I gotta know how you guys get so good at Madden, it's ridiculous. I played through franchise on the default difficulty and went 14-2 and won the Superbowl. Then i did some practice games on all pro level since that is the default for online. I thought I had a pretty good grasp on the game after all this so I decided to try online to play a human opponent. That was a big mistake because you need to be a Madden expert apparently in order to compete.

Everytime I drop back to pass, the opposing team has 6 players breaking through my offensive line raping my QB in under 2 seconds. That's just silly. Of course my defense doesn't do that even if I do a full on blitz. How do I make my entire defensive line break into the pocket in under 2 seconds like that?

The second thing I don't understand is how to get the passing game going. My receivers rarely catch a pass that's thrown to them especially a deep pass. Not sure how to make them catch the ball because the opposing player always seems to catch the ball even in triple coverage.

When playing against the computer I mainly rely on my running game and my defense to win games, however the computer is a much easier opponent even on all pro level.

Anyone care to share any tips besides the obvious insults like 'go kill yourself', 'learn to play', etc etc etc?

I see this come up alot. People talk about casuals and hardcores. For some reason, people think that there are certain games that a casual gamer plays.

For example, if I work 40 hours a week, have a life outside of work and only play video games a couple hours a week, well then I guess that makes me a casual. So by that logic, I must buy games like Mario Party because according to everyone here, that's the kind of stuff that "casuals" play.

Apparently I can't buy Gears of War or a game like that because I don't play my xbox 24 hours a day so I'm not "hardcore". What does the amount of time a person plays have to do with the kind of game they like? If anything, someone who would buy these games people list as for "casuals", it would be children.

You think someone would spend 400 dollars on a console and only buy crappy games after they invested all that money?

Please enlighten me.

The VGA cables go via VGA resolution not HD resolutions. Just pick the highest res from the list that your monitor supports (probably 1600x1200 at the least).Twiggy794

Right, I understand that, I was just wondering what resolutions are comparable to whatHDTV settings. Would 1600x1200 be comparable to 720p, or whatever. I understand they are different, but surely a certain setting on one must be comparable to a certain setting on the other.