NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog: 1 of 3 - Phone Call

[jello1717]

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I keep seeing you bring up "competitive recruiting" ie the negative recruiting from last year, but I have to ask you something. Does the "competitive recruiting" work better than the negative recruiting? If not, you might as well not even bring it up anymore because the negative recruiting didn't work hardly ever. Nobody ever used it because it didn't work most of the time. I think, in 7 or 8 seasons in an OD, and 3 or 4 seasons offline, the negative recruiting worked maybe 4 or 5 times for me. That's it. Recruits hung up waaay too fast when trying to negative recruit. That's because to keep them on the phone while negative recruiting, there had to be an enormous difference in grades.

For example, if you were an A in one category and the other school was a D, you cold negative recruit just fine, but if that other school was a C, the recruit would hang up on you real quick. Even though there's still a difference between A and C, it wasn't great enough to keep the recruit on the phone. If they still hang up fast like they did last year, then "competitive recruiting" will be as useless as negative recruiting was last year.

So, having said all of that, is the competitive recruiting better than the negative recruiting last year? If not, you can just scratch C. off of your list because nobody will use it, just like nobody used the negative recruiting last year.

I could negative recruit just fine against other teams (except for the NDs/Floridas of the world). If you mix in some recruiting for yourself with some negative recruiting against another team, you could keep the recruit on the phone for a long time.

[RynoAid]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog: 1 of 3 - Phone Call

I keep seeing you bring up "competitive recruiting" ie the negative recruiting from last year, but I have to ask you something. Does the "competitive recruiting" work better than the negative recruiting? If not, you might as well not even bring it up anymore because the negative recruiting didn't work hardly ever. Nobody ever used it because it didn't work most of the time. I think, in 7 or 8 seasons in an OD, and 3 or 4 seasons offline, the negative recruiting worked maybe 4 or 5 times for me. That's it. Recruits hung up waaay too fast when trying to negative recruit. That's because to keep them on the phone while negative recruiting, there had to be an enormous difference in grades.

For example, if you were an A in one category and the other school was a D, you cold negative recruit just fine, but if that other school was a C, the recruit would hang up on you real quick. Even though there's still a difference between A and C, it wasn't great enough to keep the recruit on the phone. If they still hang up fast like they did last year, then "competitive recruiting" will be as useless as negative recruiting was last year.

So, having said all of that, is the competitive recruiting better than the negative recruiting last year? If not, you can just scratch C. off of your list because nobody will use it, just like nobody used the negative recruiting last year.

yes, competetive recruiting actually WORKS right this year. It's not the same model as negative recruiting in '10, totally different in presentation and functionality. It gives you realistic results based the ratings you have versus the school your recruiting against in the specific catagory that is up for talking about with the recruit. You see green points for you and red points for them... it's right in front of your face and it's nothing like negative recruiting this year.

[fcboiler87]

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Mike Alstott? just sayin'

Mike Alstott was NOT a 5 star fullback. He was barely even recruited. You are just aware of how he turned out to be.

Here is a link to the class of 2010 fullbacks.

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&pid=13&yr=2010

There are three 4-stars and eight 3-stars. If you look at this year's class, the class of 2011, there are eight 3 stars and that is it. There's just very few big time fullback recruits. Just because they turn out to be good, doesn't mean they were recruited as such. Go back through all the years and there is NEVER a 5-star fullback.

[ConVick]

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Meh...Blog didn't increase my hype, but hey, its something different...I think

[splff3000]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog: 1 of 3 - Phone Call

yes, competetive recruiting actually WORKS right this year. It's not the same model as negative recruiting in '10, totally different in presentation and functionality. It gives you realistic results based the ratings you have versus the school your recruiting against in the specific catagory that is up for talking about with the recruit. You see green points for you and red points for them... it's right in front of your face and it's nothing like negative recruiting this year.

OK, that works for me.

[JAS07]

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Mike Alstott was NOT a 5 star fullback. He was barely even recruited. You are just aware of how he turned out to be.

Here is a link to the class of 2010 fullbacks.

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&pid=13&yr=2010

There are three 4-stars and eight 3-stars. If you look at this year's class, the class of 2011, there are eight 3 stars and that is it. There's just very few big time fullback recruits. Just because they turn out to be good, doesn't mean they were recruited as such. Go back through all the years and there is NEVER a 5-star fullback.

In this video he you will see that he really wasnt even Purdue's FB. He also is thier all time leading rusher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFBeSOyzC8g&NR=1

[Potatoes002]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog: 1 of 3 - Phone Call

It will be fun having me and one of my friends ganging up on some of my buddies recruits. I like this competitive recruiting feature.

[fcboiler87]

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In this video he you will see that he really wasnt even Purdue's FB. He also is thier all time leading rusher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFBeSOyzC8g&NR=1

Yes, exactly. I forgot to even make that point.

[RynoAid]

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Yes, exactly. I forgot to even make that point.

I know all about Mike Alstott... and if I recruited a 5* FB in the game, he would see time at HB too, especially in short yardage or late in the game. Depending on speed and what else I had at HB.. he may even be my fulltime starter mixed with a partime scat back.

anyways, i was just pointing out that there are bigtime FB type players in college football, which contradicts the gentlemen saying that nobody uses that position.

I find it funny that of all the improvements and changes to recruiting, a few guys are focused on a 5* fullback they saw in a screen shot. That doesn't mean there is going to be four 5* FB's every year in the recruit pool. Let's stay focused on the big changes, not get bogged down in discussing one player you saw in the recruit pool.. I mean is that a gamekiller for you? to have a 5* FB in the recruiting class?

[Hova57]

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man thatbugs me about this site sometimes guys jump all over one small thing and it blows up .

[RynoAid]

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Mike Alstott was NOT a 5 star fullback. He was barely even recruited. You are just aware of how he turned out to be.

Here is a link to the class of 2010 fullbacks.

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&pid=13&yr=2010

There are three 4-stars and eight 3-stars. If you look at this year's class, the class of 2011, there are eight 3 stars and that is it. There's just very few big time fullback recruits. Just because they turn out to be good, doesn't mean they were recruited as such. Go back through all the years and there is NEVER a 5-star fullback.

so there are three 4* FB's in the class of 2010 and you think having ONE 5* is that unrealistic that it ruins the realism? whatever.. i think this is nitpicking IMO

[cowboy_kmoney]

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so there are three 4* FB's in the class of 2010 and you think having ONE 5* is that unrealistic that it ruins the realism? whatever.. i think this is nitpicking IMO

I agree with you on this because to me all its doing is adding to the game by throwing us off by maybe that player might in up a bust if he goes pro...

[chapdaman]

Will we be able to do conference realignments in dynasty? If so, will we be able to do this for all the conferences not just the team's conference that you're playing in? We keep hearing about possible conference realignments in the PAC-10, SEC, Big-Ten, etc. If these realignments were to happen in real life it would make CFB very interesting and it would make this video game much better. So again will this option be available in dynasty?*

[chapdaman]

Here's an idea for next years title..... If you can create a conference with 12 or 16 teams you should be able to create a championship game for that conference and choose the location. For example, PAC-10 plays there championship game in the Rose Bowl or Seattle's Qwest Field, the Big-10 plays there game at Lucas Oil in Indianapolis or the Giants/Jets new stadium. Just an idea...... Think about it EA!

[RynoAid]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Dynasty Blog: 1 of 3 - Phone Call

Will we be able to do conference realignments in dynasty? If so, will we be able to do this for all the conferences not just the team's conference that you're playing in? We keep hearing about possible conference realignments in the PAC-10, SEC, Big-Ten, etc. If these realignments were to happen in real life it would make CFB very interesting and it would make this video game much better. So again will this option be available in dynasty?*

this thread is about the blog post topic. I can't comment on any information not already released by EA.