Never understood why some people play so toxic

I mean,  I'm in Blitz HR trying out Nolan Smith (KMac sold me on spending the coins on him)...

So dude runs motion trying to dumb out my CBs then of course here comes the RPO....4th and goal he gets in.  2 pt conversion he runs the option pitch again and starts celebrating as soon as his HB gets the ball....  Nolan comes from out ot nowhere and he had to lateral so I nailed him , kept him oout.Failed conversion

Now I'm pissed so I run what amounts to a triple corner route score and he quits.

Can't people play the game without the toxic crap? Just trying to dumb out the AI ? I dunno.  

Since online play became a thing I always stayed away from that type of stuff.

This game is poorly coded trash.

 Best to move on and just focus on your own fun.  We all are going to lose in this game and sometimes its to the cowards and the cheesers.

For what it's worth I also don't understand how someone can play like a coward and be proud of it.

I’m totally with you! Let’s just play some football. No exploits, no taunting, just a respectful game of football. 
 

Seems worse every year.

most kids just try to exploit the AI, happened so many times to me yesterday, still should have won, but face kids that call 1/2 plays using Vick, either hit the route or scramble, it's really hard to cover two good routes and account for a scrambling QB, and mix in RPOs, and MCV being so difficult to get to work unless you get all the shades right... sometimes pretty hard

The game is full of issues, but...people are who they are.  Easy answer to your question of why they play toxic...because...they are who they are.  The world (and certainly the H2H MUT world) is full of toxic people.  We get a choice as to how to respond to that...sounds like you took the "fight fire with fire" route...I take another approach and either ignore it or concede.  EA with their "fair play" and pushing good sportsmanship feed into toxic behavior with unsolicited celebrations and showboating...but...folks gonna be who they are.

von11 said:

The game is full of issues, but...people are who they are.  Easy answer to your question of why they play toxic...because...they are who they are.  The world (and certainly the H2H MUT world) is full of toxic people.  We get a choice as to how to respond to that...sounds like you took the "fight fire with fire" route...I take another approach and either ignore it or concede.  EA with their "fair play" and pushing good sportsmanship feed into toxic behavior with unsolicited celebrations and showboating...but...folks gonna be who they are.

It wasn't really about getting revenge or getting the W.... it was to show my opponent that anyone can cheese and win.

Often I'll send a nice DM.saying GG and something complimentary about how with their skills they don't need to resort to glitches or YouTube exploits to win

But under the tone of being friendly and complimentary.  Honestly if I can teach one person to feel better about themselves for not taking shortcuts just to win I feel like I've accomplished something

It's the Youtube generation. Everyone's basically playing follow the leader. It is what it is. It's why I avoid H2H at (almost) all costs. I do play House Rules, and when I (often) run into those types, I try to point them to the error of their ways lol. Like yesterday, got a Spinner Spammer. I ran 2 plays and saw it. Got on the mic and told him he should get out of it. Ran a 3rd and he didn't. So I went to my Spinner beater, and jogged into the end zone. Got back on the mic and told him 'stop running Spinner'. 

But they don't know any better. Their idea of 'gitting gud' is running to YT for the cool meta plays and exploits. It is really nice when you find someone that plays different than everyone else, and I tend to let them know when I come across them. Few and far between though, unfortunately.

Martyr1968 said:

I mean,  I'm in Blitz HR trying out Nolan Smith (KMac sold me on spending the coins on him)...

So dude runs motion trying to dumb out my CBs then of course here comes the RPO....4th and goal he gets in.  2 pt conversion he runs the option pitch again and starts celebrating as soon as his HB gets the ball....  Nolan comes from out ot nowhere and he had to lateral so I nailed him , kept him oout.Failed conversion

Now I'm pissed so I run what amounts to a triple corner route score and he quits.

Can't people play the game without the toxic crap? Just trying to dumb out the AI ? I dunno.  

Since online play became a thing I always stayed away from that type of stuff.

Sounds like a skill issue to me

Martyr1968 said:

It wasn't really about getting revenge or getting the W.... it was to show my opponent that anyone can cheese and win.

Often I'll send a nice DM.saying GG and something complimentary about how with their skills they don't need to resort to glitches or YouTube exploits to win

But under the tone of being friendly and complimentary.  Honestly if I can teach one person to feel better about themselves for not taking shortcuts just to win I feel like I've accomplished something

Oh I get why you did what you did...but...unless the person I'm playing is someone I care about...I have neither the time nor obligation to teach them a lesson.  I'm not saying your approach is wrong...just different from mine.  I value my time over all else, so...showing someone or teaching them a lesson is not worth my time investment.

FloorGeneral said:

It's the Youtube generation. Everyone's basically playing follow the leader. It is what it is. It's why I avoid H2H at (almost) all costs. I do play House Rules, and when I (often) run into those types, I try to point them to the error of their ways lol. Like yesterday, got a Spinner Spammer. I ran 2 plays and saw it. Got on the mic and told him he should get out of it. Ran a 3rd and he didn't. So I went to my Spinner beater, and jogged into the end zone. Got back on the mic and told him 'stop running Spinner'. 

But they don't know any better. Their idea of 'gitting gud' is running to YT for the cool meta plays and exploits. It is really nice when you find someone that plays different than everyone else, and I tend to let them know when I come across them. Few and far between though, unfortunately.

Maybe I'm a noob... What is spinner?

WendyPefferkorn said:

Maybe I'm a noob... What is spinner?

Super cheese blitz out of dollar.

colbyzg said:

Super cheese blitz out of dollar.

I'm sure I know what it is.. Just don't know the terminology... See a lot of people run Dollar against any set I run offensively.. Getting in 22 personnel usually gets them out of it after I ram it down their throat

Honestly you can’t let it get to you. Every year it’s the same thing. We all have our “money” plays and schemes and they all work because they dumb out the AI. 
 

I run cheese. You run cheese. We all run cheese. That’s what this game is.

WendyPefferkorn said:

I'm sure I know what it is.. Just don't know the terminology... See a lot of people run Dollar against any set I run offensively.. Getting in 22 personnel usually gets them out of it after I ram it down their throat

In my experience it combats the run much better than it should.