NCAA Football 12 Roster Glitch Confirmed, Patch to Address Concerns

[Sportsbuck]

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Every year I think I can put up my PS2 and NCAA Football 06 into the attic for good, and every year I inevitably end up trotting it out, disappointed after a couple of weeks.

Let me clarify this before someone rips into me, I haven't done this yet.

I'm still playing it and having a fun time with my coaching career dynasty mainly because it's one that I just **** around in and have fun with and don't really worry about realism. But a lot of my enthusiasm for this game is just being sucked out.

Obviously back in the PS2 days, there wasn't the possibility to patch things. But I don't recall having an issue that was so glaring that it needed patching ASAP. Nowadays, we have to have a patch on release day nearly every year with multiple patches to follow it. Now, I realize the same is true throughout all video games these days, but I'd just thought i would note that.

Is it so hard to discover some of these issues though? Really, the coaching prestige issue could be figured out with a couple of test-runs through dynasty. You would think they would test to see if editing had any negative consequences. I've never been a game tester, nor a game designer, but it just feels to me like a lot of easy to discover things slip through that would be easily discoverable with a couple of days of testing.

I'll wait and see, but I've grown tired of continually getting my hopes up that "This is the year!" to be let down and hopping on a game that came out when I was in 8th grade (I'm going into my sophomore year of college now) because its a more fun experience.

[aholbert32]

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But you can railroad me and devalue my opinion?

I dont know what you mean about railroading but I can have an opinion about your opinion and vice versa. What you cant do is personally attack other members which is what you did. My advice again is stay away from the personal attacks.

[northface28]

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I dont know what you mean about railroading but I can have an opinion about your opinion and vice versa. What you cant do is personally attack other members which is what you did. My advice again is stay away from the personal attacks.

Ok, sorry, water under the bridge. We see this issue in two entirely different lights.

[SECElit3]

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Again if you continue to buy a "broken" game, who's fault is that?

I think the answer is simple. EA has full control of the NCAA license and is the only company that can make an NCAA game. They set the bar by taking control of the license and eliminating any competition. I don't think people would be so upset if this didn't happen every single year with every single patch release. We simply want to play college football and EA is the only company allowed to make a college football game.

So if I want to play college football, I must buy this piece of trash. I think everyone is just fed up because EA has eliminated freedom of choice and continues to provide a bug ridden product to it's customers.

[booker21]

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Well, I remember Playmakers and I having this conversation a couple years ago when he discovered how important the tendency label is. It is a bigger deal than most people think. The ratings decide how effective the player is once he has made the decision, but it is the tendency itself that determines when and how the player makes the decision in the first place.

Example: You can play around with QB ratings and if you give a guy high enough throw accuracy and other key ratings, even if he has high speed and acceleration, he will be labeled balanced by the game. Now, even though he could have higher scramble important ratings than other qbs in the game that are labeled scramblers, not only will he run a lot less, but when he does run he will usually run in a straight line and get tackled. A qb who is labeled a scrambler, even though he might be slower and less agile than the other qb will run more often and make better decisions when running.

Think of it this way
Ratings = ability
Tendency = logic

The problem is that this bug takes away the link between the two. It takes away your ability to trigger the correct tendency based on ratings... so even though Robinson is a beast for scrambling ratings wise, he doesn't have the logic that tells him to run, avoid being tackled, etc.

i understand and it make total sense with QB but i`m still not seeing how different the rest of the position would play... a Pass rusher vs Balance.. does anyone really saw any other difference rather than the QB position?

[aholbert32]

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I think the answer is simple. EA has full control of the NCAA license and is the only company that can make an NCAA game. They set the bar by taking control of the license and eliminating any competition. I don't think people would be so upset if this didn't happen every single year with every single patch release. We simply want to play college football and EA is the only company allowed to make a college football game.

So if I want to play college football, I must buy this piece of trash. I think everyone is just fed up because EA has eliminated freedom of choice and continues to provide a bug ridden product to it's customers.

I see your point but wouldnt it be smarter to wait a month or two til they iron out the bugs before you bought the game. If this happens every year and you know it happens every year, why not just wait until the first patch before buying the game?

[xcef2005]

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I'm sure this has been asked and answered but no way I'm going to search through all these pages fast enough to find it: Does this only effect games that are played or if I simed a season in dynasty mode are the simed stats going to be screwed up as well?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I'm sure this has been asked and answered but no way I'm going to search through all these pages fast enough to find it: Does this only effect games that are played or if I simed a season in dynasty mode are the simed stats going to be screwed up as well?

effects BOTH

[redsfan4life]

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Simmed stats aren't too far off from what I'm seeing.

[xcef2005]

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effects BOTH

Wow that's really bad. If its going to take a month to fix i might just be better off selling it.

[cjmstate]

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Wow that's really bad. If its going to take a month to fix i might just be better off selling it.

Well this is disappointing. Just spent all this time fixing MSU's roster and was JUST about to start my dynasty.

[Von Dozier]

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Without names, D-Rob 14 carries, 87 yards.

I've had these same stats from the CPU WITH named rosters.

If there's anything OS loves doing, it's working itself up in a placebo fever.

[jeremym480]

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You seem to deem every glitch a gamebreaker so I wont take your opinion to seriously. The term gamebreaker means the game is broken. All I know is my game isnt broken with named rosters. I cant still play the game and I still enjoy it. I'll enjoy it more once this is fixed.

The term gamebreaker is favorite for many around here. Anyway, I agree that it is annoying. However, I'm much more concerned about freezing (even if it is every 10 or so games) than this. I do want players to play like themselves but, I'm still having a blast with this game and it's very challenging for me even on AA. I'd put this bug in the same class as the bug that let's injured players come back in dynasty. Both are extremely annoying but, I can still enjoy the game.

This issue will be fixed via patch. This is confirmed. It is fixable.

No timeframe on the patch. If I had to guess I'd say at least a month.

Awesome

lol @ a month. These guys never cease to amaze me.

Yeah, the last thing EA needs to do is rush out a patch and mess up something else. I think I'd rather show a little patience than, to have to wait on another patch.

[northface28]

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I've had these same stats from the CPU WITH named rosters.

If there's anything OS loves doing, it's working itself up in a placebo fever.

Lol, ok chief. EA has confirmed its an issue, myself and many other users arent "tricking" ourselves into seeing things. But, hey, whatever.

[jeremym480]

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I've had these same stats from the CPU WITH named rosters.

If there's anything OS loves doing, it's working itself up in a placebo fever.

If someone wouldn't have mentioned this on Twitter this morning I would've never ever noticed. Then again, I've been going with the "ignorance is bliss" route this year and staying away from these forums. Last night, I played Stanford in my Washington St Dynasty. Luck had around 55-60 yards rushing against me. It was very challenging and fun. In the end, that's all that matters to me.