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Settling down Stuck

Posted on November 15, 2008 at 12:25 PM.

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I have to laugh, a bit, reading my initial blog entry. I was so upset with all of those close losses in All Pro 2k8 that I reached my breaking point. After talking with some of the guys in my league, I realize I'm not the only one who gets frustrated with the game from time-to-time.

In the end, wins and losses shouldn't matter that much. We're not playing for cash or any other prize, except for pride. Sure, I'd like to win more but I should take comfort in the fact that I am playing very competitive games against guys from this site, who are all very talented. The games really could go either way and I'm sure, in time, I'll be on the winning side of those close games.

I'm still taking the weekend off, though, to recharge my batteries before getting back on the online horse. In the meantime, I'm playing Madden and NCAA 09, trying to tweak the sliders on both to get the games to play close to the level that I want. I have NCAA just about right; the only thing you can't really control is the CPU playcalling, which is inherently flawed. Madden is taking a little more work as there are no CPU sliders, but I think I'm close. I just need to get the Human running game more realistic; right now it's too easy for me to average 6-plus yards per carry with Brandon Jacobs. I'm thinking of trying out the "My Skill" feature, just to see what the difference is between that and custom sliders.

Right now I'm firing up Fight Night 3. I need to get myself ready for Lesnar-Couture tonight and since there's no UFC game (yet), this what I have to roll with as I don't have any WWE games right now.

Comments

# 1 RogueHominid @ Nov 15

Good to see you back in the mix. If you want to comfort yourself, go own some kid in the lobby--our games are played at such a high level in the league that you'll be surprised how much better you've gotten when you play a regular lobby game. At least that's what I've found.

I can't wait to see what you do in season 2--with a legend QB it's gonna be close to unfair, especially if that ground game continues to dominate.

# 2 edaddy @ Nov 15

Since when did Madden have CPU sliders?...

# 3 DJ @ Nov 15

That's a typo. Sorry.

# 4 rudyjuly2 @ Nov 17

It's those close losses that bring you back for more! Blowouts suck on both sides of the equation. I love tight games even if my hands get sweaty and I often end up panicing.