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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT8| - Sunderland 0

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Tc91

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Come on Mark m8
 
G

Gambit

Member
Yurt said:
THAT'S EVEN WORSE GAMBIT

I wish we were like Bayern.

Well, we kinda are, but only in Italy. There's genuinely nothing better than being hated by inferior weaklings.

KNEEL
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I know, it's beautiful. It's like rooting for the Lannisters

Phlebas said:
Is there anyone here who hasn't seen Fringe yet?

It's glorious SciFi non stop for 5 Seasons.
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It's really worth it, especially if you marathon it. Then the weak episodes don't weigh you down as much. It's the Anti-X-files: Weak Monsters-of-the-Week, godlike mythology episodes. And it has Walter Bishop.

EDIT: Replying late to last night's Reus discussion.

Hasphat'sAnts said:
Why?

He's so so so so good.
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He is incredible and would be a phenomenal Ribery replacement, but I hope he stays at Dortmund for their sake (if they reach the CL). They need him to recover next year. IF he leaves, I am hoping for Bayern, of course.
 
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Salazar

Member
The_Hitcher89 said:
Am I a phillistine for not giving a shit about most games/films/music/media being archived so it can live forever? 99.99999999% of work deserves to die along with it's era imo. Borderlands will have nothing to offer future generations, it doesn't matter if it doesn't exist any more in 10 years' time, let alone 100.
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Functions as an unsightly bulwark against a winnowing of ideological competition, m8

One of my honours papers was essentially me getting really flightily angry about a public library's weeding manual - its handbook of criteria for the disposal of books. The typical problem with that process isn't the criteria, really, but the mental condition of the people they employ (students, casual rates) to enact/deploy em. The rhetorical intensity of that paper is hilarious in retrospect: it's like I was writing about Bayern fans catching marmosets and torturing them. There really is so much shit to throw out.
 
FootballFan

FootballFan

Member
Yurt said:
but yeah, binge watching LOST is really not the same as watching it on weekly basis and talking about it with friends, so might as well stop watching it really.
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Nah not binge watching. Starting watching it like 3 months ago, finished 17 eps so far.

Yurt said:
and it's a massive GIGANTIC spoiler, btw. :lol you'll pick up on it soon enough
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I figured as much, it sounds like they get off the island and he says to her they need to return?? Either way, I don't really mind since i don't know for sure.
 
3

3Sixty

Member
God that Arsenal collapse last night was sensational.

Liverpool weren't that bad either. Amazing what a Gerrardless midfield will do for you.
 
S

Shanks D Zoro

Banned
FootballFan said:
Shanks never stop believing.

Arsenal bloody arsenal.
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I know Arsenal will get 4th place and knocked out by Barca/Bayern in the next round. I know this is life till we get rid of Wenger

I Know Juve will fuck up in Europe and win the league with a new record. I know this is life until Juve change from 3-5-2.
 
E

Elchele

Member
Erik ten Hag or Markus Weinzierl are the most likely options to replace Guardiola.


and Ancelotti
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B

Broder Salsa

Banned
Snitch said:
So how is FM15? Eurogamer gave it a 6.
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Seems a lot better than FM14, but I am only through 2 seasons so far, so a bit hard to judge I guess.

FM has a history with reviews though...

Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 Review
This game gets a red card, and possibly a lifetime ban.
by Avi Burk

December 5, 2008 - What sports fan doesn't want to take control of his favorite team and guide it to a championship, or, better yet, a long string of championships? Well, if it means playing Worldwide Soccer Manager, you can count me in that number.

Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 gives gamers the chance to manage and coach 5,000 soccer teams from 50 countries around the globe, giving them the chance to manage every aspect of their team's roster, field questions from reporters at their team's press conferences, and coach their teams in real time as each simulated game unfolds. What it doesn't do, more importantly, is provide any compelling reason to keep "playing."

Although the game's database of more than 350,000 real-life soccer players is certainly impressive, only the most diehard fans of the sport would be able to appreciate having such a massive pool of talent to sift through, and the casual fan would almost certainly find the task overwhelming – I did.
This is a game solely intended for hardcore soccer fans.

The game's incredibly complex menu system is very difficult to navigate, even with the on-screen help box directing you through the process. In short, this game is extremely difficult to simply pick up and play. If you're unfamiliar with the franchise expect to spend a significant amount of time simply trying to figure out how to navigate the menus.

Worldwide Soccer Manager's presentation problems don't end there though, once you finally make it to your team's first game you'll find that the player renderings and animations are awful, and the stadiums you play in lack any kind of personality or detail. Each field is bordered by fences and what appear to be unfinished stands, which don't have any fans in them. And, when the ball is kicked off of the pitch, it passes smoothly through the surrounding fences, right through the stands, and disappears from view only to return to the field in the same fashion, appearing magically from the stands and passing through the fences (and goals) on its way back into play.

Then there's the sound, or lack thereof. There is no soundtrack that plays while you work in the game's menus, which you'll spend the vast majority of your time in this game doing. There is no audio narration to accompany your participation in press conferences, even though your options for how to respond to each question is incredibly limited. There is no audio commentary to accompany the action in the simulated game's you watch/coach. In fact, the only sound we found in the entire game was the tones of fans cheering as each simulated game played out – which only detracts from the game's feel of authenticity seeing as there are no fans rendered in the stands.
Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 deserves a bicycle kick into the circular file.

As far as traditional gameplay goes, there really isn't any in Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009. Apart from managing your roster and coaching your team, there really isn't anything to do at all. So, unless you really enjoy clicking on menu buttons, you'll find your interaction with this game extremely disappointing.

However, if you're a big footie fan and big fan of sports simulation, you'll be extremely impressed with the depth of Worldwide Soccer Manager, which allows you to control just about every facet of your team and draw from a player pool that is simply mindboggling.

Closing Comments

This game obviously aims to provide the deepest soccer simulation experience possible for the sport’s most passionate and informed fans, but it offers little to nothing that would appeal to a casual fan of the sport or to the average videogame enthusiast. The menus are complex and difficult to navigate, graphics are terrible, the sound is non-existent and there is no traditional gameplay to speak of. I couldn’t imagine why anybody would prefer Worldwide Soccer Manager to FIFA 09 or Pro Evolution Soccer 2009.


Ratings
4.0 Presentation

Although the menus are extremely involved and tough for beginners to navigate, the game’s depth is amazing.
2.0 Graphics

While I appreciate that the introduction of 3D in-game graphics is a step forward for the franchise, those graphics are simply terrible.
0.5 Sound

The only sound you’ll find in this game is the roar of the non-existent crowd… Absolutely worthless.
4.0 Gameplay

Yes, the depth of management in this game is impressive. But, it’s not impressive enough to make up for the fact that you aren’t actually playing soccer.
2.0 Lasting Appeal

This game is aimed at a very specific audience, and it’s inconceivable to me that anybody outside of that audience could play even an hour of this game before turning it off for good.
2.0

Terrible OVERALL

(out of 10 / not an average)
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From IGN lol
 
K

KidJr

Member
I wish I never went to the Arsenal game... just when I think we are taking a few baby steps forward we take 8 steps back
 
B

Broder Salsa

Banned
Snitch said:
While I won everything in FM 2012 I only lost in FM 14. I thought it was pretty hard. Was it just me or was it the general opinion??
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Didn't think it was that hard, But I found playing with the big teams where expectations were to win everything a lot harder than smaller clubs (Palermo and such).
 
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Blablurn

Member
WoodenLung said:
Didn't think it was that hard, But I found playing with the big teams where expectations were to win everything a lot harder than smaller clubs (Palermo and such).
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hm okay. might go for 15. I'm in the year 2050 in FM 12 lol. Kinda wanna play with current squads.
 
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The_Hitcher89

Member
KidJr said:
I wish I never went to the Arsenal game... just when I think we are taking a few baby steps forward we take 8 steps back
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Don't linger on it, you're still in a good position in the group. The longer your fans obsess over it, the less condusive (I think that's a word :p) to success the atmospehere will be at the club.


Watching a video of Dawngate. The art style is horrible, and I say that as someone who is well aware of how offputting Dota looks at first
 
B

Broder Salsa

Banned
rehost your images..

The_Hitcher89 said:
Watching a video of Dawngate. The art style is horrible, and I say that as someone who is well aware of how offputting Dota looks at first
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I don't understand how hard it is, to make a decent looking moba, why do they all look like that shitty cartoonish WoW style.
 
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Blablurn

Member
WoodenLung said:
Did you miss all this?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136359550&postcount=582

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136407757&postcount=712

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136411066&postcount=787
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Such a strange move from him. And it's really unfortunate that this person hasn't changed my name yet. Definitely disappointed.

Yurt said:
I did! I wasn't here for that :looooooooool



FUCK :lol


And Bla... :/ very Pep-esque move
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I didn't do anything except writing a random post at 7 in the morning. A normal, simple comment.
 
Y

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Snitch said:
Such a strange move from him. And it's really unfortunate that this person hasn't changed my name yet. Definitely disappointed.

I didn't do anything except writing a random post at 7 in the morning. A normal, simple comment.
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doubt he'd change your name for doing nothing :lol drop the act :lol
 
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Shanks D Zoro

Banned
Snitch said:
Such a strange move from him. And it's really unfortunate that this person hasn't changed my name yet. Definitely disappointed.



I didn't do anything except writing a random post at 7 in the morning. A normal, simple comment.
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Report
Snitch on
Evilore to the FCC
 
B

Blablurn

Member
Yurt said:
doubt he'd change your name for doing nothing :lol drop the act :lol
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I did nothing,Yurt. I wasn't even awake when the whole thing happened. And why should I suddenly snitch about something. I'm here since 8 years. I don't care lol. I enjoy the drama. Snitching would mean I would like to stop it. But it's exactly the opposite.
 
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Linius

Member
Lol, I got my Apple ID locked because I didn't know my security question. Tryed to unlock trough customer service. They need to do two verifications with me, of which one is generating a pin trough the website. That was easy. But for all the other verification methods they need me to either have an iPad/iPhone/Mac(book) or a creditcard. I have none of that crap so now I still need to wait eight hours. Even for the text message verification Apple demands you have an iPhone, bunch of dicks.
 
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