Fans to Influence Madden NFL 11 Rookie Ratings During the NFL Draft

[RogueHominid]

Man, I really don't like the sound of this. I get the marketing department wanting to connect with fans, empower them, whatever. But allowing homerism to translate directly into ratings is an absolutely terrible idea.

I liked the job Moore did of differentiating between elite players, average players, and scrubs. My concern is that draft feedback from fans will overvalue players. How many times do you hear Kiper say "so and so is the kind of guy you can pencil in for a decade," only to have that guy be a career backup and only play like 5 years?

The draft is such a crapshoot, imo, and the tendency of fans is to want to believe that their picks will be impact starters or have legit starter ratings in M10.

[Mr. Franchise]

Myron Rolle better have an awareness of 99.

[KBLover]

Wait, what?

So people can say "so-and-so should be rated much higher" and just say that devoid of any evidence, proof, footage (not just one play, etc), and it will be taken into consideration?

They'll do that, but we can't edit ratings in franchise mode (can't even apply EA updates to franchise in progress - have to start over) - which is basically the same thing (allowing fans to edit the player ratings to what they think they should be).

What? Wow.

[Meast21Forever]

You guys act like they're just going to listen to every one. Some tard who puts Tebow at 99 OVR is going to get skipped over. They're not just going to be like 'Oh, this random fan thinks Eric Berry is an 88. Even though we've never had a rookie that high, we might as well..' It's just a ploy to 'pretend' the fans are involved. To me, this shows how little Donnie Moore does. Maybe he watches film on some guys, but anyone could do his job. It's hilarious they call him the 'czar'. The ratings he allots are mostly opinion. The 'potential' rating is garbage. If he's not careful and this 'fan influence' thing works, someone might notice how unnecessary he is.

[monkeybutlerz]

Won't be shocked to see the Ravens rookies get fairly low ratings knowing the Steeler and Browns communities.

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by Meast21Forever

You guys act like they're just going to listen to every one. Some tard who puts Tebow at 99 OVR is going to get skipped over. They're not just going to be like 'Oh, this random fan thinks Eric Berry is an 88 Even though we've never had a rookie that high, we might as well..' It's just a ploy to 'pretend' the fans are involved.

How do you know they'll be totally ignored and not still have influence? Sure, they won't put Tebow at 99, but who's to say they don't give him another 10 points than they otherwise would because of 'fan support' or whatever? Or put his Potential at "A" instead of "B", etc?

If it's just a ploy, it's then a complete waste of time - time that could be used thinking up ideas that actually will improve the game instead of trying to make people think they have some kind of influence over the ratings.


Either way, is this whole setup even necessary?

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybutlerz

Won't be shocked to see the Ravens rookies get fairly low ratings knowing the Steeler and Browns communities.

Yeah I'm worried it's gonna be a popularity contest. Steelers fans outnumber Bengals fans so....Steelers rookie goes up a couple points, Bengals rookie goes down. Fans of large market teams gotta love this idea.