The game of Madden has always been fun because anyone could pick it up and enjoy a game in less than 45 minutes. As the game grew and went online back in the early 2000s there became an instant split in the community. For the first time, each player had an opportunity to compete. He could see how their skills matched up with other players around the world. We immediately witnessed the birth of two separate communities, the Madden Sim community, and the Madden Freestyle community. With this division in the game, the term “Madden Cheats” was born.
The Sim community considered anything not witnessed on NFL fields in real life to be a cheat. Most of them back then considered user catching the biggest Madden cheat and programming exploits in the game. In a Sim player’s mind, a low-rated player should not be able to dominate a game because they had blazing speed or an incredible jump rating. Sim players also dislike the fact that Freestyle players only use 3-5 offensive plays in a game, and not their entire playbook. They considered this to be a cheat based on the fact they only used plays that could exploit AI weaknesses.
The Freestyle community believed in playing the game as football but found out everything they could do within the game to give themselves an advantage. For a freestyle player, everything comes down to having excellent stick control to manipulate their players to achieve unthinkable moves.
Freestyle players spend hours practicing the game. They do this to find out how to catch animations connected to certain pass routes or play calls.
These players never consider these moves as cheating; they just see them as bending the confinements of the game with great skill.
Important to realize that both types of players are needed to make the Madden community thrive. The Sim community makes up most of the people that purchase Madden, year in and year out. The freestyle community is responsible for all the patches that EA has to deliver during the year. They patch the game to fine-tune the game and eliminate what some consider Madden Cheats.
If you plan on playing online, in person, or in a league, visit our site often or search on Google. There are plenty of Madden websites that break down Madden Cheats, plus show the counters to those Madden Cheats.
There are countless other things that people do in Madden that someone may consider a Madden Cheat. In conclusion, everyone’s primary goal should be to have a good time…and remember, it’s just a game.
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