Montreal Cupcake AM WallstreetStyle ^_^

[jjwallstreet]

RECORDS
Overall: 14-25
2006 season: 2-14
2007 season: 5-11
2008 season: 7-0

I've been labbing for a few weeks trying to find some realistic settings for my franchise - here it goes:

FYI: I had started with the Xans, but it was too easy (I'm a scramble whore) so I decided to take Hawker's idea and start a cupcake MTL team as well ;-)

Platform: PS2
Rosters: Retail
QTRLenght: 11min [accel]
Difficulty: All-Madden
Rules for trades/offseason:
.sim preseason
.no trades unless (AforA+, BforB+...etc)
.no signing players to more than 3 year contract
.can only sign 3 80+ players after every season, free agents: sim 1 day - than one offer - than sim another 3 days, than one offer - than give up

AMSliders:

Offense
QB Accuracy 10/10
Pass Blocking 5/7
WR Catching 11/10
RB Ability 9/12
Run Blocking 7/7

Defense
Awareness 11/8
Knockdowns 10/5
Interceptions 7/2
Break Block 2/1
Tackling 2/5

Special Teams
FG Length 10/10
FG Accuracy 5/5
Punt Length 7/14
Punt Accuracy 10/13
Kickoff Length 10/11

Penalties
False Start 6
Holding 8
Face Mask 8
All others 10

Injuries
Game Injuries 107
Sim Injuries 107

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Now the tricky part, the coach sim band-aid and my ingame coach settings:

First off, set the priority to the positions for the CPU teams to +1 to all except K,P,SS,FS,DT,TE,C - this will help the draft.
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sim band-aid:
Team O-Pass O-Agg Rush D-Pass D-Agg
PHI 55 43 50 5 51
BAL 60 50 50 5 56
PIT 51 53 50 5 61
HOU 62 53 50 5 41
ARI 57 53 50 5 46
KC 60 83 50 5 51
DAL 51 23 50 5 56
NYJ 57 43 50 5 46
JAX 58 58 50 5 56
TEN 60 47 50 5 46
CAR 54 63 50 5 56
WAS 53 63 50 5 21
TB 58 63 50 5 56
NO 58 63 50 5 41
ATL 52 73 50 5 51
CHI 55 38 50 5 71
SEA 56 43 50 5 51
CIN 63 68 50 5 51
STL 63 78 50 5 41
BUF 60 47 50 5 51
SF 56 33 50 5 46
SD 57 63 50 5 51
DEN 52 46 50 5 56
GB 63 53 50 5 46
MIN 63 53 50 5 46
MIA 58 63 50 5 56
OAK 62 73 50 5 41
NE 58 83 50 5 51
CLE 58 53 50 5 46
DET 63 53 50 5 46
NYG 60 53 50 5 51
IND 57 71 50 5 61
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ingame settings:
Team O-Pass O-Agg Rush D-Pass D-Agg
SF 57 50 85 47 62
Chi 52 44 90 74 65
Cin 53 50 90 32 71
Buf 49 50 90 62 50
Den 49 56 50 38 50
Cle 47 38 82 29 77
TB 51 62 50 62 53
AZ 50 59 50 32 47
SD 45 44 90 32 50
KC 51 86 90 65 38
Ind 56 74 90 62 41
Dal 52 41 79 32 68
Mia 58 38 82 50 50
Phi 60 50 90 29 80
Atl 47 50 73 38 65
NYG 53 38 90 47 50
Jax 54 47 90 35 50
NYJ 46 56 90 59 74
Det 56 62 90 38 38
GB 59 74 90 35 35
Car 57 32 60 32 59
NE 50 50 90 68 80
Oak 60 80 90 74 35
StL 61 86 50 62 50
Balt 49 56 90 50 50
Wash 52 23 90 65 50
NO 57 50 90 47 50
Sea 55 50 90 62 32
Pitt 39 41 50 59 53
Hou 49 50 90 65 50
Tenn 60 50 60 32 50
Minn 58 71 50 65 38
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I don't think I left much out, I'll update this frequently, feel free to drop over and give me some comments . I know it isn't the most original... but hey atleast I'm trying.

[jjwallstreet]

I played through 2 seasons so far, finishing 2-14 and 5-11 - I thought I'd spare you the boring seasons and bring you the fun stuff so here it goes:
Players in BOLD are free agents I picked up*
*max of 3 per offseason.

Roster:

QB: G.Wright(R) 83OVR 99PWR 84ACC [out for season yay :/]
R.Stabler(R) 79OVR 90PWR 84ACC

HB: J.Lewis 96OVR 88SPD 99BTK
S.Linda(2y) 70OVR 91SPD 86CTH

[U]FB: C.Stackhorn 79OVR [slow I need to draft a few]

WR: C.Brown(R) 81OVR 95SPD
D.Branch 92OVR

TE: J.Gate [An Antonio Wannabe] 81OVR 84SPD 79CTH

LT: S.Moy 88OVR

LG: B.Hambilton 90OVR

C: C.Terry 90OVR

RG: M.Collins(2y) 81OVR

RT: J.Foster(R) 80OVR [34th overall not bad]

LE: C.Johnson(2y) 83OVR 69SPD 97PWR [got him WITH the cupcake team]

RE: John Abraham 95OVR

DT: Al Myers(R) 82OVR 91PWR 70SPD [14th overall]

CB: N.Clements 95OVR
C.Mcalister 97OVR
M.Taylor(R) 75OVR 97SPD he's white so he can't jump
(had Ty Law first season but let him go for some cap room to sign rookies)

OLB: D.Witherspoon(R) 79OVR 86SPD
D.Williams(2y) 82OVR 85SPD

MLB:A.Simmons 92OVR 83 SPD [he hit 141 tackles last season and 4 INTs, kicked ***]
J.Cobb(2ndOverallRookie) 84SPD 88ACC 85JMP 82CTH(WTF??) 78AWR(with camp) - he's a BEAST

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Playbook(O): DEN
Playbook(D): 3/4

[jjwallstreet]

Week1/2:

Montreal Wrecking Balls: 38
Philadelphia Eagles: 10

Comments: Pretty one sided game. After N.Clements picked off McNabb in my inzone to return it for a TD - C.McAllister forced a fumble on the kickoff, picking it up as well and returning it for a TD at the begining of the 4th Quarter.

My QB finished the game 8/10 for 98YDS - Lewis was handling the game just fini rushing for 125YDS+ 35+attempts.

Montreal Wrecking Balls: 28
Atlanta Falcons: 24

Comments: This game was a little closer, but the score doesn't tell the whole story. My QB went out at the end of the 3rd QTR - and I love how madden put it: "Oh I don't think he's gonna come back that kind of injury takes awhile to heal" or something similar. Turns out he's out for the season. Still pulled off a win without turning over the ball AGAIN.

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Stats for both games:

Team:

- offense -
Total Yards: 838
Total Offensive: 638
Passing: 288
Rushing: 360

- defense -
Total Defense: 783
Total Offense: 675
Passing: 575
Rushing: 100

- turnovers -
Ratio: +4
FFs: 3 (1td)
INT: 1 (1td)


Individual:

- offense -
G.Wright - 126.6 294yds 2TD 0INT 21/29 72%
J.Lewis - 71att 301yds 4.2AVG 12BTK 5TD
J.Gate - 11CTH 178yds 2TD

- defense -
A.Simmons - 14TKL 2SACK 4TFL
C.McAllister - 12TKL 1FF 1FFR 1TD
D.Witherspoon - 9TKL 2TFL 1SACK 1FF

[Evernight]

Good stuff. QB out for season is a tough break. Great team name ;)

[realhawker]

At least you signed some free agents, made trades for some real players.

I am stuck with draftees, rookies, oh and the original cupcake guys....

I am pretty sure you cant win on all madden with the default cupcake chise.

I am a pretty good player vs CPU and humans and I was totally frustrated playing the cupcake chise the 1st year.

[jjwallstreet]

Ya it's pretty hard... ironicly I beat the eagles (With TO/McNabb) on my first season with only A.Simmons at MLB signed.

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Week4:

Montreal Wrecking Balls: 34
Dallas Cowboys: 14

Comments: After having a BYE in week 3, this was an Easy game again, winning 20-0 at halftime. This was a "Kyle Boller" type of game with a total of 8 Turnovers. No one stood out but my secondary finished the game with 5INTs and one 1FF, so I clearly made my mark. Jamal Lewis had another amazing game - rushing for 181yds on 47 carries - Linda my backup RB that I usually use for 10/15carriers a game got hurt in the 2nd quarter, out for 2weeks.

Stats:

- offense -
R.Stabler 77.1 127yds 3td 2int 13/22 59%
J.Lewis 181yds 1TD 48att
D.Carter 2td 4rec 27yds

- defense -
A.Simmons - 5TKL 1INT 1FumbleREC
N.Clements - 3TKL 1INT
Witherspoon - 3TKL 1FF
B.Taylor - 2KL 1SACK 1INT
J.Cobb - 1INT
S.Rudd - 2TKL 1TFL 1SACK 1INT

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overall a really cool game, didnt score high on tackles cause they were on a forced comeback in the first 6minutes... plus all those picks are user picks so props to me :) - so far looking good starting off 3-0

[Clumzie]

Nice but you hate on my QB Kyle could of put in Aroon Brookes name he's playing teerrible!

[jjwallstreet]

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Week5:

Montreal Wrecking Balls: 41
Washington Redskins: 24

Comments: First "Big Scoring" game this season; they were shutting down Lewis early so I PA'ed 2 passes in a row to my rookie speed rec Carter. He finished the day with amazing numbers. On the second half I started running again... Lewish had his 4th straight 100+ rushing day. Overall another easy win, but I haven't faced any "good" teams yet. NOTE: I hurt ramsey in the first quarter and ENDED Clinton Portis's career in the second.

Stats:

- offense -
R.Stabler 137.4 2td 13-21 61%
J.Lewis 132yds 2TD 38att
D.Carter 11catches 267yards 2TDs [o player of the week]

- defense -
A.Simmons - 6TKL 2TFL 1SACK
Williams - 6TKL 1TFL 2SACKS
Witherspoon - 6TKL 1TFL
McAllister - 4TKL 1INT 1TD (second this season, one off FF Week1)

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Overall another easy win, so far the stats look realistic. Maybe not enough Tackles but thats cause people are always playing catchup :-). Hope you enjoy so far.

[Clumzie]

Wow Cupcake team looking interesting I might gotta make one. What team you took off!

[realhawker]

can we get a pic of what your uniforms look like?

[Clumzie]

I would like to see that..Can I know what team you took out so I can start my own and post results too...

Thanks for who ever made up this great iddea

[jjwallstreet]

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Week6:

Montreal Wrecking Balls: 47
Atlanta Falcons: 17

Comments: Another blowout... and a big turnover game. Turnovers turned out 5-2 for me. I threw a pick and fumbled once early... but still turned out good. I returned a kickoff for a TD and an INT for a TD as well. Again easy game - but Falcons we're 1-4 before the game so I didn't expect much. NOTE: Took out Vick for 6 weeks in 3rd quarter and limited them to 201 total yards :-).

Stats:

- offense -
R.Stabler(R) 118.7 228yds 3td 1int 13-21 61%
J.Lewis 121yds 30att 0td
D.Carter(R) 7rec 72yds 1td
J.Gate(R) 4rec 132yds 1td LONG:89yds

- defense -
S.Rudd(R) 10TKL 1INT 1FF 4TFL [d player of the week]
A.Simmons 4TKL 1SACK 1INT
N.Clements 3TKL 1INT 1FumbleRec 1TD
C.Johnson(2y) 4TKL 1TFL 3SACK

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Weird going from a 5-11 season to a 5-0 start, my rookies are doing amazing and progressing well. But still I want a challenge.

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[jjwallstreet]

Hawker I use PS2 Platform as mentioned... :( they are dark black as base and a dark olive green as secondary. With a checkered white and green inzone stadium :-).

P.S. I took out New Orleans, recreated all the players and put them on FA list.

[Clumzie]

Ok thanks I am about to start mine now... now how must I recreate them..

[Clumzie]

How did you switch your sim band-aid and in game setting and the draft thing.

[jjwallstreet]

recreating is easy, just go in rosters, create a bunch of cupcake players sign them on NO, release all the players slowly, then create your season.

for the sim band aid and in game settings:

1) create your season and take control of all 32 teams
2) go into "coaching philosophy"
3) every game put the opponent you will be facing with "ingame settings" and all others on "sim settings"
4) NOTE: all the values you see should be on the RIGHT of your tab.

Good luck and happy new year.

[Clumzie]

Ok thanks a lot Wallstreet....

[jjwallstreet]

Anytime.....

[surlacher54]

that takes FOREVER to do

[surlacher54]

Oh also Clumzie I like your sig however: LSU:40 Miami:3
have a nice day =]

[Clumzie]

Shut up I watched the game...I know how they got massacre

[jjwallstreet]

that takes FOREVER to do
Feel free not to do it and have unrealistic scores kid

[Clumzie]

The recreating is a hard part...umm is there a way to get realistic stats with going through all this recreating!

[jjwallstreet]

nope... but if u wanna save some time just scrap the whole NO team... they suck anyways :P

[Clumzie]

Ok then all I need is a cool name...then I am off to start!

I am also kinda lost with the sim band-aid thing where do I find that!

[jjwallstreet]

The "SimBandAID" is an adjustment in "COACH PHILOSOPHY" meaning you have to take control of every team to change those settings. This "Fixes" alot of things in the engine. A few examples: rushing carries, total yards...etc.

The "InGameBANDAID" is an adjustment in "COACH PHILOSOPHY" as well, but this one "Fixes" the CPU playcalling and their run/pass ratio to give it a more "realistic" feeling.

I hope you take the time to do this, it's worth it.

Good luck, jjw.

fyi... I won't be updating this for a few days, leaving for atlantic city tmorrow.

[Clumzie]

Ok then I will try it out...

[jjwallstreet]

Back from A.C. ... I think I'll stop posting details, this is turning into a massacre, won 2 more games 38-0 and 52-10. I have 14 players nominated for the probowl at the end of week 8... bleh so much for realism.

[Clumzie]

Thanks you...Madden can never be realistic I notice!

[jjwallstreet]

Anyways I'll still keep you guys updated, I wanna see if this Johnson dude can break the sack record. He's at 14 right now at 7-0.