Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

[brandon27]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

It's more than 5% of the community. It's the number one requested item on the game changer site by around 400 votes. I'm not a fantasy draft guy either, but I'm not going to knock EA for getting something in the game that a lot of people wanted.

Also, them adding fantasy draft for online tomorrow doesn't mean it won't be added for offline nor does it mean editing is off the table or that other fixes won't get made. People want a lot of stuff fixed, and for the next patch to be worth a damn, it'll have to address quite a few things. No company announces everything they are going to add/fix in a patch before it's about ready to go.

I'm also not saying EA will get any of what you or I want in either. My only point is that one doesn't necessarily preclude the other.

I get that too, but the online madden community, is mostly made up of online gamers who would enjoy a feature like that. Those people make up most of the people who would go and vote, and start little "viral" online campains to get people to go and vote. Heck, I've seen it here in people's signatures to go and vote for the feature.

If you could survey every gamer that has madden, im sure the numbers wouldnt look the same. Its an online feature really. Thats it. So, great, its in for those that want it, thats awesome. However, why are they taking the time to get that in the game, when offline CCM is still filled with bugs, and completely untouched. That's what bothers me. Its all about online modes, and nothing about the game itself. It's concerning.

[bigeastbumrush]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

The announcement is fantasy draft??

Who gives a damn about fantasy draft? Isn't that what MUT is for?

So we have to play through seasons with players wearing duplicate numbers on the same team? Really?!?

[slick589]

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Really, well this will imo, I have online and had for yeas, I'm 33 years old and could careless for online play, that's just me.. I may have played two online games since playing online started.. I'm and offline old time sports gamer, they are ruining sports gaming with all the online crap.. I'm an offline gamer and all this online stuff should just be a thrown in not make it all the game.. Sorry I'm old school and offline gaming should come first, crap not everyone in the world has interest either, sad but true... I say boi tonal the online crap, EA is doing something different and in guess I give them credit, but the offline gamer has been the one supporting ur product for many years, keep is happy.. Just sad move in what there making main stream now.. Boo!

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Too bad for us that selling out is part of life.
Happens in music all the time...for ex Lil Wayne and 50 cent were great artists back when they first came up then they sold out and started making corny radio songs. Why? Money

EA is a business and if that means that have to leave behind the people who bought their games, paid their bills, and fed their families when online wasnt even a thought, then so be it.

Just sucks that im not an online gamer. I know i can play bymyself and all that other crap people regurgitate to justify EA forcing us to play online, but thats not for me. I dont want to rely on EA servers and i want to play the game my way.

[brandon27]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

Guys.......

You can play a SOLO online ccm. It's the same thing, in fact, it's better. Direct server side tuning updates, auto-saves. Don't let the opening week server issue scare you

Tried that, got disconnected in my first game I played. Played a game for nothing. When I'm limited in my time to play the game as it is because I have many other responsibilities, its just not a practical solution solution for me if I have to worry about that. Whether its a problem with EA's servers, or my internet connection. I own the game, it has an offline mode. Theres no reason I shouldnt be able to play the mode offline, and have the same benefits. If I'm a gamer, without internet, I'd have probably brought this back already. Maybe I'll try the online thing again, but... its just not practical to me.

That being said, its probably going to happen for me in the next few weeks. I enjoy the game. I can't sit here and wait, and not play it much longer. Plus I got two friends who are goign to be buying it in the next week or so, so I may try a CCM online with them to see how it goes. Just, really hesitant on it because of connection issues.

[SaveTheTurtles]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

Really, well this will imo, I have had online and had for yeas, I'm 33 years old and could careless for online play, that's just me.. I may have played two online games since playing online started.. I'm and offline old time sports gamer, they are ruining sports gaming with all the online crap.. I'm an offline gamer and all this online stuff should just be a thrown in not make it all the game.. Sorry I'm old school and offline gaming should come first, crap not everyone in the world has internet either, sad but true... I say boo to all the online crap, EA is doing something different and I guess I give them a little credit, but the offline gamer has been the one supporting there product for many years, keep is happy.. Just sad move in what there making main stream now.. Boo!

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Same here. Oldschool.

[Schotzie]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

Same here. Oldschool.

No Country For Old Men.

[DJROD]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

WOW. How can the big announcement be for something thats NON important? I mean...fix the sh** in the game before adding things thats not important...no??? The only thing positive about all this is....at least they ARE listening to people's complaints. The more people that complain about the same thing...it may get fixed.

But damn...Fantasy Draft.

[callmetaternuts]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

Guys.......

You can play a SOLO online ccm. It's the same thing, in fact, it's better. Direct server side tuning updates, auto-saves. Don't let the opening week server issue scare you

You cant do this unless you have XBL Gold. I, and others, don't have it

[Rebel10]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

The announcement is fantasy draft??

Who gives a damn about fantasy draft? Isn't that what MUT is for?

So we have to play through seasons with players wearing duplicate numbers on the same team? Really?!?

This post is pretty indicative of the Madden community. "They're fixing _blank_? Who cares about _blank_, when everybody wants _some random thing that even fewer people care about_"

[SoxFan01605]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

I get that too, but the online madden community, is mostly made up of online gamers who would enjoy a feature like that. Those people make up most of the people who would go and vote, and start little "viral" online campains to get people to go and vote. Heck, I've seen it here in people's signatures to go and vote for the feature.

If you could survey every gamer that has madden, im sure the numbers wouldnt look the same. Its an online feature really. Thats it. So, great, its in for those that want it, thats awesome. However, why are they taking the time to get that in the game, when offline CCM is still filled with bugs, and completely untouched. That's what bothers me. Its all about online modes, and nothing about the game itself. It's concerning.

Except that many of the people who have been vocal about fantasy draft have been offline players. It's a common feature in sports games that has predominately been used by offline players. Further, if you were to look at the requested features following fantasy drafts, you'd see your theory about the Game Changer site would be not be supported, since most are features that are staples of offline play (in fact, only 2 of the top 20 requests are online-focused).

Regardless of that, I don't disagree that it's not as important as other fixes. My point is that it's only online right now. People need to understand that the way things are set up is that EA can issue direct fixes to the online modes because it's their server. Offline fixes require them to go through Sony and MS. Again, adding in fantasy draft doesn't mean they won't address other issues.

My understanding is that a lot of the issues with offline CCM are already fixed online. That means they have worked on fixes-it's now mostly a matter of compilation and delivery for offline (which can admittedly be trickier sometimes). Again, it's a slower process (and that is true for every console game).

If, at the end of of it all, offline isn't brought up to speed with the more important fixes and additions online got, I'll be right there with people who are against such a focus. I have no interest in online gaming. My only point is people are jumping to conclusions.

Right now the only thing this announcement means is that fantasy draft has been added for online CCM. It's premature to assume that offline is being shafted in all this. It's simply a slower process because of the way the system is setup.

EDIT: BTW, to be clear, I'm not telling you not to be skeptical or how to feel. That's your business. I simply disagree with some of your conclusions and the overriding notion that this announcement is indicative of anything other than EA getting fantasy drafts for online.

[wheelman990]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

According to the poll in my signature, only about 52% of the OS community care about fantasy draft, roster editing, draft class, coach mode, & created rosters combined. So I am guessing maybe 20% or so of them cared about fantasy draft.

So basically this was a huge announcement for the 20% of so of the Madden players out there. To the others, not so much

I am very happy for fantasy players, and I am glad it made it in for you guys. personally, I won't use it.

As far as EA goes, at least now more people will form online leagues and EA can show a bigger online number in their blogs and news headlines,lol.

[sniperhare]

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I hope it's fixed stats and injuries in simmed games. Tired of no teams QB's getting hurt/benched.

[Falconfreak]

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Fantasy draft? Seriously? Fantasy draft?? The most requested feature by far is player editing and fixing offline franchise mode and instead of that we get a feature I and millions of others have never even used ONCE in any sports game.

[maadman]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

According to the poll in my signature, only about 52% of the OS community care about fantasy draft, roster editing, draft class, coach mode, & created rosters combined. So I am guessing maybe 20% or so of them cared about fantasy draft.

No offense guy, but a madden internet poll on a message board is hardly something that can be used to accurately determine who cares about what in the overall Madden community.

You are mad, I get it. It happens to us all. A developer will fix something you might not care about and doesn't add something you do care about. Will I use the fantasy draft? Maybe. Am I jumping around in circles for it? No.

Personally, I'm just happy to see EA actually adding in something that some people wanted after the game has already been released. We've all seen them just throw the boat in the water and watch it sail away on its own before.

Maybe this is a good sign that they might add some of the other things that you and some other people want later on. Maybe the other things are more difficult to implement than the fantasy draft was.

[StanleyStutters]

Re: Madden NFL 13 Announcement Coming Soon, Could it be CCM Roster Editing?

Fantasy draft? Seriously? Fantasy draft?? The most requested feature by far is player editing and fixing offline franchise mode and instead of that we get a feature I and millions of others have never even used ONCE in any sports game.

Like you I never use fantasy drafts, but you're way off when you say player editing is "the most requested feature by far." According to the Ideas section on the EA Sports Gamechangers website the most requested feature is Fantasy Drafts and it's not close.

http://www.easports.com/gamechangers/ideas?campaignId=27782

I have zero interest in fantasy drafts, but it's good to see them adding some stuff back in. Hopefully couch co-op in CCM and roster editing aren't far behind.