If you think about it, just to get the name, college, DOB, years pro, and OVR takes about 1.5 minutes per player on the average. That's around 425 hours of work just for that basic info. Now do all the attributes! A lot more time for those!
One thing that would help is if I had the exact formula for how certain positions are determined like on this thread:
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...culations.html
If I had it EXACTLY for Madden 11 that would help since most of the stuff is in spreadsheet format. It would get rid of me having to do it all in the game and would allow it to be calculated right on the site. This would save a ton of time, so that will be one of the first things to do.
As for a timetable, you can expect it to be an ongoing process:
1. I have to get in all the basic data, of which I am over 1/3 of the way done. This includes Ht, Wt, DOB, years pro, Name, college and OVR from March (offseason rating).
2. I have to update all of the OVR ratings for August or September, which will depend on when #1 is complete.
3. I have to update all the player hts, wts, positions, and jersey numbers to correlate to this season. The heights and weights currently shown are from when the player was drafted and all jersey numbers are blank.
4. Then I will start on individual attributes for players who are on teams so you guys can see how they are rated.
5. Attributes for FA players will be filled in.
All in all, I expect the basic info do be done by the end of September, the first update by early October, the updated depth charts and rosters with jersey #s and hts/wts by October, and attributes for players on current rosters by the end of the season. Considering how long it takes, this is a realistic timetable. Then for opening day 2011, all of the players (17000 + 2400 rookies) will have all OVRs and attributes ready to go full time.