Is off-ball defense cheese?

[scharf]

What do you guys think?

[Positive Chance]

Quote: Originally Posted by scharf

What do you guys think?

Well it depends . But i dont enjoy writing essays, so the other members will tell you .

[illmatic174]

Quote: Originally Posted by scharf

What do you guys think?

i do ......

[threes_co]

Quote: Originally Posted by scharf

What do you guys think?

no. especially online where it is impossible to stay in front of your man.

[TUSS11]

Playing off-ball defence on occasion is fine, but when you're constantly switching to avoid having to play defence it's pathetic.

I define cheese as abusing gameplay exploits and glitches. I wouldn't consider off-ball D cheese.

[jfsolo]

I do enjoy writing essays, so I will discuss this controversial topic. I always play on the ball defense. I love getting a stop with the man that I am controlling. I stopped playing against other Users years ago, but when I did, and if I ever went back to doing so, I would want the player I'm playing against to play on the ball defense too, but wouldn't consider him a cheeser if he didn't.

In the past, the CPU controlled teammates of a User on offense have not been dynamic enough to take advantage of the freelancing/erratic defense of the User who was playing off the ball D. Therefore that User never got burned at a rate proportional to the amount of bad defense decisions he made. He could double team, steal spam, paint clog, and other stuff without paying for it.

So I wouldn't call that User a cheeser, per se, even though he was taking advantage of the defects of the game A.I. I put more onus on the development team to create sharper A.I. teammates, thus making that off the ball defense playing User have to honor his man realistically.

[Krodis]

No.

I like to be able to control my whole defense, not just whoever is guarding the ball-carrier. When the AI makes mistakes, I want to be able to correct them. And when I know you're going to pass it to someone, I want to be able to anticipate that. And when I know you're going to drive at the hoop, I want to be able to be there to contest your shot or draw a charge.

I don't see what the competitive community's obsession with on-ball defense is, except perhaps they only see the game as an opportunity to show off their stick skills.

[Cr0ss0ver]

If i'm playin online then i'm not gonna switch my player to the ball carrier everytime because thats just a way for people to take advantage of the lag. I play defense with whoever i scored/shot with the previous possession.