Dear Team Builder Team, do you need help? Are you okay?
Look, I get it. I've launched several web-based products/services in my career. It's really hard. There's a lot of stuff under the hood that inexplicably impacts other stuff that 'should be fine'. But... guys... this team builder is... so broken. Whats your process for usability testing? Where are the super-user story cards for such a big undertaking? Surely you got real-world input and feedback from people in the community that were all about Franchise and what they planned to do with such features? Forget the fact that it just doesn't work as advertised, this shows zero consideration for die-hard customers that got AMPED about creating their own 32-team fantasy league. Questions? I have so many. Why are there still only 5 stadium options, when there ARE extra stadium models that already exist? Why can't you randomize player rosters in team builder instead of having the same 4 options? Every division would be a multiverse of the same players. Why do some of the commentators call the team-builder players the wrong name? (Mike Tirico calls QB Flores something random/wrong. There's only 4 teams of names!) Why are Kickers and Punters not even visible options to edit in Team Builder? Why is the Nickname/Team Name reversed, causing the lucky few who built teams (and even fewer able to then download those same teams) to have the "CHICAGO CHICAGOs" as their team name? (causing only extra-savvy users who figured out it was a simple coding issue to put the wrong stuff in the right places to get it to display correctly) Why can I spend hours building, saving, and uploading a team (most of those hours spent trying to figure out why its failing to upload) only to not be able to download that team in the game, only getting an "error - try again later" message? Why can't I use my team builder teams offline? Why is it that Team Builder Teams won't recognize the city if it already has audio lines for that city? If you build a Buffalo, Chicago, etc team and replace that same city in-game, you just get generic lines like "The Offense / The Home Team" when you could easily keep that team's city name for audio lines and exclude the mascot name. There's too many more, but I'll leave it there. FYI, in a proper user-focused product build/activation, you'd plan for these use-cases with 'stories' that essentially reverse-engineer these pretty obvious/low-hanging fruit questions and challenge the build/dev team to support these scenarios. But I don't have to explain basic Human Centered Design principles to you, do I? Source: I am a professional UX Product Owner / Creative Director who's launched million-dollar projects for global brands like BMW. Final question: Seriously, do you need help? I would gladly do a UX audit for team-builder, as I personally want it to be AMAZING, and I am (clearly) disappointed in the initial product release. When you don't address stuff like this, it speaks louder than if you did address it. At least, like, tell us you know it's bad, don't sugarcoat it. Tell us what you realistically will/won't/can/can't fix. Support us the way we try to support you. Set better expectations. When you're mad that we're mad, it means we're onto something. Xoxo, Game Weenie
TeamBuilder Not In Play Now?
I don't see the option to play as teambuilder teams in play now. I cannot imagine why this would not be a thing. It's in CFB25. If you wanna preview a team's stadium or roster, you have to make an entire franchise save. You can't just hop in a game with a random team, or couch play your custom teams against each other. PLEASE tell me this isn't by design or by choice. It makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. Is there a fix on the way?Team Builder MySchool Grades for Facilities and Stadium Atmosphere are BROKEN
I am not sure if this is limited to just this grade template, but I believe the MySchool grades for the "Untapped Potential" template are fundamentally broken for online dynasties. I created a Team Builder school using the Untapped Potential template. According to the website, this is supposed to grant a Stadium Atmosphere grade of A, and an Athletic Facility grade of A+. Screenshot #2: When I load into the new dynasty, everything is correct. Stadium=A, Ath Fac=A+. Then you start advancing, and the problems begin. Screenshot #3: This is the transfer portal week 1, year 1. My Stadium grade is now D+ (90k fan UCLA stadium), and Ath Fac grade is now C+. This issue persists no matter how many years you advance, or how many games you win. I did multiple other tests where I did force wins for 2-3 seasons and the same thing happens. Stadium never improved over D+, and the highest the Athletic facilities got was B- as a 5* prestige school with multiple championships. THIS IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM FOR THE COMMUNITY: Doing some sleuthing online, it appears that I am not the only person with this problem. Here are some examples of other Online Dynasty Team Builder users experiencing the EXACT SAME GLITCH. Reddit User #1 Reddit User #2 EA Forums User #1 This is a huge, Dynasty-breaking issue for those that compete in 32-man online dynasties with Team Builders. I've seen very little exposure of this issue amongst the Dynasty community and want to be sure it is written somewhere so that it can be known and addressed. I fear, though, that this is something that won't get addressed until CFB27 (if at all...).Teambuilder - facemask bug
Transferred team over from 25 and everything went smoothly. On import none of my chrome facemasks came through. They were the right color but no chrome. Went back into teambuilder, edited them back to normal, saved and redid with chrome. Still nothing, none of my other teams imported with chrome facemasks are working either. Really taking some luster off some uniforms
Madden Team Builder does not work
Team builder does not work and is 100% totally busted. No clue how anyone has gotten anything through because even the default option results in a 112 error. Here's what I've tried: Tried making a team with custom AI generated logo. Not offensive. Not copyrighted. Totally custom logo. Made the team, ensured a color was selected for each option and that the logo was of a reasonable size/fit properly. Nothing on helmet bumpers. Save --> submit --> 112 error. Ok. Remove the logos, all of them. Same thing. Save --> submit --> 112 error. Alright maybe its just my team. Create a new team. Change nothing at all. Totally default. Save --> submit --> 112 error. Ok. Maybe the default options are bad. Edit newly made default team. Remove the two default logos from both helmets. Select default colors for everything so each option has a selecetion. Save --> submit --> 112 error. Tried different browsers. Tried incognito. 112 error.
