Madden is finally coming out, and I'm willing to commish a league if no one else will do so. Therefore, this tourney has 2 purposes:

1) To see if there are enough committed players on OKP to run a decent online franchise

2) To get a feel for this years Madden.

I'm not sure if Madden has an online tournament set-up(if they do, please enlighten me).....if not, I'll just assign numbers to each of the players and randomly generate the matchups. If byes are necessary, those will be randomly chosen as well. Remember, the main point of the tourney is just to see if we have enough on OKP to run a solid league.

I am relatively new to Xbox Live.....so add me if you will, the log is SoCalBrar. Please put yours in your first reply to this post.

Sidenote: I won't be able to play in the tourney until Sunday night or Monday because I'm gonna be at the Wynn in Vegas for the weekend.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I plan on picking the game up tomorrow sometime. I believe it has full tourneys and leagues so it should be cool.

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WesLexner is the name

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I'm in!

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I won't be getting Madden, but I applaud any well run online leagues.

https://digife.com

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

Looking at the replies in this post, I'd invite those who have played or are currently in a league first. Not to discriminate against anyone else, but at least you KNOW they'll play their games. Anybody can sign up for a league, or as my boy Seinfeld said:

"You know how to take a reservation but you just don't know how to hold the reservation.
And that's really the most important part of the reservation - the HOLDING. Anybody can just take 'em." © Jerry Seinfeld

https://digife.com

I'll prolly cop at midnight

catch a swollen heart, from not rollin' smart

http://www.pastapadre.com/9945/early-madden-10-online-franchise-impressions#more-9945

Online Franchise was instantly my most anticipated feature as soon as it was announced at E3. Since then there has been some disappointing news on aspects of the mode that would be missing. Despite that it still has potential to be a lot of fun and is certainly much more advanced than an online league. With the servers for Online Franchise having gone live as well as the website having opened up we wanted to test out some of the options and see how it all works.

First lets recap some of the areas of the mode that already were known to be lacking. There is no salary cap so free agency is unregulated and there is no CPU trade logic. There is no preseason and there are no sliders to be adjusted. Unlike regular franchise mode there is no halftime show or Extra Point franchise show. These are all elements that EA was up front about missing, and hopefully because the mode is run server side improvements or additions could end up being made at any time. I don’t expect any of these things to make their way in this year with the exception of maybe the sliders.

So the first thing to do is either create the Online Franchise or join one. Franchises can be set to public but I suspect those will end up being a disaster. Invites can be sent out which makes it easy for people to accept, however it seems that the password for the league is still required to be entered even for those receiving an invite. I’m not sure why that is since now the password will have to be communicated independently when an invite from the Commish should be enough to grant entry.

There are a lot of options that can be set for the games. The biggest let down of the mode for me so far is that there is no option for game speed. Right now online games are defaulted to “normal” speed which is not the same as the default offline “slow” that I have enjoyed so much. The games run faster online which has resulted in sloppier play. More sacks and more turnovers are the trend out of that. Not only am I disappointed that it is defaulted to that speed but really not pleased that they aren’t offering an option to change it up for Online Franchise. This is something that hopefully EA will take care of an soon since I already know it will be affecting the quality of the franchises.

The max users for a franchise is 32 but there are several other options for this. It is probably worth just setting it to 32 unless it is a public league that is trying to contain itself so it can go at a better pace and maybe even make it through a season. You can either start with the current rosters at the time or do a fantasy draft. Difficulty level is adjustable, quarter length can be changed as well as accelerated clock settings. Injuries, fatigue, and weather can all be turned off if so desired.

The other main setting has to do with trades. There are trades “On” where anyone can trade with any team including the CPU. Trades “off” where no trades can be completed. And trades “On-No CPU” where trading is only allowed between users. Since there is no CPU trade logic, the CPU will accept any offer. So that should be the setting only in cases where all league members can trust each other or work out offers that everyone agrees with.

The main franchise menu looks similar to the online menu and navigates in the same manner. You have the list of owners, team and league schedules, rosters and player management, and stats. The Options area is where the Commish can advance the week, send out invites, or make changes to league settings.

At first I thought this would be a major issue but there is a simple way around it. Trades can not be completed before Week 1 games. They can be offered but nothing can be processed until Week 2. For franchises where people are negotiating and completing trades prior to starting, the way around this involves free agency. Simply release the players being traded away and then sign the ones being acquired. They are then eligible to play in the Week 1 games.

There is a one hour timer between advancing weeks. If the games are actually being played this won’t be bothersome, but for people who may have been interested in simming ahead this presents a roadblock to that.

Myself and Jerkfacefave decided to play a week 1 matchup in a Franchise so I went with the Saints and he was the Lions. The game was on 12 minute quarters with 15 second accelerated clock. I like that set up even in the online games though the stats will show the kind of affect that the faster game speed had on our play. I pulled out the win 9-6 but it wasn’t a pretty sight. 7 total INTs and 10 total sacks. Basically that game speed influenced how we had to play. Either pull it down for a sack (and in some cases get sacked before the drop back animation was completed) or throw the ball up for grabs. With the slower game speed there is time to read defenses and go through progressions, and I just don’t get that same opportunity in these online games.

The website to view Online Franchises is now up and you can check it out here. Enter in your EA Sports World login info to access it. If you search for pastapadre by user you can take a look at the two franchises that I currently have active and browse the stats and rosters. One issue I immediately noticed is that the team logos are swapped on the game info pages. So my players and the game stats are listed below my opponents logo and vice-versa. For members of the franchises the website also allows for changing depth charts and working trades.

There is still a ways to go before a conclusion can be made on the Online Franchise mode. While I’m excited about getting it up and going just a few small changes could go a long way. Adding an option for game speed or changing the “default” to slow and getting sliders added in would be reasonable requests at this point.

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

<-- My mini-me, born 6/22/09

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i'm game.
TChalla80

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Lets go!

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GT: MARSallday
PSN: MC_ENVY
Steam: MARSallday

www.last.fm/user/prtank13

I'll be on bout 6pm, you aint said nuthin but a word, lol.

I would love a chance to get down wit this.

and folks didn't show up past week one. There were a few faithful but by mid-season, half of them hadn't even played 3 games. GOOD LUCK!

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

thought you had a ps3

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Thus I only have a 360 (for now, waiting for the price drop)..... But live is such a more stable and accessible setup that I was going to switch to 360 for online games multisystem online games regardless

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

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I would like to get down with y'all, I caved in and ended my 5 year Madden Boycott...I will totally be there to fill my game obligations. I have to relearn the game but I dont mind losing.

Gamer Tag "KING CAESAR"

I'm down but can't play till Monday night...got a funeral this weekend

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PSN Tribalhomie

"I'm done......."

Follow my Tweets https://twitter.com/#!/1yankeesfan

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

starting to get the hang of this year's Madden after I took 09 off. Should be fun.

nm

I really really really really do hope Madden allows us to change the franchise setting game speed to slow.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

it's set to 'normal'

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I know they're suppose to update the rosters but I'm not sure if there will be any patches that address any of those issue like game speed and CPU trade logic. Hopefully so

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

Put me down.

Do you have to pay for the online Franchise?

www.PisforPROPS.com

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

1. When are we going live? i got some free time on my hands today so i can set it up now

2. It appears we currently have roughly 18 potential owners signed up....will there be a limit of how many we let in? AND is this limited to OKP's only?

3. Game settings. What are y'all thoughts on those? Are we gonna adjust sliders and what not....clock accelerator on/off? i would assume we're playing on All-Pro at a minimum but i wouldn't object to All-Madden. Will we only allow trades between human owners not to include CPU controlled teams or just open trading to include between CPU controlled teams as well?

4. And most importantly TEAM SELECTION........will it be first come first serve? play for your squad? random order via pulled from a hat or something? And do we run with current rosters or conduct a fantasy draft?



Just throwing some thoughts out there.......let's get this jawn rolling

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

...hopefully we'll have some sort of diplomatic way of coming up with a logical solution to this

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

>1. When are we going live? i got some free time on my hands
>today so i can set it up now

You are talking about setting up the tourney right? I'm trying to find out which owners are actually legit and will play after last year there were less than a handful of players who were actually committed.

>
>2. It appears we currently have roughly 18 potential owners
>signed up....will there be a limit of how many we let in? AND
>is this limited to OKP's only?

It has to be OKP cats only imo....that's the whole point of an OKP league, where we can interact and discuss on this here board.

>
>3. Game settings. What are y'all thoughts on those? Are we
>gonna adjust sliders and what not....clock accelerator on/off?
> i would assume we're playing on All-Pro at a minimum but i
>wouldn't object to All-Madden. Will we only allow trades
>between human owners not to include CPU controlled teams or
>just open trading to include between CPU controlled teams as
>well?

I would leave sliders at all-pro(all-madden only comes w the elite package or whatever), and I'm strongly biased toward having the accelerated clock off(you barely have any time to make adjustments at the line). If people want the games to be a bit quicker, we can just do 4 minute quarters like has been the online standard in years past.

>
>4. And most importantly TEAM SELECTION........will it be first
>come first serve? play for your squad? random order via
>pulled from a hat or something? And do we run with current
>rosters or conduct a fantasy draft?

Current rosters, and it has to be randomized....possibly with a weight given to those players who were committed earlier.

>Just throwing some thoughts out there.......let's get this
>jawn rolling

For sure, about to set it up.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I'm content with whatever you decide.

i agree with everything stated with the exception of quarter length can we run on 5 minutes?


and as far as selection goes i signed up 5th and i'm claiming the home squad Philadelphia Eagles

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

Any franchise vet knows how relatively easy it is to shaft the computer lol.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

xbox live: pLAYBOY489

>i agree with everything stated with the exception of quarter
>length can we run on 5 minutes?
>
>
>and as far as selection goes i signed up 5th and i'm claiming
>the home squad Philadelphia Eagles

born and raised Eagles fan, but im sure there are multiple Giants fans on here..what the deuce?

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http://twitter.com/Relative_Visc
XBL: Lesson24

Music

yo i got 2nd pick..i'll let philly slip

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Knicks-Ewing/Jackson, Eagles-Cunningham & Mets-Strawberry/Gooden

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http://twitter.com/Relative_Visc
XBL: Lesson24

Music

This all sounds good.

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PSN Tribalhomie

"I'm done......."

Follow my Tweets https://twitter.com/#!/1yankeesfan

For the tournament, I did not put any weights on the randomization but most likely will for the Franchise. Anyways, here is the order:

1. Hotep
2. Playboy489
3. WesLexner
4. Lachzilla
5. TChalla80
6. P for Props
7. SmuttyJay
8. InsantVintage
9. Atlien120882
10. KineticKingfunk
11. SocalBrar
12. DreddyP
13. Messiah4976
14. Da Bro Quest
15. Chanepic
16. Steelysteel
17. King Caesar
18. JDubbleU
19. tribalhomie

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

...

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Knicks-Ewing/Jackson, Eagles-Cunningham & Mets-Strawberry/Gooden

http://soundcloud.com/relativeviscosity
http://twitter.com/Relative_Visc
XBL: Lesson24

Music

however, you have the last pick in the team draft since you are the latest entry so the Giants can't really be guaranteed lol.

I need your Gamer Tag though.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

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PSN Tribalhomie

"I'm done......."

Follow my Tweets https://twitter.com/#!/1yankeesfan

Ill take the cowboys for pre season tourney championship

facebook.com/bpisweslexner
Live gamertag and PSN: WesLexner
Send the friend invite

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franchise will be based on a random team draft order.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I know the draft isn't done, but in case two people who have drafted want to play, then they can get the game in.

This was all random....including who would have to play the play-in games.


Bracket A:

JDubbleU
VS
Da Bro Quest

Tribalhomie
VS
KineticKingfunk

WesLexner
VS
SmuttyJay

(bracket A play-in)
Steelysteel
VS
Chanepic


P for Props (plays winner of steely vs chane)




Bracket B:

King Caesar
VS
Atlien120882

DreddyP
VS.
Hotep

SocalBrar
VS
Instant_Vintage

(bracket B play-in)
Lachzilla
VS
TChalla80

Messiah4976
VS
Playboy489

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

i'm curious to know if we can watch the games on the franchise website

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"The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like!" © Shadow Henderson

how would two people finish drafting before everybody else? doesn't the admin just schedule the draft?

so we doing real teams or fantasy draft?

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PSN Tribalhomie

"I'm done......."

Follow my Tweets https://twitter.com/#!/1yankeesfan

This is a tournament to gauge what players will or will not be playing in the franchise based on how reliable and committed they are to getting games finished throughout this tournament.

The above is the tournament bracket, and above that is the team draft.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

nvm

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

Am i missing something... where is the invite or do i have to search for it

facebook.com/bpisweslexner
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Send the friend invite

This is the tournament to see which players are actually committed enough and reliable enough to finish games...and thus will be let into the franchise because I refuse to repeat the nonsense both OKP Madden leagues went through last year.

There is no online option for a tournament so I have set it up myself....the bracket is posted above, and the team draft order is posted above as well.

Since Cain was the 20th person to request entry, he will be the final person in the tournament and playing P for Props in the Bracket A play-in.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I'm always ready to beat the Cowgirl's arses.....

ill be home around 9:45 10 oclock ill hand you an L

facebook.com/bpisweslexner
Live gamertag and PSN: WesLexner
Send the friend invite

weslexner will be takin the cowboys of dallas

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Live gamertag and PSN: WesLexner
Send the friend invite