Comments on: More Gus Johnson please.

By: Pie In The Sky

Pie In The Sky — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:44:56 +0000

I think I’m gonna buy the game. Despite all the reviews, it seems like game play has improved. That’s No. 1 to me. I can’t play it online though…. so it probably won’t have much replay value for me. I also hear EA forces you to use their roster on CCM mode. Weird.

By: Fro Dog

Fro Dog — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:00:11 +0000

After reading what Pie wrote, I can see the frustration among many. There isn’t a franchise mode like in previous years. Instead, there is a “career” mode which is somewhat similar except there isn’t a draft. I didn’t realize the clock continuing to run after running out of bounds.

Last year, there wasn’t an option to stop the “accelerated” clock in franchise mode. I just added two or three extra minutes to the quarters after figuring that out. They fixed that this year. The game play is still improved but they really messed up with the franchise mode and navigation around the game options screen.

On a brighter note, I played the season opener and Matt Forte had 414 yards on 46 carries. The Bears defeated the Colts 45-6.

By: Yeti

Yeti — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:41:20 +0000

So, a receiver catches the ball and runs out of bounds… And the clock doesn’t stop. That makes sense

By: Yeti

Yeti — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:38:03 +0000

So, I know you’ve been a longtime madden purchaser. I haven’t bought it in close to 10 years. I mainly went the route of NCAA. This time, I got Madden and I like it so far. I have read there were a bunch of changes (engine related, largely). What do you think of it, Fro? It’s somewhat fun to call out timeouts, no huddled, etc.

By: Fro Dog

Fro Dog — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:11:14 +0000

Gus Johnson does soccer too?!?!?!

By: chucky

chucky — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:09:42 +0000

Mac….Moller does a comedic style when he calls a game. After a Panther players scores a goal he goes absolutely apeshit, then comes up with some quote from just about anything under the moon. There is about 4 different clips of him doing his thing on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=randy+moller+goal+calls&oq=Randy+moller&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l5.3906.4797.0.7610.12.2.0.0.0.0.703.1203.5-1j1.2.0…0.0…1ac.BCsbNn7NxZc

This is some seriously funny shit. I know you take your hockey seriously, but this guy is priceless!

As far as Berman is concerned, nothing would please me more than for somebody to come along and disembowel him with a wooden cooking spoon.

By: MadCityMac

MadCityMac — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:57:43 +0000

Chucky, I’ve never heard Randy Moller, but I’m sure he’s quite good. For hockey though I don’t think it gets any better than Doc Emmerich. Also a fan of Bob Miller from the Kings but that might be bias due to the fact that he started out here in Madison doing Badger hockey. But we can all be thankful that EA doesn’t use that piece of shit windbag Chris Berman. If there is one sportscaster that I could either bludgeon to death or strangle with his own necktie, it would be Berman.

By: chucky

chucky — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:08:53 +0000

Zack Zaidman said yesterday that Lovie said “He expects Urlacher to be on the practice field in preparation for the season opener against Indianapolis”.

Now was he really saying he expects Urlacher to play on the 9th, or was he just trying to bullshit the Colts. God, I hate this motherfucker!!!! If the NFL ever told the coaches to start playing it straight in regards to a players injury status I think Smiths goddamn head might explode. And I’d pay good money to see that happen.

By: Fro Dog

Fro Dog — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:10:17 +0000

The game is still pretty good Pie. I thought Madden ’11 was the best out of them all. I’ve only played a few games so far this year and it seems like they fixed some of the stuff although it’s a bit harder to catch the ball when throwing more than 20 yards. Either way, it’s improved.

Chucky,

The Randy Moller soundbites are classic radio. You can never get enough of that. I would like to at least get a sample of some Gus Johnson on a hockey call and see how it compares.

Also, Lovie is a dumbass if Urlacher starts the season opener. If they didn’t have to play the Packers four days later, I would be fine with it. It’s the “lose the battle to win the war” situation here. I think Lovie thought the same thing though in the last game of the regular season last year. Oops.

By: Pie In The Sky

Pie In The Sky — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:38:09 +0000

I haven’t purchased Madden since the ’09 game. I was considering it this year. However, the 1.8 rating that it has received on Amazon hasn’t encouraged me. No “Real” franchise mode, no fantasy drafts, no customization…