel you. This league thing is so immersive. I enjoy my wins, but man, my losses eat me alive. All I can do right now is think "why didn't I just hand off to Emmitt and end the game with a field goal? why did I get greedy and go for the TD with my generic QB?" It's the beauty and the bane of it all at the same time.