Im to da league

As you can probably imagine it's hard to play Fifa games all the time and not have it get bland. This has happened to me a bit so I researched for something else I could do that would maybe give me a more of a challenge. 

I found out about Major League Gaming. MLG is most known for games like Call of Duty and Halo but they do offer Fifa. The way it works is you can "Create a team" and its free so its very easy and then you can get matched up for games and the result will give you points to move up or down the ladder. At the end of the season, which is about 3 months, there is playoffs to see who the best player is.

I started a team and named it Bobito United. Immediately I could tell that it wasn't very popular because there were only two other teams searching for a game. I was looking forward to the competition and really trying to win. The set up for the ladder is unfair in a way because your team matters a lot. Since it is ultimate team you can create your own team to play with so even though one player might be better the other might win because they have a better team. I have played four games now and I think my team has been better most of the time.

As you can see I have won all four of my games and that was enough to get me all the way up into 5th place. I'm a big perfectionist so I'm gonna be pretty pissed if I eventually lose. 

I think what I'm gonna is finish his season and then go into the playoffs and try to win, but I don't think I will play this again after this season because its a lot of work just to play one game. And its really not that competitive clearly if all I had to do was win 4 games to move up to 5th place. So I guess after that I'll have to brain storm some other things to do.

Also my player career of Albus Dumbledore got deleted somehow so I had to restart it and now I'm at the same part I was at before so I'll make another pos about that once I play some more.

Look Forward to some more Career mode

As you remember I started a career mode a while back with Albus Dumbledore. Well I just went back and read through that post and it inspired me to go back to it because I think the mode can feel very personal which is fun. I also think you'll enjoy reading about this more than the usual ultimate team upgrades and run-throughs.

So in my next post hopefully we will get Albus to the top of the league he is in to show Van Gaal that he is meant to stay at the top of world football, and you know if Van Gaal doesn't feel that way we'll just have to speak with Ricardo, Albus' agent, to get transferred to a stronger team perhaps in a different league, or maybe a different team in the BPL so that we can get payback against Manchester United.

You es ayy

Every year I always end up making a team made up of USA players. There's not many options for creating a team, fortunately this year Fifa has added two new legends from America. One being Landon Donovan, and the other is Alexi Lalas. Lalas was a pretty controversial addition to the legends already in the game. Many people were disappointed because in real life Lalas was not that sick and that EA just thought that another good USA option was needed. For my team I did not have the funding to buy either of these legends so there is two silvers in their place.

So if you remember from my last post, silver players are actually usable and in this team it's hard to pick out the silvers/golds while playing. As you can see I also have two informs, Clint Dempsey(LS) and Fabian Johnson(LM) both were really quite cheap. It's hard to say if there are any standouts in the team. After about 8 games I would probably say Fabian Johnson and Michael Bradley(CAM). 

I was thinking about selling the team because it's not the most fun to play with because it's really pretty bad. Although I did win a few games in the higher divisions, I have way more fun using a good team. I would've been able to use the coins to buy some good players for my other teams, but I decided I'll keep it and maybe a nation tournament will come out and I can just use the USA team, plus I have to represent my country. If any players come out that I could upgrade the team with I'll probably get them. 

This Game Makes no Sense

What I am about to talk about is an issue which has been in Fifa for all the time Ultimate Team has been a thing. Now I have talked about how ratings work and everything but there are many times when it seems like Fifa says screw the ratings we're gonna make this silver guy fresh. This can be very fun in some cases because it makes these "bad" players actually playable. But this can be extremely frustrating on the other side of things when you can't beat a silver team with a full gold team.

This man here by the name of Alexander Esswein was the best player in Fifa 14. Better than Messi, better than Ronaldo. If you wanted to win all you had to do was put Esswein at striker and you're all set you're gonna win. Sure 91 pace is very good but other than that he is equal to or below average in every other stat. He just shouldn't be as good as he is. 

In my opinion I think fifa does this with many players to make sure there is variety. If they didn't allow silvers to be good then you'd be playing with and against the same teams every game. I honestly don't mind it that much I get more frustrated with some of the low rated golds which feel unstoppable because that just shouldn't happen. I actually made a USA team with a few silvers I will make another post about that soon.

Gareth Bale...

I have picked up my fifa playing again and I just had to write a post about the main man Gareth Bale. Gareth Bale is a Welsh soccer player who plays alongside Ronaldo at Real Madrid. Growing up not only a soccer star but also a track star his speed and stamina is second to none. I have had him in the squadron for quite a while now and my appreciation over the past few days has climbed exponentially.

Bale may not have the highest speed in terms of stats but he feels like the fastest player in the game. He will run past any defender in the game. His size is also pretty good too, he is not pushed off the ball easily. His skill moves feel really good too. 4 stars are very good combined with speed and size. 

Over the course of this year in Fifa Bale has earned himself not one but two team of the week cards. These cards have been boosted in the stat department and they look absolutely sick. I have been saving up some coins to maybe buy Messi and move Bale into the striker position. But now I am actually considering switching up where my budget is put. Bale's 89 overall card(+2 from his standard 87 card) is around 500,000 coins which is cheaper than Messi by a decent amount and I honestly think this card might be better. The only real reason why I would choose Messi over 89 bale is that it's Messi c'mon he's the best player in the world and that would be pretty fresh to have him on my team.


As I am writing this I think my decision on who to buy is changing. I can only imagine the wonders his 89 card could do for me. It will save me money and I guess Messi can wait.

TEAM OF THE YEAR!>

Within the next few days Fifa is announcing its team of the year. The eleven best players from the past calendar year. These cards will be the best in Fifa and they are going to be quite expensive. I am gonna run you through the past years team of the year and what we can expect for the 2015 team.

Fifa 13's team of the year was dominated by the BBVA. 11/11 players coming from the spanish league. Obvious inclusions are Messi, Ronaldo, and Sergio Ramos. The one player that stands out as a player you wouldn't expect is Falcao, the Atletico striker had a very strong 2012 season which catapulted him into this position. Today I could not see any possibility of him making a spot in a TOTY. I could see however any of these defenders making an appearance as well as obvious players in Messi and Ronaldo.

Here we have the Team of the year from the 2013 season(Fifa 14). It is a pretty similar team as Fifa 13 including 6/11 of the same players. I like this team because it includes some variety. Three leagues are showcased in this team of the year. New additions to this team were Ibrahimovic at striker, Franck Ribery at left midfield, Thiago Silva at center back, Philip Lahm at right back, and Manuel Neuer in goal. Neuer has managed to bring himself into the same category with Messi and Ronaldo. I would give him a pretty good shot to be seen again.

Here we have the team of the year from last year Fifa 15. Again Messi, Ronaldo, Ramos, and Iniesta make the team. We see reappearances from Phillip Lahm and Thiago Silva. Somehow we see a Arjen Robben's first appearance in the Team of the Year despite being a beast. This team of the year definitely will have some players in this years team. 

Here is my prediction for this years TOTY. All the players have been in a previous team of the year except for Neymar, Pogba, and David Silva. I am really hoping to get this right because futhead.com is having a competition with the top three winning TOTY players, and the top spot winning the whole team.

Be a Pro?

This week I did something a little different in Fifa 16. Fifa 16 offers another game mode known as career. When selecting career the first decision you have to make is whether you want to be a player or manager.

PLAYER
With a player career you create your own player and sign with whatever club you choose. Then you play in the games locked as your player. Every week you are able to different drills to build your players stats in shooting, passing, dribbling, defense, and physical.

MANAGER
With a manager career you create your manager and sign with a team. You are then in charge of all of your teams duties whether it be dealing with contracts, trades, or setting the lineup for the next game. As the manager you are able to put different players through drills and boost their stats. And you also have the choice to play as your team in the games themselves.

CREATION OF ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
I decided to go for a player career and my player, will be know as Albus Dumbledore, named after the great headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Being able to choose any team in the world; we wanted to head straight to the top. So Manchester United it was.

Being a forward Albus was excited to join the strike force of Rooney, Depay,  and Martial. However his dreams were quickly slowed when the manager, Louis Van Gaal refused to play such a young and inexperienced player and requested that Albus be sent on loan. Being loaned means you are still owned by the original team however you play for another team who has purchased your rights for a certain amount of time.

Albus received multiple offers from leagues below the Barclays Premier League. After initially refusing to sign with another club on loan, Albus eventually gave in to West Brom Albion.

After playing a few games Albus has felt stronger than most of the other players in the league. In my opinion Albus was ready for the big time. But he'll have to go through the lower leagues before he is reinstated at Manchester United.

HIGHLIGHTS
Dribbling is probably Dumbledore's biggest weak point right now, he started without any skill or ability but has recently broken through to the next level of skill dribbling which will definitely help in his quest to prove his worth to Manchester United.
As for goals Albus scored a fairly average 3 goals in 5 games, and recorded 1 assist. Not amazing numbers however with a very base player without any upgrades I am confident that he will soon become a serious threat in the lower league.

FUTURE
His obvious goal for the future is playing for the top club Manchester United, but his near goals include becoming the best player in the league. In order to accomplish this he will need to improve his ability and stats with drills, and perhaps with good stats in the league Albus will be noticed by the USA manager and be asked to play for the national team.