Generally, I find these to be the most highly unbalanced games. Some people like to play their sports just like they see in real life, but others just want to dominate and will do what it takes to get an edge. Often in Sports games there is too much in terms of "Trick shots" or the like. Hockey and Football especially. There are just certain plays in football that a guy will get wide open no matter how you cover him, and in hockey there are odd dekes you can do along the goal line to make the goalie go down, and do a simple wraparound and score 90% of the time.
I think that as our programmers, and obviously games, get better we see much more parity in online play, as they tweak AI and eliminate those errors, but we aren't there yet. I believe that these games SHOULD be based on skill and time and effort put into the game, but not so much into finding the bugs and 'cheap' ways, but by getting better at strategy. We need to learn to eliminate bugs before we have ultra competitive games.
The death of TV is a good thing! No, your TV's are not obsolete, but they are just a conduit for much more than they ever could be. Through products like your X-box 360, Slingbox, PS3, PC, and hell, even Flash Drives and those little memory cards that we used to use for Camera's or Cell Phones. Your TV is no longer a TV by traditional definitions. I find this to be a great thing.
I'm tired of GREAT FINANCING OPTIONS.
I'm tired of SHAMWOW.
I'm tired of SAVING BY ZERO.
I'm tired of HAVING THE RIGHT ONE, BABY.
Advertisers will continue to try and shove these things down our throat through new and inventive means. The internet, and technology has offered a well needed reprieve. Having grown up in THIS age, I feel like we may be alone. I watch my parents adapt to technology now, and say "Wow, you can record this and SKIP through the ads." in amazement. I WANT ad-free content, I want movies to be available on my portable devices, I want to be entertained when I have free-time. I go to work to deal with BS like advertising and finance. To all of you out there who are making available this content, I thank you. Please continue to fight the good fight and make available "free" content. I pay for my internet, I pay for my cable, I pay. We all do. If it weren't for our desire to have these things, they wouldn't exist. Advertisement, I say to you, Quit taking the things we love, the things we have invented, our technology, and turning them into Ad-spewing machina.
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Generally, I find these to be the most highly unbalanced games. Some people like to play their sports just like they see in real life, but others just want to dominate and will do what it takes to get an edge. Often in Sports games there is too much in terms of "Trick shots" or the like. Hockey and Football especially. There are just certain plays in football that a guy will get wide open no matter how you cover him, and in hockey there are odd dekes you can do along the goal line to make the goalie go down, and do a simple wraparound and score 90% of the time.
I think that as our programmers, and obviously games, get better we see much more parity in online play, as they tweak AI and eliminate those errors, but we aren't there yet. I believe that these games SHOULD be based on skill and time and effort put into the game, but not so much into finding the bugs and 'cheap' ways, but by getting better at strategy. We need to learn to eliminate bugs before we have ultra competitive games.
The death of TV is a good thing! No, your TV's are not obsolete, but they are just a conduit for much more than they ever could be. Through products like your X-box 360, Slingbox, PS3, PC, and hell, even Flash Drives and those little memory cards that we used to use for Camera's or Cell Phones. Your TV is no longer a TV by traditional definitions. I find this to be a great thing.
I'm tired of GREAT FINANCING OPTIONS.
I'm tired of SHAMWOW.
I'm tired of SAVING BY ZERO.
I'm tired of HAVING THE RIGHT ONE, BABY.
Advertisers will continue to try and shove these things down our throat through new and inventive means. The internet, and technology has offered a well needed reprieve. Having grown up in THIS age, I feel like we may be alone. I watch my parents adapt to technology now, and say "Wow, you can record this and SKIP through the ads." in amazement. I WANT ad-free content, I want movies to be available on my portable devices, I want to be entertained when I have free-time. I go to work to deal with BS like advertising and finance. To all of you out there who are making available this content, I thank you. Please continue to fight the good fight and make available "free" content. I pay for my internet, I pay for my cable, I pay. We all do. If it weren't for our desire to have these things, they wouldn't exist. Advertisement, I say to you, Quit taking the things we love, the things we have invented, our technology, and turning them into Ad-spewing machina.