Have you ever been frustrated with the gamers you’ve been pitted against in Madden NFL Online? Well now you and up to 2,000 of your friends can build your own Madden NFL Online Community. Gamers of similar ilk can play head to head with their own set of rules and their own leader boards. Here are some of the details of Online Communities in Madden NFL 12 and videos and developer blogs on the new mode can be found here.
Each gamer can be a part of up to five different Online Communities
When creating a Community, you have the option to leave it open to the public and send invite messages to anyone you like or you can set a Community password that must be entered when other users try to join
The Community creator will set the “house rules”
Every game option and slider in Madden NFL 12 will be editable and can be applied to all head-to-head game within the Community
The Community creator can give members “Manager Permissions” that allow them to promote other members to Manager, kick out members, and change Community options and sliders
All Online Community games will be ranked on a Community Leaderboard
Individual stats will be tracked and ranked
Recent game results will be displayed for the entire community to see
Online Communities works with Online Team Play (OTP)
You will be able to team up with members of your Community to play 3 vs. 3 games against other Communities
Each Community will have its own private lobby room where you can chat with your fellow members and gather teammates to take on other Communities.
From the lobby, you can view a box score and participants of games in progress
Every Community will be ranked against the rest of the world on the Community Team Play Leaderboard
Squads are back, boosts are gone, and all of your stats for all six squads will be recorded and ranked in the Squad Stats Leaderboard
Your individual Team Play squad stats in one Community will carry over into all your other Communities
Grieving rules will be in place – individuals who cause excessive delay of game or encroachment penalties will get kicked out of the game
The classic Madden NFL camera is back on both sides of the ball
