Tomorrow I've heard that some of the folks at SB Nation are going to look at the idea and see what they'd prefer right here and now, so I'm pretty excited.
From: Weakupedia | #034
i would totally be interested if i actually played sports games
good luck to you and whoever joins you!
Thanks!
From: DpObliVion | #031
Oh my god, that's some serious motivation right there....
So I had a simulated game going while I was typing that last post up, just to see how interesting it might be. Giants vs. 49ers. The game ended with a Hail Mary TD from Eli to Cruz with time expiring in OT! He caught it at the 2 and was tackled in. Unfortunately it was the end of the game so I couldn't check it out on replay, but that was f***ing amazing.
One thing I'm definitely going to be doing is simulating seasons and games each week. It's a lot of work, but it's fun work. There's all kinds of stuff we can do - from serious simming angles (most of the NBA games get surprising accuracy out of 'em) and also humorous simulating angles (the Jaguars being in the Super Bowl like four years in a row on my Madden game - what the hell?).
From: Articuno2001 | #027
I don't play the big sports games like Madden or The Show, but I bought and still play a lot of SSX, and plan to play Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD which comes out later this month. If you could use some stuff on that, I could do something.
All those games will get coverage and people who play them definitely could help. People forget that, aside from Madden, there's SSX, Tony Hawk, Skate, UFC, tennis, etc etc.
From: StealThisSheen | #030
Digi, we don't always get along
But I f***ing love sports games
And I think we could for that reason.
To be totally frank, I absolutely hate the way you argue with people. Even when you're not arguing with me, and it makes me unnecessarily angry - but I've never once considered you an enemy for it. You're just on the list of people I don't debate with. You're a smart, witty guy and there's definitely a place for you to be on board.
In regards to tournaments
One thing that I'd like to note is the fact that it would be beneficial to have some folks that really specialize in this stuff. Whether it be tournaments or simulated seasons - uniform things of that nature (that one game where you start a wrestling league comes to mind, and that one football manager game), it would help if there are people that enjoy doing that (there's a ton on this board) who specifically do that, leaving people like myself, Kazbar and some of my other contributors to editorialize and free up out schedules to do what we do best, if that makes sense.
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Digi
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