Why EA Needs to Patch the New Playoff into NCAA Football 13

[FloydNDLAL]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

If it's pointless then why do you see various media outlets always creating a Simulation tournament in Basketball, Football and Baseball? Like i said before if you created a poll on these boards choosing to have a playoff tournament Outside of Dynasty Mode with All Time Teams vs Using Just single past Heisman players inside Dynasty mode I'm pretty confident the Playoff Tournament with ability to use entire Full man Classic squads would win in a landslide. You have no idea how many people who create squads on Team Builder would love to download those teams and put them in a tournament where the game keeps track of stats for them during the playoff mode. Or better yet how many guys on Team Builder who create Div 11 schools or Highschool teams that would love this feature even if it's not installed in a Dynasty mode. So to call it useless or pointless simply because you wouldn't utilize it doesn't mean plenty of others wouldn't do it and love it.

Well it's not going to be in NCAA so pointless to argue.

[Ziza9Noles94]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

Again... what's stopping you from just drawing a bracket on a piece of paper and doing this that way? You can still use your custom teams. You can still have a playoff. How does EA win with some of you guys here? You rip them for inaccuracy in one thread, then you want them to patch in a not-accurate playoff mode in another. I just don't get it.

Fair point, but I think a fair amount of people are probably thinking that with the $500 people spent on a PS3 or 360 or both and the $60 for the game, they shouldn't have to resort to an old school pen and paper method to do something that the game could do for them. I still do it for tournaments, well on a computer, but it would be nice if the game included a way to set up tournaments. As pointed out, other games offer the ability to set them up. Accuracy is not the point in a mode like that. Structure, seeding, and setup are. Not jumping on you as I think it shouldn't be patched in myself. I just think as far as this series goes "next gen" has been defined too much as "this or that" instead of "all of this and all of that." I really don't think it is the consoles that are the problem but rather the developers ability to program the most out of the consoles that is the issue. But that is a convo for a different day.

Still anxiously awaiting the 10th.

[JerseySuave4]

yea a tournament mode wouldn't be pointless because of pen & paper, why do we need to be using pen & paper these days? Not to mention when you do the pen & paper way the games are all individual games, when games do tournament modes the commentary sometimes reflects that it's a tournament and they usually have a tournament celebration at the end so it doesn't just feel like any other exhibition game.

[TMaj1972]

"hey guys, we really wanted to get the playoffs in, but we didn't have enough time. but in road to glory mode, you can now choose what you can order off a menu during a recruiting trip, there are 14 types of restaurants from seafood to bbq, this is the most authentic recruiting simulator"

@Skull--Man, this is the funniest thing I have seen in I don't know when. I don't even do message boards that much, but I had to log in and give you some respect for that one. That is JUST what EA is going to do. +1million

[bomccready]

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone - positive and negative.

One of the best things about writing for OS is that an article like this can generate such heated debate, and with well-reasoned arguments on both sides.

My goal in writing this article wasn't to imply that EA will make a huge mistake by not patching in the playoff. I don't think that's the case at all. I just think that patching it in, if it's at all possible, would be a really neat benefit for all of us, especially Dynasty Mode gamers that get to year 3 of their dynasty and are a little disappointed that they're still using the old championship model.

Again, thanks for all the comments. I certainly didn't expect that people would get so fired up about this issue and I look forward to seeing where the discussion goes from here.

[CrimsontideuA]

It's not even 2014/2015 season yet. It does not make sense to patch it in now. Plus they need to make sure the rosters fixed first and foremost.

[malky]

My thing is if in the current game i can take the whole PAC 12 and put them in the Big East and not blink an eye about it, then people shouldn't be concerned about having a playoff in NOW as not being "Realistic".... No need to wait until 2015 or whatever to put a playoff in the game, if that was the case then we shouldn't have full control over conference re-alignment.

[Kaiser Wilhelm]

Quote: Originally Posted by CrimsontideuA

It's not even 2014/2015 season yet. It does not make sense to patch it in now. Plus they need to make sure the rosters fixed first and foremost.

You're not the only person to make these remarks but I chose to cite your post in order to address this notion entirely.

It does not matter if the system does not go into effect until 2015 because EA can patch it so that it goes into effect in 2015. In Madden 2002 the Texans football team was programed to only come into effect after the completion of the first year in franchise mode.

The ability to have a feature lay formant only to be triggered under certain circumstances is nothing new to video game programming and completely within the theoretical realm of possibility.