never been more fulfilled than when I stopped / quit this game

StoicTrader said:

haven't played in 2 weeks and they've been the best two weeks of my life since mid August, y'all should try it... also packed away the playstation to get into monk mode 🧙‍♂️

no games for me 🥂

I think this is stupendous advice.  I tried (twice) and was only successful at making it 4-5 days each attempt.  I'm obviously a full blown MUT-addict at this point and have somehow managed to turn this into a bad job i feel compelled to keep up with on a regular basis.  Not hating the new House Rules stuff, although games are a bit longer than I'd care for, it took me until liek 11:30PM last evening before I could finally win all the way through in House Rules, the original 5 games (can't lose 3, or else you start all over), then needing to win a full "playoffs" cycle before House Rules prizes are doled out.

It'll be up in the air if I can even earn 49k Chocolates to pull all 10 Eggstravagant eggy-wegg packs from Chocolate shop.

I don't know about the "no games" scenario, that might be a bit too intense for me -- i'd prefer to keep it to something liek "no bad games" (i.e. MUT), however, i'm very much looking forward to Elden Ring DLC on June 21st, assuming i've gotten away from MUT by then.

It’s kind of ironic that the majority of comments on this post are negative. It seems like at least 75% of the posts in these forums are members whining and bitching about how bad this game is. Every day somebody is fed up with toxic H2H, EA screw ups, or how much time and/or money they’ve wasted on such a piece of shit game.

This person chooses to do what most of us can’t do and actually makes a change in their life. Then along comes the same negative/toxic attitude that you all learned from playing H2H’s.

This game can make people miserable if you allow it to consume you.

Congrats on quitting something that wasn’t fulfilling you as a person!

SlowAndSteady said:

It’s kind of ironic that the majority of comments on this post are negative. It seems like at least 75% of the posts in these forums are members whining and bitching about how bad this game is. Every day somebody is fed up with toxic H2H, EA screw ups, or how much time and/or money they’ve wasted on such a piece of shit game.

This person chooses to do what most of us can’t do and actually makes a change in their life. Then along comes the same negative/toxic attitude that you all learned from playing H2H’s.

This game can make people miserable if you allow it to consume you.

Congrats on quitting something that wasn’t fulfilling you as a person!

"Chooses to do what most of us can't do" lmao. He stopped playing a videogame, it's not that big dude.

let me keep the ps5 as you continue on your pursuit of happiness

SportsPerson94 said:

"Chooses to do what most of us can't do" lmao. He stopped playing a videogame, it's not that big dude.

Some people get really addicted to this stuff man. Any person that can break an addiction and bring more joy into their life is doing something big. Even if it feels small to you.

SlowAndSteady said:

Some people get really addicted to this stuff man. Any person that can break an addiction and bring more joy into their life is doing something big. Even if it feels small to you.

I guess. Not sure why he feels the need to post about it tho

enjoy the freedom

Good day 

I too have stopped playing this years game. I just felt there was just way too much time being asked for and then when you get the card most of the time after a week or two it really isn’t that useful anymore 

I also felt like the game was very geared towards defense, maybe it had something to do with EA coding the game this way in hopes that it would give players that aren’t good a chance to win sometimes .  I don’t know but whatever the case , it was frustrating to put money and time into this game and feel cheated in actual gameplay online and now I haven’t played in so long that my team won’t even be equally matched up online which is another problem .

StoicTrader said:

haven't played in 2 weeks and they've been the best two weeks of my life since mid August, y'all should try it... also packed away the playstation to get into monk mode 🧙‍♂️

no games for me 🥂

What’s monk mode?

Diggs24 said:

Well... Around August/September  when Madden 24 came out. Before that, I had a 99 overall team but that was Madden 19 & 20. I know no one cares but that's when I decided not to give EA my dough 🤫😁

when you see how much money you waste on this game mode, it really opens your eyes.

i totally get where you are coming from.

"Hey, people that gather online to discuss all things mut related, I don't play the game you all are playing. It feels good." 

Ok...but...

It's fun....and I can still go outside any time I want to. It sounds like you have a balance issue.

StoicTrader said:

haven't played in 2 weeks and they've been the best two weeks of my life since mid August, y'all should try it... also packed away the playstation to get into monk mode 🧙‍♂️

no games for me 🥂

Grats on this OP... don't pay any attention to the negative replies to your post.

The addiction to this game can be substantial... I've played MUT pretty hardcore for the past decade but I walked away from M24 on January 8th and have not been back since... in fact... here is my post that prompted me to quit:   https://www.mut.gg/forums/forum/mut-discussion-10/topic/kinda-bored-with-the-game-at-this-point-could-be-the-earliest-ive-hung-it-up-ever-37720/?page=1

Sure... there are times when I miss the game and the H2H competition.  But I look at all that I've accomplished in the past ~3months and I definitely don't want to slip back into the time sink required to be a high level player.  I do not think I will even get next year's game unless everyone here is universally praising the gameplay.  Knowing EA... that's not very likely.

Ducati0307 said:

Grats on this OP... don't pay any attention to the negative replies to your post.

The addiction to this game can be substantial... I've played MUT pretty hardcore for the past decade but I walked away from M24 on January 8th and have not been back since... in fact... here is my post that prompted me to quit:   https://www.mut.gg/forums/forum/mut-discussion-10/topic/kinda-bored-with-the-game-at-this-point-could-be-the-earliest-ive-hung-it-up-ever-37720/?page=1

Sure... there are times when I miss the game and the H2H competition.  But I look at all that I've accomplished in the past ~3months and I definitely don't want to slip back into the time sink required to be a high level player.  I do not think I will even get next year's game unless everyone here is universally praising the gameplay.  Knowing EA... that's not very likely.

Bravo to you both (OP and Ducati), somehow i missed your original post, so thank you for re-sharing it.  I tried (and failed) twice now to simply walk away from the game, only managed to make it 4-5 days each time... then came back feeling that i was falling behind, blah blah.  I without a doubt have highly addictive tendencies, but have managed to mostly evade the gambling bug -- that is, until it came to MUT.

This is the first time in my entire life i've ever participated in pay-to-win style game mechanics.  Sure, we've pumped hundreds upon hundreds of dollars into Fortnite skins for the 10 year old over the years, but those are purely cosmetic and he's still using them to this very day, although has finally branched off to having his own account.

I really wish it were feasible to drop in and out, Madden is way more fun (for me) when I can just casually enjoy it, but it's absolutely infuriating to lose in the online H2H competitive game modes, which is the primary reason for playing this game.  I'm 100% with Ducati in the sense that i absolutely adore the team building aspects of this game, sadly, there's just no potential for fair and balanced gameplay scenarios.  Not unless/until EA allows the exclusive NFL license to expire (May 2026, but who's counting).  I want to have a chess match, hopefully beating superior opponents by learning their tendencies and adjusting to take those away.  Sadly, there's not so much a skill gap issue, as there's simply the massive advantages for those players that understand and know how to exploit the buggy ass in-game AI.  It's not difficult to dumb out defenders.  Stuff liek simple Corner breaking routes shouldn't require an advanced degree to defend.

Anyway, i got off topic and have a tendency to ramble.  Props to you both for understanding and taking a step back.  I hope to someday follow your stupendous example(s).  Keep up the good wr0k, gentlemen.  You have my utmost respect and admiration.