{"id":3659,"date":"2011-09-01T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2011-09-01T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T10:48:36","slug":"madden-12-%e2%80%93-not-so-%e2%80%98easy%e2%80%99-trophy-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/09\/01\/madden-12-%e2%80%93-not-so-%e2%80%98easy%e2%80%99-trophy-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Madden 12 \u2013 Not So \u2018Easy\u2019 Trophy Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I put Madden 12<\/em> in for the first time, and entered Ultimate Team Mode (MUT), I was presented with a message about my super, awesome, ultimate, top-shelf, Hall of Fame<\/em> edition surprise pack of all 99 rated past Madden<\/em> cover athletes. Good stuff all around because all this was mine, just for ponying up extra duckets for the Hall of Fame<\/em> edition of Madden 12<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For my troubles, and by troubles I really mean doing absolutely jack shit, I got an immediate Trophy ding<\/em> earning \u2018This One is Hard\u2019<\/em> because my MUT team was over the 80+ rating threshold.<\/p>\n

Gold Trophy goodness, but I feel a little dirty. Not to worry because the good folks at EA felt compelled to automatically import my MUT from yesteryear \u2013 my Madden 10<\/em> GA TX Falcons. Ah how I forgot all about you, but not for long.<\/p>\n

It seems that EA has included a nice little bug<\/a> that prevents prior MUT owners from earning the Bronze \u2018This One is Easy\u2019 Trophy for creating a MUT team.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get this out in the open. I played Madden 10<\/em> MUT, but I did not play MUT in Madden 11<\/em> because I did not want to be tempted to spend money on \u2018virtual\u2019 football cards. I love the concept of MUT, but that is an entirely different article, so before I start digressing, let\u2019s move back to the situation at hand.<\/p>\n

After entering MUT for the first time, and getting the before mentioned Trophy ding<\/em> I noticed that I didn\u2019t get a second Trophy ding<\/em> for creating a MUT. So I exited out of MUT back to the main menu, and entered MUT again.<\/p>\n

This time I was prompted with some info about how grateful EA was that I was returning to MUT. For my loyalty I was awarded some coins, maybe even a card or two, and I was given three free cards for playing the Madden 12<\/em> demo. More importantly, I was told that my previous MUT team was being imported, and because EA is so great, they were going to include some BS about when my MUT was established. Thanks, but WTF is my \u2018This One is Easy\u2019 Trophy?<\/p>\n

I do not see a way to create a new team, delete my old team, start over, or any other nonsense. I\u2019m not about to dick around deleting profiles, trying to establish a new EA ID or create an alternate PSN account just to work out EA\u2019s fucking laziness and lack of accountability when it comes to quality control and customer service.<\/p>\n

And why should I at this point just because EA felt compelled to import my previous MUT team without warning me that I was going to be up shit creek when it comes to getting a Platinum Trophy.<\/p>\n

Everything I have read indicates that this is a problem with the PS3 and 360 \u2013 so it is not as if EA has some random issue that only a few users will encounter. Instead of awarding loyal EA customers, and prior MUT players, EA has decided to bend us over and ram a rod up our collective rears. Of course the good folks at the EA help desk will not acknowledge the issue.<\/p>\n

I could go on, but why bother? Just another reason that EA needs some real NFL competition \u2013 can\u2019t wait for their exclusive license to expire.<\/p>\n

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