Besides 7 minutes seems to go by pretty fast anywho. It really isn't that long once you get into it.... atleast for me anyways.
I like 6 more, because a hour and 30 minutes is a long game. I think a lot of stuff will come up in that time.
I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but how long a game takes isn't our primary concern. Realistic stat totals and number of plays called is. Whatever "stuff" would come up during that time (which you would have likely pre-scheduled to play with your opponent) isn't important (unless the house is on fire or it's something serious). Also, you'd need to allow extra time to enter in all of the stats to the scoreboard if you should happen to win your game (which can take up to 15 minutes if alot of players saw action). Keep this in mind when we post signups for Madden, you'll need to set aside at least 90 minutes of uninteruppted time on XBox Live, as well as the ability to restrict anyone else on your router/internet connection from using it to prevent lag (ie. kids, brothers/sisters, parents, roommaters, etc).
Which is why we're using Madden. :wink: I know, I know, before I get flamed, ESPN 2k5 doesn't have that problem anymore.
are you flaming my ESPN? I dunno, I guess in not that great cus me and a friend played this weekend and our stats were pretty good, not out of the norm, even at 10min really.
Going to play a 7 minute quarters game, Battle of the Bay: San Francisco 49'ers ( :fsf: ) @ Oakland Raiders ( :foak: ). Will let you guys know the stats go at the end, and how long it took.
Alright game is over, and it wasn't that long. I even wrote down how long it went for, here is a summary: Code: 1st Quarter: 1:59-2:14 2nd Quarter: 2:14-2:31 3rd Quarter: 2:31-2:44 4th Quarter: 2:44-3:01 TOTAL DURATION: 1 Hour, 2 minutes....62 minutes TOTAL PLAYS socalguy: 49 Plays burntCanuck: 90 Plays For those wondering why plays were so lopsided, I returned 3 INT's for TD's, and 1 Fumble Recovery for TD. Ohh yeah, and 1 Kickoff was returned for TD by me. I only had 1 offensive TD. And, here are the game stats: Code: EA SPORTS Gamer, Here are the official results of your Madden NFL 2005 game on 2004.8.16 22:01:12. Mode: Unranked Qtr Legnth: 1413694796 minutes Difficulty: All-Pro Opponent: burntCanunck Rank: 8582 Score breakdown: 1 2 3 4 OT F socalguy (Raiders) 7 17 13 7 0 44 burntCanunck (49ers) 7 3 0 14 0 24 Statistics socalguy burntCanunck Rushing attempts for 28 36 Rushing yards for 60 141 Passing attempts for 16 47 Passing yards for 151 258 Punts 4 6 Field goals for 1 1 Long field goals (40+) for 0 0 Rushing touchdowns for 1 1 Passing touchdowns for 0 2 Returns touchdowns for 1 0 Defensive touchdowns for 4 0 Turnovers for 5 2 Interceptions for 5 1 Sacks for 3 0 Number of third downs 12 18 Third down conversions 4 5 No-huddle plays 0 0 Audibles called 0 0 Hot routes used 0 1 Shotgun plays 5 0 Blitzes 17 10 Time of possession 11:41 16:19 2-point conversions tried 0 0 2-point conversions succeeded 0 0 Red zone field goals 1 1 Red zone touchdowns 1 3 Red zone opportunities 4 7 First downs 9 21 First down yards 109 223 Special teams yards 152 110 Punt return yards 0 22 Punt yards 235 241 Penalties 2 1 Penalty yards 13 7 First down rushing plays 14 13 First down passing plays 4 24 Second down rushing plays 10 15 Second down passing plays 4 13 Third down rushing plays 4 6 Third down passing plays 8 12 Fourth down rushing plays 0 2 Fourth down passing plays 0 1 Passes completed 10 19 Fumbles 2 1 Fumbles recovered 1 1 Possessions 22 26 Third downs, 3 or less yards 5 6 Successes 1 3 Third downs, 4 to 9 yards 4 3 Successes 3 0 Third downs, 10 or more yards 3 9 Successes 0 2 Hurries 18 7 Knockdowns 9 1 Passes deflected 12 2 Passes tipped 0 0 Offensive yards 211 399 Total yards 363 509 Return yards 152 88 Total touchdowns 6 3
good one. I want this saved for the end of maddens first season. If striker plays madden anything like he plays espn with 7 min quarters his favorite back will get no less than 50 touches a game.
Watch the NFL much? That's not out of the ordinary at all. I'd say that's on the high side from other 7min/qtr results we've been seeing though, check my first stats post in this thread.
2003 scores that are over 50 points combined, From week 1 to 7 Week 1 42-24 49-7 30-25 out of 16 games week 2 27-24 38-17 33-31 41-20 37-13 35-32 out of 16 games Week 3 42-14 out of 16 games Week 4 37-13 34-31 55-21 38-23 out of 14 games Week 5 39-26 38-30 27-25 38-35 out of 14 games Week 6 40-34 38-17 out of 14 games Week 7 34-24 37-17 45-17 34-26 Anyways I can go on.. These scores happen .. in the real league.. Why not in video games... Im sorry there is some good guys here that really work at their game.. and There are times when blowouts happen.. But for the most part... I think after the first couple of weeks.. There will be good scores.. Because all of these are realistic...
I also think that after a guy gets up so much.. there should be some brakes applied.. But i have seen where everything works.. it does happen once in a blue moon for me..lol
But like we said.. it hasnt been high scores when trying these long qtr runs... socal.. played to a 19-16 game in 7 min qtrs...
Yeah I still remember your SS running 15 yards in under 2 seconds to grab the INT and ran it back. Not to mention he broke a tackle by Robert Gallery using the Hit Stick Was fun though. As for the 3 INT's returned for touchdowns, it was just that Rattay didn't have any accuracy at all. And on top of that, he was throwing them to the outside, where I had a clear lane to run it right down the side line with my d-backs, who are much faster than Tim Rattay and his linemen.
Here is my 2nd game vs burntCanuck using 7 minute quarters: TOTAL PLAYS: socalguy: 72 burnt Canuck: 69 Code: 1st Quarter: 4:49-5:04 2nd Quarter: 5:04-5:20 3rd Quarter: 5:20-5:37 4th Quarter: 5:37-6:06 TOTAL DURATION: 1 Hour, 17 Minutes....77 Minutes The 4th quarter had some long delays by both of us....pausing, had to do something quickly. Code: EA SPORTS Gamer, Here are the official results of your Madden NFL 2005 game on 2004.8.17 1:06:14. Mode: Unranked Qtr Legnth: 1128614982 minutes Difficulty: All-Pro Opponent: burntCanunck Rank: 12546 Score breakdown: 1 2 3 4 OT F socalguy (Raiders) 3 7 20 10 0 40 burntCanunck (Lions) 7 10 0 6 0 23 Statistics socalguy burntCanunck Rushing attempts for 29 20 Rushing yards for 107 32 Passing attempts for 34 42 Passing yards for 234 363 Punts 5 6 Field goals for 4 1 Long field goals (40+) for 2 0 Rushing touchdowns for 2 1 Passing touchdowns for 1 2 Returns touchdowns for 0 0 Defensive touchdowns for 1 0 Turnovers for 3 0 Interceptions for 2 0 Sacks for 1 4 Number of third downs 15 13 Third down conversions 5 4 No-huddle plays 2 2 Audibles called 3 0 Hot routes used 1 2 Shotgun plays 2 21 Blitzes 14 20 Time of possession 15:06 12:54 2-point conversions tried 0 0 2-point conversions succeeded 0 0 Red zone field goals 1 1 Red zone touchdowns 2 2 Red zone opportunities 3 3 First downs 15 17 First down yards 85 215 Special teams yards 74 95 Punt return yards 0 38 Punt yards 230 298 Penalties 1 1 Penalty yards 15 5 First down rushing plays 17 9 First down passing plays 11 21 Second down rushing plays 9 6 Second down passing plays 15 13 Third down rushing plays 3 4 Third down passing plays 12 9 Fourth down rushing plays 0 1 Fourth down passing plays 0 0 Passes completed 18 26 Fumbles 0 2 Fumbles recovered 1 0 Possessions 27 24 Third downs, 3 or less yards 3 6 Successes 1 2 Third downs, 4 to 9 yards 4 4 Successes 2 2 Third downs, 10 or more yards 8 3 Successes 2 0 Hurries 12 8 Knockdowns 6 2 Passes deflected 5 7 Passes tipped 0 0 Offensive yards 341 395 Total yards 415 490 Return yards 74 57 Total touchdowns 4 3