Cole

So far I'm 5-1 in Bowl Games betting ATS, only missed that Air Force/Western Michigan game Saturday.

Leaning Northern Illinois +10 & SDSU -2.5 for tomorrow's games which I'm very much so looking forward to watching.

Love bowl season with all my heart~!

A while back someone on the OOTP forums gave me this edit to the game files that will overwrite the fake/random names issue for all teams automatically if you just do this...

To get real names from now on, just add:

keep_it_real
1
anywhere in your app.cfg file and make a copy of it so you'll always have it.
It's easy to locate the app.cfg file by clicking settings when you start the game or click File tab and click settings from within the game.
Then click the Troubleshooting tab and select Open folder containg file app.cfg.
Open the app.cfg file with any text editor and add the above. Save it and restart ootp for the settings to take effect.
You need to start a new game to get the real names..

I personally like the chain wrestling that typically starts matches out, it goes away pretty quickly after two or three wins depending on your superstar (as I've really still only played career mode). It sort of gives each match a variety to start with a more strategic flare then just running straight, trying to get the upper-hand or momentum off the bat.

Haven't played this much in the last two weeks but gonna try and get back into it, probably start with downloading the new stuff and perhaps playing Universe mode a bit, followed by Rivalries or whatever it's called. Any word on what DLC will be available for that mode if any?

Sent my MVP votes in. I apologize about my inactivity towards the end of the season, my team was in shambles all year and I had no shot at the playoffs.

Been playing an offline CFM and some online games, so I'll be ready for next season

Watch out for them Colts

Crazy end to that game, expected a high scoring close game but didn't really think the Skins had a shot.

Ordered this for PS4 last night off Amazon.com for $30 so it should be here Wednesday! Stoked to finally play this game as I missed the Cyber Monday sale a month or whenever that was.

Down for some online games once I get some stick skills back, have only been playing madden a bit recently nothing else.

Downloaded the new update last night and now that I have some time off finally for the holidays I'll probably get back into this game.

If anyone is around over the next week for a few rounds just message or add me on PSN (bluntsnpurp)

If you upload 50 or 60 through paypal right now PSN gives you a free $10 to spend.

Might only be a North American thing though not sure.

Great heavyweight fight. Was a great main event fight for fox but neither had just enough to finish it.

I think Miocic had a real shot early on but JDS has a monster chin, both really took a beating.

It's indeed watchable, drunk.... preferably live and not on TV when NFL is on

Surprised to see my team in 2nd place, though it seems I have a nice balance of players at each position so it keeps my team active at full almost every day where there are a good slate of games.

Watched The Brian and The Boz doc last night, love the 30 for 30 series; it's probably my favourite documentary series and sports television show overall.

Lets see, on Fox we have a team I hate, winning in a blowout. On CBS we have a team I hate, winning in a blowout.

Montreal Vs. Hamilton it is!

I'm not even watching that shit and I pretty much grew up in the Hammer.....

Played a few games with those new settings, really enjoyed them, a lot more difficult than the basic settings, although that may just be because I'm now playing as the Raiders >_>

It may be the case, also getting used to the new gameplay takes a few but I find madden has been the one sports game I always end up needing/using sliders for. Sad but whatever it takes I guess.

Yeah sorry, they were the changes from his last update. This is the final set I believe.

I literally c+p'd the top post from the thread I used from their forums, specifically in the Madden PS4/Xbox One section, then sliders.

So, I've seen a few of you guys talk about the sliders on the difficulty settings. I generally find the offence challenging enough at the moment but I do seem to get an inordinate amount of sacks when playing on defence (I broke the sack record with Marcell Dareus at the Bills in 9 games on All Pro), so what would I need to change and what should I change it to to make it a bit more challenging?

I started a CFM with these sliders which I found over at Operation Sports' forums and even though I only played through a couple pre-season games I found the difficulty to be on the right side of things. Not ridiculously hard like All-Madden, but not too easy like All-Pro. I have found in past years that sliders really help bring out a more true feeling of realistic football you see on TV... sad it has to come to sliders for that; but it's been debated that EA is scared to include realistic levels of penalties and the like to avoid losing the "average" gamer. Blocked kicks are pretty much impossible for example.

Once again enjoy the game, have fun, and don't get slideritis!!! Nitpicking the game will drive you mad. It's not perfect, there are things you have to accept...sliders don't fix everything. But gentlemen, this is hands down the best console football game ever made bar non IMO....put to bed the ghosts of 2K past...seriously..they are dated on the field compared to this...just my opinion of course. I also suggest player lock on defense in the defensive cam if you want a real challenge! Amazing fun.

Tuner Update!!! EA released a tuner on 9/5/14 which addressed the user pass rush. I am happy to report EA has fixed this issue and no QB edits are needed at all to enjoy the game. I have played 3 test games thus far and have updated the slider set below to 1.4

These sliders were tested and developed exclusively for play in CFM only. I do not play Madden in "play now". Play now does play different than CFM due to confidence, XP and schemes.

Watch player confidence in CFM...it''s a very powerful variable that can/will significantly lower or raise your ratings and dice roll results on passes, catches, fumbles, sacks, tackles, INT's.

That is why Play Now and CFM play totally different.

Confidence can be a killer or great for your team and especially your QB. It is a new dynamic system that I feel is a real game changer inside CFM and far exceeds the hot/cold streaks of the last several years

Version 1.4 Sliders on Madden Share!!!

File name = ARMORSWORD

PSN = Todem

11/20/14 V 1.42 Final Settings

Settings CFM

Instant Starter - Off

Salary Cap - On

Skill Level - All-Pro

Quarter Length - 15 Minutes (12-15 user choice)

Accelerated Clock - On

Minimum Play Clock - 15

Game Speed - Slow

Player Progression Frequency - End of the season

Coach Firing - On

Game Play Tuning - Yes

Injury - On

Pre Existing Injury - Off

Trade Deadline - On

trade Type - Enable All

Relocation Settings - Normal

League Type - All

Team Settings

Play Call Style - Enhanced

Coin Toss 1st Choice - user choice

Coin Toss 2nd Choice - user choice

Strafe Assist - On

Pre Snap Menu - On

Coaching Tips - Off

Player Names - Pre Snap

Heat Seeker - On

Ball Hawk - On

Switch Assist - On

Camera Settings - Zoom

Defensive Graphics - Full

Kick Aiming Arc - On

Previous Play Information - On

Play Call Button Layout - Square, Cross, Triangle

Camera Toggle - On

Tutorial Popups - Off

CPU Settings

Fill Roster - Off

Re-Sign Players - Off

Progress Players - Off

Sign Off-Season Free Agents - Off

Simulate Game Prep Activities - Off

Sliders

Player Skill

QB Accuracy - 10 (+5)

Pass Blocking - 60 (-10)

WR Catching - 75 (+17)

Run Blocking - 50 (-5)

Fumbles - 48 (-2)

Pass Defense Reaction Time - 40 (-5)

Interceptions - 35 (+10)

Pass Coverage - 40 (-10)

Tackling - 30 (-5)

CPU Skill

QB Accuracy - 10 (+5)

Pass Blocking- 100 (+5)

WR Catching - 75 (+25)

Run Blocking - 65 (+10)

Fumbles - 48 (-2)

Pass Defense Reaction Time - 40 (-5)

Interceptions - 35 (+10)

Pass Coverage - 45 (-5)

Tackling - 30 (-5)

Special Teams

FG Power - 50

FG Accuracy - 45 (-3)

Punt Power - 42 (-8)

Punt Accuracy - 50

Kickoff Power - 50

Game Options

Injuries - 51

fatigue - 60 (+6)

Min Player Speed Threshold - 0

Penalty

Offside - 52 (-2)

false Start - 54 (+2)

Holding - 60 (+8)

Face Mask - 51 (-1)

Defensive PI - 99 (+49)

Offensive PI - 99 (+49)

Punt Catch Interference - 50

Clipping - 54 (+2)

Intentional Grounding - 10 (+5)

Roughing Passer - 50 (-2)

Roughing Kicker - 50

Auto-Subs Developed and tested by aholbert32

These Auto-Subs were tested and work with Fatigue at 60 and playing on 13-15 minute Quarters with a 15 second accelerated clock runoff.

You just set these up inside your CFM. Click on the Roadmap tiles under your team page to access the auto-subs menu.

QB Out - 0

QB In - 3

RB Out - 78

RB In - 90 (+8)

WR Out - 30

WR In - 35

FB/TE Out - 30

FB/TE In - 35

OL Out - 0

OL In - 3

DT Out - 50

DT In - 55

DE Out - 50

DE In - 55

LB Out - 50

LB In - 55

CB Out - 30

CB In - 35

S Out - 30

S In - 35

Auto Subs input process for your CFM:

1. Make sure you set fatigue to 60 in your sliders section inside CFM

2. Make sure you play 13-15 minutes quarters with accelerated clock set down to runoff to 15 seconds.

3. When your in the team page of CFM select the tile "team roadmap" and go to the auto sub screen.

4. Input the auto sub settings above and your done.

The sliders are available for download through the EA servers as mentioned above, and are really only useable in Franchise mode and don't really help Play Now games. I haven't noticed if the Auto-Subs are fixed with this set yet due to not playing a full regular season game yet but subs are one thing that has bothered me in this game since it came to PS4/Xbox1

PSN: bluntsnpurp

My first character is named "Benga" after the UK/African DJ of the same name (also what my dog is called ) so look out for a scar'd up Omar from The Wire spoof

Finally beat Bo Dallas my second try then the #1 contenders match was against one of the jobbers this time as opposed to Sami Zayn, so won much easier then even against Bo. Beat Neville for the title and used the extra SP to get my guys attributes at about the levels I want them, however next I'm going to try and save up for one of the skill things like 10% less cost on stamina or one of the pin out of a grapple, etc. Only at 61 or 62 overall but it didn't take very long really.

Also one thing I did last night after losing two matches in NXT was change my hit points per body part (believe this is found in your clothing/character changes screen) to 35% on my body and head, while my arms and legs to only 15% (I don't have the game open so I believe these were the %'s) but it seemed to help as I haven't lost a match since.

Has anyone saved up enough VC to do anything with it yet? Trying to decide what my first buy will be when I have 15k or so

If there will be any streams of playoffs games let me know! Would love to catch some playoff action, never watched people play live from another console either on twitch or whatever.

Can you spend VC to upgrade skills? This really fucking sucks. I keep collecting VC and I have nothing to do with it because my guy sucks so fucking bad

You collect SP and VC from matches. VC is used to unlock skills such as a 2nd finisher, omg moves and stuff like that. SP is for upgrading your skills. I had a problem at first but once you get the hang of the new system it gets easier to put on good matches which will net you more SP for skills.

Actually as far as I can tell so far you only get SP from matches and VC is earned weekly from each "contract" paying.

Sorry guys been MIA with school and work piling up recently, finally calming down now for the next month or two so I'll be around more often getting this games done.

Started playing an offline CFM to practice and maybe have a chance next season lmao, have barely been playing Madden other than our league so been getting whooped in all my user v. user games.

Been enjoying MyCareer mode so far, though I'm still in NXT. Beat all the jobbers in the performance center and NXT but lost to Bo Dallas and Sami Zayn because my guy is still pretty shitty overall. Kinda frustrating at first, however you just gotta grind it out and get the attributes up I guess. Makes sense, just gonna be tedious. Bought the show off (4 taunts instead of only 1) upgrade after I had enough VC, anyone go a different route?

Cole, I can hop on in a little bit. Just send me a request on the PS4 and I'll play.

Just got home, gonna walk the dog and jump on PS4. My addy is bluntsnpurp.

I'd like to preferably play before 7pm EST if possible that way I can watch most of the hockey/basketball tonight.

Cole, I won't be able to play until Tuesday. If that's ok, give me a time.

Tuesday anytime before 3pm EST or after 6pm EST have a presentation to do at 4pm.

Cole when is good for you?

Anytime tonight, tomorrow during the day or after 6pm, Wednesday after 5pm, Thursday before 4pm or after 6pm.

Sorry I missed my game last week, wonder what happened with Luck out still for a few games. Team has been decimated by injuries it seems, though it started happening once my record was already shit

Edit - Sorry, forgot to include today/tonight before Raw/MNF or afterwards as well.

Missed the last couple rounds of the tour as life got in the way, but I'll be back for any others we have set up as well as for some multiplayer games sometime this week or weekend?

Sorry for not being present during the draft, was stuck in a pile of homework and recovering from a rib injury. I'll make sure to get on my team and be active all season of course, got another draft later this week I'm sad I didn't get a chance to practice for. Plus I've never done an auction draft, wanted to see how it went and maybe incorporate it into some leagues with friends in coming seasons.

Looking forward to this and the NBA season a lot!