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talkin bout mo diddley

What purpose does the toughness rating serve? Since they added it I have never figured it out, it's not like a OT with a high toughness rating will actually pass block better he will still let DE walk around him all game.

resistence to injury???
fatigue???

so what's the purpose of fatigue and injury ratings then buddy?

i dont know i was just guessing of the top of my head pal.

rentall

Hey Pasta,

When are we going to get info on Madden Wii? Is there still franchise mode in it? I saw somewhere you were under embargo on it until today. This is the first year I am actually interested in it. Thanks man. By the way, it must have been really tough on you last week having to fly to NYC and have to party with Erin Andrews. Real tough. **sarcasm**

Hey, Pasta, what's yer knowledge on Package Subs and Custom Playbooks? And if they would be usable online. They say that they wanna give us "Madden NFL our way", well I don't see any other way they could accomplish this, let us play with our team our way, there should be no other way. I know that we can switch package subs on the playcall screen, but I want to set the defaults for them, like we could on our player profile on current gen.

Since its Wednesday, and the embargo is over, WHAT NEWS ARE WE GOING TO HEAR!!!!!!! im dying to know

It may be later on before Pasta posts any new information if there is any to report.

I keep hearing people complain about the kicking meter, but did you all even think about the new stretched ratings making kicking harder. Maybe if you play with Janikoski(sorry for the spelling) you might actually miss a 60 yard FG

press down then up......OOOOOOOH REAL HARD! Very simply, the more power you give a kick on a meter...the thinner the accuracy marker becomes AND the faster the bar comes back down to the accuracy line. That will also better seperate the Vinatieri's (sorry for my spelling too) from the Joe Shmo's b/c their meters wouldn't be the same AS THEY ARE NOW! NO DRAMA...I CAN POP A FG W/ANYONE INSIDE THE 50 ALLLLL DAAAAAY-

press down then up......OOOOOOOH REAL HARD! Very simply, the more power you give a meter...the thinner the accuracy marker becomes AND the faster the bar comes back to the accuracy line. That will also better seperate the Vinatieri's from the Joe Shmo's b/c their meters wouldn't be the same AS THEY ARE NOW! NO DRAMA...I CAN POP A FG W/ANYONE INSIDE THE 50 ALLLLL DAAAAAY-

I just wanted to point out to EA that they did the new 49er uniforms wrong. The red stripes on the helmet should be wider, the gold should be lighter, the face masks should be LIGHT GREY, the stripes on the shoulders look wrong too, they should wrap all the way around the arms. I really hope they get this right especially because they are trying to make this years game the most realistic ever.

I know right. Who is this "guy"? And how hard is it to look at a picture of the uniforms and helmets and copy them correctly? wtf Especially with something like facemask color? thats rediculous and the stripes on the helmet, just get em right guys.

Exactly! They can't state that they've made sure that everything is accurate and
"they have a guy" that ensures this....and then throw all these pics around with inaccuracies. I hate to nit-pick but c'mon.

IM ALL ABOUT THE BILLS LIKE THURMAN THOMAS

me too!

I know it's an early build, but the 49ers facemask is now gray (not red, look at Crabtree pic) and unless the Bills changed their uni's, those aren't accurate pants at all.........not even close! So much more authenticity...

kinda nitpickin aint it brother

look whos talkin......

He's right. The uniforms should be 100% authentic. Do it right, or don't do it at all EA

get bent brother

DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE

WILDCAT THIS WILDCAT THIS WTF! SOMETHING ELSE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!

THOSE GUYS ARE FUCKIIN HUGE WILLIS MCGAHEE DOESNT EVEN HAVE A FREAKIN NECK IN PERSON! CAN THEY PLEASE FIX THE PLAYER MODELS PLEASE! IM SICK OF LOOKIN AT A SKINNY MAURICE DREW JONES AND BOB SANDERS AND ED REED I MEAN COME ON EA ITS NOT THAT HARD! BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD SO FAR KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! AND COULD WE ALSO HAVE REAL PLAYERS ENTRANCES LIKE RAY LEWIS DANCE? THAT WOULD BE A SITE TO SEE! AND ONE LAST THING FIX THE JERSEY SHOULDER PAD THING WHENEVER I TUCK RAY LEWIS JERSEY UNDER HIS SHOULDER PADS HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS WEARING FOUR SHOULDER PADS! I KNO IM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO NOTICED T HAT WOREDROPE MALFUNCTION! DADE COUNTY 305 STAND UP!

WELL I THINK THIS IS ALL GOOD NEWS! I JUST HOPE THAT ALL THIS DSTUFF THEY ARE SAYING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN! IM ALL IN FOR SLOWING THE GAME DOWN PLUS TUNING PLAYERS OVERALLS! BUT WHAT ABOUT DYNASTY MODE/ I REMEBER ON XBOX(OLD) THAT YOU CAN SET PRICES ON FOOD TICKETS! I REMEBER THAT RADIO TALK SHOW DUDE WHO ACTUALLY HAD REAL NFL PLAYERS STOP BY HIS SHOW AND TALK FOOTBALL! I REMEMBER WHEN YOU RUSHED FOR 2300 YARDS ON THE RADIO SHOW HE WOULD CONGRAT YOU ON DOING SUCH A HARD TASK! ALL OF THOSE FEATUERS WHERE ADDED ON MADDEN 2004 - PRESENT DYNASTY MODES FOR THE OLD SYSTEMS! BUT WHY ARENT THEY ON THE NEW NEXT-GEN SYSTEMS/ I MEAN IT REALLY SHOULDNT BE THAT HARD WITH ALL THIS EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NOW! AND WHAT ABOUT PLAYER TATTOO'S AND BODY FEATURES/ HOW COME DARNELL DOCKETT ON MADDEN 09 LOOKS LIKE A FAT SLOB/? I HAVE HAD THE HONOR IN MEETING THAT GUY ALONG WITH CLINTON PORTIS EDGERRIN JAMES, REGGIE WAYNE, ED REED ANYBODY FROM FLORIDA THATS A STAR BEST BELIEVE I MEET THEM!

Yea I also liked to run the coachs over too. lol

Button Mashing for fumbles is beyond a bad idea it's horrendous, it absolutely must go...more times than not the first guy to lay on the ball in real life gets it and everyone else is just fighting and clawing to no avail. This is the first real negative i've seen on an otherwise impressive looking game. I will be campaigning for the removal of this until they say all thins are final.

I don't like the idea of button smashing. But, really, how many times do you have a fumble? Once every five games? And on these fumbles, how many times you get to the ball at the same time your opponent does? I really don't see too many games being decided by this new feature, so let it there.

I want to apologize for comign off rude. I just want the Madden team to develop the best game possible and really push next gen systems.

As far as getting the state rep's involved I already did that and can't go back on it now so whatever they do withit is beyond my control. In all honesty though they did sound interested simply because the fact it's a billion dolloar industry. Congress needs money and they are going to start coming after the sports world and Madden is no exception.

Congress will not go after the game industry... they are too busy with baseball, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens.

Not to mention fixing a failing economy during the worst economic crisis we've seen in our lifetime. Something tells me they're not worried about a company actually making money right now. And, please, even if it wasn't bad timing, they could care less because there is no case against Madden. Something that sells millions of copies every year and has countless fans is not of concern to anyone but bitching gamers who have nothing better to bitch about.

I can already foresee the too many fumbles glitch now. I barley finished a season in 09, and this is coming from a guy who will finish at least two full seasons in every other sports game. Here's to Madden doing a good job with 10. We'll soon see...

So are they going to tell us the new online modes on Wednesday than???

To colts!!!!!steelers, all u could do is play a game im the kind of person who likes the offseason and u really cant do much but the lame ass draft thats why i love ncaa cause i can do so much in the offseason but dont think i aint real on the sticks it just get boring just playin game after game

Hey I'm with u there I love offseason stuff they need to improve that.

they slowed the game down because madden 09 was stupid fast now its at a realistic pace i cant wait till august 14

madden 09 was NOT a fast game at all. i hope madden 10 is faster.
fast guys like devin hester just swallow up the field in real life
in madden these guys just dont seem that fast ( the lineman in madden are EXTREMELY SLOW)

i think the person that motion captures the running is not running at full speed.
he is only doing a stride out with good form.

Yea speedsters should have no problem running away from the D. And the same goes for speed guys in the secondary.