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Title: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: schild on June 10, 2005, 07:20:59 AM http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/09/news_6127269.html
Quote The service features the EA Sports Edge analyzer tool, which lets gamers optimize their starting lineups, and MaddenView, which is described as "an all-new prediction tool." The service also links up to Madden NFL 06, allowing team owners to check scores, get up-to-date fantasy information, and earn in-game trophies. EA did not specify if all versions of Madden NFL 06 will be able to link up to the service. Winners of each league will receive an EA game of their choice, and the top overall scorer wins a VIP trip to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Would-be commissioners can start a league for $49.99, and teams can play for $9.99. God I love it when they use a free gift and the cost of that free gift in the same sentence. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: HaemishM on June 10, 2005, 08:44:03 AM Fuck EA in their tiny little asses. I'm not going to pay them for a fantasy service when others either do it free, or have been doing it a while, such as Sportsline or Yahoo or ESPN. I don't care if it links up with my console football game of choice or not.
Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: WayAbvPar on June 10, 2005, 10:44:45 AM Sigh.
If they give free fantasy football services the 800-pound gorilla raping, I will fucking burn every EA office to the ground.* *This is what we refer to as hyperbole, evil CIA/FBI/NSA/Homeland Security Overlords. Please keep Lynddie England as far from me as possible, kthx.] Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: sinij on June 10, 2005, 11:19:16 AM I subscribed to it twice to make sure EA continues to fuck your console-loving asses over.
Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Paelos on June 10, 2005, 11:45:01 PM I subscribed to it twice to make sure EA continues to fuck your console-loving asses over. Now that's just spitful. At least fuck over everyone for a better reason than consoles. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Evangolis on June 11, 2005, 04:06:46 AM So how long until EA begins requiring you to use their Fantasy Football service, since they have the exclusive rights to the use of all NFL player names in games?
And will Homeland Security be the ones making the bust of illegal Fantasy Football Leagues? And does that mean that if we start Arena Football fantasy leagues, that the terrorists have already won? Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Merusk on June 11, 2005, 08:58:35 AM So how long until EA begins requiring you to use their Fantasy Football service, since they have the exclusive rights to the use of all NFL player names in games? Sonofabitch.. I didn't even think of that. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Shockeye on June 11, 2005, 09:03:53 AM So how long until EA begins requiring you to use their Fantasy Football service, since they have the exclusive rights to the use of all NFL player names in games? Sonofabitch.. I didn't even think of that. I doubt that'll happen. ESPN has a lot of lawyers. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: schild on June 11, 2005, 09:12:25 AM Fantasy Football is a game. Depending on the amount of evil in the exclusivity deal with EA about players names, teams and symbols, this very well could be EA pulling the blanket over everyones head. They might have just delivered the inglewood jack to the entire sports industry.
Which, I'll grant, is fucking cunning. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Shockeye on June 11, 2005, 09:32:24 AM Fantasy Football is a game. Depending on the amount of evil in the exclusivity deal with EA about players names, teams and symbols, this very well could be EA pulling the blanket over everyones head. They might have just delivered the inglewood jack to the entire sports industry. Which, I'll grant, is fucking cunning. The NFL would not sign away the rights to fantasy football without an extra $5 billion in liscensing fees. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: schild on June 11, 2005, 10:13:11 AM People have made dumber mistakes.
Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Evangolis on June 11, 2005, 10:15:48 AM So how long until EA begins requiring you to use their Fantasy Football service, since they have the exclusive rights to the use of all NFL player names in games? Sonofabitch.. I didn't even think of that. I doubt that'll happen. ESPN has a lot of lawyers. You may be right. On the other hand, this is the country where you have to pay royalties if you want to sing Kumbaya (http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/20-13.htm) at your summer camp. Because that's how Geogre Washington meant it to be. Title: Re: EA makes ridiculous fantasy football service. Post by: Trippy on June 11, 2005, 03:08:58 PM Fantasy Football is a game. Depending on the amount of evil in the exclusivity deal with EA about players names, teams and symbols, this very well could be EA pulling the blanket over everyones head. They might have just delivered the inglewood jack to the entire sports industry. The NFL would not sign away the rights to fantasy football without an extra $5 billion in liscensing fees.Which, I'll grant, is fucking cunning. |