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Official Madden '10 Online Franchise Interest Thread
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FrenchMovieTheme
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lol i dont even remember which song that was from. i bought the dvd and was just scanning for us on all the songs and found it and got the screen shot. i think it might have been during Razor (i doubt it) or What If I Do.... you find it!
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
one of the early rules i've come up with is no in-season trading players unless it is desperate and injury related.
i don't want the league to turn into NBA 2k9 where we see peyton manning on the redskins or shaun hill on the patriots. RARELY do trades happen during the regular season in the NFL, so it won't be any different here.
but, like i said, i understand if you get a season ending injury to an area of importance and have a deal on the table to replace that so i would consider those. otherwise don't bother!
i was also thinking about what happens on a disconnect when your team had suffered an injury in the game. lets say gentle ben is injured in the first quarter and it says "serious", then the game disconnects. well you're back to healthy, which really isn't fair. i don't know how we're going to deal with that. i was thinking maybe sitting him for X amount of games depending on the injury but i don't know. what do you guys think?
i don't want the league to turn into NBA 2k9 where we see peyton manning on the redskins or shaun hill on the patriots. RARELY do trades happen during the regular season in the NFL, so it won't be any different here.
but, like i said, i understand if you get a season ending injury to an area of importance and have a deal on the table to replace that so i would consider those. otherwise don't bother!
i was also thinking about what happens on a disconnect when your team had suffered an injury in the game. lets say gentle ben is injured in the first quarter and it says "serious", then the game disconnects. well you're back to healthy, which really isn't fair. i don't know how we're going to deal with that. i was thinking maybe sitting him for X amount of games depending on the injury but i don't know. what do you guys think?
It should be cool/interesting if we have guys out say 12 weeks, but instead of waiting for them to play or come back within time, and playing a mediocre or poor backup to trade for a decent backup on another team. I wonder how trades work, though. League favor or commish rules only?
Why not just institute a deadline and an approval process. Both options are available to the creator of the league, I think. If someone gets injured after the deadline, they can do what real teams normally do after the deadline and try to patch it through free agency (because we don't have practice squadsFrenchMovieTheme said:
).I think that injury thing is a good idea, but hopefully, it saves those things server side.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
yeah i'll likely just do a trade deadline (week 6) and then monitor all trades. just dont want this shit turning into a fantasy football league where all the superstars are on different squads!
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
i have no problems with any minor trades in the pre-season or regular season. but any big name trades will have to be taken to the gaf madden commish councel (of which there are 5 members!)
p.s. what are grossmans ratings anyways? they have to be decent if you take the "awareness" rating out
p.s. what are grossmans ratings anyways? they have to be decent if you take the "awareness" rating out
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Matrix said:
Do you really want to have Magic Dan your only back up when Schaub gets hurt?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
As someone who has a shitty receiving squad, I gotta ask: why would you do that to yourself? :lol You have crappy back up WRs and shitty QBs that need development. And Edwards is young to boot.Striker said:By big name trades, does Braylon Edwards count?
Not that I'm telling you not to do it. I'm just wondering why.
Striker said:
Hire this kid!
I think his catch rating might lower it a little bit. Although, I'd still take him for sure.I think with Edwards' rating I can get some good DEF player and more in return.
Just throwin' it out there!
Are you gonna run the 3-4 or are you switching to 4-3?
If you're switching to 4-3, Mr Burgess might get his wish and get out of Oaktown!
MWS Natural
Member
Rorschach said:
Hire this kid!
lol that's exactly what I was thinking when I read that. The days of "speed is all you need" in Madden is over I think; from what I have read the other WR characteristics will matter more this year.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I agree with limiting trades. Keeping up with all the trades that go on in the NBA 2K league is almost a game in itself. I think you either keep the teams as they are with very limited trades, or you just have a draft at the beginning of the season with all the players in a big pool. The latter is very unappealing to me, so I say go with the former.
The trades are funny in NBA2K9, but if Madden becomes this I'm out.
I don't want that same kind of goofiness here where you trade away your entire starting lineup.
Maybe limit it to 1 or 2 trades a year, and then the trades are monitored by Madden Council of 5.
Having said this, I'm willing to part with Cutler for another elite qb and 10 first round picks. Make me a offer (REX DOESN'T COUNT MATRIX!)!
I don't want that same kind of goofiness here where you trade away your entire starting lineup.
Maybe limit it to 1 or 2 trades a year, and then the trades are monitored by Madden Council of 5.
Having said this, I'm willing to part with Cutler for another elite qb and 10 first round picks. Make me a offer (REX DOESN'T COUNT MATRIX!)!
I'm not sure I understand the appeal of online franchise without trades. Am I supposed to draft a franchise QB and coach him up in the 1.5 seasons this thing will last before people are snapping their game discs in half and quitting like happens every year? :lol
Why not just play regular 1 season leagues like normal at that point?
Why not just play regular 1 season leagues like normal at that point?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
there is trading in pre-season, but it's not going to get crazy. for instance i would veto a trade of adrian peterson and kevin williams for clinton portis and andre carter.
and as far as how long the league is going to last, the jury is still out! we've never played in an online franchise so we don't know what people will put up with in regard to gameplay. if NCAA is any indication, people will put up with a lot of garbage because online franchise is awesome. i would anticipate we play into next april/may/june for madden
and as far as how long the league is going to last, the jury is still out! we've never played in an online franchise so we don't know what people will put up with in regard to gameplay. if NCAA is any indication, people will put up with a lot of garbage because online franchise is awesome. i would anticipate we play into next april/may/june for madden
Howabout this instead:Slo said:
Pre-season: all major trades happen here
Weeks 1-6: Minor trades with the rare exception
After week 6: trading closed
We're not saying there won't be any trades, but even the NFL has a trading deadline. You WILL be able to make big trades, but there are some limitations... like MrBob's retarded trade offer.
If previous games are any indication, you can, but they will take a hit in the ratings. Rookies are more flexable and can be molded into those positions.Striker said:
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
getting back to "well the league is only going to last X amount of seasons", we are no longer held hostage by not having 32 people, or not having 28 people, or people leaving, because i can always let the CPU take over those teams.
as far as i'm concerned i will run this league until the middle of next season, whether we have 32 people or 10 people at that time.
of course playing the CPU isn't the same as playing human opponents, but it's still better than nothing and it's not like there will be no human matchups.
on the trade front, we're not banning trades or even "big" trades. i'm just saying i dont want this to turn into a fantasy league. but that is why we have multiple commishes. if i dont feel something should fly but all the other commishes do then the trade will happen.
and slo i dont know why you would want to trade OR draft a qb when you have rosencopter on your squad!
as far as i'm concerned i will run this league until the middle of next season, whether we have 32 people or 10 people at that time.
of course playing the CPU isn't the same as playing human opponents, but it's still better than nothing and it's not like there will be no human matchups.
on the trade front, we're not banning trades or even "big" trades. i'm just saying i dont want this to turn into a fantasy league. but that is why we have multiple commishes. if i dont feel something should fly but all the other commishes do then the trade will happen.
and slo i dont know why you would want to trade OR draft a qb when you have rosencopter on your squad!
FrenchMovieTheme said:
Eh, I think there's a lot of work and data collection to be done before you make a rule like this. I think it'd be pretty suspicious and obvious if everytime Josh "brittle wrist" Freeman gets hurt DM magically loses his connection and I think that'd probably warrant some action, but arbitrarily benching a player who isn't hurt because of something that happened in a game that isn't directly related to the one being played at that moment seems hasty. We could've done the exact same thing in the previous leagues, hell, Javon Walker had the greatest season in the history of gaming while being injured in real life for the whole season. If there's a litany of bonus rules that we have to adhere - even more than we'll have by default once we realize the FB Dive is broken (again) - FMT's league could become the No Fun League!
Art imitating life!
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
that's why i asked everyones opinion!
there are no rules in the league yet.... not even the trade rule is set in stone!
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
I have a bunch of DTs and DEs you may be interested in.Striker said:By big name trades, does Braylon Edwards count?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
why dont you make things right by signing plaxico again?
Shawnwhann
Banned
I think rules on injuries/disconnects are overkill. I don't think it'll be an issue to be honest. In the rare scenario something like that happens, I'd think we have enough stand up guys that wouldn't mind running it back and letting the results fall as they may.
Kiwanuka and a WR may be intriguing enough... we'll talk some more, friend!Wellington said:I have a bunch of DTs and DEs you may be interested in.
Also, since the Facebook thing kind of shit away, why not create an alternate profile on XBL called "Madden 10 Franchise GAF" or something? Add all of us who are in the league and make invites easier instead of having all members added on the respected Friends List.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
yeah the injury thing might be going overboard. i guess we'll address it if it's a problem!
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
I, for one, cannot wait to end the careers of opposing QBs.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Somnia said:
That bullshit will haunt me the rest of my life. Along with the play when he got stripped in the same game. Lastly, the INT he threw to seal the deal.
That was a meltdown of epic proportions that will never be seen again.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Shawnwhann said:
Yeah, that is how I got my Madden Championship...right FMT???