[ceroik]

First off, I'm new on this forum and I found it because I was looking for a place where all info on new Madden games is gathered in one place. Also, I like to read feedback from fans and new ideas for upcoming games. Not a big poster, I just skim through the information and try to filter the good info out of it. Just like in this post.

The news here is that EA uses online data to make the stats of the game more realistic. The example used is the hit-stick. They introduced hit-stick in 2005 to provide a feature which makes it possible to make big hits. Real simple.

The problem is, there aren't that many big hits in any given NFL game. They (EA) realized that the balance was off. Let's say in a game of Madden somebody is able to produce 20 big hits in a match, because they are skilled users of the stick. In an NFL game that just doesn't happen 20 times a game. So they use online data to determine the average amount of big hits produced in a game of Madden, so they can tweak the stick in a way that hits are less often succesful and a player going for a big hit misses more often. This asjustment goes for the entire overall game of Madden, both online and offline.

So, the point here in this article, or press release or whatever, is that they gather loads of information (from hardcore AND casual online gamers) to determine an average. With this average in mind EA can make changes to the gameplay, which affects the ENTIRE game of Madden.

Now how did this topic get to EA focussing their attention exclusively to online gamplay?! This article concerns only little tweaks in gameplay that affect both online and offline. They only gather their information online, because that way they can get the most information about every kind of Madden player (hardcore and casual). How else would they get this information? They can't play millions of games themselves to determine the statistical flaws. Certainly not when everybody in the world expects them to be working on a better game for next year at the same time as playing those millions of games. Much less can they gather information from games played offline. You can't expect the great guys from EA to join you in your living roon when you are playing a pick-up game of Madden.


Now please get your heads on straight, read your info correctly and instead of complaining about every single aspect of the game, show that you care and MAKE SUGGESTIONS on how to IMPROVE the game. I'm sure they know what's wrong with it, help them with IDEAS to make these flaws right.

That being said, I'll return to just reading. Just had to get that off my chest.

PS: I'm sorry if my post is unreadable, I'm dutch, not a native English speaker. And didn't mean to offend anybody, just think people should post constructive thoughts. That's what this message board is for, am I right?