Are the studio updates phony/pre-scripted?

[ZN30]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Death

I don't know what planet you watch college football on, but these "studio updates" are hardly realistic. Case in point... about 99% of the time we "go to Reece Davis" it's about some scrub team upsetting a Top 20 ranked team. I know in five different dynasties - mine - and four other people, that Arkansas State beat Oregon at Oregon in each one. Sounds scripted to me. It's typical EA - they know no middle ground. They have no clue how to implement something that you only see once in a while or just a few times a year. Nope, w/ EA it's ALL or NOTHING!!! And it's pathetic!!!

I've also noticed an anti-Alabama bias. Bama still recruits well and is in the low to upper 90s in Offense and Defense every season, but they never win more than 8 games a season and have lost 6 straight Iron Bowls in my dynasty, even in years Auburn hasn't been good.

[SA1NT401]

All I know is Alabama has lost its first game each time I begin a new dynasty the last 4x. But I think that just coincidence.

I "A " past the studio updates all the time now anyway.

[Blue]

The gam seems to pick a couple games each season to mark as potential upsets, they may not seem realistic but many upsets can be like that, Oregon v Ark St is always close, Michigan often beats Bama. It annoys me because sometimes they pick a game for the team you are controlling that you would likely not want to play, my Wash St team in 2013 lost to Idaho after I simmed it....

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by b2th3m1th

it's not a useless feature. I find it funny that people cried for better presentation, they add it. Now people complain about it. I personally would like them to implement it better for sim reasons or maybe to get vid highlights too but. It's not useless. I've felt more connected in this dynasty than I have in a long time. I don't just look at my team stats anymore. And the studio updates have helped make it feel like a college saturday

Agreed. I love the new updates. Sure they could have been done better, but they definitely make the league feel more alive. Hopefully, they continue to build on this in the future. I would also like to see an option for them to be turned off and/or for the frequency to be turned to more or less often, so that guys who don't want to watch them don't have to.