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I hope this league gets off the ground... I went out and picked up another copy on my way into work. Any idea when you will kick this one off Mr. Grumpicus?
Well just cover TG and the same deep post he ran over and over again on me and you should be fine. You have a much better runs topping D then I did. If it werent for the 8 separate times he ran that play - it would have been a much different score, but I just couldnt get him covered despite 2-3 man coverage on him - hell once I let Marvin run free and put 3 people on him and he still wnet down the field.
Well just cover TG and the same deep post he ran over and over again on me and you should be fine. You have a much better runs topping D then I did. If it werent for the 8 separate times he ran that play - it would have been a much different score, but I just couldnt get him covered despite 2-3 man coverage on him - hell once I let Marvin run free and put 3 people on him and he still went down the field.
If you can''t cover a guy you gotta just start blitzing. I''ve had that too where double/triple coverage made no difference so I just went back to single and started sending a couple extra guys in. It ain''t foolproof but it can get the job done sometimes.
If you can''t cover a guy you gotta just start blitzing. I''ve had that too where double/triple coverage made no difference so I just went back to single and started sending a couple extra guys in. It ain''t foolproof but it can get the job done sometimes. :)
Scribbles furiously in his playbook
Also, ignore the run as much as possible and always onside kick. The odds are on your side my friends!
All the votes for no EQ make J a sad panda.
I''d really like to be able to pick a team that''s not the patriots, colts, etc, etc and still do remotely well, but if my experimenting with game settings in singleplayer is any evidence that''s not going to happen
Thanks for the cliffnotes on that link Grumpy.
Having never played the game I''m good with whatever settings we run with. I''ll adapt and dominate, lol.
I picked up the game today at lunch, Xbox should be here this week, but I won''t be Live enabled until after I move to my new apartment which will be the 16th.
Well just cover TG and the same deep post he ran over and over again on me and you should be fine.
To be fair, the post was only deep twice (on a roll outs) as I usually audible a short/medium post-out at the line and TG only had six catches. Also you had Owens going for 175 yards and I had the same complaint you did with TG....Owens is unstoppable even with triple coverage.
I went back and looked at the beating you gave me a few weeks ago and the big difference seemed be that I didn''t let your running game get going and that EJ went off me.
The last game we played Ritchie ran for 200+ yards and though Manning had a nice stats game they all came after the game was over.
Eitherway it was a fun game and could have gone eitherway.
Yeah you taking the middle LB or nickelback and shifting him manually way out of position was a real pain to deal with - in real life - that would have screamed draw - but those dont work in ESPN. I am not a big fan of taking control of players and shifting them manually like that - Offensive line AI doesnt react to that very well.
I tried that a couple of times and my O line moved maybe 2 yds forward and that was that... It was as if they were expecting something that wasnt there. Dropping that middle defender almost back to the safety really screwed me up as far as trying to get run blocking from my front 4... Maybe it is good D - at least it worked... My point was more if you drop a defender back 10 yds leaving the middle wide open - the outside receivers - double or even triple covered - you should probably be able to take advantage of that :)... That particular scheme really befuddled my run blocking... Funny as long as I have played this game I didnt realize that rt T-stick did that Thanks for the tip.
Funny as long as I have played this game I didnt realize that rt T-stick did that Thanks for the tip.
Yeah no kidding, I didn''t know that either. I can''t count how many times I have thought to myself, ""Man I sure wish I could run this weak side instead."" Thx Grumpy. Any other tips? I know that the left thumbstick moves players... that''s about it.
I''d extremely agree with you if you''d said he''d shifted a D-Lineman but how does shifting a MLB/5B screw up the OL? Either way, why go to a draw? In every team I''ve played with, the default run audible is a middle iso (usually strong but a 2nd-audible, rt thumbstick click shifts it to weak) and the RB is going to hit the hole so fast that the DL won''t have time to react and, with no MLB, you''re good for 5-6 yards.
I did shift the D-Line but only as a whole.....I.E. scrunched them together to protect against Ritchie''s easy gains up the middle and a few times I pushed them out to the edges.
I had to use my LB to play pass defense because of the success TO was having. If fact the 1 INT I got came in just that scenario: TO was double covered and and I brought the LB in to make the play.
When are we going to kick this off Sir Grumpicus? I have been practicing with the Steelers - long live the Black and Gold
Well we need to finish the damn GWJFL 2005 playoffs first. It's not our fault you went and got yerself eliminated so fast!
Yeah well I fell prey to a one trick pony and then made a mistake and that was that. I am really digging Pittsburgh's playbook and I think I finally understand the 3-4 Defense enough to run it. I have been playing online with the general populace (blech) and it has been a nifty Defense to run.
I am really digging Pittsburgh's playbook and I think I finally understand the 3-4 Defense enough to run it. I have been playing online with the general populace (blech) and it has been a nifty Defense to run.
Yep. It's pretty nice.
It is with extreme disappointment that I have to announce I will be unable to participate in the next 2k5 league. I will be unable to play pretty much anything online from the start of June to the end of August.
After which I will be playing online so hard that the son of a whore who died playing CounterStrike will look at me from whatever celestial body he's located around and go, "dude, he just 0wn3d me."
I'm still in, and generally agree with the things you gave a definite stance on like difficulty and especially the EQ setting.
As for the number of weeks and the interval between rounds, I would love a 16 week league that ran faster, but am honestly totally unsure how we would ever get all the games played before the week rolled over given the disparity in everyone's work schedules and the potential time-zone differences.
I would like to think I did pretty well getting my games played, but I suppose the opinion that's important on that one is yours
Again, I'm not picky about the settings really. I just want to play.
EQ on - blech... I thought a majority of us were for EQ off? I will play regardless, but I seem to remember the largest amount of bithing and moaning came from the league where we tried EQ on... That being said - either way it was fun...
I'm in. I have not played a league with EQ on yet so I don't have an opinion either way. Everything else sounds good to me.
OK. You twisted my arm. Legion's gotta get his precious revenge sometime.
Have fun, guys. Grumpi, let me know if you need someone to take over a team.
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