Madden NFL 13 Video - Live Draft in Connected Careers Mode

[Humdinger80]

So you mean to tell me the defenders in here would gamble their teams future on a a white dude named "Treon" at WR? And your 2nd overall pick should he not be picked before the 2nd coming of...Wes Welker, would be a TE!?! Not a protector of your franchise QB at LT? Or a pass rushing gamechanger DE? Shutdown CB? No. A TE. Ok then, all I know is NFL teams would never let your dumb a$$es anywhere near their board on draft day.

[Cre8]

Quote: Originally Posted by Humdinger80

So you mean to tell me the defenders in here would gamble their teams future on a a white dude named "Treon" at WR? And your 2nd overall pick should he not be picked before the 2nd coming of...Wes Welker, would be a TE!?! Not a protector of your franchise QB at LT? Or a pass rushing gamechanger DE? Shutdown CB? No. A TE. Ok then, all I know is NFL teams would never let your dumb a$$es anywhere near their board on draft day.

If I saw a white dude named Treon I would trade my entire next season's draft for him.

[Humdinger80]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cre8

If I saw a white dude named Treon I would trade my entire next season's draft for him.

hahaha I actually lol'ed at that, thanks.

[trevdawg0909]

It looks cool, but with what I see as a major problem: the commentary keeps referring to FAKE NFL players!!!
In the video, Miami drafted TE - Marion Marks #2 overall and Trey Wingo said "Do any of you remember former NFL player Azriel Marks? If not you should. Marion Marks is his son." There never was a player named Azriel Marks in the NFL.
A few picks later, an OG named Kendrick Rose is drafted and Wingo says "Kendrick is the cousin of current NFL safety Keyon Rose." Well if you're playing a franchise, you'd be playing it with the real NFL players in the game. It's ridiculous to have the commentator refer to a made up player who's not even in the game as a "current NFL safety." The other issue with this is that the photo used for Kendrick Rose is of a white player. Not to be prejudiced or anything but wouldn't Kendrick and Keyon be most likely names of black players and not white?
On that same note, the #1 overall pick was Treon Martin - WR. (also shown as a white dude.) Names aside, how realistic is it that a white WR would be the #1 overall pick? Just saying....

Now a lot of you may think these are stupid complaints and that it shouldn't detract from the overall game at all. But the point is that EA has always touted their Madden franchise as realistic and their motto was "IF IT'S IN THE GAME, IT'S IN THE GAME!" Well all this fake stuff just doesn't cut it for me. I don't want to play a game where the commentator refers to players who aren't even in the league and never existed. It detracts from the overall experience. I'm not alone here.
If EA wants to put this fake stuff in there for the casual audience, fine. But at least leave the option for the rest of us to keep things a bit more realistic. Or at the very least, allow us to edit the players ourselves if we want and the only reason they took that option out of the game is so that they could add in this superficial connected careers mode that allowed commentators to talk about players.

Seriously, there was nothing more enjoyable in past Maddens for me (and many others) then to import draft classes from NCAA and have these real rookies enter the NFL. At the end of my first season in Madden 12, Andrew Luck went #1 overall. Matt Kalil went #2 overall. Quinton Coples went #3 overall. It was awesome.
This year, I'd want to play a Madden franchise where Matt Barkley goes #1 overall. Maybe Barkavious Mingo goes #2 overall. Then maybe Mantei Teo goes #3.

Nope. Instead I get a white WR named Treon Martin going #1 overall. A TE who is the son of a former fake NFL legend going #2 overall. And a HB named Xavier Waters (who fake USC coach Devin Gilberry says is the best player he's ever seen) going #3 overall.

No thank you. I'll stick with Madden 12 for another year I guess.

[DaBlackGoku]

Quote: Originally Posted by Humdinger80

So you mean to tell me the defenders in here would gamble their teams future on a a white dude named "Treon" at WR? And your 2nd overall pick should he not be picked before the 2nd coming of...Wes Welker, would be a TE!?! Not a protector of your franchise QB at LT? Or a pass rushing gamechanger DE? Shutdown CB? No. A TE. Ok then, all I know is NFL teams would never let your dumb a$$es anywhere near their board on draft day.

Well, the Dolphins JUST drafted a QB in the top 10 (Ryan Tannehill) and they already have one of the best LT in the NFL (Jake Long). They just so happened to have the 2nd overall pick, and since they probably didn't get any real trade offers, they decided to get what they NEEDED. Where's the problem in that? Remember dude, it's still a game, in real life someone would have taken the 2nd pick from the Dolphins....but this isn't real life is it?

[DaBlackGoku]

Quote: Originally Posted by trevdawg0909

It looks cool, but with what I see as a major problem: the commentary keeps referring to FAKE NFL players!!! In the video, Miami drafted TE - Marion Marks #2 overall and Trey Wingo said "Do any of you remember former NFL player Azriel Marks? If not you should. Marion Marks is his son." There never was a player named Azriel Marks in the NFL. A few picks later, an OG named Kendrick Rose is drafted and Wingo says "Kendrick is the cousin of current NFL safety Keyon Rose." Well if you're playing a franchise, you'd be playing it with the real NFL players in the game. It's ridiculous to have the commentator refer to a made up player who's not even in the game as a "current NFL safety." The other issue with this is that the photo used for Kendrick Rose is of a white player. Not to be prejudiced or anything but wouldn't Kendrick and Keyon be most likely names of black players and not white? On that same note, the #1 overall pick was Treon Martin - WR. (also shown as a white dude.) Names aside, how realistic is it that a white WR would be the #1 overall pick? Just saying.... Now a lot of you may think these are stupid complaints and that it shouldn't detract from the overall game at all. But the point is that EA has always touted their Madden franchise as realistic and their motto was "IF IT'S IN THE GAME, IT'S IN THE GAME!" Well all this fake stuff just doesn't cut it for me. I don't want to play a game where the commentator refers to players who aren't even in the league and never existed. It detracts from the overall experience. I'm not alone here. If EA wants to put this fake stuff in there for the casual audience, fine. But at least leave the option for the rest of us to keep things a bit more realistic. Or at the very least, allow us to edit the players ourselves if we want and the only reason they took that option out of the game is so that they could add in this superficial connected careers mode that allowed commentators to talk about players. Seriously, there was nothing more enjoyable in past Maddens for me (and many others) then to import draft classes from NCAA and have these real rookies enter the NFL. At the end of my first season in Madden 12, Andrew Luck went #1 overall. Matt Kalil went #2 overall. Quinton Coples went #3 overall. It was awesome. This year, I'd want to play a Madden franchise where Matt Barkley goes #1 overall. Maybe Barkavious Mingo goes #2 overall. Then maybe Mantei Teo goes #3. Nope. Instead I get a white WR named Treon Martin going #1 overall. A TE who is the son of a former fake NFL legend going #2 overall. And a HB named Xavier Waters (who fake USC coach Devin Gilberry says is the best player he's ever seen) going #3 overall. No thank you. I'll stick with Madden 12 for another year I guess.

You're right, these ARE stupid complaints. You wanna play Madden 12 with that broken import draft class? Be my guest. All you're really doing is beating a dead horse right now. Smdh.....

[Bigmac612]

This kinda reminds me of last yr..when everybody was soo pumped for cut days, generated "nobodies" thats tryin to make your team, expanded rosters etc....then game comes out and after bout yr 2 of your franchise...you see how everything is truly screwed up..and all the people who were praising and defended EA for those additions just based off videos n here say...where the first ones coming for their heads and crying about a patch lolll

Im fairly optimistic that everything is polished this year..especially with the omission of editing...but plz dont get mad at ppl who are not impressed or criticizing...EA has set up us for the "okie doke" time and time again...some has just refused to be fooled this time around...
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[Chrisksaint]

Quote: Originally Posted by Humdinger80

So you mean to tell me the defenders in here would gamble their teams future on a a white dude named "Treon" at WR? And your 2nd overall pick should he not be picked before the 2nd coming of...Wes Welker, would be a TE!?! Not a protector of your franchise QB at LT? Or a pass rushing gamechanger DE? Shutdown CB? No. A TE. Ok then, all I know is NFL teams would never let your dumb a$$es anywhere near their board on draft day.

If he's the best rated player on your board, who cares where you pick him. Also when it comes to Madden, i'd easily pick a TE/WR over an OT/DE.

No good teams at least in the NFL are going to shy away from a player because you're supposedly not supposed to draft that position that high