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Official Madden '10 Online Franchise Interest Thread

F

FrenchMovieTheme

Member
Who: Maybe you!
What: Madden '10
Where: Xbox 360
When: September 1st... or thereabouts!
Why: Online franchise bros!

Here are some things to know:

Q: Isn't it a little early for this thread? The game isn't out until August 14th.
A: I guess, but this is only for online franchise interest! No harm in that!

Q: Well, ok, how many people can join?
A: 32 people

Q: What happens if we have like.... 27 people? Got to boot that odd man out?
A: No. Any non-human controlled teams will be controlled by the CPU.

Q: But won't the people in divisions with CPU controlled teams be at an advantage?
A: I guess, but there ARE non-division games! Plus, if the CPU is too much of a cake walk we bump the difficulty up!

Q: That sounds good. What kind of features are there in online franchise?
A: Most features of single player. There is free agency, trades, and live drafting!

Q: How about salary caps, importing NCAA rosters for rookies, and contracts for the players?
A: TBD. EA can fix these things, but as of now they are not in.

Q: BULLCRAP! What's the point of online franchise without contracts or salary cap!?
A: Relax bro, we'll come up with our own system if needed that I and co-commishes will monitor! For instance, every team has 100 "Free Agency" points to work with and a player who is rated a 90 is worth 9 points or something. I haven't really thought it through yet but we'll come up with something if needed.

Q: Well, are trades going to be monitored by your and/or other co-commishes?
A: You bet your vag they are!

Q: How do we determine teams?
A: Well, vets will get their team of course (if they are playing).

Q: That's not fair! I've been a diehard all my life why should someone else get my team!
A: Tough titties chum! Build a winner somewhere else!

Q: What if two vets both want the same team and are legitimate fans of that team?
A: I don't know yet. Depends on how active vet X has been vs. vet Y. Maybe have a grudge match to see who gets them.

Q: Ok lets say Slo and MrBob play for the rights to use the Packers, does the loser of that game get to take their picks of the remaining non-vet teams!?
A: TBD. Lets say there is a newer Saints fan on the board who wants to play in the league and MrBob loses in his bid to get the packers should he get to call the Saints even though there is a diehard here? I don't know. we'll see!

Q: Well how long is this thing going to last? I got things to do!
A: A maximum of 10 seasons (as allowed by the EA servers!) but I doubt we'd get there. Typically, a season takes between 2 and 3 months to complete depending on a number of factors. As long as everyone is still having a good time, i could see it lasting until this time next year.

Q: I'm planning on getting married in October. Is this going to affect the league?
A: No. we'll set your team to "Auto-pilot" while you're gone, which means the CPU controls you for that week or two or whatever!

Q: Have you decided on things like quarter length, accelerated clock, difficulty, and so on?
A: Not yet. All in due time.

Q: Does rors have to trade Jgar to you?
A: Yes
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Anyhow, post if you think you might be interested so I can know what type of league it's going to look like.
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Updated teams/players!

AFC East
1. Patriots (Lonestar)
2. Dolphins (Pheeniks)
3. Bills (LJ11)
4. Jets (denogginizer)

AFC West
1. Raiders (Rors)
2. Chargers (Smokey)
3. Chiefs (Malley)
4. Broncos

AFC North
1. Steelers (Ramirez)
2. Bengals (Somnia)
3. Browns (Striker)
4. Ravens (Fifty)

AFC South
1. Titans (Airbrian)
2. Colts (Luke)
3. Jaguars (Birdman)
4. Texans (Matrix)


NFC East
1. Cowboys (Shawn)
2. Giants (wellington)
3. Eagles (CB)
4. Redskins (Livewire)

NFC West
1. Seahawks (Bluemax)
2. 49ers (FMT)
3. Rams (Daw)
4. Cardinals

NFC North
1. Lions (Dskillz)
2. Bears (Mrbob)
3. Packers (AZ Greg)
4. Vikings (Slo)

NFC South
1. Falcons (DCX)
2. Buccaneers (Dmczaf)
3. Panthers (GCQuinton)
4. Saints (Sableholic)


Remaining players:
8. charsace
11. dammittmatt

p.s. arrgh i edited out the others. i'll put them back in due time!
 
R

Rorschach

Member
Team Ratings

New England Patriots 93
Pittsburgh Steelers 92
New York Giants 89
Philadelphia Eagles 88
San Diego Chargers 88
Tennessee Titans 87
Indianapolis Colts 87
Arizona Cardinals 86
Dallas Cowboys 85
Carolina Panthers 83
Baltimore Ravens 82
Atlanta Falcons 81
Minnesota Vikings 80
Washington Redskins 79
Chicago Bears 79
Buffalo Bills 78
New York Jets 78
Green Bay Packers 78
Seattle Seahawks 77
Miami Dolphins 77
Houston Texans 75
New Orleans Saints 74
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 74
San Francisco 49ers 73
Jacksonville Jaguars 71
Oakland Raiders 71
Denver Broncos 70
Kansas City Chiefs 69
Cleveland Browns 68
Cincinnati Bengals 67
St. Louis Rams 66
Detroit Lions 65
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I'll post up to date player ratings in a bit, but you'll all be happy to learn JRuss is only 72, McFadden is only 79, and Bush is only 75. :(
 
N

Nightz

Member
I'm interested. :D I would prefer playing as the Chargers, but if someone else has dibs I'd be ok with starting at the bottom of the barrel with a leftover team.
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
Do i even have to say it.

Eagles

The East is mine!

Edit: By the way this thread is proof any good idea FMT has actually comes from me
 
L

LJ11

Member
Rorschach said:
Team Ratings



I'll post up to date player ratings in a bit, but you'll all be happy to learn JRuss is only 72, McFadden is only 79, and Bush is only 75. :(
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Are all the ratings out?

I'm tentatively in, but I may be in Europe for a week or two in September, I'll know by August.
 
M

Mrbob

Member
Bucs 4 me.

PS That 79 for the Bears is BS.

Defense is going to come back to their dominating form this year, and the offense will FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY LIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN EEEEEEEAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEE with jcut running the show!
 
B

BigAT

Member
Definitely interested. I was in the 360 league last year and I'm sure everyone there would vouch for my participation.

I'm a die hard Giants fan and would love to have them. Besides them, I would go with San Diego as I ended up having to use them last year as someone already had NYG.
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
BigAT said:
Definitely interested. I was in the 360 league last year and I'm sure everyone there would vouch for my participation.

I'm a die hard Giants fan and would love to have them. Besides them, I would go with San Diego as I ended up having to use them last year as someone already had NYG.
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CK is life long Giants. Sorry
 
N

nyprimus2

Member
Giants fan here but there are probably about 500 others that want them so if no one has any problems I'll take the Cardinals.

I love the franchise dynamic in that it wouldn't be in my best interest to deal Matt Leinart since at the end of season one almost certainly Kurt Warner will retire.

So pumped.
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
nyprimus2 said:
Giants fan here but there are probably about 500 others that want them so if no one has any problems I'll take the Cardinals.

I love the franchise dynamic in that it wouldn't be in my best interest to deal Matt Leinart since at the end of season one almost certainly Kurt Warner will retire.

So pumped.
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Kolb for Leinart straight up
 
AZ Greg

AZ Greg

Member
I'm down to run with the Packers.

One thing though, FMT, are you planning to start the league right after the game launches like usual? Only reason I ask is because I think you should give it a week or two so that everyone can feel the game out before committing. Or at least longer then you normally wait, it seems most don't decide whether or not they like the game until like week 8! :lol I feel bad about flaking out with 2 or 3 weeks to go during your last 360 season a couple of years back, but the only reason I did was because my 2 or 3 remaining opponents had already bailed.
 
F

FrenchMovieTheme

Member
One thing though, FMT, are you planning to start the league right after the game launches like usual? Only reason I ask is because I think you should give it a week or two so that everyone can feel the game out before committing. Or at least longer then you normally wait, it seems most don't decide whether or not they like the game until like week 8! I feel bad about flaking out with 2 or 3 weeks to go during your last 360 season a couple of years back, but the only reason I did was because my 2 or 3 remaining opponents had already bailed.
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read my Q&A brother! season doesn't start till september 1!
 
L

LiveWire

Member
This is the Redskins year! I'm in on 360. 6-0! Sweeping CB, CK and Shawn for the NFC East crown. Count it! WOOOOOOOO!


Nature%2BBoy%2BRic%2BFlair.jpg
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
LiveWire said:
This is the Redskins year! I'm in on 360. 6-0! Sweeping CB, CK and Shawn for the NFC East crown. Count it! WOOOOOOOO!


Nature%2BBoy%2BRic%2BFlair.jpg
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I must have missed the part where you guys signed/traded/drafted an actual quarterback
 
R

Rorschach

Member
Here are some player ratings. Moore later.

9ers
Davis- 78 (lolz)
Clements- 84
Lawson- 72
Haralson- 76
Coffee- 69

Bengals
Leonard- 65
Palmer- 88
Ocho- 89
Jones- 75
Collins- 76
Roy Williams 79
Coles 87
Graham 87
Smith 81
Coles 87
Henry 69
Crocker 73
Scott 63

Bills
Edwards- 76
Lynch- 87
McKelvin- 78
Fred Jackson- 77
Steve Johnson- 67
Paul Posluszny- 82

Broncos
Moreno- 81
Bailey- 96
Peterson-72
Orton- 74
Marshall- 92
Harris- 73
Royal- 82
Hillis- 84

Browns
Quinn- 71
Anderson- 70
Fasano- 83
Joe Thomas- 97
Edwards- 86
Cribbs- 63
Lewis- 85
Harrison- 71
McDonald 71
Poteat 65
Maiava 59

Bucs
Bryant 86
Ward 84
Phillips 73
Graham 79
Ruud 87
Broken Caddy Williams 72
Joseph 92


Cardinals
Adrian Wilson 97
Darnell Dockett 94

Chargers
Cromartie- 84
Hart- 71
Clary- 76
Phillips- 89
Merriman- 89
vaughn martin - 54

Colts
Gonzalez 75
Garcon 54
Collie 68
Hall 54

Cowboys
Marion Barber- 88
Brady James- 82
Roy Williams 84
Felix Jones 78
Jay Ratliff 87
Spears- 71
Jenkins- 73
Orlando Scandric 71
Keith Brooking 86
Hamlin 84
Flozell Adams-88
Andre Gurode - 93


Dolphins
Joey Porter- 94
Jake Long- 91
Chaddaddy Pennington - 85
Jason Taylor- 79
Tedd Ginn- 78
Ronnie Brown- 89
Pat White 65
Langford- 71
Crowder- 81
Bell- 81
Allen- 75
Henne- 66
Bess- 73
Williams- 77
Grove 81
Smiley 85
Carey 86
Merling 69
Wilson 84

Eagles
DeSean Jackson- 81
Samuel- 95
Weaver- 82
Hobbs- 83
Reggie Brown- 72
Sheldon Brown- 87
Clemons- 64
Cole 91
Weaver 82
Bradley 77
Sean Jones 80
Curtis 76

Falcons
Matt Ryan- 85
Turner- 95
Abraham- 95
Gonzalez- 98
Jenkins- 79
Houston- 75
Dahl- 77
Clabo- 81

Giants
Manning- 87
Osi- 94
Tuck- 95
Smith- 76
Hixon- 70
Hicks 76

Jags
MJD- 89
Garrard- 78
Holt- 84
Mathis- 93
Nelson- 83

Jets
Darrelle Revis- 91
Faneca- 97
T. Richardson- 97
Bart Scott- 90
Kerry Rhodes- 92
Thomas Jones 90
Mangold 94
Woody 85
Moore 81
Ferguson 80
Jenkins 95

Lions
Daunte Culpepper- 72
Kevin Smith- 80
Ernie Sims- 88
Julian Peterson- 90

Raiders
Mitchell- 68
McFadden- 79
Bush- 75
Barnes- 80
Walker- 71 (my highest rated WR)
Schilens- 64 -_-
Branch- 61
Murphy - 71
JRuss - 72
Johnson - 80

Ravens
Zbikowski- 63
Ray Rice 78
McGahee- 83
Flacco- 81
W. Jones- 94
Ngata 90
Suggs 90
Gaither 79
McClain 63

Redskins
Campbell- 77
Moss- 86
Landry- 86
Chris Horton- 70
Rogers- 87
Thomas- 66
Kelly- 63
Randel El- 75
Fletcher- 89
Portis 93
Chris Samuels 93
Dockery 78

Packers
ARodg 86
Hawk 78
Nick Collins 93

Panthers
Williams- 94
Smith- 97
Stewart- 85

Pats
Levoir- 65
Vollmer 62
Woods 67


Saints
Bush- 79 (97 speed)
shockey- 85
colston- 87
Vilma- 87
Moore 81
Pierre thomas 77
Rams
Bulger- 78
Avery- 75

Seahawks
Hasselbald - 84
Houshmanzeda - 91
Jones- 75
Tatupu- 90
Hill- 83
Trufant- 88
W. Jones 94
Wahle 88
Spencer 79
Locklear 75
Sims 73

Steelers
Harrison is 97
Woodley is 88
Frank Summers- 54
Joe Burnett- 64
Timmons- 74
Farrior- 95
Clark- 83
Santonio Holmes- 86
Ike Taylor-86
Harris- 50
McDonald 68
Parker- 86

Texans
Walter- 80
Anderson- 53
Winston- 84
Ryans- 88
Reeves- 72

Titans
Vince Young - 68
Johnson- 88 (99 spd)
Collins- 79
Finnegan- 92
Scaife- 83
Washington- 77
Crumpler- 77
Gage- 77
Griffin- 95
Rob Bironas 96

Vikings
Johnson- 75
Sullivan- 73
John David Booty 48
John Sullivan 73
Tyrell Johnson 75



Top FAs
Rudi Johnson 71
Brian Young 71
Donnie Edwards 71
Marty Booker 71
 
R

Rorschach

Member
Top 10 rankings for certain positions in case you missed it:

http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=4105161

Also, this list is dated (from earlier build), but it shows some of the most dramatic changes:

DOWN
DeAngelo Hall -- Washington CB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 93
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 68 (Note: is actually 72 now)
Difference: -25

Matt Leinart -- Arizona QB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 85
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 62
Difference: -23

Devin Thomas--Washington WR
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 81
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 63
Difference: -18

Torrey Holt -- Jacksonville WR
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 96
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 84
Difference: -12

Fred Smoot -- Washington CB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 87
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 76
Difference: -11

UP
Chris Johnson -- Oakland CB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 67
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 82 (note: is actually 80 now)
Difference: +14

Steve Slaton -- Houston RB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 74
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 87
Difference: +13

DeAngelo Williams--Carolina RB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 84
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 95
Difference: +11

Matt Forte -- Chicago RB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 80
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 89
Difference: +9

Matt Cassel -- Kansas City QB
Madden NFL 09 Overall Rating: 76
Madden NFL 10 Overall Rating: 83
Difference: +7
Click to expand...
 
M

Matrix

LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world he’d rather have. The problem is, Dwyane’s not a woman.
This vet wants his 75 underrated TEXANS!
 
A

Azwethinkweiz

Member
I'm interested. I only did NCAA last year but I was committed to the end. Are we also calling out teams? I thought this was just an interest thread but you yahoos are locking up teams like gangbusters.
 
N

nyprimus2

Member
FrenchMovieTheme said:
why do i do the Q&A's :(
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Whoops, sorry. I was thinking about doing a lower tier team and try to build them up. I'm loving the FIFA style ratings in that not everyone is a 90+ and clearly the guys that got the high ratings really deserve it.
 
AZ Greg

AZ Greg

Member
FrenchMovieTheme said:
read my Q&A brother! season doesn't start till september 1!
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HA! I did read it! Not sure how I missed the Setp. 1 thing though...

Should be enough time. Not having to use League Daddy shouldn't hurt as well.
 
R

Rorschach

Member
FMT: use the bold function! ;b


Tedesco! said:
If the Steelers aren't already taken, I'll take them. If not, I'll take Baltimore or Indy.
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You are the worst fan. btw- you know this is for 360, right?
 
DCX

DCX

DCX
Tedesco! said:
If the Steelers aren't already taken, I'll take them. If not, I'll take Baltimore or Indy.
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Steelers i'm sure are taken and maybe Ravens, i also do believe the Colts may be taken....don't quote me! :lol

DCX
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
ooo Asante is a 95. Thats awesome. I have a pretty nice CB trio again.

DeSean should be a bit higher but considering he is coming off a great rookie season im sure that rating will rise easily as the season progresses.
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
By the way, anyone with PS3 madden 09 wanna play?

I have a fever... and the only cure is football!
 
F

FrenchMovieTheme

Member
we aren't calling teams in this thread, just getting a gauge on who is in for the league!

it may help to know that the following teams have a high possibility of NOT being available:

ravens (fifty)
steelers (ramirez)
texans (matrix)
colts (lukems)
chiefs (malleymal)
raiders (rors)
cowpies (shawn)
giants (wellington)
eagles(coldblooded)
redskins (livewire)
bears (mrbob)
packers (azgreg)
vikings (slo)
falcons (dcx)
bucs (dmczaf)
seachickens (lonestar)
49ers (fmt)


not sure if all those people are playing and there are a lot of life longers behind some of the vets! for instance, striker behind wellington, sable behind livewire, somnia behind shawn, etc.

too early to call teams or to even know how many people are going to want to play after they get the game!
 
R

Rorschach

Member
Blue may be taking the 'hawks since Lone hates Madden now. Striker said he'd be ok with the Browns and letting Wellster take the Gnats. I think I want the Colts instead of the shitty Raiders or maybe the Pats. The more stats I read, the more nauseous I get.
 
N

nyprimus2

Member
This is like 9 weeks preliminary. And it looks like you guys don't have a regular as the Cards. So yeah definitely put me down for them.
 
C

CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
ph33nix said:
I want the Dolphins, but unfortunately they don't seem like they...

GET NO RESPECT
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they will be all over the place this year online with the wildcat.
 
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