It froze one day while loading up, and i turned the xbox off. Now the hard drive makes a cracking noise every time I turn in on. So of course, I'm gonna find a hard drive somewhere, use XboxHDM (or whatever it's called), and put it in the place of my old one. That means all of my gamesaves=gone oh well.
The "Madden curse" Prior to 2000, all of the Madden NFL game box covers prominently featured John Madden only. When EA started to have NFL players on the cover of the Madden NFL games, some people speculate there was a "Madden curse" after noticing a pattern when Atlanta Falcons' star player, Michael Vick was injured during the 2003 preseason after appearing on the cover of Madden 2004. Some of the people that believed in the curse stated that the player featured on the box would get injured or simply have a weak season. The first NFL player to be on a Madden NFL cover was Barry Sanders in 1999, on the 2000 version of the game. He shared the cover with the customary picture of John Madden. However, a week before training camp began in 1999, he abruptly retired, ending his career and leaving the Detroit Lions without their star running back of the previous 10 years. Sanders' part in the curse is debated because he is not solely pictured on the box. Eddie George of the Tennessee Titans, who graced the 2001 box, was the second cursed player. He was cursed by bobbling a pass in the playoffs, which was then picked by Ray Lewis, who returned the ball for a touchdown. He was also injured the following year. George, who regularly averaged nearly 4 yards per carry in his first five seasons, averaged only 3 yards per carry in the 2001 season, and hasn't broken 3.5 yards since. In 2002, it was Daunte Culpepper, of the Minnesota Vikings, who had a lackluster year and feuded with his star receiver Randy Moss. In the two years that followed, the usually efficient Culpepper threw for 32 touchdowns and 36 interceptions. Marshall Faulk, of the St. Louis Rams, who was on the 2003 box suffered an injury and had a bad season overall. He has yet to break 1,000 yards rushing since. The aforementioned Michael Vick, of the Atlanta Falcons, suffered a broken fibula in a pre-season game against Baltimore. Coincidentally, this happened the day after Madden 2004 was released. The result of that injury would be that the Falcons would suffer a painful 5-11 year. Madden 2005 featured Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens. He had an injury that kept him out of the last game of the regular season against the Miami Dolphins. The Ravens won, but missed the playoffs altogether. It was also Lewis' first season without a single interception after posting a career-high (6) the previous year. EA officials point out that Ray Lewis and former Tennessee Titan Eddie George appeared on the covers of the 2005 and 2001 versions, correspondingly, and had successful seasons without injury. [1] The Philadelphia Eagles' star quarterback Donovan McNabb is on the cover of the current version, Madden NFL 06. The season began with him feuding with WR Terrell Owens who ironically was on the cover of Sega/Take Two's ESPN NFL 2K5 which was forced into early retirement by Madden when it acquired the exclusive rights from the NFL. He also played with a severe abdominal strain that needed surgery and will leave him in discomfort and pain all season. copyright wikipedia.org really interesting read.
Weird thing is...as soon as I started to read this thread, my XBOX started making a horrible sound....no joke. That was freaky.
are you trying to blame your xbox making noises on the curse? i believe in the curse, but its for the players only. it shouldnt do anything for your xbox. also, how have you ppl nvr heard of that? it was even on the news for like a week in 03...
in 03?!?! that was two years ago.... i mean c'mon i cann barely remeber what i did last week! let alone two years ago...... and I sitll think it's bs.. the reason that they get injured or abruptly reitire is because one he was to old...two they are STAR let me repeat that STAR players....it's bound to happen.... especially if they get a lot of play time...and for those of you have forgotten Football is a FULL CONTACT sport... it's no wimpy game of golf here.....
OK, no joke, today my Xbox is screwed, games are playing frame by frame, and resets itself. in the process of fixing it...
