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NeoGAF Champions League (FIFA 09)

cjelly said:
Alright, so I got one game left with Feral Youth. I was hoping to play tonight but no answer.

It's my own fault cos he's messaged me numerous times. :(

I haven't been on. And from I've been hearing live is all fucked.
 

Magicked

Member
BTW, if I don't get this match finished tonight, it will have to wait until Wednesday. I will be out of town tomorrow and Tuesday.
 

zombieshavebrains

I have not used cocaine
Yeah i have a match with Regret Truth too but haven't tried to get in contact with him save for a message on Live tonight. What happens if we don't get it done?
 
AHH! I suck! Im sorry! lol. Im online right now. Managing a retail store this time of year is a nightmare :( Plus I've got a wife that loves my attention.

Dont hate me guys. I love being in the league and I've sent some updates of my status to my opponents via XBL.


OK, so this is who I have to play...

Manchester City(zombieshavebrains) We've got 2 games to play.
Arsenal( Magicked)
Athletic Bilbao (sneaky77)


Again, sorry for being MIA. I'll be online all night if have to. Hell, I scheduled my self off work tomorrow so I can stay up as late as I need to.

EDIT:
zombieshavebrains said:
Yeah i have a match with Regret Truth too but haven't tried to get in contact with him save for a message on Live tonight. What happens if we don't get it done?
DUDE! Lets do this!
 

woodchuck

Member
with barcelona ending the season on a 4 game winning streak, it looks like it's going to come down to me, milan, and columbus for that last playoff spot
 

Magicked

Member
woodchuck said:
with barcelona ending the season on a 4 game winning streak, it looks like it's going to come down to me, milan, and columbus for that last playoff spot

And Arsenal as a distant 4th! I barely beat Mr. Truth by getting a lucky PK. That ended up being the only goal, even though I had plenty of chances! I just can't finish! :lol

It's going to be a tight race towards the end!
 
Magicked said:
And Arsenal as a distant 4th! I barely beat Mr. Truth by getting a lucky PK. That ended up being the only goal, even though I had plenty of chances! I just can't finish! :lol

It's going to be a tight race towards the end!

Damn it...I'm still mad at myself for that PK! Lost my composure :-/. Great games tonight. I'll try to be more available during the week. I'm not liking these 55+ hour work weeks this time of year :(
 

zombieshavebrains

I have not used cocaine
SNUG REVOL said:
Damn it...I'm still mad at myself for that PK! Lost my composure :-/. Great games tonight. I'll try to be more available during the week. I'm not liking these 55+ hour work weeks this time of year :(

Yeah that first goal you scored against me (Man City) was kinda fucked up if i remember. Like my guys just stood there watching you kick it in doing nothing at all. Guess it is realistic :lol

Overall the games i played i think went much better than i'm used to. I actually scored some goals and won one!
 

AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
woodchuck said:
don't worry about getting the games done by midnight tonight.

Just finish all remaining games by December 7th 11:59 EDT

Yeah this will be our one hard and fast deadline so we can get the playoffs started right away.
 

sneaky77

Member
I would prefer to get all my games done by wednesday since is the times I will be more available in the evenings, so lets try to schedule that people
 

Magicked

Member
zombieshavebrains said:
Overall the games i played i think went much better than i'm used to. I actually scored some goals and won one!

Yea yea... rub it in! :p

Usually I can keep my composure and keep fighting back when I'm down a goal or two, but I got really pissed off that game for some reason. I just couldn't get anything going. I think what really started it was your first goal with Robinho. I saw the breakaway coming and immediately took control of my CB and started running back towards my own goal. So I had about 2 yards head start. Naturally, Robinho still burned his ass and I did a poor job cutting you off. I've been doing well in those situations all season, but that time I screwed it up. So it goes though. I just hope I can still make the playoffs! :D

sneaky77 said:
I would prefer to get all my games done by wednesday since is the times I will be more available in the evenings, so lets try to schedule that people

I'll be out of town today and tomorrow, but I should definitely be around Wednesday night.
 
I fucking hate Chelsea and the formation they use. no matter what i do i cant get used to it. I use Arsenal or any other team and i can get men up and score. Anyways i suck.
 

AndresON777

shooting blanks
Damn, this is coming down to the wire. Well I'm back in control of my own destiny again. Dinho's been pretty great to me, he's my favorite player in real life too.

Zombies I owe you a beer :D
 

zombieshavebrains

I have not used cocaine
fivehorizons said:
I fucking hate Chelsea and the formation they use. no matter what i do i cant get used to it. I use Arsenal or any other team and i can get men up and score. Anyways i suck.

Man C. uses a 4-3-2-1 i think. I just switch it to a 4-4-2 take switch Elano for Jo and put Robinho where Elano plays. You don't have to use the formations the game gives you. Experiment a bit.
 

AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
zombieshavebrains said:
Man C. uses a 4-3-2-1 i think. I just switch it to a 4-4-2 take switch Elano for Jo and put Robinho where Elano plays. You don't have to use the formations the game gives you. Experiment a bit.

Another reason why I think Custom Match rather than League might be the way to go going forward. If you do Custom Match, it brings your existing formation, tactics, and squad with you, in League you have to start from scratch each time because it resets everything to default.
 

sneaky77

Member
AstroLad said:
Another reason why I think Custom Match rather than League might be the way to go going forward. If you do Custom Match, it brings your existing formation, tactics, and squad with you, in League you have to start from scratch each time because it resets everything to default.

All it takes is 2 seconds to set it up I don't think is a big deal.
 

AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
sneaky77 said:
All it takes is 2 seconds to set it up I don't think is a big deal.

Takes a couple minutes for me. Have to change formation, change tactics (that's two seconds), then move around a bunch of players (minute or two) as well as change setpiece takers (another minute).

All moot to me anyway: I'm not hosting a League home game anymore since they often crash out on me at 70 mins even when the game has zero lag up to that point (and apparently others have had this problem) and I've never had a problem with Custom.
 

AndresON777

shooting blanks
Shit me and Roodsters had the smoothest match I've ever played, it was like playing offline.


Dang, I just need a win and a tie and I should be in the playoffs. Don't choke Chris!
 

CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
fivehorizons said:
I fucking hate Chelsea and the formation they use. no matter what i do i cant get used to it. I use Arsenal or any other team and i can get men up and score. Anyways i suck.
You shoulda let me be Chelsea. :'(
 

zombieshavebrains

I have not used cocaine
Just a question, i'm not giving up or encouraging anyone else to do so, but is there a reason i absolutely must play my game against Ajax? As it stands no matter the result neither of us will be in the playoffs i don't think. I do intend to finish the season.
Is there a bracket for people who didn't make the playoffs?
 
been a good little tournament guys. Had great games with Exypher and DKwhip yesterday.

I have been a draw specialist. drew about 5 games I think. Mainly due to me missing chances.

enjoyed it though even though I only won 2 games. I have been pretty close in most games so I happy about that.
 

woodchuck

Member
zombieshavebrains said:
Just a question, i'm not giving up or encouraging anyone else to do so, but is there a reason i absolutely must play my game against Ajax? As it stands no matter the result neither of us will be in the playoffs i don't think. I do intend to finish the season.
Is there a bracket for people who didn't make the playoffs?

Funny you ask that. I was just about to give out details about the tournament involving people who didn't make the playoffs.

NEOGAF TOURNAMENT OF LOSERS

- Will include the 4 teams from each conference who just missed the playoffs (seeds 9-12) so 8 teams total.

- Single Elimination

- WILL NOT be conducted through League Daddy

- No stat tracking except scores

- After a completed match, just post the score in this thread and I will update the bracket

- Will begin on December 8th

- WILL NOT be played through the in-game league

- MUST BE PLAYED THROUGH 7 MINUTE CUSTOM UNRANKED MATCHES. WILL INCLUDE OT AND PENALTY KICKS

- TO PLAY A CUSTOM UNRANKED MATCH:

Xbox Live > Online Game Modes > FIFA 09 Match Creation > Head to Head Play > Create Match > Create Unranked Session

You can then change the half length to 7 min and make it a private session and invite your opponent.

 

woodchuck

Member
also....

for the playoff standings shown on the LD page, those may not be entirely accurate. LD uses NFL tiebreakers.

We are going to use Goal Differential as a tiebreaker as thats how it's normally done with soccer.
 

woodchuck

Member
ChrisGoldstein said:
How will the regular playoffs be handled?

1st place faces last place?

yeah, we'll post more info about the regular playoffs. it'll be done through league daddy and stats will be recorded

it's going to be first place versus last place, using the home/away Champions league format. the final game will be a single game.

After two games, if it's still tied, then you'll have to play a 3rd game with OT/PKs to determine the winner. The 3rd game won't count as far as stats/score except just for who won.

zombieshavebrains said:
lol tournament of losers....couldn't it be "Tournament of Those Who Didn't Perform As Well As Others" or something?

hmmmm...i'll think about that. here's what the bracket will basically look like:

dw5mit.jpg
 
sneaky77 said:
I would prefer to get all my games done by wednesday since is the times I will be more available in the evenings, so lets try to schedule that people

Wednesday is perfect. I'll clear my schedule that night.
 

woodchuck

Member
just beat StrikeVillain 3-1.


i scored 3 fluke goals and he clearly dominated me. got REALLY lucky. there was this one goal where like his goalie punched the ball into the goal. it was really strange....but i'll take it. i'm fighting for a playoff spot :lol

my midfield is terrible in the air. i think he won every single midfield header.
 

k0ji-wd

Member
woodchuck said:
Funny you ask that. I was just about to give out details about the tournament involving people who didn't make the playoffs.

NEOGAF TOURNAMENT OF LOSERS

- Will include the 4 teams from each conference who just missed the playoffs (seeds 9-12) so 8 teams total.

- Single Elimination

- WILL NOT be conducted through League Daddy

- No stat tracking except scores

- After a completed match, just post the score in this thread and I will update the bracket

- Will begin on December 8th

- WILL NOT be played through the in-game league

- MUST BE PLAYED THROUGH 7 MINUTE CUSTOM UNRANKED MATCHES. WILL INCLUDE OT AND PENALTY KICKS

- [will specify how to create a custom unranked match when i have access to my xbox]


Should do a Loser's Tournament winner vs. Main League winner for the (UEFA) Supercup
 
woodchuck said:
just beat StrikeVillain 3-1.


i scored 3 fluke goals and he clearly dominated me. got REALLY lucky. there was this one goal where like his goalie punched the ball into the goal. it was really strange....but i'll take it. i'm fighting for a playoff spot :lol

my midfield is terrible in the air. i think he won every single midfield header.


I saw the email and was like holy shit...he took me to task last game and admittedly i had lost some fire after the first 2 goals :D
 

Fifty

Member
k0ji-wd said:
Should do a Loser's Tournament winner vs. Main League winner for the (UEFA) Supercup

Hell no.

Anything can happen in this game.

If you're the winner of a group of losers, you shouldn't get a chance for the game to make the other team's players invisible..give them 5 shots off the post, and allow you to walk away with a 1-0 win and bragging rights.
 

woodchuck

Member
btw, dont know if it's coincidence or now...but i haven't had any problems with invisible players ever since i stopped skipping the cutscenes that introduces the subs
 

woodchuck

Member
fivehorizons said:
I get to be in a tournament, wait til i tell my wife about my accomplishment. I wont mention losers tournament to her.

well, the tournament will only include seeds 9-12. currently, you're 14. you still have two games left to make ground!

if you don't make it, you can always take over Arsenal in the loser's tournament.
 

k0ji-wd

Member
Fifty said:
Hell no.

Anything can happen in this game.

If you're the winner of a group of losers, you shouldn't get a chance for the game to make the other team's players invisible..give them 5 shots off the post, and allow you to walk away with a 1-0 win and bragging rights.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 

Exypher

Member
Good game Frenck, you were playing better than me and would've deserved to win. Glad I managed to get a draw out of it.

See you guys in the play-offs!
 
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