Is it football season now?

[sao123]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I just got Madden 06 and played it for the first time last night. I got pwned by the 49ers 17-0...I had 6 turnovers 😱 So practicing this should adequately consume my time until real football season starts.

This is the first football game I have actually owned (usually just borrowed friends games) since Tecmo Bowl. Good times so far.

Tecmo Bowl
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Some of the best matches I have ever seen have ended 0-0 (same with in hockey, 1-0 games are often the best). The final score does not necessarily indicate whether a game was good or bad.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Some of the best matches I have ever seen have ended 0-0 (same with in hockey, 1-0 games are often the best). The final score does not necessarily indicate whether a game was good or bad.

QFT :beer:

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I just got Madden 06 and played it for the first time last night. I got pwned by the 49ers 17-0...I had 6 turnovers 😱 So practicing this should adequately consume my time until real football season starts.

This is the first football game I have actually owned (usually just borrowed friends games) since Tecmo Bowl. Good times so far.

I have a franchise in it's 17th season... and I played every game including the preseason games in all 17 seasons... 10 minute quarters, accelerated clock. Won the superbowl every year from the 4th season on...

Thats ~1hr per game... ~23 games a season.... 17 seasons... 391 hours... not including time doing the minicamps, and offseasons...

I have 3 other franchises too...

I have a madden problem...

Wow, yeah, holy crap. That is quite the time investment.

I am just having a hard time figuring out the controls, I keep fumbling and getting intercepted. I had over 300 yards of offense, but every time I got near the end zone I would turn the ball over :|

You need to figure out your bread and butter plays... nice safe plays that you can use to chew up those last few yards.... check out your players find out who has the best CAR stat... and just punch them up the middle....

Keep up with your matchups... does your WR have better agi and acc than the CB... then have him do ins outs and curls... does he have the SPD on the CB? run at the safety a few times to entice him, then do a play action deep ball... make sure that Safety bites and throw that long ball..

You'll learn... and then you'll stomp the hell out of the computer... I'm at the point now where I'm trying silly goals like... score 100 points, and see if I can keep the opponent in negative yards of offense... and yes I play on all-madden difficulty

-Max

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Doboji
Is it football yet?

now?

now?

now?

now?

I can't stand this wait!!!!

Get into soccer. 😛 😉

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Some of the best matches I have ever seen have ended 0-0 (same with in hockey, 1-0 games are often the best). The final score does not necessarily indicate whether a game was good or bad.

stop hoolijacking my thread!

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Yet Americans still enjoy baseball. The Cleveland Indians lost to the Yankees 1-0 yesterday. They call that a "pitchers duel".

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Wow, yeah, holy crap. That is quite the time investment.

I am just having a hard time figuring out the controls, I keep fumbling and getting intercepted. I had over 300 yards of offense, but every time I got near the end zone I would turn the ball over :|

That's not the controls, that's you not picking a receiver correctly...try running plays with good saftey outlets, like two receivers going out in the flats.

 

[spherrod]

stop hoolijacking my thread!

well, strictly speaking it's not been hijacked as the World Cup shows that is is football season now - which is what you wanted to know 😉

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Some of the best matches I have ever seen have ended 0-0 (same with in hockey, 1-0 games are often the best). The final score does not necessarily indicate whether a game was good or bad.

I can agree with the statement about Hockey. Indoor Soccer even.

But even then, wtf is the point of playing for a tie?????

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I just got Madden 06 and played it for the first time last night. I got pwned by the 49ers 17-0...I had 6 turnovers 😱 So practicing this should adequately consume my time until real football season starts.

This is the first football game I have actually owned (usually just borrowed friends games) since Tecmo Bowl. Good times so far.

I have a franchise in it's 17th season... and I played every game including the preseason games in all 17 seasons... 10 minute quarters, accelerated clock. Won the superbowl every year from the 4th season on...

Thats ~1hr per game... ~23 games a season.... 17 seasons... 391 hours... not including time doing the minicamps, and offseasons...

I have 3 other franchises too...

I have a madden problem...

Wow, yeah, holy crap. That is quite the time investment.

I am just having a hard time figuring out the controls, I keep fumbling and getting intercepted. I had over 300 yards of offense, but every time I got near the end zone I would turn the ball over :|

You need to figure out your bread and butter plays... nice safe plays that you can use to chew up those last few yards.... check out your players find out who has the best CAR stat... and just punch them up the middle....

Keep up with your matchups... does your WR have better agi and acc than the CB... then have him do ins outs and curls... does he have the SPD on the CB? run at the safety a few times to entice him, then do a play action deep ball... make sure that Safety bites and throw that long ball..

You'll learn... and then you'll stomp the hell out of the computer... I'm at the point now where I'm trying silly goals like... score 100 points, and see if I can keep the opponent in negative yards of offense... and yes I play on all-madden difficulty

-Max

Wow, that sounds complicated. Whatever happened to A=pass, B=tackle? 😛

Seriously though, I am going to have a couple of buddies over this weekend and get them to teach me the ins and outs. Since I was just playing for the first time last night I was letting Madden pick all my plays 😀 I just wanted to get a basic feel for the game. I think it will be a while until I can break it down as well as you can.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Yet Americans still enjoy baseball. The Cleveland Indians lost to the Yankees 1-0 yesterday. They call that a "pitchers duel".

it's different though... Baseball is a background sport... you do other things while the game is on.... when you go to the game, it's more like a picnic than anything else...

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Wow, that sounds complicated. Whatever happened to A=pass, B=tackle? 😛

Seriously though, I am going to have a couple of buddies over this weekend and get them to teach me the ins and outs. Since I was just playing for the first time last night I was letting Madden pick all my plays 😀 I just wanted to get a basic feel for the game. I think it will be a while until I can break it down as well as you can.

He sucks at that.

 

[OutHouse]

STFU

World Cup Soccer owns football.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: Citrix
STFU

World Cup Soccer owns football.

Amen brother!

 

[Juno]

i'm ready to bring home the championship in flag football.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: Citrix
STFU

World Cup Soccer owns football.

GAWDAMNITT STOP HOOLIJACKING MY THREAD!!!!

I THINK World Cup is god awful boring... and you know what? Alot of people agree with me... telling me to shut up and watch soccer is like telling me to watch friends as a substitute for 24. JEZUZ

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Wow, yeah, holy crap. That is quite the time investment.

I am just having a hard time figuring out the controls, I keep fumbling and getting intercepted. I had over 300 yards of offense, but every time I got near the end zone I would turn the ball over :|

That's not the controls, that's you not picking a receiver correctly...try running plays with good saftey outlets, like two receivers going out in the flats.

Yeah, it always seemed like the same guy was open, so I kept throwing there. I have to remember that the game is smart enough to figure out my repetitive behaviours.

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: KeithTalent


:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Some of the best matches I have ever seen have ended 0-0 (same with in hockey, 1-0 games are often the best). The final score does not necessarily indicate whether a game was good or bad.

I can agree with the statement about Hockey. Indoor Soccer even.

But even then, wtf is the point of playing for a tie?????[/quote]

Does anyone ever really play for a tie? There is just so much more to soccer than scoring goals. I like to watch great passing/tackling/dribbling, not just goal scoring.

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Wow, that sounds complicated. Whatever happened to A=pass, B=tackle? 😛

Seriously though, I am going to have a couple of buddies over this weekend and get them to teach me the ins and outs. Since I was just playing for the first time last night I was letting Madden pick all my plays 😀 I just wanted to get a basic feel for the game. I think it will be a while until I can break it down as well as you can.

He sucks at that.

Yeah, I found that out the hard way 🙁

 

[Mursilis]

So who do you like?
Redskins fan perchance (since I know you're in DC)? If so, I know the feeling; can't wait to see what Al Saunders does with that offense (+ B. Lloyd and A. Randel-el).

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: Mursilis
So who do you like?
Redskins fan perchance (since I know you're in DC)? If so, I know the feeling; can't wait to see what Al Saunders does with that offense (+ B. Lloyd and A. Randel-el).

Yeah it's pretty exciting... I'm really hoping they let Campbell get rolling... he's the key to whether we're going to the big game or not... and as of right now I have no idea if he's any good t'all...

I'm also excited about some of these rookies... Mario Williams... Vince Young.... Reggie Bush... Vernon Davis... all are going tobe so fun to watch this year...

 

[Linflas]

The thing that makes real football so special is that it does not last 3/4's of the year like professional hockey or basketball. It's only 7 weeks until the Hall of Fame game so hang in there.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

you and Carolla can STFU too. If football touchdowns got 1 (one) point instead of 7 (with field goal) you would see many 1-0 games, oh and what about hockey? Is it all you care about is a high score? well damn why not make a touch down worth 100 points then, or a hockey goal worth 50?

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: Citrix


you and Carolla can STFU too. If football touchdowns got 1 (one) point instead of 7 you would see many 1-0 games, oh and what about hockey? Is it all you care about is a high score? well damn why not make a touch down worth 100 points then, or a hockey goal worth 50?

Actually touchdowns are 6 points. 7 points is a result of two scores. And the field goals are 3 points🙂

 

[mitaiwan82]

getting my HDTV on friday...can't wait for football season either. Now they just need to broadcast all the NCAA football games in HD...

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, it's football season. Maybe you've heard of the World Cup?

I was thinking more in terms of the non-pansy-ass football...

:thumbsup:

Adam Carolla was talking about soccer this morning. He equated Soccer/Futbol to be the equivalent of the metric system....WE DON'T WANT IT! REGARDLESS OF WHO ELSE LIKES IT!

Brazil won it's match yesterday 1-0....wow. 1-0. That is simply amazing.

Yet Americans still enjoy baseball. The Cleveland Indians lost to the Yankees 1-0 yesterday. They call that a "pitchers duel".

it's different though... Baseball is a background sport... you do other things while the game is on.... when you go to the game, it's more like a picnic than anything else...

Was wonderingwhen this argument would show up....Doboji got it right. Baseball is a game of anticipation. You know when the ball is going to be pitched, and you know what could happen. There is that moment where the guy could crush a 450ft rope, be the 10th in a row to be retired, or hit in to a flawlessly executed DP. That moment is there 200+ times a game.

The only similar "moment" in soccer would be CK's and PK's. Brazil took a whopping 8 shots on goal, Croatia a mind-blowing 4. You're right, that is exciting! Give me a game with 30+ shots on goal, and I might watch. Show me slide-tackle after slide-tackle, and I might watch.

At any rate, to each his own.