The Madden NFL Off Topic Thread

Paully D

Any interest in one of these here as I notice most other forums have one? If not, feel free to delete/close.

helimachoptor

The top 100 by Jamarcus Hustle is very entertaining i must say

Paully D

helimachoptor wrote: »

The top 100 by Jamarcus Hustle is very entertaining i must say

Agreed. Serious amount of work gone into that, especially with the different statistics and write ups on each player.

SantryRed

This time next month I'll be in Poznan

helimachoptor

SantryRed wrote: »

This time next month I'll be in Poznan

It'll be some session over there thats for sure!

matthew8

Soccer is terrible.

WhiskeyGoblin

matthew8 wrote: »

Soccer is terrible.

They blow over in the wind.

Pudsy33

Incredibly jealous Santry. How many games will you get to?

Raoul

SantryRed wrote: »

This time next month I'll be in Poznan

Mod: can we close this thread?

Don't want to hear about this? :mad::mad::mad:

So jealous

helimachoptor

Raoul wrote: »

Mod: can we close this thread?

Don't want to hear about this? :mad::mad::mad:

So jealous

Will you not play the CPU Packers twice, thought you'd be happy to see him go!!

Raoul

helimachoptor wrote: »

Will you not play the CPU Packers twice, thought you'd be happy to see him go!!

Nah, I would prefer to beat him than beat the CPU.

helimachoptor

So in Scotland at the moment and it feels like 20 Celsius outside.

Just had dinner and am now sipping a point while working/on boards.

Not a bad life.

Also, how many of you lot plan to head to the game this year?

matthew8

helimachoptor wrote: »

So in Scotland at the moment and it feels like 20 Celsius outside.

Just had dinner and am now sipping a point while working/on boards.

Not a bad life.

Also, how many of you lot plan to head to the game this year?

I probably won't ever go. I think NFL is really a TV sport and I love redzone. I have the exact opposite opinion of baseball. I wouldn't watch it on TV but if I lived in America I'd go to a couple of games every week.

helimachoptor

matthew8 wrote: »

I probably won't ever go. I think NFL is really a TV sport and I love redzone. I have the exact opposite opinion of baseball. I wouldn't watch it on TV but if I lived in America I'd go to a couple of games every week.

I'm the opposite, I much prefer live games to TV.
I watch the highlights on NFL.com on Mondays, but if i say lived in NY/NJ i'd be heading to both Jets and Giants games (presuming i could afford to!)

SantryRed

2 exams down. 3 to go. Have another 3 hour exam tomorrow. Was a year long module and went to about 6 classes all year. I'm a joke :pac:

helimachoptor

SantryRed wrote: »

2 exams down. 3 to go. Have another 3 hour exam tomorrow. Was a year long module and went to about 6 classes all year. I'm a joke :pac:

My tax payers money going to fund your waste of a free education

SantryRed

Got a 1.1 last year :pac:

Aiming for a 60% average considering how little I was in this year. Will be a proud achievement but one I won't be mentioning in interviews

helimachoptor

SantryRed wrote: »

Got a 1.1 last year :pac:

Aiming for a 60% average considering how little I was in this year. Will be a proud achievement but one I won't be mentioning in interviews

Its ok.. just add in a one liner job title "The Commish" that will suitable impress anyone!

BigBadRob83

Going over with few mates, we were all in Boston on J1 so all Pats fans. Friday-Monday, make a weekend of it. Should be good craic there

Paully D

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Going over with few mates, we were all in Boston on J1 so all Pats fans. Friday-Monday, make a weekend of it. Should be good craic there

Really thinking of doing the J1 next year, few of the lads are interested too. Worth it?

helimachoptor

Paully D wrote: »

Really thinking of doing the J1 next year, few of the lads are interested too. Worth it?

Jesus Paully.. you're only a nipper!

Yep definitely worth it!

Depending on what your interests are Paully you could try and get something relevant to your course while over there.
Most people tend to go for the summer type jobs but there are different options.

helimachoptor

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Going over with few mates, we were all in Boston on J1 so all Pats fans. Friday-Monday, make a weekend of it. Should be good craic there

Friend of mines brother is fairly high up in a chain of very fancy hotels.
So we go over we pay £30 each a night for a room that generally costs £250-£300 pounds.

also I get free tickets so tbh it's a fairly cheap weekend for me

This year there'll probably be 5/6 of us so will be an epic session i'd say

Pudsy33

SantryRed wrote: »

Got a 1.1 last year :pac:

Aiming for a 60% average considering how little I was in this year. Will be a proud achievement but one I won't be mentioning in interviews

I'd love a 60% average :pac:

Raoul

Thinking of going over to poland for the croatia game. No tickets or anything.

Many going? I know santry is, anyone else?

BigBadRob83

Paully D wrote: »

Really thinking of doing the J1 next year, few of the lads are interested too. Worth it?

Go for it, I had an unreal summer... all the way back in 2003. Every one of my mates has had a great summer wherever they went over there. Usually doing summer jobs like furniture moving, labouring, landscaping or caddying for the lucky few.
Have had mates go all over the States, hard to go wrong; Boston, San Diego, Cape Cod, Chicago, Vancouver, Houston. Enjoy it!

helimachoptor

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Go for it, I had an unreal summer... all the way back in 2003. Every one of my mates has had a great summer wherever they went over there. Usually doing summer jobs like furniture moving, labouring, landscaping or caddying for the lucky few.
Have had mates go all over the States, hard to go wrong; Boston, San Diego, Cape Cod, Chicago, Vancouver, Houston. Enjoy it!

USA annexes British Colombia :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

The_Gatsby

I'd love to do a J1 too. Going over to Boston in June to visit my uncle so I'm going to scout out some jobs:) I'll probably just become head coach out in Foxboro or something...

BigBadRob83

BigBadRob83 wrote: »

Go for it, I had an unreal summer... all the way back in 2003. Every one of my mates has had a great summer wherever they went over there. Usually doing summer jobs like furniture moving, labouring, landscaping or caddying for the lucky few.
Have had mates go all over the States, hard to go wrong; Boston, San Diego, Cape Cod, Chicago, Vancouver, Houston. Enjoy it!

couldnt agree more one of the best holidays you can do

SantryRed

Croatia and Spain tickets got. This time next week!!!!!!

Raoul

Got Croatia tickets too!!! Cant wait

matthew8

Raoul wrote: »

Got Croatia tickets too!!! Cant wait

Wait... you and Santry away at the same time? Who will advance the league if a week finishes around that game?

linebacker52

matthew8 wrote: »

Wait... you and Santry away at the same time? Who will advance the league if a week finishes around that game?

I'm sure they will get someone else to do it.

SantryRed

No one. The site will go into meltdown :pac:

Raoul

I am only away for four days anyway. So won't miss any games.

Bye weeks are awful. Mad for the week to be advanced.

matthew8

Raoul wrote: »

I am only away for four days anyway. So won't miss any games.

Bye weeks are awful. Mad for the week to be advanced.

Even so, if we finish a week while you're away (and we probably will) we'd be waiting for a while for an advance.

Raoul

matthew8 wrote: »

Even so, if we finish a week while you're away (and we probably will) we'd be waiting for a while for an advance.

Yeah I know, I meant from the point of view of me missing games. At most I will miss one game.

SantryRed

I've PM'd Berty so if an advancement has to occur while Raoul is away, Berty said he'll do it. Crisis averted.

SantryRed

You're desperate to play as many CPU games as possible aren't you Matthew :pac:

matthew8

SantryRed wrote: »

You're desperate to play as many CPU games as possible aren't you Matthew :pac:

I think I can reach 100 sacks and 50 passing TDs this year with all my CPU games. Either way I won't be playing the Broncos or Bills, and I will be playing the Titans, Bengals and Buccaneers. The thing is I'm going away in August and the league could theoretically drag on for that long but I don't want it to.

helimachoptor

Lads any good controller deals around at the moment.
Both of mine are fcuked now, cant take the annoyance anymore after it probably cost me a game in another franchise :mad::mad::mad:

adrian522

it helps if you don't throw it against the wall when you lose

adrian522

Try here:


http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/9240122/Trail/searchtext%3EXBOX+360.htm

The_Gatsby

helimachoptor wrote: »

Lads any good controller deals around at the moment.
Both of mine are fcuked now, cant take the annoyance anymore after it probably cost me a game in another franchise :mad::mad::mad:

I got a wired one in gamestop for €20 the other day. Both my analogue sticks kept getting stuck, it's mad how much difference a decent controller makes

matthew8

We still good for tomorrow with this controller business?

Paully D

Do any of you have NBA 2K12 and if so, what's the online gameplay like on it? I found 2K11's online awful, really laggy games all the time.

Paully D

Paully D wrote: »

Do any of you have NBA 2K12 and if so, what's the online gameplay like on it? I found 2K11's online awful, really laggy games all the time.

i only played one game because i know nothing about basketball and kobe put 50 on me but i had no lag issues

Paully D

Axton Fancy Wool wrote: »

i only played one game because i know nothing about basketball and kobe put 50 on me but i had no lag issues

Cheers mate. Thinking about picking the game up myself and made a post in the games forum just there to see if there's enough players about for an online franchise, would you have any interest?

Paully D

Paully D wrote: »

Cheers mate. Thinking about picking the game up myself and made a post in the games forum just there to see if there's enough players about for an online franchise, would you have any interest?

na im really really bad at it footballs my sport

helimachoptor

matthew8 wrote: »

We still good for tomorrow with this controller business?

Yeah will pick one up today mate

helimachoptor

adrian522 wrote: »

it helps if you don't throw it against the wall when you lose

I didn't do that! It's my niece chewing on them. On one I couldn't press the A button a few times and then when it worked and the ball was snapped I realised A wasn't working again and neither was B and on my other controller A and Lb weren't working

BigBadRob83

Paully D wrote: »

Do any of you have NBA 2K12 and if so, what's the online gameplay like on it? I found 2K11's online awful, really laggy games all the time.

Have 2K12 on the PS3, online play is slick. Awesome game too!
Didn't have too many issues with 2K11 online, though 2K12 is definitely an improvement. The online options are awesome.
EA could learn a thing or two about online modes if they were so inclined