Phil Frazier is Leaving EA Sports Tiburon

**PVarck31** · 06-21-2011, 12:04 AM

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Originally posted by parrothead

classy exit

That it was.

Thanks for all your hard work Phil.

**Vikes1** · 06-21-2011, 01:30 AM

Re: Phil Frazier is Leaving EA Sports Tiburon

Originally posted by parrothead

classy exit

Agree 100%.

**aTTckr** · 06-21-2011, 02:42 AM

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Thanks Phil for your hard work on Madden and how you started interacting with us. Best wishes for your future!

**canes21** · 06-21-2011, 03:16 AM

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Now all Phil has to worry about is the Redskins. No more OS posters frustrating him, only a team that plays to the level of their opposition every week.

**GGEden** · 06-21-2011, 06:18 AM

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Imagine if NFL team owners openly interacted with fans on football decisions, etc, on a forum. It'd be mayhem unlike anything.

**roadman** · 06-21-2011, 09:01 AM

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Good Luck to you, Phil.

Should stop all the theories going around, at least.

**UH53** · 06-21-2011, 09:40 AM

Why would all these people leave now? With Madden expecting to be a big hit this year why wouldn't you see it through? I'm not gonna speculate but IMO it seems odd that you would leave the team in June when the game comes out in August and Ian left earlier than that. The game looks great this year and I'm finally looking forward to playing Madden again. I don't know who's behind the games development and frankly I don't care at this point. If the game turns out to be one of the greatest sports games to come out in recent history will people on this page be willing to give the credit to those who are still there working on the game rather than bringing up Phil and Ian?

**roadman** · 06-21-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally posted by UH53

Why would all these people leave now? With Madden expecting to be a big hit this year why wouldn't you see it through? I'm not gonna speculate but IMO it seems odd that you would leave the team in June when the game comes out in August and Ian left earlier than that. The game looks great this year and I'm finally looking forward to playing Madden again. I don't know who's behind the games development and frankly I don't care at this point. If the game turns out to be one of the greatest sports games to come out in recent history will people on this page be willing to give the credit to those who are still there working on the game rather than bringing up Phil and Ian?

A. Did you read Phil's post in here a few pages back? He left for family reasons, that was the number 1 reason why he is leaving. No conspiracy theories, etc...... His family wants to relocate back to the West Coast. If he has children, he needs to leave in the summer months before school starts so he can settle in and get his kids into school in the area.

Make sense?

B. Phil and Ian have their print and impact on Madden 12, failure or great game.

**UH53** · 06-21-2011, 09:54 AM

I didn't see Phil's post and that does make sense. Family trumps all! They have their imprint on the game but so do the people who are still there. Being away from his family on the other side of the coast has got to be difficult so I can understand that. The game still goes on and if I had to acknowledge those who make the game what it is I'd like to acknowledge the "entire" dev team. I wish him the best with his family.

**jeremym480** · 06-21-2011, 10:32 AM

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Nice post by Phil. Thanks for clearing some things up.

Enjoy your time with your family, sir

**Pared** · 06-21-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by Phil_Frazier_EA

Towards the back side of my career at EA, I started to interact directly with the community through sites like this. Initially, this was very much against the rules but once started, the benefits of our relationship become very clear. Since then, some level of interaction has become a requirement of all game teams. As Facebook and Twitter have become more popular, the mechanics of the interaction have changed slightly but the fundamentals are still the same. A direct level of communication with your most passionate fans is absolutely critical. We make the game for a lot of people and it's important to know exactly what our audience wants. You all are an important part of our audience and the fact that you take time out of your lives to discuss our product means you care. Even when the feedback gets negative, it's still coming from an individual that truly wants a great game of simulation football.

Class act.

Good luck Phil. I know there must be some uncertainty with the move but keep in mind the possibilities at the new place.

**Phobia** · 06-21-2011, 11:51 AM

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Wish you the best Phil! Class act and can't wait to see where your next project leads you. Enjoy the the change and it is good to see you wanting to expanded your horizons.

Again best of luck!!

**jd369** · 06-21-2011, 03:39 PM

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man this thread has some hilarious stuff in it! glad phil (never knew who he was) is doing what he wants to do with his life. that said I cant be too broken up about anyone that leaves/gets fired from the madden team after the recent year to year span of disappointment I have seen from this game (as well as NCAA). I am hoping the replacements are able to do more with the technology that is at their fingertips than the previous folks. I havent gotten to see too many videos, but it looks like this year they have gotten rid of the robotic running anmiations that have been in since 07, or at least tried to make the running more "human like". I doubt madden this year will be what I am expecting and I will go yet another year without a quality football game to play, but with new blood in the fold perhaps madden 13 will be able to be produced where your players run and throw and move like humans and not little arcade robots sliding around on the field. oh yeah, the ball is too big, please fix it

. lol!

**wheelman990** · 06-21-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by roadman

A. Did you read Phil's post in here a few pages back? He left for family reasons, that was the number 1 reason why he is leaving. No conspiracy theories, etc...... His family wants to relocate back to the West Coast. If he has children, he needs to leave in the summer months before school starts so he can settle in and get his kids into school in the area.

Make sense?

B. Phil and Ian have their print and impact on Madden 12, failure or great game.

They can write anything they want to. In fact, they always have. I have been around long enough to know whats going on when a few of the management team leave at once. Either they were forced out, or new management criticized their work/took over,or they were busy bee's talking to each other because they werent happy with there jobs, or all the talk about them in the forums, or youtube,etc... You think both these guys being there for 10 years, and leaving at the same time is coincidence? Come on. I don't even have to question it, I"ll call this one with ease. I don't blame them for leaving though. Good for them, and possibly even better for us IMO.

If you don't think words hurt people, watch the Lebron James post show again. He was hurt by all the comments too. Our tongues are sharper then a two edged sword. I have a feeling Ian had enough from someone(EA, forums, what ever), and it looks like Phil has too. You don't leave a job these days because everything is on the up and up at the workplace. Like I said this could have been new management making changes too, or a combo of all the above.

The question I will always have is, whose fault is Madden 06-11 really. Different dev's, or the upper management pulling all the strings? I also ask myself how skilled the devs are. Are they capable of major gameplay fixes, or just at roster changes, and minor features? Did they always need another dev team who perhaps get paid higher to make major changes? The truth is, I do not know the answer to those questions. I guess time will tell if Ian and Phil were the ones inching Madden forward.

**roadman** · 06-21-2011, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by wheelman990

They can write anything they want to. In fact, they always have. I have been around long enough to know whats going on when a few of the management team leave at once. Either they were forced out, or new management criticized their work/took over,or they were busy bee's talking to each other because they werent happy with there jobs, or all the talk about them in the forums, or youtube,etc... You think both these guys being there for 10 years, and leaving at the same time is coincidence? Come on. I don't even have to question it, I"ll call this one. I don't blame them for leaving though. Good for them, and better for us IMO.

If you don't think words hurt people, watch the Lebron James post show again. He was hurt by all the comments too. Our tongues are sharper then a two edged sword. I have a feeling Ian had enough, and it looks like Phil has to. You don't leave a job these days because everything is on the up and up at the workplace.

So, relocating back home is not a good reason to leave a company? And they left because of sharp words of attack on a message board? They posted very sparingly over the past year, I don't get that one, sorry, will outright disagree on that one.

No need for conspiracy theories and no need to stir it up after Phil's post.

My goodness.

By the way,if you read Phils post, he said he was there 15 yrs, not 10.

Sounds like to me your lumping Phil and Ian to LBJ, Wade and Bosh.

Phil Frazier is Leaving EA Sports Tiburon

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