FIFA 14 SEASONS: Road to D1 Part 4

Today was quite an interesting day of FIFA. Div 8 was full of people who just tried to cheese with Real Madrid (seriously I played them 4 times) and it made me sick (and by sick I actually got a stomachache but I didn’t lose to them so…keep trying). I, for one, went Ham & Cheese and served up sandwiches all thru this division (cept for the couple I had to throw out because either brunt bread or nuked cheese). Food puns aside 6-3-2 (12-6-7) on the day, here is the rundown.

Game 17 Arsenal* v PSG
Staying faithful to my team so I thought I start this Div playing with them and I wasn’t disappointed other than not scoring. 0-0

Game 18 Arsenal* v Real Madrid
First game frustrations turned into a well executed second game after having to play Real Madrid but who cares. 3-0 win.

Game 19 Real Madrid* v Real Madrid
Tried to see what was all the fuss about and I noticed that Real is one of the few better inform teams (which is why so many people are using them). Overall, this opponent tried to cheese way to much so it gave me a chance to work on defending (and defend I did). 2-1 win.

Game 20 PSG* v Real Madrid
Annoyed that I have to play Real Madrid again with an even worse opponent (actually played a few in a higher division that 8 which was interesting). I again was trying out new defending tactics and lets just say mistakes were made. 1-1

Game 21 Barcelona* v Real Madrid
At this point I am expecting to play Real Madrid for the remainder of the day so I was well prepared at this point (despite how out of from Barcelona is at the moment). Oh well 3-1 win.

Game 22 FC Bayren* v Dormound
Having not lost yet, I tried to get greedy and the scoreline only shows how sometimes you get lucky or in my case unlucky. 0-1 loss.

Game 23 Dormound* v Uruguay
Actually thought I could repeat what happened to me last game. Playing Uruguay is always fun but whatever. 1-2 loss.

Game 24 Barcelona* v Chelsea
Gotta go back to what works. 2-0 win

Game 25 Brazil v Barcelona
Thought Id have some fun by choosing Brazil and I don’t recall the score (probably like 2-0 or something). It was enough to secure promotion and the league title.

FIFA 14 SEASONS: Road to D1 Part 3

Alright, my trip through Div 9 was uneventful and there was much room for improvement (and improve I did). Anytime that you are projected to get regulated it really isn't a time to panic; It is time to get your head out of your arse and do what works (and by what works I mean try to cheese and stick to the basics). I gave it the old college try this time (instead of playing with too many settings…and by too many I mean a few) and this was the result (Ill keep these short).

Game #9 Arsenal* v Juventus
Tried to go back to playing with my squad but I pretty much got ran off the field. That’s all I'm going to say about this one. 0-4 loss.

Game #10 Chelsea* v Bayern
I always have fun playing with Chelsea for some reason and playing Bayern is annoying because there team is pretty stacked (agreed). Pretty tough match in this one but 2-2 result Ill take it.

Game #11 ManU* v Real Madrid
Normally I wouldn’t play with ManU but they are a good squad to play with. Plus, after having Hernandez on my FUT 13 team there is no way I'm not going to play with him (still have love for RVP which is who I started). As a result, 3-2 win.

Game #12 PSG* v Chelsea
Not sure why my opponent quit. Guess he got scared. 3-0 win.

Game #13 PSG* v ManU
Eh, ran out of time. 2-2.

Game #14 Barcelona* v Real Madrid
Couldn’t finish the chances I had. 0-0. Playing with Barcelona was great. I missed playing with this team and I usually avoided it because of how they were in FIFA 13 (cheese) and most time you end up playing a backline that owns the smaller Barca players (idk).

Game #15 Barcelona* v Man City
I'm holding off on playing as Man City because they really can be an OP (over powered) team sometimes and its just too much cheese for the nachos (if that’s possible). Anyways no worries, beautiful 6-2 win. Promotion.

Game #16 Barcelona* v Chelsea
Needed a point for the division title so yes, I'm using Barcelona again (if it aint broke don’t fix it and I'm playing well with this team). 0-0 was enough to get me to the Div 8 and the title.

Living to play again 7-4-5 is an improvement. Only one loss this today and I'm enjoying it. Cheers

FIFA 14 SEASONS: Road to D1 Part 2

Things didn’t really go my way today with some pretty heartbreaking losses. Im not really sure what possesses some players to just completely blow passes sometimes (mainly on the receiving in of a pass, as if I didn’t have the pass control set right or something). I made a few adjustments to my play style which lead to some better goals but I did blow some fairly simple chances here and there (annoying). Here is how I fared in the next 5 games (looks like I need some more practice).

Game #4 Chelsea* v Bayern
Chelsea is a team I like to play with from time to time and this game was pretty much a joke. My opponent was a prick but ill take the 7-0 win and the promotion.

Game #5 Bayern* v Real Madrid
Having not played previously with Bayren yet in the game I was kind of surprised. I didn’t play with my usual set up with this team (I guess trying new things are more fun than winning or losing sometimes…phst, yeah right). Played a disappointing game in the rain for a 0-2 loss (no division title just yet). No words for this one.

Game #6 Real Madrid*v Belgium
Honestly thought it was a joke playing against Belgium (not to say they are bad team because Ill probably play with them at some point).  I managed to score 2 great goals with Khedira and my opponent quits (not sure if this was a wise choice). Afterwards, I didn’t actually get the win recorded till a little while later. 2-0 victory and Im in Div 9 (Div 10 title finally).

Game #7 Real Madrid* v Real Madrid
Yes, I couldn’t believe it either being matched up against the same team but that is what I get I guess. 3-4 loss due to an unlucky touch and a well done finish by my opponent (still a prick).

Game #8 Real Madrid* v Man City
Playing as Real again because I felt a bit cheated out of the last game. In this game, headers are certainly cheese (maybe Im not giving my opponent enough credit for the well placed crosses he finished  with a defender close enough to lick the sweat off of him). I just don’t get it. 2-1 loss.

4-0-4 is not my best start overall and 2 early losses in this division has me thinking I need to go back to basics. Some time practicing a few things and planning certain attacks better might help me climb out of this division. I made some controller adjustments (because this is the first thing I look at when I don’t think I should have lost a certain way).

FIFA 14 SEASONS: Road to D1

Starting yet another series only because the changes they made to Fifa this year make the game way more fun. I am playing on current gen just because I havent gotten much justice playing on the Xbox One at all (and that I don’t have an Xbox One to practice so let just say it was fustrating). This most likely will put me behind on the other series or so that I was playing (Association Challenge) but I will be posting more consisteintly pretty soon.

Managed to get 3 quick games in but I will try to account for at most 5 in future posts depending on how many games I actually decided to play in a session (just so happens this one has 3). First thing to note is the tweaks I made to line-ups which I wont bother trying to explain (my strategy invovles a certain play style via what players are available or my mood at the time). In short, I probably spent too much time than I needed to setting up line-ups, plotting stratagey, and trying to figure out what do with out of form players (this def hurts you if you don’t plan for it). Second thing is the breakaways. These are a bit more difficult and I don’t know if they made the keeping better or im just getting the angles wrong in certain situations (its fustrating throwing away one of your own "bread n butta" scoring chances which just keeps your opponent in the game…sighs). A bit more pracitce and I got this. Lastly, the possession and ball movement is a bit spotty (meaning it either works beautifully or it can just be an annoying game of pong where you have no idea how or why the ball ends up where it does).

I cant say that my first 3 games were my best effort but Id like to think that I had a pretty good strategy and know which things I can work on (not throwing away scoring chances would be nice). Here is how I faired in my first 3 games (I am also trying to play with the team I faced next unless I don’t feel like playing with them…trying to keep it interesting and should be good practice for when the cup window opens up).

Game #1 Arsenal* vs Milan
Starting out, I have to play with my boys (Arsenal). Opened the game with a goal from Giroud in the 3^rd min and he just anchored me from there. Giroud's final minute heroics (completing the hat trick) sealed my first win (3-2).

Game #2 Milan* vs Liverpool
Nothing to say about this one. I played really well even though I was trying to use a new strategy. Milan has quite a few players that were out of form which certainly hurt me (not to mention the cheese) but no excuses, 0-2 loss.

Game #3 Milan* vs Chelsea
I did the best I could with my chances and tried to redeem myself from that last fustrating defeat. 5 shots, 5 shots on target, and a well done counter attack out of the back line led me to a 2-1 victory (disappointed there wasn’t a shut out here but a win is a win).

2-0-1 isnt a bad start (not happy about dropping a game early but those are the breaks). I will probably post about FUT (Fifa Ultimate Team) later on which I had so much fun with last year. Anyways, Cheers.

What am I playing right now?

Taking a bit of a break and playing some old school Pokemon.

I will have more posts and stuff coming this week. I am just busy at the moment.

Apologies loyal blog readers. Possible giveaway coming soon.