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Madden NFL 10 Blog: The Importance of an Early Community Day (New Screenshot Included

05:59 PM - April 13, 2009 by Ian_Cummings

Check out the new Madden NFL 10 blog. This one features the importance of an early community day.

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	"On April 10, we flew in 8 of the most hardcore Madden fans for a marathon testing day to get an extremely early look at our Alpha build and provide feedback based on where the game is thus far. You may ask, �What is new about this? Haven�t you had community events in the past?� Yes, we have done these before, but there are some key differences."

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# 541 Nature_Boy @ 04/14/09 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by roadman


	like a broken record, a reoccurring dream.

Yep, it looks like I spoke too soon.

# 542 Dawkins#20 @ 04/14/09 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by g2thecore


	I feel much better now. I was a little worried after your previous answer. I didn't the get the impression you were really that impressed with the animations. So from my understanding, they're not as good as 2k's, but much better than previous Madden's.

Promising, i put in 09 today and saw an animation i'd never seen before in practice. One where the receiver tips it and then twists his body to catch it, seemed pretty sweet but never occured in game. Light years ahead of 09, not as good as 2k5 i'll see seems somewhat promising. I did get the feeling the tweaks they were making were making the game a little more like 2K, with the whole slowing the speed down etc.

# 543 g2thecore @ 04/14/09 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DSpezzano


	Did the island just do another time shift because that was the fastest two weeks ever.

Lol, that's what I said. I was really enjoying it in here when he was gone.

# 544 countryboy @ 04/14/09 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by coach_ruckus


	KyGamerLT GREAT POST!!!!!!! But those so called 2k guys who went to EA didnt even think of asking because madden heads dont care about real football

whats a "madden head"?

# 545 TheWatcher @ 04/14/09 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by coach_ruckus


	KyGamerLT GREAT POST!!!!!!! But those so called 2k guys who went to* EA didnt even think of asking because madden heads dont care about real football*

LOL.

How do you know what we asked? I can tell you that I asked some questions about the Returners body placement while setting up to receive, and it was also part of my report.

# 546 StevieTheD @ 04/14/09 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnywhiplash


	Mr. Mayor, the residents of Crazytown need you back at home. They're so lonely without you...

Wow. The "mayor" managed to elicit a response from a veteran who has 15 posts in 5 years. Impressive.

Anyway, hooray for the "ignore list." It's a shame, this thread was getting back on track with some decent Q&A and discussion.

Back to the topic, it's great to hear about the animations but I'm still dieing for some franchise impressions. At the least, hearing how it compared to your expectations or some general, vague, non-NDA-violating impressions would be awesome!

# 547 ch46647 @ 04/14/09 08:16 PM

Ok.... I was planning on not asking any questions for the guys who just got to test the game out. People have asked enough questions as is, and it may be starting to wear them out. But what the hell I am going to ask my one question anyway, if none of you guys want to answer thats fine but I will give it a shot.

This question is more focused on LBZ since he is a defensive minded player, but if any of you want to chime in thats great. I have always been a defensive Madden player. I play field position football and great defense. I am a Baltimore guy so obviously play as the Ravens. In the last gen Maddens (partiularly 00-05) I could play this way and be very competitive. Since next gen, playing defense has been more of a chore and just hasn't been any fun. (or effective)

My one question is, in your opinion, is this the year we can play great defense and field position football, and actually compete against even the best offensive players? A simple Yes or No would be just fine with me

Thanks guys!!

# 548 bowdown2shadi @ 04/14/09 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWatcher


	LOL. How do you know what we asked? I can tell you that I asked some questions about the Returners body placement while setting up to receive, and it was also part of my report.

Man, just ignore these fools. How would they know what went on in there? Exactly, they dont.

I dont know were all this talk about adem, watcher, lbz, kane, etc not knowing **** about football came from.

# 549 KyGamerLT @ 04/14/09 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by countryboy


	whats a "madden head"?

They only play madden and play it a lot. But that is what i think it is.

# 550 LBzrule @ 04/14/09 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by g2thecore


	I feel much better now. I was a little worried after your previous answer. I didn't the get the impression you were really that impressed with the animations. So from my understanding, they're not as good as 2k's, but much better than previous Madden's.

Actually he's saying overall. But there are a few areas where they kill 2k5 and 2k8. I think even Adem will admit that.

# 551 g2thecore @ 04/14/09 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dawkins#20


	Promising, i put in 09 today and saw an animation i'd never seen before in practice. One where the receiver tips it and then twists his body to catch it, seemed pretty sweet but never occured in game. Light years ahead of 09, not as good as 2k5 i'll see seems somewhat promising. I did get the feeling the tweaks they were making were making the game a little more like 2K, with the whole slowing the speed down etc.

See it's been a long time since I've seen a new animation in Madden 09 (well it's also been a long time since I've played the game). Though I AM concerned about variety in animations, I was more worried about the fluidity and realism in the animations.

Looking at WR's run routes in Madden 09 is really painful on the eye. They're extremely robotic, they lack any kind of fluid motion, they accelerate too fast and rarely decelerate. I know this was addressed by Ian in one of the blogs, but I wanted to know how the guys felt about it now that they've seen it in motion.

# 552 Dawkins#20 @ 04/14/09 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ch46647


	Ok.... I was planning on not asking any questions for the guys who just got to test the game out. People have asked enough questions as is, and it may be starting to wear them out. But what the hell I am going to ask my one question anyway, if none of you guys want to answer thats fine but I will give it a shot. This question is more focused on LBZ since he is a defensive minded player, but if any of you want to chime in thats great. I have always been a defensive Madden player. I play field position football and great defense. I am a Baltimore guy so obviously play as the Ravens. In the last gen Maddens (partiularly 00-05) I could play this way and be very competitive. Since next gen, playing defense has been more of a chore and just hasn't been any fun. (or effective) My one question is, in your opinion, is this the year we can play great defense and field position football, and actually compete against even the best offensive players? A simple Yes or No would be just fine with me Thanks guys!!

Same i just want to know if i can have an impact when controlling a DB.

# 553 adembroski @ 04/14/09 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ch46647


	Ok.... I was planning on not asking any questions for the guys who just got to test the game out. People have asked enough questions as is, and it may be starting to wear them out. But what the hell I am going to ask my one question anyway, if none of you guys want to answer thats fine but I will give it a shot. This question is more focused on LBZ since he is a defensive minded player, but if any of you want to chime in thats great. I have always been a defensive Madden player. I play field position football and great defense. I am a Baltimore guy so obviously play as the Ravens. In the last gen Maddens (partiularly 00-05) I could play this way and be very competitive. Since next gen, playing defense has been more of a chore and just hasn't been any fun. (or effective) My one question is, in your opinion, is this the year we can play great defense and field position football, and actually compete against even the best offensive players? A simple Yes or No would be just fine with me Thanks guys!!

Too broad for an unfinished game. I'm gonna pass on this one.

# 554 Dawkins#20 @ 04/14/09 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by g2thecore


	See it's been a long time since I've seen a new animation in Madden 09 (well it's also been a long time since I've played the game). Though I AM concerned about variety in animations, I was more worried about the fluidity and realism in the animations. Looking at WR's run routes in Madden 09 is really painful on the eye. They're extremely robotic, they lack any kind of fluid motion, they accelerate too fast and rarely decelerate. I know this was addressed by Ian in one of the blogs, but I wanted to know how the guys felt about it now that they've seen it in motion.

Agreed not a fan of most of the animaations just happened to see a new one. That said same thing happened in 2k5 and i've played that game loads

# 555 g2thecore @ 04/14/09 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LBzrule


	Actually he's saying overall. But there are a few areas where they kill 2k5 and 2k8. I think even Adem will admit that.

Can you please elaborate (without breaking NDA of course)?

# 556 countryboy @ 04/14/09 08:24 PM

reading some of the comments by the Elite 8 has me pumped to see this game.

# 557 LBzrule @ 04/14/09 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by c dizzy m baby


	LB can u talk about the 3-4 defense? Anything would be nice.

Still gotta wait for them to put up the OL vs DL blog, but I can comment that this was one thing I sent heavy feedback on in terms of a pocket. The OLB's were running too far inside and hence even when you sent both from the outside, there was no pocket at all. Unlike the 4 man line defenses where the DE's were getting up the field and forming a pocket although too slow for my taste. So I emphasized the OLB's running the arc and like the DE's in the 4-3, they should be on the same level as the QB when he reaches his final step in his drop, unless they are doing a spin move back inside or something. We'll have to wait to see on this one, but I need it since it is my favorite D.

# 558 DLaren @ 04/14/09 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by adembroski


	But really I'm a coach at heart, and you can't call the plays in superstar mode, so off-line franchise is definitely my primary method of play. That's why I love NFL Head Coach. .

Hey Adam, many thanks to you (and the rest of the gentelmen) for taking time out of your day to entertain our questions.

You probably can't answer this, and if that's the case feel free to ignore this post, but do you get the feeling that Madden'10's franchise mode will come close to rivaling what we saw in NFL Headcoach'09?

Thanks again.

# 559 LBzrule @ 04/14/09 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by g2thecore


	Can you please elaborate (without breaking NDA of course)?

Elaborating will cause me to break it. Sorry.

# 560 PGaither84 @ 04/14/09 08:26 PM

over 21,000 views and about 650 replies... sorry for the poor post, but damn.

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