FBGRatings Seeks to Recalibrate Madden Ratings, Change Game

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by pjt8405

Well that is a bummer, but hopefully they didn't change it too much as far as calculating the overall rating, and they kept the scale the same.. It's not the end of the world as it will be well worth the wait in the end. If you need any help at all, just let me know....

Even if they change one thing, it still screws the pooch. Let's just hope the scale is the same. Otherwise, this thing won't be up until Madden 13.

[poopoop]

Im guessing you know the old formula right?

So wouldn't it be easy to test if the formulas have changed by using the rosters ESPN has posted up so far? And seeing if the calculated ovrs using the old formula match the ones for this year...

[xblake16x]

I feel like you should totally disregard the OVR rating and just set the specific ratings to what they are... whatever OVR comes to fruition is that player's overall.

Part of the reason I'm intrigued by your roster creation is the hard facts that you use... creating a player to fit a certain OVR is what EA does

[at23steelers]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCEBB2001

Even if they change one thing, it still screws the pooch. Let's just hope the scale is the same. Otherwise, this thing won't be up until Madden 13.

Dcebb, what if they change the scale and ratings every year?? I would just keep the attributes there and discard the overall.

[Argooos]

I'm almost certain I read a post from adembroski saying that they tweak the OVR formula every year.

Even if that's the case though it and it sets you back, as long as the legal issues are taken care of, people could still put your *base* ratings into a roster file for download, correct? The OVRs might not be perfect, but at least the individual players would be rated as they really are, right?

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by poopoop

Im guessing you know the old formula right? So wouldn't it be easy to test if the formulas have changed by using the rosters ESPN has posted up so far? And seeing if the calculated ovrs using the old formula match the ones for this year...

I know all of the formulas from last year, yes. After looking at some of the ratings from this year via ESPN, they have definitely changed the formulas.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by xblake16x

I feel like you should totally disregard the OVR rating and just set the specific ratings to what they are... whatever OVR comes to fruition is that player's overall. Part of the reason I'm intrigued by your roster creation is the hard facts that you use... creating a player to fit a certain OVR is what EA does

I cannot do that as the OVR is imperative to successful ratings in this system. Unlike EAs ratings, the OVR actually matters.

[DCEBB2001]

Quote: Originally Posted by at23steelers

Dcebb, what if they change the scale and ratings every year?? I would just keep the attributes there and discard the overall.

If they change the scale, then I will have to re-scale every player. If they do it every year, then every year I have to recalculate. It's just part of the burden of doing accurate ratings for the game. I cannot discard the OVR rating.