Ethical Question

[madden12roster]

When you are playing someone else (in the same room, sitting side-by-side), and he is on offense, do you look at his 3 plays on the screen when he is choosing what to run?

Not looking at his controller to see which play he selects, but look at the 3 options on the screen to get a better idea of what defense to select.

Thoughts?

[yankeesgiants]

Quote: Originally Posted by madden12roster

When you are playing someone else (in the same room, sitting side-by-side), and he is on offense, do you look at his 3 plays on the screen when he is choosing what to run? Not looking at his controller to see which play he selects, but look at the 3 options on the screen to get a better idea of what defense to select. Thoughts?

This is how head to head matchups have always been done.

[RyanMoody21]

So how innovate was the Dreamcast and 2k for allowing play selection from the VMU.

[Ian Iachimoe]

bluff play calling was a lifesaver in these situations

[reggiekush43]

While i cant help it 100% of the time I try to look away i think its cheating. This buddy of mine i would whoop him in our NCAA online dynasty, Im talking like a record of probly like 20-2 over 3 years. But in person he would beat me sometimes because he would look at my plays every time and and do stuff like "sniff out the screens" every single time and BS like that. I called him out so he tried using like the oppisite DE and running over to stop the screen like that was less obvious lol.

I dont run all screens it was just an example.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

I try not to, but it's nearly impossible not to since it's only a few inches from where you are looking. It also chops out large chunks of your playbook, since if there's only one play with motion on the selection screen - then there's only two possibilities if no one moves and one if they do.

[Hooe]

Screen-looking, be it in football playcalling or a first-person shooter, is just an unfortunate reality of the situation in a local multiplayer setting. Fortunately, with the bluff playcalling feature this can be minimized.

[SmashMan]

I actually don't - and can't remember ever doing it.

I'm sure I did it when I was younger (because that just makes sense), but it was never a habitual thing. Always seemed cheap to me.