T-Roy locked down sin city with a convincing, yet controversial win over
One-9, becoming the first baller to qualify for the $100,000 trip to Hawaii
in February of 2006. Roy, who advanced to Survivor Sunday at Nationals
7 will be returning to Vegas for the second consecutive year.
T-Roy gained notoriety on the KOTC circuit, competing against National
heavyweights such as Candyman, MoWash and Booker T. While T-Roy had a
lukewarm showing at Nationals 6, last year may have been his best season
on the sticks, earning the respect of many of the top ballers in the community
for his spectacular play.
Now, in 2006, T-Roy (pronounced Tee-Roy) has picked up where he left off
in 2005, nabbing the first EA Madden Challenge stop in Las Vegas this
weekend.
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Facing One-9 in the championship game, T-Roy and the Falcons jumped out
to an early 14-0 lead, putting One-9's Pats behind the eight ball early,
especially considering the game was on 2 minute quarters. Roy's lead was
also fueled by the legs of the dangerous Michael Vick, which raised questions
as the game proceeded as to whether or not T-Roy's use of Vick on the
QB draw should be allowed. Apparently, Vick's "quasi-draw"
appeared suspect to several of the ballers in attendance.
Nevertheless, T-Roy used it, jumped out early on One-9 Patriots, and by
the time One-9 made his adjustments, he was down 17-7 in the 3rd quarter,
as T-Roy held on to win.
However, the news of the weekend was not T-Roy's big win, so much as it
was how he won, and what it may mean to the community for the rest of
the season. Some players are already speculating that there could be a
pandora about to jump out of her box.
While there is no conclusive evidence that this is linked to a programming
flaw, ballers in the community are already labeling it the first glitch
of 2006. And once that becomes a consensus in the community, the feeding
frenzy begins.
But ballers should not worry because more than likely this will not become
an MWS issue. "Whether or not EA addresses the problem, I can't comment
on," stated MWS Commissioner The Swammi. "However, I don't see
it as an issue in the MWS. I have not seen the play in question so I cannot
comment on it. However, I do know we have provisions in place currently
for the QB Draw. And If this play does not fall under the current draw
provisions, our competition committee will take a look at it, and make
the right decision as the always do," the commissioner continued.
Aside from the latest concerns about the draw based on the results of
this weekend's challenge, the game has been relatively bug free thus far.
But it is still early. The fatigue issue was not discovered until about
30 days after the game's release. Nevertheless, it impacted the entire
season, making Madden 2005 perhaps the least enjoyed edition of the Madden
series.
At this point, the morale is high in the community, but you can feel the
skeptical ballers just waiting for the other shoe to drop. "I'm well
aware of this," The Swammi added. "But we are committed to making
sure we develop rules that will protect the integrity of tournament play
in the MWS, and we will make our moves early. We have a great committee
in place early to address these type of issues, and I have full confidence
in them if there is a problem."
There has not been a comment as to if or when the issue will be addressed
from committee chair 3rd & Long. However, commissioner Swammi stated
ballers should expect more information to be released this week.
For now, the debate rages on. Integrity vs. playing for the G's. Coaching
vs. gimmicks. Video arcade ball vs, NFL simulation. And thanks to the
Madden Challenge, we at least will get exposed to all the possible problems
the game has to offer before the MWS tournament season rolls around.
