To Phil: Message For EA Higher Ups...

[J.R. Locke]

Interesting stuff. I hope those gameplay guys get some good direction like make the playbooks better....my boy NCAA needs so much help!

[Cryolemon]

Quote: Originally Posted by boooey

Phil, now this is the response i truly appreciate, and what I would like to hear as a paying consumer! You should council Ian a little bit.. He can get a tad bit defensive with condescending comments like "I am here on my own time"

He's like that because a lot of the users here feel the need to blame him for everything that they find wrong with Madden.

[FootballDetails]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cryolemon

He's like that because a lot of the users here feel the need to blame him for everything that they find wrong with Madden.

It's unfair to blame Ian for 09 (which I think is a good game), but responsibility won't be so easy to skirt when 10 drops.

Consider these words:

Quote: Originally Posted by Phil_Frazier_EA

When we start talking about features for 10, if there's a feature you don't like, you will be in contact with the folks that made the call to include it (myself or Ian, mostly Ian as our lead designer). Phil

Ian entered the game late with 09, but 10 is 10...and that is that. Next year is going to be fun.

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by boooey

Phil, now this is the response i truly appreciate, and what I would like to hear as a paying consumer! You should council Ian a little bit.. He can get a tad bit defensive with condescending comments like "I am here on my own time"

Quote: Originally Posted by Cryolemon

He's like that because a lot of the users here feel the need to blame him for everything that they find wrong with Madden.

For every BezO, who occasionally goes overboard, but 95% of the time is solely focused on lobbying for features to improve the game, there are 20 other dudes who just want to snipe like a little bitch.

I think the interaction is a great thing, and not just some marketing ploy, but its not enough to make me buy any game. College basketball and College football are my favorite sports video games, but I didn't buy either one this year, because both games had too many flaws that I deemed unacceptable.

So I make my issues known, give my suggestions and wait and see. I don't lurk in the bushes waiting to ambush a developer on some thread with the same old tire rants that have been repeated ad nauseum.

Hey EA, upsetting 30 or 40 guys on a message board isn't going to make or break you, so give Phil and Ian permission to give a metaphorical middle finger to all the trolls who ruin so many threads.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

For every BezO, who occasionally goes overboard, but 95% of the time is solely focused on lobbying for features to improve the game, there are 20 other dudes who just want to snipe like a little bitch. I think the interaction is a great thing, and not just some marketing ploy, but its not enough to make me buy any game. College basketball and College football are my favorite sports video games, but I didn't buy either one this year, because both games had too many flaws that I deemed unacceptable. So I make my issues known, give my suggestions and wait and see. I don't lurk in the bushes waiting to ambush a developer on some thread with the same old tire rants that have been repeated ad nauseum. Hey EA, upsetting 30 or 40 guys on a message board isn't going to make or break you, so give Phil and Ian permission to give a metaphorical middle finger to all the trolls who ruin so many threads.

Well said and put.