It's been out for a little while, and its nice and glitchy.Originally Posted by Julian
I have it for 360, but barely see anyone on, it seems most of the Gamertags list people are specific to certain games (only gears or only forza2). I know there are a ton of Madden players on this forum, and just posting it in the 360 tag list or the console wars isn't going to reach enough people.
Who plays Madden 08?
Console?
Gamertag/ID/Handle?
Thoughts/Glitches?
I used to be a HUGE madden online player with 2006, and friends used to have tournements for moneys. This game seems very different to me though... The passing game online is alot different, I miss my slot flags. It's hard to throw it now without having an interception. Every Online game I play seems to have 2-5 fumbles and 5~ interceptions PER TEAM. I was up 30-7 last night, and in 1 quarter because of fumbles and such (even with 0 fatigue) the guy was able to turn the game to 30-28. I still won, but it's amazing how random it is now. Skill is starting to stand out more now, which I really like. You cant just do the same 2 pass and 2 run plays over and over and win, and you cant use the same defense every play - you'll get owned. Knowing your playbooks actually gives advantage, but even with those few perks, the glitches will kill you.
My least favorite Glitch, which is owning my win/loss and DNF% has to be the disconnect one. EA STILL can't figure out how to deal with disconnects. I was up 28-21 with 3 minutes left in the 4th, the guy did either a shutoff or a fake d/c and I was not given a choice of "Mercy" "Finish against CPU" or "End Game", no, I was only given "Your oppenent has lost his connection, press A to end game" ohhh and thats not the worst of it, on top of just having to end the game, I got a DNF and a LOSS even though I was on top... worst glitch ever. EA needs to figure out how to deal with this, it shouldnt be so hard. If you disconnect, you lose, plain and simple, the other person should just have to play cpu for the win.
Anyway, I guess one of the main points of giving Madden08 it's own thread was really to get a league or something going. Because of my aformentioned glitch, it's really annoying to play anyone online, because of the possibility of them quitting when you are winning and you still getting a loss. The league wouldn't be a league with divisions/championships, only a gathering of other Madden08 players so we have people to play with who we know wont d/c on us and screw us over.
So post your console, handle/gamertag, and lets get some friendly ranked matches going that are garunteed to end fairly, with a real win or a loss. Just like the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl thread has become, this can be a really good way to play the game with friends, and find people who want to have a quick match. I'll re-edit the post with everyones info if there is alot of us.
Nintendo Wii
Oxyminus: NoahBagelNYR
Vade: Vade832
Playstation 2
Daahan: Daahan
Sony PS3
Jmcgarrell: Jmcgarrell
Xbox 360
Boyiee: Doctor Blight
Deejay: Jamrawk
Headspace: Siblicide
Mizango: Miz
Po: Ecarlson05
Semitry: Semitry (Not competitive yet)