Before I launch into this, it's going to be a continuation of my last blog, which you can find here: http://www.operationsports.com/Icarus2k9/blog/9744-progression-forza-win-or-what-fifa-and-pro-evo-can-give-to-madden/

As a precis for those who read it, it advocated a simplified system for franchise progression, where three hidden graphs for physical, mental and skill attributes were used to dictate a player's development. There would be peaks and troughs, and it would make developing...

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Once again, Madden NFL 11 has seen the thorny argument of nature vs nurture rear its head in the form of franchise mode progression. It wouldn't be August without the stats based progression people sounding off, and the potential based progression guys getting exasperated in trying to teach the others the error of their ways.

In truth, there probably isn't a right way of handling progression in a computer game, but there are certainly ways it could go wrong. That's why this blog will...

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