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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 34040

    #1

    Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

    Pwn or Die has posted an article entitled, Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims.

    "There have been players featured on the covers of John Madden Football games since 1999 even though the franchise first appeared in 1988. For the first few years the box art for the annual game featured John Madden himself and in the later years, just before switching to the "cover athlete" format, generic scenes of football with nondescript players.

    Since 1999 we have counted 12 players that have been on the covers (2 in 2000). With the conclusion of the 2008 NFL regular season yesterday and the fact that we checked out the worst college sports cover athletes not too long ago, we figured we would take a look at past Madden cover athletes and rank the effect of the "Madden Curse" on each.

    Ranking the Madden Curse (1999-2009)

    There are two criteria for analyzing the curse; immediate effect and long-term effect. To calculate the final score we scored each criteria from 1-5 and then added the two scores together to get a final score out of 10."
    Steve Noah
    Editor-in-Chief
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  • baumy300
    Most Valuable Pepe
    • May 2005
    • 3998

    #2
    Re: Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

    Nice read.

    Thanks.
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    • Abar22
      Rookie
      • Aug 2008
      • 60

      #3
      Honestly I'd just decline the cover if I was asked. Athletes are a superstitious bunch anyway and this thing is a giant red flag.

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      • likesbacon
        Rookie
        • Jul 2008
        • 58

        #4
        Re: Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

        I'm not real superstitious, especially about hokus pokus things like spilling the salt, or black cats, but it is a little wierd that players on the cover of Madden will have a rough go of things in the near future, even the iron man Brett Favre.

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        • copecowboy
          Banned
          • Mar 2004
          • 198

          #5
          Re: Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

          either that or hes just old....its not a curse until they have to remove someone from the cover!

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          • Rbush903
            Rookie
            • Dec 2008
            • 53

            #6
            Re: Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

            just ban the game indefinitely and maybe this wont happen again

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            • Exonerated
              MVP
              • Dec 2007
              • 4899

              #7
              Re: Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

              I aint superstitous either. But if i were an nfl, i'd get as far from madden as possible.

              It too weird to take a chance on.

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              • Phreek
                Banned
                • Nov 2008
                • 19

                #8
                Re: Madden Curse Strikes Again - Ranking the 12 Curse Victims (Pwn or Die)

                This article was nice. I really enjoyed it.

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