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His Cowboys project is so detailed and meticulously researched that it must rank as one of the most impressive modding feats ever achieved. “RevanFan didn’t simply re-create the rosters and call it a day. With that new site came a new name: Football Idiot.

He brought the community back with a new website. The torch had to be carried on by user torontogrudlies after Football Freaks eventually shut down. One by one the "forefathers" disappeared from the community. The days of the original site are nicknamed by current members as “The Discovery Era.” These founding-users of Football Freaks were responsible for creating the first modding utilities for the game. Screenshot courtesy RevanFan.Founded in 2004 by former user Mardagg, Football Idiot began as the modding site Football Freaks. Then I figured out the series was discontinued, and that lead me to find the Football Freaks website,” Beich explains. “I had Madden 08 and I wanted to buy the next version. Football Idiot is a blessing for gamers like Danny Beich, who was one of the many users shunned by EA’s decision to cancel the series’ computer releases. ET on August 31.“Thanks to the dedicated (and slightly obsessed) Football Idiot modding community, there's been an updated mod of Madden 08 every year on computers during the 11-year hiatus. And that can’t happen until after preseason ends. The final preseason game is scheduled for August 29 with the final roster cut deadline at 4:00 p.m. Maybe some likenesses had to be adjusted or some uniform changes. With EA having spent an entire week dedicated to player ratings reveals, it would seem weird to adjust player ratings ahead of the start of the season.Īs far as the big update we’re all expecting - the 53-man rosters - that usually comes with the Week 1 Roster update.