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Official Xbox 360 Madden '12 Online Franchise Thread: Dream Team Edition
- Thread starter FrenchMovieTheme
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Tell that to the Bengals. :xeznark said:has anyone figured out why only defensive players get hurt??
FrenchMovieTheme
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eznark said:has anyone figured out why only defensive players get hurt??
every now and again an offensive player gets hurt. but no, i don't understand why it's the defensive guy 90% of the time
Wellington
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Yousonofabitch.eznark said:has anyone figured out why only defensive players get hurt??
I need to make round of the playoffs to get Gresham back, and I need to make the Super Bowl to play with Benson. :jnc
eznark said:has anyone figured out why only defensive players get hurt??
I lost Romo for 2 weeks...
eznark said:I wish I could just forfeit rain games. Just zero fun.
BigAT said:GG eznark, rain games are stupid.
And yet we continue to play them, the rain made mine and Wellie's game real boring as well.
FrenchMovieTheme
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i turn weather on people complain
i turn weather off people complain
is this how a democracy works?!
i turn weather off people complain
is this how a democracy works?!
Democracy works by voting, not listening to every whim of every player that just got screwed by X.FrenchMovieTheme said:i turn weather on people complain
i turn weather off people complain
is this how a democracy works?!
...unless it's something egregious like Manning rocket sledding.
eznark said:has anyone figured out why only defensive players get hurt??
Uh Owen Daniels has been out for the year since week 1...
Leave rain on. It is what it is. It changes the dynamics of the game but that's part of it.
If we're gonna use "it's a part of the game" excuse, why are we allowing players that are injured in RL to play in the franchise? It's a part of the game, why aren't we doing it?
Put it to a vote. Last I had read you turned weather off due to the frequency of it, then me and Wellie play, it's raining, and I had no idea that you had turned it back on.
Put it to a vote. Last I had read you turned weather off due to the frequency of it, then me and Wellie play, it's raining, and I had no idea that you had turned it back on.
...because injuries are already on? That's a really weak comparison.Ramirez said:If we're gonna use "it's a part of the game" excuse, why are we allowing players that are injured in RL to play in the franchise? It's a part of the game, why aren't we doing it?
I don't care either way. I'm for the status quo on this one, I guess.
Ramirez said:If we're gonna use "it's a part of the game" excuse, why are we allowing players that are injured in RL to play in the franchise? It's a part of the game, why aren't we doing it?
What? Weather and injuries are part of the game, no matter how random they can be. I don't see how real life injuries has anything to do with our season since that stuff is separate from real life. I don't care what we do with it but for now my vote is for keeping weather on since it changes the dynamic of games.
FrenchMovieTheme said:i turn weather on people complain
i turn weather off people complain
is this how a democracy works?!
I'm not saying to turn rain games off. I just hate playing in them. For whatever reason my offense really sucks in the rain (not that it is ever particularly good). It feels like Finley and Starks can never, ever make it out of a cut without falling on their ass. It is what it is.
Great, we now have listed a handful of offensive players that have been hurt, as though that negates the fact that the vast majority of injuries happen to defensive players. And the game would be far less realistic if Owen Daniels remained healthy for an entire year.
Does wind include into weather? I would guess no, but I never really looked.
I have a QB who has low THP thus it effects him more than any other QB not named Ryan Fitzpatrick. I just deal with it. I'm not the biggest fan of rain games, but it happens. I'm curious if I get some snow games later in the season.
I have a QB who has low THP thus it effects him more than any other QB not named Ryan Fitzpatrick. I just deal with it. I'm not the biggest fan of rain games, but it happens. I'm curious if I get some snow games later in the season.
I'm pretty sure wind counts as weather. The game FMT and I played with weather off, the wind was 0 MPH after being 10+ MPH in each of the 4 games that got restarted.
I don't mind the occasional rain game, it's just that the frequency of them, even post-patch, is obnoxious. Maybe it's because my team is in the northeast, but it seems like they still happen a fair amount.
I don't mind the occasional rain game, it's just that the frequency of them, even post-patch, is obnoxious. Maybe it's because my team is in the northeast, but it seems like they still happen a fair amount.
Striker said:Does wind include into weather? I would guess no, but I never really looked.
I have a QB who has low THP thus it effects him more than any other QB not named Ryan Fitzpatrick. I just deal with it. I'm not the biggest fan of rain games, but it happens. I'm curious if I get some snow games later in the season.
The wind and rain have a serious impact on Rodgers accuracy as well, so it's not just a problem for marginal QB's. I can't even imagine what it must be like for the Cowboys or 49ers with those garbage QB's.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Wind is weather. With weather off wind is always 0.
So then lets vote! Do you want weather on or off? I say on!
So then lets vote! Do you want weather on or off? I say on!
goldlion054
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McNei1y said:What? Weather and injuries are part of the game, no matter how random they can be. I don't see how real life injuries has anything to do with our season since that stuff is separate from real life. I don't care what we do with it but for now my vote is for keeping weather on since it changes the dynamic of games.
exactly
On!
Wellington
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Exactly. Just pick a dome team next time.Smokey said:On.
Otherwise why not just have everyone play in the dome in St. Louis or whatever. I know you can't pick where you want to play in Franchise, but my point stands.
On
Surprised old man DM hasn't exploded about this lol
Wellington
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Yeah. I'm pretty sure that the only reason I won against Ramirez was the rain (and that bs scramble/throw). I hope it rains when you and I play so I can make the playoffs and I'll need it again in the first round. Keep it on boys, please. :/Smokey said:Rain games suck in the sense that receivers slip coming out of cuts, the ball sails etc etc. Both sides have to adjust and figure out a way to grind out a win in less than optimal conditions.
Weather just adds another element of random stupidity to the game...the same as man-lock not working, DBs/LBs not making plays on the ball, and QBs randomly making terrible throws with zero pressure. It also gives people another excuse to use when they lose, so we might as well keep it on.
Off. I'm not some neckbeard preaching the need for realistic intangible & gritty elements while holding a video game controller. Simple fact is the game runs poorly online to begin with. If rain only makes it a fraction worse, why bother frustrating even a single member in the league?
Sanjuro Tsubaki said:Off. I'm not some neckbeard preaching the need for realistic intangible & gritty elements while holding a video game controller. Simple fact is the game runs poorly online to begin with. If rain only makes it a fraction worse, why bother frustrating even a single member in the league?
lol
also get better internet.
My internet is fine. Anything that makes the gameplay smoother I'm all for. Injuries don't affect that, so I have no issues on that.Smokey said:lol
also get better internet.
goldlion054
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GG Bird.
Mikel Leshoure and my O-line came up huge for me. And Megatron made huge plays when he needed to. He bounced off 2 tacklers and dragged a few more into the endzone for the GW TD. I can't believe how much I missed Stafford after he went down =(
Drew Brees was threading some passes man. Triple coverage? No problem! Blew my secondary up. The TD pass you had in the first half was so frustrating. I got maddened by the cpu switching/abandoning coverage on the routes =(
That was ridiculous. I thought you just gave up on it haha
Mikel Leshoure and my O-line came up huge for me. And Megatron made huge plays when he needed to. He bounced off 2 tacklers and dragged a few more into the endzone for the GW TD. I can't believe how much I missed Stafford after he went down =(
Drew Brees was threading some passes man. Triple coverage? No problem! Blew my secondary up. The TD pass you had in the first half was so frustrating. I got maddened by the cpu switching/abandoning coverage on the routes =(
Birdman02 said:GG Goldlion. Just basically killed my playoff chances. I couldn't stop the run when I needed to. It was kinda funny watching Nick Fairley pull away from Colston on that fumble return TD.
That was ridiculous. I thought you just gave up on it haha
goldlion054 said:GG Bird.
Mikel Leshoure and my O-line came up huge for me. And Megatron made huge plays when he needed to. He bounced off 2 tacklers and dragged a few more into the endzone for the GW TD. I can't believe how much I missed Stafford after he went down =(
Drew Brees was threading some passes man. Triple coverage? No problem! Blew my secondary up. The TD pass you had in the first half was so frustrating. I got maddened by the cpu switching/abandoning coverage on the routes =(
That was ridiculous. I thought you just gave up on it haha
Nah, I was in full chase mode until about the 5 yd line, but Fairley kicked it into another gear
...2nd
The biggest thing for me was losing Vilma. My defense went completely stupid after he got hurt. Not to mention that Leshoure could not be tackled 1-on-1 by anyone else on my team.
That Megatron TD was so ridiculous. My LB had him squared up as he made a catch in full stride, but he couldn't make the tackle. There is no way that tackle should have been broken.
Birdman02 said:Weather just adds another element of random stupidity to the game...the same as man-lock not working, DBs/LBs not making plays on the ball, and QBs randomly making terrible throws with zero pressure. It also gives people another excuse to use when they lose, so we might as well keep it on.
This is my main problem with it, but whatever.
No one answered my question about man defense either, is it not possible to get your other CB to cover a twins formation? Does Tiburon even know this problem exists, or that man lock is broken? I'd like to see these fixes in a patch instead of reducing the frequency of rain games in franchise mode.
The Albatross
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Weather isn't nearly as bad now that every game isn't in the rain. It was far worse when every Patriots, Giants, Jets, Packers, etc., home game was in a down pour.
The Albatross
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levious said:who wouldn't want a snow game in the playoffs? I've always enjoyed weather in football games.
Plus season 3's super bowl should be in the Meadowlands right? Most likely will be a snow game.
Having played through franchise games as New England offline, I've never seen snow in Madden Franchise. In fact, like, week 13, in Foxborough in my last homegame, it was 72 and sunny.
EA always just screws up the weather. I don't get it. Pre-patch, every home game for the Pats was pouring rain, with 65 - 75 temperatures. Like Monsoon season or something. Post patch, it's not raining, but you regularly get 65+ days in New England. I had a 65degree night game, like week 12 recently. Comparatively, in real life, it's dropped into the 30s most nights the last two weeks in real life... and we're in week 6 or 7 or something in the NFL season.
I just don't get why EA doesn't plan out the weeks, program in average weather, and then just throw in a randomizer for each game. Like, here's the average temperature and it should rarely (say, 1/15 times) deviate more than 10-degrees from the average, and then here's the type of weather you get in late November in New England, and then have a randomizer. Instead it just seems like chaos... January playoff games at 72 degrees and pouring; AFC championship at 69 degrees and sunny? Makes no sense.
Ramirez said:This is my main problem with it, but whatever.
No one answered my question about man defense either, is it not possible to get your other CB to cover a twins formation? Does Tiburon even know this problem exists, or that man lock is broken? I'd like to see these fixes in a patch instead of reducing the frequency of rain games in franchise mode.
I dunno about the man coverage, but rain games in franchise mode nearly ruined franchise for me. I had 12 home games as the Patriots in season 1 offline franchise (preseason, regular, and post season), and 10 of them were in pouring rain, one of them was in light rain, I think one of them was a sunny day with 25mph winds.
with the amount that rain effected the game, causing WR's to slip, QB's to throw slowly, etc., it almost ruined the game. All I could do was run, so Ben Jarvis green Ellis got like 1800+ yards on the ground, while Brady threw 10 TDs and 20 Ints. It had to be fixed.
online franchise games definitely get snow in the playoffs, pretty sloppy if offline doesn't work right, I never mess with it though.
Maybe offline franchise does that live weather thing that they hyped in years prior? Online seems to make sense as far as weather/temp throughout a season. Although I haven't gone through a full season in this version, nor have I really paid attention to it.
Maybe offline franchise does that live weather thing that they hyped in years prior? Online seems to make sense as far as weather/temp throughout a season. Although I haven't gone through a full season in this version, nor have I really paid attention to it.
It's not possible to have both your CBs cover WRs sometimes, it depends purely on what play the offense calls and there's nothing you can really do about it. That's why I was bitching about it a while ago, it breaks the defense.Ramirez said:This is my main problem with it, but whatever.
No one answered my question about man defense either, is it not possible to get your other CB to cover a twins formation? Does Tiburon even know this problem exists, or that man lock is broken? I'd like to see these fixes in a patch instead of reducing the frequency of rain games in franchise mode.