Madden NFL 11 "Swagger" Rating Explained (MyMaddenPad)

[JkA3]

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Not so sure about this y'all!

[tlc12576]

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No problems, agree to disagree.

Would it have really made a difference to you if they announced the news early in the cycle? Let's remember, they don't announce one bit of news till SB time. So, that was roughly 4 months ago.

I really don't think it would stop people from complaining that franchise mode didn't make it in. I'm sure OS will hear that till the end of the year.

We are both way off topic but, yeah it would have. Not that I would of believed it but saying it ealier would have at least made the part about giving them our franchise ideas, more credible. LOL! I agree some people would still complain but announcing this earlier would have been wise, IMO.

Like somebody once said, wisdom is timing. It's not the ish say or how you say ish but when you say ish, that makes it wise.

On topic, how will "swagger" be calculated for imported NCAA Football 11 draft classes? Is that rating hidden in NCAA Football 11 or tied to an existing rating in that game? I want every player I draft out of the "U" to have high swagger, even 6th and 7th rounders. Players from the IVY leagues.........not so much!

[bigal093]

its not that this is a bad rating or idea, i just think that with how incredibly broken this game has been for years, i think if they are going to add new ratings this shouldn't be top priority. like someone else said. clutch or composure rating. and PLEASE fix the angles that players take on interceptions. i don't think i can handle another year of 2-4 picks taken back for 6 per game again.

[Lusion]

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waiting to see desean jackon's 100 rating

This!

[CPT]

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...so when you get flagged for excessive celebration we will see a pop-up stating that "....this excessive celebration penalty is brought to you by Old Spice."????

If this thing works...cool. At the very least it should hopefully govern the instances where someone like a Brady or Manning do a QB sneak and jump up to the first down pose...or shimmy back to the huddle...

I just hope it is not overdone. If they could only make players appear in a remotely good mood after they win - that would be great!!! Hopefully we dont see the same guy who jumped around like he was on fire after a first down walk off the field after a huge win like his dog just got run over by a bus.

[coconut267]

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ok a waste of time, or they should have just let us discover this after purchasing the game.
so if patrick willis smacks brad smith coming across the middle he gonna get up and start flexing his brawn to his sideline.. and we calling the old spice swagger rating... wow ... that should be there just cause
who cares, get the tackling right.

[CreatineKasey]

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Individual player personality/animation is a historically sore spot for EA football games in my opinion. This isn't a bad addition. I'd like to see some character out there. Maybe this is a first step towards that.

As far as the advertising end, as long as we're not getting in-game commercials like SteveOS mentioned in his blog, I'm not going to really care to be honest.

I'll have to check out the historical 1994 SF 49ers...

Merton Hanks' swagger?

Spoiler

INFINITYYYYYY! *chicken dances away from computer*

[BlueNGold]

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I don't mind the actual rating itself but the idea of having it sponsored really annoys me.

And why does AP have a 99 swagger rating? That makes no sense IMO. Sure he does his little signature run into the endzone but he doesn't go out of his way to celebrate like a TO or Ochocinco does.

[Skyboxer]

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Individual player personality/animation is a historically sore spot for EA football games in my opinion. This isn't a bad addition. I'd like to see some character out there. Maybe this is a first step towards that.

As far as the advertising end, as long as we're not getting in-game commercials like SteveOS mentioned in his blog, I'm not going to really care to be honest.

I'll have to check out the historical 1994 SF 49ers...

Merton Hanks' swagger?

Spoiler

INFINITYYYYYY! *chicken dances away from computer*

I'm actually all for this.
Now don't get me wrong there are other more important things, IMO, that need worked on also:
Dreads ( )
A new passing system
A new engine alltogether

However anything that adds some life and less robbotic features I'm all for. Again, like I stated before, this needs to be enhanced and improved and not just another 1 year and done feature....

[josh44]

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At first i thought it was very annoying that it was a sponsored rating. Now i'm starting to think that it being sponsored allows it to be put in the game. Of course this is only my thinking but something like a showboat rating usually seems to be the type of thing which gets passed of as not allowed to do cause NFL says so. But it being called swagger and sponsored seems to have got it in the game.

In general i don't like the advertising unless its in game and on things like a halftime show like Doritos Half time show or this Half time show is bought to you by Dodge or something along those lines.

However if advertising and game features being sponsored were to make the game cheaper that would be great However i don't think that'll ever happen.

One last thing. I think sponsoring worked well in the World Cup game. The World Cup scenario mode is sponsored by Coca Cola and has online updates.

If sponsors bring those little extra things to the game i may change my mind on it.

[Clutch masta]

omg they put my idea in.

i told them to put that in on insideblog.easports.com like a year ago.

my screen name on that is "warrior310".

[Reaman]

I like the idea of having this feature.

[wheelman990]

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To me, it seems more fluff than substance. Like some others, I would rather have had something that actually effects the game play or franchise features.

I like sawg over nothing like it at all, but I would have preffered custom camera's, custom soundtracks, and custom celebrations. I have to agree that while its probably a plus to have in the game, you have to wonder why they didnt just give us custom celebrations, which really cant be beat as a "celebration" type feature.

[Dabeeds]

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I wonder how many ppl are gonna get banned because of this thread ?

I was so tempted, but i have to hold off.

[Skyboxer]

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I wonder how many ppl are gonna get banned because of this thread ?

I was so tempted, but i have to hold off.

Probably just those not worth having as members in the first place.