Madden 2006 preview

[mussa]

havn't finished a season...im at the dallas game.  i did finish a season of NCAA 06 and im curious as to how you export the draft class?  I got the roster names and evrything.  Do you need a new memory card to do this? 

Tell ya what bout Cbuck.  I got the roster to match the eagles as close as possible.  I had a stray Oineman who wasn't on the team, but everyone is pretty much there.  I went into attributes and changed CBucks injury rating to 1, so when he gets injured in preseason, u can put him on the IR.  But by doing this u realize it can't be changed back for the rest of the franchise and his career is basically over, which it is anyway.  Then I signed Lamar Gordon as my number two.  I bumped up Moats speed to 96 to be more realistic than an 89 he's given by EA.  Lamar is good and will break tackles and has decent speed. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I cut the players from the roster that I felt would likely never play for the team again, including Buck (replaced with Gordon), Ritchie (created Parry and replaced), Jamaal Jackson (moved Darilek to C), Steve Sciullo (created Clarke and replaced), Simon, Douglas (replaced with Juqua Thomas), and JR Reed.  I also added Jason Short as the primary backup Dhani's spot and made another few "realistic" moves (including reducing/increasing key player attributes).

Players like Pinkston and McDougle, I'm just burying on the depth chart for 2005.

I also went through all the formations/subs and tried to better reflect the Eagles' tendency to rotate, especially on the defensive line.  Patterson plays in passing formations... etc.

[mussa]

ive yet to mess around with substitutions...

[Dillen]

havn't finished a season...im at the dallas game.  i did finish a season of NCAA 06 and im curious as to how you export the draft class?  I got the roster names and evrything.  Do you need a new memory card to do this? 

At the end of your first season, when you go to the offseason it should say import draft classes. You dont need a new memory card, just save it on. (Its like 54 KB) Name anyone and ill see if they came out. It'll likely be a bit different though. I saved after week 15 then simmed to see who comes in the draft

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I cut the players from the roster that I felt would likely never play for the team again, including Buck (replaced with Gordon), Ritchie (created Parry and replaced), Jamaal Jackson (moved Darilek to C), Steve Sciullo (created Clarke and replaced), Simon, Douglas (replaced with Juqua Thomas), and JR Reed.  I also added Jason Short as the primary backup Dhani's spot and made another few "realistic" moves (including reducing/increasing key player attributes).

Players like Pinkston and McDougle, I'm just burying on the depth chart for 2005.

I also went through all the formations/subs and tried to better reflect the Eagles' tendency to rotate, especially on the defensive line.  Patterson plays in passing formations... etc.

I promoted Patterson to a started at week six. He's weak at getting pressue on the QB, but has been an absolute beast against the run. What did you all do about scouting players for the draft? Can you just have the CPU do that shtein? What a pain in the ass that shtein is....

[Seabiscuit36]

havn't finished a season...im at the dallas game.  i did finish a season of NCAA 06 and im curious as to how you export the draft class?  I got the roster names and evrything.  Do you need a new memory card to do this? 

When you finish you dynasty season on NCAA at the end of the season it will ask you to Export your class when you in the offseason beginning step 1.  You'll see who transferd, left early, and graduated.  Then on Madden just import the draft class when you begin you offseason it gives you the option

[Zanshin]

I haven't bought it yet, and thought about sitting this year out.  But somehow my Madden 05 disc got a scratch and isn't playable anymore. 

I saw that Madden 06 is on sale at Circuit City this week for $39.00...so I might pick it up.  Just throwing that out there in case anyone was on the fence about it.

[mussa]

havn't finished a season...im at the dallas game.  i did finish a season of NCAA 06 and im curious as to how you export the draft class?  I got the roster names and evrything.  Do you need a new memory card to do this? 

When you finish you dynasty season on NCAA at the end of the season it will ask you to Export your class when you in the offseason beginning step 1.  You'll see who transferd, left early, and graduated.  Then on Madden just import the draft class when you begin you offseason it gives you the option

so in the heisman race can u do that?> or just dynasty?

[Mad-Lad]

i'm starting my franchise online (via the EA Locker).  has anyone tried it?  i heard there have been problems with file corruption.  If anyone's been through a season, is the offseason easy to deal with when 2 people are playin?

[Dillen]

havn't finished a season...im at the dallas game.  i did finish a season of NCAA 06 and im curious as to how you export the draft class?  I got the roster names and evrything.  Do you need a new memory card to do this? 

When you finish you dynasty season on NCAA at the end of the season it will ask you to Export your class when you in the offseason beginning step 1.  You'll see who transferd, left early, and graduated.  Then on Madden just import the draft class when you begin you offseason it gives you the option

so in the heisman race can u do that?> or just dynasty?

both

[mussa]

cool, thanks dude

[mussa]

it didn't give me the option to export draft class at the end of the first year of NCAA 06.  maybe its only dynasty.

[Seabiscuit36]

Just do what i do and make a dynasty in NCAA and do it with some 1 AA team so you dont mess up the teams recruiting and spend about an hour setting up the season and Simulating all games.  When you advance in dynasty to the offseason you set your budget and then you view the "Players Leaving" and hit start when you look at the players leaving and then export draft class.  Mussa depending on how often you play madden you can make as many draftclasses after each season, I typically make 7 draft classes just to be sure. 

[Dillen]

i shoulda done 3, but i only did 2..i generally start over anyway.

[Zanshin]

Picked it up.  It's okay...but pretty much a rehash of last year.  More than anything, they took some of the good that was in last year's ESPN game.