Draft pick names in game commentary

[AMD4EVER]

Does anyone know if Madden 18 will bring back the commentators saying the names of draft picks rather than just calling them "that guy" or "rookie QB"? It seems so strange that in Madden 17 even if they have a name like Williams or Rodgers that even then the commentators don't use the name.

[Slim4824]

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Yes it was in one of their blogs.

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[BleedGreen710]

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they said about 50% of the draft pick generated names can be said by the commentators. they also said theres an increased chance of draft picks having those names.

[krulmichael]

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Like the previous posters have stated, they have included commentary for 50% of the draft pick generated names. However, you cannot edit a players name that's not said to say, 'John Smith' and expect the commentary to work for them.

[rplatypus]

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Like the previous posters have stated, they have included commentary for 50% of the draft pick generated names. However, you cannot edit a players name that's not said to say, 'John Smith' and expect the commentary to work for them.

So the audio won't work if you edit a players name? Like if I edit a QB named John Smith and change his name to Lucas Jackson. Will the commentator refer to him as Smith, Jackson or just have no audio at all?

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

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So the audio won't work if you edit a players name? Like if I edit a QB named John Smith and change his name to Lucas Jackson. Will the commentator refer to him as Smith, Jackson or just have no audio at all?

If not that is pretty sad, but even without that it's still a huge commentary upgrade. No more "the quarterback" every time you start a game (assuming you get a spoken name of course).

[Black Bruce Wayne]

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I wish we had a list of the names.

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[T4VERTS]

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So the audio won't work if you edit a players name? Like if I edit a QB named John Smith and change his name to Lucas Jackson. Will the commentator refer to him as Smith, Jackson or just have no audio at all?

It'll only work if they were generated with that name, not if you edited it to the name. My guess here is the name is given some sort of identifier for audio related to it on generation and just changing the text doesn't change the identifier tied to it.

[zukes]

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One linebacker that I drafted in M17 also gets called Jack Youngblood, even though that is not his name. I am only in my first year with him on my team, but I am wondering if somehow I drafted a Jack Youngblood clone? Was it possible to get a draft pick this last year that was modeled after a legend, or is it some sort of glitch?

[Sheba2011]

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I always liked when the announcers say the wrong name of my drafted rookies. They wouldn't say any and then all of a sudden out of the blue they would give one of my RB's some random name.

[Sheba2011]

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One linebacker that I drafted in M17 also gets called Jack Youngblood, even though that is not his name. I am only in my first year with him on my team, but I am wondering if somehow I drafted a Jack Youngblood clone? Was it possible to get a draft pick this last year that was modeled after a legend, or is it some sort of glitch?

I've noticed that with a few players, they have legend names that don't match who they actually are. Don't know if it was designed that way or not. I usually just ended up changing their last name to match it.

[zukes]

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I've noticed that with a few players, they have legend names that don't match who they actually are. Don't know if it was designed that way or not. I usually just ended up changing their last name to match it.

I thought about doing that, but every time they mention him, they say "Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood" so it kind of ruins the immersion no matter what.

[rplatypus]

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It'll only work if they were generated with that name, not if you edited it to the name. My guess here is the name is given some sort of identifier for audio related to it on generation and just changing the text doesn't change the identifier tied to it.

That's definitely a step in the right direction. I never used a drafted QB in the past because I disliked the lack of audio so much. I always developed a young QB who was already in game. I rarely played CFM more than 5-6 years because the most of the league lacked audio. This will really help people become more immersed in their franchise.

The next step is to allow edited draft picks to have audio. If they can figure out how to do that then it should open up editing audio for current players also. This would be huge for people that create off season and classic rosters.

Edit: Do you know if create a players will have audio? I'd assume they won't since it should work the same as editing a player. Thanks.

[BleedGreen710]

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I guess a work around if your guy doesn't have one of the names would be to sign a free agent with a name you want and edit his position and ratings to match the other guy.

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[rplatypus]

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I guess a work around if your guy doesn't have one of the names would be to sign a free agent with a name you want and edit his position and ratings to match the other guy.

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That's going to be the only way. In years past, if you edit even the first name of a player you lose the last name audio that was attached to that player. That appears to be the case again this year.