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This guide can be used for all other versions of the game EXCEPT PSP. The point of this guide to tell you how to build a team in the Create-a-Team with minimal difficulties. I had difficulties at first, and could find help, so I figured it all out on my own and decided to make this guide. I try to answer all your questions, but if you have good questions, my email can be found at the bottom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ___ ___ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ ___ ___ | _>| . || \ ||_ _|| __>| \ ||_ _|/ __> | <__| | || | | | | _> | | | | \__ \ `___/`___'|_\_| |_| |___>|_\_| |_| <___/ (Letters in Parenthesis are Search Keys) 1. The First Steps (TOS) 2. Team Types (TTF) 3. The Stadium Design (STD) 4. Uniforms and their Complexity (UTC) 5. Logo Listings (LGD) 6. Fantasy Guide (FNG) 7. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 8. Legal Information and Contact Information (LICI) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. (TOS) ___ _ ____ _ _____ _____ _ _ __ | |_||_ |_ | |_)(_ | (_ | |_ |_)(_ | | ||_ | _|_| \__) | __) | |_ | __) Alright here we go. To start, I'd go to the Soundtracks and turn on only songs you like because it's easier to work with good music. Anyway, On the Main Menu, go to "Features". From here, go to "Create-A-Team" (hard, I know). Select "CREATE NEW TEAM" (or a team you made if you wish to edit that team). Now you're here. Here is what each catagory is used for: -Primary Color: Primary Color is the color of your team's logo and is the default for your team's home uniform. -Secondary Color: This is the background for your team's logo, and the color of minor features on your uniforms -Team Logo: Your teams Logo or Icon (Logo's Listed and Described Later) -Team First Name: The "First Name" of your team. Ex: In "New England Patriots", "New England" is the First name. Team Name: The Main Name of your team. Ex: In "New England Patriots", "Patriots" are the Team Name -Abbreviation: The Shorthand for your teams name used for things like save file, penalty flags, and such. -City: The City your team plays from. Ex: "Detroit Lions" play from Detroit. -State: The US State your team is from (50 states; Puerto Rico included; No Washington DC/District of Colombia) -Team Type: Where your team's strenghts and/or weaknesses(This is covered in the next setion) Here is a quick run through on how this would work. You pick your primary color and can customize it to exactly the hue you want by adding any combination of the 3 primary colors of light and the Brightness. Then you do the same thing for the Secondary Colors. Then you enter the Team First Name by using their little on screen keyboard which is all self-explanitory. Then you do the same for the Team name. For Abbrev, You can only use 3 letters and they made capital no matter what. Then you continue to type in your city name. Then you use the d-pad and move left and/or right to choose a state. Then you pick your team type from a list of types (about to be covered). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. (TTF) ___ _ ___ _ _ __ | |_ /\ |\/| | \_/|_)|_ (_ | |_/--\| | | | | |_ __) There are 8 Team types, I shall describe each one now: Note: These numbers can changed by a a point or each way, these are just the usually range. Warning: Do NOT select Fantasy yet if you are following this guide from start to finish because you'll get confused. If you want to though, skip down to the Fantasy section. Another Note: Unless you choose Fantasy, your team is all randomly generated people with stats that fit the type you chose. These players CANNOT be edited. -Air It Out Overall: 83 Offense: 91 Defense: 75 Notes: Excels at the Passing Game, not so good with Run Plays. Excels at Pass Defense, but not running game. -All Madden Overall: 95 Offense: 96 Defense: 94 Notes: Pretty Much Elite and Excels in all Fields -Balanced Overall: 82 Offense: 82 Defense: 83 Notes: Average in all fields -Cupcake Overall: 63 Offense: 66 Defense: 60 Notes: Crappy in all fields; Good match for NFL Europe Teams -Smashmouth Overall: 84 Offense: 81 Defense: 86 Notes: Excels at running game offensively and defensively, but struggles on both sides of the ball with the Passing Game. -Strong Def(ense) Overall: 85 Offense: 76 Defense: 94 Notes: As you'd think, the defense is great but the offense can't move the ball well. This team depends on the defense to create turnovers and such so offense can not have to go so far to score. -Strong Off(ense) Overall: 81 Offense: 91 Defense: 72 Notes: As you'd think, the offense can move the ball very well and score. The defense is really weak. This team relies on the offense to score a lot to keep them above their foe. -Fantasy Overall: N/A Offense: N/A Defense: N/A Notes: You get to select all your players from actual NFL teams and the free agent list. Therefore, the stats can vary immensely.(Covered in much more detail later) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. (STD) _____ _ ___ _ _ _____ __ (_ | /\ | \ | | ||\/| | \|_ (_ | /__ |\ | __) |/--\|_/_|_|_|| | |_/|_ __)_|_\_| | \| Well now we have our players all made up. Now you can move forward to the Stadium designer. Here is the options in order: -N End Zone -N Corner -S End Zone -S Corner -E Sideline -W Sideline -Roof/Lights -Info -Field Those are the catagories, here are their options: -End Zones: 1st Deck Options: Indent (Two Tunnels) Stairs (No Tunnel) Tunnel (One Big Tunnel) Straight Across (No Tunnel) 2nd Deck Options: Straight Across Scoreboard Cut-In Scoreboard Open Ended (Cuts into Stadium) 3rd Deck Options: Straight Across Scoreboard Split Scoreboard Open Scoreboard (Only with 2nd Deck at Open Ended) Closed Scoreboard (Only with 2nd Deck at Open Ended) -Corners: 1st Deck West or East Options: Straight Across Stairs Extended (More Seats) Tunnel -Sidelines: 1st Deck Options: Straight Across (No Tunnel) Stairs Tunnel Indented 2nd Deck Options: Straight Across Press & Luxury Open Single Deck 2 Decks 3rd Deck Options: Straight Across Press & Luxury Press -Roof/Lights Options: 4 lights 6 Lights 8 lights* Roof 1* (Totally Covered) Roof 2* (Slightly Open Roof) Roof 3* (Totally Covered) Roof 4* (Slightly Open) Roof 5* (Flat and Totally Covered) *Note: All Options with Star are Unavailable with an Open Ended Endzone -Info Options: Stadium Name: The name of your Stadium (type it in) Endzone Walls: 15 different Patterns and the option of None Sideline: 4 patterns and the option of None -Field Options: Grass Type: Natural Grass Artificial Turf Baseball Grassy Turf Midfield: Team Logo EA Sports Logo NFL Logo None End Zone Art: Team Name #1 (First Name) Team Name #2 (First name with colors flipped) Nickname #1 (Team Name) Nickname #2 (Team Name with Colors Flipped) Diamonds Checkerboard Slashes None End Zone Background: Black Primary (color) Secondary (color) None Background: Metro 1 (City) Metro 2 (Big City) Rural (Countryside) Mountains Desert Tropical Wow that was a lot wasn't it? Remember, pending on what features you give your stadium, you can have cold games, hot games, or nice indoor games. Also, Higher capacities make the crowd a lot louder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. (UTC) ___ _ _ _ __ | ||\ | | |_ / \|_)|\/|(_ |_|| \|_|_| \_/| \| |__) Wow this part is very very very confusing, but simple once you get it down. Since every section has "Home, Away, Alt Home, Alt Away" unforms, I'm going ignore talking about them because it'd be a waste of space. This section is more explaining that listing. Note the 16 colors on the bar next your logo. The 1st 2 are your primary and secondary colors. You choose the other colors later. Well if you choose a color for something, you move left and right to all those 16 colors in the boxes. If you want a color that's not on there, move over to a color you do not want, then hit A. Now select and/or modify a color of your choice. This selected color will replace the color of box you selected. Neat huh? Just remember this because I kept accidentally changing the primary and secondary colors this way. Helmet: I prefer it to be the same on all uniforms but you can do what you want. Start by selecting helmet color. BE CAREFUL not to change the primary color, refer to the above paragraph. Then choose a Stripe Type (None, Single w/ Logo, Single, Triple w/ Logo, Triple, Short, Short w/ Logo). Now if you chose to have Stripes, choose their color. Now advance on to the facemask color. Now from here, just design the helmet for the other uniforms the same (or different if you like). Jersey: There are 4 Jersey types. #1 is solid with numbers on the front, back, and shoulders. #2 has a thick strip on each shoulder. #3 Has the shoulders a different color. #4 has stripes going down the sides. Once you find the jersey you like, select it's color. Now pick the number type. There are 4 types, but they aren't all that dazzling. Number color is the color of the Numbers AND the Name of the player on the back. Outline Color is the color outlining the numbers. Now if your Jersey can use it, you can choose extra stripes and/or your team logo. And if you have these stripes, you can choose their color. Once again, repeat these for all your jerseys. Pants: There are no variety of pants. Start by picking the color. Then pick between None, Single Stripe, Double Stripe, Triple Stripe, Short Stripe, Wide Stripe, or Logo. Now if you have stripes, you can pick their color. Now the belt color comes. The belt is very small but noticable if the chosen color stands out enough. Now for the socks. Socks are always at least half white. Your options though for sock stripes are None, Single, Double, or Triple. Now you can pick one color for the sock stripe. If you have Double, the inner stripes are white. If you have Triple, they are the color you picked for the pants. Shoe Color is just black or white. Now repeat for all pants. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. (LDG) _ __ _ __ | / \/__ / \(_ |_\_/\_| \_/__) Alright there are 4 Catagories of Logos: Note: After a name of a logo, parenthesis describe what it looks like. GENERIC LOGOS: EA Sports Logo Tiburon Shark Anchor Baboon Bandit Baron Bat Bear Bear Paw Beaver Bee Big I ("I" made of Iron Girders) Boar Bruin (Bear) Bull Bulldog Cardinal Cavalier (Trojan) Centurian (Trojan) Comet Convict Cougar Coyote Croc Deer Demon Desperado (Cowboy) Devil Dolphin Dragon Dynamo (Football Player running) Eagle Engineer Flag Fly (Jet) Gecko General (Two Swords) Hawk Hawk #2 Hawk #3 Horn (Bike Horn) Horse Hyena Killer Bee King (Football with Crown) Knight Leopard Lightning (Fist with Lightning Bolt) Lion Magic (Magic Hat) Marshal (Star) Miner Monster Mountain Lion Mountaineer Mummies (Egyption Carving) Native (Indian) Native #2 (Different Indian) Native #3 (Better looking Indian) Navy (Boat) Octopus Panther Panther #2 Paw Penguin Pharaoh (Anubis) Piranha Pirate Pitchfork Plane Plunderer (Pirate Flag) Python Ranger (Circle with Star) Ravager (Pirate) Rhino River Rat (Badger?) Rocket Rooster (Fox with 4 tails) Scorpian Scorpian #2 Scot (Scottish Man) Sea Monster (Lock Ness Monster) Shark Shark #2 Shark #3 (Fin) Shield Skull (Skull and Crossbones) Snake Spider Steed (Bull) Sub-Zero (Thermometer) Sugar Buzz (Freaky looking kid) Swashbuckler (Pirate) Swine Swine #2 Sword Tank Tiger Tiger #2 Tiger #3 Tiger #4 Toy (Hammer and Wreath) Train viper Warthog Wasp Wildcat Wrecking Ball Wizard Wolf Worker Yeti (Big Foot) Alphabet Logos: A-Z... pretty simple NFL Logos: Bears Bengals Bills Broncos Browns Buccaneers Cardinals Chargers Chiefs Colts Cowboys Dolphins Eagles Falcons 49ers Giants Jaguars Jets Lions Packers Panthers Patriots Raiders Rams Ravens Redskins Saints Seahawks Steelers Texans Titans Vikings AFC NFC Admirals Centurions Fire Galaxy Sea Devils Thunder Historic Logos: Classic Bengals Classic Bills Classic Broncos Classic Browns Classic Bucs Classic Chargers Classic Colts Classic Cowboys Classic Dolphins Classic Eagles Classic Falcons Classic 49ers Classic Giants Classic Giants #2 Classic Jets Classic Jets #2 Classic Lions Classic Oilers Classic Oilers #2 Classic Packers Classic Patriots Classic Rams Classic Rams #2 Classic Seahawks Original Chiefs Original Texans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. (FNG) __ ___ __ |_ /\ |\ | | /\ (_ \_/ | /--\| \| | /--\__) | Here's the deal; Unless you choose fantasy, you cannot edit anyone on your team. This upset me. So what you have to do is build a team by selecting any player you want in the NFL for each position. Be warned though, if you pick too many good players, your team will not be able to play in Franchise mode because it's salary is just ridiculous. Your team can have a max of 55 players and the cap Salary to allow use in Franchise mode is $85.5 Million, so check you players salary if you want a franchise. It's ok to have not so good players on your team. Also you must a certain number of people at each position here are the requirements: QB-3 HB-3 FB-1 TE-2 T-4 G-4 DE-4 DT-3 OLB-4 CB-4 FS-2 SS-2 P-1 WR-4 MLB-2 C-2 K-1 If you do the math, all those numbers add to 46. This means 9 extra spots where you can add extra players. Example: You can have 3 Kickers if you want, as long as you meet all the other player requirements are under or at 55 players. Like I said earlier, watch your salary. If you don't care about salary and don't want a franchise, then just pick whoever. My next point, if you want to make your own players, there are 2 ways to do this. You edit real people on the real teams or free agents. Once you do whatever you like to their stats and appearance, you can put them on your fantasy team. If you don't want to do that, you can "Create-A-Player" in the features menu and put him on the Free Agents list (or any team really). That player can now be drafted on your fantasy team as well. Remember, these players won't get as much salary as actual players, but if you make them good enough they can still be pretty pricey. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. (FAQ) __ __ |_ /\ / \ | /--\\_\/ Q: Why did you make this guide? A: It's a funny story. I had a dream about Vin Diesel having his own football team named "Infinity". The stadium was the Apocalypse Bowl in Armageddon, Texas. So I decided to make this team. I had a hard time figuring out the system, but eventually got it. So I made this guide to help others. By the way, my HB is Chuck Norris. Q: How do I change the names of people on my roster is I did not choose fantasy? A: You can't. I'm sorry but there just is no way you can, the game doesn't let you. Q: Can I have my Superstar on my created Team? A: Once again no, sorry. You could recreate him using Create-a-Player but you can't directly put him on there. Q: Can I stick a created Playbook to a created Team? A: Once again, No. Sorry. You can only select it each time after selecting your team. Q: Can I Create-A-Fan for my Created Team? A: Nope ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. (LICI) __ __ __ __ __ ___ _____ __ __ | |_ / _ /\ | /\ |\ || \ / / \|\ | | /\ / | ||\ ||_ / \ |__|__\__)/--\|__ /--\| \||__/ \__\__/| \| | /--\\__ | || \|| \__/ This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. I, samthebigkid, own all rights to this guide. All characters and trademarks belong to their respected owners. For information, comments, flames, or what-not email me at: samthebigkid@hotmail.com If you are sending a message, make the Topic "Madden" or something around those lines. Just to warn you I have virus and spam blockers so don't try sending me crap. MY REQUESTS: -Anything Useful and Creating Teams -Heck, anything useful about creating players History: Started: 1-04-06 Finished: 1-05-06 Current Version: 1.00 Updates: -----NONE----- *****-----COMING-SOON!-----***** -More Descriptions of the Logos -More in Depth in the Fantasy -More in Depth with Stadiums ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ samthebigkid 2006