NCAA FOOTBALL IS BACK MFers

[Derka 5556]

this shit where i can’t see who any of my receivers are because i’m playing on the road is so typically EA. just fucking stupid and makes the entire experience worse for no discernible reason.

speaking of EA’s general incompetence and indifference, i love how all of my receivers just run to their spot and then just fucking stand there, even when i’m scrambling. 3rd and 8, nobody open, i roll out, and they all just stand there letting themselves be covered by some cpu defender who is also just standing there, still, staring at my guy who isn’t moving at all.

i wish i had whatever it is that allows so many of you to overlook this type of unforgivable shit that permeates this game. that level of patience and lack of give-a-fuck is beyond my comprehension.

[Jkwellborn 6577]

this shit where i can’t see who any of my receivers are because i’m playing on the road is so typically EA. just fucking stupid and makes the entire experience worse for no discernible reason.
speaking of EA’s general incompetence and indifference, i love how all of my receivers just run to their spot and then just fucking stand there, even when i’m scrambling. 3rd and 8, nobody open, i roll out, and they all just stand there letting themselves be covered by some cpu defender who is also just standing there, still, staring at my guy who isn’t moving at all.
i wish i had whatever it is that allows so many of you to overlook this type of unforgivable shit that permeates this game. that level of patience and lack of give-a-fuck is beyond my comprehension.

Can you move them with the right stick? I feel like I was doing that in a mini game. But I could just been imagining it.

[Derka 5556]

15 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Can you move them with the right stick? I feel like I was doing that in a mini game. But I could just been imagining it.

it’s possible, i’ll have to try it the next time i play. it’s still one of those hallmarks of EA- there’s 22 players on the field (madden, ncaa, and fifa) and 21 of them are run by the cpu. the 11 “cpu” players are all programmed to react to the ball, to break on the ball, to run at the proper angle, etc. meanwhile your 10 cpu controlled teammates are blatantly programmed to do the opposite, aka to fuck you over.

your cpu teammates don’t react, they don’t break on the ball, they don’t box out, they don’t use their speed/size/strength/etc to their advantage and so on and so on. in fifa they just sprint 10 yards offside instead of trying to stay onside, in ncaa your WR just keeps running his route irrespective of where the ball is, meanwhile the DB actually reacts to the ball and makes a play for it. shit is shameful. if i had my way nobody would buy the next edition of this game, because its going to be this exact game with updated rosters. 

Edited September 6 by Derka

[Texasborn91 872]

Formation subs not being in this game is fucking retarded. Juke moves are so slow and laggy and I have elite statistical players on dynasty. On the older games you could jitter bug all over the place. Is there a way to start a play book from scratch? I ask can’t select my custom play book as my default playbook from dynasty menu. I have to remember to select it on the pre game screen. This game fucking sucks

[Zeus 5889]

On 8/29/2024 at 6:44 PM, Dark Horse said:

They didn’t fix Texas’s playbook in Road to CFP 🤬

Yeah I’ve been winning playing as Kansas against teams like Georgia and Ohio State and Alabama more than as Texas. 
 

Big drop off from blue now that Baxter is gone. All four receivers are elite it’s just so risky passing a ton because Quinn can’t escape in this game. 
 

Alabama players in CFB are by far the worst but the RB talent and luck they get constantly is insane. I was up two touchdowns playing as Air Force against Bama and on 4th and 35 I was in prevent defense and gave up a touchdown. 
 

the game is definitely a broken EA game but it’s still kind of fun

 Wish you could just play unranked online and say I want to play against Michigan as Texas. There’s no way to just pick match ups I’m always playing Ohio state or Alabama now. 

[Longboard Horn 39843]

Texas beating Nebraska… tale as old as time 

Edited September 9 by Longboard Horn

[FloridaHorn 4726]

On 9/6/2024 at 7:23 PM, Derka said:

it’s possible, i’ll have to try it the next time i play. it’s still one of those hallmarks of EA- there’s 22 players on the field (madden, ncaa, and fifa) and 21 of them are run by the cpu. the 11 “cpu” players are all programmed to react to the ball, to break on the ball, to run at the proper angle, etc. meanwhile your 10 cpu controlled teammates are blatantly programmed to do the opposite, aka to fuck you over.

your cpu teammates don’t react, they don’t break on the ball, they don’t box out, they don’t use their speed/size/strength/etc to their advantage and so on and so on. in fifa they just sprint 10 yards offside instead of trying to stay onside, in ncaa your WR just keeps running his route irrespective of where the ball is, meanwhile the DB actually reacts to the ball and makes a play for it. shit is shameful. if i had my way nobody would buy the next edition of this game, because its going to be this exact game with updated rosters. 

I’m really sorry you suck at this game. Can I send you a cookie or something?

[Jkwellborn 6577]

Texas beating Nebraska… tale as old as time 

That second pic is nightmare fuel.

[Eskimohorn 5557]

I’m really sorry you suck at this game. Can I send you a cookie or something?

getting your sliders customized is huge.

[Helobious 9408]

On 9/6/2024 at 3:21 PM, Derka said:

this shit where i can’t see who any of my receivers are because i’m playing on the road is so typically EA. just fucking stupid and makes the entire experience worse for no discernible reason.

speaking of EA’s general incompetence and indifference, i love how all of my receivers just run to their spot and then just fucking stand there, even when i’m scrambling. 3rd and 8, nobody open, i roll out, and they all just stand there letting themselves be covered by some cpu defender who is also just standing there, still, staring at my guy who isn’t moving at all.

i wish i had whatever it is that allows so many of you to overlook this type of unforgivable shit that permeates this game. that level of patience and lack of give-a-fuck is beyond my comprehension.

When scrambling outside the pocket, flick up on the right stick to send receivers downfield.

[Foosters 17637]

I'm 2 years into a dynasty with Tennessee (hired after being OC at Rice.) 11 of my starting 12 on defense are white guys, including the entire defensive backfield. 10/12 on offense are white, including all RBs and WRs. My punter and kicker are black and have dreads.

[Vertuzzi 1303]

4 minutes ago, Foosters said:

I'm 2 years into a dynasty with Tennessee (hired after being OC at Rice.) 11 of my starting 12 on defense are white guys, including the entire defensive backfield. 10/12 on offense are white, including all RBs and WRs. My punter and kicker are black and have dreads.

[Foosters 17637]

17 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

Hmm, think I'm gonna go edit all their helmets to give them the 1 bar kicker from the 70s. And obviously neck rolls and giant shoulder pads 

[Helobious 9408]

Road to glory is such a fucking terrible mode, and it used to be the most fun career mode in any sport game. I hate how much they cut down on their database of cities compared to the old games too. It’s total bullshit I can’t make my guy be from Harlingen.

[Derka 5556]

21 hours ago, FloridaHorn said:

I’m really sorry you suck at this game. Can I send you a cookie or something?

you know god damn well i want a cookie, you do not have to ask. thin mints, please and thank you.

[Derka 5556]

On 9/5/2024 at 2:45 PM, Derka said:

i just saw some skinny white dude on punt coverage wearing no.10. 🙄 

and now i’ve got a chubby white dude on kickoff coverage wearing no.20. you had a decade to make this game EA. jesus christ that’s lazy.

[Chooky 13278]

You can change jersey numbers now after the last patch. But you still can't keep the blue-eyed devil out of the defensive backfield. 

[Chooky 13278]

7 hours ago, Helobious said:

When scrambling outside the pocket, flick up on the right stick to send receivers downfield.

Ah damn. I did not know this. EA should've provided a page that, you know ... tells you stuff? For the longest time I didn't know why the number 2 or 3 would occasionally flash above the safeties. Had no idea that it meant the qb had identified your coverage. I still don't know what some of symbols are that flash over some of the defensive players. 

[Deej 76156]

Today is 25 years since the Sega Dreamcast released with NFL2K, the series that showed EA was so far behind in gameplay that they eventually had to buy the exclusive rights to the NFL. 

 

Edited September 11 by Deej

[Jersey Man10 3474]

[Derka 5556]

On 8/28/2024 at 8:08 AM, Derka said:

i set the difficulty whatever the second easiest level is and turned all of the cpu sliders all the way to zero

ok i think i can increase the difficulty level again lol:

still way too much janky ea stuff, but i’m slowly beginning to find balance. that’s all i want. i just want it to feel more real than scripted. 

Edited September 12 by Derka

[Longboard Horn 39843]

LOL at your gamer tag @Derka

[Derka 5556]

[Huckleberry 32307]

Experienced some of that great 4th quarter CPU comeback BS in a semifinal. 

It was a fun defensive football game until the stupidity started. Thankfully I was able to make enough offensive plays.

[Helobious 9408]

If I have any kind of lead in the 4th I immediately switch to chew clock mode and just run the ball because of that. The CPU is just programmed to be unstoppable on offense, and it’s even worse if you try simming defense

[Derka 5556]

which passing mode/method do y’all use? i’ve just been using classic because that’s what i’m used to and none of the other options sound obviously better.

[Derka 5556]

6 hours ago, Helobious said:

If I have any kind of lead in the 4th I immediately switch to chew clock mode and just run the ball because of that. The CPU is just programmed to be unstoppable on offense, and it’s even worse if you try simming defense

cpu when you win the 4th quarter:

 

[Derka 5556]

something that’s not just consistent but an actual staple of ea sports games is that player and team ratings do not matter at all. they have no actual/true/consistent say in how good or bad a team/player is. you will beat the daylights out of an inferior opponent for the entire 1H, and then in the 2H their QB is tom brady and their HC is bill belichick. every play call is perfect, every pass is right into the hole of the defense, every run is for 11 yards, and suddenly you’re just playing a completely different team.

true story: in fifa, if you win the 1H 3-0 the cpu team will come out for the 2H like prime barcelona on fire, because “half time adjustments.” the solution? literally just move a few of your players half an inch in one direction or another on the team formation screen, and voila! the cpu team is once again fucked because “half time adjustments”. that’s the kind of low level bullshit we’re dealing with with this game too. team rankings and records mean nothing, and the EA script makes it to where any team you’re playing can turn into 2005 Texas at any time, even if you’re winning 38-7 at half time.

if EA HQ burns to the ground tomorrow i’m throwing a rager at my moms house in pflugerville and everyone is invited. the people who make these games while preying on little kids deserve all of the bad things in the world.

Edited September 18 by Derka

[Brothahorn 10079]

On 9/10/2024 at 12:14 PM, Foosters said:

I'm 2 years into a dynasty with Tennessee (hired after being OC at Rice.) 11 of my starting 12 on defense are white guys, including the entire defensive backfield. 10/12 on offense are white, including all RBs and WRs. My punter and kicker are black and have dreads.

So you're playing NCAA 1965?

[Derka 5556]

every single game that i lose is 100% due to the cpu blatantly, overtly, unapologetically cheating. that’s a fact. and this is every ea game in a nutshell. so much of it is scripted that it’s impossible to immerse yourself in the game. you literally are not in control of what happens, the script is. your play call, your execution, your talent level- it doesn’t matter. the cpu will do what it is programmed to do. 

to be clear, me winning every game unless the cpu blatantly cheats is fucking horseshit. i should be losing tough games to tough opponents every now and then. last night i lost to bama in the sec title when the entire second half was an absolute scripted sham, and the next game (playoffs) i’m ahead of cincy 52-0 at half time. zero part of that is fun for me. just give us a goddamn game that isn’t scripted for christ’s sake. FAK.

Edited September 19 by Derka

[Vertigo 20203]

10 minutes ago, Derka said:

every single game that i lose is 100% due to the cpu blatantly, overtly, unapologetically cheating. that’s a fact. and this is every ea game in a nutshell. so much of it is scripted that it’s impossible to immerse yourself in the game. you literally are not in control of what happens, the script is. your play call, your execution, your talent level- it doesn’t matter. the cpu will do what it is programmed to do. 

to be clear, me winning every game unless the cpu blatantly cheats is fucking horseshit. i should be losing tough games to tough opponents every now and then. last night i lost to bama in the sec title when the entire second half was an absolute scripted sham, and the next game (playoffs) i’m ahead of cincy 52-0 at half time. zero part of that is fun for me. just give us a goddamn game that isn’t scripted for christ’s sake. FAK.

It is a poor musician that blames his instrument. 

[Derka 5556]

for example bama scored the winning td in the 4th quarter on 3rd and goal from mike the 10 yard line despite me calling the perfect defense. i called a zone who’s main premise was shutting down the flats. its in the goddamn name of the play call for christ’s sake. but that’s not what happened. instead, all three db’s on the right side of the field ran to the same spot (which was in the end zone btw) leaving the left flat wide the fuck open for bama to do an easy pitch and catch for the game winner. that one play is how the entire second half played out. it did not matter what i did, the cpu was always going to win. 

Edited September 19 by Derka

[Derka 5556]

1 minute ago, Vertigo said:

It is a poor musician that blames his instrument. 

i tell you what- i’ll give you a violin that’s got no strings, is made out of cement, and comes with a bow that’s just a wet spaghetti noodle. go ahead and blow my mind with your amazing violin playing.

[Derka 5556]

first offensive play for the cpu is a run up the middle every single time. funny thing is they keep getting 9-11 yards every time even though i know it’s coming. whether i call quads or the most aggressive man blitz in the game, all of my guys get picked up, every time.

[Derka 5556]

just witnessed my first ever INT on an overthrown ball. it happened to me, in a national semifinal game where i was otherwise pounding the shit out of oregon. quinn has a wide open man, i have the passing settings on classic, and it should be an easy pitch and catch. instead it’s a 90 yard pick 6 to make the score 10-7 instead of 17-0. the cpu did nothing to make this game close. they just decided that i was going to throw a pick 6 there. it’s so blatant.

and yeah, that was legitimately the first ever overthrow that i’ve seen turn into an INT. every other INT i’ve ever seen has been a jumped route. all of them. that’s what you get with EA. an unbelievably repetitive, stripped down, scripted video game. 

and no im not going to stop. put me on ignore if you need to.

[Derka 5556]

wide open holes are never actually open. 

Edited September 20 by Derka

[Best served cold 144]

For those complaining about the Texas plsybook, the new patch has swapped it with that of aggy.

[GhostofDanJones 336]

I like the Road to the CFP feature. Best way to play people from all over and the best part is that games are only 3 minute quarters. What's everyone's record? 

[Jkwellborn 6577]

For those complaining about the Texas plsybook, the new patch has swapped it with that of aggy.

Does that mean that Texas will have its playbook now? Because the one online is ass my dude.

[Best served cold 144]

13 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Does that mean that Texas will have its playbook now? Because the one online is ass my dude.

That is my assumption, yes. 

[Texasborn91 872]

17 hours ago, Derka said:

just witnessed my first ever INT on an overthrown ball. it happened to me, in a national semifinal game where i was otherwise pounding the shit out of oregon. quinn has a wide open man, i have the passing settings on classic, and it should be an easy pitch and catch. instead it’s a 90 yard pick 6 to make the score 10-7 instead of 17-0. the cpu did nothing to make this game close. they just decided that i was going to throw a pick 6 there. it’s so blatant.

and yeah, that was legitimately the first ever overthrow that i’ve seen turn into an INT. every other INT i’ve ever seen has been a jumped route. all of them. that’s what you get with EA. an unbelievably repetitive, stripped down, scripted video game. 

and no im not going to stop. put me on ignore if you need to.

Got a good for you…

 

ip 17-3 against Ou late in the 3rd and they score a Td by stumbling over a body and fumbling the ball into the end zone which they recover and go for 2…. And get it. I knew what was about to happen… from then on out. Their D comes out and fucking stifles me. They march down and take the lead, then on the return with 2 minutes left I fumble the kick return and they recover. Never get the ball back. 

[Jkwellborn 6577]

Never kick a kick off out of bounds. The fucking that happens after that is wild. Been that way on the last dozen or so versions.

[Alien Octopus 494]

[Derka 5556]

national title game against tosu. they “win the toss”.

first drive: third down i throw a pick six on a 3rd and 1 where the db broke on the inexplicably under thrown ball while isaiah bond literally just kept running his route all the way out of bounds, never reacting to the ball (a staple of ea games including madden and fifa- they literally program all of their games to have the cpu defense react to the ball while your players are all oblivious to the ball and where it’s going)

second drive: cj baxter fumble on an 8 yard run even though i turned off fumbles, 14-0 tosu 50 seconds into the game

third drive: THERE IS NO FUCKING THIRD DRIVE BECAUSE I QUIT THE OBVIOUSLY RIGGED GODDAMN GAME

cant wait to reboot it and win 56-17 as the game is programmed to do, another feature of every ea game dating back more than a decade. the game literally monitors rage quitting and then just scripts the rematch to be a blowout in your favor. every title, every time. this company is pure evil. 

Edited September 23 by Derka

[Derka 5556]

actually i’m not going to reboot it. i’ve played, i dunno, 5-6 seasons and i’ve never actually played one out since my first one. in the first season i lost in the playoff qf on a bunch of bullshit. every other season since then i’ve rage quit and just simmed out the remaining playoffs, including three national title games (now 4. im 1-3 as the highest seed every time). the scripting in the big games is so blatant there is zero goddamn point to even trying to play them.

murder on everyone who made this game. a pox upon all of their houses. may the rapture happen tomorrow and they be the only ones left behind. may all of their loved ones be repeatedly gang raped by dirty larry and the boys. may they all catch an incurable case of poison ivy on their taints. fuck these people. may they all be fucked to death by wild packs of dogs.

Edited September 23 by Derka

[Derka 5556]

last two seasons i’ve simmed and lost the national title game, and both times after the simulation i had both the offensive and defensive player of the game. make fucking sense of that.

[Helobious 9408]

On 9/22/2024 at 7:26 PM, Derka said:

murder on everyone who made this game. a pox upon all of their houses. may the rapture happen tomorrow and they be the only ones left behind. may all of their loved ones be repeatedly gang raped by dirty larry and the boys. may they all catch an incurable case of poison ivy on their taints. fuck these people. may they all be fucked to death by wild packs of dogs.

so you don’t like the game?

[Derka 5556]

[Derka 5556]

On 9/22/2024 at 7:26 PM, Derka said:

actually i’m not going to reboot it. i’ve played, i dunno, 5-6 seasons and i’ve never actually played one out since my first one. in the first season i lost in the playoff qf on a bunch of bullshit. every other season since then i’ve rage quit and just simmed out the remaining playoffs, including three national title games (now 4. im 1-3 as the highest seed every time). the scripting in the big games is so blatant there is zero goddamn point to even trying to play them.

murder on everyone who made this game. a pox upon all of their houses. may the rapture happen tomorrow and they be the only ones left behind. may all of their loved ones be repeatedly gang raped by dirty larry and the boys. may they all catch an incurable case of poison ivy on their taints. fuck these people. may they all be fucked to death by wild packs of dogs.

i haven’t touched the game since this post, until now. went back to play the game. first drive i stopped tosu on 3rd and 1 to force a 3 and out. my opening drive i’m getting 4-15 yards a pop on runs and short-medium passes. get into the red zone, cj baxter runs for 8 yards, and fumbles.

he wasn’t hit by a defender. i have fumbles turned off. 

anyone who buys this game again is a terrorist. 

Edited September 25 by Derka

[Derka 5556]

this meme about fifa 100% applies to ncaa 25: