NCAA Tournament Mode "Settle it on the Field!"

[Automan]

I have been looking for a way to get my idea in front of the people at EA Sports so maybe this will do it. As every college football fan knows people have been trying for years to get rid of the current ranking system which puts the two top ranked teams in the national championship game and "settle it on the field". I propose that EA Sports at least give us the fantasy of what it would be like and introduce their own tournament mode.

Here is my suggestion for how it should be incorporated into the game. Tournament mode could be played a few different ways one the user could just start the game go into tournament mode select how many teams will be in the tournament 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 or ALL IN. Then select which teams if any will be human controlled. Then off you go to "settle it on the field". Oh I would also like to add that great teams should be allowed to compete in tournament mode. What a great way to find out who was the best team of all time!

Also add it into the single season (which needs to be brought back) or dynasty mode. With an option to have a post season tournament to determine the National Champion at seasons end and once again the option to decide how many teams you would like to see in the post season tournament. I could go on and on with my ideas for this feature. I think it would really add something to the game something which even though all of us have been begging for year after year keeps being ignored by the NCAA. WE WANT AN NCAA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT PLEASE EA SPORTS MAKE IT COME TRUE!!??

I would love to hear others suggestions and comments on this. Maybe if we can get enough people behind this then EA will consider it.

[M-Dub?]

It's a good idea, but it probably won't happen for the same reason it won't happen in real life - money. The last thing the NCAA & the BCS want is some video game with all of their logos & sponsorships on it that gets rid of the asinine BCS system and uses a real tourney to determine the championship.

[Automan]

It's a good idea, but it probably won't happen for the same reason it won't happen in real life - money. The last thing the NCAA & the BCS want is some video game with all of their logos & sponsorships on it that gets rid of the asinine BCS system and uses a real tourney to determine the championship.


Yes you are right but the NCAA and others who depend upon we the fans to line their pockets need to keep in mind that it is our money that makes these sports what they are. I bet if we stopped going to bowl games or stopped purchasing their games then we could get a playoff. Of course everyone knows that is not going to happen but I think they have forgotten what makes their game so lucrative.

[Bronco]

I would love to hear others suggestions and comments on this. Maybe if we can get enough people behind this then EA will consider it.
EA has had this feature in the past, I believe in the PS1 versions...I think it was a 16 team tournament...

[Jeremy7679]

Not a high priority for me. Lets get a comprehensive play editor first. I dont even want a playoff in real college football, so having one in the video game isnt something I really care about.

[M-Dub?]

Not a high priority for me. Lets get a comprehensive play editor first. I dont even want a playoff in real college football, so having one in the video game isnt something I really care about.

This is why we'll never all be happy. A play editor really isn't that big of a deal for me, and a truly comprehensive one is highly unfeasible. Depending on the size of the memory cards for the PS3, they might be able to add a feature where you can create a handful of plays out of the preset formations. But you guys that want to set up all these goofy formations from the 1940s are basically talking about reprogramming the entire game yourself. I can't even fathom how much memory it would take to create the swinging gate formation, but I doubt it would fit on one memory card. And it obviously could never work online.

I suppose they could come out with some super expanded memory cards, but considering the current 8mb ones cost about $15, you guys are looking at dropping an extra $50-60 minimum just to school the CPU AI (and maybe your offline buddies) with your gimmicky formations. If it's worth it to you, then have at it. But I just don't see it being a high priority for the majority of gamers.

[Jeremy7679]

Im really not trying to be a dick here, but why is it unfeasible? And how do you know how much memory it would take? Madden has a more in-depth play editor than the one you propsed and it doesnt take up a whole lot of memory. I could even live with a Madden-style play editor if they cleaned it up. You cannot create running plays from the shotgun and motion is also not possible with formations created from scratch.

And Im not talking about recreating "goofy" formations (what makes a formation goofy exactly?) from the 1940's. Im talking about recreating actual systems that are used rather than a hodge podge of formations and plays that arent neccessarily relevant to the real-life scheme the team runs. Texas Tech, for instance. Yes, they run a 4-wide shotgun formation in real life, but you dont see anything resembling any of the plays they run in the Shotgun Spread formation in NCAA. Their line splits are also up to twice what a typical line split is for most other teams. And that's just one example. You could say similar things for systems ran by Florida, Northwestern, West Virginia, and Steve Spurrier at South Carolina.

[CrazyOldGuy]

NCAA calls the final shot on the game.. and I do agree they don't want their only game with all their logos on it having a "playoff" mode.. imagine when the playoff backers got a hold of that one . However ea could stop being lazy and give us a full roster of d1aa teams (oh darn does this mean the mascot teams have to hit the can :eek: )and seasons with a playoff (after all the NCAA allows that), of course we should keep the ability to add and drop teams like we currently have in dynasty mode.....hmm I think you can see what you could do with a little creativity..


As for the play editor.. a truly comprehensive one is possible and was created a decade ago for PC games like UR96 and FPF. These games required a 486's and ran on DOS certainly the computing power has improved since then hasn't it?

This game had a pretty decent little play editor in the PS1 versions... what happened to it? The madden editor isn't that far off from being a good formation and play editor with a few big but realtivily minor tweaks (that I believe have more to do with some boneheaded sloppy programing than anything) it could be quite workable.

As for requiring multiple memory cards to get our plays saved (and who says it has to be clunky old memory cards why not flash drives or cards?)... that's fine let us those of us who want a play editor worry about having to buy multiple memory cards. Believe me I have no problem shelling out another $200 in memory cards if I have a GREAT play editor.

Yeah I'll buy 30 memory cards or 2 flash hard drives if it means I can create plays from the 1940s. For some of us, that's HOW BADLY WE WANT A REALISTIC PLAY EDITOR.

The burden is on EA, a new generation of console means new computing power and a chance to finally do this game some justice. I can't imagine that any of us are going to be happy in May if the early previews of this game show us NCAA2k5 with roster and controller tweaks for the PS3. :mad: :mad:

[djwill13]

Im really not trying to be a dick here, but why is it unfeasible? And how do you know how much memory it would take? Madden has a more in-depth play editor than the one you propsed and it doesnt take up a whole lot of memory. I could even live with a Madden-style play editor if they cleaned it up. You cannot create running plays from the shotgun and motion is also not possible with formations created from scratch.

And Im not talking about recreating "goofy" formations (what makes a formation goofy exactly?) from the 1940's. Im talking about recreating actual systems that are used rather than a hodge podge of formations and plays that arent neccessarily relevant to the real-life scheme the team runs. Texas Tech, for instance. Yes, they run a 4-wide shotgun formation in real life, but you dont see anything resembling any of the plays they run in the Shotgun Spread formation in NCAA. Their line splits are also up to twice what a typical line split is for most other teams. And that's just one example. You could say similar things for systems ran by Florida, Northwestern, West Virginia, and Steve Spurrier at South Carolina.i'd also like to see a detailed play editor, but i certainly would not like to be able to carry it online. guys would find all kinds of ways to screw that up. i think it would only further enhance the offline, franchise mode by virtually allowing you to be your own offensive coordinator. i was able to recreate a lot of my old high school plays from madden 01's playeditor (i think that was the year at least, maybe it was 02, not 100% sure). it wasn't the best in the world, but it was something that allowed for creativity.

as for online, i'd like to see custom pb's not plays. just allow us to take the preset plays and formations and come up with our own playbooks.

you guys that want play editors are in the same boat as those of us that play online..........we're a minority. most people just play this game to play it before madden comes out or to play season mode. those of us that look deeper into the game and get more out of it (multiple franchises, online play, creating plays) are the minority, let's face it. that doesn't mean that ea can turn their backs to us though. i think we keep the interest in the game and make people want to play more. good stuff guys. hopefully EA is listening.