Quick Question for Video Game Football Players.
Okay, all of yinz that play Madden or NCAA, or what have you out there:
You know how when your opponent chooses an offensive play, it shows on screen what formation he's chosen, and it gives you five seconds to choose your defense? If I'm playing someone one-on-one, and I wait to choose my defense until after he's chosen his offense, so that I can see what his formation will be (and by formation, I just mean the number of personnel, ie: 3 WR, 1 RB, 1TE,), is that cheating? or is it just playing smart football?
Discuss.
and I fully expect comments from Marc and Grampy on this one. Especially Marc.
-apk
You know how when your opponent chooses an offensive play, it shows on screen what formation he's chosen, and it gives you five seconds to choose your defense? If I'm playing someone one-on-one, and I wait to choose my defense until after he's chosen his offense, so that I can see what his formation will be (and by formation, I just mean the number of personnel, ie: 3 WR, 1 RB, 1TE,), is that cheating? or is it just playing smart football?
Discuss.
and I fully expect comments from Marc and Grampy on this one. Especially Marc.
-apk
2 Comments:
In real live football, the offense sends out its personnel, and the defense then substitutes accordingly. They have coaches in the box upstairs who can see when the offense is going four-wide, or double-tight or whatever. I'd say it's akin to hockey where the visiting team has to put its line out on the ice first, and then the home team gets to counter that with whatever match up it feels is most favorable. Marc - if I played you in Madden and noticed that you always played a base 4-3 or 3-4 on early downs, you better believe I'd be coming out in a spread set to take advantage of that. So APK, I don't think it's amateurish or cheating.
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Anonymous, at 11:56 AM, April 10, 2006
And tell Jerry to stop whining.
Gramps
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Anonymous, at 11:57 AM, April 10, 2006
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