Fake Madden 08 press release making the rounds

by pastapadre
Posted January 25th, 2008 at 2:51 am

Late Thursday a supposed press release for Madden 08 began showing up on various forums and was posted at this site. In it a patch is detailed that would address online “tactics” being exploited by users and changes made to gameplay and options in order to address those issues.

However it appears that this “press release” is simply an attempt at parody. There are several reasons to believe this is the case.

No such press release has been distributed
It contains grammar/spelling errors
It is written in interview style and not true press release form
There are several hard to believe changes proposed
Unrealistic statements supposedly from EA
(Update) And now confirmation from EA that it is fake

I wanted to get out on top of this before too many people buy into this as being real. Thankfully there is no update coming that will force QBs to use vision passing or penalize teams for running or passing too much (among other ridiculous things mentioned).

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DirtyJerz32

Thats pretty sad that someone would go out of there way to write such garbage. I think this years Madden is so much better than in years past. No, I dont think it is THE best Madden but, it is very good. The are only 2 issues that I have with the game.

The first being the LB’s & DB’s one foot jumping. I have never seen a player do this. Football players usually jump off two feet and don’t fly in the air to swat a ball down. Maybe DB’s will do this but, LB’s should not be able to be that agile. With that being said. If the LB’s & DB’s can do this why don’t I see any of the offensive guys jumping off one foot. It doesnt make any sense to me that the defense is more aggresive than the offense. Which leads me to my next issue.

The offense is so passive. Its great that the defense gets up and in your face. I think this is the most aggressive defense that Madden has ever produced but, why isn’t the offense that aggresive. What I mean is my WR, TE, and RB dont put up a fight or break off there routes when the ball is in the air.

Example: M. Harrison runs a 10 yard out route to the sideline and Payton throws it a little short and to the inside. Champ being the aggressive corner he is comes out of his back pedal and jumps the route to pick it off. Defensively thats great but, why didnt Marvin see this, stop or break of his route to come back to the ball. Or go on the defensive and turn into a DB and knock the ball out of Champs hands.

Sorry to ramble on but, IMO I think EA needs to address those two issues. IMO have never played anyone that used the Nano blitz so I cant speak of that. I only have issues with what I see. I think EA did a great job this year. And with all of the football games coming out this year (Tecmo Bowl, Backbreaker and All Pro 2k9?) it should be interesting to see what EA brings to the table with Madden 09.
DirtyJerz32

Thats pretty sad that someone would go out of there way to write such garbage. I think this years Madden is so much better than in years past. No, I dont think it is THE best Madden but, it is very good. The are only 2 issues that I have with the game.

The first being the LB’s & DB’s one foot jumping. I have never seen a player do this. Football players usually jump off two feet and don’t fly in the air to swat a ball down. Maybe DB’s will do this but, LB’s should not be able to be that agile. With that being said. If the LB’s & DB’s can do this why don’t I see any of the offensive guys jumping off one foot. It doesnt make any sense to me that the defense is more aggresive than the offense. Which leads me to my next issue.

The offense is so passive. Its great that the defense gets up and in your face. I think this is the most aggressive defense that Madden has ever produced but, why isn’t the offense that aggresive. What I mean is my WR, TE, and RB dont put up a fight or break off there routes when the ball is in the air.

Example: M. Harrison runs a 10 yard out route to the sideline and Payton throws it a little short and to the inside. Champ being the aggressive corner he is comes out of his back pedal and jumps the route to pick it off. Defensively thats great but, why didnt Marvin see this, stop or break of his route to come back to the ball. Or go on the defensive and turn into a DB and knock the ball out of Champs hands.

Sorry to ramble on but, IMO I think EA needs to address those two issues. IMO have never played anyone that used the Nano blitz so I cant speak of that. I only have issues with what I see. I think EA did a great job this year. And with all of the football games coming out this year (Tecmo Bowl, Backbreaker and All Pro 2k9?) it should be interesting to see what EA brings to the table with Madden 09.
DirtyJerz32

Thats pretty sad that someone would go out of there way to write such garbage. I think this years Madden is so much better than in years past. No, I dont think it is THE best Madden but, it is very good. The are only 2 issues that I have with the game.

The first being the LB’s & DB’s one foot jumping. I have never seen a player do this. Football players usually jump off two feet and don’t fly in the air to swat a ball down. Maybe DB’s will do this but, LB’s should not be able to be that agile. With that being said. If the LB’s & DB’s can do this why don’t I see any of the offensive guys jumping off one foot. It doesnt make any sense to me that the defense is more aggresive than the offense. Which leads me to my next issue.

The offense is so passive. Its great that the defense gets up and in your face. I think this is the most aggressive defense that Madden has ever produced but, why isn’t the offense that aggresive. What I mean is my WR, TE, and RB dont put up a fight or break off there routes when the ball is in the air.

Example: M. Harrison runs a 10 yard out route to the sideline and Payton throws it a little short and to the inside. Champ being the aggressive corner he is comes out of his back pedal and jumps the route to pick it off. Defensively thats great but, why didnt Marvin see this, stop or break of his route to come back to the ball. Or go on the defensive and turn into a DB and knock the ball out of Champs hands.

Sorry to ramble on but, IMO I think EA needs to address those two issues. IMO have never played anyone that used the Nano blitz so I cant speak of that. I only have issues with what I see. I think EA did a great job this year. And with all of the football games coming out this year (Tecmo Bowl, Backbreaker and All Pro 2k9?) it should be interesting to see what EA brings to the table with Madden 09.
DirtyJerz32

Thats pretty sad that someone would go out of there way to write such garbage. I think this years Madden is so much better than in years past. No, I dont think it is THE best Madden but, it is very good. The are only 2 issues that I have with the game.

The first being the LB’s & DB’s one foot jumping. I have never seen a player do this. Football players usually jump off two feet and don’t fly in the air to swat a ball down. Maybe DB’s will do this but, LB’s should not be able to be that agile. With that being said. If the LB’s & DB’s can do this why don’t I see any of the offensive guys jumping off one foot. It doesnt make any sense to me that the defense is more aggresive than the offense. Which leads me to my next issue.

The offense is so passive. Its great that the defense gets up and in your face. I think this is the most aggressive defense that Madden has ever produced but, why isn’t the offense that aggresive. What I mean is my WR, TE, and RB dont put up a fight or break off there routes when the ball is in the air.

Example: M. Harrison runs a 10 yard out route to the sideline and Payton throws it a little short and to the inside. Champ being the aggressive corner he is comes out of his back pedal and jumps the route to pick it off. Defensively thats great but, why didnt Marvin see this, stop or break of his route to come back to the ball. Or go on the defensive and turn into a DB and knock the ball out of Champs hands.

Sorry to ramble on but, IMO I think EA needs to address those two issues. IMO have never played anyone that used the Nano blitz so I cant speak of that. I only have issues with what I see. I think EA did a great job this year. And with all of the football games coming out this year (Tecmo Bowl, Backbreaker and All Pro 2k9?) it should be interesting to see what EA brings to the table with Madden 09.
Anthony

I like the one about how there won’t be any challenges anymore because the developer “thinks” people aren’t using them. Or how if a QB throws more than 5 times he’ll get hurt or picked. And they put a ! after “pick”, lol.

I really enjoyed that press release. Made me laugh first thing this morning.
Anthony

I like the one about how there won’t be any challenges anymore because the developer “thinks” people aren’t using them. Or how if a QB throws more than 5 times he’ll get hurt or picked. And they put a ! after “pick”, lol.

I really enjoyed that press release. Made me laugh first thing this morning.
Anthony

I like the one about how there won’t be any challenges anymore because the developer “thinks” people aren’t using them. Or how if a QB throws more than 5 times he’ll get hurt or picked. And they put a ! after “pick”, lol.

I really enjoyed that press release. Made me laugh first thing this morning.
Anthony

I like the one about how there won’t be any challenges anymore because the developer “thinks” people aren’t using them. Or how if a QB throws more than 5 times he’ll get hurt or picked. And they put a ! after “pick”, lol.

I really enjoyed that press release. Made me laugh first thing this morning.
Sammyboy

This is one of the worst attempts at writing something that I have ever seen. I feel bad for anyone believed that a multi billion dollar corporation would EVER write and release something in this style. It looks like a 5 year old with one half of one percent of a retarded child’s brain power wrote this press release.
Sammyboy

This is one of the worst attempts at writing something that I have ever seen. I feel bad for anyone believed that a multi billion dollar corporation would EVER write and release something in this style. It looks like a 5 year old with one half of one percent of a retarded child’s brain power wrote this press release.
Sammyboy

This is one of the worst attempts at writing something that I have ever seen. I feel bad for anyone believed that a multi billion dollar corporation would EVER write and release something in this style. It looks like a 5 year old with one half of one percent of a retarded child’s brain power wrote this press release.
Sammyboy

This is one of the worst attempts at writing something that I have ever seen. I feel bad for anyone believed that a multi billion dollar corporation would EVER write and release something in this style. It looks like a 5 year old with one half of one percent of a retarded child’s brain power wrote this press release.
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