Madden NFL 13 Video - Live Draft in Connected Careers Mode

[CWood2]

They nearly lost me when import draft class was left out ... and then I saw this video. Really, really immersive and so much better from a gameplay standpoint. I'll miss drafting Justin Hunter and co. ... but still. This is quite good.

[JimmyT85]

Quote: Originally Posted by TajDeni

i gotta say that im on the side of the ppl who dont trust the cpu draft logic. i know alot has been made about the WR & TE going 1-2, but i saw some other things that bother me. the most obvious........ so nobody had a problem with the Vikings drafting a QB in the 1st round? it would never ever happen at this point in Ponder's development. i dont wanna hear from ppl that it could happen because it wouldnt happen. not with the 1st round pick of a guy that supposedly according to Stink was the obvious choice to go number 1. dont try to say he fell into their lap because it just wouldnt happen. Guys like Ponder, Locker, and Tannehill will be given every reasonable chance to succeed in the NFL; and that means drafting them more weapons not drafting their replacement or competition with a 1st round pick. so overall i think it seems well implimented, but i really think the lack of 32 team control is gonna hurt in the end. i just dont trust the cpu. edit: i didnt see the above post, but obviously i agree. i give you the perfect example, irl if the Dolphins have the worst record in the NFL this yr and Matt Barkley wins the Heisman, how many ppl think the dolphins would draft Barkley #1 overall. But on Madden that seems highly likely and it also seems that a significant amount of folks wouldnt see this as a major flaw in the draft logic.

Ponder might have had a career-ending injury for all we know?

I'm not defending anything, all I mean is, we don't know what has happened in that league, so we cannot possibly even begin to try and pull things apart on something we know very little about.

[Brandwin]

People are really complaining not just about a receiver going first overall, but he is white and named Treon. Wow!

[TajDeni]

Quote: Originally Posted by JimmyT85

Ponder might have had a career-ending injury for all we know? I'm not defending anything, all I mean is, we don't know what has happened in that league, so we cannot possibly even begin to try and pull things apart on something we know very little about.

fair enough statement and ill concede that point, but what will/would the response be if Ponder is not hurt and if this type of thing happens in the very 1st offseason?

edit: i would hope that the tweeting would handle something this important as the Vikings being on the clock and Ponder being seriously hurt. i mean wouldnt the tweeting be trivial if it didnt handle something as newsworthy as a season or career ending injury. but again ill concede the point for now.

[DaBlackGoku]

All this complaint over a white WR named Treon, smdh. I'm pretty sure the CPU doesn't know what color he is, and the generated class is probably randomized in terms of race.

[JimmyT85]

Quote: Originally Posted by TajDeni

fair enough statement and ill concede that point, but what will/would the response be if Ponder is not hurt and if this type of thing happens in the very 1st offseason? edit: i would hope that the tweeting would handle something this important as the Vikings being on the clock and Ponder being seriously hurt. i mean wouldnt the tweeting be trivial if it didnt handle something as newsworthy as a season or career ending injury. but again ill concede the point for now.

I would like to have thought the tweeting would cover that too.

I'm not going to panic just yet. I'll reserve any panicking/hesitations until I've played myself.

We must remember, these guys are testing this right now, so anything odd they see will be reported, then possibly fixed with a patch etc

[illwill10]

Even though I am the type to build right through the draft opposed to FA, I get OL straight through FA. I dont know why, but I dont like drafting OL.

I cant wait to get this game in get into CCM. I plan on getting players that "fit" my scheme.

[outtamyway24]

Quote: Originally Posted by SuperNoVa27

Zach Richmond dropping to number 20. He may not be a fit for some of these teams schemes, he may be a bust, he may have a low durability rating, there a too many variables to complain about the number one player dropping to 20. He could be the next JaMarcus Russel for all we know and teams knew that.

The issue I have with this whole thing was if 19 other teams knew he was a bust, why was Schlereth so clear that he was the obvious first overall pick. IF there was a possibility that 19 teams considered him a bust, Schlereth should have said "Richmond has the ability to be 1st overall, but we'll see." Again, this may or may not have been intentional by EA. Perhaps they purposely made the "experts" get some stuff wrong, maybe they didn't. We don't really know, but what we do know is it's odd, to say the least, that the obvious first overall pick went 20th. Odd, not necessarily broken.