{"id":1968,"date":"2010-01-29T10:39:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T15:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/29\/daily-dose-of-mut-%e2%80%93-first-five-days\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T06:38:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T11:38:38","slug":"daily-dose-of-mut-%e2%80%93-first-five-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/29\/daily-dose-of-mut-%e2%80%93-first-five-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Dose of MUT \u2013 First Five Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am on a 2 game losing skid (Cleveland and Tampa Bay \u2013 yikes!), my team rating has dropped to 63, and my chemistry continues to plummet, typically hovering anywhere from 39-45.  I am about to have 2-6 contracts expire, and I only have 397 coins in the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to MUT, I had not really played <em>Madden 10<\/em> for weeks, so I am just now getting re-acclimated to the game.  When I did play, it was always offline, and always with the Falcons (a low 80\u2019ish rated team).  The bottom line is that I am struggling with my 63-64 rated GA TX Falcons (pro skill level), but I am having fun.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I finish off another offline game on pro, I will once again have enough coins to pick up another Bronze pack, which will once again replenish my depleted team.  My only issue here is that Silver packs are out of reach.  By the time I get to 1500 coins, even with some use of the auction house, I may not be able to field a team, which makes saving for a Silver pack unreasonable.<\/p>\n<p>After a week into this adventure I can so that it is possible to sustain a team without throwing real money at the game, but it begs the question \u2013 \u201cis this really fun?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll answer my previous question by saying yes, however I wish I could earn enough coins to actually purchase a pack of Silver cards and not completely deplete my team.  I could just suck it up and pay \u2013 $0.25 per Bronze pack, $0.50 per Silver pack, and $0.99 per Gold pack.  All perfectly reasonable, and of course this is where EA hopes they can earn a few more dollars.  In fact, I bet EA has a gold mine going thanks to MUT.<\/p>\n<p>I came close to \u201cfunding\u201d my team with real money last night, and to be perfectly honest I probably will over the weekend just so I can once again see what <em>Madden<\/em> is like with at least a 70\u2019ish rated team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am on a 2 game losing skid (Cleveland and Tampa Bay \u2013 yikes!), my team rating has dropped to 63, and my chemistry continues to plummet, typically hovering anywhere from 39-45. I am about to have 2-6 contracts expire, and I only have 397 coins in the bank. 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