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Congrats to the Level 31 CPU team that beat my Level 59 human GM and human dots team today in the first round of the playoffs. I hope that all the dollars that CPU team generates for GLB keeps the game thriving and healthy, I'll be giving the game a break to see if the GLB ownership will come back to economic rationality and slow down the CPU teams on steroids. Oh, by the way, my Gridiron Grit squad will be all CPU next season after I cash in my dots and let my money sit on the sideline for a few season. Y'all have fun (and I hope that GLB ownership/programming comes to its senses)!

I agree, my human team got beat by dots, maybe ownership is doing it on purpose so people will switch to GLB 2, the game was so awesome, now it's just a time killer, I got one season left in me then I'm out, tired of getting beat by inferior teams and never getting a response from "support"

must be some terrible dots. probably doing everyone else a favour by gutting.

FastPanzer, I'm truly puzzled why you think your team is superior to the CPU team that beat you today. First of all, you have TWO triple-digit losses on your record this season, and any team that has even just one triple-digit loss can't afford to take any game for granted. Second, CPU dots actually scale up-or-down to match their opponent, so the "level" of the CPU dots doesn't matter. The instant your game started, those CPU dots scaled up to Level 59 to match your dots. And third, this was your THIRD LOSS THIS SEASON TO THAT CPU TEAM. The first two losses should've shown you that something is wrong with your team as currently constructed, either your builds, your tactics or some combination of both. You should have studied the first two losses to figure out how and why you lost those games, and then adjusted your game plan. I'm willing to bet you didn't, because you probably assumed you'd roll them since they're a CPU team -- which was a foolish assumption to make about a CPU that had already beaten you twice.

There have been cases -- RARE cases -- where a CPU team has actually defeated a legitimately good team that they had no business beating. But in at least 90% of these cases, the human teams that lose to CPU teams are terribad human teams run by owners who are delusional about how good they truly are at this game. There's a valuable lesson for you to learn here today: you and your team aren't good enough to take any game for granted. But sadly, you'll probably refuse to learn that lesson.

Ah well.

Texas, I could say the same to you... your team had THREE triple-digit losses this season, so you DEFINITELY shouldn't be taking any games for granted. You at least managed to beat your CPU opponent twice, but those scores were close enough that it should have been a warning to you that this CPU team is capable of beating you if a few bad rolls go against you. Instead, you probably saw it was a CPU team and assumed you'd win, despite the fact that your team is simply not good enough to assume ANY game is an automatic win.

But hey, can't possibly be that you're not as good at GLB as you think you are, right? Impossible. Better go open a Support ticket!

Morals of the story:

- If your team loses a game by 100, you don't have a good team. You have a bad team.

- If you play a CPU team and beat them by less than 100, you don't have a good team. You have a bad team.

- If you have a bad team, a CPU team is more than capable of defeating you. To avoid that, you'll need to treat the CPU team just like a human team, take them seriously, and game plan for them. If you don't, you could lose.

But I'm sure none of those rules apply here, right?

How about you go fuck that fat twat you call a mother, I bet you feel like a big stud cause you live your life for this game cause you are too fat and lazy to go outside and play real sports, you are pathetic.

Originally posted by Texas49er
How about you go fuck that fat twat you call a mother, I bet you feel like a big stud cause you live your life for this game cause you are too fat and lazy to go outside and play real sports, you are pathetic.

Sounds like it takes one to know one.

Seriously, I enjoy these threads WAY too much. There's one on the first day of the playoffs every season. EVERY season. It's like watching the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano.

And it never matters what facts are pointed out that demonstrate how bad the human-owned team is in the equation. I've seen teams with Effective Levels 5 levels below their Actual Level. I've seen teams with only 40 human dots. I've seen teams with multiple triple-digit losses on their resume. I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. And in every single case, the human team owner expects everyone to close their eyes, ignore such pesky facts, and blindly join them in their quest to force Bort to acknowledge -- once and for all!!! -- that CPU dots are ZOMGOVERPOWERED!!!!!1! Because when the only two possible explanations are A.) the human team is just that terrible or B.) the game is bugged, then there's really only one explanation, of course, and it's not A.). It's never A.).

so you lost twice to that same team during the regular season by failing to throw against them. so you go into the playoffs and do the same thing that has already failed twice??? insanity=doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

you obviously do not understand anything about cpu teams. 1) they are NOT a level 31 team, their levels adjust to their opponents so they are also 59/60s. 2) cpu teams retain the AIs/settings of their last human owner, so they can actually be scouted, also meaning if something fails against them twice, it's highly likely to fail a 3rd time. 3) at this level, cpu dots are probably more well rounded than the equivalent human dot. 4) passing at that level sux in general. 5) a competent STC should be able to score against a cpu team enough points to at least keep it close. 6) some times the rng just doesnt fall your way, but that doesnt appear to be the case here.

Originally posted by Novus
Morals of the story:

- If you play a CPU team and beat them by less than 100, you don't have a good team. You have a bad team.

at lower levels, i disagree. cpu players are less 1 dimensional than human dots. once you get to plateau tho, this is mostly true.

Originally posted by Novus
- If you play a CPU team and beat them by less than 100, you don't have a good team. You have a bad team.

Originally posted by Guppy, Inc
at lower levels, i disagree. cpu players are less 1 dimensional than human dots. once you get to plateau tho, this is mostly true.

Fair enough... which is all the more reason to take CPU opponents seriously when you have a lower-level team, rather than just assuming "CPU opponent" equals "automatic win."

You bring up an excellent point about CPU teams being scoutable due to retaining their last owner's settings. I was remiss in not mentioning that. Thank you!

Just wanted to point out none of Texas players have custom equipment & most haven't even boosted. Pretty much explains everything

Originally posted by FastPanzer
Congrats to the Level 31 CPU team...

CPU teams used to be human owned teams. They keep whatever the last Ai was, until the team gets bought. CPU dots always scale up to whatever division they are in, regardless of what"level" the team looks like.

Some pretty negative comments made without context. For context this same team of mine came within 20 points in a playoff game last season with a top notch Human team that finished runner up to a Run Only QB Human. I'm not sure how a team that comes within 20 points of a top notch runner-up one season nose-dives to horrible the next season. I guess it can or did happen..

As to the dots versus scheme. Yes, the scheme may be off. I don't think that the dots are sub-quality. Most are rated 3 to 4 levels higher than their absolutes, and that's because I've built up key skills to near or over 100 organically (e.g. DT,101 for strength, WR 99 organic for speed, 103 for passing for the main QB), etc. And they all have custom equipment on top of the organic skills levels.

A question I have is around how you have special insight into CPU teams. Are there tips posted somewhere that we all have access to and I've missed them? Could it also be that GLB has juiced them just a little too much? Do you know for sure that is not the case?

As an example of GLB odd programming, GLB has let the run only QBs teams run wild now for 10+ seasons with little programming adjustments. Do you think that the Wishbone could come back and survive in the NFL, mirroring the strategies and tactics of the run only teams in the GLB? Or has the game programming been set in a fashion in GLB that favors the teams with run only QBs and very few Human Ds can stop it....hmmmmm. Is there anything realistic about strong 220 lb WRs pancaking strong 250 lb LBs to clear a pathway for the QB. Would you consider that tactically realistic?

Could the CPU team phenomena be similar in that GLB is fine with it regardless of the consequences? What if the CPU team doesn't just elevate to an equivalent level as the Human team but also adjusts its skills to the optimal set to beat the Human team? If so, how do you know and your source? I'd love to read about it and learn. Thx!

As to your tone, it's extremely negative and personally attacking, sad to say. I hope that in the rest of your life people treat you with civility when they are candid. If your communication on this forum is any indication then I regret that it's not happening. You deserve better! It's just a game..not life...peace.