Anyone else cool with auto-naming?

[mavfan21]

I went ahead and started a Dynasty with the random names for 3 reasons:

1 I can't wait!!!

2 Since by the start of the second season the NCAA rosters are already no longer realistic, what's the diff if you start out with "fantasy" players.

3 My teambuilder teams I might use (if they ever add the team color accessories) are all fictional so there goes realism anyway..

I have never done this before but now that I have 2 kids under 2 years old my gaming time is scarce and I don't want to wait for rosters. I have found it fun to go in and edit some players here and there and create a new alternate universe. It is nice to not have to roll my eyes if Tim Tebow leads the NCAA in passing yards...because he's not Tim Tebow, he's Danny Davis.

Also, if I use imported rosters on Madden, I don't have to cringe when Dez Bryant comes in with dreds and rated 67 OVR....because he's not "Dez Bryant" anymore.

Anyone else playing with auto-named rosters and enjoying it?

[DarkFudge]

I have always played with auto names....I dont know over 85% of the real player's names anyway in the NCAA so it doesnt matter for me as long as the teams play similar to their real likeness, Im fine with it.

Also, once the season goes a few years its all academic anyways

[2krules]

Quote: Originally Posted by DarkFudge

I have always played with auto names....I dont know over 85% of the real player's names anyway in the NCAA so it doesnt matter for me as long as the teams play similar to their real likeness, Im fine with it. Also, once the season goes a few years its all academic anyways

I'm the same way. I do like to enter in the names of the key Texas A&M players, but that's it.

[mavfan21]

Once the rosters are done I'll use them whenever I start a new dynasty.

For the time being it's very entertaining to play in the alternate universe that I created.

[foreverhorn]

I always start a dynasty before the rosters are out and sim to the 5th year when all my players are the ones that I recruited and go from there. Once the rosters are out, then I play games that I'm excited about, and start a dynasty. I also wait for the season and try to sim the year true to what actually happens. I wish we could have an option of picking who wins in non-player controlled games...that would save me a ton of time.

[bartolet7]

If my ONLY option for names in the game was auto-naming, I'd definitely go that route, since I hate seeing/hearing "RB #20" or "WR #80.

But as long as I have real-life rosters available, I gotta have the real names. It's actually a big thing for me. I realize I won't know whether most of them are correct or not. It's just something I gotta have.

But it's cool that they at least provide the auto-name feature for those that prefer that. It's all about providing options.

I need rosters to enjoy the game. If rosters weren't an option I'd go with numbers. I don't need perfect rosters, but I definitely don't want Tim Tebow to be Cory Roberts or some name like that.

[sois]

Auto is fine. After one season anyway, you start seeing fake names.