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Madden NFL 13 Online Fantasy Drafts Are on the Way

09:16 PM - September 13, 2012 by buddy321813

EA Sports has confirmed Madden NFL 13 online fantasy drafts will arrive tomorrow, in a server side fix for online users. While it's not the editing in CCM most of us were looking for, it is something the community has asked for.

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# 81 SloeyEZ @ 09/13/12 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	You need to slow down with that. I have no reason to circulate conspiracy theories. I'm basing my opinion based on Looman's interviews and twitter responses. You guys are basing your opinion on a game he created years ago and the fact you think he is a nice guy.

lol, you're saying he hates , is he also digging his pen into his thigh cursing offline players? Does he know you have a camera watching him?

Yes, I am basing my opinion on work he has already done, since it is not being done now, I know it is not because of his ability to do so, thus must be external constraints keeping him from accomplishing what he has already accomplished. You really think he is doing it because he hates offline players? Really? He says franchise mode is dead because CCM is the new franchise mode. Again, you equate that with hate . Or you're just trolling me

Well played, sir, well played.

# 82 docolla @ 09/14/12 12:00 AM

Wow, this sucks, I had my hopes up that they'd fix something like their horrible AI or at the very least player editing, but no, instead fantasy draft is the shocking addition. Whatever not enough for me to buy the game yet this year. Hopefully they'll address some of the issues this year.

# 83 gracik @ 09/14/12 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by hyacinth1


	little late here but on that screen, it says START SEASON above fantasy. Does that mean we are getting SEASON Mode?

Why does it say start season?

# 84 SFNiners816 @ 09/14/12 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	You need to slow down with that. I have no reason to circulate conspiracy theories. I'm basing my opinion based on Looman's interviews and twitter responses. You guys are basing your opinion on a game he created years ago and the fact you think he is a nice guy.

I think the underlying problem is that due to contractual situations, EA is allowed to take risks and blow the game up what seems to be every three years. There is just no other placed to go for NFL football video games. Now, I'm not going to be "that guy" that starts "that debate" that has happened 1000's of time over the past decade.

However, there is a serious void in the market for a hardcore sim based football game. We are now in the 7-8th version of the "next gen" game, we should have a damn near perfect game. However we are stuck with a reboot that is missing core features that have be apart of sports games for over a decade. You just know when the new systems hit is gonna be the exact same situation. Its just a shame, Madden should be the franchise/Career mode of Head Coach with a refined version of the new physic system.

# 85 bubba4 @ 09/14/12 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by berad88


	I never knew so many people cared about fantasy drafts. What ever happened to playing as your favorite team? If I wanted to play with random players from random teams I would just play MUT. What a boring announcement.

AMEN! I thought the NFL brand with marquee players associated with the teams was what NFL football is all about? Tom Brady on the Falcons... Ray Lewis on the Bears... Adrian Peterson on the Packers... Yep... that is fantasy!! To each his own.

Now I wait for the next "BIG" announcement. At least until NBA2k13 gets here.

# 86 berad88 @ 09/14/12 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SloeyEZ


	lol, you're saying he hates , is he also digging his pen into his thigh cursing offline players? Does he know you have a camera watching him? Yes, I am basing my opinion on work he has already done, since it is not being done now, I know it is not because of his ability to do so, thus must be external constraints keeping him from accomplishing what he has already accomplished. You really think he is doing it because he hates offline players? Really? He says franchise mode is dead because CCM is the new franchise mode. Again, you equate that with hate . Or you're just trolling me Well played, sir, well played.

I get what aholbert32 is saying and for the most part I think he is right in the point that he is getting at. I think he often words what he says poorly and it often comes out sounding off. Not bashing him or anything. Just my point of view.
Like when he said Looman hates offline.... without explanation. That initially sounds like something the typical madden ***** would say but then later after explaining himself it sounds more correct.

# 87 Fist Of Kings @ 09/14/12 12:09 AM

Hopefully EA doesn't continue to layeth the smackethdown on offline gamers like me. I am not going online, I've read too many horror stories already.

# 88 SloeyEZ @ 09/14/12 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SFNiners816


	I think the underlying problem is that due to contractual situations, EA is allowed to take risks and blow the game up what seems to be every three years. There is just no other placed to go for NFL football video games. Now, I'm not going to be "that guy" that starts "that debate" that has happened 1000's of time over the past decade. However, there is a serious void in the market for a hardcore sim based football game. We are now in the 7-8th version of the "next gen" game, we should have a damn near perfect game. However we are stuck with a reboot that is missing core features that have be apart of sports games for over a decade. You just know when the new systems hit is gonna be the exact same situation. Its just a shame, Madden should be the franchise/Career mode of Head Coach with a refined version of the new physic system.

Madden was never a hardcore sim based football game. It has always been an arcade game that people love to button mash and cheese as I just learned from reading these posts

So you can't say this is the 7-8th version.

We've had two versions, Head Coach 06 and Head Coach 09 which really floors me the most about everything going on now. If I didn't know better, I'd say there was a hardcore sim market decrying Madden13 yet, where were they in 06 and 09? I still play HC. I bought M13 last week, and I'm going back to it now. Well, I might try a single player locked league for CCM since it may be more adaptable and fixable by the devs.

So while, I have absolutely no interest in a fantasy draft (although starting an expansion franchise has always been a dream of mine), I am encouraged that they can just add something to the online portion of the game. I do not take this as an insult to offline players as the threads are blowing up elsewhere, I just think it's pure logistics to be able to fix what is online only.

I still have hope in the potential of CCM which is why I bought my first Madden since 05, and it has made it a little difficult to go back to HC because there are just enough interesting changes to make HC feel a bit dated, but having to control my QB is a deal breaker, so I guess I'm one of the lucky few who can enjoy the best of both worlds for now.

# 89 jeremym480 @ 09/14/12 12:14 AM

I'm not a fantasy draft guy. In fact, I could name a couple hundred things that I would rather see added before a fantasy draft. With that said, I have to give EA props for at least listening to a segment of their fans. That's a lot more than most of the other dev teams of sports games that I see drooled over constantly do.

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# 90 Dogslax41 @ 09/14/12 12:15 AM

The announcement from ea says nothing "official" about offline, but stay tuned. They can't put fantasy draft offline without a patch. They can't announce what's in a patch until its certified. This doesn't seem like a reason for everyone to go on the EA hates offline gamers tirades. Take a breath and consider how much work they have done since release on this game.

# 91 SloeyEZ @ 09/14/12 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by berad88


	I get what aholbert32 is saying and for the most part I think he is right in the point that he is getting at. I think he often words what he says poorly and it often comes out sounding off. Not bashing him or anything. Just my point of view. Like when he said Looman hates offline.... without explanation. That initially sounds like something the typical madden ***** would say but then later after explaining himself it sounds more correct.

I get what he and you are saying also, but I just think it's a matter of logistics and the fact they are able to change something at all after release (even if it is just offline for now) is something that should be rejoiced! It isn't a matter of rejecting a portion of the community in favor of another. I think all they will get from these threads is not to ever release anything until they can do it in a patch for all modes at once.

# 92 Rkmuhammad @ 09/14/12 12:18 AM

I really hope whenever they patch in Fantasy Draft the have some bug fixes to go with it. I can't believe that things such as playcall style and formation subs not saving haven't been taken care of before a completely new feature was added.

# 93 RedZoneD25 @ 09/14/12 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SFNiners816


	I think the underlying problem is that due to contractual situations, EA is allowed to take risks and blow the game up what seems to be every three years. There is just no other placed to go for NFL football video games. Now, I'm not going to be "that guy" that starts "that debate" that has happened 1000's of time over the past decade. However, there is a serious void in the market for a hardcore sim based football game. We are now in the 7-8th version of the "next gen" game, we should have a damn near perfect game. However we are stuck with a reboot that is missing core features that have be apart of sports games for over a decade. You just know when the new systems hit is gonna be the exact same situation. Its just a shame, Madden should be the franchise/Career mode of Head Coach with a refined version of the new physic system.

Bold #1- While in many facets, this has been reflected by new announce teams, new presentation packages, etc.- the modes affected by Connected Careers (Franchise, Superstar) have never been held susceptible to these "three-year blow ups", as you called it. Outside of some UI changes and add-on features, they have remained the same concept, the same thing every year. This is the first year any of the career-based game modes have had substantial change in quite some time.

Bold #2- You're looking at the next-gen of career modes in Madden with Connected Careers. This is just my thought process on it, but I'd rather be in v2.0 or v3.0 of Connected Careers when the new consoles hit than v1.0 in two or three years from now. That would be delaying the inevitable and I think EA made a bold, but good decision to get ahead of the curve so that they didn't have to put gamers through the hell period we went through in early Madden games this-gen. I don't think anyone wants to go through that again.

# 94 SFNiners816 @ 09/14/12 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SloeyEZ


	Madden was never a hardcore sim based football game. It has always been an arcade game that people love to button mash and cheese as I just learned from reading these posts So you can't say this is the 7-8th version. We've had two versions, Head Coach 06 and Head Coach 09 which really floors me the most about everything going on now. If I didn't know better, I'd say there was a hardcore sim market decrying Madden13 yet, where were they in 06 and 09? I still play HC. I bought M13 last week, and I'm going back to it now. Well, I might try a single player locked league for CCM since it may be more adaptable and fixable by the devs.

I am just an offline franchise guy. I know madden is not a hardcore sim game. However, you can at least make it play as close to one as possible with the proper sliders adjustments and play selection.

I am of the opinion that this game should be further along on the next gen than it currently is. Like I stated above, we should have a game that is the sumation of the best of Head Coach and the best of Madden. Perhaps if there was some competion we would have that game.

Now having said all that, I think a fully customizable offline CCM would be a great sports gaming experience.

# 95 Elite49 @ 09/14/12 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogslax41


	The announcement from ea says nothing "official" about offline, but stay tuned. They can't put fantasy draft offline without a patch. They can't announce what's in a patch until its certified. This doesn't seem like a reason for everyone to go on the EA hates offline gamers tirades. Take a breath and consider how much work they have done since release on this game.

First off, no they can announce whats in the patch before its certified. Secondly, I don't doubt EA took the past month off and are just NOW starting on a new patch. Don't expect it until late October, even though it should of already been being worked on from community feedback. They probably just got back into the office a week ago, and are just not looking at the forums.

I'll pick this game up when the next patch comes out, so hopefully in a months time its at least fixed.

# 96 SloeyEZ @ 09/14/12 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SFNiners816


	I am just an offline franchise guy. I know madden is not a hardcore sim game. However, you can at least make it play as close to one as possible with the proper sliders adjustments and play selection. I am of the opinion that this game should be further along on the next gen than it currently is. Like I stated above, we should have a game that is the sumation of the best of Head Coach and the best of Madden. Perhaps if there was some competion we would have that game. Now having said all that, I think a fully customizable offline CCM would be a great sports gaming experience.

I think you hit on something there! I think the majority of what is going on here with the Madden community is that they did try and combine Head Coach with Madden and just upset both types of gamers. They took away what Maddenites (yeah I just made that up, yup) liked, their arcade control in a long franchise mode and replaced it with the Head Coach style of philosophies and drafting but left in the arcade controls.

But like I've said in other posts, I bought M13 for the first time since 05 (when the first HC came out) because of the potential Is it right, now? no, it is a horrible mash up of two different games for two different types of players. But, hey, even the Brady Bunch had problems when they first joined

# 97 ajk49er @ 09/14/12 12:35 AM

I would have been 100x happier with a transactions log, or.... a WORKING CPU RUN GAME IN CCM, w/ WORKING SLIDERS

but yeah, now I can fantasy draft and the cpu can take players based on overall and not on a bunch of factors like in 2k. I thought that is why they held off on fantasy draft, they wanted the cpu to draft like 2k where you see young talent go earlier than an old guy with a high rating

not complaining, just confused about priorities, when I cant play my ccm because the cpu cant run the darn ball

# 98 SFNiners816 @ 09/14/12 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RedZoneD25


	Bold #1- While in many facets, this has been reflected by new announce teams, new presentation packages, etc.- the modes affected by Connected Careers (Franchise, Superstar) have never been held susceptible to these "three-year blow ups", as you called it. Outside of some UI changes and add-on features, they have remained the same concept, the same thing every year. This is the first year any of the career-based game modes have had substantial change in quite some time. Bold #2- You're looking at the next-gen of career modes in Madden with Connected Careers. This is just my thought process on it, but I'd rather be in v2.0 or v3.0 of Connected Careers when the new consoles hit than v1.0 in two or three years from now. That would be delaying the inevitable and I think EA made a bold, but good decision to get ahead of the curve so that they didn't have to put gamers through the hell period we went through in early Madden games this-gen. I don't think anyone wants to go through that again.

If that is what they are gonna do then I am all for it. However, there is no guarantee that whatever the pinnacle point of CCM is on this gen will be the starting point of the next gen game. If the past is an idicator it will take a couple of versions just to get on par with the previous gen version. As an example. we never did get back a fully functioning Owner mode that first made its apperance on Madden 04. Hell I would still argue that nothing has touched the offline owner/franchise mode of the PS2/Xbox days. Again, just my opinion doesn't make it right just the way I feel.

# 99 aholbert32 @ 09/14/12 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by berad88


	I get what aholbert32 is saying and for the most part I think he is right in the point that he is getting at. I think he often words what he says poorly and it often comes out sounding off. Not bashing him or anything. Just my point of view. Like when he said Looman hates offline.... without explanation. That initially sounds like something the typical madden ***** would say but then later after explaining himself it sounds more correct.

No I said what I wanted to say. I've given the full explanation hundreds of times and didnt feel like giving it again. When a guy states on twitter that he doesnt believe that a number of features are important that actually are important to offline franchise fans ...it leads me to believe that he doesnt value offline players. Its that simple.

# 100 Dogslax41 @ 09/14/12 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Elite49


	First off, no they can announce whats in the patch before its certified. Secondly, I don't doubt EA took the past month off and are just NOW starting on a new patch. Don't expect it until late October, even though it should of already been being worked on from community feedback. They probably just got back into the office a week ago, and are just not looking at the forums. I'll pick this game up when the next patch comes out, so hopefully in a months time its at least fixed.

Maybe if you had the game you would know how much has already been fixed since release for online that is more than likely included for offline in the patch that they apparently just NOW started working on. Maybe then you might sound like you knew what you were talking about.

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