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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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# 81 Sheba2011 @ 06/23/15 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by bucky60


	With options, much fewer feel left out.

Assuming they are the right options that those people want. If they are not they still feel left out.

# 82 jignbgn @ 06/23/15 12:21 PM

This is big news, goodbye pen and paper!

# 83 howboutdat @ 06/25/15 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jignbgn


	This is big news, goodbye pen and paper!

You will still want to order them somehow, with either pen and paper or a spreadsheet.

# 84 jpdavis82 @ 06/26/15 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by howboutdat


	You will still want to order them somehow, with either pen and paper or a spreadsheet.

Just recently found out that players will be listed by their projected draft round, so it's not like they will just be thrown on there where you have a 7th round guy at the top just because you put him on the list last.

# 85 Sheba2011 @ 06/26/15 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Just recently found out that players will be listed by their projected draft round, so it's not like they will just be thrown on there where you have a 7th round guy at the top just because you put him on the list last.

That's good at least, wish there was some way we could rank it ourselves but better than nothing.

# 86 georgiafan @ 06/26/15 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Just recently found out that players will be listed by their projected draft round, so it's not like they will just be thrown on there where you have a 7th round guy at the top just because you put him on the list last.

That's pretty big news and will help, do you know how many people you can put on the board/wish list?

# 87 jpdavis82 @ 06/26/15 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by georgiafan


	That's pretty big news and will help, do you know how many people you can put on the board/wish list?

Yeah but I can't say until I find out if it's ok to tell people.

# 88 Skyboxer @ 06/28/15 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	That's good at least, wish there was some way we could rank it ourselves but better than nothing.

Yep.. Projected rounds is ok but I draft on need not projected round. If I see my real need is a projected 2 or 3 that may lend me the time/info to initiate a trade down ....or know ok that stud ,even though I don't need, I can still grab and be able to get my real need in round 2/3 etc..
Either way we need a full blown draft board next year.

# 89 troy184 @ 06/28/15 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 2_headedmonster


	i get that line of thinking but i honestly dont think its a major feature. I feel like its something that should have been implemented with CFM in the first place so theres no reason we should have to wait for the next edition so it can be a back of box feature. Also, i dont make games, but it really doesn't seem like a difficult feature to implement. Considering the framework is being laid in June and the second patch is probably going to be october-ish, thats about four months to get it right which doesn't seem lofty...but what do i know.

Totally agree with this gUy.....after seeing what games like Battlefield can do with a patch, I think it's easily posssible.

# 90 Sheba2011 @ 06/29/15 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	Yep.. Projected rounds is ok but I draft on need not projected round. If I see my real need is a projected 2 or 3 that may lend me the time/info to initiate a trade down ....or know ok that stud ,even though I don't need, I can still grab and be able to get my real need in round 2/3 etc.. Either way we need a full blown draft board next year.

Trust me I understand that thinking I have used a whiteboard or pen and paper for years. I would love to have a fully functional draft board that I can organize to my hearts content and even add notes to each selection. But this is better than nothing and I will take it.

# 91 Sheba2011 @ 06/29/15 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by troy184


	Totally agree with this gUy.....after seeing what games like Battlefield can do with a patch, I think it's easily posssible.

It's always "easily possible" when you aren't working on the game and have no clue what their code looks like, what their budget is and what directives they are given by management. I am not saying it's easy or hard but unless you are working on the game it's foolish to make comments like "easily possible because a completely different game does it".

# 92 jeremym480 @ 06/29/15 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jpdavis82


	Didn't Kolbe say they lowered the amount of scouting points recently. The thing I love is that you lose points for not scouting. Also scouting doesn't start til week 3, so that makes it harder too.

I actually hate that you lose points for not scouting. They're basically punishing players for having real lives. I mean, if someone goes on vacation they're hurting their current season enough for having to go on Auto Pilot; now they're future seasons are getting harmed as well.

I'd dislike it less if you could scout online. Maybe they should get whoever worked on NCAA 14's website to create one for Madden because their online scouting was fine for the most part.

Spoiler

# 93 Datninja619 @ 06/29/15 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremym480


	I actually hate that you lose points for not scouting. They're basically punishing players for having real lives. I mean, if someone goes on vacation they're hurting their current season enough for having to go on Auto Pilot; now they're future seasons are getting harmed as well. I'd dislike it less if you could scout online. Maybe they should get whoever worked on NCAA 14's website to create one for Madden because their online scouting was fine for the most part. Spoiler *In before someone says "well, in real life scouts can't work while they're on vacation."

Easy solution for your situation. Scouts in Madden get vacation hours/weeks based on their overall. If your going on vacation IRL, you can use your vacation hours in Madden so that scouting will still occur and you won't lose the points.

All jokes aside. I agree with being able to scout online. The Madden CFM website could be SO much better, if it wasn't just some after thought feature.

# 94 Sheba2011 @ 06/30/15 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bucky60


	But it might just tell you that the other game has a better game design, or stronger resources, or more customer friendly management.

No it tells me the other game is built completely different than the one we are talking about. I find Madden's customer friendly management to be excellent this year. There was outrage after the CFM details were announced with no Draft Board, a few weeks later they add a watch list (still not what we want but better than nothing). Kolbe and his team have been open and honest with the community this year.

# 95 jpdavis82 @ 06/30/15 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	No it tells me the other game is built completely different than the one we are talking about. I find Madden's customer friendly management to be excellent this year. There was outrage after the CFM details were announced with no Draft Board, a few weeks later they add a watch list (still not what we want but better than nothing). Kolbe and his team have been open and honest with the community this year.

Not to mention there's still some more things coming they worked on late in addition to the watch list and confidence reset.

# 96 howboutdat @ 07/02/15 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremym480


	I actually hate that you lose points for not scouting. They're basically punishing players for having real lives. I mean, if someone goes on vacation they're hurting their current season enough for having to go on Auto Pilot; now they're future seasons are getting harmed as well. I'd dislike it less if you could scout online. Maybe they should get whoever worked on NCAA 14's website to create one for Madden because their online scouting was fine for the most part. Spoiler *In before someone says "well, in real life scouts can't work while they're on vacation."

Agreed, this is one of the worst things about it .Its fine for offline CFM, but not at all for online.Its almost like they have no clue what online CFM players are like . I dont want the un-logical CPU to do my scouting for me while im on vacation. Like you said its bad enough you will be losing games normally while on vacation, now your losing scouting points too??

On top of the fact, Look EA , most guys who play in online CFMs have real lives, they are not just teenagers in their moms basement who can play as much as they want, when they want. Alot of us have families, jobs, responsibilities outside of madden. If a league plays 8 minute quarters, it takes about an hour to complete 1 game ( IF there is no DC and we have to start game over) . Alot of us have to work at scheduling a time to play our opponent and alot of times ,are lucky to find that open hour to do so , let alone , after or before each game now we HAVE to take time to scout as well or get punished by losing points??On top of having to do our game prep as well. Scouting is more than just simply pressing a button quickly to unlock stuff. There is alot of thought that goes into it . It takes time. As ive stated before, one reason alot of online guys would wait until offseason to scout was, because they didnt have to set aside an hour to play a game since it was the offseason and that actually gave them time to look over their team well, see needs, wants, and then focus in on who to scout and what to scout. The reason for this , is because we have lives! Which this new system seems to say , well tough for you, do it our way.

To me this just seems like a total disconnect from the actual online players. Again this is fine for offline, there is only 1 person to worry about their schedule and can make time whenever before there is an advance. In an online league that is not even close to the case and players shouldnt be punished for having a life and being lucky to squeeze in an hour to get in a weeks worth of game .In a slow moving league , this might be ok ( except again for anyone going out of town ) but in a faster moving one, this is not a good look. I ,as a commish of a fast moving league, give this

# 97 howboutdat @ 07/02/15 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremym480


	I'd dislike it less if you could scout online. Maybe they should get whoever worked on NCAA 14's website to create one for Madden because their online scouting was fine for the most part.

This also should be addressed. Scouting and Drafting should be able to be done from a website. I have tried to get @kolbel to just sit down and talk with the guy who runs Daddy leagues. It seems rather clear the cfm website is just an afterthought ( as ive already heard nothing new , feature wise , was done with the website) for the last few years its been pretty lame.The guy who runs DL has made his site even more functional than EA's own site and he pretty much works by himself. 1 man , making a more functional site than even EA( or whomever they sub that out to) is doing. I really wish they would just sit down and talk with him . I believe if they would just work with him on it, they wouldnt have to be putting a ton of money into it , but could make the cfm website much much more functional and bring bout more things like this we would like to see.

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