Madden 13 Interest Thread

Hey everyone,
I am trying to see if there is any interest in starting a Madden 13 league this year. Last year was pretty rough as we ended up with only 5 active players. I would like to see at least 8 or 9 in here to make it worthwhile. Madden releases in 3 weeks, so let me know if you want to play. The game got a new engine and a physics/graphics overhaul along with more promises of balancing and authenticity. If we decide to start a league this year, we can hash out the guidelines and commish responsibilities and everything when it gets closer to the launch of the game. We should shoot for week one to start Sept 8th and try to keep on track with the actual NFL season, if possible.

Teams are listed below...some have been claimed already. The numbers are the overall rankings.

AFC East
86 New England Patriots - Iridium
79 New York Jets
74 Buffalo Bills - Ihaida
68 Miami Dolphins

AFC West
78 San Diego Chargers - ALC
76 Denver Broncos - Zellbrigen
76 Kansas City Chiefs
70 Oakland Raiders

AFC North
85 Pittsburgh Steelers
80 Baltimore Ravens
74 Cincinnati Bengals - HansomB1derful
67 Cleveland Browns - Willhouse

AFC South
78 Houston Texans - Onewild
72 Tennessee Titans
70 Jacksonville Jaguars
66 Indianapolis Colts

NFC East
84 New York Giants - Spynavy
84 Philadelphia Eagles - Goldenboy
79 Dallas Cowboys
78 Washington Redskins

NFC West
81 San Francisco 49ers
75 Arizona Cardinals
73 Seattle Seahawks
71 St. Louis Rams

NFC North
86 Green Bay Packers
81 Chicago Bears
77 Detroit Lions - LeroyOG
71 Minnesota Vikings

NFC South
81 Atlanta Falcons
78 New Orleans Saints
76 Carolina Panthers
69 Tampa Bay Bucs

I am in this year. I'll take Eli and the Giants.

I'll take the Pats.

I'm in but I fancy a change of sceney, so can I take the Texans please? Since they are my team and all (I drew them out of a hat and everything)

as you already know let go BUFFALO!!!!

I'm in and since Leroy already has the Lions give me the Bears.

What the hell?!?

Why do you pick the rivals of your team??!?!?!?

Because I know the players. And I wanteda team that played outside and in the snow

Plus I also just got a Mike Ditka signed Bears Helmet

Actually and I'm sorry to do this Zell can I change to the Browns? They are a young team rebuilding I want to try and build them up.

Im in and i will stay as the sandiego chargers peace ALC

Give Willie the Lions, I'm out. Just played the demo and this is harsh.

Leroyog wrote:

Give Willie the Lions, I'm out. Just played the demo and this is harsh.

yeah, I might be with you on that...I am going to wait to see how the full game is, but after all the promises, this seems to be another step back...I played 5 minute quarters as the 49ers against the Giants and at halftime was up 42-0 while playing on all-pro. I am disappointment.

ps. the commentators at the start is nice, but the way they call the game...there is no excitement in their voices at all...and they make some really lame comments.

I'm still downloading the demo I am really hoping this game is going to be good because I haven't played Madden in a few years. I do feel though that since the jump to next gen the Madden games have been god awful. I also think NCAA started that way but has gotten better.

willhouse4078 wrote:

I'm still downloading the demo I am really hoping this game is going to be good because I haven't played Madden in a few years. I do feel though that since the jump to next gen the Madden games have been god awful. I also think NCAA started that way but has gotten better.

agreed, NCAA wasnt worth my time when it jumped to 360, but every year seems like a step in the right direction. I enjoyed last years and I think with a patch or two, this years edition will be my favorite yet. However, Madden 10 was the first decent pro game on the 360 and since then, they break more things than they fix. I will try to give this one a shot, but I hope to hell it is better than this demo...The demo was great until kickoff...then I was appalled. I know its a work in progress and they will have another 5 or so weeks before the game ships to fix things but damn...they need to do a lot of tweaking and polishing to make this worth my money.

So what are you two saying leroy and zell that you are not going to play this year game and you arent going to be apart of the league. Just want to make sure i was getting this right. Yes the game have problems but i thought as madden players you would want to compete. I thought all madden players want to be able to say they play the game and enjoy being the best. No matter whatever EA did you stood your ground and conquer but i guess im wrong. Anyway best of luck to you im staying and hope the league will continue to play this season games. Peace ALC

So after playing the demo for a little bit I like it. The last Madden I played a ton though was 2008. I like the commentary team better and the presentation. It feels a little fast game play wise. So I can see some options needing to be tweaked.

willhouse4078 wrote:

So after playing the demo for a little bit I like it. The last Madden I played a ton though was 2008. I like the commentary team better and the presentation. It feels a little fast game play wise. So I can see some options needing to be tweaked.

I liked the demo, too. I won't be playing in the league, and will probably wait on picking the game up until I find a good deal on a copy, though. I just prefer NCAA, and there are other games that will take my money.

But for speed, you can go into settings during the game and lower (or increase) the game speed. I dropped it from Normal to Very Slow, and dropped Speed threshold to 30, since that is what we've been doing in the NCAA leagues. It made a good difference.

ALC wrote:

So what are you two saying leroy and zell that you are not going to play this year game and you arent going to be apart of the league. Just want to make sure i was getting this right. Yes the game have problems but i thought as madden players you would want to compete. I thought all madden players want to be able to say they play the game and enjoy being the best. No matter whatever EA did you stood your ground and conquer but i guess im wrong. Anyway best of luck to you im staying and hope the league will continue to play this season games. Peace ALC

LOL. I was on the fence to begin with. They removed the NCAA/Madden crossover feature which was HUGE for me. Madden has been playing second fiddle to NCAA for years now. And both football games are playing second and third fiddle behind the NHL series.

Leroyog wrote:
ALC wrote:

So what are you two saying leroy and zell that you are not going to play this year game and you arent going to be apart of the league. Just want to make sure i was getting this right. Yes the game have problems but i thought as madden players you would want to compete. I thought all madden players want to be able to say they play the game and enjoy being the best. No matter whatever EA did you stood your ground and conquer but i guess im wrong. Anyway best of luck to you im staying and hope the league will continue to play this season games. Peace ALC

LOL. I was on the fence to begin with. They removed the NCAA/Madden crossover feature which was HUGE for me. Madden has been playing second fiddle to NCAA for years now. And both football games are playing second and third fiddle behind the NHL series.

Whoa...I wasnt even aware of that....so I cant even bring my Road to Glory guy into Madden for Superstar anymore? Or I cant bring draft classes from NCAA dynasties either? WTF MADDEN! The new graphics dont look as nice as Madden 12. I still dont know yet. I love my football but I am very hesitant on this years version. What did they tweak in Franchise mode? Did they bring back the point after thing? That would be nice if they did. And if they could add a practice squad feature.

I hear what you and leroy are saying but every Madden has changes to it due to players always complain and asking for more out of their game. But this game should be decent if you like to run and even the passing game is very good. Defensely it going to take a little bit of skill but im sure you will be able to catch on in no time. But it comes down to if you want to play it or not and only u 2 can answer that. It just would be differnt not seeing you in the league but U got do what you feel comptable with anyway peace ALC

There will still be a league dont worry

It just seem that there is nothing that has been spoken about the madden 13 league that GWJ is suppose to be having. The game comes out next tuesday and the early release season pass is today. Indie has spoken that there will be a league no doubt about it. But with the game just around the corner you would think things would be getting started or organize inorder for the league to take off with out a hitch. Look if the guys decide to sit this one out and do something else i understand. Running a league can become very draining and tired some as well. But with the differnt things that are happening with the game i just thought players of the league would like to know if this is a go or not. Anyway just a thought ALC

I think I flip flopped. I'm back in

IGN review is out Madden scores higher then NCAA with a 9.0. I caved and bought the EA Sports pass and I am downloading it now.

LOL. Don't try and sell me this early sir.

So after playing the game for a little bit I really like it two downsides for me is one I hate that they put Jr on Calvin Johnson's jersey but that's an easy fix. Second is doing the My Player the camera is the default camera you get when playing like a franchise game. It doesn't give you a dedicated camera on your guy which makes it a little hard to play a corner since my guy is just off screen. But overall I like it can't wait to get the league going.

Are you serious? They put jr on calvin? I'm out again

Leroyog wrote:

Are you serious? They put jr on calvin? I'm out again

lol nike rights suck lol

AlC to answer your question I will be doing a Season Thread starting next week and we can get it all set up...I am aware the game has come out so take this time to learn the playbook of your team and enjoy the many different things in game.