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Nazmazh
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Being the good Canadian that I am, I play the hockey video games from time-to-time.

After having read the UL about the Madden game jinx, I am reminded of the fates of some of those who graced the EA's NHL series of games.

Marcus Nasland and Jarome Iginla both had horrible seasons after being on the cover. Danny Heatly crashed his car (injuring himself and killing a teammate [I can't recall the name of this teammate right now... Schiender or something like that maybe?])

He can't think of any others right now... Vincent Lecavalier didn't have too bad of a season after he was on the cover. Can anyone else think of any others who had misfortunes?

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bigblu89
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There was a thread in here somewhere about all the EA Games having a jinx attached to it.

The baseball one was pretty accurate up until recently when Manny Ramirez was put on the cover of the 2005 version.
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quote:
Originally posted by bigblu89:
The baseball one was pretty accurate up until recently when Manny Ramirez was put on the cover of the 2005 version.
ManRam had a great season in 2005, but he was hurt and his BA and OPS were his lowest since 1998.

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quote:
Originally posted by bigblu89:
There was a thread in here somewhere about all the EA Games having a jinx attached to it.
The jinx of being shoddy, over-milked production line cash-ins? [Wink]
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Or the jinx of taking good franchises, buying them up, then running them into the ground by focusing solely on a poorly made MMO spinoff?

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animal73
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Dan Snyder was the teammate killed in the Heatley crash.

Not sure if you would count it as a jinx, but Lecavalier's Lightning did get knocked out of the playoffs in the first round this year...

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animal73
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Well, the Madden jinx sure as hell didn't take long this year.

Shaun Alexander has a broken bone in his foot.

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Illuminatus
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There have been several players on the cover of NCAA Football that busted out of the pros, but that's fairly common so I'll only mention one of significance. Reggie Bush is on NCAA 2007, and now allegations have surfaced that might cause him to lose his Heisman Trophy and National Championships. That's pretty damned bad.

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Illuminatus
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There have been several players on the cover of NCAA Football that busted out of the pros, but that's fairly common so I'll only mention one of significance. Reggie Bush is on NCAA 2007, and now allegations have surfaced that might cause him to lose his Heisman Trophy and National Championships. That's pretty damned bad.

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