NCAA Football 10 Rosters Issue

[leetdemon]

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There has to be some irony somewhere in the fact that all the NCAA rubes on this board are pissed at EA for not doing something (making fully accurate depictions of current collegiate football players) that would be legally impermissible for them to actually do. NCAA does not have rosters the way that Madden has rosters. Up until the they included the roster share feature (and probably even now), the vast majority of gamers play this game with the "QB #12" system or with fake generated names.

The community is going to make its own roster changes anyway. I'd like it if the developers at least got us close, but I'm much more worried about how the gameplay turns out than something like this.

its not the fact that the community can change them, its the fact that you cant use your fixed rosters online. so people like myself who love to hop online and play with my favorite team get shafted.

[yanek27]

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its not the fact that the community can change them, its the fact that you cant use your fixed rosters online. so people like myself who love to hop online and play with my favorite team get shafted.

Agreed but so many people are like get rid of this or that to fix the rosters. I'm dishin out 64 dollars (includes tax) I want the game that was intended to be released. I don't think its fair to the consumer we get rid of a few features to fix a problem they caused in the first place. Its simple, fix the glitch and if it causes the release to wait another couple of weeks so be it, but if I wanted an updated Roster of 2010 then I'll go buy NCAA 09 and update it myself. People should stop settling for less to get something that should be in the game in the first place.

[mwjr]

Some folks don't have that kind of time to edit all of the rosters and add freshmen for all 117 teams.

[stevedrumsdw]

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I don't want my comments in my previous posts to be taken out of context, Yea EA made a mistake, however none of us are mistake free at anything we do. I am in no way directing personal insults at anyone on the dev team and I am quite thankful for their presense on these and other forums. I guess when you have spent over a thousand dollars on madden/ and NCAA titles since the very begginig of both series, the game begins to become a way of life almost. So when I hear of such roster problems it is dis-heartening on a personal level to some extent. It is just a video game though which carries little weight in the ramifications of life.

I pray the rosters are fixed.

[Luca Brasi]

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Unfortunately this whole ordeal has caused me to rethink purchasing this game. Maybe next year.

Agree. I use Colorado and Colorado only in offline dynasties. Their roster is such a disaster right now i'm afraid it makes the game unplayable for me. If they come up with a decent salution that doesn't take months i might reconsider.

[dfoz3]

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There has to be some irony somewhere in the fact that all the NCAA rubes on this board are pissed at EA for not doing something (making fully accurate depictions of current collegiate football players) that would be legally impermissible for them to actually do. NCAA does not have rosters the way that Madden has rosters. Up until the they included the roster share feature (and probably even now), the vast majority of gamers play this game with the "QB #12" system or with fake generated names.

The community is going to make its own roster changes anyway. I'd like it if the developers at least got us close, but I'm much more worried about how the gameplay turns out than something like this.

I think most of the "rubes" you speak of are fully aware with how EA has done the reosters for NCAA for years. I for one am fully aware that they can't user their real names. For years though they have tried to replicate the rosters by number and skill. you just had to know who QB #12 is. The problem occurs when they have players that are obviously not the correct person or number for that position. I don't like to take the time to change everything but am happy knowing that QB #8 is Jeremiah Masoli for example.

Every year there have been key players (starters) that did not appear to even be in the game and that is just frustrating. This year it seems to be especially bad.

[hcopenhagenh]

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It is sad to see NCAA become such a bad series. 2009 was broken out of the box and now 2010 is broken out of the box. This game should not be released. Why charge someone $60.00 for a broken game? EA is becoming a Used Car Salesman. Here is a game for $60.00. A few games in and you realize it is broken. Difference is you can take the car back to the used car lot, beat the salesmans bleep, and get your money back. You purchase software and you are stuck.

[moylan1234]

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Agree. I use Colorado and Colorado only in offline dynasties. Their roster is such a disaster right now i'm afraid it makes the game unplayable for me. If they come up with a decent salution that doesn't take months i might reconsider.

see i just don't get this way of thinking. i'm an offline dynasty guy too and this year i'll be playing with a CAS so obviously the roster thing doesn't affect me much, but even if you play with a default team isn't your roster revamped after just one year of play? and within 3-4 years completely different? I just don't get how for anyone playing any type of dynasty the rosters are really that big of deal since obviously college rosters have so much turnover in such a short period of time anyway.

[Roggie]

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Personally, I dont think anybody is going to fix the current rosters.. The community might, but its going to take forever. By that point, NCAA 10 will be a distant memory.

Agreed but so many people are like get rid of this or that to fix the rosters. I'm dishin out 64 dollars (includes tax) I want the game that was intended to be released. I don't think its fair to the consumer we get rid of a few features to fix a problem they caused in the first place. Its simple, fix the glitch and if it causes the release to wait another couple of weeks so be it, but if I wanted an updated Roster of 2010 then I'll go buy NCAA 09 and update it myself. People should stop settling for less to get something that should be in the game in the first place.

The only thing we are saying to do is to scrap the Teambuilder BETA, delete those teams, and change the roster file. We aren't getting rid of anything.

[stevedrumsdw]

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see i just don't get this way of thinking. i'm an offline dynasty guy too and this year i'll be playing with a CAS so obviously the roster thing doesn't affect me much, but even if you play with a default team isn't your roster revamped after just one year of play? and within 3-4 years completely different? I just don't get how for anyone playing any type of dynasty the rosters are really that big of deal since obviously college rosters have so much turnover in such a short period of time anyway.

We have come to expect rosters that are somewhat accurate each year, so having them be in this state is dissapointing to say the least. My big issue is if you want to create a team and use a teams template roster to begin with, say Texas Tech, you start your dynasty with 58 players, 12 short of the maximum with no way to change that. Ruins that entire game mode. I expect the only fix we will get is more freshman on teams that mysteriously have 0.

[moylan1234]

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My big issue is if you want to create a team and use a teams template roster to begin with, say Texas Tech, you start your dynasty with 58 players, 12 short of the maximum with no way to change that. Ruins that entire game mode being. I expect the only fix we will get is more freshman on teams that mysteriously have 0.

I get that, but I still don't see how it ruins the entire game mode. it may ruin that first season, but after that it shouldn't be a big deal since you can just recruit that many more players. Also the short answer to that issue is to recreate TTU with teambuilder use a generic roster instead of the Tech template and then edit them to match.

[dfoz3]

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see i just don't get this way of thinking. i'm an offline dynasty guy too and this year i'll be playing with a CAS so obviously the roster thing doesn't affect me much, but even if you play with a default team isn't your roster revamped after just one year of play? and within 3-4 years completely different? I just don't get how for anyone playing any type of dynasty the rosters are really that big of deal since obviously college rosters have so much turnover in such a short period of time anyway.

I see your point, but I like having this years accurate roster as my starting point. You are correct that after a few seasons it doesn't matter anymore, but for those first few seasons I like to develop the existing players and see how they turn out. I just like that added sense of realism.

If I didn't care about the quality of the rosters I would not buy the game each year since the other added features aren't really worth the money to me on their own.

[stevedrumsdw]

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I get that, but I still don't see how it ruins the entire game mode. it may ruin that first season, but after that it shouldn't be a big deal since you can just recruit that many more players. Also the short answer to that issue is to recreate TTU with teambuilder use a generic roster instead of the Tech template and then edit them to match.

Yeah but It would take 10 hours for me to re-make my UVA team, not to mention all the other teams that I would have to edit just to have it close. Even with a generic roster you still only have 65 players though meaning you can't really have a red shirt freshman class. I hear what your saying, but I have a limited amount of time to play this game. With so many teams having 0 freshman, it will affect the balance of the teams in dynasty mode and not just the first year. That will take many years in dynasty for that to level out.

[Solidice]

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I get that, but I still don't see how it ruins the entire game mode. it may ruin that first season, but after that it shouldn't be a big deal since you can just recruit that many more players. Also the short answer to that issue is to recreate TTU with teambuilder use a generic roster instead of the Tech template and then edit them to match.

some of the generic ones have less than 60 as well though. I was going to use the cupcake as my roster base for my created team, but at 58 players, thats kind of low.

[moylan1234]

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some of the generic ones have less than 60 as well though. I was going to use the cupcake as my roster base for my created team, but at 58 players, thats kind of low.

snap, i didn't even notice that. i've used cupcake for just about every CAS i've made. oh well guess i'll just have recruit way more players in year one. i'll even have to go after those 1 star scrubs for the first time ever. actually come to think of it this doesn't worry me at all because the enjoyment I get out of this game is taking a bad school and making it great so this will just make it that much harder and in the end that much more gratifying to bring home the NC.