Dangling the Carrot

If I just have to win five out of six, I can get over that threshold in tier one. But then I play defense and run into crap like:

Random pass play: Forced incompletion
HB Direct Snap: Incremental gain off Freight Train broken tackles
HB Direct Snap: Incremental gain off Freight Train broken tackles
HB Direct Snap: Incremental gain off Freight Train broken tackles
HB Direct Snap: Incremental gain off Freight Train broken tackles
HB Direct Snap: Incremental gain off Freight Train broken tackles
HB Direct Snap: Touchdown off Freight Train broken tackles
RPO (predicted, but great RNG blocking): Two-Point Conversion

Then in the next game, I just get RNG'd to death with edge-rusher superwins, constant knockouts on lockdown coverage (the circumstance, not the ability or X-Factor), and no broken tackles of my own, so even when there's no evidence of any particular gifts of prediction or user skill, I get beat.

It's not that I'm better than everyone. I'm not. But especially with the current event, RNG has been a huge factor, because you don't get second chances. It's just a shame that my opponents are leaning hard into RNG, so regardless of tactics, I don't really have a chance if the dice say No.

the event sucks but it can be easy to win you just need to run into some bad players

ratrice said:

the event sucks but it can be easy to win you just need to run into some bad players

Doesn't happen. Only cheatin' sweats at all times of the day. Never two scrubs in a row. Sometimes the cheaters aren't good, but it gets obvious pretty early that the cheese in the bag of some users is effectively bottomless.

And a forced fumble on a non-ability hit up the middle. Tapping out.

EA, you've ruined this experience for non-cheaters. There is no reason for us to grind for anything if this is the experience we enjoy from October onward.

I use event to have quick games, try out new plays, try and make dumb decisions work. 

I won one game forcing the ball to Bryce Young stocking stuffer as WR. He drops almost every ball lol. 

For a few games I tried to win one handed. That one’s pretty hard but I think I can do it.

Some games I don’t feel like playing defense so I come out in FG block.

I can’t try hard to win all the time it just gets old. Gotta switch it up and not care, basically. Expectations gotta go out the window and you’ll find ways to have some fun, even laugh at what your able to pull off. Just my 2 cents.

camjooce said:

I use event to have quick games, try out new plays, try and make dumb decisions work. 

I won one game forcing the ball to Bryce Young stocking stuffer as WR. He drops almost every ball lol. 

For a few games I tried to win one handed. That one’s pretty hard but I think I can do it.

Some games I don’t feel like playing defense so I come out in FG block.

I can’t try hard to win all the time it just gets old. Gotta switch it up and not care, basically. Expectations gotta go out the window and you’ll find ways to have some fun, even laugh at what your able to pull off. Just my 2 cents.

That last paragraph was how it used to be for me when earning a reward on a House Rules Event wasn't contingent on almost never losing. 'I scrubbed on this one. Dummy. Well, I've got time for one more to win 90.'

All the games are short, but it just means I come across more cheaters per hour, and the result continues to be that I earn almost nothing for my time.

phatalerror said:

That last paragraph was how it used to be for me when earning a reward on a House Rules Event wasn't contingent on almost never losing. 'I scrubbed on this one. Dummy. Well, I've got time for one more to win 90.'

All the games are short, but it just means I come across more cheaters per hour, and the result continues to be that I earn almost nothing for my time.

Ya I greatly enjoy getting win totals way more than win streaks. Win streaks bring out the worst in the gameplay. Win totals bring out way more fun. It’s so much more laid back to grind.

I’m not sure we’ve had any events be win totals in 26.

Same, @camjooce. This one’s perfect for experimenting. 

@phatalerror that rpo shit you speak of can be frustrating as hell when you call all the right shit, and the godly blocking from their wr happens to kick in. Not a big deal in regular games when it happens but yeah in college OT it could mean the difference between W and L. 🤦🏻‍♂️

phatalerror said:

That last paragraph was how it used to be for me when earning a reward on a House Rules Event wasn't contingent on almost never losing. 'I scrubbed on this one. Dummy. Well, I've got time for one more to win 90.'

All the games are short, but it just means I come across more cheaters per hour, and the result continues to be that I earn almost nothing for my time.

Events have been such a cesspool of the worst of the worst this year but I imagine the longer one drags out, the more assholes have gotten their tokens and moved on.

If you tracked all the time you complain and used that time on actually getting better at the game you wouldn’t even have to complain anymore with how much you would be winning.

droblunts313 said:

If you tracked all the time you complain and used that time on actually getting better at the game you wouldn’t even have to complain anymore with how much you would be winning.

You're echoing yourself.

That is all.