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Madden NFL 15 Livestream: Connected Franchise

05:04 PM - August 7, 2014 by RaychelSnr

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# 201 volstopfan14 @ 08/08/14 10:00 AM

So I just now got to watch this and I see that after a week of "game prep" the Browns are only able to develop 3 players? This means it will be ridiculously hard to develop players through practice now. Why should only 3 players see improvement after a week of practice?

# 202 Number999 @ 08/08/14 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by volstopfan14


	So I just now got to watch this and I see that after a week of "game prep" the Browns are only able to develop 3 players? This means it will be ridiculously hard to develop players through practice now. Why should only 3 players see improvement after a week of practice?

People complained a ton about how easy it was to upgrade your players, that's probably one of the ways they made it more difficult.

# 203 Sheba2011 @ 08/08/14 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by volstopfan14


	So I just now got to watch this and I see that after a week of "game prep" the Browns are only able to develop 3 players? This means it will be ridiculously hard to develop players through practice now. Why should only 3 players see improvement after a week of practice?

I think it really depends on how you choose to spend your points. There is the option to develop your entire defense or offense which costs less points but you get less XP/Confidence out of it. For the Drills you are spending individual 1 on 1 times with that particular player which costs more but you get more XP. In the real NFL between weeks they spend the majority of the time preparing for the next game, they don't have a lot of extra time to devote to 1 on 1 development of a player. I think that's why it costs so much. The 1 on 1 time is meant for your future superstars. Take a look at my team the New England Patriots. This training camp Jimmy Garroppollo has been seen getting 1 on 1 time with the coaches (usually Josh McDaniels or Brian Daboll) while everyone else is either practicing or running drills. He is the future of the franchise so they are willing to spend the time to develop him more so than other players.

# 204 m-dogg @ 08/08/14 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Cutler23


	Ya one of the dudes said trade logic was improved to have more trades.Which scares me since trades hardly happen ever in football. Could really ruin connected Franchise

I have not played Madden in a couple of years, please tell me there is an option to turn off trades in CFM?

NFL trades are very rare, and I'd rather have none than any.

# 205 Sheba2011 @ 08/08/14 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by m-dogg


	I have not played Madden in a couple of years, please tell me there is an option to turn off trades in CFM? NFL trades are very rare, and I'd rather have none than any.

They are not as rare as people are making them out to be. There have been 12 trades already this year. The NFL has averaged just under 25 trades a season over the past few seasons. And you look at some of the names involved it's not exactly role players: Revis, Talib, Reggie Bush, Carson Palmer, Vontae Davis, Asante Samuel, Anquan Boldin.

# 206 OhMrHanky @ 08/08/14 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	We would have to see Atlanta roster to see what trades were really made. Hester actually a signed a 3 year deal with Atalnta, and in the second and third years the Falcons can save money against the cap by cutting him. Quizz and Biermann are in the final year of their rookie deals so they might not have resigned him and the Marshalls just added them in free agency. We don't really know what happened to Cutler/Forte. Maybe Cutler was injured (has missed 12 games over the last 3 seasons) or maybe he regressed to the point and they game-planned Fales to the point where he was the better QB. We really can't make too much of the logic based on this scenario without looking at the Falcons roster and the Bears injury report/depth chart.

Lol. I know. I'm actually not trying to give madden a hard time, here. Mostly joking about what trades might have happened. And, I can imagine team decision logic is actually quite difficult to create, so I don't really hold it against them. I do find some things comical, though. And, to the other points you're making, the NFL has seen it's share of randomness, so I don't fault madden as much as others on this score, 4 sure.

# 207 Sheba2011 @ 08/08/14 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by OhMrHanky


	Lol. I know. I'm actually not trying to give madden a hard time, here. Mostly joking about what trades might have happened. And, I can imagine team decision logic is actually quite difficult to create, so I don't really hold it against them. I do find some things comical, though. And, to the other points you're making, the NFL has seen it's share of randomness, so I don't fault madden as much as others on this score, 4 sure.

I think it's kind of funny to read some of the comments on here about how absurd some of this stuff is but then you look at roster moves in the real NFL (which i pointed out in a few posts) and it shows you never know what a GM will do virtual or real. I imagine it's next to impossible to program a realistic GM logic when you compare it to some of the actual moves in the NFL.

# 208 jpdavis82 @ 08/08/14 11:19 AM

Ok so after closely listening to what Gabe says at the start of the Bears Marshalls game, this is what is in for CFM presentation.

Commentary and banners for sack leaders, touchdowns, receptions. In the 4th quarter they will show your upcoming schedule, in pregame they will show division standings throughout the season, in the latter part of the season they will show the teams in the Playoffs and the teams in the wild card chase, in the Playoffs they will show the bracket and which teams are playing when.

So it seems like they will have a pretty good overall overview of what happens in a season but they need to go from a yearly look to a weekly one. Show weekly stat leaders instead of season leaders. Which leads me to this...,

We need to see them add a weekly wrap up and post game show, show is weekly leaders and highlights of other games, big injuries, transactions around the league.

# 209 Cowboy008 @ 08/08/14 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Ok so after closely listening to what Gabe says at the start of the Bears Marshalls game, this is what is in for CFM presentation. Commentary and banners for sack leaders, touchdowns, receptions. In the 4th quarter they will show your upcoming schedule, in pregame they will show division standings throughout the season, in the latter part of the season they will show the teams in the Playoffs and the teams in the wild card chase, in the Playoffs they will show the bracket and which teams are playing when. So it seems like they will have a pretty good overall overview of what happens in a season but they need to go from a yearly look to a weekly one. Show weekly stat leaders instead of season leaders. Which leads me to this..., We need to see them add a weekly wrap up and post game show, show is weekly leaders and highlights of other games, big injuries, transactions around the league.

They have made a lot of improvements that I like and one that I really like is if you move a team like Jacksonville their field art in the end zone will not say Jacksonville anymore (I'm pretty sure that's what they meant). Another thing is that Phil and Nantz will say the name of rookies (I didn't play M25 so I don't know if it was in last year). One thing I hope they add next year is team records.

# 210 Number999 @ 08/08/14 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	I think it's kind of funny to read some of the comments on here about how absurd some of this stuff is but then you look at roster moves in the real NFL (which i pointed out in a few posts) and it shows you never know what a GM will do virtual or real. I imagine it's next to impossible to program a realistic GM logic when you compare it to some of the actual moves in the NFL.

"The Colts would never cut Peyton Manning, so stupid and unrealistic."

# 211 jeremym480 @ 08/08/14 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	They are not as rare as people are making them out to be. There have been 12 trades already this year. The NFL has averaged just under 25 trades a season over the past few seasons. And you look at some of the names involved it's not exactly role players: Revis, Talib, Reggie Bush, Carson Palmer, Vontae Davis, Asante Samuel, Anquan Boldin.

I don't think it's a problem if there was a trade. However, if they've traded 4 of their 11 offensive starters, then that would be a big problem. I'm not saying that is the case, but with the way things looked it could be.

EA could stop all of this speculation if they would let us know what happened or put out another stream. Instead in typical fashion they just let it go unresolved for us to figure out ourselves. At least the EA Access guys should be able to let us know about this before the 26th.

# 212 Darth Aegis @ 08/08/14 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	I think it's kind of funny to read some of the comments on here about how absurd some of this stuff is but then you look at roster moves in the real NFL (which i pointed out in a few posts) and it shows you never know what a GM will do virtual or real. I imagine it's next to impossible to program a realistic GM logic when you compare it to some of the actual moves in the NFL.

Ya but the bears have 2 amazing rookies that are gone in the game atleast not starting. EA should have man upped and showed the injury report. Ya but if to many trades are happening it could be over done. I just hope it doesn't turn into a fantasy draft with trades

# 213 dghustla @ 08/08/14 12:50 PM

Late to the party, but just watched the cover 1 drill. That double move really? WRs don't even get that much separation in the NFL let alone TEs being covered by Safeties. The way the player looks when he's "open" is just too exaggerated. Also that is a very poor way to show off the "revamped" coverage. If you are that safety in a cover 1 scenario the #1 biggest thing you wouldn't do is over react to an inside move because you have help there. not only does the player over react it's so over the top that the TE has over 5 yards of lateral separation. I hope that was on rookie because if not that looks like a classic $$ route.

# 214 thudias @ 08/08/14 12:54 PM

I can t believe we are forced to go another year without any way to organized scouted players before the draft. How can this continue to be omitted? No big board, No war room draft board with stacked grades....

So scout players go to the draft and search through the phone book.

# 215 dghustla @ 08/08/14 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by thudias


	I can t believe we are forced to go another year without any way to organized scouted players before the draft. How can this continue to be omitted? No big board, No war room draft board with stacked grades.... So scout players go to the draft and search through the phone book.

I went out a bought a dry erase board to make my own.

# 216 Darth Aegis @ 08/08/14 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by thudias


	I can t believe we are forced to go another year without any way to organized scouted players before the draft. How can this continue to be omitted? No big board, No war room draft board with stacked grades.... So scout players go to the draft and search through the phone book.

Yeah makes no sense, but they worked really hard on fake unis

# 217 crenk @ 08/08/14 01:24 PM

So I have not played madden in a couple of years so I have a question regarding xp. They gave the example of having Manzeil getting experience while Hoyer gets the start this year. Is it possible to apply points and not get results? Or will it work that no matter who you apply points to you will get results. So basically you can make anyone a superstar as long as you apply enough points. Do we know this?

# 218 Deflo_ @ 08/08/14 01:44 PM

They basically confirmed this on the livestream

# 219 jwilphl @ 08/08/14 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by thudias


	I can t believe we are forced to go another year without any way to organized scouted players before the draft. How can this continue to be omitted? No big board, No war room draft board with stacked grades.... So scout players go to the draft and search through the phone book.

I would agree, but in fairness to Madden, I've never seen a sports game do the draft particularly well. I haven't gone through a draft in any of 2K's games, so someone else can shed light on how they do it?

Drafting in NHL '12 was absolutely the pits. You were essentially drafting blind and deaf, hoping to get one decent player out of the pool (which is why I would try to stockpile picks and improve my chances).

The draft is one of the biggest things in the NFL anymore. EA would do well to put serious time into it, but franchise modes have never, or at least not lately, been the primary focus of EA games. They put most effort into the "money" modes, like Ultimate Team or stuff for online players.

Seeing as how I spend almost 100% of my time in franchise modes for sports games, I won't buy Madden again until the mode sees worthwhile improvements and innovations.

# 220 dghustla @ 08/08/14 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jwilphl


	I would agree, but in fairness to Madden, I've never seen a sports game do the draft particularly well. I haven't gone through a draft in any of 2K's games, so someone else can shed light on how they do it? Drafting in NHL '12 was absolutely the pits. You were essentially drafting blind and deaf, hoping to get one decent player out of the pool (which is why I would try to stockpile picks and improve my chances). The draft is one of the biggest things in the NFL anymore. EA would do well to put serious time into it, but franchise modes have never, or at least not lately, been the primary focus of EA games. They put most effort into the "money" modes, like Ultimate Team or stuff for online players. Seeing as how I spend almost 100% of my time in franchise modes for sports games, I won't buy Madden again until the mode sees worthwhile improvements and innovations.

I have to respectfully disagree. The Draft itself in terms of presentation is awesome. Trey Wingo was a great addition. The twitter feed, the ease of executing trades etc.

The issue is just having a draft board, so I can rate players and draft right from there. As it stands although the UI is fluid when you are on the clock you waste value seconds going from screen to screen. And if you didn't see that the guy you wanted to select was already taken you could waste 30 seconds trying to find them when they aren't there. A big board in game would make this easier.

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