Yeah sorry to MadSci for the inadvertent shot

That wasn't my intention at all! I realize he's put in the time and such to be at the event and his efforts to upload video's and the like are GREATLY APPRECIATED by both myself and obviously the entire community. So let me rephrase; Makes me wonder why, while being a gamechanger, and knowing about the cheese that irritates people and talking about "real football" all the time on his forums and such... WHY, he plays a little cheese-ball?

I would think that with all the time talking about issues like 4 verts and such would help him avoid it in a community play video, as opposed to going to money plays all day from 13 (like a spread counter on the goal line??? Really? Let us see the interaction with the force impact collision stuff there). I don't even know if there was an out-route or drag thrown and they were something I was looking for. I don't mind that he plays the way he plays because that's up to him, but I would think that he'd want to try every route at least once, a few different runs, screens, see if the slide actually works this season for the scrambling qb, etc. Goes to all the trouble to find teams that everybody wants and then doesn't do as much as he could with it I guess is my issue. But again, the efforts to be there for the community to get footage and not just be there for himself is truly selfless and I think we all appreciate that.
Far as the gameplay team goes, the fact that year after year we DO have players showing the weaknesses of something like a 4-Verts on these gamechanger vids and they STILL aren't fixed has me going

. I simply don't understand how you can allow your game to continuously give up the most used play ever and say that you want to get rid of the Cheese

. Nope, it's going to be tough to get me to believe that you really care about getting rid of that stuff while telling us that you have to strike a balance with the "casual gamer". Don't give me that! The "casual gamer" is only casual because you allow him/her to be! If you made football like football I guarantee you the "casual gamer" would catch on and play it just like they do now. Football is the most fun sport of all (or at least in most people's minds), which is exactly why it is America's most loved sport! Make the game of football the way hardcore footballers need, then tune out some of the more "hardcore" features like penalties and such and call it "casual" mode, instead of worrying about things like Season Showdown and the like.
I'm sick of the excuse that it has to cater to the "casual" fan. It's just a shot at the intelligence of gamers that play the game for a month and then move on. Maybe if you made it challenging and made the game play like real football more people would WANT to play it year round. I'll say it again, look at the FPS players all over the age map and how quickly they process things in their games and all they want is more realistic, faster and less clunky. Your average "casual" gamers are like monsters when challenged to play the "real" game of whatever it is they are playing. Just because the kids don't come on the message boards doesn't mean they aren't into a real game of football that caters to hardcore football fans. I'm still not sure I've actually met a casual football fan in real life that wasn't a girl. For them, there's still mascot mode... yes?
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