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Hi Dan,
Turning off exhibition games and weekly prep reduces trade frequency. You'll
see 5-7 trades leaguewide over the course of a year. That reduces the bad
trade problem to a minimum, because only one or two of those trades will be
questionable (if that many). As for DB AI, all I can say is that with the
right sliders, no one's completing passes into triple coverage. It's a very
fair question to ask why we should have to tune gameplay sliders so much,
though--the out of the box settings were way off.
You're right about College Hoops. Once I stopped saving a custom profile,
the freezing stopped and I haven't had any since then. Without doing that,
though, you're absolutely right--lots of freezes.
Point taken about Game A versus Game B and fanboyism.
Agreed on the NFL being accountable as well.
"Dan S" <dan@work.com> wrote in message
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> First Happy Holidays.
>
> Bill Harris wrote:
>> Dan, I made the comment that you 'don't like Sega's games very much'
>> because you said " last I checked everyone of their 2K5 line had serious
>> bugs in franchise, pretty much eliminating any enjoyement for the single
>> player fan." I thought that "eliminating any enjoyment for the single
>> player fan" was biased and inaccurate. That's all I know about your
>> opinions of Sega's games. I played over fifteen seasons of ESPN NFL 2K5.
>> I've played over 60 seasons (recruiting mostly, and coaching a few games)
>> of ESPN College Hoops. Those franchise modes don't seem broken to me. I
>> know the NFL game needed house rules, but every Madden game I've ever
>> played needed house rules as well.
>
> I'm happy you're pleased with NFL2K5, that is great. Me the crazy trades
> killed a lot of enjoyment. But that was minor in comparison to the fact
> that you could complete passes into triple coverage, the DB AI in that
> game is horrible. I'm not saying Madden is perfect, there are a lot of
> things that could improve in both games.
>
> College Hoops, you'vw simmed 60 seasons good for you. I like to play all
> my games, but there is a nasty freezing bug, which is reported all over
> the place and contrary to what some people believe is not fixable by the
> user. Which is ruining this game in single player. You going to tell me if
> that kind of bug was in an EA game people wouldn't be bitching 100 times
> more then they are at Sega?
>>
>> I would be just as upset if an exclusive license was sold to Sega. It's
>> just a stupid-ass idea, no matter who gets it.
>>
>
> I'm not saying YOU wouldn't be. But of all the Sega fans that are so
> pissed, I'd say only 5% would be upset if the roles were reversed.
>
>> I'm not sure what you're talking about when you refer to the IGN NBA
>> article. You mentioned my 'rant' about EA games on the blog, but I also
>> posted on the blog the the NBA's 'rejection' of EA was nothing of a sort,
>> just a refusal of the initial bid. So I think our perception of the NBA
>> license is exactly the same.
>
> I am not saying specifically ranted. That is out of context, my point was,
> I am saying that you have every right to prefer game A over B and every
> right to rant about what you want. Just don't assume because someone
> thinks Game B is just as good as Game A is a fanboy and that is what I
> thought you were doing.
>
>> I think the reason that people are up in arms is that they don't believe
>> any software company should 'own' the rights to a sport (own in the sense
>> that only they can use the real player names, etc.). The EA Nascar and
>> PGA deals snuck under most people's radars, but the NFL deal was too big
>> to slip by.
>
> While I agree with this, what can we do? The NFL can and will do whatever
> they like with their product. I have and Love Sunday Ticket, but I think
> it is shitty that it is only offered on DirecTV.
>
> EA is playing by the rules, they acquired the license. Even if you believe
> EA is the one who initiated this whole thing, the NFL had the final say.
> If anyone should be held at fault it is the NFL.
>
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