Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

[therealsmallville]

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Forget it IndyColts2, its OperationSports.

+1000 if you get the reference.

Sad, but true. This is why we don't have direct interaction with the developers anymore.

[gamer4eve]

It never amazes me how ignorant a lot of people are in the world, that's why I'm in the business of selling. You can sell people anything and they will buy it because their expectations are so low and they will settle for anything. Time and time again EA Sports has failed with mediocrity and lies to make money and people keep shelling it out and making excuses for the reason to spend on a game that's still stuck in PS2/XBOX era. It has yet to make it to last gen! ... despite what others have shown what can be done and have raise the bar. This is the very reason why they bought the license because they couldn't compete. For all the people that say it's the NFL who wanted this is nuts! If that's the case then why pursue college football as well? they knew 2k Sports was on a level they couldn't compete with, so they made sure they took both license. This screenshot that got some people excited could have been done on last gen. This is not next gen, stop settling, expect more ! demand more! never stop pushing the envelope. So glad that didn't get basketball too, people would be praising how good NBA Live 14 look ... and we know that's garbage because another game has shown the possibility to do more and expect more.

[Caveman24]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

"OMG there finally listening to us!"

[OptimusPrimeTime]

Re: Colin Kaepernick Will Be the Only Player in Madden NFL 15 with Tattoos

It never amazes me how ignorant a lot of people are in the world, that's why I'm in the business of selling. You can sell people anything and they will buy it because their expectations are so low and they will settle for anything. Time and time again EA Sports has failed with mediocrity and lies to make money and people keep shelling it out and making excuses for the reason to spend on a game that's still stuck in PS2/XBOX era. It has yet to make it to last gen! ... despite what others have shown what can be done and have raise the bar. This is the very reason why they bought the license because they couldn't compete. For all the people that say it's the NFL who wanted this is nuts! If that's the case then why pursue college football as well? they knew 2k Sports was on a level they couldn't compete with, so they made sure they took both license. This screenshot that got some people excited could have been done on last gen. This is not next gen, stop settling, expect more ! demand more! never stop pushing the envelope. So glad that didn't get basketball too, people would be praising how good NBA Live 14 look ... and we know that's garbage because another game has shown the possibility to do more and expect more.

While agree with most of what you are saying I do believe that the NFL approached EA about the exclusive license. 2k was selling the game for what 25 bucks brand new, and that in term hurt the NFLs bottom line

[Skyboxer]

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While agree with most of what you are saying I do believe that the NFL approached EA about the exclusive license. 2k was selling the game for what 25 bucks brand new, and that in term hurt the NFLs bottom line

$19.99
I bought 2.

[sword1986]

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Atleast put fake tattoos on players who have tattoos. Doesn't have to be exact, as long as it resembles the player.

[OptimusPrimeTime]

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While agree with most of what you are saying I do believe that the NFL approached EA about the exclusive license. 2k was selling the game for what 25 bucks brand new, and that in term hurt the NFLs bottom line

$19.99
I bought 2.

My bad. I was 13 or 14 when it came out and I remember my mom buying it for me instead of madden bc it was cheaper lol.

[vpizzle28]

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My bad. I was 13 or 14 when it came out and I remember my mom buying it for me instead of madden bc it was cheaper lol.

I remember that day like it was yesterday. Walked into the EB Games, and the guy asked me if I liked football? I said yes and he said that NFL 2K just came out and it was $20. I ran home, got $20 from my mom and went back and got it. (was waiting for Madden). Needless to say, I didn't buy Madden until I got my X-mas money that year. I played 2K for hours everyday!

[GQVikesFan]

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Can EA just use generic tattoos for players for the time being until they get their waivers signed off too? Madden for the PS2 used generic tats too.

[blackadder33]

Surely the most agreeable and friendly "legal" option for all involved is for EA to simply include a proper player editor in the game, so we can add any tattoo designs we like for ourselves? Not just that, but being able to edit faces, hairstyles, beards etc as we like? Haha.. of course, I jest! EA will never do that "simple" thing for us, will they? Oh no... milk the customers for every penny we can squeeze out of them muahahahahaaa! Oh well, hopefully some clever friendly person will release an NFL 15 editor tool if EA refuse to do it?

[Skyboxer]

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An editor like what Forza has where we could create pretty much any design would be stellar.

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

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BLAH BLAH THE NFL WON'T ALLOW TATTOOS BLAH BHAL.

I've been saying it for years. This wasn't an NFL restriction that started with the exclusive license. If it was, why did they have generic tattoos in the PS2 version of the game long after the exclusive license?


The reason is and always has been two fold:

(1) Tattoo artists and their rights

and

(2) It either took too much time and/or was too lame to use generic tattoos.



One thing I am pretty pleased with: they darkened the 49ers uniforms, particularly the pants. Hopefully it isn't a lighting trick, because Madden 25 was WAY off there.

Guys it's not at all EA here...read the article. He's the only one that went out and got permission from his tatto artist. Everyone else needs to do the same so they can have their tats in. They said they are approaching more guys about dong this. Man, all the hate on EA is horrible. Sometimes, I feel Madden and EA will never please most of you all geesh...

Yeah, there is this. Kaepernick is the only one who cared enough about his tattoos to do it. It fits though, given the controversy they caused by that racist reporter last year.

[allstardad]

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Reading the press release, it says that Kaepernick will be the only one with "authentic" tattoos, so I'm guessing that other players with visible tattoos will have generic ones?

[clipperfan811]

Seriously, what is our society coming to? Tattoo artists suing for copyright infringement? What kind of precedent does that set? SMH money makes people such vile creatures.

[mmorg]

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Seriously, what is our society coming to? Tattoo artists suing for copyright infringement? What kind of precedent does that set? SMH money makes people such vile creatures.

If it's an original creation they have a right to protect their work, just as any other original work of art.