NCAA 13 includes mock draft!

[msdm27]

So it has been revealed that NCAA 13 will have a mock draft for players leaving college at the end of the year. Do you guys think this mock projection will be transferred to Madden 13 when importing draft classes?

I think, if this is the case, it would add a great improvement to imported draft classes in general. At the very least, it would take the randomness out of it. For me, nothing worst than having a great college player in ncaa just to see him come projected as a 5th round pick in Madden... At least with this, we could have a real idea of the players coming out of the draft before transferring files to Madden. It also allows for coaches to try and convince rookies to stay in school if their mock draft projection is not so high.

I really hope this feature works as I'm thinking, it would make a huge difference for my franchise mode immersion in M13

[Broncos86]

I think we have a thread already where we're talking about this stuff.

[msdm27]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

I think we have a thread already where we're talking about this stuff.

Sorry, could someone please point me in the direction of that thread then?

[goravens2052]

Quote: Originally Posted by msdm27

Sorry, could someone please point me in the direction of that thread then?

I looked but couldn't find it so this thread should be good until someone finds the other thread if there is one.

I think this will be a GREAT feature, I know many people on OS make excellent Mock Drafts for everyone to use and I always hated how the randomness when they were imported to Madden just project them randomly. Now the only problem would be, how would NCAA know what the projected order may be? I'm thinking it has something to do with Connected Careers where it can keep track of the season and when they do mocks, it mocks players where they could go based off current results in Franchise, etc.

Now I hope that this also means in the future that we can edit the projections to match it up realistically with the real draft, and I would like to see them expand the amount of players in each class and the ability to remove or add players to the Draft Class before importing. This is a great start!

[shahzad12]

Quote: Originally Posted by Broncos86

I think we have a thread already where we're talking about this stuff.

In what place?

[PantherBeast_OS]

I think it would be cool if the mock draft stuff did transfer over to Madden13. It would nice addition to both games. For now it is a wait and see game. But if it happens then I will like it alot.

[pinksheets]

It'll be interesting to see how they decide the mock drafts. Stats? Prototypical size? Physical freakishness? And I'd be all in favor of this representing the general draft order when Madden imports (approximated) and ideally, feature some busts and late round steals.

The potential excites me, I'm just worried that the 'mock draft' could very well just be a fun tidbit for NCAA that doesn't have anything to do with Madden. If my worries prove to be unwarranted, this will be something that is a big, big deal for the draft obsessed team-building types who really like nerding out about this stuff as much as playing the football itself.

[Broncos86]

Guys, of COURSE this isn't going to transfer over. It can't transfer over. How do you handle 2017 mock draft projections? Especially when you haven't even played the 2015 year in Madden yet?

If I'm playing the 2017 year in NCAA 13, and the Broncos are being mocked to draft a running back in the first round, what happens when I get to 2017 in my Broncos season and running back is no longer a need? The Madden game has to re-mock the draft? Then why even bother bringing in the mock draft in the first place?

Unless you're playing both seasons concurrently, and NCAA 13 is accessing the Madden 13 save data, then it's not feasible. Especially given the resources. Unless NCAA 13 is looking directly at Madden franchise saves, and the save correlates directly to the same year, then this concept doesn't work. And why would Tiburon develop a feature for such a small window?

What I meant earlier was that this really belongs in the NCAA forum, because the mock draft doesn't relate to Madden in any way.