EA Sports continues to promote its Game Changers program. It’s a very unique one; if you’ve ever wanted to have a say in how their games are played, this is your chance. Keep in mind that Madden isn’t the only EA Sports game used in competitive play (obviously I’m looking at this from a tournament perspective, but that probably isn’t the ultimate angle).
The Game Changer Award recognizes exceptional community leaders from around the world who use their knowledge of EA SPORTS games to improve the experience and overall growth of the EA SPORTS Community.
Game Changers are independent community members who are offered a close connection with people at EA SPORTS. To acknowledge Game Changers’ leadership and provide a platform to help support their efforts, EA SPORTS often gives Game Changers early access to EA SPORTS games, as well as the opportunity to pass on their highly targeted feedback and recommendations about product design, development, and support.
Nine people have already been selected as part of the program, but they’re on the search for more. So be sure to check out the EA Sports blog for more info.
( thanks to GYT News for update )
New York — The fourth annual Madden NFL Debate Contest is scheduled to take place in Times Square on Saturday, Feb. 20. The debate features many promising contestants who compete for a cash prize debating over Madden-related topics.
According to event organizer, former NFL tight end and current CBS Analyst, Shannon Sharpe, the yearly debate measures competitors’ ability to argue about the lack of income, unattractiveness, or promiscuity of the other contestants’ mothers, the intelligence and sexual incompetence of the other contestants themselves, who exactly is the other contestants’ daddy, how poorly the other contestants actually play Madden, and finally the contestants must argue a side in the case for or against abortion. “This year, we’ve also added freestyle rap segment, in which competitors insult each other in an impromptu rap session,” added Sharpe, who claimed he could’ve won every single year if he hadn’t disqualified himself for being too skilled at this event.
Scott Garrison, who was expected to win last year’s competition but made a comment insulting all white people, only to remember about 18 seconds later that he actually is white, is one of the top-rated competitors in the event. Other top challengers include Greg Kindle, a scrawny, 5’6” 136 lb. 19 year-old with eczema and an inability to grow facial hair but who refers to himself as a “thug” and uses words like “dawg,” and “player” casually, Chris Hargrove, who wears a backward baseball cap constantly to cover up an inevitable bald spot, and last year’s winner, and J.D. Phillips, whose first and middle names do not actually contain the letters “J” or “D.”
“It helps to have a little background information,” said Garrison. “I checked out Chris Hargrove’s old high school yearbook. Turns out he was in drama. That dude’s going to get killed out there. I even found a picture of him wearing tights.”
According to Phillips’ research, Kindle’s so-called “wet jumpshot” in basketball is actually only slightly damp because of Kindle’s sweaty palms, is very low percentage, and appears to onlookers as though Kindle is trying to participate in shot put.
“I’m really looking forward to this year’s event,” said fan of the Madden NFL Debate, Brian West. “I think the newcomer, Andrew Shapiro, is underrated. This guy has been avoided by so many people on XBOX Live and I’m pretty sure he’s got the dirtiest mouth in the entire online community. I played against him in Madden one time, and there were some words I’d never thought could represent parts of my body. He taught me so much about trash-talk through my wireless headset.”
Shapiro was considered a trash-talk prodigy since he was 13 and revealed his strange knowledge of sexual intercourse and his own ability to father people much older than himself to everyone on his team during a game of Halo 2. Later in that same day, Shapiro entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest string of consecutive curse words ever heard by another person during a losing effort in Madden.
Rick Williamson, one of the custodians hired to clean up the area after all the excitement wears off, was a little less than enthused about the event. “I know eventually one of these guys will have to win,” said Williamson, “but this is one competition where everyone can be called a loser.”