Madden Development Suggestion

[WFColonel56]

How about the Madden Devs send a special email address to the top madden sites owners.

EA should limit it to 1 email per week max (for each site) and the email should contain the cream of the crop suggestions that that particular site wants to see in the game.

This way all info recieved by EA is constructive (becuz it is filtered by the site owner) and nothing gets lost in the black hole that is forum wishlists around the madden community.

And this way info for the nxt madden could be in EAs hands as soon as the 2nd week madden is out.

[berad88]

Trust me the developers see the stuff on this site and others and they know football. They know what they think the game needs and they see what the consumer wants. Making games is a lot of work and its not as simple as waving a magic want to get everything in it and working properly. They are doing their best.

[WFColonel56]

I understand that they are doing their best but its just a way to give the people more of a voice. I have seen wish list threads from over 5 sites get super overcrouded and great ideas get lost in the shuffle.. I see a good idea and then try to find it a week later and then i cant.

I just think it is a more constructive way of doing things

and plus ea could get knowledge of exploits faster this way

[RedZoneD25]

If you're worried about them not finding exploits, that's why we have a bugs thread pinned at the top of the Madden forums.

[WFColonel56]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTFitsDaveyJ

If you're worried about them not finding exploits, that's why we have a bugs thread pinned at the top of the Madden forums.

i think you guys are missing the whole reason that i bring this up.

1.
All these great ideas that madden players have across the madden community are not really seen...They post them, but thy get covered up by other other wishlists. With this whole email thing the madden site owners are responsible (or they could deem someone responsible) to getting the info the the devs. And in doing so every idea (that makes the cut, with the owners decision) gets equal light because the ideas are presented in a nice and neat fashion.

2.
There are other sites other than this one who have amazing ideas and can contribute just as much as this one..sim or tourney., Believe it or not 90% of the tourney crew want the game to be as sim as possible, in the long run it helps them. And the majority of them can see that

3.
Like it or not the tourney scene find expoits in the game way faster than sim guys....Usually sim guys find out expoits from playing tourney guys....Tourney guys find the expoits. And alot of tourney guys want the expoits out of the game and through email EA can see them and fix them quicker

example: we all knw that slant outs are an exploit. Tourney guys knw about it well within the first month after release....It was talked about on their forums A LOT....And yet to this day it hasnt been patched

or

the gun snugs stick play...within weeks after madden came out THE MASSES of tourney guys knw that it destroyed man coverage in a SUPER NON REALISTIC WAY....long story short it was never fixed

both exploits hurt the sim guys more than the tourney guys but everyone still loses

And both examples are plays that were discussed a ton, people were sick of it and wanted it gone. Either the reason EA never fixed it was because they didnt check those forums, they didnt know how to fix it, or they didnt care.
And i hope to the bottom of my heart it was the 2nd option, but something tells me it is leaning more to the 1st option

By having said email system communication opens up by leaps and bounds AND EVERYONE WINS

[RedZoneD25]

I do see what you're saying, I really do. That said, here's why I disagree:

It creates a buffer in between the developers and the consumer. Having the ability to post a thread knowing that the creators of the game you are speaking of will be watching is something not every site has access to. By removing that, you lose a lot of the personal connection that makes OS so great...Which in turn alienates the Average Joe poster. I can't speak for other sites, but I do know that on OS, a lot of great ideas are seen.

I'd bet the developers are more aware of the issues you mentioned than you give them credit for. I won't speak for them either, but they have a mass audience to appeal to, and not everything is going to work exactly how everybody wants. Unfortunately the online community suffers more so due to lack of sliders, but that's just how it is at the current time. They do their best (I do believe that) to kill money plays, but there will ALWAYS be exploits in sports games, or any game for that matter.

[WFColonel56]

i agree about the personal connection, thats the reason i joined OS. I heard that the Devs were coming to the site for feedback and ideas and i felt instantly "important". At that time it didnt matter how big or small it was it felt like the fans had a say in the game (durring the developmental process). And imo m10 was a great game as far as on the field was concerned. I enjoyed playing the game that entire year

I know now after reading your post that the email idea might not make OS seem as special as it was/is. But just think, it will give every other site that same feeling of "importance", like what they suggest really matters..

I know you remember the M10 Dev cycle and how amped up everyone here at OS was to shout out ideas on gameplay ,game modes, ect. That feeling would spread throughout the madden community. I knw that it could hurt OS, but the greater good is the madden community as a whole imo. It might hurt OS in the short run but it has a better chance of helping in the long run

And to your second paragraph, i guess i just have a bad taste in my mouth over the past few years. I knw that the DEV team does their best to get rid of bugs but the simplicity of the exploits just baffles me to believe that they dont check around the entire community. Because imo the biggest game killers for madden community as a whole was the gun snugs stick play and the slant outs. And they were so easy to see from the start

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by WFColonel56

i agree about the personal connection, thats the reason i joined OS. I heard that the Devs were coming to the site for feedback and ideas and i felt instantly "important". At that time it didnt matter how big or small it was it felt like the fans had a say in the game (durring the developmental process). And imo m10 was a great game as far as on the field was concerned. I enjoyed playing the game that entire year I know now after reading your post that the email idea might not make OS seem as special as it was/is. But just think, it will give every other site that same feeling of "importance", like what they suggest really matters.. I know you remember the M10 Dev cycle and how amped up everyone here at OS was to shout out ideas on gameplay ,game modes, ect. That feeling would spread throughout the madden community. I knw that it could hurt OS, but the greater good is the madden community as a whole imo. It might hurt OS in the short run but it has a better chance of helping in the long run And to your second paragraph, i guess i just have a bad taste in my mouth over the past few years. I knw that the DEV team does their best to get rid of bugs but the simplicity of the exploits just baffles me to believe that they dont check around the entire community. Because imo the biggest game killers for madden community as a whole was the gun snugs stick play and the slant outs. And they were so easy to see from the start

I understand what you are saying and to a certain extent I agree. I do feel you need to ask yourself how much time do they have in an actual day to check the entire internet community? They are putting in crazy hours as it is and it's difficult for tired eyes to go to every website and try to focus on wishlists, bugs, etc.... I know this is true because I was close to a High Heat Baseball developer and it was late at night and he said to me, I need to stop wasting my time watching and reading the boards.

As I stated recently, wishlist need to be developed for Madden 13 in July and August when 12 is coming out. This is when they start to begin their ideas for the next Madden.