Alright Boyz, Here We Go!!! NCAA Football 2009 impressions thread

[Noop]

EA reminds me of a politician a whole lot of talking and promises but never delivers. And me I am a mindless numb nut whose love for college football outweighs the flaws that will envitably be in the game.

[Groundhog]

They are looking to implement stat tracking online for the multiplayer dynasties, which would be pretty cool.

[Kodos]

Sadly, I am slowly being sucked in to being interested in this game. Online dynasty could be a blast with the right group of guys...

[sabotai]

One question I have, since I have not been following this, is have they done anything to improve the RFTH mode? After trying a dynasty, I gave up on it but I still put many hours into the RFTH mode (the same mode in Madden was total crap so I'm not even looking to Madden this year).

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by sabotai

One question I have, since I have not been following this, is have they done anything to improve the RFTH mode? After trying a dynasty, I gave up on it but I still put many hours into the RFTH mode (the same mode in Madden was total crap so I'm not even looking to Madden this year).

It has gotten very little press/hype, so my guess is that it has undergone very little change unless they are saving it for the final media blitz.

[kingnebwsu]

I did like the RFTH mode playing as a running back...and watching my highly-rated QB throw 3 to 6 INT's per game. It was amazing...

[Groundhog]

This will be the first year I'm actually able to play NCAA, so I'm probably more excited about it than I should be.

[Anthony]

whats the # of teams allowed in an online MP league? that might be a lot of fun.

[Anthony]

shotgun Miami Canes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

whats the # of teams allowed in an online MP league? that might be a lot of fun.

12.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

If we do get a FOF league going and we use power teams, I want USC

[Logan]

Yes, let's use power teams. I'll take Rutgers .

[Blade6119]

I would think playing within one conference would be much more fun, instead of random teams across the nation...just my 2 cents

[Kodos]

I was thinking using 80-rated or below teams would be fun. More of a challenge to get a championship too.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I was thinking using 80-rated or below teams would be fun. More of a challenge to get a championship too.

Personally, I think that would be the most fun as well. Either that, or randomly selecting teams within one of the lesser conferences so we all play each either.

[DeToxRox]

Someone said before we should do the MAC. 13 schools, all low level prestige. I say we do it.

[DeToxRox]

Dola, if we do the Mac, I am shotgunning Central Michigan. I need my Dan "I gotta" LeFevour and the only cure are more touchdowns.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Blade6119

I would think playing within one conference would be much more fun, instead of random teams across the nation...just my 2 cents

One thing to consider is that it is harder to get your human opponents to play than it is to play against the computer. So having teams spread across conferences might be good in that sense, because there would be less schedule coordination involved. But then the whole point of going online is to play against others... I guess at least recruiting would be cool in this scenario.


This post was worth about .012 cents.

[Blade6119]

My impression from the article, which i may be quite mistaken in, is that we cant just randomly log in and do our weekly activities. I got the impression we were all doing our weekly activities at the same time, so getting people on at the same times to play games would already be taken care of by the requirements of league. Am i totally off-base here?

[Blade6119]

Dola, that was worth at least .013 cents, as it was far more insightful then your last post

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

One thing to consider is that it is harder to get your human opponents to play than it is to play against the computer. So having teams spread across conferences might be good in that sense, because there would be less schedule coordination involved. But then the whole point of going online is to play against others... I guess at least recruiting would be cool in this scenario.


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Originally Posted by Blade6119

My impression from the article, which i may be quite mistaken in, is that we cant just randomly log in and do our weekly activities. I got the impression we were all doing our weekly activities at the same time, so getting people on at the same times to play games would already be taken care of by the requirements of league. Am i totally off-base here?

The recruiting would be awesome in your scenario, Kodos. Plus, we could meet in Bowl games which would be theoretically less cumbersome to schedule.

I've read 3 or 4 different articles about online recruiting, and I believe that the dynasty is housed on a server and can be accessed at anytime and doesn't have to be when everyone is on at the same time. I could be wrong about that, but I don't think so. If I (and Kodos) are right, scheduling would be the major benefit to being in different conferences..

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Personally, I think that would be the most fun as well. Either that, or randomly selecting teams within one of the lesser conferences so we all play each either.

i would like to play lower-tier colleges, i was just claiming the Canes in the event that this was gonna be a free for all.

i have no prob playing in the same conference, but are there any conferences that have 12 teams? or would maybe 2 conferences, 6 teams each be better? full stat tracking is awesome.

this may not get off the ground, i'm just putting 2 cents in. sounds like it'd be fun.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

i have no prob playing in the same conference, but are there any conferences that have 12 teams? or would maybe 2 conferences, 6 teams each be better? full stat tracking is awesome.

I failed calculus, but I'm pretty sure the Big 12 has 12 teams. But I can see where that could be misleading, since the Big 10 doesn't have 10 teams.

[Logan]

It would be pretty sweet if they let you completely change the conference structure for online dynasties.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by cartman

I failed calculus, but I'm pretty sure the Big 12 has 12 teams. But I can see where that could be misleading, since the Big 10 doesn't have 10 teams.

Yes, the Big 10 only has Michigan and Ohio State

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Yes, the Big 10 only has Michigan and Ohio State

Who the hell let Ohio State into the Big Ten?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Someone said before we should do the MAC. 13 schools, all low level prestige. I say we do it.

i'm down with that. make sure we leave a slot open for Pumpy.

[wade moore]

I'm so up for this.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

this may not get off the ground, i'm just putting 2 cents in. sounds like it'd be fun.

I hear you. I'm in agreement. If we even get so far as organizing this and it looks like it will take off, this game goes from a rent-and-see to a day 1 buy.. as it is, I like what I've seen from the latest gameplay videos. It looks like in the latest build, they've slowed down the hyper speed that was being shown in the earlier builds and I'm seeing linebackers and DB's misplay balls and bat down balls that would have almost certainly been interceptions last year.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Yes, the Big 10 only has Michigan and Ohio State

...and Wisconsin.

[Kodos]

I'd certainly be up for joining. Especially if we went with mid-tier teams.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by BrianD

...and Wisconsin.

... and INDIANA.

[Eaglesfan27]

Like I said, I'm all for mid-tier or low prestige teams. I do think that it should be a random assignment of teams or better yet a draft system rather than who calls teams first, but that is just my opinion

[Kodos]

A draft system sounds good. At least that way, people could try to grab teams that they actually have some sort of attachment to.

[INDalltheway]

The MAC sounds like a really fun conference to play with. I am definitely interested in getting in a league with some FOFCers.

[wade moore]

Is there any word on whether it will have FCS/I-AA?

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Is there any word on whether it will have FCS/I-AA?

Why would it? Nobody cares about those teams!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Is there any word on whether it will have FCS/I-AA?

It won't. It will have all 120 Division I teams or whatever they are being called (which is escaping me at the moment.)

[Logan]

I could've sworn I read somewhere that some AA teams will be included (I remember seeing something about App State).

[Sun Tzu]

About 2 weeks ago I started a thread trying to get a league started for this, so I'll claim it as my idea. Which also means I get first dibs on a team.

Akron Zips = mine

Anyways, count me in for sure. To answer Blades question about recruiting, you can recruit anytime you like, there doesn't have to be "set" times for recruiting for the league. If you just so happen to be recruiting at the same time as say, Hell Atlantic, you can actually hear him speaking in strange tongues. There is 1 commissioner, who sets the ground rules and enforces them online. Say for example you have a game against the CPU and you keep quiting and restarting it until you win. The Commish will see that you started a game several times, and can change the outcome of the game as he so pleases. There's a decent amount of other stuff too...I'll try to find a link and dola it up.

[Anthony]

when i play online i always try to get the other guy to play as a mid-tier school. in a perfect world everyone i played against would be interested in playing really crappy teams - that's where this game really shines. when you're both crappy teams, what little standout players you have really dominate. if you're USC or like Michigan, every player it seems is ridiculous and it doesn't force you to be a good player since you can fall back on the talent of your team. glad to see pretty much everyone here is on the same page about mid-tier/bottom feeder schools.

[Blade6119]

I think if we do star a league, it should def. be random. Or a draft, with randomized draft order. Something to keep fair and even...

[Ironhead]

Even though I enjoyed running my dynasty last year I just can't seem to get interested in NCAA yet. I will likely buy it and enjoy it but I know there will be at least 1 fundamental aspect of the game that will leave me saying, "If only they ______ then this would be an amazing game."

[thesloppy]

STOOPID Q: Do you think NCAA seems to retain a better reputation than Madden (at least in my eyes) to some degree because it's presenting college football, rather than pro? Since the college game is more prone to turnovers, mismatches, sloppy play, and since there are more players and teams than one person could accurately track, does that result in gamers being a little more forgiving towards the NCAA franchise, because of it's license?

[Eaglesfan27]

I don't think that is stupid at all. I think that is true. People tend to be more forgiving of NCAA because statistical accuracy is more difficult to pin down in college football. That being said, I think most of us on this board were fed up with the turnover issue last year and I won't be buying this on day 1, unless a FOFC league looks like it is going to happen or my best friend buys it.

I figure at worst, if he buys it and the turnover issue is still present, we can use it to try a sim only online league which could be fun as well.

[Grammaticus]

Anybody interested in an SEC league?

Mid tier sounds pretty decent too. If you can build your own conference, it would definately make for a great setup. Make it so you can only choose D rated teams, or something like that.

[Galaxy]

I'm in.

[Galaxy]

Will you be able to move up online (from building that crap team in the MAC into a conference championship contender to a crappy team in the ACC or Pac 10)?

[DeToxRox]

http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/1..._051508_1.html

A full drive

[Phototropic]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

I don't think that is stupid at all. I think that is true. People tend to be more forgiving of NCAA because statistical accuracy is more difficult to pin down in college football. That being said, I think most of us on this board were fed up with the turnover issue last year and I won't be buying this on day 1, unless a FOFC league looks like it is going to happen or my best friend buys it.

I figure at worst, if he buys it and the turnover issue is still present, we can use it to try a sim only online league which could be fun as well.

The turnover issue is a big deal for me as well. That was really the only big problem I had with last year's game.

With regards to Madden, the interesting thing is that NCAA's stat engine has actually been much more accurate than Madden's over the last couple of years.