HB Direct - how do you all stop it?

Nickel wide - spread DLine - Contain

User safety and lock him in 7 yards infront of center for inside zone

Out of way on all DBs

Then Avalanche the dude

EazyBreezy said:

hop on mic and say my daddy owns EA he will ban you

Can confirm this works

CNIZZOTE said:

I guess I just assumed that's what block did - maybe I've been wasting my time blocking people!!! Let me look...from EA forums:

Blocking another player in Madden NFL 26 through the in-game social menu (via the EA Connect menu) has the following effects:
Prevents Matching: The blocked player cannot directly join any online sessions you are hosting, and you cannot join theirs.
Matchmaking Restrictions: You will not be matched against the blocked player in online matchmaking systems.
Communication Block: You will not hear or see any voice or text chat from the blocked player.
Records Block: The block is recorded on EA servers to maintain your preferences.

It never even occurred to me to look for this, thank you!

fanonthecan said:

It never even occurred to me to look for this, thank you!

Yeah, if everyone in the community did this - then we would all end up playing each other and they would have to play only people who ran HB Direct!!!!! Lol.

I have N.O. On my OLBs nd I usually cover 4 drop em out of 3-4 odd user the weak side hook curl, they always eventually switch

CNIZZOTE said:

So funny, my usual method of stopping it is quitting right away and then blocking the person so I never have to play someone that thinks this is a good way to play the game. So boring to play the same play over and over. I do the same thing with people who do the kickoff glitch - just don't have time for it and I could care less about taking an L. Earlier though, when I was trying to block them, I accidentally friend requested someone - who actually accepted my friend request - lol. I immediately defriended them and then blocked them. Hilarious some idiot thinks I wanted to be "friends" with them. On a side note, I would like the satisfaction of stopping it. I was using CB blitz, and it was working to some extent. I think I probably would have prevailed in a normal game, but the game was in the event. What do other people do to stop it?

I have success with 2-3 dime cover 4, pinch dline and hover with Mike over DT. Running no outsiders on ur ends helps too!

phatalerror said:

The two primary adjustments I make before nearly every play is to shift linebackers toward the halfback's side, and slant the defensive line toward the direction of a slash run. These seem like two relatively quick ways to cover a variety of runs with either numbers or scheme. I user the MIKE across from the HB.

Sometimes you're just unlucky against Freight Train. People don't call HB Direct because it's a game-breaking play in the NFL, but in the scope of Madden's broken physics, it's dominant to the point of cheating.

Is there anything in the game that you don’t think is cheating?

droblunts313 said:

Is there anything in the game that you don’t think is cheating?

You have basically said that anything you can do with the controller isn't cheating, and this is why there is nothing to discuss between us.

phatalerror said:

You have basically said that anything you can do with the controller isn't cheating, and this is why there is nothing to discuss between us.

I never said that. You’re putting words in my mouth. 

All I’m saying is everything you complain about has a counter. You just don’t want to accept that fact that you either don’t know how to stop it or you don’t want to make adjustments and you want everything given to you without actually earning it. You’re delusional.

droblunts313 said:

I never said that. You’re putting words in my mouth. 

All I’m saying is everything you complain about has a counter. You just don’t want to accept that fact that you either don’t know how to stop it or you don’t want to make adjustments and you want everything given to you without actually earning it. You’re delusional.

It's not enough for something to have a counter when attempting the counter coughs up points on another ordinary play because the AI is dumb when you have to commit so much to one thing.

You want to talk, you tell us what you think is actually cheating.

Just learn how to stop all the meta glitch plays instead of quitting or complaining. People who spam exploits suck and once you shut down their one play you’ll get a W..

droblunts313 said:

I never said that. You’re putting words in my mouth. 

All I’m saying is everything you complain about has a counter. You just don’t want to accept that fact that you either don’t know how to stop it or you don’t want to make adjustments and you want everything given to you without actually earning it. You’re delusional.

Dro, I'm pretty sure you have said that..   anything with a counter can't be cheating.  You have also said that..  there is nothing in the game that doesn't have a counter to it. Soooooo.......

Buccs4047 said:

Dro, I'm pretty sure you have said that..   anything with a counter can't be cheating.  You have also said that..  there is nothing in the game that doesn't have a counter to it. Soooooo.......

I never said anything you can do with a controller isn’t cheating. I said the things that hes complaining about can be countered. 
Examples- scum kicking, running direct, hovering over dt, people running certain routes that manipulate the defense. That stuff can all be stopped. 

There are things in this game that cannot be stopped. Examples- people freeze glitching you for a win or people using random defensive formations to get easy field goal blocks. You almost just have to just hope those things don’t happen to you. You can’t stop it. 

You guys literally just read what you want to hear. You’re not even comprehending what I’m saying.