The Line Drive 7/21
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- Updating on the public Madden 10 demo (the one with the one minute quarters) will now be out on the 360 for XBL Gold members on Thursday the 23rd. Silver members and PS3 owners will have to wait until the 30th.
- A new name has been added to the confirmed or rumored roster list for EA Sports MMA, that being former Green Beret Tim Kennedy. He joins Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Frank Shamrock, Fedor Emelianenko and Gegard Mousasi as those who are believed to be connected to the upcoming game. I’m starting to believe that EA will be able to put together a decent roster but they’ll have to do a lot of promotion to raise the recognition level around the majority of them. It would be mutually beneficial for EA to present stories and backgrounds for these fighters and in return their presence in the sport will be boosted whether they are permanently banned from ever competing in the UFC or not.
- 5WGaming takes a good look at the downfalls of football demos that offer only two minute quarters. This was written before the news about Madden’s one minute quarters, so the examples presented would be even more extreme in that case.
- Also at 5WGaming is another article of interest analyzing the early NCAA Football 10 Season Showdown returns. Whether the feature actually is working by encouraging people to play more realistically and respectfully remains in question. However it is nice to see confirmation that not only do the majority of users who pick Florida tend to play with reckless abandon (which to me is still a coaching strategy) but they show little respect to their opponents in how they conduct themselves during games. The Gators currently have -1.8 million sportsmanship points.
- First Cuts has news that ex-Tarheel guard Quentin Thomas will be rapping the intro to NBA Live 10.
- For those involved in the NCAA 10 Online Dynasties being hosted in the forums they are now just waiting on the 360 patch to arrive before starting up. Soon I’ll begin putting together the official Madden 10 Online Franchise (360). If you’re interested in participating be sure to sign up in this forum thread. Again because of the limited number of people who can be included I apologize to everyone who is not selected. There is also a PS3 Online Franchise being arranged with details found here.
July 21, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Pasta why don't people preorder madden for only 5 dollars and if they have store credit at another place go there and if they have ncaa sell tht for madden at gamestop if they choose gamestop. I am not buying the game at gamestop i am going into another state which takes 20 minutes to get it for a special reason. $5 to try out a game isnt bad. Just hoping the demo is the real deal and isntan early copy.
July 21, 2009 at 2:20 pm
I found a preorder card at target and u only pay 1$ for it.
July 21, 2009 at 2:36 pm
cause ncaa just came out and people play online dynasties personally i like the gameplay in ncaa better than madden
July 21, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Hey guys, i just pre ordered Madden at gamestop i'm a little confused on how to get the demo early…will it be on xbox live for everyone on the 23rd or is there a code on my receipt that i need to put in on the 23rd to get it early and also where do i insert the code? Thanks
July 21, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Gamestop should give you a card with the demo code and instructions on it.
July 21, 2009 at 2:13 pm
When is that NCAA Football patch gonna finally hit the 360? PS3 owners have had it since last week!!!
July 21, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Season Showdown's actually pretty fun, but obviously it still just comes down to who has more fans. My Illini don't even stand a chance against freakin North Carolina, not to mention Florida, Texas, or Ohio State.
btw Pasta, I jut signed up for the Online Madden Franchise. Hopefully I'm not to late for consideration.
July 21, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Season Showdown's actually pretty fun, but it still just comes down to who has more fans. My Illini don't even stand a chance against freakin North Carolina, not to mention Florida, Texas, or Ohio State.
btw Pasta, I jut signed up for the Online Madden Franchise. Hopefully I'm not to late for consideration.
July 21, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Nice, i'm with Illinois too. I've stopped worrying about overall standings and have just been trying to move up on the Illinois leaderboard.
July 22, 2009 at 5:42 pm
As much as I wasn't that enthused about the Season Showdown feature, since actually seeing it work I have grown to enjoy it. I think this feature has helped improve variety of team choices while playing online. I haven't seen Florida with the frequency I saw last year….
GO IRISH!!!
July 21, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Please change the black background, I enjoy reading this site, but it kills my eyes.. honestly… if you insist on using a black background, spend a week writing your posts on a black background and suffer with us.
July 21, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I also tried signing up for the Madden Online franchise….Hopefully I can get in. I am on the ps3 though….
If someone has room could you enter me and my buddy. We play all the time, so being in multiple online leagues would be sweet.
psn id : CoachKT313
My buddys id : wresler120
July 21, 2009 at 4:11 pm
so lemme get this straight both Madden 10 demos come out on thursday now…sweet !
July 21, 2009 at 5:23 pm
WOOO HOOO I am the rel craaazzzi rob im so crazy woo sweet blah blah bleh pasta t
July 21, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Great. I am an Xbox Live Gold Member, and I just shipped away my Xbox 360 to Microsoft to get it fixed. No Madden for me.
July 21, 2009 at 5:24 pm
u get free month since ur registered u will get it be4 madden comes out on the 8th for me moah haha
July 21, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Have people already played the madden demo early? or is the 23rd the earliest you can play it?
July 21, 2009 at 4:27 pm
yeah i knew this was coming. florida with -1.8 million. at least this will give my dawgs a chance to move ahead of florida! UGA!
July 21, 2009 at 4:48 pm
wish i would have known about the online madden franchise sooner. hope i can still get in
July 21, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Hey Pasta thanks for putting up a link to my signups for my madden league for the ps3!
July 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Off topic question but how do you make your avatar on easports.com? Anybody can answer it!
July 21, 2009 at 6:29 pm
@JohnZapp
You have to logon to easportsworld.com Once you're in there you can change your avatar for easports.com or any of the specific EA Sports titles.
July 21, 2009 at 5:06 pm
How about removing or editing your trash talk article on Fight Night vs UFC sales. Your story holds no water. Read your comments and amend your mistake. Stop acting like a fanboy, it makes your whole blog stupid.
July 21, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Pasta,
Going off topic here. In regards to the Madden 10 demo release, which I have read is to be released this Thursday, how is the code going to work? I know where to enter the code but will it automatically start the download process or will the demo appear in Marketplace / PSN Store?
July 21, 2009 at 5:25 pm
^Alas some1 agrees with me super mega ultra sweetness
July 21, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Hey John Zapp..add me to your bud list. I can walk you through the steps.
You have to visit the website and do it online at easportsworld.com
Once you create your avator you have to save it to each EA game at the top of the screen. Thats the part people mess up on…after you dress him and make him up the way you want him to look, you have to do it again and save it to every game you want him to appear in. Like select NCAA10, MADDEN10 etc.
Hope that helped you a bit…if not
psn id :CoachKT313
July 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Thanks man my guy looks sick!
July 21, 2009 at 5:32 pm
wow so if fedor is gonna be on the mma game ea is coming out with, and dana white said anyone that signs with that game will be banned from ufc for life, so im guessing that means we wont see the fedor vs lesnar fight lol, or maybe dana will make an exception lol
July 21, 2009 at 5:37 pm
mikesa_tx ·
Thanks for hooking us up so fast. Great teams you picked for us. I cant wait!
July 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I just don't really get this Season Showdown stuff. If there aren't going to be weighted "grades" or points a lot of teams don't stand a chance to win, more-less compete. You've got a ton of kids playing with Florida, Texas and Ohio State 'because they're good,' which leaves the people like Sidewinder playing with Illinois no realistic chance.
IMO, I think the whole mode is bogus.
July 21, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Wuts up everyone, I picked up the promotional Madden 10 demo today at Gamestop, its 4 quarters 5 min each quarter Cardinals vs. Steelers. The girl there told me I could not use the code until Thursday but I'm quite surprise how much game time they are giving you. I think its silly though on the card they give you it shows how the new Super Bowl celebration looks like.
July 22, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Thanks for providing information that was out two weeks ago…
July 22, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Pasta,
Not to beat this issue to a pulp but I was thinking about what you reported in regards to Ian Cummings' reasoning for shortening the public demo two-minute quarters to one-minute quarters.
If I remember correctly, you stated that the reasoning for shortening the public demo, per Ian, is that there is fear that people would enjoy the demo so much that they would not purchase the game.
What I don't understand is for those that pre-ordered Madden through GameStop get an extended demo. Isn't Ian worried that people will love the extended demo so much that they will take the $5 from their pre-order of Madden and put it towards the purchase of another game???
His reasoning makes very little sense….
July 22, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Pasta,
Not to beat this issue to a pulp but I was thinking about what you reported in regards to Ian Cummings' reasoning for shortening the public demo two-minute quarters to one-minute quarters.
If I remember correctly, you stated that the reasoning for shortening the public demo, per Ian, is that there is fear that people would enjoy the demo so much that they would not purchase the game.
What I don't understand is for those that pre-ordered Madden through GameStop get an extended demo. Isn't Ian worried that people will love the extended demo so much that they will take the $5 from their pre-order of Madden and put it towards the purchase of another game???
His reasoning makes very little sense since pre-orders don't = sales….
July 22, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Pasta,
Not to beat this issue to a pulp but I was thinking about what you reported in regards to Ian Cummings' reasoning for shortening the public demo from two-minute quarters to one-minute quarters.
If I remember correctly, you stated that the reasoning for shortening the public demo, per Ian, is that there is fear that people would enjoy the demo so much that they would not purchase the game.
What I don't understand is for those that pre-ordered Madden through GameStop get an extended demo. Isn't Ian worried that people will love the extended demo so much that they will take the $5 from their pre-order of Madden and put it towards the purchase of another game???
His reasoning makes very little sense since pre-orders don't = sales….
July 23, 2009 at 2:15 am
What time does the demo go up on xbox live?