NCAA Football 11 Q&A Thread

[gschwendt]

Sorry to bring this up again, but I never seen a response to my question as to why all of a sudden TeamBuilder has placed a character limit on the end zones. Even a week to 10 days ago I could fit "Nebraska State" into the end zone, but now it only fits "Nebraska Sta".

Sorry, never saw that question. I noticed that THEGAMINGTAILGATE fits into an end zone, however that's because it's defaulting to the team's text. I'm assuming that is what is happening in your case as well that you could fit Nebraska State in the end zone because that was the defaulted text. But like you, after I edited mine, I can no longer do so. And from what I can tell, there's no way to get it back without recreating the entire team. I'm going to fire off an email to Adam and see if he has any suggestions.

As well, it might be that it fits on the web preview, but in-game it won't display all of the text. I'll test that out.

[gschwendt]

Alright, the web preview with the defaulted text shows THEGAMINGTAILGATE, however in the game, it only shows THEGAMINGTAILGAT. If I edit the text on the web, it will only let me type in THEGAMINGTAI. So... it will display more in the game than it will let you type. Like I said, I'll shoot Adam an email and see if he can shed some light on it.

[HuskerBlitz]

Sorry, never saw that question. I noticed that THEGAMINGTAILGATE fits into an end zone, however that's because it's defaulting to the team's text. I'm assuming that is what is happening in your case as well that you could fit Nebraska State in the end zone because that was the defaulted text. But like you, after I edited mine, I can no longer do so. And from what I can tell, there's no way to get it back without recreating the entire team. I'm going to fire off an email to Adam and see if he has any suggestions.

As well, it might be that it fits on the web preview, but in-game it won't display all of the text. I'll test that out.

What I have done is transferred one of my '10 teams and left everything the same except for the roster. It shows the full text and I'm hopping that if I don't mess with it, it will still show in-game. If not, I'm going to be very disappointed.

[HuskerBlitz]

Alright, the web preview with the defaulted text shows THEGAMINGTAILGATE, however in the game, it only shows THEGAMINGTAILGAT. If I edit the text on the web, it will only let me type in THEGAMINGTAI. So... it will display more in the game than it will let you type. Like I said, I'll shoot Adam an email and see if he can shed some light on it.

That's good, because then it's showing more characters than I need for mine. Let me know what Adam says on the issue. I'll be interested in hearing what's up.

[I OU a Beatn]

Sucks to hear that there's some lag in online games. It does get REALLY annoying. Hopefully it's fixed before launch, but with them using P2P servers, a lot of it comes down to the connection quality of the two people playing, which is unfortunate.

[irishfbfan1]

Well, that's good to hear. I think we should be able to get along better than me and the Irish fans that call themselves my bosses at work.

Already looking forward to October 23rd. Time for Navy to start a win streak of their own in the ND-Navy series.

Nah man, I am not like that at all. I love Notre Dame like you loving Navy, no biggy, we all love our squads, supposed to I thought. Supposed to be proud and show support, but no, I respect NAVY and always will. Did you know that ND and NAVY have a LIFETIME contract to play one another. It actually says, as long as the sun shines ND and NAVY will play.
The University of Notre Dame housed many of our brave men back in the day on campus while they were fighting for our country. Since then, it has been agreed by both sides to carry on a tradition no matter what conference either go to or whatever. Only way this series dies is if the world ends! TRUE STATEMENT, and so said in other words of course in the contract, kinda cool huh!



now if you were a USC fan we may have some problems lol! just kidding!

[gschwendt]

Sucks to hear that there's some lag in online games. It does get REALLY annoying. Hopefully it's fixed before launch, but with them using P2P servers, a lot of it comes down to the connection quality of the two people playing, which is unfortunate.

Well, in the game that JB & I played sometime last week, there was pretty much zero lag. Not sure if cdj & I either had a connection issue, they were doing some server testing (unlikely to cause the issue), or what. Either way though, the potential is there for it to be really nice... just not sure what the conditions have to be to get those results.

[SmoothPancakes]

Nah man, I am not like that at all. I love Notre Dame like you loving Navy, no biggy, we all love our squads, supposed to I thought. Supposed to be proud and show support, but no, I respect NAVY and always will. Did you know that ND and NAVY have a LIFETIME contract to play one another. It actually says, as long as the sun shines ND and NAVY will play.
The University of Notre Dame housed many of our brave men back in the day on campus while they were fighting for our country. Since then, it has been agreed by both sides to carry on a tradition no matter what conference either go to or whatever. Only way this series dies is if the world ends! TRUE STATEMENT, and so said in other words of course in the contract, kinda cool huh!

now if you were a USC fan we may have some problems lol! just kidding!

Haha, yeah, I knew that. Even though they have "renewals" of the contracts to play each other, those are just mere formalities and they'll never stop playing. But also don't forget that Notre Dame owes it's continued existence to the US Navy. Notre Dame, like many colleges, faced severe financial difficulties during World War II. The US Navy made Notre Dame a training center and paid enough for usage of the facilities, with federal tax money, to keep the University afloat. Notre Dame since then has extended an open invitation for Navy to play the Irish in football and considers the game annual repayment on a debt of honor.

Which is why I always have the utmost respect for the Irish and their fans, even when dealing with some Irish fans like my bosses for example. The US Navy helped the university survive the financial difficulties many faced back during the war, and in return, the Irish indefinitely plays Navy in football as a honorable repayment for that debt. And while Notre Dame owned the hell out of Navy for those 43 years, it is truly becoming a great rivalry in this past decade and looks to only continue to get better.

And of course the fact that the series is marked by mutual respect, as evidenced by each team standing at attention during the playing of the other's alma mater after the game, a tradition that started in 2005. So definitely one of the great rivalries active today. Now if only Notre Dame would reschedule Army and put some beat downs on them, then we can both gang up on Army each season.

And don't worry. If anything, we at least both share a dislike for USC.

[rhombic21]

For questions about the 3-4, the playbook looks largely untouched this year. I didn't play with it a lot on NCAA10 but from what I remember, there may be only a couple of new plays but no new formations. I think I mentioned earlier that the defensive playbooks didn't receive very much attention this year. It looks like the Nickels and Dimes received SOME attention but those just look like additions to zone blitzes.

Kickers definitely have a weaker leg this year whether it be to adjustments to the kicking game or due to the ratings spread or both.

Hopefully the defensive playbooks get some love next year. Although I maintain that updated playbooks throughout the year would make a great premium DLC offering, and would be one thing that I would legitimately be willing to pay for.

I'm glad to hear that kickers have been toned down. For the last couple of years it has been way too easy to knock in 55+ yard field goals, which dramatically changes the complexion of the game in terms of field position, particularly in end of half/game situations.

[Jayrah]

Hopefully the defensive playbooks get some love next year. Although I maintain that updated playbooks throughout the year would make a great premium DLC offering, and would be one thing that I would legitimately be willing to pay for.

I'm glad to hear that kickers have been toned down. For the last couple of years it has been way too easy to knock in 55+ yard field goals, which dramatically changes the complexion of the game in terms of field position, particularly in end of half/game situations.

Agreed on both counts!

Great job guys, you're really on the ball. Fun stuff!

[irishfbfan1]

Haha, yeah, I knew that. Even though they have "renewals" of the contracts to play each other, those are just mere formalities and they'll never stop playing. But also don't forget that Notre Dame owes it's continued existence to the US Navy. Notre Dame, like many colleges, faced severe financial difficulties during World War II. The US Navy made Notre Dame a training center and paid enough for usage of the facilities, with federal tax money, to keep the University afloat. Notre Dame since then has extended an open invitation for Navy to play the Irish in football and considers the game annual repayment on a debt of honor.

Which is why I always have the utmost respect for the Irish and their fans, even when dealing with some Irish fans like my bosses for example. The US Navy helped the university survive the financial difficulties many faced back during the war, and in return, the Irish indefinitely plays Navy in football as a honorable repayment for that debt. And while Notre Dame owned the hell out of Navy for those 43 years, it is truly becoming a great rivalry in this past decade and looks to only continue to get better.

And of course the fact that the series is marked by mutual respect, as evidenced by each team standing at attention during the playing of the other's alma mater after the game, a tradition that started in 2005. So definitely one of the great rivalries active today. Now if only Notre Dame would reschedule Army and put some beat downs on them, then we can both gang up on Army each season.

And don't worry. If anything, we at least both share a dislike for USC.

Fair enough, great post, all very true!

[JBHuskers]

Hopefully the defensive playbooks get some love next year. Although I maintain that updated playbooks throughout the year would make a great premium DLC offering, and would be one thing that I would legitimately be willing to pay for.

I'm glad to hear that kickers have been toned down. For the last couple of years it has been way too easy to knock in 55+ yard field goals, which dramatically changes the complexion of the game in terms of field position, particularly in end of half/game situations.

Agreed on the defense.

[Potatoes002]

Do fast quarterbacks scramble more often this year, especially in a offense not really suited for them? I guess what I am saying is does a player like Jake Locker scramble a lot?

[lsutig187]

Can you create prospects in a single player online dynasty?

[Jayrah]

Do fast quarterbacks scramble more often this year, especially in a offense not really suited for them? I guess what I am saying is does a player like Jake Locker scramble a lot?

??? Not suited for them? On the Locker front, UW's offense fits Locker very well. He's not a scrambler/option type guy. He's a really, extremely gifted and athletic Quarterback. The system and players he's been surrounded with make and allow him to pull the ball down and use the speed, but he really is a prototype qb. Isn't he a pitcher in baseball? I think so. That type of mindset is instilled in him, and I'm sure he'd rather be in the pocket. Maybe that's what I've not been understanding when I have had debates on Locker in the past, is that everyone seems to think that he is a scrambler or option guy playing qb. A little more talent around him, and his passing numbers sky-rocket :eek:, because he's really the exact opposite of that.

However on the question front: I like the question still. Just seeing the few games (and especially the OSU/UM videos), it does look like a player like a Pryor or Locker will be apt to make a quicker decision to pull it down, whereas a more slow guy will stand and slide in the pocket. No experience on that, just from what I saw. So the question is more than appropriate still.

[Rudy]

while it wont be exactly the same, you could used the multiple D playbook and use formation subs on the 4-3 formations to make it a 3-4 with the an OLB as one of the DE.

I just hate having that LB take a rating hit in formation subs to line up in formations often used by 3-4 teams. I guess I'll live with it.

[souljahbill]

It looks like the crowd is about 50/50, however it's not split dead down the center. The fans are sparsely scattered around. Not sure if that's how it did it last year but that's how it does it this year.

That's unfortunate. When is the NCAA Football '12 Wishlist going up? I don't really care about fixing the bowl game crowd so it's not 50/50. I would just like a generic dome for my TB team (since they're located in Alaska). It's funny having recruits from CA come watch a game played in the snow with the temp being 20 degrees. I'm always thinking, "Who would want to come play here?"

[lsutig187]

That's unfortunate. When is the NCAA Football '12 Wishlist going up? I don't really care about fixing the bowl game crowd so it's not 50/50. I would just like a generic dome for my TB team (since they're located in Alaska). It's funny having recruits from CA come watch a game played in the snow with the temp being 20 degrees. I'm always thinking, "Who would want to come play here?"

Lol, that's why there's no DIV-1 school in Alaska (at least football).

[Rudy]

Any reason why user stats were removed from the game this year? I used to love checking my stats vs the cpu. The turnovers, broken tackles, ypc sometimes surprised you.

[fsuprime]

Question:

Has anyone noticed a difference with how certain players are playing with the different way they did player ratings this year? By this i mean, FSU has a warrick dunn type back who they gave great speed and accel. to but left him in the mid-low 80s for AGI, also we have a CB who will be a starter with speed at 82 but ACC and AGI higher up, and safeties with numbers well below acceptable in the past, i assume many other teams rosters reflect things like this and was curious if you all have noticed anything good/bad/otherwise.