today ive just bought the madden 11 on 360 and since American football is still growing in the u.k im proposing a Packershome.com madden 11 team play team


Requirements

1) Fair Play
i find my self disgusted when coming up against a person who lets say expands the rules of NFL to the very limit E.G going for it on 4th down when your in the 1st quarter or running the same long pass play or same defense blitz i like to make the game feel as realistic as possible so if you are 1 of these people don't apply

2) Connection
Ill be the 1st to admit my connection is not top spec but it does have the problem of not beaning able to connect to some people if you are 1 of these people its nothing person just my Very poor Internet

3) Time Zones
even thou i work a lot of hours in the week i find myself to be very flexible if we set times by which we would play by once a team as been created then we could discuss this further

in a ideal world i would love all team members to have a headset and be open to different positions till we found positions that give us a winning chance

if your interested Drop me a post or a message or add me on 360 gamertag- Mortfini


thanks for your time

Mortfini

---

What's wrong with going for it on 4th down in the first quarter?

---

It's unsportsmanship

---

Is it now? Berkeley economist David Romer would beg to differ . 😉

---

Sportsmanship? Bah.

That's one thing I liked about Belichick. So what if you're up 35-0? It's their fault they suck. Not yours.

Go for it on 4th down. Any time you're within their 40, go for it. I don't care if it's 4th and 20. Go. Go for anything close within their territory. Go for most 4th and 1s.

I fell asleep trying to read Dante, but if I remember it correctly, there was a ring of hell reserved just for coaches who play too conservatively.

And thanks NSD. Romer should get a Nobel Prize for that piece.

Btw, before anyone argues with me, read Romer's piece. If you start arguing without reading Romer's piece, I got a voodoo doll that looks just like you.

---

In recent games, I didn't care too much about people going for it on 4th. I could stop them 3 times and I usually did the same the 4th time.

In this game, though, getting someone to 4th and 1 is nothing short of a miracle. And they know that. Everyone just goes for it, since you'll pretty much get it, anyway.

I play seriously in online franchises, and we have pretty strict rules in place. CLICK HERE  to check out the website and read the rules. The main point is to play SIM as much as possible. In other words, if it's 4th and 11 and one is on their own 10 yard line, you must punt the ball unless you are down by 14 points I believe.

The reasoning for this is there are many, MANY glitches in Madden (and all video games for that matter). Certain things that some people do are basically impossible to stop, so rules like this are put in place to make the video game more realistic. A team could only go for it if it was 4th and 3 or less.

Anyway, I would love to do some team play. Add me. My gamertag is "DoddPower" (go figure!)

I don't go for it if I'm in my own territory. But if I'm at midfield, I go for it on fourth and five for example. I don't think that's being dirty. I just have the confidence that I'll make it or that I'll stop them.

Also, what is dirty. In NCAA 10 I had a pretty epic game. It was high scoring and I couldn't stop this guy. I scored with 30 seconds left and I could have went for the FG and went into OT. However, I knew I couldn't stop this person, so I went for two. Is that dirty? I've done it before in Madden. Now I didn't get it and loss the game, but I felt that was my best chance to win.

My gamertag is porky826.

I haven't played Madden 11 online yet. I usually take my time to learn the game first before I jump online, but if someone wants to play me let me know.

---

Porky,

Dirty is taking advantage of glitches. For example, in Madden 10 it was possible to ABUSE the flats and screens. Despite the coverage you ran, even if you knew it was coming, it was nearly impossible to stop. Many cheese players would throw to the flats 15+ times a game and their RB's and FB's would catch 15+ passes in a game, while the WR's only had a view. There used to be entire websites out there specifically telling people how to take advantage of glitches.

Like I said, that's just how this online franchise is ran, and I love it. It's made for sim ball. We are supposed to play just how an actual NFL team would. It's nice because whenever I want to play more video game like and do whatever I want, I'll just hop in an un-ranked game and play however I like; and expect the same from others. It's nice to not HAVE to do that though.

I just picked up Madden '11 tonight. Player movement seems to be a lot more rapid and either Ryan Grant is awesome or they made running a whole lot easier.

---