Wellington
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Oh also, can we *please* wait until a roster update before league play? No Keith Bulluck, guys that are out for the year still there as starters, Brett Favre in the game, etc.
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Official madden '11 Xbox 360 Online Franchise Interest Thread
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FrenchMovieTheme
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:lol
i already said early september for a couple reasons:
1. rosters
2. possibility of a gameplay patch (they did it last year!)
i already said early september for a couple reasons:
1. rosters
2. possibility of a gameplay patch (they did it last year!)
FrenchMovieTheme
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DMczaf said:
fine with me! and we play in season 1. no mercy!
FrenchMovieTheme
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DMczaf said:
i lose english but gain nedney, your true mortal enemy! nedney will guide me to victory over you with 8 FG's from 20 yards or less!
Wellington
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What in the world:Wellington said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7haG3XH1t8
Going to have some problems against creative blitzers.
Every team has a Madden moment except the Giants. What is this. :| The only one they are featured in is the Phillip Rivers drive when down by six. Thanks assholes.
Wellington
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Go fuck yourself.Nightz said:
Wellington
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Okay well:
+ Man Coverage seems better than last year. The money play isn't 100% money, only 90%.
+ Pathfinding to the QB seems better. Will see better blitzing.
+ On rushing plays, the OL doesn't get shed by the DL instantly
+ They seemed to have fixed the issue of guys falling out of bounds and the clock continuing. That was infuriating last year.
+ Backs seem much improved in pass pro. Multiple times guys have stepped up and taken on blitzers or oncoming DL.
- On passing plays, the OL doesn't do a great job of identifying who to block. Specifically, against combo blitzes from different levels, the blocking AI gets confused. I will have to look at it more closely but I think it's a prioritized system, meaning blocking the DL gets highest priority, LBs second, and DBs third. This could cause havoc with ZBs and more exotic stuff. I'll look into it more tho.
- RBs are harder to bring down. I've been going through the Madden Moments to get a feel for all the teams, most RBs bust through the first hit no problem.
- You asked for it, you got it, QBs now randomly miss passes. Peyton, Brees, Brady included.
+ Man Coverage seems better than last year. The money play isn't 100% money, only 90%.
+ Pathfinding to the QB seems better. Will see better blitzing.
+ On rushing plays, the OL doesn't get shed by the DL instantly
+ They seemed to have fixed the issue of guys falling out of bounds and the clock continuing. That was infuriating last year.
+ Backs seem much improved in pass pro. Multiple times guys have stepped up and taken on blitzers or oncoming DL.
- On passing plays, the OL doesn't do a great job of identifying who to block. Specifically, against combo blitzes from different levels, the blocking AI gets confused. I will have to look at it more closely but I think it's a prioritized system, meaning blocking the DL gets highest priority, LBs second, and DBs third. This could cause havoc with ZBs and more exotic stuff. I'll look into it more tho.
- RBs are harder to bring down. I've been going through the Madden Moments to get a feel for all the teams, most RBs bust through the first hit no problem.
- You asked for it, you got it, QBs now randomly miss passes. Peyton, Brees, Brady included.
Wellington
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The fuck is this shit, you have to use the Rams to come back against the Colts, down 22 to start the fourth!
:lol YOU asked for it. I was already experiencing it last year.Wellington said:
DMczaf said:
Impossible if the demo is any indication. The OL play on All-Madden is horrible. Not only do DEs come in untouched on practically every down, but the run blocking turns into Madden 10 run blocking and suction tackles return. Fuck that noise.DMczaf said:
Those aren't so bad. Try all-madden and see how bad it is.Wellington said:
Wellington
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I'm with you on the OL just becoming retards on All Madden. This has been an issue since Madden was invented. I'll give it a whirl later or tomorrow.Rorschach said:Those aren't so bad. Try all-madden and see how bad it is.
I didn't think 10 was as bad as 9 as far as robo QBs went.
I realized it takes me forever to get through a game because I watch the replay of every play right after the ref blows the whistle. :|
Wellington
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Williams beasted me last year in the playoffs.
Madden moments always felt different from the actual game.
btw- welcome to the club of not having Madden Moments. The Raiders never had one. :lol Some shitty teams had TWO and they were both made up! I suppose this year they'll give us the Steelers game at least.
Madden moments always felt different from the actual game.
btw- welcome to the club of not having Madden Moments. The Raiders never had one. :lol Some shitty teams had TWO and they were both made up! I suppose this year they'll give us the Steelers game at least.
Wellington
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You get Bruce Gradkowski against the Chiefs.Rorschach said:Williams beasted me last year in the playoffs.
Madden moments always felt different from the actual game.
btw- welcome to the club of not having Madden Moments. The Raiders never had one. :lol Some shitty teams had TWO and they were both made up! I suppose this year they'll give us the Steelers game at least.
FrenchMovieTheme
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thank GOD for inaccurate qb's. i don't know how many more "20/22, 422 yards" type games i can take. when pat white wins a superbowl there is something wrong with the passing game (no offense rors, there's also something wrong with the receiving game when DHB catches more than 6 passes in a season!)
Meh. I had to deal with Pat White and my other QBs throwing to the complete opposite side of the field regularly and DHB lead the league in drops that year. It's not my fault they showed up for that game. It's not like it wasn't there. It's that everyone had a good QB by season 3. All this bullshit where you guys pretend there was no such thing as bad QBs is stupid. You don't remember it because you had one by season 2, but if there wasn't a big discrepancy, you wouldn't have taken a QB with your first overall and dumped your other QBs and I wouldn't have shipped JRuss after 1 season or Delhomme or White.FrenchMovieTheme said:
PS:
Pass defense is shittier than ever.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Rorschach said:
well there were bad throws by even jack english (every once in a while!), but for every "bad" throw pat white mad, he freeballed quite a bit too.... although i only played you twice so maybe those were abberation games
and from reading opsports i'm hearing good things about the game. defense seems to be somewhat improved over last year. i think they are also "improving" pass defense by improving ball tracking by the defense and making the o-line shitty. whatever it takes!
The first time you played me, I didn't have Pat White. He only met you in the SB. So you're basing it off one game... the only game where I decided to freeball because of DM. :lol It turned out that he had a 99 TOR rating which made him superman while doing so.FrenchMovieTheme said:well there were bad throws by even jack english (every once in a while!), but for every "bad" throw pat white mad, he freeballed quite a bit too.... although i only played you twice so maybe those were abberation games
and from reading opsports i'm hearing good things about the game. defense seems to be somewhat improved over last year. i think they are also "improving" pass defense by improving ball tracking by the defense and making the o-line shitty. whatever it takes!
The only thing that has improved on defense is the pass rush. That's it. That might lead to some picks and stuff, but not against good teams (any of last year's playoff teams). The only ones affected will be shitty teams like the Raiders, Rams, Browns, etc. I'd say the better half of the league will be torching the pass defense.
...wtf is he updating since they haven't even played a single off-season game? This pissed me off last year when my rookies were downgraded without having taken a single fucking snap.Nightz said:Donny_Moore Madden NFL 11 roster update is out! For those lucky enough to have an early copy.
I'll take rookies being downgraded. They're too high anyway!
What's going to be stupid is seeing certain guys getting lifted because they'll or have earned a starting job based off camp. Brian Robiskie is rated 65 off last season's play, but he'll likely start the first pre-season game with Massaquoi, and EA has Cribbs at 78 already. So they'll probably boost him up without even really proving anything.
What's going to be stupid is seeing certain guys getting lifted because they'll or have earned a starting job based off camp. Brian Robiskie is rated 65 off last season's play, but he'll likely start the first pre-season game with Massaquoi, and EA has Cribbs at 78 already. So they'll probably boost him up without even really proving anything.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Rorschach said:
Rightfully so in dhbs case
Starcraft 2 knocked off the number one spot for Madden
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_dp_ts_vg_1
PS3 version is number one though. Maybe those Playstation specific ads helped!
Amazon still hasn't shipped my 360 version yet though! Hurry up!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_dp_ts_vg_1
PS3 version is number one though. Maybe those Playstation specific ads helped!
Amazon still hasn't shipped my 360 version yet though! Hurry up!
Mrbob said:Starcraft 2 knocked off the number one spot for Madden
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_dp_ts_vg_1
PS3 version is number one though. Maybe those Playstation specific ads helped!
Amazon still hasn't shipped my 360 version yet though! Hurry up!
If its release date shipping, it wont ship till monday
Wellington
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Late signings weren't on their teams. Keith Bulluck and TO specifically.Rorschach said:
As far as the easiness of the passing game, I think once a guy gets off a press, the DB is penalized more than it was in past years. I think that's how they fixed the deep ball.
FrenchMovieTheme
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i played the demo some more on all-madden and honestly had a good time.
i think EA's problems when it comes to DB play and o-line play is that they do not have an animation representing a "blown assignment", which happens often in the NFL. so you have a play in the nfl where a guy just gets confused and the end comes in untouched for a sack. well, in madden you have a guy and there is a defender right there and he doesn't block him. it looks fucking stupid. is the end result the same as it is in the NFL? yes. but it just doesn't look right. the same thing with DB's. there were plenty of plays where the DB's of the colts played it perfectly, and then some where the db made his cut literally 2 seconds late to follow the WR and of course the WR is open by a mile.
i have made peace with the fact that we aren't going to get what we want this year, but that doesn't mean the game can't be enjoyable.... in spite of EA's refusal to give the player the tools to tune the game to his liking.
i think EA's problems when it comes to DB play and o-line play is that they do not have an animation representing a "blown assignment", which happens often in the NFL. so you have a play in the nfl where a guy just gets confused and the end comes in untouched for a sack. well, in madden you have a guy and there is a defender right there and he doesn't block him. it looks fucking stupid. is the end result the same as it is in the NFL? yes. but it just doesn't look right. the same thing with DB's. there were plenty of plays where the DB's of the colts played it perfectly, and then some where the db made his cut literally 2 seconds late to follow the WR and of course the WR is open by a mile.
i have made peace with the fact that we aren't going to get what we want this year, but that doesn't mean the game can't be enjoyable.... in spite of EA's refusal to give the player the tools to tune the game to his liking.
FrenchMovieTheme
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btw just as a heads up LJ told me he's not going to be participating in the league. i told him lets just see how the game turns out before we finalize the roster. i think that goes for everyone. i'm going to run the franchise without a doubt, i love the NFL too much and i have a great time in the league, but if you get the game and are just completely unhappy with it just give it some time before you commit to not playing. we don't know what type of patches will be released and how it will change the game!
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BigAT said:Have they said whether or not sliders will work with OF this year?
Looking at the NCAA thread maybe it would be for the best if they don't.
all they've said is that there are no major additions to online franchise so i assume no.
probably for the best.... if we have so much divide on sliders with 12 people i can only imagine 32 people complaining about different sliders :lol
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DMczaf said:
it will take me like 12 hours to do that since you can't advance to a week until 30 minutes have passed on the new week.... so yeah
Wellington
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Wut?? :lolFrenchMovieTheme said:
Holy crap I just read through all the posts in this thread. Slow day at work geez.
Anyways I never even knew Madden had this feature! I'm gonna dust off my Madden 09 and try this out tonight. If this feels good I'd love to join the league if you guys have space. I'm a Browns fan so I'd gladly take them if they are available.
Anyways I never even knew Madden had this feature! I'm gonna dust off my Madden 09 and try this out tonight. If this feels good I'd love to join the league if you guys have space. I'm a Browns fan so I'd gladly take them if they are available.
Yep, that was the case in '10 as well. It made it a real pain to do a simulated league for my own information.Wellington said:
Is there a new website for '11 OF or is the same one as '10? Anyone want to take a bet that they put in something that breaks SableStats but adds no new functionality?
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BigAT said:
I don't think any changes were made to the site outside of changing the 10 to an 11.