Route stem/double mug (MCS)

First off, for anyone who is a Madden connoisseur and watched the MCS last night...pretty hard to not be impressed by Jonbeast.  Really tough player, congrats to him.

However, as a former pro player who has made multiple live events and an MCS finals, I have a few issues:

Back when I was playing competitively, I was a huge proponent of removing/banning all glitches/exploits from the game...especially in the MCS.  I also helped to get zones fixed to where cloud zones would play corner routes, hard flats would jump flat routes etc.

Apparently stem glitching was banned from the MCS, but only after allowing them in the ladder phase of the most recent tournaments.  You also have popular streamers and high level pro players bragging about stem glitching their way to 16 wins in MUT Champions.  Can someone explain why this exploit is banned for use in the MCS, but allowed in online play?

Also, a few years back EA programmed "nano-detection" into the game, where if anyone glitched through the line instantaneously...they would freeze in place.  It wasn't the best fix, but at least it was clear EA was taking a hard stance on attempting to remove glitching/exploiting from Madden.

Fast forward to this year, with almost everyone running double mug.  To me, rushing 4 and instantly getting someone shooting through the A-gap is an exploit, and should be considered cheating.  This blitz, along with similar glitches should not only be banned from the MCS, but in online play as well...at least until EA can find a way to patch them.

Is there something I'm missing?  Glitching/exploiting is not skill.  Top players bragging on Twitter about cheating in online play is pathetic.  

Why does it seem like Madden has taken a few steps back, especially after it was trending upwards for a few years?

Preach brother

EA has no ground for morals. They realized cheese exploits would help the casual football fan(their client base) and moved in that direction ever since.

I'm someone who is self admittedly coming from the angle of having a dislike for a lot of the popular streamers of the game and the so called "top players". But I ultimately think a major driving force of why the game is in such a bad place is them. They just perpetuate this garbage bag disguised as a football casino. If they had any backbones they would boycott the MCS tournament. Stop streaming their pack openings. ACTUALLY not playing the game and telling their followers to do the same. Something drastic until they actually fix the damn game. ...But why stop the gravy train? EA's making money off of it. They are making money off of it. The fragile egos and addicts are hooked in no matter what. And with the Madden community so beaten down by EA's scumbag tactics and complacent, lazy attitude they have come to just accept it. Yes sir. Thank you. May I have another?

EA hears you loud and clear, and will make sure to give all of the glitchers Ed Reed/Kyle Pitts. They really do care.

Me and my buddy joke around but this is actually like a laughably funny game. 
 

can’t tell you how many times we have encountered People running the same exact cheeses def or off and wonder… how is this fun for them? How can u sit there and play one single play all game!? Blows my mind. some people only know how to jam buttons and dig into daddy’s wallet

Spot on DJONES!!!

The reason it's not banned from online gameplay but it is in the MCS is because EA is too stupid and/or lazy to fix the exploits so instead they have to ban it in the MCS. They realize they can't patch it in time for the first event so that's why they just "banned" it. EA is just comically incompetent. Any glitch/exploit that doesn't cost them money takes days or weeks to fix but if a pack glitch happen it gets fixed within the hour. Remember that glitch in Superstar KO last year that maxed out the Most Feared field pass? EA patched it at 10pm on a WEEKDAY. But other glitches get left untouched. Nothing surprises me anymore with them.

All you have to do to beat double mug is block the HB, half slide away from the back, and I'd the user.... 

Honestly from there, run Gun Bunch TE (whips) and destroy their user since they don't know what to do when they don't get pressure

GGerz said:

All you have to do to beat double mug is block the HB, half slide away from the back, and I'd the user.... 

Honestly from there, run Gun Bunch TE (whips) and destroy their user since they don't know what to do when they don't get pressure

You really shouldn't have to block a rb to keep a 4 man rush from glitching through your o-line, or have to switch playbooks to run 1 play all game...but thanks for the help.

I'm just trying to get the 1500 XP for the Game Time field pass. I just need one win. Nothing but a bunch of coverage breakers game after game after game after game. After game. I just want to play an even matchup where someone plays straight up

FOOOOOOOOTBALL! Not this FAKE MCS TRASH!

Finally got an even matchup. Got my 1500. Going home.

So far, MUT 25 has been a terrible experience when compared with MUT 24.

phatalerror said:

Finally got an even matchup. Got my 1500. Going home.

So far, MUT 25 has been a terrible experience when compared with MUT 24.

why do you care about keeping up if you hate the game?

twitchtaxpro said:

why do you care about keeping up if you hate the game?

I don't hate the game. I hate the present state of the game. It's very clearly broken, and EA is very late with fixes. At some point, they'll get this adjusted, and I want to be able to get back to playing when they do.

With that said, for all of the promise that the different competitive options seemed to bring for variety, every one of them attracts the worst of the worst when it comes to cheesers and outright cheaters. Whatever EA does to fix this game, the cheesers will find something else, and it will always be nigh impossible for a player like me to ever claim Win X Games in a Row rewards when I won't stoop to the same lame gaming they stake their claim to fame on.