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Old 07-25-2008, 12:27 PM   #501 (permalink)
Chris_Staymates
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Re: Gameplay Lead Programmer Q&A Session

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Originally Posted by madrob
Hey I got a couple requests for next yr version can you guys do what 2k does and have roster shares so that way we dont have to get some stupid kit to share most companys at some point stop updating rosters eather for time constraints or lack of support I would so love to be able to share rosters because to be honest some outside people make a more accurate level roster. and for us to be able to share cant be a big deal since the file size is very small.
I'd like to see EA embrace models like this in the years to come; looking into ways to allow the community to build content for games and share it themselves. The fact that we are on these message boards developing relationships with our core customers maybe the first branch of this effort. Frankly, its very exciting.

Rosters are a great example of this paradigm, playbooks would be another. Imagine if you could create your own uniforms and share them around a network of friends. To me, that is an exciting gaming environment. Essentially we are talking about mods.

...But I'm rambling, what are some other things you guys might want to see customizable in our football games...

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Originally Posted by madrob
second in game saves I dont know why this has not been added ther are so many times I have to go or get busy and with the next gen systems if you play on a hot day it would be nice to be able to play and save it at any point without having to risk a freeze.
I.
Completely.
Agree.

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Originally Posted by madrob
thirdly I would like to be able to play online leagues franchise online and the ability to share the franchise file so that all in your league have same roster file. Really I think that would be a huge selling point as well...
Check out NCAA Football '09. They are doing Online Dynasty this year.

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Originally Posted by madrob
...please dont make it injury free that to me is cheese I dont care how fast I can play a whole season I want realisim thanks in advance.
I think you will like NFL Head Coach 09's Injury system. It basically tracks health points for each player's left and right arm, left and right leg, body, and head. The more damage a player takes at a specific body part, the more injury prone at that body part the player becomes.

Its a fairly deep system that we can talk about more in depth if you guys want, just thought I'd bring it up...
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