Unpopular opinion, money team

What is the deal with bragging that you are NMS, and hating on people who spend money on the game? Why do people get bothered about what others do?

I bought the game to play h2h ranked, thats it. Not to complete sets, not to spend hours and hours playing the auction house. I dont have time for all that. I want to log in and PLAY MADDEN. I dropped about $500 on the game so far and I love it. My teams isn't even great, but at least I am competitive in ranked h2h.

its the journey, have all year to build, I'm not a gambling addict and will not waste my hard earned money of digital cards that have absolutely ZERO value

jholiday77 said:

What is the deal with bragging that you are NMS, and hating on people who spend money on the game? Why do people get bothered about what others do?

I bought the game to play h2h ranked, thats it. Not to complete sets, not to spend hours and hours playing the auction house. I dont have time for all that. I want to log in and PLAY MADDEN. I dropped about $500 on the game so far and I love it. My teams isn't even great, but at least I am competitive in ranked h2h.

I don’t get it either. Play the game how you wish. As I said in another post, you don’t receive a merit badge based on if you spend money or not..

jholiday77 said:

What is the deal with bragging that you are NMS, and hating on people who spend money on the game? Why do people get bothered about what others do?

I bought the game to play h2h ranked, thats it. Not to complete sets, not to spend hours and hours playing the auction house. I dont have time for all that. I want to log in and PLAY MADDEN. I dropped about $500 on the game so far and I love it. My teams isn't even great, but at least I am competitive in ranked h2h.

100%...you bought the game and can play it anyway you want.  In my experience with MUT everyone pays in one way or the other (time or money)...enjoy your game and wishing you nothing but the best on the journey.

bbrewer23goblue said:

its the journey, have all year to build, I'm not a gambling addict and will not waste my hard earned money of digital cards that have absolutely ZERO value

Thats awesome man. I hope you have fun on your journey. I just hope youre not one of the people who hate on my journey 😂

von11 said:

100%...you bought the game and can play it anyway you want.  In my experience with MUT everyone pays in one way or the other (time or money)...enjoy your game and wishing you nothing but the best on the journey.

Thats exactly what I think. Time = money. Everyone pays. Hope you enjoy the game

jholiday77 said:

Thats exactly what I think. Time = money. Everyone pays. Hope you enjoy the game

yes. we all know by now that time is money. you spend one or the other or both.

To each their own. No different from the guy at the golf course with the top of the line clubs, guy on the trout stream decked out in Simms head to toe or dude in the deer blind in all Sitka. Maddens a hobby to those of us on here. No sense in hating one way or another!

Khoale37 said:

To each their own. No different from the guy at the golf course with the top of the line clubs, guy on the trout stream decked out in Simms head to toe or dude in the deer blind in all Sitka. Maddens a hobby to those of us on here. No sense in hating one way or another!

Except the stuff those guys buy is real not pixels that disappear at the end of the year.

First off, to be clear I don't have a problem with people spending $.   The game developer has monetized Madden in every way possible and there is no going back on that.  Micros transactions  are here to stay and there is nothing the average consumer can do about it - in Madden or many other titles.

But to offer a different perspective that might explain the hate you might feel - there was a time not so long ago when the only purchase you needed to make was the game.  Even if you did want to pour in money to make up for your subpar skills, it wasn't an option.  You lived and died by your own stick skills and decision making. 

 I'd argue there are folks who spend inordinate amounts and it doesn't help them one bit.  There are others that have to rely on their superior teams and would be mediocre to terrible without them.  Again, no shade on your financial decisions, but there are some who wish it was a completely balanced playing field and true skill dictated the outcomes.

No problem with those that spend money. The ones that do are just so insecure about it that they lie. Other than that, there is no issue.

you can spend all you want but i´ll still giggle when i beat your ass with well choosen cards who play maybe 1-10% worse than your cards which are 4x to 100x the price of my players

you do not need absolute top cards to compete in this game, you should rather spend the money on a good ebook or learn to use your brain

And that is how EA gets you.

If you “just wanted to play Madden” you’d play regs.

But you want to play with something else than normal rosters.

So you play MUT ranked, where everyone else has spent $500. It’s the same thing as regs, you are just playing for an even playing field when you don’t need to. All the rewards in MUT, after you pay, you’ll be facing the same rewards against you.

I don’t get the point. There isn’t a justification you can make outside comp play or content creation. That’s it.

SiberianKiss said:

Except the stuff those guys buy is real not pixels that disappear at the end of the year.

Do you spend money on takeout, dining at restaurants, trips/vacations, or media subscriptions like Hulu or Netflix? All of these are temporary pleasures, often with a much shorter lifespan than the Madden life cycle, and they exist solely for individual enjoyment.