This is why I hate playing against the unwashed masses. First off, just as we started this game, my wife called me downstairs to check out some design options our interior decorator had for us. I don’t really care about the design choices, but I figured that I should be the good husband and go look, so I asked my online opponent for a ‘friendly quit’ which won’t affect anyone’s stats or rankings. Then I left the room and went downstairs for a few minutes to look at the floral arrangements . When I came back upstairs, I discovered that not only did this douche refuse my ‘friendly quit,’ but had continued to play the game without me present.

This is what happened on the next play that I had control over my team:

Suck on that, douche!

I did enjoy the way that I was moving the ball down the field, especially against a tough defense like Chicago. The Douche did have good control over his players and was using the ‘hit stick’ quite well, but I kept possession of the ball and worked the clock. Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck had a good, consistent game with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, which was my fault (I had him throw back across the field and it was picked by a linebacker waiting in zone coverage). There was a beautiful 23-yard touchdown pass and I saved the highlight especially for you:

The other thing that reminded me of why I hate playing against the typical Madden-douche is the way The Douche played. Just about every single play was a deep bomb to Devin Hester, who is known for his crazy, fast speed. This would explain why the Bears QB ended up with such a poor passer rating and only completed 35% of his passes. It wasn’t until the game-winning drive in the last 2:13 of the 4th quarter did this douche change up his strategy and ran the ball against my defense. It was a good lesson for me to learn because while I was busy keeping in a coverage to shut down the deep threat, I didn’t adjust fast enough to The Douche’s no-huddle running game.

Oh well, I guess I just have to stick with my friends list if I want to play a good game of sim-like football.

PS. The Douche wasn’t his real gamertag, but it will always be that to me…