Top 5 Excuses for Losing a Sports Game

[Primetime]

#5 I wasn't really trying. This isn't really a good excuse in my opinion, but it makes the list because of the sheer number of times I've heard it throughout my time playing sports games. Sometimes players will chalk up a loss to trying something new and say they were more interested focused on that than winning, but I'm not sure opponents are buying this one.

#4 The teams weren't fair. This probably also belongs in the "weak sauce" category just because of how this scenario usually plays out. The teams are agreed to at the time the game begins, but the excuse maker doesn't cry foul until the end result is a foregone conclusion. If you're going to make this excuse, you at least have to call out the disadvantage at the beginning of the game.

#3 Cheese. Hardcore sim community guys have been debating this one for years. It's an excuse that's always available because anyone can pick something they don't like about their opponent's style of play. The tricky part is determining whether or not the complaint is legit or if a player just doesn't want to admit defeat. I doubt this debate will end any time soon.

#2 I'm not familiar with that playbook. This isn't a bad excuse because it can be a legitimate reason for losing a game. I know that if I picked a Madden playbook I wasn't used to that it would hurt my chances of winning. At the same time it sort of falls into the same category as #4, because you know at the beginning of the game which playbook you're using.

#1 Luck. When all else fails, "you got lucky" is an excuse that anyone can lean on. After all, players do sometimes get lucky and just like in real life sports the ball can bounce a certain way that gives an opponent the advantage. Just make sure you don't use this one with the same opponent a bunch of times. One loss is lucky, but several losses is a trend.

-Courtesy of EASportsWorld.com

What are some of the reasons you've heard?

 

[Irish]

What about "Oh that was my little brother playing, not me."

 

[Primetime]

I remember hearing that somewhere. haha

 

[Point Blank]

"Play me again, I bet I'll beat you"...Mfer I just beat you 48-3. Why would I waste my time.

 

[Maestro]

One guy told me "I thought he was the other team".

I was the Lakers he had the Celtics on 2k8 last year,i was playing for $100.Kobe was doing good,but he had 10ast,after the half since he was bitching and asked me to take Kobe out, i put in Vlade and took out Kobe.Jordan Farmar was doing good too,when it came time to pay up he said"What i thought i was LA".

 

[Primetime]

"Play me again, I bet I'll beat you"...Mfer I just beat you 48-3. Why would I waste my time.

I used to get that on Halo all the time. People want to 1v1 you after you wasted them like 50-20 in Slayer.

 

[Point Blank]

What about "Oh that was my little brother playing, not me."

Lol. A couple months ago, my little brother was over playing Madden and he played someone on my friends list and lost. To this day, he thinks it was me..

Btw, if you guys see my name online on weekend nights, 95% chance it isn't me.

 

[LC AAU]

One Excuse is "My Best Player got injured"

Actually happened to me. I used the Vikings online, 3rd play of the game run up the Middle with Peterson and out for game :\.

 

[MvP]

Back in the Xbox/Ps2 days I was the only one out of my friends with Madden and NBA Live on Xbox. So whenever someone would come over and play me, if they lost they would say 'oh i'm not used to this controller'. It's the same button layout lol. Also, I never complained when I would lose on PS2 so that used to piss me off.

 

[AJay]

One Excuse is "My Best Player got injured"

Actually happened to me. I used the Vikings online, 3rd play of the game run up the Middle with Peterson and out for game :\.

lol i was in a tourney at one of the local video game stores here. Madden 08 and I am in the championship game. I was the Colts the other guy was the Cowboys. Fuckin Peyton Manning was out of the game since the first quarter. I lost by a 7 cause Addai fumbled the ball on my last drive of the game. I always say it's cause Peyton got hurt but honestly I really don't know the other guy had some skills.

 

[Saluki]

And the #1 Reason people say they lost........"Man you just got Lucky."

 

[LC AAU]

lol i was in a tourney at one of the local video game stores here. Madden 08 and I am in the championship game. I was the Colts the other guy was the Cowboys. Fuckin Peyton Manning was out of the game since the first quarter. I lost by a 7 cause Addai fumbled the ball on my last drive of the game. I always say it's cause Peyton got hurt but honestly I really don't know the other guy had some skills.

Damn lol you had to use Sorgi.

 

[Yawkey Way]

what about this one..

i guarantee you couldn't do what you did again.

granted, i doubt i could pull off another 11 point comeback with 1:43 left in the game, but you should be in no position to say that seeing as it just happened to you.

 

[Vinsane]

You cheesed! lol that's my favorite.

The other one I hear a lot on a failed interception or catch for an interception.

"My controller died, do it over man, punt me the ball...but my CONTROLLER DIED!"

 

[Lupe]

And the #1 Reason people say they lost........"Man you just got Lucky."

I beat this guy on live 08 all the time and he said that. I dropped 63 on him with gilbert arenas and blew him out by 20. STFU. Then he said all I did was the stepback with gilbert and I'm like STFU I play how I wanna play you still lost.

 

[Wildcard]

I beat this guy on live 08 all the time and he said that. I dropped 63 on him with gilbert arenas and blew him out by 20. STFU. Then he said all I did was the stepback with gilbert and I'm like STFU I play how I wanna play you still lost.

OMG RLY?

 

[corbin]

I used to always blame it on lag even if there was no lag, just to make myself feel like I didn't lose fair and square. Looking back on it I was a big tool.