Madden NFL 13 Online Fantasy Drafts Are on the Way

[Aftershock9958]

I only got through about 4 pages before I had to stop reading. Me? I couldn't care in the slightest about fantasy draft in Madden. But I know that it was a very important thing to a lot of people and brought a lot of heat for not being included.

So even though I won't use this feature, I'm thrilled that they worked to add it in without making people wait until 14. I am having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that so many people are writing this off and still complaining - this is a step in the right direction. It's something that could in the end effect all of us in that it sets a precedent that until now would have been the last thing we would have expected from EA.

At this point, there's no telling what type of support and patches we may see between now and Madden 14. Maybe nothing. But this gives hope, that maybe something.

[xpmar9x]

Sweet.

Now add player editing and tune the crazy INTs and it's ready to be released. Oh wait.

[ajk49er]

and cpu running in ccm...

[Hades71]

Quote: Originally Posted by SFNiners816

If that is what they are gonna do then I am all for it. However, there is no guarantee that whatever the pinnacle point of CCM is on this gen will be the starting point of the next gen game. If the past is an idicator it will take a couple of versions just to get on par with the previous gen version. As an example. we never did get back a fully functioning Owner mode that first made its apperance on Madden 04. Hell I would still argue that nothing has touched the offline owner/franchise mode of the PS2/Xbox days. Again, just my opinion doesn't make it right just the way I feel.

I miss setting the prices for popcorn and parking.

[JaymeeAwesome]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheelman990

Not even close man. Look at the poll in my signature. Only 53% or so care about fantasy, roster editing, draft class, coach mode, and created players combined. So prob more like 20% care that much at all about fantasy drafts. Don't get me wrong, I am 100% behind getting features for everyone, but this wasn't that big of a announcement to the majority, just a small %. Personally, I think this is just a ploy to get people to play their careers online. They like to show a lot more people are online then there really are playing online vs others leagues IMO. Anyway, congrats to the guys asking for this. I am happy for you guys, I know what it's like to be missing features I care about(roster edit, playable and working zoom cam, 2 minute & game CPU play call, and much more)

So a poll on a website that hosts only about 5% of the madden population showing 53% of the ones polled wanted this...you consider this concrete data? You would need a far larger sample size to make any kind of argument. Fantasy drafts are for the casual gamer...and the casual gamer doesn't frequent online forums. This decision was made to appease the majority, which to say...OS users don't really fit in that category.

[wheelman990]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaymee13

So a poll on a website that hosts only about 5% of the madden population showing 53% of the ones polled wanted this...you consider this concrete data? You would need a far larger sample size to make any kind of argument. Fantasy drafts are for the casual gamer...and the casual gamer doesn't frequent online forums. This decision was made to appease the majority, which to say...OS users don't really fit in that category.

No, but I would say it is much more accurate then the 95% he stated. And that 53-54% was for player editing, fantasy draft, college draft, coach mode,etc, all combined! So only a % of that would be just for fantasy draft. My guess is somewhere in the 15-30% range based on just that poll using common sense

I guess I would trust that poll as well as any other poll on any other site any day. OS has gamers of every type here. It will be more accurate as it gets more and more votes.

btw-You think a casual gamer cares about fantasy drafts more then a OS player? Give me a break. Casual gamers just pop it in and play some play it now games for a quick football fix. Maybe a few games in ccm before they trade it in at gamestop for something else. Fantasy draft is for more hardcore players who like to spend time doing roster adjustments and playing full seasons,etc.

[AWendland]

How quickly tunes change around here..

When M13 first came out, there was an uproar about the lack of fantasy draft, it was plainly stated that it wouldn't be possible and we moved on. Complained, but moved on. Now, EA has come through with something a lot of people complained about and OS is still pissed off.

If you want to rag on EA when they do something wrong (which I'm all for), give them credit when they do something right. Remember, this is our game, we all wanted MORE features.

[SamoanSteelerFromAus]

Congrats to all those who wanted fantasy draft. As an offline player this means nothing to me and im sure many other offline players have felt neglected by M13.

I'll never understand the logic behind taking something out like coop franchise when so many people play that way and have ever since it's conception. Must we be forced to keep up with the times and be subjected to interacting with friends solely behind our headsets?? I've seen older players of this game imploring them to put it back in cause its the old school way. I'm 23 and I choose to play the oldschool way and only that way, I hate the direction this game is going streamlining everything to online. Show some substance and loyalty EA.

Again, i'm happy for those who want this. One thing that baffles me though are the people saying "give them a break, they're obviously thinking about us and are working hard by putting these things back in"
Well its hard for me to cut EA any slack when its a feature that has been in the games for years, they take it out, theres an uproar and then they put it back in. If they left important things alone there wouldn't be so much distaste for this game.
I'll give them credit when they put something in the game that significantly improves the game for offline and online people and that wasn't stripped from the last installment. So yeah, to me, this effort isn't too impressive. Nothing will be overly impressive until they show some loyalty to the offline crowd that have helped with the success in sales for so many years.