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Saving competitive Madden doesn’t have anything to do with the the inside baseball talk of MUT, targeting blocking schemes, etc.. Make a lower bar of access for growth that starts with regs. Cast a wide net for growth. Maybe something like a city>state>national>world competition.

They’re going to try to convince you that what doesn’t work anymore, will work again; just give them another ten years! It’s up to community. Like FGC community (not publisher) made EVO, it can be done for Madden and other sports games too. Must benefit ALL for it to last though.

Whoever is the next MCS commissioner that will improve comp MADDEN, not just MUT, should be able to think outside the box of the current status quo. They also must have REAL ROOTS in the comp scene (really put skin in the game). Make sure it’s worthwhile to EVERYONE involved.

. All the extra elements of MUT; plus it becoming a huge money and time suck, turns a lot of players off. Life and time priorities eventually walk anyone down.

. I believe that MCS doesn’t crown the best MADDEN player in the world, just the best MUT player. EA should have an MCS set aside for Regs, open up the field as wide as possible. Back then, it was way more ratings based, no complicated abilities, chems, gems, etc.. Cont …

. I know that time moves on, but I remember that prior to MUT being installed as the base of MCS, high level players laughed at MUT. Before UT existed it was purely about scheme and team, and you could tell at live tournaments who was actually good. Cont …