Donny Moore, the 'Madden Ratings Czar', Leaving EA

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gman 18

Considering the community has been requesting the addition of practice squads for YEARS in these forums and on other sports forums/social media, I don't see how just one guy is gonna suddenly convince them to implement them into the game Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah that's true, one person can't convince them to change something, but one person can give good feedback and hopefully they take it to heart.

[4thQtrStre5S]

IT would be perfect if the program could just take the ratings of the current roster used in CFM, for example and then auto generate new players within the averages of the players currently being used in game...Then anyone could create any set of player rating values and any auto generated players would match up...

[Yukon46]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCEBB2001

One of the first things that is apparent is that they are very open to taking in new methodologies for rating players in the game. Ideas like crowd sourcing via the Madden community came up. It looks like they want to do away with having one guy do all of the ratings. Questions?

I will say this, the main thing in Madden that has bothered me for years..
is the Speed Rating.

I think using a proper rating system... based on real data, to properly rate current players (and future players within a CFM)...is one of the major keys to the game.

You can really roll all Physical attributes into this... They all need to be rated properly.

Last years final Madden 15 roster update....

EA had 460 players rated over 90 for Speed.

Reality would have had about 160-175 rated over 90.

Then this also leads into CFM drafts... They pour another 50+ players into the game every year with a over 90 speed ratings.

Reality would be in the 15-20 range each year.

And having myself done re-ratings of Speed in numerous EA Football titles, it has never remotely came close to breaking the game.... it only improves them. As I think any players that have used such Re-Rated Rosters already know.

And I think FBG is on par with getting real physical attributes transformed into in-game ratings down to a science.

It seems like a good fit to me.

[4thQtrStre5S]

As it is now..the game generates a certain range of ratings for players and it then requires anyone making the ratings to match what the program is going to generate...So really, no one has a right to blame Donny Moore for bad ratings, he had to fit the ratings to what the program was going to generate..

[Yukon46]

Quote: Originally Posted by 4thQtrStre5S

As it is now..the game generates a certain range of ratings for players and it then requires anyone making the ratings to match what the program is going to generate...So really, no one has a right to blame Donny Moore for bad ratings, he had to fit the ratings to what the program was going to generate..

That's like the "which came first" question...

I personally dogged Donny for years about Speed..... but Madden never really changed.

[jpdavis82]

Dan,

I"m a little confused about what they said as far as not being as concerned about authenticity of team ratings. How does this desire for "competitive gameplay" coincide with their desire to create a sim football game, specifically Rex's?

[Yukon46]

Quote: Originally Posted by 4thQtrStre5S

IT would be perfect if the program could just take the ratings of the current roster used in CFM, for example and then auto generate new players within the averages of the players currently being used in game...Then anyone could create any set of player rating values and any auto generated players would match up...

That is Brilliant ! I want this now....

[ggsimmonds]

It confirms my beliefs about Madden.

Not saying this to knock the game or EA, but to me they are overly concerned with the user vs user reputation of Madden.

We can lament the game's present state as much as we want, but it is still the ultimate game to play another person. When someone says "get on the sticks" that means play me in Madden.

This is not a revelation; the scouting and confidence changes in CFM have the same reasoning behind it.

I'm not a fan of this focus, but it is a perfectly fine approach to take. My way (our way?) is no more valid than theirs.