The Abomination That is Madden Nation

[RaychelSnr]

Wil McCombs may be late to the party, but he recently got to check out the Madden Nation TV show for the first time and he didn't like what he saw. Check out his thoughts on the Madden Nation TV show in his article The Abomination That is Madden Nation.

"I may be a little late to this party, but have pity on me. After all, I’m old.

This past week, I sat in my less-than-stellar hotel room in Norwalk, Conn., wearily searching for something to watch on television. A frequent business traveler these days, my few meager hours of free time are spent watching drivel on limited hotel cable packages, rather than being spent throwing long TD passes and running a mean spread option offense from my couch. Truly tragic stuff."

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Madden Nation is a disgrace. EA should just fire the beta testers and have Madden Nation play the game to find all the glitches and exploits.

[marktg30]

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Madden Nation is a disgrace. EA should just fire the beta testers and have Madden Nation play the game to find all the glitches and exploits.

No need to continue this thread... You just hit the nail on the head. Nicely done!

[treq21]

Sad but true. If its in the game its in the game used to mean something.

This type of play has as much to with football as an opera does.

[tyler289]

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The worst part about it is that they rewards these jokesters with cash prizes and some of them even get hired.

[f3niks]

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The worst part about it is that they rewards these jokesters with cash prizes and some of them even get hired.

Exactly. I find it rather funny watching the guys that play on there. They run same 2 to 3 plays per game yet act as if they have some sort of strategy when they play their games.

[PaulZweber]

These are the kind of people that EA caters to, and designs the game for. Any person that even attempts to play a SIM game online knows exactly what you are going through. This kind of play is encouraged...I find it funny that when people complain about EA's lack of dedication to realism and SIM gamers, that people on this board kick and scream saying "of course EA isn't perfect, but they are trying..." I myself have complained many times about EA and who they make the game for, and gotten bashed by Mods and others. Great post, I completely agree with you.

[CaptialG]

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Geez,I swear some of you guys whine too ****ing much. If it's fun for those guys to get up there and play the game like that,that's their goddamned business.

[mrjordan]

BRAVO! well said...

[eldogg]

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it's one thing to play that way but this is supposed to a simulation of football, not a blitz version of football.

everything they do is cheesy.
rolling out on every pass till someone is open. running only 3 or so plays the whole game.

i don't play like that the game on sunday is not played like that.
these are the people that are making this game worse.

also i want to know what the rules are regarding the madden challenge.

i like my space and anyone that violates that is snuffed.

so if i am not in your face after scoring or shutting you down, you should not be in mine.

f*ck a 100 grand, disrespect will not go unpunished.

[alighteye]

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I understand where you guys are coming from but this is the way guys play for money and tourneys.

[eldogg]

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honestly i think these guys play that way when playing for fun and no money is on the line.

[PaulZweber]

You have to to know plays and audibles that they do.

[asu666]

I believe Madden Nation to be the high point of everything that is wrong with Madden football. Too much focus on the five minute quarter crowd. It used to be that the QB would come to the line, make adjustments, and give the defense a chance to react to the formation. With Madden 09 we see that EA thought it was okay if the QB ran to the line and snapped the ball on every play so the five minute crowd wouldn't have to wait a few seconds to simulate the chess match that happens in real life before the snap. I liked it a lot more when holding down X or A was there for the cheese crowd and the games were built more to simulate the flow of the actual sport. I know the patch helped this issue, but everyone who put down their cash for Madden 09 bought what was on the disc and that was clearly not simulation football. EA is a master at making simulation fans believe that "this is finally the year" and then crushing their souls with yet another sub par release.

When I purchased ESPN NFL 2K5 brand new for $20 I thought this is it. 2K just raised the bar and EA will have to answer the call. This means all of the people buying these games are going to be the real winners. Then the rug was pulled out and I'm still playing a couple of games of 2K5 every weekend for going on 5 years now.

[realtalktruth]

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Geez,I swear some of you guys whine too ****ing much. If it's fun for those guys to get up there and play the game like that,that's their goddamned business.

truth, and this "operations sports" article which is just a glorified forum post on the front page is no exception.

The Abomination That is "Anti-Cheese" Heads

truth of the matter is its a video game. there are no real players in the game who do not want to get injured, think for themselves and know whats going on when they are on the field. video games are run on a system and its just code where random occurrences happen for whatever reason.

their is no heart in video games and what makes it worse is despite much "anti-cheese" criticisms the game takes out real nfl realism to cater to "anti-cheeseheads". do they care, no all their worried about is what does not benefit them.

in order to be good at this video game you can't act like a coach, a coach has humans to rely on who have logic, no you have to beat the system. crying and whining because you can't use your video game coaching skills like you would in real life to beat someone who is actually playing a video game gets you nowhere. either stop playing to be competitive and look for your type of game by your type of opponent or learn to adjust to the game.