My Messy NFL Checklist Adventure
Alright, so I stumbled on this NFL Prestige Checklist thing yesterday – sounded like homework for football nerds. Figured, why not? Grabbed my beer, booted up the game, opened the checklist… and immediately felt like I bit off more than I could chew. Looked complicated as heck.
Started scanning the objectives. Some easy stuff first – score touchdowns with base players? Sure, fired up a quick game and smashed X like a caveman. Felt good knocking those out fast. But then I hit the brick walls.
The Real Head-Scratchers:
- That ‘win 15 H2H matches using a theme team’ objective? Pure torture. My budget Niners squad got stomped six times in a row. Nearly threw my controller at the cat.
- ‘Complete 15 sets’? Needed so many collectibles. My coin stack vanished faster than my motivation. Felt like tossing quarters into a black hole.
- ‘Get 50 sacks with linemen’? Had zero clue which playbooks had decent pass rush setups. Spent an hour digging through forums feeling lost.
Almost quit right there. But hey, stubbornness kicked in. Dug into my own dusty binder of old game notes. Found some gold:
- Grind Smarter, Not Harder: Spammed solo challenges for easy wins instead of getting wrecked online. Saved my sanity AND my win rate.
- AH Panic Buys = Bad: Yeah, that Elite card screamed “BUY ME!” during happy hour. Woke up broke. Checked prices calmly the next day and snatched it 20% cheaper. Patience = coins.
- Set Filters Are Lifesavers: Filtered sets by what pieces I already owned. Didn’t realize I was sitting on half the junk needed for three different sets. Instant progress.
- Meta is Temporary, Fun is Forever: Slapped together a weirdo Patriots theme squad with backups I actually liked using. Lost more than won? Maybe. Had actual fun? Definitely.
Took me three days of late nights and questionable snack choices. Finished that last sack while half-asleep. Screen pops. Prestige unlocked. Honestly? Expected fireworks. Got a card art and a little banner. Kinda anticlimactic after all that sweat. But weirdly satisfying? Yeah. Like finally beating that stupid boss fight as a kid. Now if you’ll excuse me, gonna avoid H2H for a week. My thumbs need therapy.
Bottom line: It’s a grindfest. Don’t chase it like your life depends on it. Use dumb tricks, take breaks, and for the love of pigskin, don’t drink and auction house.
