EA Sports FC 24 fans are threatening to boycott the game, after a catastrophic error saw countless Ultimate Team players receive a 97-rated Lionel Messi Team of the Year (TOTY) card. The coveted Lionel Messi card was rewarded for completing a Squad Building Challenge (SBC) in 86+ TOTY Leagues. Unfortunately, however, EA Sports realised its error and quickly disabled the SBC, leaving latecomers unable to bag the highly sought after Team of the Year card. Needless to say, this hasn’t gone down well with the EA Sports FC 24 community, many of whom believe they’re at a major disadvantage thanks to the error.
Some fans are even planning to boycott the game, arguing that upcoming weekend leagues will be a “nightmare” due to the imbalance between the teams with Messi and the teams without.
One Reddit post reads: “Enough is enough. No one is happy with the current state of things.
“Weekend league this weekend is going to be a nightmare; so just put it down this weekend and continue into next week. Tell who you can. Play something else. Go outside.”
Another Reddit poster claims to be quitting the entire franchise, criticising EA Sports for not apologising or compensating players who missed out.
“12 hours have passed after the worst mistake in EA’s Ultimate Team and Fifa History and nothing has happened.No compensation, no apology, nothing,” reads a separate Reddit thread.
“I am officially done.After I built a significantly fun team, that I enjoyed playing and grinding to upgrade, this mistake was the last straw, the final nail in the coffin.”
Another user describes EA Sports FC 24 as a “predatory” and “toxic” game, while one fan compares Ultimate Team to a casino masquerading as a game.
Describing himself as a content creator with over 2.5 million subscribers, FIFA influencer NepentheZ believes EA Sports should give everybody a free Messi card.
Responding to an EA Sports FC 24 tweet, NepentheZ writes: “Yeah, the issue is you’ve just ruined the game. Free Messi TOTY for everyone imo.”
In addition to the 97-rated Lionel Messi, the EA Sports FC 24 Men’s Team of the Year includes Kylian Mappen (97), Erling Haaland (97), Jude Bellingham (96), Kevin de Bruyne (96), Rodri (95) and Virgil van Dijk (95).
That’s on top of Ruben Dias (94), Jeremie Frimpong (94), Theo Hernandez (94), Alisson (95) and bonus 12th player Cristiano Ronaldo (95).
