Shawn Drotar

I broke the story about Hall of Famers appearing in Franchise/Superstar rosters at OperationSports.com.

It should be noted that representatives from Electronic Arts and members of the Madden design team informed me specifically at the recent Community Day that this was not going to happen.

I asked specifically if Hall of Famers, when "unlocked", would then populate rosters used in other modes of play, and the answer was clearly "no", with one of the team laughing and telling me me that such a thing would be "silly".
I was told that they would merely appear as a "template" for future Superstar or Create-a-Player characters.

I noted their responses and left it at that until I received the game and noticed that it did not work as I was clearly told that it would.

At that point, I had a conversation with my contact at Electronic Arts, who was also initially confused. Hours later, I was told that the EA Tiburon personnel that clearly explained the functionality to me were "misinformed".

This may indeed be the case, but I'd like to stress that the breakdown in internal communication between members of EA's design team resulted in the report. It wasn't a matter of "like or dislike", it was a matter of explained versus actual functionality - which is what I reported on in the first place.

Certainly, if EA Tiburon had had it's answers straight at the Community Day, there would have been no need to report an any discrepancy.

Nevertheless, a quick response from the design team regarding a workaround is both reassuring and appreciated.

-Shawn Drotar
Managing Editor, OperationSports.com