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Madden NFL 16 Implements a Draft Board, More Like a Watch List

03:18 AM - June 18, 2015 by dbkaeoz33

Madden NFL 16 Creative Director, Kolbe Launchbaugh was interviewed by Shopmaster and revealed that a "Draft Board" was added to the game. While it isn't a true draft board that you can setup and walk away from, the steps to making it a full fledged draft board could be coming down the road.

For now, users can use the draft board, as a watch list, by flagging players during scouting, making it a little easier to filter at draft time. The team hopes to add the ability to walk away from the draft and have the CPU select the players you need based off of your team needs. While it seems unlikely that it happens this year, these steps are a good sign of things to come.

The video interview isn't solely focused on the draft board, as Kolbe talks about dynamic drive goals, confidence, community feedback and more. Watch it here.

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# 21 jpdavis82 @ 06/18/15 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by NDAlum


	No it's not important. We can pause a draft to give a person a few more moments to pick somebody. What's important is allowing people who have life matters to tend to and have to miss the draft an opportunity to have a preset draft board so they can target guys they really want.

Just because it's not important to you doesn't mean it's not important. Common mistake people make in their line of thinking about games.

# 22 NDAlum @ 06/18/15 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by NDAlum


	Doesn't really do anything for me...because it's just not what you need for online CFM. If it's the put it down walk away type that it one day could be...then I'll post a bunch of happy .gif's

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Trust me it's important this year because with the new scouting you would have to cycle through tons of prospects, any time you've unlocked one attribute for a prospect, this way only the guys you put on your watch list will be listed come draft time.

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Originally Posted by NDAlum


	No it's not important. We can pause a draft to give a person a few more moments to pick somebody. What's important is allowing people who have life matters to tend to and have to miss the draft an opportunity to have a preset draft board so they can target guys they really want.

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Just because it's not important to you doesn't mean it's not important. Common mistake people make in their line of thinking about games.

I'm the one that made a mistake? Seriously?

# 23 dtg2k15 @ 06/18/15 01:03 PM

God, imagine how much more awesome this would be with NCAA 16 integration!

Nonetheless....

# 24 howboutdat @ 06/18/15 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	It's also something that wasn't in the game and they put it in because of you guys and our feedback. It may not be what you want, but it's something they specifically worked on trying to get in to show they are making a real effort for the hardcore CFM fans. Like a previous poster said it's more symbolic than anything and a trend to keep your eye on for the future of CFM.

No where did i say , they arent listening. Lets be clear here. I said ,its good to see them going in right direction, however, They really need to stop calling it a draft board, because its not .That is the type of thing that gets them in trouble really, just kinda surprised they dont get that yet.Call it what it is , be honest ( seems right now that should be apparent how important being up front,clear with info is to this community) and it will be accepted alot better.

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Originally Posted by N51_rob


	I'd be vary careful if I were EA letting people call this a draft board. It's not in the sense of the CFM community is looking for. Which I would say the majority fall into some sort of "hard-core" category. Its a ranking board or a wishlist board.

Glad to see i wasnt the only one thinking this. Its just as bad as click bait really. Cause basically thats what it actually is. From what i understand, you cant even rank them, you just seperate them to "Watch" from the others you have scouted.

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Just because it's not important to you doesn't mean it's not important. Common mistake people make in their line of thinking about games.

I believe what he was saying is, its not really that important to online CFM users ( as that is what the person before he was talking about) because really its not at all what we want . As was stated we have lives, not everyone can make drafts,about the only reason you find online CFM guys wanting a real draft board is so they can make a list, that the cpu would start at top and go down in order until it finds an available player when your pick comes up and makes it for you. Thats it. Most of the online CFM guys already have their own ways to list who they want to keep an eye on more than others.Pen and paper, excel ( i had a great one for madden 15 ) etc. So to most online CFM users, what he said was correct, its not important as is.

Yes its a step (baby one) in the right direction, no doubt, no one is questioning that. This goes back that what i was originally saying, dont call this a draft board in madden 16, its not. Hopefully down the road it will become one(should be in 17) .

# 25 HenryClay1844 @ 06/18/15 01:15 PM

I haven't played Madden in years. I'm curious if they let you edit your players names and appearance since there is no NCAA draft class to download anymore.

# 26 vc3616 @ 06/18/15 01:21 PM

Draft board is nice but what u want are rookies that are rated so high should not be getting players 86 ovr or even 80 ovr in the last rounds I could even deal with that if I had the ability to just make my own draft classes

# 27 Trick13 @ 06/18/15 01:27 PM

Somewhere in the near future (M17 and no later than that)
this needs to be fully fleshed out.

Complete user control of the entire draft board - total flexibility to completely re-rank every single prospect. User control over team "needs" - very frustrating to have a 2nd year MLB who is quick development, 82 OVR, a huge contributor to your team success that you have no intention of replacing and the stupid CPU lists MLB as your #1 need.

User draft plan, where you can rank positional needs, numbers of players at positions you want to draft, attribute minimums you are looking to reach - say Safety with 80+ hit power, or WR sub 4.44 speed, or LG with 80+ impact blk.

Complete control...for CPU management if you have to miss the draft, or even just if you want to sim a draft in solo 'chise or have a complex multi-user 'chise where you wish to sim the draft to "emulate" being only coaches who get their input but the CPU "GM" actually handles the draft...

# 28 N51_rob @ 06/18/15 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Trust me it's important this year because with the new scouting you would have to cycle through tons of prospects, any time you've unlocked one attribute for a prospect, this way only the guys you put on your watch list will be listed come draft time.

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Just because it's not important to you doesn't mean it's not important. Common mistake people make in their line of thinking about games.

Please don't fall back into old habits. His initial response was that it did nothing for him (speaking for himself). You jumped in stating its overall importance. Its fine that you have time with the feature and like it, but again. You've never been an online CFM guy and this is what he is speaking from the position of hardcore online CFM comish and participant.

Like I said, its great that you are optimistic and it seems like there are going to be more prospects in these draft classes than there were in Madden 15. But if there aren't JP please remember that guys that have been doing Online CFMs for years have managed to keep track of prospects w/o this "Draft Board" for years....

# 29 DeuceDouglas @ 06/18/15 02:34 PM

One thing that kind of confused me is how he implied that making you scout every week versus allowing you to save up your points made scouting adds another element of difficulty. I'm just not seeing that. I'd be scouting virtually all the same players either way whether it was over the course of 17 weeks or all in week 17 and it's not like the information is different either way.

# 30 georgiafan @ 06/18/15 02:41 PM

What's the limit on how many guys u can add to you board/wishlist

# 31 fballturkey @ 06/18/15 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas


	One thing that kind of confused me is how he implied that making you scout every week versus allowing you to save up your points made scouting adds another element of difficulty. I'm just not seeing that. I'd be scouting virtually all the same players either way whether it was over the course of 17 weeks or all in week 17 and it's not like the information is different either way.

You don't necessarily know who's going to be left on your team in week 1 versus week 17 due to free agents and extensions, so it does make it somewhat harder.

# 32 JayD @ 06/18/15 02:52 PM

Let's just hope that one of the top suggestions they worked on was the ability to edit players without having to control all teams.

# 33 kaletore11 @ 06/18/15 04:31 PM

I just want to say that I love the attitude Kolbe and Rex have. Guys like that give me hope Madden will get better each year, they seem to genuinely care about the game and its players.

# 34 Luke Skywalker @ 06/18/15 04:38 PM

Any indication of CUSTOM Draft Classes?

# 35 NDAlum @ 06/18/15 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kaletore11


	I just want to say that I love the attitude Kolbe and Rex have. Guys like that give me hope Madden will get better each year, they seem to genuinely care about the game and its players.

Definitely agree. The interview with Kolbe was awesome. I am fully satisfied that he's part of the team now. It sounds like they do have a focus on Operation Sports which is awesome. To have the opportunity to be part of the voice that can push Madden towards what the bulk of this site want is pretty incredible.

Let's just hope implementation is solid with all the changes this year!

# 36 roadman @ 06/18/15 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by NDAlum


	Definitely agree. The interview with Kolbe was awesome. I am fully satisfied that he's part of the team now. It sounds like they do have a focus on Operation Sports which is awesome. To have the opportunity to be part of the voice that can push Madden towards what the bulk of this site want is pretty incredible. Let's just hope implementation is solid with all the changes this year!

I thought the key phrase with Kolbe and it's been used a few thousand times around here, we need to develop the game for the sim folks, but need to keep in mind we need to also make it for the 12 year old.

He's talking my lingo when he brings up Sports Talk Football with those 4 inch round disk. lol

# 37 SolidSquid @ 06/18/15 06:22 PM

When Kolbe said if you think scouting is easier try drafting in an online franchise with 31 other people I cringed. Fact of the matter is myself and I'm sure a lot of others play cfm vs the cpu not in big online leagues, does that mean screw us bc we aren't the demographic? Does it scouting will in fact be too easy in a single player cfm?

# 38 jpdavis82 @ 06/18/15 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SolidSquid


	When Kolbe said if you think scouting is easier try drafting in an online franchise with 31 other people I cringed. Fact of the matter is myself and I'm sure a lot of others play cfm vs the cpu not in big online leagues, does that mean screw us bc we aren't the demographic? Does it scouting will in fact be too easy in a single player cfm?

No it doesn't mean that, stay positive, good things are coming for CFM for offline too.

# 39 jpdavis82 @ 06/18/15 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kaletore11


	I just want to say that I love the attitude Kolbe and Rex have. Guys like that give me hope Madden will get better each year, they seem to genuinely care about the game and its players.

I have little to no doubt that they will make the game better each year, they have some really awesome things this year and for the years to come. This is the tip of the iceberg for CFM, barely even scratching the surface with M16. I think people will feel about CFM in the near future, the way people are about gameplay this year. I also think people will really appreciate what they are doing this year a lot more once they have the game in front of them and can experience the visual depth chart, player cards, new scouting, fixes to confidence and regression, free practice, and just how smooth and user friendly the ui in CFM is now.

# 40 Skyboxer @ 06/18/15 10:31 PM

JP ask the guys if they can add a real draft board to online CFM site.
That way when we can't attend a draft we can go online and set that up and move on.
I'd like it in the game also but I'd be just as happy if we got one via CFM web site.

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