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**RoXer** · 07-16-2005, 04:10 PM

Madden Premiere Party
McNabb, Culpepper, and a host of NFL superstars talk Madden at EA's New York rager.
by Jon Robinson
June 30, 2005 - Byron Leftwich can't escape. He's playing Donovan McNabb at Madden NFL 06, it's Jaguars vs. Eagles, and no matter how far Byron drops back in the pocket, no matter which direction he sprints on the rollout, no matter how many backs he leaves in to block, McNabb's blitzes are sacking the cyber-Leftwich on almost every play, leaving the real quarterback shaking his head.

And McNabb is letting the big man hear it.

"I think that cameraman over there is faster than you," he says as Leftwich pauses the game to investigate the one thing that's on the minds of just about every NFL player these days, his ratings in Madden NFL 06.

"They gave me a 48 speed!" Leftwich yells, hoping to catch the ear of the Madden producers walking around the ESPN Zone in Times Square at the first ever Madden's Gone Gold party. "Even the long snapper is faster than me."

"They got you a little slow this year," I tell him.

"Ain't no little about it," Leftwich laughs. "They got all my other skills fine. I just wish I was faster than the waiter."

At this point, Tony Gonzalez and Trent Green walk over to add their own jabs at Leftwich's slow-mo moves, as the players cycle through the ratings of each player in the game, calling out everyone who is faster than Leftwich.

And there were a lot of names to be called.

Byron looked at McNabb like, you're on the cover, can't you help a player out? But all McNabb wanted to do was keep playing, keep sacking, and keep running up the score on every gamer in the party.

McNabb took out Leftwich with ease. He put a beating on Culpepper. He even came up to me and asked me if I had a chance to tighten up my skills since E3.

In the end, just about everybody in the house learned a valuable lesson: Never play a player at his own game.

Especially when that player is rated a 97 overall.

There was one player in particular who wanted a shot at McNabb, though, and that was his NFC East rival Michael Strahan.

"I love the Hit Stick," Strahan says. "I love hitting Donovan, even in real life. It's just natural for me. Donovan just feels good in my arms�and I mean that in a purely heterosexual way."

Later in the night, I ask McNabb how it feels to be in Strahan's arms, again, in a purely heterosexual way. "You know what, the problem with him, he has an identity crisis," McNabb replies. "It's a little tough for him right now. They had a down year last year, and he's trying to blame the Eagles for that. As you can see, though, he was trying to play as the Eagles over there on Madden, so he might be trying to work his way on over to Philadelphia. I'm not the one to gossip, but look how soft he looks over there. Buttery soft, pimpish looking shoes�that's why I need the Truck Stick to run him over right now."

And McNabb wasn't the only quarterback excited about the new Truck Stick, the new controls in the game that enable the man with the ball to lower his shoulder and smash defenders to the turf.

"I'm so slow, I'm not going to run anybody over," Leftwich chimes in. "But I'm glad the offense is finally getting an opportunity. The game has been all about the defense the past few years, so I'm glad they're getting back to pumping up the offensive side of the ball."

"I like the Truck Stick," says Daunte Culpepper as he uses his character to blast through a safety. "It makes my character more realistic. Let me run some people over. Let me do what I do."

But after a few more plays, even Culpepper succumbed to the call of the ratings.

"They have me at a 98 overall, so I'm pretty happy about that. I feel I can be a 99, but I can live with it. Gives me room to improve."

Michael Strahan was so worried about his ratings, he didn't even want to play as the Giants. "You can judge your own performance by how they rate you in Madden. You can tell if you had a good year or a bad year when the new Madden comes out and you check your ratings. If you're rated bad, your year was probably horrible. I'm afraid to even look at my ratings in 06. I'm just hoping they go by past performance."

Meanwhile, Roy Williams of the Lions obsessed over not only his own ratings, but the ratings of every player in the NFL. That's right, he literally spent over an hour cycling through ever player, position by position, including free agents, to compare the ratings in every category, debating with one of the game's producers about who is too fast, who is too slow in the game. Once Williams finished his ratings survey, he began creating his own character in the new Superstar mode. He named his player Austin Williams, made sure he was from Texas, then skipped ahead to the Wonderlic test given to players at the combine.

What is your favorite type of cartoon?

The eighth month of the year is�

What word is the opposite of tenacious?

Are you sarcastic?

Do you like talking about work?

Heavy is to light as bold is to�

Airplane is to bird as submarine is to�

If you're stranded on a desert island would you take a playbook, mirror, or diary?

Roy completes the test and scores a 70%.

Then it's on to the barber shop where Williams makes sure Austin has the bald is beautiful look, mirroring his real-life counterpart.

I turn to Marcus Trufant of the Seahawks and ask him about the real road to becoming a superstar. If I really landed a seven-figure deal, what should I buy first?

"For everybody out there, it goes cars, jewelry, then a house. Everybody gets a new car when they get drafted, then they go out and get a little jewelry, and then it's time for a new house. That's when they get the 50-inch screens, the surround sound, and the furniture that's out of this world. Then you move up and you buy yourself a couple of new treats. I bought myself an Escalade when I was drafted, and I'm still rolling in that. I even hooked up my videogames in the car so I can do my thing on the road. I make sure someone else is driving if I want to play, though. I don't want that headline in the paper. I don't want to be that guy."

I ask Donovan McNabb and he has some very different financial advice for me. "Don't get caught up in the jewelry. Don't get caught up in the cars. The first thing you should go out and buy is something you've always loved. The first thing I bought was a dog. I bought two dogs, they were Mastiffs, but the dogs got too big, and I started traveling so much they started looking at me funny, so they had to go. But if you wanted to go the materialistic route, get a nice place to stay first. You can't have a nice car if you don't have a place to live. Who wants a $50,000 car if you're living in a two-bedroom apartment? Don't be living with your parents with a Benz outside, that don't look good."

How E-40ish of him. Not that I'll ever need the advice, but it's much appreciated. The one gameplay feature most appreciated by the players, however, is the new Vision and Precision Passing.

"You can ask any of the 2,000 quarterbacks they have at this party, they're throwing to spots on the field, not to the receiver, so this is a lot more realistic," Micahel Strahan says with a smirk. "I think Daunte just throws the dang thing up, myself. I don't even think he aims at anybody. But these guys definitely throw to a spot, so when they talk about quarterbacks and their timing with receivers, this is really what they mean, and they did a great job of capturing that in the game."

Tony Gonzalez agrees: "That's how the game is played in real life and now it has finally carried over to the videogame. Madden keeps getting better and better. There doesn't seem like there's anything else they can improve on at this point, especially with the passing. The quarterback is looking downfield, and if he switches and all of a sudden throws the ball where he wasn't looking, he's not going to be accurate. These are some great adjustments to the game."

"It's real tight," adds Daunte Culpepper. "The quarterback vision actually forces you to pay attention to your receivers more, about the spacing, and makes you feel more like a real quarterback."

But will anyone want to play as the Vikings without Moss, arguably one of the most dominant videogame athletes of all time?

"Troy Williamson is extremely fast and he's a great receiver. Nobody in the league can replace Moss and what he brings to the team, but this gives an opportunity for all of the other guys to step up and make plays. We don't need one guy, we need a team. Our defense is going to be extremely good, extremely fast, and we're going to be an exciting team. I can't wait to see how we're going to play."
Even cover-athlete McNabb checked in on his stats. "Peyton Manning has better vision than me, and my speed is a bit lower than Tony Gonzalez's, but we might setup a race out here in Times Square to settle that dispute."

The players continue to battle, continue to talk trash, then the conversation flips toward the future as everyone wonders what is ahead for the longest running NFL game on the market, and now with EA's exclusivity deal, the only NFL videogame currently available.

Marcus Trufant is looking for a little help for his fellow defensive backs: "They need to add a power jam where the corners can shove the receivers out of bounds. There's no love for the cornerbacks�no love."

Tony Gonzalez has some ideas of his own, as well as some info on Madden 360. "They did a head scan of me at the Pro Bowl for the new systems. They put a cap on me, then it's almost like the Matrix where they do this 360-scan of your head where you have this equipment all around you, almost like a sphere. It was cool. I can't wait to see what my character looks like. In a couple of years, you'll probably feel it when Ray Lewis hits you. Maybe they'll let you input your name and you'll actually hear the NFL players talking trash about you in the game. That would be amazing."

To Madden Bowl champ Michael Lewis of the Eagles, he only wants one new thing in the game. "No more curse," he laughs while looking over at the picture of his quarterback on the cover. "You know, I talked to Donovan about the Madden curse, but we don't think it's real. We hope not. I pray to God it's not real."

McNabb nods his head in agreement, "No curse. Not this year," he says. "Now where's Tony Gonzalez, we have a race setup outside."

I'd pay to see that.

The only thing better would be Leftwich racing against the waiter and cameraman.

"48 speed. You'd think I was on crutches or something," Leftwich adds as he puts on his sunglasses and grabs his cell phone before leaving the party. "Great game, I just wish I was faster than our long snapper."
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LOL at Leftwich at a 48 speed. I would have posted a new article or some new pictures, but this is all they have.

07-16-2005, 04:10 PM	#22
RoXer History's Greatest, Mr. E Posts: 42,425	Madden Premiere Party McNabb, Culpepper, and a host of NFL superstars talk Madden at EA's New York rager. by Jon Robinson June 30, 2005 - Byron Leftwich can't escape. He's playing Donovan McNabb at Madden NFL 06, it's Jaguars vs. Eagles, and no matter how far Byron drops back in the pocket, no matter which direction he sprints on the rollout, no matter how many backs he leaves in to block, McNabb's blitzes are sacking the cyber-Leftwich on almost every play, leaving the real quarterback shaking his head. And McNabb is letting the big man hear it. "I think that cameraman over there is faster than you," he says as Leftwich pauses the game to investigate the one thing that's on the minds of just about every NFL player these days, his ratings in Madden NFL 06. "They gave me a 48 speed!" Leftwich yells, hoping to catch the ear of the Madden producers walking around the ESPN Zone in Times Square at the first ever Madden's Gone Gold party. "Even the long snapper is faster than me." "They got you a little slow this year," I tell him. "Ain't no little about it," Leftwich laughs. "They got all my other skills fine. I just wish I was faster than the waiter." At this point, Tony Gonzalez and Trent Green walk over to add their own jabs at Leftwich's slow-mo moves, as the players cycle through the ratings of each player in the game, calling out everyone who is faster than Leftwich. And there were a lot of names to be called. Byron looked at McNabb like, you're on the cover, can't you help a player out? But all McNabb wanted to do was keep playing, keep sacking, and keep running up the score on every gamer in the party. McNabb took out Leftwich with ease. He put a beating on Culpepper. He even came up to me and asked me if I had a chance to tighten up my skills since E3. In the end, just about everybody in the house learned a valuable lesson: Never play a player at his own game. Especially when that player is rated a 97 overall. There was one player in particular who wanted a shot at McNabb, though, and that was his NFC East rival Michael Strahan. "I love the Hit Stick," Strahan says. "I love hitting Donovan, even in real life. It's just natural for me. Donovan just feels good in my arms�and I mean that in a purely heterosexual way." Later in the night, I ask McNabb how it feels to be in Strahan's arms, again, in a purely heterosexual way. "You know what, the problem with him, he has an identity crisis," McNabb replies. "It's a little tough for him right now. They had a down year last year, and he's trying to blame the Eagles for that. As you can see, though, he was trying to play as the Eagles over there on Madden, so he might be trying to work his way on over to Philadelphia. I'm not the one to gossip, but look how soft he looks over there. Buttery soft, pimpish looking shoes�that's why I need the Truck Stick to run him over right now." And McNabb wasn't the only quarterback excited about the new Truck Stick, the new controls in the game that enable the man with the ball to lower his shoulder and smash defenders to the turf. "I'm so slow, I'm not going to run anybody over," Leftwich chimes in. "But I'm glad the offense is finally getting an opportunity. The game has been all about the defense the past few years, so I'm glad they're getting back to pumping up the offensive side of the ball." "I like the Truck Stick," says Daunte Culpepper as he uses his character to blast through a safety. "It makes my character more realistic. Let me run some people over. Let me do what I do." But after a few more plays, even Culpepper succumbed to the call of the ratings. "They have me at a 98 overall, so I'm pretty happy about that. I feel I can be a 99, but I can live with it. Gives me room to improve." Michael Strahan was so worried about his ratings, he didn't even want to play as the Giants. "You can judge your own performance by how they rate you in Madden. You can tell if you had a good year or a bad year when the new Madden comes out and you check your ratings. If you're rated bad, your year was probably horrible. I'm afraid to even look at my ratings in 06. I'm just hoping they go by past performance." Meanwhile, Roy Williams of the Lions obsessed over not only his own ratings, but the ratings of every player in the NFL. That's right, he literally spent over an hour cycling through ever player, position by position, including free agents, to compare the ratings in every category, debating with one of the game's producers about who is too fast, who is too slow in the game. Once Williams finished his ratings survey, he began creating his own character in the new Superstar mode. He named his player Austin Williams, made sure he was from Texas, then skipped ahead to the Wonderlic test given to players at the combine. What is your favorite type of cartoon? The eighth month of the year is� What word is the opposite of tenacious? Are you sarcastic? Do you like talking about work? Heavy is to light as bold is to� Airplane is to bird as submarine is to� If you're stranded on a desert island would you take a playbook, mirror, or diary? Roy completes the test and scores a 70%. Then it's on to the barber shop where Williams makes sure Austin has the bald is beautiful look, mirroring his real-life counterpart. I turn to Marcus Trufant of the Seahawks and ask him about the real road to becoming a superstar. If I really landed a seven-figure deal, what should I buy first? "For everybody out there, it goes cars, jewelry, then a house. Everybody gets a new car when they get drafted, then they go out and get a little jewelry, and then it's time for a new house. That's when they get the 50-inch screens, the surround sound, and the furniture that's out of this world. Then you move up and you buy yourself a couple of new treats. I bought myself an Escalade when I was drafted, and I'm still rolling in that. I even hooked up my videogames in the car so I can do my thing on the road. I make sure someone else is driving if I want to play, though. I don't want that headline in the paper. I don't want to be that guy." I ask Donovan McNabb and he has some very different financial advice for me. "Don't get caught up in the jewelry. Don't get caught up in the cars. The first thing you should go out and buy is something you've always loved. The first thing I bought was a dog. I bought two dogs, they were Mastiffs, but the dogs got too big, and I started traveling so much they started looking at me funny, so they had to go. But if you wanted to go the materialistic route, get a nice place to stay first. You can't have a nice car if you don't have a place to live. Who wants a $50,000 car if you're living in a two-bedroom apartment? Don't be living with your parents with a Benz outside, that don't look good." How E-40ish of him. Not that I'll ever need the advice, but it's much appreciated. The one gameplay feature most appreciated by the players, however, is the new Vision and Precision Passing. "You can ask any of the 2,000 quarterbacks they have at this party, they're throwing to spots on the field, not to the receiver, so this is a lot more realistic," Micahel Strahan says with a smirk. "I think Daunte just throws the dang thing up, myself. I don't even think he aims at anybody. But these guys definitely throw to a spot, so when they talk about quarterbacks and their timing with receivers, this is really what they mean, and they did a great job of capturing that in the game." Tony Gonzalez agrees: "That's how the game is played in real life and now it has finally carried over to the videogame. Madden keeps getting better and better. There doesn't seem like there's anything else they can improve on at this point, especially with the passing. The quarterback is looking downfield, and if he switches and all of a sudden throws the ball where he wasn't looking, he's not going to be accurate. These are some great adjustments to the game." "It's real tight," adds Daunte Culpepper. "The quarterback vision actually forces you to pay attention to your receivers more, about the spacing, and makes you feel more like a real quarterback." But will anyone want to play as the Vikings without Moss, arguably one of the most dominant videogame athletes of all time? "Troy Williamson is extremely fast and he's a great receiver. Nobody in the league can replace Moss and what he brings to the team, but this gives an opportunity for all of the other guys to step up and make plays. We don't need one guy, we need a team. Our defense is going to be extremely good, extremely fast, and we're going to be an exciting team. I can't wait to see how we're going to play." Even cover-athlete McNabb checked in on his stats. "Peyton Manning has better vision than me, and my speed is a bit lower than Tony Gonzalez's, but we might setup a race out here in Times Square to settle that dispute." The players continue to battle, continue to talk trash, then the conversation flips toward the future as everyone wonders what is ahead for the longest running NFL game on the market, and now with EA's exclusivity deal, the only NFL videogame currently available. Marcus Trufant is looking for a little help for his fellow defensive backs: "They need to add a power jam where the corners can shove the receivers out of bounds. There's no love for the cornerbacks�no love." Tony Gonzalez has some ideas of his own, as well as some info on Madden 360. "They did a head scan of me at the Pro Bowl for the new systems. They put a cap on me, then it's almost like the Matrix where they do this 360-scan of your head where you have this equipment all around you, almost like a sphere. It was cool. I can't wait to see what my character looks like. In a couple of years, you'll probably feel it when Ray Lewis hits you. Maybe they'll let you input your name and you'll actually hear the NFL players talking trash about you in the game. That would be amazing." To Madden Bowl champ Michael Lewis of the Eagles, he only wants one new thing in the game. "No more curse," he laughs while looking over at the picture of his quarterback on the cover. "You know, I talked to Donovan about the Madden curse, but we don't think it's real. We hope not. I pray to God it's not real." McNabb nods his head in agreement, "No curse. Not this year," he says. "Now where's Tony Gonzalez, we have a race setup outside." I'd pay to see that. The only thing better would be Leftwich racing against the waiter and cameraman. "48 speed. You'd think I was on crutches or something," Leftwich adds as he puts on his sunglasses and grabs his cell phone before leaving the party. "Great game, I just wish I was faster than our long snapper." __________________________________________________ LOL at Leftwich at a 48 speed. I would have posted a new article or some new pictures, but this is all they have.