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Madden NFL 13 CCM Will Not Allow You to Play Other Games on the Schedule, Only Yours

04:33 PM - June 12, 2012 by Steve_OS

Because I have been asked about this via Twitter and email so often, I wanted to make sure people were aware.

Justin Dewiel, Community Manager for EA Sports, just confirmed via Twitter (just follow the timeline), if you coach a team, you can no longer play other games on the schedule, only the game(s) on your own schedule.

For example. Rgiles asked if he could coach the Cowboys in CCM, but play the Patriots vs. Browns game.

Justin stated that it is not possible, because CCM is based around you and your character (coach or player).

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# 521 StanleyStutters @ 06/20/12 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CRMosier_LM


	If you are playing offline, I don't see where a.second controller couldn't take control of the team you are playing. I will find out. Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2

Thanks a lot. I spent most of my time on Madden 12 playing a couch co-op Franchise with my cousin. Hopefully we can still do this in Madden 13 CCM.

# 522 SamoanSteelerFromAus @ 06/21/12 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by CRMosier_LM


	I hit Derek Adams up.as he was leaving the studio... He will test it in the morning. Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2

.....Legend.....

# 523 aholbert32 @ 06/21/12 02:51 PM

Looks like it may be possible to play other teams games in CCM. According to Shopmaster's Blog, you are asked to advance the week after you play a game. Assuming that the other games are simulated after you advance the week, you could technically switch coaches and play other teams games.

FYI, this doesnt work if you are playing as a created coach because once you switch teams you will have to retire your coach. It only works using real life coaches.

# 524 brahmagoul @ 06/21/12 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Looks like it may be possible to play other teams games in CCM. According to Shopmaster's Blog, you are asked to advance the week after you play a game. Assuming that the other games are simulated after you advance the week, you could technically switch coaches and play other teams games. FYI, this doesnt work if you are playing as a created coach because once you switch teams you will have to retire your coach. It only works using real life coaches.

If I can switch coaches as much as my heart desires within a given week, and this game gets good reviews, I will definitely pick it up.

# 525 XplosiveRunna26 @ 06/21/12 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Looks like it may be possible to play other teams games in CCM. According to Shopmaster's Blog, you are asked to advance the week after you play a game. Assuming that the other games are simulated after you advance the week, you could technically switch coaches and play other teams games. FYI, this doesnt work if you are playing as a created coach because once you switch teams you will have to retire your coach. It only works using real life coaches.

Is this true?

# 526 XplosiveRunna26 @ 06/21/12 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 87Birdman


	I think this all goes back to online and offline being tied into 1. Cheating online is affecting other's game play enjoyment. It seems like all the things that weren't added are things that could cause large problems online, and that is probably where the problems are arising. Now hopefully they can find a way to get it implemented for the offline crowd because I can see where it can be important to some people. I know what it is like to have a "small" problem that makes a game unplayable. Heck 2K5 is unplayable with the tap to sprint and most would consider that a "small" reason not to play but to me that was huge. But the combining of the game modes while great for the future does seem to be causing changes early that people don't like. It sucks and hopefully they do find a way to get it added so it works both online and off.

ON/OFF switch and sliders...easy....

# 527 moneal2001 @ 06/21/12 04:00 PM

@taz no the coach loses all his xp. not the players. coach xp is used to make contract talks easier or free agency easier or to improve player xp gains. so switching coaches causes you to not have access to those abilities unless the coach already has them.

# 528 aholbert32 @ 06/21/12 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tazdevil20


	I think once you switch coaches, you will lose all of the XP points that you have earned for that coach. Therefore you won't be able to progress any players. Not 100% sure, just going off of what I read in one of the threads. You may want to confirm if that is the case.

Thats definetly a problem for people who plan to use XP and have players progress weekly. I think its minimized if you have them progress yearly. For people who dont care about XP like me, it wont matter much.

# 529 aholbert32 @ 06/21/12 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by XplosiveRunna26


	Is this true?

Yep. Shopmaster just confirmed it. The game doesnt simulate the other teams games until you press "advance to next week". So after you play your game, you can switch coaches and play other teams games.

This also gives you a roundabout and more limited version of 32 team control.

# 530 aholbert32 @ 06/21/12 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CRMosier_LM


	You lose coach xp not player xp. Coach xp has nothing to do with progressing players. Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2

Even better.

# 531 ccdeville @ 06/21/12 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Yep. Shopmaster just confirmed it. The game doesnt simulate the other teams games until you press "advance to next week". So after you play your game, you can switch coaches and play other teams games. This also gives you a roundabout and more limited version of 32 team control.

This is certainly good news for those of us that enjoy 32 team control. Where can Shopmasters blog be found?

# 532 aholbert32 @ 06/21/12 04:53 PM

http://mymaddenpad.com/2012/06/21/de...s-day-2-diary/

# 533 SkinsBoYee @ 06/22/12 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Looks like it may be possible to play other teams games in CCM. According to Shopmaster's Blog, you are asked to advance the week after you play a game. Assuming that the other games are simulated after you advance the week, you could technically switch coaches and play other teams games. FYI, this doesnt work if you are playing as a created coach because once you switch teams you will have to retire your coach. It only works using real life coaches.

This will be huge for those of us who want to hope around the schedule for playing games and seeing playoff games.

Only concern now is with that walk around...still cause we don't have full control...how close can we keep teams to real life moves as we can....for those that like that.

# 534 jerwoods @ 06/22/12 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Yep. Shopmaster just confirmed it. The game doesnt simulate the other teams games until you press "advance to next week". So after you play your game, you can switch coaches and play other teams games. This also gives you a roundabout and more limited version of 32 team control.

THAT IS GREAT NEWS at least it is some progress and hopefully its it a sign we can get this Back in Madden 14

# 535 jerwoods @ 06/22/12 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SkinsBoYee


	This will be huge for those of us who want to hope around the schedule for playing games and seeing playoff games. Only concern now is with that walk around...still cause we don't have full control...how close can we keep teams to real life moves as we can....for those that like that.

umm the only way would be maybe fixing the Death chars
keeping real like INJ Guys out

# 536 SoxFan01605 @ 06/23/12 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by goravens2052


	In Madden 12 I could play any game I wanted while controlling only one team without having to switch teams. If I was playing as the Ravens, if I wanted I could just go to League Schedule and play the Bills game, play the Jaguars game, play the Cowboys game while still in control of the Ravens. They should try to figure a way to play other games WITHOUT having to switch coaches to do it.

Yeah that's true and, for the most part, I think everyone agrees (whether or not they care is a different story...lol).

The point is that 13 is designed differently and we've all gone 12 rounds on the topic already, so now people are looking for any way to workaround some of these limitations. If they work back in a way to do this without the hoop jumping, that's great. If not though, this is good news as it potentially gets around one (and maybe two-if roster moves stick for a bit after jumping around) of the bigger gripes some of us have.

Not perfect, to be sure, but certainly something positive.

# 537 kehlis @ 06/23/12 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by goravens2052


	In Madden 12 I could play any game I wanted while controlling only one team without having to switch teams. If I was playing as the Ravens, if I wanted I could just go to League Schedule and play the Bills game, play the Jaguars game, play the Cowboys game while still in control of the Ravens. They should try to figure a way to play other games WITHOUT having to switch coaches to do it.

No one is refuting that.

A workaround was discovered and shared, no sense in continuing to gripe about something that isn't going to change no matter how frustrating it is.

# 538 kehlis @ 06/23/12 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by RLaguna


	Well in all fairness...I'd bet dollars to donuts that if ENOUGH people griped and voiced how frustrated they are about this, then perhaps EA would considering PATCHING it in this year.....The PLAY ANY GAME on the SCHEDULE may or MAY NOT be a difficult thing to tweak into the programming code on the 11th hour. Only EA knows for sure...and only EA has the control to do it, but we as potential customers have the right,.... or actually, the responsibility to gripe, fester, and shout it out to the heavens until our fingers fall off so they know how much it means to us....or at least until someone from EA actually responds to it. Squeaky wheel gets the oil!

Enough people have and I guarantee you EA knows how we feel. No need to continue griping page after page about it though.

It'd be great but I don't think it's something that can be patched into the game.

# 539 MattIntellect @ 06/23/12 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RLaguna


	Well in all fairness...I'd bet dollars to donuts that if ENOUGH people griped and voiced how frustrated they are about this, then perhaps EA would considering PATCHING it in this year.....The PLAY ANY GAME on the SCHEDULE may or MAY NOT be a difficult thing to tweak into the programming code on the 11th hour. Only EA knows for sure...and only EA has the control to do it, but we as potential customers have the right,.... or actually, the responsibility to gripe, fester, and shout it out to the heavens until our fingers fall off so they know how much it means to us....or at least until someone from EA actually responds to it. Squeaky wheel gets the oil!

You have the right to do whatever you want (of course outside of these boards or within the rules here), but there are many features that were more important than this, such as the salary cap for Online Franchise last year, that were left out. Many people were outraged, but that did not get the feature into the game. Unless it is a very minor feature, there is hardly any chance of this making it into the game at this stage.

Before you ask: The reason why I do not label this as "minor" is because, as Justin Dewiel stated, Connected Careers is based around you and your character. I don't see Connected Careers being redesigned or designed to suit this at this stage in development, especially considering that Josh Looman wants everything to be perfect.

# 540 kehlis @ 06/23/12 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by goravens2052


	I'm not griping about it. If they find a way to be able to allow us to play other games, then great. All I'm saying is why make it so complicated when it was so easy before? Why make us jump through hoops of changing coaches just to play other games? As I stated, I controlled the Ravens but if I wanted to play other games, I didn't need to switch teams in the middle of the Franchise to do it. If I am controlling John Harbaugh and let's say I want to play as the Giants I don't want to switch over to Tom Coughlin just to play as the Giants against the Eagles. I want to be able to play as the Giants while still in control of John Harbaugh. Plus as some stated before, Madden is a virtual NFL, and some like the 32 team control because they can play out the entire season their way and keep track of their own storylines, and play out the season their way.

Right, I don't disagree with anything you just said and I don't think anyone does.

My point is its been discussed now for weeks and you're far from the person to make that same post.

There is really no reason to continue rehashing the same thing over and over again. Trust me EA knows we aren't happy about it.

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