Madden, NFL Head Coach, and NCAA Football 2009

[Guest Vitamin X]

.........I can't tell if that's ment a smartass remark or if you actually mean that.

 

It's both, really.

 

And are the Raiders really that much better off than the 49ers? Sure the AFC West kind of sucks outside of San Diego, but the NFC West is truly abysmal outside of Seattle, who isn't that great either. I'd really put both Bay Area teams at about the same level, personally. And Madden seems to agree as well, since SF is at 72 and Oakland is 71.

[Agent_Bond34 0]

I'm sorry. I just hate the Raider Nation. Around here, we have a lot of people with Raiders logos on their back windshields, painted on curbs near their homes... even fucking tattooed on their bodies. Invariably, all these people are dumb as fuck and really ghetto and/or trashy. I know you're not, Toby, but Raiders fans in my area piss me off. Also, the all-Raiders store in the mall.

 

It seems as if most Raider fans I've encountered (except for a select few) seem to fit this description.

 

Unfortunately, VX is right. They're pretty much at the same level, although the 49ers have had a better shot of making the playoffs in recent time (2006) than the Raiders have.

 

Even without that, they'd still be at the same level.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Sorry but the Niners are never gonna make the playoffs with Alex Smith as the starting quarterback. Just isn't going to happen.

[Matt Young 0]

With the way things are going, Alex Smith probably won't be the starting QB once week 1 rolls around.

[Agent_Bond34 0]

Matt is right. The way things are going now, it'll probably be JT O'Sullivan starting Week 1. This will be his 2nd straight preseason game he's started, and he's also taken more reps with the first team in recent time.

 

Unfortunately, I think Next USC #55 may be right, this team probably won't make the playoffs with Alex as a starter. I'm starting to believe that last year's fiasco might have just ruined him completely. Doesn't help when you're publically feuding with your head coach regarding your health when it's quite evident that you're still hurt.

[fazzle 0]

So I'm a hypocrite. I bought Madden last night. The football bug just bit me hard. Had my madden IQ up to 608 after my first preseason game as the Bills, then I simmed the rest of the preseason, and now it's down to 580-something after my 7-3 opening week win over Seattle

[Scroby 0]

I'm sorry. I just hate the Raider Nation. Around here, we have a lot of people with Raiders logos on their back windshields, painted on curbs near their homes... even fucking tattooed on their bodies. Invariably, all these people are dumb as fuck and really ghetto and/or trashy. I know you're not, Toby, but Raiders fans in my area piss me off. Also, the all-Raiders store in the mall.

 

It seems as if most Raider fans I've encountered (except for a select few) seem to fit this description.

Raider fans are awesome, some of the nicest people I met and we look out for one another. Better than 49er fans thats for sure.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

I'm sorry. I just hate the Raider Nation. Around here, we have a lot of people with Raiders logos on their back windshields, painted on curbs near their homes... even fucking tattooed on their bodies. Invariably, all these people are dumb as fuck and really ghetto and/or trashy. I know you're not, Toby, but Raiders fans in my area piss me off. Also, the all-Raiders store in the mall.

 

It seems as if most Raider fans I've encountered (except for a select few) seem to fit this description.

Raider fans are awesome, some of the nicest people I met and we look out for one another. Better than 49er fans thats for sure.

 

I agree. I love Raiders fans. I usually end up hanging with them when they come down to San Diego for Chargers games. They'd be the kind of fans I'd want to associate myself with, if I wasn't a Bears fan.

[fazzle 0]

Well, I just got fucked over in my franchise, lost 10-7 to the Jags on a bullshit TD.

 

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/211238

 

Seriously, THAT'S a TD? And yes, I did challenge it. Still stood.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

What do you expect? You're playing as Buffalo. Bad things...they just happen.

[Guest Vitamin X]

WOW. Fuck that. That wasn't even close.

[Darthtiki 0]

How do you record the video?

[Matt Young 0]

How do you record the video?

 

All plays are auto-recorded. Like in NCAA, you can go to view any play, and after it ends, you are given the option to record. You can then upload it to EA's servers.

[Urban Warfare 0]

I've seen shit like that happen since '06 in Madden and NCAA. While we're on the topic of bugs, has anyone seen the glitch in NCAA this year when the opposing team misses a field goal and retains possession, or when the CPU clearly drops the ball and the play is reviewed

[Broward83 0]

I've had the latter...they drop the ball or they're out of bounds and they go to review the play. It wouldn't bother me too much if I could skip the whole process but I'm stuck looking at replays of him being out of bounds and catching the ball

[fazzle 0]

Ok, I seriously laughed my ass off when this play happened. Just so fucking random.

 

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/218767

 

Forget Brown, keep your eye on McCown.

[KingPK 0]

Greatest catch in the history of our sport

[fazzle 0]

Hahahaha, that was fucking ridiculous

[Nightwing 0]

I agree with VX's sentiment about how alien things feel. I haven't played a Madden game regularly in a few years, but this system feels like a massive departure from the old. I absolutely loathe the new play-picking screen, which is made up for by the great audible system.

 

On the 40-Yard Dash: I had the same problems you guys did, initially. Then I read the directions slowly and carefully to figure out what the hell I was doing wrong, and I figured it out. For me, I was alternating the sticks down and up unconsciously, which was causing me to stumble since you are only supposed to flick them down. After I figured out that was the problem, I was getting 4.2s and 4.15s. I had a similar problem of "Playing without reading" on the Benchpress game as well, though I maxed out at 15 after figuring it out. That game is just way too complicated for its own good.

[fazzle 0]

It is so fucking retarded that you can only upload 5 videos at a time. What's the point of even being allowed to save 10 highlights from a game if you can only upload 5? If anyone can afford the extra bandwidth, it's EA.

[Mike wanna be 0]

Is the bench press the same "both sticks at once to lift, mash the hell out of triggers to regain stamina" as it was? I was great at that, every player I built was jacked.

[Nightwing 0]

Is the bench press the same "both sticks at once to lift, mash the hell out of triggers to regain stamina" as it was? I was great at that, every player I built was jacked.

 

Yeah. I only tried it a few times, and I only just started to get it. How many presses did you complete?

[Mike wanna be 0]

Is the bench press the same "both sticks at once to lift, mash the hell out of triggers to regain stamina" as it was? I was great at that, every player I built was jacked.

 

Yeah. I only tried it a few times, and I only just started to get it. How many presses did you complete?

I think I was closing in on 30 when I got tired of making players for Superstar mode; average was somewhere in the mid-20s, IIRC.

 

I could hardly ever get a 40 time below 5 seconds, though.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

My best bench press total was 42... and it didn't give him much strength.

[Exslade ZX 0]

I always thought you pressed the buttons alternatively. Does doing it at the same time work better?

[Darthtiki 0]

With the Highlight maker, there's no way to take stills is there?

[KingPK 0]

It's only video as far as I can tell.

 

I had my best game so far against the Chargers earlier. It was a close 17-14 affair until late in the 4th when Maroney found a hole in the D and broke one 80 yards for a score (I'll upload the play later). They scored a late TD, but I recovered the onside kick to win.

[NoCalMike 0]

I like the game overall, but one glaring problem I still have a major gripe with is the fact that linebackers seem to make all sorts of acrobatic, split second, over-the-shoulder, diving, jumping etc etc etc interceptions while at the same time you can have your cornerback placed in perfect position to make an interception, and they drop at least four out of five of them whether you are controling them or the AI is controlling them.

 

It gets frustrating when playing online.

[Darthtiki 0]

I realized that I am atrocious at defense and the rush to the outside

[Matt Young 0]

LMAO... After winning my first online game of Head Coach (most boring shit ever, btw) I am tired for #15 overall in the world.