Running video games (and consoles) thread

I meant nope, as in I won't be joining the XBox league. Haha. My bad.

 

Who is in for the league? I would say start a week after it is released, but I'm fine with waiting longer too.

 

The guy in charge of revamping the run system in NCAA and Madden this year is a former CSU player, so I did a mini-feature and Q&A with him for today. Gained a lot of EA Sports respect for him owning up to the game's issues (some he admits aren't fixed this year).

Here's the photo illustration I made to run with the story:

 

It might be just four right now.
For the Xbox league: Me, Jake, amraeder, StormSurge (who doesn't post here anymore).

Mystery Meat and Madhavok were both maybes, not sure what their status is. I believe Madhavok was leaning toward waiting for Madden.

Others from the old dynasty: Azgrad and a guy from the west coast, but I forget his SJ name. I'll have to look on my XBL contacts.

 

I'll probably get the game on release day, and if so, I'm probably in. I'll verify if/when that happens/doesn't happen.

 

I'll be a tentative yes, if everyone is OK kicking my arse.

XBL: Okie State 21

 

Great, six confirmed would definitely be enough and more are welcome. What are we thinking for the cutoff for teams?

 

I'll repost a list of teams here. We can talk about the cutoff. We had mentioned 85 before but definitely can adjust that.

I'll go back and look to see what team's have been mentioned (but not confirmed) by each person later tonight or Monday. Only one I remember right now is amraeder wanting Ohio.


Also, should we move everyone into one conference or keep in original conferences with a heavy dose of head-to-head in the non-conference season?
Given difference in everyone's schedules, original conferences might be the best bet. But, as always, open for discussion.


HERE'S THE TEAMS 85 AND BELOW:


Air Force 70 68 71
Akron 63 61 65
Arizona State 84 86 83
Arkansas State 77 79 76
Army 72 72 73
BYU 83 84 83
Ball State 79 86 73
Bowling Green 74 75 75
Buffalo 79 81 78
Cal 84 86 83
Central Michigan 72 72 71
Cincinnati 81 81 83
Colorado 79 81 78
Colorado State 72 74 73
UConn 81 84 80
Duke 79 79 78
ECU 84 86 83
Eastern Michigan 65 68 65
FIU 79 77 80
FAU 75 77 76
Fresno State 81 84 78
Georgia State 60 60 60
Hawaii 77 77 76
Houston 84 86 83
Idaho 63 67 61
Illinois 83 86 80
Indiana 81 83 82
Iowa State 81 81 83
Kansas 81 84 78
Kent State 74 75 75
Kentucky 84 84 83
La Tech 74 75 73
Marshall 74 77 73
Memphis 70 72 70
Miami (OH) 72 74 71
MTSU 74 75 75
Minnesota 79 79 80
North Carolina State 84 84 85
Navy 74 74 75
Nevada 75 77 73
New Mexico 65 67 66
New Mexico State 65 68 65
North Texas 72 72 75
NIU 79 83 78
Ohio 79 83 76
Old Dominion 70 74 68
Oregon State 84 86 83
Penn State 84 86 85
Pitt 77 77 80
Purdue 84 84 85
Rice 75 75 76
Rutgers 84 86 82
SMU 81 83 78
San Diego State 84 84 83
San Jose 77 81 76
South Alabama 68 67 70
Southern Miss 74 72 75
Syracuse 81 83 80
TCU 84 86 85
Temple 81 81 82
Texas State 68 67 70
Toledo 81 84 78
Troy 75 75 75
Tulane 75 77 68
Tulsa 79 84 75
UAB 68 68 68
UCF 83 86 82
UL Lafayette 77 81 75
UL Monroe 75 79 75
UMass 61 61 65
UNLV 72 75 70
USF 84 81 87
UTEP 75 77 73
UTSA 68 68 70
Utah State 75 77 75
Vanderbilt 83 84 82
Virginia 84 86 83
Wake Forest 83 83 85
Washington State 81 83 80
West Virginia 84 83 87
Western Kentucky 75 72 78
Western Michigan 72 74 71
Wyoming 75 77 75


TEAMS RATED 86-89
Arizona 86 86 88
Arkansas 88 88 87
Auburn 88 88 90
Boise State 86 90 82
Boston College 86 86 85
Georgia Tech 86 83 88
Iowa 88 88 90
Kansas State 86 91 83
Maryland 86 86 85
Mississippi State 88 90 85
Missouri 88 90 87
Nebraska 88 91 85
Northwestern 86 86 87
Tennessee 86 84 88
Texas Tech 86 90 83
UCLA 88 88 87
Utah 86 84 87
Wisconsin 88 88 88

 

I would love to give Mizzou or Northwestern a shot, but I think 85 is a good number. I think we should avoid putting people in the same conference on purpose. If three people want Big 10 teams then so be it, but if we are all in the same conference then there would likely never be an all user national title game ... How we used to do it with a heavy user nonconference schedule was good.

 

OK, since the Xboxers are revving it up, who's in for the PS3 NCAA 14 league?

I know I am and KYSportswriter are. I think there was one, maybe two more.

 

Unless I get $50 worth of trade ins by Tuesday, I may have to wait a few weeks to jump into the league.

 

I like the non-conference idea. We can all schedule each other early in the season. I've done it before where everyone is in the Big 12. It was fun at times, but trying to figure out when we could play together became a big hassle.