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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidice View Post
    I know the goal line formation is locked, but can you choose which goal line formation to use? in NCAA 11 there were about 2 or 3 different goal line formations(tight, normal, power I, etc..).
    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    No. The only way to choose which goalline formation you wish to use would be to start with that team's base playbook (ie start with Florida to get the Wishbone goalline).
    So the answer is actually Yes. Just make sure to pick the team's Base playbook with the goalline formation you want. The way I understand it you could then delete the rest of the entire playbook and insert an entirely different playbook and still keep the "special" goalline formation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CLW View Post
    So the answer is actually Yes. Just make sure to pick the team's Base playbook with the goalline formation you want. The way I understand it you could then delete the rest of the entire playbook and insert an entirely different playbook and still keep the "special" goalline formation.
    You are correct... you just can't modify the goalline further once you're inside customizing that playbook.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    No. The only way to choose which goalline formation you wish to use would be to start with that team's base playbook (ie start with Florida to get the Wishbone goalline).
    I see. I assume that also means the "style" that the base playbook you chose will be your custom playbook's style as well.

    does that also mean that some of the mostly style specific plays will be locked to only those specific base style playbooks? for example, Air Raid playbooks tend to have more Mesh, Shallow crosses, stick, etc. plays, while other playbooks did not have them(not as many at least) despite having the exact formation. I hope that made sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidice View Post
    I see. I assume that also means the "style" that the base playbook you chose will be your custom playbook's style as well.

    does that also mean that some of the mostly style specific plays will be locked to only those specific base style playbooks? for example, Air Raid playbooks tend to have more Mesh, Shallow crosses, stick, etc. plays, while other playbooks did not have them(not as many at least) despite having the exact formation. I hope that made sense.
    Regarding the style definition, it's been too long and been too many different versions that we've seen but if I remember correctly, you can define the playbooks "style" but I could be misremembering that.

    As for specific plays, no, you're not locked to specific plays/formations based on your style. If you so wanted, you could have a Flexbone playbook with every 5WR formation added on. EA wanted to give the user complete control over their destiny regarding this feature... any limitations they wanted them to be ones you put on yourself (or your OD commissioner puts on you).

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    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    Regarding the style definition, it's been too long and been too many different versions that we've seen but if I remember correctly, you can define the playbooks "style" but I could be misremembering that.

    As for specific plays, no, you're not locked to specific plays/formations based on your style. If you so wanted, you could have a Flexbone playbook with every 5WR formation added on. EA wanted to give the user complete control over their destiny regarding this feature... any limitations they wanted them to be ones you put on yourself (or your OD commissioner puts on you).
    That was Andy Petite's problem always "misremembering" those key items.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    Regarding the style definition, it's been too long and been too many different versions that we've seen but if I remember correctly, you can define the playbooks "style" but I could be misremembering that.

    As for specific plays, no, you're not locked to specific plays/formations based on your style. If you so wanted, you could have a Flexbone playbook with every 5WR formation added on. EA wanted to give the user complete control over their destiny regarding this feature... any limitations they wanted them to be ones you put on yourself (or your OD commissioner puts on you).
    well style name is not really the concern. I guess just as long as all plays are available to all styles, it'll be fine. this way all you would have to do is choose the base playbook that has the goal line formation/plays you want(I don't think special teams is different for anyone), then edit away.

    what about the Hail Mary formation? I assume that is also locked/universal as well? It's only like 4 plays I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidice View Post
    what about the Hail Mary formation? I assume that is also locked/universal? It's only like 4 plays I think.
    Actually, the Hail Mary formation was separate formation listed in the Shotgun listing so you have the option to include it or not include it.

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    I'm sorry I haven't been able to answer any questions lately guys, been pretty busy at work & travelling on weekends. I will try to get on here and post a longer bit about my custom playbooks impressions and answer any questions I can later tonight when I get home. Long story short though, I think everyone will be very satisfied with the implementation of CPBs. Very user friendly & adaptable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CLW View Post
    That was Andy Petite's problem always "misremembering" those key items.
    That was actually good for Pettitte.

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    Since we able to create playbooks for Teambuilders, are we able to create them on the Teambuilder website.

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    This is exactly what I was hoping for in terms of a custom playbook without a play editor(create-a-play feature). I think this will add a ton to the re-play value of NCAA 12. I will love the ability to have a few 3-4, 3-3-5, and 4-2-5 formations in my 4-3 playbook which will make my defense more rounded to handle my opponent no matter what playstyle they choose to use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by illwill10 View Post
    Since we able to create playbooks for Teambuilders, are we able to create them on the Teambuilder website.
    No... it's all done within the game itself. Whenever you create your team on TeamBuilder, you'll just have to set any default playbook, but then once you bring them into the game, you would be able to use your custom playbook with that team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by morsdraconis View Post
    Then it's really not a custom playbook then is it? You still have to use the plays that are scripted for the formation, even if they aren't in your playbook.
    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    I'm working on getting clarification as to what happens when you add/remove plays that are formation audibles. As well, if you only have four plays in that formation, what happens to the audibles? I'll let you know what kind of response I get.
    I did get a reply, however they are in the middle of correcting a bug regarding formation audibles so since the answer has a possibility of changing, they're going to wait until they can give me a concrete answer, hopefully sometime this week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    I did get a reply, however they are in the middle of correcting a bug regarding formation audibles so since the answer has a possibility of changing, they're going to wait until they can give me a concrete answer, hopefully sometime this week.
    Good deal...as far as I knew I didn't think it was in the works so that is great news.

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    Can you change the formation audibles now, in '11?

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    Quote Originally Posted by psuexv View Post
    Can you change the formation audibles now, in '11?
    No.

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    So if the number of plays change depending on your base Playbook would it not make sense to just edit a Playbook with the most plays? Or am I missing something

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    Quote Originally Posted by oweb26 View Post
    So if the number of plays change depending on your base Playbook would it not make sense to just edit a Playbook with the most plays? Or am I missing something
    I think the variation in the number of plays is due to which goalline set is included in the base playbook. For example, if Florida's Wishbone Goalline includes 17 plays whereas the default includes 12 (play count is by no means intended as factual), that's where the variation will pop up. So, it will just depend on what goalline formation you want to use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
    No.
    I didn't think so... So this could be a huge new feature.

    Kind of along the same lines as this, does anyone remember this feature. I remember it from my original Xbox and NCAA '08. When I was scrolling through the playbook I used to be able to pull both trigger and say the Y button, then when I went to the line that was my Y audible.

    Not sure if this was ever available on the PS3 but it made audibles very nice. I know they have the formation specific ones, which this kind of was but made them customizable during the game.

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    I know EA has diffrent teams that work on diffrent things which department is responsbile for working on custom playbooks?

    The 40 formations/ 377 plays is that just for offense? or is it offense and defense?

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