Madden to Feature Uniform Fashion Critic in its Fake Twitter Feed

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by PVarck31

I don't really think anyone thinks EA is going to cut gameplay resources because of this twitter fluff announcement. I just think people feel like they are being kicked in the nuts when this stuff gets what most people feel is undue attention.

This can be blamed on the media, though, not EA.

I think people want to lash out at EA for something they didn't market or so it appears.

[SmashMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

This can be blamed on the media, though, not EA. I think people want to lash out at EA for something they didn't market or so it appears.

Exactly. This came from UniWatch, not EA.

I'd guess whatever new personalities have been added are just going to be listed in a random hype blog post in the middle of the summer with little, if any, fanfare. As it is, people are always looking to the future and without actual game news yet, minor notes like this get blown entirely out of proportion.

[SmashMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by bucky60

And how CM Hooe of you to ignore all the other things I mentioned and just focus on one thing. And how you ignore that I've only been commenting on how useless and unimportant TWITTER FASHION is. Heck, I wouldn't even care about twitter fashion if EA/Tib didn't produce such an incomplete game. I wouldn't care one way or the other if NBA2K14 had twitter fashion. I would just chuckle at it. But I wouldn't care. Why? Because NBA2K13 is a much more polished game. Madden, this entire gen console, has been greatly disappointing. At this point, adding TWITTER FASHION is just frustrating.

I have to ask, since you single out the phrase 'Twitter fashion' - your opposition is only to UniWatch being added to the list of Madden's Twitter personalities?

There seems to be a disconnect between the point/counterpoint you guys have going on.

[Scribe1980]

Madden is a mess. Lukas writes a good column on ESPN.com, but if I wanted to read his stuff I'd be doing that, not sitting in front of the PS3.

Madden will never again be EA's flagship game. It has been passed permanently by FIFA, and Tiburon desperately responds to the game's growing irrelevance with silly crap like this.

[ubernoob]

I'm taking this one a bit off topic here, but I find it humorous that FIFA is always mentioned yet it has the same things going for it that Madden does. The license and good graphics. Granted they have gotten better, but its still an arcade game of soccer.

Run down the flank and cross it into the middle. That's what FIFA was and still is to some extent.

[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

I have to ask, since you single out the phrase 'Twitter fashion' - your opposition is only to UniWatch being added to the list of Madden's Twitter personalities? There seems to be a disconnect between the point/counterpoint you guys have going on.

I'm staying on topic. The "TWITTER FASHION" being added over some incredibly significant improvements that are either incomplete or totally missing in Madden and have been missing or incomplete for an entire decade or more is insulting, frustrating and infuriating.

I never posted a frustration or complaint about twitter being added even though it's more fluff over substance, which is still frustrating. But blanking "TWITTER FASHION" just completely jumps the shark.

Our point/counter point disconnect happens quite frequently. Someone posts something, then "somebody else" counters with something kind of related but logically outside of the original point to try and disprove the point.

I'm getting used to it.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by bucky60

I'm staying on topic. The "TWITTER FASHION" being added over some incredibly significant improvements that are either incomplete or totally missing in Madden and have been missing or incomplete for an entire decade or more is insulting, frustrating and infuriating. I never posted a frustration or complaint about twitter being added even though it's more fluff over substance, which is still frustrating. But blanking "TWITTER FASHION" just completely jumps the shark. Our point/counter point disconnect happens quite frequently. Someone posts something, then "somebody else" counters with something kind of related but logically outside of the original point to try and disprove the point. I'm getting used to it.

Bucky, I'm one that didn't like much about 13, but I find it difficult to rail on EA for this one because they didn't market or break this story.

If they did, I'd be all over this one.

It just seems too easy to point fingers at EA, but in reality, they didn't break this story.

I highly doubt marketing wanted this story leaked as a front runner to thier upcoming released information regarding Madden 25.

Any news, whether it's about fake Twitter feeds, real refs, or helmet to helmet hits will be put out quickly and try to be the first one to break it in media regarding Madden 25.

[cuttingteeth]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Bucky, I'm one that didn't like much about 13, but I find it difficult to rail on EA for this one because they didn't market or break this story. If they did, I'd be all over this one. It just seems too easy to point fingers at EA, but in reality, they didn't break this story. I highly doubt marketing wanted this story leaked as a front runner to thier upcoming released information regarding Madden 25. Any news, whether it's about fake Twitter feeds, real refs, or helmet to helmet hits will be put out quickly and try to be the first one to break it in media regarding Madden 25.

True...but then, what has EA done to quell the news with something better? Was it the picture of Andy Reid being photographed from every angle?