Madden NFL 10 Q&A Blog with the Dev Team

[WdnUlik2no]

When are you going to fix the playoff system bug that occurs when a wildcard team has a better record than a division winner and both those teams win their wild card game? (has been in the game since Madden 2003)

Bug explanation:

The only way to get this bug to happen is you have to have at least one wildcard team have a better record than a division winner; AND that wildcard team has to win their playoff game in addition to a division winner with a worse record winning their game as well. (This happened in real life during the 2005 - 2006 NFL playoffs)


Here's what I got in Madden 10.

AFC results as shown in Madden on AFC standings screen (division winner are bold)

1. Patriots (13 - 3) -- Division winner (1st round bye)
2. Steelers (12 - 4) -- Division winner (1st round bye)
3. Chargers (10 - 6) -- Division winner
4. Ravens (11 - 5) -- Wild Card
5. Titans (9 - 7) -- Division winner
6. Broncos (9 - 7) -- Wild card

However these teams needed to be reseeded as shown below to always have division winners seeds 1 - 4:

Playoff seeds
1. Patriots (13 - 3) Div winner
2. Steelers (12 - 4) Div winner
3. Chargers (10 - 6) Div winner
4. Titans (9 - 7) Div winner
5. Ravens (11 - 5) Wildcard
6. Broncos (9 - 7) wildcard.

AFC Wildcard match ups/results
#3 Chargers defeat #6 Broncos
#5 Ravens defeat #4 Titans.

In real life with the correct seedings in place, these wildcard results would create the following matchups in the divisional round. Because the lowest remaining seed from the wildcard round always plays the top seed; and the highest remaining seed plays the 2nd seed:

Divisional round matchups (what its supposed to be doing)
#5 Ravens (11 - 5) vs. #1 Patriots (13 - 3)
#3 Chargers (10 - 6) vs. #2 Steelers (12 - 4).

However Madden creates the following matchups

Maddens divisional round matchups (not correct)
#3 Chargers (10 - 6) vs. #1 Patriots (13 - 3)
#5 Ravens (11 - 5) vs. #2 Steelers (12 - 4)

This is occurring because Madden is still using the regular season rankings, and because the Ravens have a better record than the Chargers, Madden automatically assumes they have the higher playoff seed too when in fact they don't.

[bgdave39]

Any chance we get the massive amount of online franchise bugs commented on?

The first post is being updated to include all info in the thread.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...as-issues.html

[rufusone]

Will live weather be fixed in play now and franchise? Its always sunny and clear?

Will the cut scene at the start of the game be fixed where it shows people in the daytime outside of the stadium and then the game starts and its being played at night.

Same thing happens cut scene shows rain/ sunny/cold/cloudy before the game and then the game starts and its the opposite like sunny before the game, then the games starts and its cloudy, etc.

[vaibhavp3]

can you please just tell us how the right stick pass rush moves are?

great you add them to the game and don't tell us how to use it.

[Dianwei32]

Are you guys ever going to bring back the individual introductions before a game? I think it was back in Madden 08. Before the game each team would have 4 of their top players from either offense or defense come out with the stadium announcer guy introducing them (it then froze and told you what weapon they had, but since weapons are no longer a part of Madden that part could be left out.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the pre-game stuff that exists now, it's great, but I think there could be more variety. Maybe the teams coming out from the tunnel/helmet at the start of a game (not just during the Superbowl) or individual player intros, but keep the existing stuff and mix the new stuff in with it.

[Primal23]

Ian,

Please fix two things for me.

1. Please fix the player progression system, it seems as though if a player has a predetermined speed or strength rating they never go up when they are young. I know we don't want players going up large amounts of speed and strength like in years past but the players when they are young should still go up a little, most likely no more then 2 points in a given year. But right now even If I have someone like Beanie Wells in my franchise and rush for 1900 yards, the only thing he goes up by is Awareness and some moves, as he develops he should still go up in other category's a little?

2. Please fix the damn flats on defense already. No matter what you call the damn flats are always open and the defense never covers it.

[maddcatt]

How bout a detailed game manual that explains every little thing this game does

The one sent with the game just does not explain everything

I realize you won't create a new one and send it out to all who bought Madden 10, but it would be nice if you could maybe look it up online somewhere.

I think a a detailed game manual might even help solve some of the issues that some are having with this game without having to create a patch fix

[bengtc]

I am sure this has been asked but it is probably the single most important question for me: Can you give a detailed explanations on how the sliders player/cpu work??? EX. Does QB accuracy also include QB awareness or what does the pass reaction slider affect exactly??