EA SPORTS: NCAA Football 14 Playbook 2 - Presentation

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Originally Posted by OSUCowboyofMD

Hopefully they can add The Edward Jones Dome and Chiefs Stadium next year too

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And Seahawks Stadium for WSU's annual Seattle Week "home" game

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Originally Posted by cdj

Linemen can make calls to alert potential blitzers

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is this user driven? or is it some random chatter thats called out? also, do linemen always guess right in identifying a blitzer or do they guess wrong resulting in pass protections getting screwed up?

I also noticed in this pic thst the Texas fans are on the wrong side of the Cotton Bowl

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Originally Posted by OSUCowboyofMD

I also noticed in this pic thst the Texas fans are on the wrong side of the Cotton Bowl

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Oh god...PLEASE don't be true. That has been SO ANNOYING. The fans flip flop every year in dynasty instead of staying in the proper side of the stadium. THIS IS NOT HARD! Is it too late to tell them to not screw this up?

can they at least bring back crowd meter in just rivarly games? Thats where the crowds are the most loudest.

Game is looking much better with the more screen shots and updated stuff .

Would anyone know if the stadium expansion for Mississippi State will be in this years game?

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Originally Posted by NatureBoy

I was really hoping to get a fresh, new announce crew besides Kirk Herbstreit and Brad Nessler. I thought Nessler moved to the NFL Network to do the Thursday Night NFL games.

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The thing is, when did Kirk and Brad ever announce together? The answer is never. As far back as I can remember, it was Nessler and Gary Danielsen, then him and Bob Griese for a long time, and now he's with Todd Blackledge(?). Herbstreit and Musberger currently announce together the ESPN Game of the Week i.e. College Gameday site (generally). Nessler never worked with Herbie. Danielsen is now with Lundquist on CBS doing SEC games since the mid-2000's.

If they're going to think about adding new announcers, they should think about adding conference network affiliates. Gus Johnson and Charles Davis on FOX? Lundquist and Danielsen on CBS?

Or keep it ESPN/ABC, and add more: Rece Davis with Pollack and Jesse Palmer on ESPN? Tessitore and Rod Gilmore? Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman?

Adding teams will keep it fresh, and the commentary won't be as redundant having different teams call your game according to your record and national ranking. This could also go hand-in-hand with the recruiting pitches: TV exposure and such.

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Originally Posted by TIMB0B

The thing is, when did Kirk and Brad ever announce together? The answer is never. As far back as I can remember, it was Nessler and Gary Danielsen, then him and Bob Griese for a long time, and now he's with Todd Blackledge(?). Herbstreit and Musberger currently announce together the ESPN Game of the Week i.e. College Gameday site (generally). Nessler never worked with Herbie. Danielsen is now with Lundquist on CBS doing SEC games since the mid-2000's.

If they're going to think about adding new announcers, they should think about adding conference network affiliates. Gus Johnson and Charles Davis on FOX? Lundquist and Danielsen on CBS?

Or keep it ESPN/ABC, and add more: Rece Davis with Pollack and Jesse Palmer on ESPN? Tessitore and Rod Gilmore? Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman?

Adding teams will keep it fresh, and the commentary won't be as redundant having different teams call your game according to your record and national ranking. This could also go hand-in-hand with the recruiting pitches: TV exposure and such.

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Not sure what this has to do with what I said... but you quoted me?

There are also special storylines in store for the most dedicated Dynasty gamers. Some won’t become available until at least your 2nd year as a coach, while others take much more time to unlock.

I'm curious to see what this pertains to.

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Originally Posted by LeeSO

There are also special storylines in store for the most dedicated Dynasty gamers. Some won’t become available until at least your 2nd year as a coach, while others take much more time to unlock.

I'm curious to see what this pertains to.

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A lot of people won't get far enough in their dynasties to unlock these... but I WILL!

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Originally Posted by Jayrah

Not sure what this has to do with what I said... but you quoted me?

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I quoted the wrong person. I don't know how, but I did. Oops.

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A lot of people won't get far enough in their dynasties to unlock these... but I WILL!

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I've only ever reached the threshold in Dyansty (60 years, if I recall correctly) once in all my years of playing NCAA football. I think that may change this year, with all of the stat overlays, player/team specific commentary, etc. It always started to feel stale after about 20-25 years for me.

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Originally Posted by LeeSO

I've only ever reached the threshold in Dyansty (60 years, if I recall correctly) once in all my years of playing NCAA football. I think that may change this year, with all of the stat overlays, player/team specific commentary, etc. It always started to feel stale after about 20-25 years for me.

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Holy biscuits... I was thinking more 10-15 seasons. We're about season 12 in our OD right now moving at a good clip. 60 seasons is craziness.

Like I said, I've only ever done that once. It was the Summer of my 7th grade year, I had nothing else to do, lol.

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Originally Posted by Jayrah

Holy biscuits... I was thinking more 10-15 seasons. We're about season 12 in our OD right now moving at a good clip. 60 seasons is craziness.

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Christ, I'm only in season 5 during the Tulsa years of my coaching carousel career dynasty. Technically I'm in season 8 if I count my three years at FIU on NCAA '12. :D Between playing 9 minute quarters, typing up play and drive summaries of every single drive in the game to post in my dynasty thread, etc, it takes 3+ hours just to play a single game. During a busy week, if I'm lucky, maybe I can get two games in during a given week.

Granted, if I was just playing the game, wasn't doing a dynasty thread, wasn't keeping track of all the action for game recap posts, etc, I could probably pound out some games at a fairly quick rate, since I wouldn't have to spend so much extra time typing out what happened play by play, and could possibly be maybe around season 10 or 12 right now. No way in hell would I ever hit the 60 season limit in a single version, not playing on 9 minute quarters. I'd either have to be not working for a full year, or play only a single edition for two or three years, skipping every single edition after that one for those couple years.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Christ, I'm only in season 5 during the Tulsa years of my coaching carousel career dynasty. Technically I'm in season 8 if I count my three years at FIU on NCAA '12. :D Between playing 9 minute quarters, typing up play and drive summaries of every single drive in the game to post in my dynasty thread, etc, it takes 3+ hours just to play a single game. During a busy week, if I'm lucky, maybe I can get two games in during a given week.

Granted, if I was just playing the game, wasn't doing a dynasty thread, wasn't keeping track of all the action for game recap posts, etc, I could probably pound out some games at a fairly quick rate, since I wouldn't have to spend so much extra time typing out what happened play by play, and could possibly be maybe around season 10 or 12 right now. No way in hell would I ever hit the 60 season limit in a single version, not playing on 9 minute quarters. I'd either have to be not working for a full year, or play only a single edition for two or three years, skipping every single edition after that one for those couple years.

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I was around 13-14 years old when I hit that 60 year mark. If I remember correctly, I probably only played 5-10 full games,lol. That was before I knew anything about the wonderful world of game settings, sliders, "cheesing", and all other competitive elements of the NCAA franchise.

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Originally Posted by LeeSO

I was around 13-14 years old when I hit that 60 year mark. If I remember correctly, I probably only played 5-10 full games,lol. That was before I knew anything about the wonderful world of game settings, sliders, "cheesing", and all other competitive elements of the NCAA franchise.

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im 13 now how old are u?

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Originally Posted by dhook27

im 13 now how old are u?

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24.

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Originally Posted by LeeSO

I was around 13-14 years old when I hit that 60 year mark. If I remember correctly, I probably only played 5-10 full games,lol. That was before I knew anything about the wonderful world of game settings, sliders, "cheesing", and all other competitive elements of the NCAA franchise.

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:D:D back when winning 255-0 was fun. lol

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Christ, I'm only in season 5 during the Tulsa years of my coaching carousel career dynasty. Technically I'm in season 8 if I count my three years at FIU on NCAA '12. :D Between playing 9 minute quarters, typing up play and drive summaries of every single drive in the game to post in my dynasty thread, etc, it takes 3+ hours just to play a single game. During a busy week, if I'm lucky, maybe I can get two games in during a given week.

Granted, if I was just playing the game, wasn't doing a dynasty thread, wasn't keeping track of all the action for game recap posts, etc, I could probably pound out some games at a fairly quick rate, since I wouldn't have to spend so much extra time typing out what happened play by play, and could possibly be maybe around season 10 or 12 right now. No way in hell would I ever hit the 60 season limit in a single version, not playing on 9 minute quarters. I'd either have to be not working for a full year, or play only a single edition for two or three years, skipping every single edition after that one for those couple years.

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Most games I will get in 9-10 seasons. With 13 I am in season 8 and will probably get in one more. The only version I totally walked away from was NCAA 08 on 360... possibly the worst game ever (remember the red fire burst after a td... awful!).

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Originally Posted by baseballplyrmvp

:D:D back when winning 255-0 was fun. lol

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Exactly! I used to talk my daddy into playing me and I would make him run backwards when he was on Offense so I could get a safety and the 2 points. Same thing when he was on Kickoff return, he would run out of the back of the endzone. I also used to put my fastest player at QB and just run circles around the D.:P Hell, some people I've encountered online still do that.:mad:

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Originally Posted by onikuno

Oh god...PLEASE don't be true. That has been SO ANNOYING. The fans flip flop every year in dynasty instead of staying in the proper side of the stadium. THIS IS NOT HARD! Is it too late to tell them to not screw this up?

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Lol I know it's so frustrating smh :fp:

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Originally Posted by goosedawg68

Would anyone know if the stadium expansion for Mississippi State will be in this years game?

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No. Only completed projects are in the game

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I've recently read articles from two different sources concerning the players in this image NOT wearing their respective team uniforms. Anyone think this is final? Or maybe, HOPEFULLY, this was taken at a very, VERY early stage in the game. Honestly, I'm quite tempted to stop reading anything NCAA 14 related from other sources simply because everything I read on another site always has me thinking about crazy shit. There are some very, and I mean VERY hard critics out there talking about a game they have not even played yet.

Yes, most likely it was from a very early build and will show their correct uniforms in the actual game.

I wouldn't expect them to show correct uniforms... That wasn't in in March and we didn't talk much presentation then, but since those are static images instead of 3d player menu models, that would require logic specific to determine at the very least default uniform color and code it to replace that white.

It could be done I'm sure, but then people would bitch that it doesn't have the Nike collar for Florida or "I never use the green Oregon jersey, why does it show".

At the end of the day, there are better ways to do it but I imagine it comes down to spending time on that or another aspect of presentation... or just not showing player images there at all.

Besides, with next gen, I imagine it will be all 3D player models all the time... what's one year.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

I wouldn't expect them to show correct uniforms... That wasn't in in March and we didn't talk much presentation then, but since those are static images instead of 3d player menu models, that would require logic specific to determine at the very least default uniform color and code it to replace that white.

It could be done I'm sure, but then people would bitch that it doesn't have the Nike collar for Florida or "I never use the green Oregon jersey, why does it show".

At the end of the day, there are better ways to do it but I imagine it comes down to spending time on that or another aspect of presentation... or just not showing player images there at all.

Besides, with next gen, I imagine it will be all 3D player models all the time... what's one year.

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This isn't a dealbreaker for me by any means and thank you for your answer. I would rather they use just the head. Would it be possible to do that? I'm not one to gripe about small things, and I'm certainly not griping about this. Hell, I've seen that screen hundreds of times and and I never even noticed the generic white unis until I read an article ranting about it and how much EA sucks. I love this game, and I will buy it until I'm dead or they stop making it, whichever comes first.

I'm sorry this is off topic but doesn't EA usually release gameplay during the draft?

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Originally Posted by Big Blue

I'm sorry this is off topic but doesn't EA usually release gameplay during the draft?

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They MAY release something tomorrow being the only thing we've had this week is the cover reveal. Don't hold me to this though. I'm salivating for more info.

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Originally Posted by Big Blue

I'm sorry this is off topic but doesn't EA usually release gameplay during the draft?

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No... they typically have had a pre-draft party the night before but this year they didn't. In the past, we haven't had any gameplay unveiled until middle of May or thereabouts. The problem with doing it this early is that it's not ready... it's not necessarily near the final product. Certainly by or around E3 (early June), we'll have seen plenty of gameplay, whether from EA or unofficial channels that play it at E3.

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Originally Posted by LeeSO

This isn't a dealbreaker for me by any means and thank you for your answer. I would rather they use just the head. Would it be possible to do that? I'm not one to gripe about small things, and I'm certainly not griping about this. Hell, I've seen that screen hundreds of times and and I never even noticed the generic white unis until I read an article ranting about it and how much EA sucks. I love this game, and I will buy it until I'm dead or they stop making it, whichever comes first.

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I don't think they could just show only the head but they could zoom in further or crop off more of the image. I think if it showed from the top of the collar up, it would look better... it would still show some white but it would be minimal and the head would be bigger anyway. That would likely be an easy enough fix and something I'll pass along as a suggestion.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

I don't think they could just show only the head but they could zoom in further or crop off more of the image. I think if it showed from the top of the collar up, it would look better... it would still show some white but it would be minimal and the head would be bigger anyway. That would likely be an easy enough fix and something I'll pass along as a suggestion.

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Great, thanks man! :)

Thanks for the help guys.

A poll has been added to vote for your top three presentation related improvements. After voting, please let us know which items you chose and why.

Neutral site games: To finally be able to play in the Chick-Fil-A kickoff classic is something I've wanted to do since it's inception several years ago.

Halftime show: Finally, a halftime show. I'm very interested to see how it is implemented. A Halftime show can never be a bad thing, right?

Dynamic loading screens: Finally, we don't have to just stare at a screen full of "tips" anymore. It's great having the lowdown on your game right in front of you.

Neutral site games, which is the #1 presentation add for me. Improved commentary, always a big plus. And I guess dynamic loading screens, as there's really nothing else on that list for me.

Halftime show, meh. I already don't pay attention to the studio updates other than to quickly look at the games/scores shown. Other than that, I have no damn clue what Rece even says in those updates because I'm not paying attention. I'm too busy typing up whatever just happened on the last play/drive. It'll pretty much be the same with halftime. I'll glance up for a half second to see any scores they show (if they show any), but otherwise, I probably won't be paying too much attention to what's going on on the screen.

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Originally Posted by gschwendt

I wouldn't expect them to show correct uniforms... That wasn't in in March and we didn't talk much presentation then, but since those are static images instead of 3d player menu models, that would require logic specific to determine at the very least default uniform color and code it to replace that white.

It could be done I'm sure, but then people would bitch that it doesn't have the Nike collar for Florida or "I never use the green Oregon jersey, why does it show".

At the end of the day, there are better ways to do it but I imagine it comes down to spending time on that or another aspect of presentation... or just not showing player images there at all.

Besides, with next gen, I imagine it will be all 3D player models all the time... what's one year.

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It's "odd" to me that a site (which 1st pointed that issue out) complains about EA "admitting" to using players "likness" (which is NOT what EA is/was doing in Court) and then the next week to complain b/c the "likeness" of the players they are showing aren't 100% accurate.

can you play neutral site games online ?

can you move the camera from left to right before the snap this time like you can in madden ?

what are team base layers ?