FLUKE~!

[Guest papacita]

This is the biggest fluke I've ever seen in my life! I was just playing NBA Live 2002 in Franchise mode, and I was 22-0 as the Sixers going up against the Cavs. I dominated the entire game! I outplayed Cleveland one EVERY level. Twice as many steals and rebounds, my players had scored twice as much, but somehow in the end, they managed to tie the game up at 36. I'm not sure how it happened, but with 10 seconds left, Iverson gets a steal, a fast break and slams to bring us up by 2 with 2.2 on the clock, and NO timeouts for either team. So I'm jumping up and down, celebrating MY WIN, when they inbound the ball to Jimmy Jackson and he shoots from one end of the court all the way down to the other end to put them up 39-38 with no time left on the clock. BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Oh well. Anybody have any similar stories?

 

 

Bullshit ass basketball game!

 

[Guest y2jailbait]

When i was in the super bowl with The Broncos and the Packers, I was up by three with about 5 seconds to go and The Pack were on the 50 yard line. So, im thinking ive got this puppy wrapped up, but Brett Favre Throws a prayer into the endzone and Bill Schroder, Bill FN Schroder, catches the pass for the game winning touchdown. FLUKE~!!

[Guest The Man in Blak]

Well, it's not sports-related, but it's one of the strangest glitches I've ever seen. I was playing Contra and I worked my way to the final boss (without the 30-man code, no less). I beat the pumping heart thing, it starts exploding, all the enemies go off the screen...and then, for some reason, my guy goes through the death animation and that's it - I'm screwed. No more continues, no more lives - that was it.

[Guest J*ingus]

Weird. I remember one time playing Star Wars for the SNES. I was at the end of the game, flying the X-wing through the trench. But since it was a rental game, typically it didn't have the instruction book, and I didn't know how to fire the torpedoes into the shaft to win the game. Well, I tried just blasting at it with the lasers instead, when an odd thing happened: the game cut to a wide shot of the trench, from very far away across the surface of the Death Star. Occasionally, a TIE fighter would fly across in the distance. And it just sat there, forever. So odd.

[Guest Bricks]

Papacita, I almost experienced your pain.

 

I'm winning by 20, and then in a couple of minutes the Celtics are tied with me. Later, they get the lead with 1.5 seconds left!

 

Timeout.

 

I'm swearing about how the hell this could've of happened.

 

But unlike you, Rasheed Wallace nails a 20-footer to bail me out and thus sends me in shouts of "I LOVE YOU RASHEED!!!" over and over again.

 

So, nope, I've only just had brushes with fluke losses.

 

EDIT

 

Scratch that, I do remember a fluke loss.

 

It was Madden and it was Pats against Bucs. And I'm winning, and instead of punting I just go for it at 4th down. They stopped me, but it's over, right. Just tackle them and it's done. Nope, instead, Bledsoe throws a pass, I miss a tackle, and my CPU players don't catch up and the Pats win on a last second touchdown!!

 

I guess, with selective memory I tried to block the FLUKE~ out, but can't.

[Guest redbaron51]

In NHL 2002 I was the Montreal Canadiens and I was playing against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the playoffs. I was up by a goal. I couldn't clear the puck and it goes right to Aki Berg, point shot and scores with 0.2 seconds left on the clock in the third period to tie the game.

 

4 minutes into overtime Mogilny scored the game winner and take the 1-0 series lead. that lead did not last long as i won in 6.

[Guest Will Scarlet]

I cannot remember any close fluke losses, other than a bizarre one of the Tecmo Bowl games a few years back, where I was up 7-0, then I injured the opposing quarterback, and the backup comes up and proceeds to own my ass, as his team wins 42-14 or something. It seemed like such a fluke because he was the backup quarterback, and it was not like I was playing on a harder level than usual. I was just thoroughly dominated for some bizarre reason. I was not even angry about it. Just in shock.

 

More recently, I was playing FIFA World Cup '98 with the Korean Republic team against Indonesia, and I was up 2-0 in the 60th minute. "Just go into a defensive formation, and wear out the clock," I thought. I proceeded to make a huge defensive faux pas, and give up one goal. Finally, in the extra time, they score on me, and the game ends in a tie, which, at that point, was like a loss because a win meant I did not have to waste my time facing Iran in the next game because I would have automatically qualified for the World Cup. Ah well. I took my aggression on the Iranians, scoring 4 times in the first half in a 5-1 stomping.

[Guest MrRant]

Madden 2002. Last night.

 

Seahawks vs. Texans (modified rosters because its in franchise mode of course but the Texans are bottom dwellers and I have won 2 Superbowls in 3 years and everone is locked up).

 

I have Marshall Faulk as my running back and Peyton Manning as my quaterback and average at least 35-42 points per game and was taking on the Texans. I hit a run of bad luck because midway through the second quater I lost Peyton for the next 2 quarters and 2 of my starting corners. I was up 14-3 at that point and wasn't worried because Marshall was already at 87 yards rushing. And somehow all of a sudden everytime I handed off I was blitzed and knocked back behind the line so I wasn't getting anywhere there so I decided to go air with just short passes. I get picked off and then the Texans with freaking McNair proceeds to PICK ME apart for the next 2 quarters.

 

Peyton gets back in the 4th and I am down 24-17. Again they are still shutting me down on running but I am managing to slowly pass my way up field and then from the 13 with 3 seconds left I start a play action pass play and hit Koren Robinson towards the back of the endzone. So I should at least be able to tie and go to overtime right? Wrong.

 

Computer challenges and one... just one of Koren's toes hits the out of bounds and its ruled incomplete and I lost the game.

[Guest nWoScorpion]

In Madden 2001, I tried being a wiseass by palying the same play all game. I lost like 59-48. Oy

[Guest The Amazing Rando]

Tekken 2

 

Law vs. Lei

 

I'm Law so I am just owning his ass with flip kicks, I have him almost beat down for the 2nd loss (we are tied 1-1) and I have an almost full bar.....and he gets a good kick in and knocks me straight up and into a juggle. I fall back and notice that now we are almost even...so I try to sweep kick off the ground and he jumps and comes down with a kick and knocks me back, and as I try to stand up again, he sweeps ME and takes me out.....

 

I cried...I'd never lost with Law (after playing for 2 months)

[Guest KoR Fungus]

I have several Tekken 4 fluke losses where I lose the second round on purpose to make a scrub feel like they have a chance of winning (and thus making them want to play again), and then totally choke and get button mashed to death during the third round. I then angrily double perfect them with Julia and they never play again, heh.

 

The funniest loss I've ever seen was during a game of NFL Blitz. The score was about 57-48. I think Denver had 57 and Carolina had 48. The Carolina player hits a 70 yard pass to Biakabatuka~! with about ten seconds left, making the score 57-54 Denver. He goes for two, hits a pass to Walls~!, making the score 57-56 Denver. The Denver player recieves the kickoff, and attempts to run out the clock by dancing around in the end zone. However, he accidentally jumps out the back of the endzone just as time expires, resulting in a safety that makes the final score 58-57 Carolina. Hilarious.

[Guest ShooterJay]

Here's a pretty funny one-

 

I'm playing my brother at Madden 2002. He's ahead by 6 with 4 seconds left, and on the 5 yard line. Instead of taking a knee for the guaranteed win, he sets up a hail mary, just to be a dick.

 

His quarterback then fumbles the ball in the end zone, and I recover for the winning TD as time expires.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

I just lost a one point game of Madden. I made the biggest fucking drive down the field ever. I got greedy and went for a touchdown run with 4 seconds left, but I wasn't able to call a timeout. Time ran out as I tried to press the select button and stop the clock. I'm so mad right now.

[Guest MillenniumMan831]

This is the biggest fluke I've ever seen in my life! I was just playing NBA Live 2002 in Franchise mode, and I was 22-0 as the Sixers going up against the Cavs. I dominated the entire game! I outplayed Cleveland one EVERY level. Twice as many steals and rebounds, my players had scored twice as much, but somehow in the end, they managed to tie the game up at 36. I'm not sure how it happened, but with 10 seconds left, Iverson gets a steal, a fast break and slams to bring us up by 2 with 2.2 on the clock, and NO timeouts for either team. So I'm jumping up and down, celebrating MY WIN, when they inbound the ball to Jimmy Jackson and he shoots from one end of the court all the way down to the other end to put them up 39-38 with no time left on the clock. BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Oh well. Anybody have any similar stories?

 

 

Bullshit ass basketball game!

 

Well, being from Cleveland I find that HILARIOUS considering that the Cleveland Curse almost never seems to fail. Go ahead play 100 more games vs. The Cavs, you won't lose ONE!

 

From The Browns being robbed of Super Bowl births in the 1980s

To The Indians doing JACK SH*T in 1970s-1980s

To The Indians chocking in the Playoffs in the 1990s

To The Cavs sucking almost every year in its existance

To The Indians' new owner being Cheap-Ass

To The Browns' top linebacker, Jamir Miller tearing his achilles last night and is now out for the YEAR!!!

 

That damn Cleveland Curse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Your Olympic Hero1]

Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role -

 

I was RVD(CAW) playing against D'Lo in a cage. The finisher I had for RVD was the Lo'Down, but after you hit it you automatically try to pin the guy, and that gets you nowhere. So I hit the five-star like 6 times, and D'Lo is finally not moving. I head to the top of the cage, and as RVD's foot starts to go down to the outside, TIME EXPIRES. FUCK.

[Guest NazMistry]

I was playing the original SmackDown a few weeks back, and I was the WWF Champion with Rock.

I don't know how, but X-Pac is 3rd in the rankings.

Anyways, X-PAc gets a title shot at me at Survivor Series in an I Quit match.

I beat his ass all over the arena for about 15 minutes, I nailed the Peoples Elbow like 7 times and the guy wont quit.

Suddenly X-Pac X-Factors me grabs the mic, and Rocky the bitch quits.

X-Pac wins the belt, and I didn't get another shot at the belt for 3 years.

That fuckin sucked.

[Guest redbaron51]

I was playing the original SmackDown a few weeks back, and I was the WWF Champion with Rock.

I don't know how, but X-Pac is 3rd in the rankings.

Anyways, X-PAc gets a title shot at me at Survivor Series in an I Quit match.

I beat his ass all over the arena for about 15 minutes, I nailed the Peoples Elbow like 7 times and the guy wont quit.

Suddenly X-Pac X-Factors me grabs the mic, and Rocky the bitch quits.

X-Pac wins the belt, and I didn't get another shot at the belt for 3 years.

That fuckin sucked.

that game is probably cursed by now.

 

anywho i was playing Project Gothem Racing today and i was a corvette Z06 i think, and at the last split i was up by 0.5 seconds, i screwed up on the last turn and the ferrari marenello just barely passed me at the finish line as i lost by .002 seconds

[Guest MrBiznatch]

Me and two of my friends were playing Raw is War for the N64. We were doing a Three Way Cage match. Two of us decided to double team this little annoying guy that always just walked into our apartment without knocking. We wanted to humiliate him.

 

We proceeded to thrash him to pieces, but somehow he came back and won! We never lived that down cause this guy also liked to gloat whenever he wins.

[Guest Will Scarlet]

I know one time I was playing Smackdown 2 in a ladder match with Michael Cole. I beat him to kingdom come, but somehow he pulled out the victory because I could never get up the ladder before he woke up. Bastard.

[Guest MrBiznatch]

I created RVD for Smackdown 2 and had a TLC match against Shane McMahon and I hit Shane with a 5star off the ladder and then went outside to get a chair. I didn't pay attention to Shane and next thing you know he's on top of the ladder and has won the match!

[Guest papacita]

In SD2, I lost the World Title to Albert...

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

NBA Live 2002.

About an Hour ago.

 

So here I am NBA Finals.I'm the Kings and i'm going up against

Celtics.Game 7, 1:05 left to go, Game tied 96-96.I-hit a 3-Pointer

with Mike Bibby so I am now up 99-96.Then, "Mr.MVP" Mike

Bibby steals The Ball from Kenny Anderson and lays it up.

The Score is now 101-96 with 28 Seconds left. Antoine(sp?)

Walker comes down the Court and hits a Three making

The Score 99-101 with 17 Seconds left. Then I miss a

Jumper with Bobby Fucking Jackson(I like to have Bibby and

Jackson on the Court at the same time)Paul Pierce gets the

Rebound and passes it off to Rodney Rogers who goes

for the Three, but I make the god damn mistake of fouling

him.Rogers goes to the line for Three.He misses the First,

Hits the Second,And then misses the Third!So i'm thinking

I have the Game in the Bag, but NO!Tony Battie gets the Re

and lays it right back up.Game Over:Boston wins 102-101.

 

So after Swearing and damn near breaking my TV, I decided

to put the Game on Easy and have a Rematch with NO RULES.

As I finish writing this Post, The Kings are beating The Celtics

86-42.

[Guest papacita]

Another fluke loss I feel like talking about.

 

About a week ago, I was playing the same Franchise mode with the Sixers. I had gotten my revenge on the Cavs a couple of games earlier (the only Overtime of the season), and my record was now 59-1 up against the Pacers. It was a lot like the Cavs game, we dominated them throughout most of the game. However, in the end, they managed to somehow bring it within 1 point with 20 seconds left, and they had possession. They must've missed about 20 shots, but kept managing to get the offensive rebound (btw, NBA Live 2002 is the only game I've ever seen where the players actually run AWAY from a loose ball). So finally, I bring in Iverson to try and grab the rebound, and he somehow manages to foul the center in the act of shooting, putting them up by one. He makes the foul shot, and we're down by 2 with 3 seconds left. I call timeout, and try to get the ball to one of my shooters for 3 instead of going for the tie (like a dummy), and we end up losing.

 

I finished the season 80-2 the other day.

[Guest Snappy Nappy Dugout]

Hey! Where's the love for NBA 2K2?

 

Anyway's

 

I Was playing Clippers Vs Lakers In the confernce Finals, The seris is tied 4-3(me winning 3 games). We were just killing the lakers the whole 3 periods. When the clock being 0:19 In the 4th quater, Rick Fucking Fox hit a 3-pointer! Making It 80-81, now it's 0:10, Brand had the ball trying to hit a 3-pointer but Horry stole the ball and made a slam dunk! Makeing the game 80-83. Darrius have the ball trying to make a 3 at 0:05, but it misses! makeing Lakers going to the Finals.

 

Right know NBA 2K2 Is on pause, and the finals are Nets Vs Lakers. Right know I'm in the third game, with us the lead 0-3.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

I don't have a fluke loss....but a fluke win.

I was playing FF7 for the first time. This was back when I knew nothing about RPG's so I couldn't build my characters up to where they could kill Sephiroth in a few minutes like I did the second and third time I played it.

So anyways I'm alone with Red XIII against Safer Sephiroth. 1 HP for Red and he's beserk. I thought it was the end of me. He hits a regular physical attack and Sephiroth begins to shake....I nearly shit myself! I had beaten the game with 1 HP on Beserk! With a normal attack!

[Guest KoR Fungus]

Heh speaking of FF7...

 

After about fifteen failed attempts to beat Ruby, I finally got a good run going with nothing terrible happening for awhile. After doing about 800000 damage to him, he wears me down, leaving Cloud dead and Barrett quicksanded away from the battle, and I'm left with just Red XIII with about 2400 HP left. Red XIII doesn't have Full Life, so if I revived Cloud, Ruby would just kill him again. I figure it'll take one or two more mimed KoRs to beat him, but I also know that if I cast a KoR and he doesn't die, he'll counterattack with Ultima and finish me off. I try it anyway, and he doesn't die, and he casts Ultima. Red XIII dodges! I get a turn before those stupid tentacles can kill me, cast KoR again, and he finally dies! I was so happy, even though I knew the payoff would just be a gold chocobo with really shitty stats.

 

My brother also had a fun one where he messed up the KoR/mime chain on Emerald and only got seven or eight off before the Aire Tam Storm, but Cloud dodged. He was so pathetically slow that he let Emerald get another Aire Tam Storm off, and Cloud dodged again, and he eventually won. Lucky bum.

[Guest Leena]

SD2- With my created Kurt Angle, I lost the Lightweight Title to Funaki. It still baffles me how I lost, because in most matches I don't get damaged at all.

 

Virtua Tennis 2- I was facing Queen Lv. 99, up 40-0 going for no points lost in the entire tourney, and suddenly I choked and double faulted for the 1st time ever.

 

Skies of Arcadia- Just did it this morning. I'm breezing through the game, never coming close to dying, and easily beating Vigoro. Then stupid me casts Gunslinger on her whole team, and wipes them all out.

[Guest Renegade]

Capcom vs SNK2, i beat Geese down to a slither of energy, so i go for my super, but for some reason i can seem to pull it off! After desperatley wrestling with my controller Geese throws me a couple of times and RISING STORM~! Its over...

[Guest DrTom]

I don't know if this is a fluke, but it's certainly an example of the computer CHEATING TO WIN~!

 

Hardball 5, for the PC, circa 1994.

 

I'm up by 3 runs late in the game, with my closer on the mound. He manages to load the bases in short order, so I bring a fresh reliever. Previously, I had noticed the computer's tendency for miracle plays when it needed them, so I saved the game at this point. I'm up by 3, bases loaded, bottom of the ninth, with a fresh pitcher on the hill.

 

I throw every pitch he has (he had four) in every possible location. Thirty-six pitches, thirty-six grand slams. No matter what I threw and no matter where I threw it, the guy at the plate belted it out of the park for a game-winning grand salami.

 

Maybe it's not a fluke, but I certainly felt cheated.

[Guest papacita]

In the NBA Finals for Live 2002 I played the Lakers and was about to sweep them in Game 4 when I somehow managed to fuck up *8* consecutive fast breaks by throwing the ball out of bounds. I got blown out 28-52. I won the Championship, though.

 

And for a fluke where I actually ended up winning...the first time I played Virtual Fighter a few years back, I was going up against somebody who's name I forget (I'm not into fighting games anymore so I can barely remember anyone outside of the SF and MK games). I didn't know how to play, so I walked over to the edge to try and figure out what to do before I got my ass kicked, when suddenly he comes in a KILLS me with a German Suplex. Then as soon as he stands up, he tilts over and falls out of the ring. I won in 7 seconds by ring out.