Just a note on trades for everyone. It seems if one User has played his game for that week it won't allow the trade to go through even if both Users were online at the same time.

Originally Posted by Chetty12 Just a note on trades for everyone. It seems if one User has played his game for that week it won't allow the trade to go through even if both Users were online at the same time.

Well that probably makes sense.

Originally Posted by Chetty12 I'm not quite sure where you heard 8 seasons but i've never read that on here. Let's be generous and say we go through each season and offseason in 10 weeks. That means by time the next madden comes out we'd have time for about 5 seasons an that's being extremely generous with the 10 week time frame for a season/offseason.

You know what... you are absolutely correct. For some reason, I thought it was going to advance much faster. My bad

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Originally Posted by Chetty12 All i was saying is the AI in the situation of aiming for the between the 1-10 yard line on a coffin punt does not come in to play. Unless you plan on returning the ball from within your own 10 yard line, which would be a massive mistake to begin with, you wouldn't even be back to catch the ball with your punt returner. On that type of play, in madden and real life, most people pull up the returner and try to block the gunners on the ST so they don't down it inside the 10 anyway. With your returner you'd play it the same way if the ball was angled or if it was skyed to the roof of the stadium. Once again it was just a suggestion, you said we were going to discuss it so i was just throwing it out there.

And if the players on the return team don't block the players streaking downfield and just allow them to get to the ball at the 5 yard line, then what? That's the point...the AI players run around like bumbling idiots on line drive aka squib kicks, so kicking it like that gives the kicking team an unfair advantage. Why does the onus fall on the receiving team to just "deal with it" rather than on the kicking team to "learn how to punt"?

For that matter, what he was doing isn't a "coffin punt". He's already said he kicks a line drive...which is what causes it to go short and skip along the field. This is a coffin punt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYDAGvDDXc

Just finished a game against the 49ers. Was a good matchup... Rodgers had 3 TD passes.

Only problem was 2 of them was to the defense.

Packers lose 10-17.

Doo Mane and I tried twice to play our game tonight but the lag was AWFUL and our game got disconnected both times. This was my best night to play so if it doesn't work out the rest of Week 1 then I will take a loss. I'm not sure if it was my Internet or EA or what but it was unplayable. I can't play tomorrow night so if we can't get together on Friday night it won't happen. It would suck to start this way but if it happens so be it. I think we would have a good game too but it's honestly hard to tell with that much lag lol.

Steelers - 38
Broncos - 24

In my first game ever with the Broncos, it was a close one. The Broncos run game never really got started. Manning had problems all night, sometimes having receivers drop balls that hit them in the hands, the DBs did not have the same problem though, as Manning threw for 4 INTs.

Good game Shift! I was not at my best tonight.

Originally Posted by Steggy Just finished a game against the 49ers. Was a good matchup... Rodgers had 3 TD passes. Only problem was 2 of them was to the defense. Packers lose 10-17.

Yep was a good game. You knocked Gore out with a broken jaw.

Does anyone have this problem in offline connected careers mode? The camera is set to zoom or whatever the default one is called. I'll switch it to wide and after one play it will default back every single time. Is this a bug or am I missing something? This doesn't happen to me when i'm playing online.

Originally Posted by Dark Rider Steelers - 38 Broncos - 24 In my first game ever with the Broncos, it was a close one. The Broncos run game never really got started. Manning had problems all night, sometimes having receivers drop balls that hit them in the hands, the DBs did not have the same problem though, as Manning threw for 4 INTs. Good game Shift! I was not at my best tonight.

It was a good game! I was surprised you didn't air it out more than you did in the first half. Your passing game was very successful against my zone defense, but not so much once I shifted into man in the second half.

The game was much close than what the score indicates. Rider could absolutely move the chains against my defense; however, turnovers were ultimately the deciding factor. An interception in the end zone to prevent a score at the end of the first half and an interception +6 in the second helped me jump ahead. From that point on it was all about hanging on to my lead.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu And if the players on the return team don't block the players streaking downfield and just allow them to get to the ball at the 5 yard line, then what? That's the point...the AI players run around like bumbling idiots on line drive aka squib kicks, so kicking it like that gives the kicking team an unfair advantage. Why does the onus fall on the receiving team to just "deal with it" rather than on the kicking team to "learn how to punt"? For that matter, what he was doing isn't a "coffin punt". He's already said he kicks a line drive...which is what causes it to go short and skip along the field. This is a coffin punt.

Ok first, i still don't understand what you mean by they don't block. I just did a practice trying to see what you mean and the guys blocking the gunners still do there jobs and block them. If your in PUNT RETURN MIDDLE most of the other blockers form a wall returning to the middle, which leaves your returner on an island by himself towards the sideline where the line drive punt occurred. If you choose PUNT RETURN LEFT or RIGHT depending on the direction he's kicking it to, the blockers would go in that direction and provide some help for your returner, i'm not sure if you tried that or not. I also am not quite sure why you think this is so cheap but think skying a punt is so much better. In madden, most of the time when you sky a punt, once you get past the initial gunner the rest of the blockers go stupid and don't try to re-engage you until the returner has actually caught the ball. This allows multiple people to sneak by blockers to get an unfair angle or advantage of a big hit on the returner. Once again, i'm not against banning it the sideline punt, i honestly don't care.

But anyway it is what it is and you already have your opinion made up. You said we were going to have a discussion about it, i thought that meant i could post a suggestion of when it would be appropriate. And to get to your second point, i never said what he was doing was coffin punting, i know what he was doing is not coffin punting. I was saying that i thought that type of punt should be allowed in a coffin punting type situation.


Edit: I'm going to tap out of this punting controversy now because all i was trying to provide was a suggestion and like i said, i don't care, i personally don't find it to be a big deal and i'm fine with whatever you decide.

I (Saints) put up a really good game (easily the best I have ever played in Madden) against the Redskins last night. I actually managed to make some passes and get some TDs for once and not get blown out. The problem was, I couldn't figure out how to stop his offense and he did the same thing, lol. Game ended 35-28, as I did manage to get the ball back with less than 2 minutes and no time outs left, but I was panicking and threw an interception trying to make a sideline pass to stop the clock. RGIII burned me for some sick runs too. Good game.

At least my record should easily mirror the real life Saints record this season ;-)

Im thinking about putting Arian Foster up on the Block! I just have never been comfortable with him. Im looking for another top tier running back in return. I know this sounds crazy as Im wanting another running back in return but i have never been able to comfortably run with him. Anyone have any suggestions?

Heads up, n8: We had all the injuries in our league wiped out. I'm not 100% sure what caused it, but I'm relatively certain it was transferring commish powers. So yeah.. I'd try to do so as little as possible.

Edit: Apparently it's much worse than that. This thread has a good explanation. Basically, if you start your league with pre-existing injuries off (and who doesn't?) this glitch will reset injuries all the time.

Originally Posted by DeskLaser I (Saints) put up a really good game (easily the best I have ever played in Madden) against the Redskins last night. I actually managed to make some passes and get some TDs for once and not get blown out. The problem was, I couldn't figure out how to stop his offense and he did the same thing, lol. Game ended 35-28, as I did manage to get the ball back with less than 2 minutes and no time outs left, but I was panicking and threw an interception trying to make a sideline pass to stop the clock. RGIII burned me for some sick runs too. Good game. At least my record should easily mirror the real life Saints record this season ;-)

Yea it was definitely a shoot out. My defense just couldn't figure out how to stop the pass even when they were in position. Jimmy Graham was tough over the middle.

Originally Posted by bvharris Heads up, n8: We had all the injuries in our league wiped out. I'm not 100% sure what caused it, but I'm relatively certain it was transferring commish powers. So yeah.. I'd try to do so as little as possible.

Dear God...this ing game... Thanks for the heads up. I'm hoping we won't have to do that much. I just can't even process how awful EA is anymore. I feel like I need to take a year off from their games just so I don't go completely insane.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu Dear God...this ing game... Thanks for the heads up. I'm hoping we won't have to do that much. I just can't even process how awful EA is anymore. I feel like I need to take a year off from their games just so I don't go completely insane.

This ing game indeed.

We're considering re-starting our league, as that seems to be the only way to fix it.

Originally Posted by bvharris This ing game indeed. We're considering re-starting our league, as that seems to be the only way to fix it.

How exactly would that "fix it"? Has there been a patch since we both started? I can't even remember what's been fixed and what hasn't anymore. Why pay testers when they'll pay you, right?

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu How exactly would that "fix it"? Has there been a patch since we both started? I can't even remember what's been fixed and what hasn't anymore. Why pay testers when they'll pay you, right?

According to the thread I read on it, the bug is caused by starting with pre-existing injuries off (which basically every league does). So turning the setting on and leaving it on should fix the problem. Obviously I plan to test if that's true before we would restart.

But no, no patch. As far as I've seen, no acknowledgement from EA on it either. Even if they did patch it, there's no guarantee the fix would apply to pre-existing leagues.

These are the things which definitely activate the glitch according to what I've read:

• Changing ANY league setting, including sliders
• Transferring commish powers
• A coach retiring or a new coach being added.

There might be more, but that's all I'm sure of right now.