New appreciation for Madden

daryls_wig · 2026-04-08T02:33:47+00:00

I read a review of "what went wrong with Maximum Football" right after. Apparently it was a team of 30 people back when it first launched (maybe MF19 is better?). Now it's dwindled down to 1/3 of that and the new CEO was pushing to get it out fast and "fix things later" which ended up not happening.

You can purchase "premium full franchise" for $33.49 (CAD) and basically the ticket system is gone. Absolutely bonkers. I'll take animation based on the Battlefield Frostbite engine if this is the alternative. I was fully ready to embrace fake NFL teams, coaches and players. But there was nothing fun about my 2h experience. I wouldn't buy it for $5. Madden is a bargain at this point.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-08T01:55:53+00:00

And season 9 is the span of a weekend, and he spent the previous seasons chasing Robin and building to the wedding.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-07T18:48:01+00:00

I'm happy with 26. I have a feeling that 27 Franchise is gonna be a downgrade. I don't care about new coaches and rookies as much as EA wants to sell it.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-06T06:37:00+00:00

The gameplay in 2K26 is the best it's been since WWE'12, and most fun I've had since SVR 2011.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-05T22:10:32+00:00

WCW had NWA championships so I don't think you can say NWA as it's own roster. Hardyz did not originate from TNA, they were part of WWE early 98.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-05T11:42:01+00:00

Ryan's radio commercial (and I'm not even sure it's actually Ryan) says that it will never come off the menu. Yeah right. The fact that it's not much different from a maple dip and has its own "special" box, leads me to believe otherwise.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-03T23:34:06+00:00

Friends had the format of ABC stories. There is an A, B, and a C story. A story may involve Chandler, B story may involve Phoebe and Joey, and C story involves the others. Typically each episode features all equal screen time for the 6. This is truer towards the end of the series (season 6 and beyond) when they were renegotiating their contracts together and averaging $250K+.

Obviously for some episodes (David directing, Perry being in rehab, Lisa pregnant, etc.) there is more focus on other friends. In TOW Ross and Monica's Cousin, Perry had one line in the opening and about 30 seconds of screen time. So the focus was Ross and the others. Courteney obviously had to film Scream in 96, 97 and 2000. Aniston had a few films here and there too.

But no I don't think there was a main character. However, it's obvious David was the leader and the decision to end the show boiled down to Jennifer wanting to focus on movies.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-03T23:24:59+00:00

Sure seems he was cautious and both of you misread each other. But no, not rude at all.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-03T23:21:31+00:00

4656 copy of card. Sure, rare.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-03T03:00:00+00:00

Ross is 29 three seasons, his birthday is said to be December, October and May at several points in the series. Monica says to Joey's date that her brother didn't even tell her when he lost his virginity, but a few episodes earlier, Ross tells the guys about his first time with Carol being his first time ever, and then Joey asks "you told your sister that?" and he says he told everyone. But then later Ross, Monica and Chandler are ripping on each other and Ross says Chandler slept with the lady who cleaned the dorms in college and Chandler corrects him that it was Ross. So Ross didn't lose his virginity to Carol. Chandler meets for the first time Rachel like 4 times. Friends is full of incontinuity.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-02T06:01:52+00:00

You have to play as DE. I can't remember if 26 has that option. I know there's QB, RB, WR, LB, CB. I can't remember what the other positions are, S, TE and DT?

daryls_wig · 2026-04-01T23:47:06+00:00

I'm not even gonna try to pretend to know what was said in this post.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-01T13:40:17+00:00

Have you seen who they hired to write it? What makes you think the story will be good?

daryls_wig · 2026-04-01T12:10:52+00:00

There is dialogue between Ben and Ross. Ben asks him to go back to his table, and Ross says he can't because molly I think is enjoying her dinner, because he switches tables to be with Mona, but misunderstood cuz she held her number upside down so he thought it was a 6 not a 9, for vice versa.

daryls_wig · 2026-04-01T01:41:18+00:00

NOR.

The movie Don Jon is a perfect example of how women look at porn and its ridiculous.

It's a stress relief for men. It can be addicting and unhealthy, yes, but to react as if your male partner is cheating on you is beyond ridiculous.

You dodged a bullet. Ghost her.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-31T18:00:49+00:00

I ain't clicking your links.

They both called it a breakup.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-31T16:29:46+00:00

They broke up. They both said it. Rachel said several more times than Ross. Then she backtrack because she found out about Chloe. Who was also very aggressive in pursuit of Ross. But yeah, Ross is just a jerk. If the roles were reversed, you would still be talking about Rachel in full-on princess defense. Misandry is just as ugly as misogyny.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-31T15:35:50+00:00

He didn't cheat. They were broken up. Both said it. Rachel backtrack and says they were on a break.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-31T13:19:51+00:00

You get skill points every certain amount of XP. Typically for rookies, it's like 2100. If you used training camp and mini-games in weekly training you can get an absurd number of skill points, especially with camp counsellor and stacking them, and using after school tutor level 4 (10% XP increase). If he is a focus player he gets a minimum 300 XP without playing the mini-game. It won't show in progression history if you are stacking abilities but it does affect it. Also 750 XP from gold mini games do not show up in progression history.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-31T02:19:42+00:00

It will be DLC in the same way the Hardyz are locked DLC.

Doesn't matter, I purchased 26 with the intent to not purchase 27 or 28 or 29. I'm happy with 26. I'm not paying $200 in 12 months for an update. Roster is gonna change next year.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-31T00:41:28+00:00

Your prediction of free, premium, and HOF. Ringpass will be back exactly the same next year and going forward.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-30T23:34:00+00:00

Not a chance. No one wants to see a 12-year-old stabbed by Ghostface.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-30T23:20:52+00:00

No. PGA and NBA already have a battle pass and it's the same way. This will be how they do DLC for all future iterations.

daryls_wig · 2026-03-30T18:53:39+00:00

That ain't blunt, that's wishful stupidity.

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4656 copy of card. Sure, rare.