Season 4
I bought the field pass the same day season four came out, excited to open the next chapter of what is unfortunately my favorite game. being relatively new to Madden, it took me about a week to notice I was not receiving the rewards. They took my points, but didn’t give me the pass. This discussion starts here because this is the exact point at which I became in conflict with EA.
EA Help was no help and, in the end, they told me they would not restore my madden points — that they cannot do that — and that they would not give me the field pass. They were just unwilling to, despite the fact their records showed I had paid for the field pass.
I was pissed. But not nearly as pissed as when it happened again in Season 5. Again, same result. No money back, no points back, no field pass, nothing — just burnt for 3,000 Madden Points.
Was I rude? Ya. A real grade A A-hole. And why shouldn’t I be? A company that is literally stealing from people and not caring enough to try and fix it, well… I posted repeatedly on their social media sites and on my X account. What else was I going to do?
What I could never anticipate is what EA was going to do. And let me tell you, the amount of torment this has caused me is substantial. For the record, if you love this game, I highly recommend you don’t talk shit about them the way I did. I struck a nerve somewhere along the way and I’m the one who is losing. I was winning the majority of my games before this, and since then, I have a win percentage of around 4%.
When the playoffs cards came out EA did their big update. After it, I noticed that the name of my team had been changed, and when I took the field, I noticed that my players moved at about half the speed they used to. I’ve spent since then trying to fix it. And I know beyond any doubt (at this point) they attached a negative modifier of some sort to my account. My team makes mistakes, is slower and less responsive to inputs, and I almost never win a game. On paper, my Rasheed Shahid runs 99. In the game, on the field, he runs more like 90. I’ve seen him on everyone’s teams. Anyone can observe this anomaly. There’s just too many irregularities. And this affect can be observed by anyone who I put in the field.
Now, before you dismiss me thinking that I must be a crazy person who is accusing EA of putting some kind of negative modifier on my account, you should know that I have both video evidence to show that my players do not perform to the same level as the exact players on other teams do. In fact, the sudden influx of bandwagon riders on my Seahawks have made that very apparent as more and more teams have almost my identical roster. I just can’t help but think — I wish my 99 OVR K-9 moved like the rest of you’all’s.
Opponents have even noticed that my team does not perform. Last week I played a kid who beat me with an 87 OVR team. He observed that his players should never have been able to keep up with mine and, well, they weren’t just keeping up : they were both stronger and faster. He called a bunch of his friends to observe the anomaly and they are all believers of my plight today. You can’t unsee it once you see it.
I have spent the last weeks trying to fix my team. Currently I have a 96 OVR team that reads speeds and strengths like you can imagine and yet, teams rated in the low 90’s and high 80’s can beat me in tournament play because, well…their players are both faster and stronger than mine.
Furthermore, I have evidence from a chat with EA Help that confirms that someone did indeed put something on my account. The person at EA Help I reached that day said that they did not have the authority to remove it. I recorded the chat.
So, I KNOW what is happening to me. I’m not here to have any of you tell me I’m right, and I could care way less if you think I’m wrong. Without question they have Nerfed my account. I’m the one experiencing this. What I don’t know is how to fix it. And what I want to know is, has this ever happened to you?
I don’t think I can stop what they did to me alone. So, if you think they did this to you — maybe they did. If they can do it to one of us they can do it to any of us.
I need help. Help fighting back. I’m open to ideas and I just want to play this game on an even playing field with everyone else again. EA should not be tampering with wins and losses by targeted Nerfing of accounts. Most of us came here for fair competition. That’s all I want.
