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Originally Posted by steelerfan

"Apart" means separate from. "A part" has a completely different meaning.

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Thank you English professor, I apologize that my typing/spelling skills weren't up to snuff at 1am.

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Originally Posted by Oneback

Thank you English professor, I apologize that my typing/spelling skills weren't up to snuff at 1am.

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:D I've seen it 4 times from you (and not just in this thread). Initially, I thought it was a typo. Eventually, I figured it wasn't. Thought I'd help.

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Originally Posted by oweb26

Unless you were referring to someone other than EA. You said it, I'm just repeating. :D

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I was going to do this on my phone last night, then figured ah heck no worth the hassle. Well done though.

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Originally Posted by steelerfan

"Apart" means separate from. "A part" has a completely different meaning.

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does that make you a smartass or a smart ass ? LOL

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Originally Posted by ram29jackson

does that make you a smartass or a smart ass ? LOL

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Definitely a smart ass. Smartass is dumb internet talk.

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Originally Posted by morsdraconis

I mean, we're talking about a game that doesn't even have blown assignments programmed into the game. Blown assignments don't exist, at all, in NCAA or Madden football.

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Actually, they do, at least on defense. I've had guys in coverage that took the wrong man on two crossing routes, ended up with opposing WRs who were totally open.

And Head Coach 09 actually did have blown assignments, at every position on the field. Unfortunately, it was tied to the player's knowledge of the playbook, which meant a whole new mechanic to worry about. Hard to balance that for the hardcore/casual crowd.

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Originally Posted by Roy38

I notice you guys continue to point out that its a hardship to take time away from work, either by a paid or unpaid leave of absence, to be a part of this program or events. If it's so inconvenient, why go? To me, this goes beyond wanting to improve the game - especially when you consider you aren't receiving any allowances or benefits from EA other than the ones everyone has provided. In essence, why put so much time and effort into something that's not even yours, especially when you don't have the convenient resources to do it?

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I was fortunate, compared with others, in that I had plenty enough vacation to spare to cover the visits to EA. Originally, I didn't think I'd be able to participate beyond the first event because of work commitments, but, again, I was fortunate. The simple reality is that I don't take a vacation ... ever. So having the excuse/reason to actually step away and take time from work was well worth it.

As well, quite simply, I learned a lot from the experience. I have studied the game industry a lot over the years, but I really had no idea what a company like EA was like. Some similarities to my own job, some that were vastly different. Getting hands-on experience with part of the development cycle, especially one outside my normal 9-to-5 hours, is well worth it for my long-term career growth.

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Originally Posted by JeffHCross

I recall Locomotion and gang tackling from NCAA 11. Both are still there. Gang tackling's actually been expanded upon. What are you thinking of that has disappeared?

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I missed this through all of the traffic...

You can definitely see that Locomotion has been removed/reduced in areas. You used to be able to string together moves when running the ball with minimal interruption. Now, many animations have to complete before the next move can begin. As an example, try to do a stutter-juke. The level of freedom isn't there when compared to NCAA '11.