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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:32PM (Unverified) said

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Couldn't we get it to work on someone who deserves it, like Kotick?
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 11:06PM Peter Moore said

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I think that's a fantastic idea, and it is duly noted.
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 2:31AM iofthestorm said

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I would love it if that was actually Peter Moore.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:33PM Typicalgamer said

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it would be hilarious if the next madden had a like 7 people in the front cover so they can all get hurt in some way...

i'm such a dick...
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:37PM HydrophobicFish PSN ID Hydrophob said

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I think I'd like to combine your idea, with the idea of the poster above you... "Couldn't we get it to work on someone who deserves it, like Kotick?"

So, my suggestion is to have seven pictures of Kotick on Madden 11.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:34PM KingBroly said

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We definitely need Madden on the cover again. That way, everyone who buys it will be cursed by the smug look of John Madden. Each and every day!
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:35PM Marius said

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I wish the curse wasnt exclusive to the Madden series but to all sport video games

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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:41PM Sly C said

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why?
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:45PM geo1378 said

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he probably dont like sports cause he was into dungeons and dragons in school
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:46PM Marius said

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because, there are some athletes I dont like

btw
HOOK 'EM HORNS
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:04PM No Kill Tayler said

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What if there was a college football genre? (if there is, please correct me.)
That'd be interesting
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:04PM Sly C said

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there is a college football genre. the NCAA games.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:06PM (Unverified) said

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Man.

No wonder no one likes you.
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 1:12AM No Kill Tayler said

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Ah, i'm going to check that out now.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 9:43PM (Unverified) said

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that would just be hilarious if that ever happened. Im a firm believer in it. I know that its the nfl and people get hurt but to have the madden cover players get hurt in some way the YEAR they are on the cover its a curse. Take this year for example. Polamau missed a game every now before he went on the cover but NOTHING like this injury.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:05PM Linkb8s XBL Tenku no Link said

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What about Ray Lewis of the Ravens or Donovan McNabb of the Eagles? Prior to being on the Madden cover neither had injury problems. Ray Lewis missed several games the year he was on the cover and McNabb has been having Injury issues consistently since he made his appearance on the cover.
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 1:41PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe it has something to do with players on the cover being some of the best in the league. For one, they have a target on their backs, and they play the game harder than the rest. And who hasn't been injured playing pro football?

And Favre was on the cover, but didn't succumb to this so-called curse. He may have wrecked his legacy, but that doesn't count because one; it's not an injury. 2; it was self-inflicted. I guess it does work for people who are reaching for something that is rooted in fantasy.

Curses only work in videogames, not because of them. Maybe if the sox had worried more about their gameplay and less on blaming their suckiness on a curse.....
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 3:29PM Linkb8s XBL Tenku no Link said

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@LegendaryRedass

Actually, Brett Favre was injured. He had a shoulder injury but the Jets never mentioned it on their injury reports and still had him play. While he did play however, his numbers suffered from the injury and what looked like a playoff spot for the Jets around mid-season was quickly lost when the Jets fell apart in the second half, partially due to Brett Favre's injury.

The Madden curse though isn't strictly that a play gets hurt, it's A) Player gets hurt, and/or B) Their numbers suffer in comparison to their average.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:15PM incendious said

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The curse isn't just about getting injured. Just ask Eddie George.
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2009 4:26PM (Unverified) said

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Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears got hurt the first game of the season(that was also his last from the injury) and he was on the Spanish version of Madden. :(
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:31PM Mr Khan said

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Mr. Yoon, the Spelling Gestapo have a warrant for your arraignment. The name you wished to type was Troy Polamalu, not Palamalu

I trust you will comply ;)
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 11:01PM Mitsuo said

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se8ABHcq8g4

"It's Polamalu do do dooo"
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 2:31AM Andrew Yoon said

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Thanks for catching that.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 10:41PM DBuckEye said

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I cheer for the Steelers, especially Polamalu, cause he's awesome, and Fitzgerald is on my fantasy team. This cover sucks.
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Posted: Sep 19th 2009 11:07PM Special Agent Steve said

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Our local NFL team sucks so much balls if one of them were on the cover they'd probably reverse the curse (Jaguars) don't stalk me please
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 2:05AM (Unverified) said

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Brett Farve was never injured. Yeah there was the whole fiasco with the retirement than trade... And retirement and...... But anyway amend it to "bad things happen" instead of injured.

Because the curse is too smart to injure Fitzgerald when you expect it to happen, so it'll do something else, like he gets a DUI and is suspended for 6 games or something.
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 5:51AM thecannonater said

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Does having a torn biceps not count as getting injured? Considering the fact that Favre is probably the most durable quarterback of all time, I think that even causing a minor, season ruining injury (the Jets had an 8-3 record in week 12 and lost four of their last five to bring them to 9-7) validates the curse. I mean, the guy has started 270 games in a row (tops among QBs by nearly a hundred), and is going to set the record for consecutive starts by a player in about ten hours.

So I guess my point is, taking the off-season debacle that you mentioned, and combining it with the minor injury and the implosion at the end of the season, I'd say that the Madden Curse hit Brett Favre pretty hard. And he got injured.
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 5:17AM chicago mafia said

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Put my wife on the cover, please!
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 10:47AM Dr Perry Ulysses Cox said

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You take care of your own wife, Chicago Mafia!
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 9:52AM McWilly said

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Curses don't exist unless people make them exist
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 1:05PM Assmar said

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Everyone knows Leonel Messi is the best footballer in the world...
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Posted: Sep 20th 2009 2:53PM (Unverified) said

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If the new 2d Sonic game sucks then the Sonic Cycle exists.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2009 1:05AM adv2k169 said

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they should just put John Madden on the box. He has been on the box a few times and the curse doesn't touch him to my knowing.
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