Madden Nation

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show_name = Madden Nation


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language = English
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last_aired = December 6th, 2005
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Madden Nation is an American reality television show, created as a joint effort between EA SPORTS and ESPN Original Entertainment to take viewers inside the world of Madden NFL, a popular video game with over 10 million players worldwide. The series premiered on December 6th, 2005 and is currently in its fourth season on ESPN2.

The eight episode series featured the nation’s top Madden NFL gamers—along with real-life NFL player sponsors— playing against each other in elimination-style tournaments. Throughout the competition, the players traveled across the country in the Madden Nation Bus making their way to New York City for the tournament finals and a chance to win the $100,000 grand prize. The final game of both seasons was held in Times Square on the ABC Super Sign.

Coach Cam

Coach Cam is a mechanic used during Madden Nation as a tool to provide insights into the minds of the players. Before certain plays, the gamers would reveal play selection to the television audience. Often, this mechanic would set expectations and provide a deeper understanding of the players’ strategies for the viewer.

eason 1

Madden Nation season 1 debuted on December 6th, 2005 and ran for 8 episodes. Rob Taylor, a.k.a. Duka defeated Sherman Jameson a.k.a. Sherm Sticky to become the champion of Madden Nation Season 1.

Format

The competition started in San Francisco, California where EA hand picked 8 of the country’s best Madden 06 players to play for a grand prize of $100,000. These elite gamers were not alone. Each one represented an NFL superstar that had their back. The gamers traveled city to city on a tour bus playing against each other in Madden competitions with two people losing their way into the jeopardy game. The loser of the jeopardy game must then play a free agent-gamer for the right to remain on the bus. In the end, the two best gamers of the bus played one game on the big screen in Times Square for $100,000.

Contestants

External links

* [http://www.easports.com/madden06/maddennation.jsp Official Madden Nation Season 1 Page] at EA SPORTS
* [http://www.easports.com/madden07/index.jsp?ncc=1 Official Madden Nation Season 2 Page] at EA SPORTS
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=2686068&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1 Madden Nation 2007 Page] at [ESPN Video Games]