Update on NCAA Football 10 Rosters
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EA has finally made a statement in regards to the rosters for NCAA Football 10 (as viewed through Teambuilder) that have been found to have serious issues. Those include teams with no or few freshman and players who have graduated that remain on the rosters.
Hey guys… so we are aware of the issue with no (or few) freshmen on some teams in TeamBuilder and yes the same issues are found on the NCAA 10 disc. Over the past few days, one of our top priorities has been investigating solutions.
The TeamBuilder teams require some data on the disc to set Depth Charts for every team created before they can be used in a game. For example if you use the Cupcake roster as a starting point, NCAA 10 will give you a default Depth Chart for the Cupcakes for your TeamBuilder team (which you can edit in game). This means any changes we make could cause some problems with teams already created using TeamBuilder. So we need to ensure we are taking to proper steps to correct the issues.
We understand the concerns with how this can affect Dynasty mode and Online Games, so we are working hard to have a solution in place before launch on July 14th.
So it sounds like this caught the NCAA developers by surprise and wasn’t a messy roster by design. How it could get by to the final version of the game without being noticed though is frustrating.
I certainly understand not wanting to lose the tens of thousands of teams that have been created since Teambuilder launched. Those represent hours of work that people have put in. At the same time the rosters in their current state could damage the experience for many.
Hopefully they find a resolution that keeps the created teams in tact while fixing the issues with the base roster. On a positive note having Teambuilder brought this problem to light six weeks in advance of the game’s release rather than finding out about it on July 14th and having to wait over a month to see a patch correct it.
June 10, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Yeah, much better this was found out now rather than having internet message boards explode with rage July 14th.
June 10, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I hope they fix this man
June 11, 2009 at 12:03 am
hey pasta what do you think the next NCAA 10 will be about
June 11, 2009 at 12:16 am
NCAA 10 BLOG*
June 11, 2009 at 1:25 am
Season Showdown.
J/K. I really have no idea.
June 11, 2009 at 1:52 am
haha hopefully last week was the last we here of SS until 7/14/09
June 11, 2009 at 12:06 am
Lets hope they can fix this, but at least we know they didn't just do bad rosters.
June 10, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Pasta why you avoiding the question are you making a roster this year I used yours last year for NCAA 09…I’m glad there working to fix the problem and can’t wait til next month I hope fnr4 can hold me off til July 14 and by the way can we get some info on fnr4 career mode sh*t the game comes out in 14 days…
June 11, 2009 at 1:26 am
I didn't know I was avoiding the question? I've responded to a few comments before that I'm staying out of the whole rosters thing this year. But I'll gladly point people in the direction to of where to find them.
July 15, 2009 at 11:18 pm
where can i find a good roster with names now? are any out?
June 11, 2009 at 12:58 am
This proves EA has terrible testers.
June 11, 2009 at 1:10 am
Pasta asks: "How it could get by to the final version of the game without being noticed"? Does this kind of oversight surprise you considering how obvious the folks behind NCAA mailed it in this year? When you consider the giant leaps that Madden took (and NCAA 09 for that matter), NCAA 10 is an afterthought. Personally, I believe this is by design from the folks at EA. I don't think they wanted Madden to have any competition this year, especially coming from their own. NCAA saw marginal improvements, but this error in the rosters is evidence that they really didn't care too much about this game or were short handed because they had all the rocket scientist working on Madden.
June 11, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I agree 100%
June 11, 2009 at 1:13 am
Pasta,
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the way I am understanding your post is basically that EA is saying is that the TeamBuilder rosters are final (As viewed through TeamBuilder).
Basically the TeamBuilder template rosters are final for every team, they are screwed up and they are final.. However, the TeamBuilder rosters don't necessarily have to be the same as the in-game (non-teambuilder) rosters that will be shipped with the game. Won't it be possible for the actual non-team builder rosters to still undergo corrections?
Also, what is to prevent people from editing names and rosters like always from within the game? The only thing I've seen TeamBuilder allow is actually creating new teams. I don't think TeamBuilder is going to be required to edit the non-teambuilder rosters that ship with the game.
June 11, 2009 at 1:27 am
The rosters seen in Teambuilder are the same as the default rosters in the game. Basically they're saying if they changed the rosters in the game it would ruin all the teams that have already been created.
June 11, 2009 at 1:28 am
The rosters seen in Teambuilder are the same as the default rosters in the game. Basically they're saying if they changed the rosters in the game it would ruin all the teams that have already been created. So trying to figure out for a way to fix the rosters without losing the created teams.
June 11, 2009 at 1:32 am
Well if that's the case, I think they should ruin all the teams that have been created and start over. Wouldn't it only ruin the teambuilder rosters for teams that started out with a template?
I didn't see huge errors in the TeamBuilder rosters, but I did see big time errors in player ratings. The player ratings currently in TeamBuilder aren't the final default rosters player ratings are they?
June 11, 2009 at 1:28 am
I'm glad I didn't make a team yet. I'm waiting until I decide whether or not to actually buy the game before I spend hours creating a team. Sloppy mistakes like that sure aren't helping their case.
June 11, 2009 at 1:29 am
I'm glad I didn't make a team yet. I'm waiting until I decide whether or not to actually buy the game before I spend hours creating a team.
Sloppy mistakes like this sure aren't helping their case though.
June 12, 2009 at 1:49 pm
All those teams I made might be for naught if they decide to redo the rosters. I only wished they caught this before so many people made so many teams. Do you know what the backlash will be if EA decides to destroy all the teams people have created so far.
June 11, 2009 at 1:40 am
I have a feeling this is the same rushed game.
June 11, 2009 at 1:52 am
This whole mess just goes to show how far EA has fallen. Year after year there is some major flaw in their games. This is really unacceptable, but totally typical.
June 11, 2009 at 1:59 am
Pasta, you don't think this mess has anything to do with the Keller lawsuit?
June 11, 2009 at 2:50 am
Nah probably not. But its quite a coincidence so its not out of the realm of possibility.
June 11, 2009 at 2:22 am
This basically sums up how I feel about NCAA '10 and the NCAA team. Madden seams to be making great strides along with having great community support. The NCAA team has not been near as good and has also not listened as well to the community giving us things like SS rather than working on other areas more such as Dynasty.
June 12, 2009 at 1:49 am
Excellent points. We can only hope the NCAA team cleans house and brings in a new team, from the top down. Someone like Ian Cummings, who's in his first year on the Madden team.
June 11, 2009 at 2:57 am
When are you going to post the BACKBREAKER blog Pasta?
June 11, 2009 at 3:24 am
This doesn't even make sense to me. How hard is it to take out the graduated seniors and input (mostly generic) freshman? I mean, other than the top 100 Freshman or so, it's just a guess as to what their rating should be because most people don't know about them. It can't be that hard to make those generic freshman.
I've bought every NCAA game since 03 but this may be the first time I decide not to buy NCAA. I'm not a team builder kind of guy and don't care about season showdown, like the rest of the worl.
June 11, 2009 at 3:28 am
I agree. I'd say 80%+ of NCAA gamers care about playing online and/or dynasty with accurate team rosters and player ratings. The TeamBuilder thing is kind of neat, but not if it sacrifices accurate team rosters and player ratings.
June 11, 2009 at 3:25 am
This doesn't even make sense to me. How hard is it to take out the graduated seniors and input (mostly generic) freshman? I mean, other than the top 100 Freshman or so, it's just a guess as to what their rating should be because most people don't know about them. It can't be that hard to make those generic freshman.
Doesn't this also hurt SS? Part of SS minimal allure is that you get to play realistic rosters like the actual game.
I've bought every NCAA game since 03 but this may be the first time I decide not to buy NCAA. I'm not a team builder kind of guy and don't care about season showdown, like the rest of the world.
June 11, 2009 at 3:52 am
I understand where you come from Cody!! I'm not a TEAMBUILDER type of guy either.
June 11, 2009 at 4:02 am
This just goes to show that NCAA 2010 is just a remake of NCAA 09. Last year it was the EA Locker bust, now its the TEAMBUILDER bust!! Why is the NCAA series tanking so hard over the last few years?? Pasta whats the deal man? What happened to the NCAA series that had Larry Fitzgerald (05). That bad boy was off da chain!! Im so disappointed this year. Screw Season Showdown, Screw Teambuilder. Just give me great gameplay, great offline dynasty, great online dynasty. Thats all I want.
June 11, 2009 at 4:16 am
I'm confused as to why we would lose our teams just because the rosters for the teams ALREADY in the game are wrong? I for one could care less about the actual teams now that I can create my own. I don't forsee myself playing with any of the real teams anyway.
June 11, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Because the rest of us arent total nerds like you that like to make up fake teams
June 11, 2009 at 4:25 am
I think I am a little confused here. So basically if I loaded my team template on teambuilder and edited the roster to include freshmen they are saying that it would damage other teams' rosters if I loaded it to the game? I have created a team and changed the year (Sophomore to Freshman) on several of my players. So the teams I created now have freshmen. If I load the game will it mess up other rosters on the game?
June 11, 2009 at 4:59 am
Well I may as well look into that Historically Back College football game now just to see what it's shaping into.
June 11, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Garbage
June 11, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Hey stick to what you like and I want the game just for the Halftime Show and the battle of the bands. I know it can't compete with NCAA in terms of overall looks but hey who can you judge you're a nobody. If it had the backing of say EA or 2K would you be saying all dat crap then.
June 11, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Hey stick to what you like and I want the game just for the Halftime Show and the battle of the bands. I know it can't compete with NCAA in terms of overall looks but hey who can you judge you're a nobody. If it had the backing of say EA or 2K would you be saying all dat crap then. DUMBASS
June 10, 2009 at 9:01 pm
That’s where I differ Shomari. I would rather play with real teams and test my skills than play with my over rated suped up team. And I know that 99% of America made a Powerhouse team!! Just ain’t right!!d
June 11, 2009 at 6:48 am
Wiley, just because that's what you would do if you created a team, doesn't mean that's what 99% of America did…..I and a lot of others that I've talked with create either Balanced or Cupcake teams…..So don't go ahead and say that everyone made a powerhouse team unless you went and looked and can actually prove that 99% of the teams created are Powerhouses.
June 11, 2009 at 8:49 am
Pasta your site is working on IE thanks for fixing it bro!
June 11, 2009 at 12:23 pm
This really makes EA look like a joke
June 11, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Every time a game comes out on EA that isn't Madden, it frustrates me that they put so much effort into that game and let all their other top sports titles fall behind. I'm not an expert in video game programming, but why doesn't EA create one universally awesome format for dynasty modes, online play, and game architecture and apply it to EVERY game?
@Dre2778 – that historically black colleges football game does look pretty sweet. Did you see the Rock Band integration for the drumlines?
June 11, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I'm more concerned about Iowa having white facemasks…WTF?
June 11, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Yea, I can't understand why they have to keep screwing Iowa up. Plus the Iowa ratings in TeamBuilder are atrocious. Ballard and Clayborn or sub 70's overall… Angerer is 78? Unbelievable.
June 11, 2009 at 2:10 pm
So they are working on them?
June 11, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I think that ea is really chickenshit using teambuilder as the excuse for the bullshit rosters they used.
June 11, 2009 at 5:33 pm
yeah, they really dropped the ball on the rosters. i hope it can be fixed
June 11, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Does anyone have any info on who has a good NCAA 09 football roster
June 11, 2009 at 8:06 pm
So, what does this say about new NCAA Rating Guy? Sounds to me like he's terrible at his job.
July 8, 2009 at 2:59 pm
so can we fix Iowa's facemasks thru teambuilder or are we stuck with EA's f*** up of Iowa's uni's for the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW?!?! That is pathetic. They can get Western freakin Kentucky's uniforms right but not a team from the Big Ten that beat S. Carolina in a bowl game last year and is a top 25 team this year?!?!?
July 13, 2009 at 4:22 pm
can you system link ncaa 10
July 14, 2009 at 9:46 pm
who can I download the roster from? i need it bad
July 15, 2009 at 11:20 pm
is there any users with good rosters with names yet? are any out as of now?
July 16, 2009 at 8:16 am
I downloaded my rosters (for PS3) from EA Locker via eascncaa10 as described on freerosters and they don't work. I don't use Teambuilder yet, and may never. I have the roster file on my PS3, same as 09's, but it doesn't work. :'
July 21, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Perhaps I misunderstand what he eascncaa10 rosters are supposed to do. They may just rectify the missing players, continuing to use the numbers as names. I thought they would also provide the named rosters as well. I would like to know when someone has the named rosters up.
July 21, 2009 at 11:53 pm
YES! http://freencaa09rosters.com/ now has buckeye02 w/ the named rosters on EALOCKER for PS3. Just grabbed them and they work great! I can go dynasty now!
July 18, 2009 at 1:56 pm
does anybody have a roster for 2010.tryna get PS3
October 21, 2009 at 6:26 pm
trying to get names on my players for NCAA 10 football. Anyone know how?? (besides manually putting them in)