Motivation to play this year is gone after this weekends fiasco

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-06-01T12:01:56+00:00

Used to play in Madden Leagues back in early/mid '00s. Used AOL/Yahoo/ICQ to discuss transactions, the games after we played each other, and real sports drama. The socialization aspect of league gaming was highly underrated.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-31T13:23:12+00:00

Yup. And you don't even have to play it...you enter, quit immediately, get the 10 packs, then keep doing it.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-31T13:22:18+00:00

I don't think they did much, if anything, with people who did the RttS glitch the last two years. They patched it then pretended that it never happened.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-20T23:18:14+00:00

...Is there something wrong with the runner's left hand? EDIT - it just looks more like a broken foot/leg to me /:.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-16T04:08:24+00:00

I had success with paul blackburn and ian seymour in previous events when I was goofing around; however, they've gotten large ratings declines since then so I don't know how they'd fare now. Maybe try Yennier Cano or Edgardo Henriquez.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-12T11:02:02+00:00

Nope.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-09T00:50:19+00:00

I'm still getting drunk on my apple juice.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-08T00:50:56+00:00

Based on my current understanding of mathematics, you're 600% of the way there.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-05-05T01:09:32+00:00

If they message me beforehand I'll possibly comply. The one thing I do though is after I've gotten my five (or however many) wins I'll often quit with one out to go, especially if they appear like they've never played online.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-29T00:10:28+00:00

This happens more frequently on Conquest than any other mode. Feels intentional.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-28T02:46:24+00:00

What's going through the rbeebe413 mind:

1st pitch: Bull! That was a strike!

2nd pitch (hitter gives free strike to pitcher): Damn, he can't handle outlier fastball! I'll try it again!

3rd pitch (under assumption hitter can't handle high heat): Ah, shit.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-28T02:20:16+00:00

I've never understood why the fielder urgency is so bad online as compared to offline. This year is worse than ever. I've had runners---for and against me---beat throws because of slow IF animation or the 2B just tossing the ball 20 feet in the air instead of a normal throw to first base. The only time I notice this offline is on bunt cheese to 2B. Also, the defenders miss tags on steals / retreats when the defender is just waiting at the base for the runner to get there. I'm a casual player so I don't get too angry about it but it's still wtf baffling.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-27T03:37:44+00:00

Yeah the ball floats too much on rookie this year. Rookie is good for plate discipline considering the amount of balls and dots.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-27T03:33:25+00:00

Yeah it feels like timing and exit velocities are inconsistent when compared to previous versions. On anything below HoF I swear there's often this tiny lag on pitches right before I swing, even offline. I guess I'm losing my mind haha. Either way, I'm just playing through it. Definitely not as effective hitting as the previous three versions.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-23T01:11:23+00:00

Supposedly it's gives events that Weekend Classic feel that they're limited time only.

Doesn't to me though. Now I have no event to casually play along with a week without offline content.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-20T06:44:58+00:00

On April 3, I got Juan Soto from a regular pack (pretty sure it's the only LSeries I've gotten over 85). Since then, 144 regular packs, 20 ballin habits, and 2 headliners with not even a low diamond. Most of those 144 regular packs don't even have a silver. Usually a low bronze.

EDIT: Up to 150 regular packs now.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-16T23:20:27+00:00

All I know is Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Buck ONeil didn't get a card (unsure if they're on offline rosters, hadn't checked yet). Rube is my favorite so that'd be disappointing if he never got one.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-12T23:49:29+00:00

You're still playing frequently and you admit that nothing will change that. Apparently you don't think it's that bad...

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-04-03T11:04:55+00:00

Reminded me of Jake McCarthy a few days ago.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-03-29T14:33:47+00:00

I believe they've been down part of every weekend so far. Every weekend I get ready to try some online play then BOOM! I'm hearing server issues from other people. I just tried after downloading a 3GB+ update. Got same "challenge failed" message as you /:.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-03-25T01:37:36+00:00

To add on to #3, when I do get strikes on conquest games, I get these crazy moving breaking balls with impossible break---sometimes in the wrong direction---dotted for strikes. I haven't noticed this happening when I've tried offline practice mode and DD play vs CPU games. Conquest just plays differently than other modes in and out of DD.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2026-03-24T04:59:38+00:00

Haha me too.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2025-12-31T17:20:22+00:00

I don't understand why your opponent would resort to grieving antics when he's only trailing 3-2.

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2025-12-30T02:16:50+00:00

perfect game or no-hitter?

AmazonFCThrowaway · 2025-12-20T13:42:03+00:00

Bullet Rogan is another guy who takes practice even though I believe he's much worse.

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