Awesome!

I just got word from Amazon that not only is my copy of NCAA 10 going to be three dollars cheaper than they originally said it would be, thus being $11 cheaper than retail, it's going to arrive tomorrow, when the original estimate was that it wouldn't start shipping until the 20th. I'd say two days late is a fair price to pay for getting it $11 off.

As promised...

...the final design for the UC Oceanside Friars' football uniforms! There are two helmets, four jerseys and two pants.


Home jersey


Away jersey


Home alternate jersey


Away alternate jersey

I went through quite a few preliminary designs that differed greatly from my original sketches, but finally decided on a simple design. Keep in mind that these uniforms might not be completely final. There's just over a month until the game is released, so I've got a lot of time to potentially change my mind.

As for the stadium and field, since you can't create your own stadium (entry #1 on my wishlist for next year's game) I went with the Louisiana Superdome. Unfortunately, since all four of the 100K+ stadiums (Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State and Tennessee) have obvious signage. I'm not picking a stadium with a lot of signs since I'm a stickler for detail and it'll bother me greatly if, for example, I see a big "Ohio State Buckeyes" on the side of the press box during a game that doesn't involve Ohio State in any way. Especially since I hate Ohio State. UC Oceanside's stadium will be called Pendleton Field.

As for the field, see for yourself.

Ignore the circles on the field. Those are just the buttons to press in the TeamBuilder application to change options on the field.

All in all, I'm happy with this one. I've also created the SCLSU Mud Dogs (from The Waterboy) and La Costa Canyon (my high school) and the Chicago Bears as universities.

I can't wait to pick up my copy of this game.

I am not dead yet

I admit that I've been having some trouble recently with keeping this blog updated, but things have just been rough. I had to deal with the move back home from school, and I've been really absorbed in work around the house and job hunting, which is unfortunately not going so well. I'm not even getting to the point where they reject me. A lot of the places just aren't hiring. It's a sign of how crappy the economy is.

However, I will press on and I will keep applying. There's got to be some place out there that's hiring, but I'm not going to find it unless I apply.

Also, the TeamBuilder website is online. I should have some images of UC Oceanside's jerseys soon.

Even more NCAA 10 stuff

So, it's been revealed that created teams will be limited to two helmets, four jerseys and two pants. Therefore, I've had to revise the uniforms yet again.







To be really honest, I'm sick of creating all of these images. This game can't come out any quicker.

More NCAA 10 CAS stuff

So, after having heard the news that we are limited to four uniforms (home and away with home and away alternates) I went ahead and changed Oceanside's uniforms a bit. Nothing too major.


Home, Away, Home alternate, Away alternate

Also, user pbplayer178 created a custom Rob Gronkowski cover for me to use if/when I buy the game.

UC Oceanside's uniforms-to-be

We are now 78 days from the release of NCAA Football 10 and I'm starting real preparations for making UC Oceanside. In addition to revising the logo because I remembered that all UC schools have both blue and gold in their logos, I've already drawn up what I want their uniforms to look like.



However, those uniforms are only if I'm limited to just four uniforms.

More NCAA 10 news

As promised, here's the IGN article.

I've decided that my first created school will be a throwback to the created schools I used to make on the last-gen games: UC Oceanside. I've even got a logo for it. Thankfully, there's a real school with the initials "UCO" (the University of Central Oklahoma) so I'm going to use their logo with a different color scheme.

Here is Central Oklahoma's real logo followed by the two color schemes I've thought up so far.

NCAA 10 News: TeamBuilder = Create-a-School

From EA:

NCAA Football 10 introduces TeamBuilder, an all-new, online create-a-school feature that will enhance the user’s ability to produce personalized content. With the capability to upload logos and numerous customization options for uniforms, fields, rosters, and much more, TeamBuilder gives users the opportunity to design completely original teams with infinite possibilities. Plus, preloaded logos for several Football Championship Subdivision schools will help users create authentic teams for NCAA Football 10. With its intuitively designed online database that is searchable across several fields, TeamBuilder allows users to share content with ease. A football fan’s dream, TeamBuilder will enable users to experience the excitement and pageantry of college football, defined by their own personalized creations.

Basically, this is huge for me. I would have gladly taken the last-gen Create-a-School over nothing at all, but this goes above and beyond what I expected. This is absolutely incredible. If there actually is the ability to upload your own logos, the options are basically endless. Of course, when I play, my primary dynasty will be Arizona, but I'll definitely be creating my own schools for sure.

IGN will have a big article about TeamBuilder tomorrow. I'll be sure to have that article here tomorrow ASAP.

Update on Wilbur's jersey in NCAA 10

From one of the EA developers on the aforementioned message board:

His jersey has been corrected for this year. It now says "09" on the front. It was one of the requests from Arizona.

I am extremely happy, to say the least, that EA is paying attention to these little details.

As-yet-unrevealed features for NCAA Football 10 revealed?

A poster over at the NCAA Strategies board found a promotional display version of NCAA Football 2010 at his local Gamestop. I'm definitely looking forward to this game for obvious reasons, but there are two things that caught my eye.



For one, Wilbur the Wildcat is on there. That is unbelievably awesome but I don't understand it, considering we're not on the same level as Florida or Texas. I'll take what I can get, though.

Most importantly, however, is the fact that Create-a-School is back! Yes! I've been waiting for this for so long! Those of you who don't know my video game preferences should know that I'm a big fan of customization ability in games, and I absolutely love creating my own teams in games like this. I remember back on the last-gen versions of NCAA, my brother and I would always create the UC Oceanside Eagles (him) and the Cal State Oceanside Broncos (me), and play a "rivalry" of sorts against each other (Oceanside's my hometown back in California). This is amazing news.

At the same time, though, there are plenty of typos there (in addition to Wilbur's jersey being inaccurate (it should be 09 instead of 05)) that could call the authenticity of this into question. However, considering it's just a promo box, those typos would be fixed before the actual game went out. EA usually puts out a development podcast every Thursday, and in light of the fact that they've got plenty of ears to the ground at the NCAA Strategies forum, I wouldn't be surprised if we get official confirmation on this come Thursday.

I'm definitely looking forward to this game.