Appearance on The Madden Voice
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Earlier this evening I sat in on the live broadcast of The Madden Voice. The topic of course was all about Madden 10. There were a ton of guests on this evening including Ian Cummings who called in about 1:45 into the show. I’m on from the very beginning at which point I discuss my impressions of the game and then chime in from time to time for nearly 2 1/2 hours.
Special guests Pastapadre, GameSpot Senior Editor Brian “Mechberg” Ekberg, and Konsole Kingz CEO CJ “KingSoul” Peters will be giving their impressions about Madden 10, along with celebrity gamer Camp Lo’s Sonny Cheeba stopping by to talk with us about his love for Madden and gaming in general, and GetYourTournament.com’s Glen Cravens (The Game II) giving his take on the EA Sports Challenge Series hosted by MLG, and other recent developments in the Madden tournament scene.
New info that Ian relayed during his time on air included that a first patch was still in the works and they are taking some of the current feedback under consideration even for that initial patch, and that Michael Vick will not be included in the game until he officially signs with a team. You can check out the archived show here. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments!
August 12, 2009 at 6:13 am
i listened to about the last hour, while doing other things, how did u stay on there for two hours anyway?
August 12, 2009 at 12:41 pm
hey pasta how long does it usaully take you to play a game with 12min qaurters and 15sec accelearted clock??? about and hour???
August 12, 2009 at 1:11 pm
More than that probably 2 hours
August 12, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Yeah last night it took me just under an hour. It sounds like it would be a long time, but the acc clock moves things at a nice pace.
August 12, 2009 at 2:14 pm
last year i played 6 min quarters and it took about 40min to complete a game but the stats werent realistic, i hardly had 25-30 carries 0r 30+ Pass Attempts. this year im looking to go more split back carries and would like to have a nice mix up but also not have to play a game for 2 hrs to acheive that so im just trying to get ideas. thanks pasta.
August 12, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Listened to the show in its entirety. Pasta, you deserve a medal or award or something for hanging in there for the whole show. Really, the obvious highlight is when Ian C. calls in towards the end. I have read some of his blogs, but it was great to hear his 'real talk' about Maddens of the past and his vision for the franchise moving forward. I felt kinda bad for the host of the MaddenVoice and some of the other guys on the panel who are pretty hardcore into the Tournament scene.
Towards the end Ian basically takes a shit on the Tournament (Cheese) style of play and the tournaments themselves–admitting that he wishes Madden Nation was never televised. He keeps it real stating that it "made him sick" to see how ppl played the past Maddens at the tournaments and his goal for this Madden was to make it more sim for the players who actually appreciate a good game of FB and who aren't playing the game to make a living. It was refreshing to hear his honesty in those regards. The MaddenVoice podcast, IMO, is good for a specific audience (Tournament players) but for me, its a little too much. The show really took off when the OS guys along with Pasta and Ian kinda highjacked the show towards the end–moving the discussion in the direction of people who play the enjoy the sim aspects of it.
Ian seems to be a no-nonsense kinda guy who has a clear vision for where he wants to take this franchise and he doesn't pull any punches when he talks about the direction he is taking the franchise. Hearing him and the other guys discuss the logic behind the player ratings along with the tweaks that they made during the dev. period was really insightful and only made me much more excited to play the game this weekend.
August 12, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Yeah I definitely respected the candor that Ian spoke with and agree with his vision going forward. It was refreshing to hear that.
August 12, 2009 at 2:33 pm
this is the best madden for the 360 but the ps2 looks and feels better
I know I have both
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August 13, 2009 at 1:20 am
Not knocking your opinion but, quite honestly, you've either GOTSTA be a Madden hater and/or joking. Seriously, stop it. Or maybe you DON'T actually have a PS3 or 360and are mad cuz you are stuck with a PS2?
Actually, I take that back – I AM knocking your opinion because that is a ludichrist statement. I could concur with the 08 versions because I ended up repurchasing the PS2 version after trading in the PS3 version (it was horrible) but now, dawg, hell no. For real, stop the hate….
August 12, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Let me rephrase that, by looks i mean animations
August 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm
PS2???
August 12, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I skipped ahead to hear the part with Ian. It's really nice to hear Ian speak outside of the traditional developer diaries and marketing materials. Nice to hear that his heart is really into the purity of football and not the cheese game. Even the 1-minute demo (much as I hate the limitations) gave me a good feeling about Madden this year and I'll be grabbing it at midnight Thursday!
August 12, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Can you share custom rosters through the EA Locker?
August 12, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Hey Pasta, what was talked about being in the first patch?
August 12, 2009 at 7:43 pm
No specifics yet, but they're still working on it so we won't know exactly what until it is sent and clears certification.
August 12, 2009 at 7:57 pm
ok thanks
August 12, 2009 at 6:59 pm
after wat i saw..this game is still cheesy…fukin jetpackin all the time…shit is 2 easy….safetys dont step up n make a play…they just run to red circle__
August 12, 2009 at 8:15 pm
well it is refreshing to hear that IAN is going toward the right direction now … we might have the madden that we would bargin for … but pasta …. can you please answer this to me .. can you please tell me what is the biggest dissapointment of the game so far? because i would like too know! thanxs in advance !
August 13, 2009 at 6:16 am
Its hard to say a "disappointment". I think maybe a handful of smaller things like the lack of sideline catch animations or challenge system. Or maybe online game speed not being changeable even for online franchises.
August 13, 2009 at 2:47 am
can u now, at least, run on madden? i have the demo and everytime i touch the ball with my runner, i get hit almost everytime without a yard….geeze.
August 13, 2009 at 6:16 am
There are definitely plays that get blown up, maybe too often. I'm averaging over 100 yards a game between R Brown and R Williams on the Dolphins. Varying the type of runs and going with a 2 back system to keep them fresh I think has been helping me.