 YouTube what's up, man? This is a great idea I have about a question that I get all the time. How can I play in these tournaments? How can I compete for this money? I see these guys winning hundreds of thousands of dollars. I see them winning belts How can I compete in that? You know, and a lot of times I get this question is too late in the season Or it's during the tournament or it's during the EA livestream or something like that And now is the time man for you guys to gear up and get ready to play in these tournaments And I'm going to give you 10 things you should be doing when man in 21 drops to make sure you're ready to compete in these tournaments The first thing I want you guys to do is accept and understand. It's kind of a two-part chapter of this video Accept the game. That's how I feel accept the game understand what it is. If it's a running meta Accept it. Embrace it, you know, because if you try to fight that and your opponent You're just gonna dig yourself a hole accept the game man If you feel it's too cartoony or it's too arcade-ish Accept that man if you're gonna get stuck on that barrier mentally You'll never be able to compete at the highest level man All these guys that you see winning all this money except what the game is You know joke has always won the Madden Bowl at the end of the year and had the best year There's always one of the best players and he always plays the game to its strength And that's what I mean by accept Understand it, you know, and then when I say understand Understand what you're getting into as far as competing in Madden. These people are doing this for a living This is their job literally just to compete in Madden people are embracing and people are giving their 150% to Competing in Madden, you know, this is not a a half-ass thing It's not something people do part-time with some people do it and that might be your angle to start as a part-time Competitive man player you can do that. I won a belt. I won over a hundred thousand dollars being part-time Competing so it's not impossible, but you have to understand that you are up against people that are putting as Much money as possible and as much time as possible into the game So you have to understand that and accept that the same thing about the game understand That the game might have a running matter Understand that bunch might be the past passing formation and accept that Now it doesn't mean you got to run that or do that or or if that's your best way of winning Maybe you got to do something else, but accept what it is. Don't complain about the game Don't use the game as the reason why you can't compete because that's never ever the reason All right, boys. This is the biggest obstacle you guys have and this is the second of my 10 things You need to do going into man 21 mutt Mutt there are so many people out there that say I don't want to pay to have to compete. I don't like mutt I don't you know, I'm a regs player. I don't really want to spend money into mutt You have to get over that hurdle. That's that's a mental hurdle one I'll be honest if you are a football fan if you are a Madden fan, you will love mutt. That's why we're here That's why we all play it. It's absolutely addicting. It's fun Yes, it costs money or it costs time, which are the same thing Essentially and I will tell you if you have never played mutt literally when you get the game There are Madden players that are really good I've known some that I grew up with that I play with all the time that are really good on regs And they play it all year. I'm telling you when the game drops do yourself a favor literally when it's done Downloading go to ultimate team, you know, because the pay-to-play aspect is so small in the first day The first weekend that you can compete you can start building your team The longer you wait to make your team the further behind you will get also man If you're remotely good at the game, you don't have to spend that much money You know, obviously you're gonna watch the streamers like me and problem And we're gonna have the best team the first day because that is the position We're in both as streamers and content creators as far as competitors So, you know, you don't have to have that, you know If you're that good at Madden just get a couple cards put a hundred dollars on the game or put your time into mutt Embrace it understand it learn it, you know, because that is where all the money is That's where all the viewership is that is where all these tournaments are are on mutt, you know And the sooner you can remove that I don't want to play mutt or everything's pay-to-play That mentality the better you can do in this field, you know Madden has completely shifted to this mutt mode and completely shifted their tournament focus to mutt So if you want to compete for fifty thousand a hundred thousand dollars and on the big stage at EA Mutt has to be your main goal man And I I will never find the person that has actually tried mutt and hasn't enjoyed it, you know I think for a football fan for a Madden fan. It's awesome, man It really is it keeps the game fresh for 12 months out of the year It doesn't die after the Super Bowl when there's no roster updates or anything like that how regs is and I'm you will really enjoy it I honestly believe that if you are a football fan a Madden fan You will enjoy it and it's where the tournaments are So if you want to compete in these tournaments and you haven't embraced mutt, I mean that is the first step And I promise you you will not regret it Third thing right now money games no matter how much the leaderboard is popping no matter how much playing your friends is popping It doesn't hold the same validity as playing somebody for money The best site to play for money is players lounge man that link is below in my description check it out make an account You don't have to play for twenty dollars and pop you don't have to play for a hundred dollars a pop You can pay for five dollars you can enter tournaments for one dollar any bit of experience in a high stakes game Will help you become a better player period whether it's a two dollar game or a two hundred dollar game. It is all More valuable than playing online for free I promise these guys are sweat boxes and playing other sweat boxes for their two dollars or for their last five dollars Is only gonna make you a better man player Don't be afraid of it. I mean like I said putting twenty dollars on Players lounge and gambling that or playing against people that are playing for money is going to help you become a better man player Then spending twenty dollars on packs that week So instead of taking your your you know my weekly allowance so to say for mutt Take that weekly allowance and roll that on players lounge Check out some money games because it's going to improve you and make you a better player All right boys see now Number four is something I wish I was better at and I understood more growing up is that it's not all about winning It's it's it's hard to say that to yourself or say it to somebody else But there's so many more positives to this community than just winning man If I always would use to factor it out like do I want to spend two hundred dollars and travel? Entry fees and this that in a third to try to win the tournament which I'm probably not gonna win And I always will tell myself no I'm not gonna do that because it's not a valuable investment But as I look back I said I wish I would have done a lot more traveling and competing In my teens in my early 20s Then I do now because I would have built these relationships that I have That much earlier man and been a part of the competitive men seen much earlier than I have and That's something I encourage you guys man to understand that It can be a great experience for you Even if you don't come in the top four even if you don't cash out ten thousand dollars even if you don't win a belt I mean you can have a great experience and make this a great part of your life without Actually having to win anything I mean there are people that are my friends that are gonna be my friends forever that literally have no chance to ever Win a tournament. I mean it's sad to say but it's just it's just how it works. I mean some people are Great man players, but they're just not gonna win a tournament, you know And that's okay because they have so much fun in the competitive man side is really part of their life And it can be for you too So don't let the fact that you're probably not gonna win the tournament holds you back from being part of this competitive scene Number five biggest thing get a Twitter account. I don't care if it's Johnny Madden Robbie Madden player whatever it may be if you have a personal one and you want just a Madden one get in the That's all Twitter is where 90% of competitive Madden talk happens And if you're not on there, you're gonna miss out on when to start playing leaderboards when qualification ends when to sign up for club Series what leaderboard you should be playing what mold you should be playing What everything literally everything you're missing notifications of when the tournaments go live where to be at what what discord to be in what everything Twitter is the just the Communication hub of competitive man and and for me like you guys don't know who to follow. I mean There's there's three accounts. I'll tell you guys to follow for competitive man Now you can once you follow these accounts You're probably gonna be led down a rabbit hole to follow other ones One is Madden League ops Madden League ops is pretty much the base MCS Twitter account. It's gotten better over the years. I still think it's pretty pretty bland But they've done a better job. So make sure you follow Madden League ops to myself And I talk competitive man is what I do So I'm pretty sure most of you guys are already following me and three is joke joke will talk about competitive man Pretty much every single day complain about whatever he doesn't like try to get anything else changed So make sure you follow those three accounts Madden League ops myself and joke those are a good starting point if you want to get into competitive man on social media because if you're not you're gonna miss out on a lot of things and You don't want to be the guy that's missing out because that's part of the reason probably why you haven't been in these tournaments before number six ebooks Now a lot of you guys probably just turns your nose up. I don't need a book I'm Johnny Madden, you know, I know how to play the game I know how to do this ebooks are essential for every man player whether you're your beginner Whatever maybe it can help you get over the hump and learn how the game works and become a better player Also, if you're me I make ebooks, you know, but at the same time You know, if there's an ebook out there that I can get and I can learn that as well That can help me become a better player I've always thought if there's information out there for you and you can you know Obtain that information and you don't obtain it then you're a fool, you know There's always more information available. So go and get that once again This goes back to me spending my money. What could benefit me more as a man and player Is it gonna benefit me more to spend this hundred dollars on my mutt team or what if I buy four or five ebooks and learn different schemes? Not only for me to run them But when I play against Timmy Raincoat and he's running the I form pro New scheme that just dropped. I literally know all his plays already I know what he wants to do against certain coverages because I also have that ebook um So and this kind of go back to acceptance really goes back to the first one except what Madden is now Madden is YouTube plays Madden is ebooks Madden is twitch watching it really is so it goes back to kind of accept that Understand it and if you have the opportunity to obtain that knowledge of plays play books in popular schemes Do that I would I would honestly tell you guys that mostly competitive guys probably have access to every ebook that people put out You know, why would I not want to see what kid was running? Why would I not want to see jokes new defensive ebook? Why would I not want to add that to my arsenal no matter how strong my arsenal is if there's something else? I can add why not and I feel like you guys should always take that approach when it comes to ebooks going into man 21 now I'll be honest Madden turf does have the best ebooks. So make sure you're looking out for that premium membership Number seven twitch watch twitch download which on your phone be on the twitch website on your PC Twitch on your Xbox dashboard Whatever may be consistently be watching maddening and in taking that information that's on the screen and in twitch whether it be myself or problem Probably the two top competitive streamers You also check out all the TNC boys have been streaming a lot of Madden And they will be super active as far as what leaderboards to play what mode to play when to play it and if if you Want to compete I would see what what mode these guys are playing and just play right behind them pretty much It's kind twitch kind of goes with YouTube and ebooks. I want to watch it I want to be I want to see what they're doing see what they're playing against It's not always about the streamer what they're using But let's see what other people are doing that's popular amongst the leaderboard community and what people are doing offense defense special teams Whatever it may be so twitch is something if you're not using you guys can follow me that twitch link is below Man 21 is going to be unreal with the content the amount of streaming and videos and everything like that So be prepared for that and twitch is the best place to be also man Twitch is a great spot to meet other Madden players. Um, I Think it's a great the chat rooms and everything you'll meet other people that have the same interest in man As you so if you're a loner if you're by yourself your friends you play video games with aren't that committed to Madden But you want to take that next step That's I would say the twitch chat is probably where you'll meet somebody and I'll get into that later with one of the other Other topics of this video, but number seven twitch make sure you follow me. I mean Who else could you possibly follow? Number eight leaderboards grind a lot of leaderboards, you know If the top if the top 64 qualify for the tournament and you can't get into the top hundred don't stop grinding leaderboards It's making you a better man player. What's crazy is um, you know You can go in the man 21 ready to compete and literally not qualify for a single tournament You can never make the top hundred any leaderboard never make the top 200 any leaderboard You can do that much grinding and literally not come close to qualifying for tournament and become a way better man player This year than you have in any other year. I promise that so when I say grind leaderboards never stop Don't look at the leaderboards. Damn. I'm not top hundred. I'm gonna just want to go play mud or I'm gonna go play something else I'm gonna give up. That's that's pretty much Um, that's pretty much leader what leaderboards are they 1 million percent make you a better man player I was always a good man player. I was I 100% was always good when I started playing whether it was my friends down the street manual six manual eight but once I got into man 17 man 16 and They said this is the MCS leaderboards to play and try to qualify once I got into that player pool and Competed against all the other great players. It took my skill level to another threshold And honestly, I haven't been the same player since they gave us top four to grind for or let's play 500 leaderboard games. I Haven't been the same player. I missed that aspect of Madden. I really do So for me grinding the leaderboards is one of the biggest things you can do to become a better man player and start Competing you have to grind the leaderboards to compete now go back now You're probably asked what leaderboard do I grind this and where you follow Twitter you follow twitch You watch all these things and you stay connected. That's the biggest deal So you understand what leaderboard to play and when to play it So that's my leaderboards aren't the backbone of competitive man And I think they will definitely help you become better player and never look and say I can't make it I quit and we'll get to more of that and in the rest of this video But don't look at the leaderboard and said, you know, my position isn't good enough. I won't be able to qualify I won't be able to make it. Let me go play something else Just keep grinding because like I said, you can literally never qualify for a tournament and Become an exponentially better man player this year just from really grinding these leaderboards Number nine is a crew now. I'm the first anything. I can't get in the crew Nobody grew up with me. I can't go play with Clef. I can't go play with joke You know, kid won't let me in 818. How can I join these crews? You know, and and that's probably your initial thought and when I meet when I say crews It's kind of like people to play with and the most important thing with the people you play man What is that you guys have the same goal? You guys have the same end point. You have the same mentality You know, if if your mentality is I want to win a belt and you're playing with Timmy raincoat Who just wants to have fun? He's not gonna be as serious as you now For me and when I talk about these players, it doesn't have to be skimble that you play with It doesn't have to be somebody that great at the game But if you guys work together and and you can figure out this run defense or this past defense together It can help you because multiple minds is always better than one no matter how good you are at the game Multiple minds is always better than one. I've had success from people You guys have never heard of that have helped me more than bugs or skimbo or clef or anybody You know, so it doesn't have to be the greatest player in the world, you know If you give one of your friends man, man, I need help blocking this blitz They can figure it out They can help you you guys can work together And if you literally have none of your friends that want to play man on your level You're you're a loner like I said the twitch chat is the best spot to find other people like that You know, what's up? How you guys doing? Can I get a game? Can I play a friendly? Blah blah blah. Can I get on the mic? One thing leads to another on twitch is probably the most social aspect of gaming right now and and social the social aspect of gaming is what What brought me to really be addicted to gaming, you know, I wasn't addicted to gaming until I plugged in the internet and started talking to people So but if you're introvert and you're not that type of person man, but the twitch chat you can type you can text anything And you don't have to be super out there But you can definitely meet new people that want to play the game just as much as you But also do not ignore your friends because if they have the same mindset as you they can help you get better Mad man, but ultimately when I say crew, I mean two minds are better than one So get some help on whatever you need help with I need help With this running play. I want a new scheme. How can I make this passing play better? Let your friends help you man and be open-minded to other people helping you and contributing to your own madden game Number ten. I made it number ten for a reason for me It is the most important aspect of competing the most important aspect of succeeding in anything you do Whether if you want to go cut the lawn today, you want to go to the grocery store. You want to win a madden belt You want to make a varsity football next year? Whatever it may be. This is the most important thing to me and that's to leave the excuses at the door Nobody has ever been successful making excuses Period and Madden is filled with excuses. I see them every day. I see them all the time It kind of goes back to accepting the game But this is a this is my biggest pet peeve in any human being and Literally this applies to any field Madden is competing a man for the game sucks. I you know, the game is not good. Um, it's pay-to-play You know, I don't have enough time to put in the game Whatever it may be There's so many built-in excuses that people have ready to fire off the hip if they cannot succeed and That I'm telling you guys it will hold you back so much Not only in Madden, but in everything you do in your life because because you kind of have that to lean on that Excuse is something to lean on rather than identifying the fact that you need to get better or you need to do better You know, and that's what an excuse does it Voids the fact that you have to acknowledge that you can do better and that's pretty much why I surround myself and Madden with The people I do because they don't have those excuses They don't have a reason why they didn't do it other than I have to play better No matter how many games my friends have lost my how many games I have lost It's always what can I do better not what happened bad to me to cause me to lose? You know, it's never anybody else's fault It's always your own and that's the approach you need to make because if you if you have excuses, you'll always have one Period no matter what you do You'll always have a reason why you didn't make it or a reason why you're not good enough Rather than trying to elevate your game and trying to understand what you did wrong or why you lost or why you didn't qualify this This this tournament section and that is what's going to improve you as a person is Understanding what you did wrong rather than how you got cheated or how it's somebody else's fault Like I said boys, this is the biggest question I get how do I compete in these tournaments? So if you're doing some of these 10 things keep going if not try to incorporate all 10 of these things into your Madden 21 game This year is going to be great for Madden and it's going to be even better from a competitive standpoint So if you have any more questions, please leave them in the comments below I'll do a whole video answering any questions that you guys have because I don't want there to be any reason why you aren't competing in Madden 21