Who's buying "this week in madden" TWIM

24.99 Im assuming covers the whole season? I'm all in and the content you guys provide is well worth it. I'm sure this will be debated on both sides but kudos for madden bible for making the dough!

https://store2.esellerate.net/store/checkout/CustomLayout.aspx?s=STR1725249789&pc=&page=MultiCatalog.htm

Price is way to high for my blood. Big fan of TWIM from first part of madden 10 to now. Oh well.

Slim slim chance i'll buy the winners kit.. I take it, it pays for everything for madden 12?

you have to pay?
that blows

MB NATION discount? lol

Yea I'm definitely in! I mean kinda sucks having to pay for it, everything is better when its free but, eh its whatever its worth it to me!

Gibs/Farls, the winners kit is everything listed above it??

JMO, the downfall is near now that money is being required. This place was started on a foundation of free tips for beginners. Not trying to start a fight. Gibs and Co. need to do what's best for them.

Check out the other sites and see what they charge, it's not like they are getting rich, but time is definitely money

greenmile wrote:

Check out the other sites and see what they charge, it's not like they are getting rich, but time is definitely money

True, but what draws people to the site is the free content. It's what makes this site "cool." MB needs to take a page out of Mark Zuckerberg's book when he first started Facebook and wait until community becomes larger. Lol. Just throwing it out there. Regardless, I am going to part of the MB community for a long time. Love what they do on this site.

As do I. My support has always been more in "content" over a monetary fashion, though.

Agree!

fellas we got something for all the MB Nation faithful dont you worry.

we will release more details later

Not to sound like a duesch bag but Gibs and farls should charge folks... They prove year in and out that their tips are on point. And other sites\people are makin $ off their free tips... So why not?

But def should do something for MB Loyal..

I have faith that Gibs and Farls will do right by the MB community, but they also gotta look out for themselves. I agree with megatron, IDK how many sites I have come across that are trying to sell the same stuff that Gibs and Farls created.. I find it extremely annoying!

I agree you guys should cash in especially with all the publicity you are getting right now. When opportunity comes knocking you have to answer the door. If I were in your shoes I would do the same. I'm with Zan on this however. This site will have a new identity and that will be sad for many of us to see. For those of us who don't have the means like myself we will be on the outside looking in I guess.

ronslows10 wrote:

I agree you guys should cash in especially with all the publicity you are getting right now. When opportunity comes knocking you have to answer the door. If I were in your shoes I would do the same. I'm with Zan on this however. This site will have a new identity and that will be sad for many of us to see. For those of us who don't have the means like myself we will be on the outside looking in I guess.

#Cosign

I love Madden Bible. I just want the root and foundation of the community to remain intact. No question Sgibs and Farls have hustled and worked their butts off to get this opportunity. I wish them both nothing but the greatest success. However, we have become very comfortable with our Madden Bible family and I thing most of us are just concerned that the dynamics and identity COULD shift. Hearing about the "content" change from someone other than Sgibs and Farls probably contributed to some degree to the concern, but I know they are both busy hammering out the Madden 12 guide. At the end of the day we will just have to continue to put our trust and faith in the dynamic duo.

ZAN wrote:

JMO, the downfall is near now that money is being required. This place was started on a foundation of free tips for beginners. Not trying to start a fight. Gibs and Co. need to do what's best for them.

LOL @ "the downfall is near". Way to have faith in the site that made your name relevant to the madden community. JMO THOUGH LOL

the free contenct is what sets madden bible head and shoulders above the rest! from looking at other madden communities, i am hard pressed to find as much free content offered to the casual madden gamer to the hard core madden baller. gibs and farls contribution and passion to this community is unmatched! i think regardless of the new found charges for the "extras", we need to keep in mind that it's the members (us) that make this community as awesome as it is! we can still help one another, for free, and be able to pick each others brains!

in the end, with new found success and publicity, i can not blame gibs and farls for their charging. i think if my content (schemes, plays) we're jocked and passed off on other sites, i might charge too!

sadly, i for one will not be paying for TWIM. looks like my thursday nights will now be filled with fist pumping and the jersey shore...

more cowbell wrote:

the free contenct is what sets madden bible head and shoulders above the rest! from looking at other madden communities, i am hard pressed to find as much free content offered to the casual madden gamer to the hard core madden baller. gibs and farls contribution and passion to this community is unmatched! i think regardless of the new found charges for the "extras", we need to keep in mind that it's the members (us) that make this community as awesome as it is! we can still help one another, for free, and be able to pick each others brains!

in the end, with new found success and publicity, i can not blame gibs and farls for their charging. i think if my content (schemes, plays) we're jocked and passed off on other sites, i might charge too!

sadly, i for one will not be paying for TWIM. looks like my thursday nights will now be filled with fist pumping and the jersey shore...

Or we could lab

Trust me, we won't forget who got us here by supporting our shows.
The quality of TWIM is something that separates it from a free daily show like Madden TV, the tradeoff is having to pay for a studio, cameras, lights, people to work the behind the scenes etc.
Gibs and I paid those costs on our own for 2 years and hope that the fans know what a good product we can deliver. TWIM is just a very small part of the cost of a season pass the entitles you to an insane amount of Madden Tips. The community has always supported us by picking up guides, buying shirts etc, to help us off set the cost.

Now that we have the ability to focus full time on Madden, the quality will only improve. We finally have support and are hooking people up with free playbooks two weeks early, still doing free daily shows etc. We haven't forgot about MB Nation and can hopefully share more details with you guys soon.

Now that Gibs can lab 16 hours a day instead of 6, the Tips and Shows are only going to get better, thanks guys ! Don't worry, we have something for our true MB Nation guys that we are working on.

-Z

I'm really anxious to see how this pans out. As it stands for free TWIM would average around 100 viewers give or take a few? The consumer always wins regardless and dictates the price in the end.

On the flip side if the community embraces TWIM and continues to grow who knows maybe this thing will make it to espn2 on Thursday nights. I would def. love to see more games played with top competition this has to be my favorite part of the show. If Gibbs is playing Jet Steele on a thursday night I'm sure viewers would increase.

Yeah, we have always tried to play the best opponents possible every week. We have no fear in losing as you know. Its getting the best to come on and play. We have played evil ken, lilman etc.

Farls....Yea man I know you guys do and probably the hard part is getting the "competition" to show up!

As much as I'd like everything good to be free, that's just not the way things work, and I understand this decision. I'm not sure if I'll be paying, but if I do I know that I'll be paying for top quality tips and insight from guys who care about the game and their supporters. I've never paid for any Madden strategy products (aside from the Prima Guide in 09), but I don't think you'll find anything better for $25 in the online Madden strategy world.

might buy this week in madden. not about to drop $80 on the winners kit though. hope you guys dont become like eafl was when they started charging.

it was on top, and fell. hope you guys can stay on top!