Donny Moore, the 'Madden Ratings Czar', Leaving EA

[crenk]

Quote: Originally Posted by msdm27

The sad part is: That was probably the idea behind Dynamic Player Performance (DPP)... to account for the variance in level of play by different players. Needless to say, it didn't quite work optimally.... but it would have been so cool if DPP was expanded upon instead of just being forgotten. - Give each player a range in which their ratings fluctuate from week to week. - Give each player a consistency/confidence rating that dictates (along with a randomized algorythm) how often and how much ratings change. BOOOOOOM! Gameplay woulde've changed forever... Hopefully they get back to it at some point. EDIT: This same "performance range" system for ratings could also be used to handle regression.... the older you get, maybe the broader the fluctuation range for your performance gets.

I love it. It could simulate a Kurt Warner like Cardinals comeback season of a few years back or a former elite player showing flashes of his old self while not being able to string them together over a season. It would really give more "personality" to the players and differentiation. Great idea....

[jpdavis82]

Dan,
We should be finding something out tomorrow right? I'm looking forward to what they have to say and how willing they are to work with you.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Dan, We should be finding something out tomorrow right? I'm looking forward to what they have to say and how willing they are to work with you.

Yup. I have a call tomorrow with Rex at 3:30pm CST. Should have an idea what it is they are looking for sometime after that.

[CaseIH]

Personally I always thought Madden ratings were done much better than that incompetent fool NBA2k had doing there ratings up until they made the change on the PS4. Now I got smart and quit buying Madden every year due to the game being poorly done, but when I did bite and buy Madden the ratings as a whole were solid. Obviously there will always be a difference in opinion with ratings no matter what but Donnie did a solid job. Only real grip I ever had was they had weak arm QB's like Mark Sanchez, etc that seem to have bullet arms in the game which always turned me off.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCEBB2001

Yup. I have a call tomorrow with Rex at 3:30pm CST. Should have an idea what it is they are looking for sometime after that.

Are you going to be open minded to what he has to say or do you feel like you have a way of doing things that you don't want to budge on? One thing I'd like to see is have the ratings fluctuate under the hood so there's dynamic performance happening each week but people won't really know about it. This would have to be tied to consistency.

[GiantBlue76]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Are you going to be open minded to what he has to say or do you feel like you have a way of doing things that you don't want to budge on? One thing I'd like to see is have the ratings fluctuate under the hood so there's dynamic performance happening each week but people won't really know about it. This would have to be tied to consistency.

It depends on what those ratings are. Certain physical attributes should not be fluctuating. I'd even argue that certain skills shouldn't either. Just because a guy has a bad game, doesn't mean he is less of an athlete the next week.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Are you going to be open minded to what he has to say or do you feel like you have a way of doing things that you don't want to budge on? One thing I'd like to see is have the ratings fluctuate under the hood so there's dynamic performance happening each week but people won't really know about it. This would have to be tied to consistency.

I always go into these things with an open mind, but I think they should also consider what I can bring to the table. I have played, scouted, and coached the game at various levels, so I think it gives me a bit of a different perspective than someone coming from a spectator's stance.

I have to find out exactly what they want first, and until I find out, it is hard for me to speculate.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by GiantBlue76

It depends on what those ratings are. Certain physical attributes should not be fluctuating. I'd even argue that certain skills shouldn't either. Just because a guy has a bad game, doesn't mean he is less of an athlete the next week.

I would be more a fan of doing the ratings updates every month instead of every week because you need more time to determine when the changes occur. I said before in some other threads that the grades usually only change when the scouts see enough evidence to change them. That process is a bit more fluid in real life, but it often never changes week to week. The tightest window I see regularly is monthly. Some guys can go an entire season without needing to have a grade change because they are so consistent at whatever level they are playing at. It really is astonishing stuff that should be in the game.