Comments on: Dicing with death http://peschronicles.co.uk/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/ tales of Pro Evolution Soccer, FIFA, and more Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:35:07 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gregdowns http://peschronicles.co.uk/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/comment-page-1/#comment-359 gregdowns Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:17:41 +0000 http://peschronicles.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/#comment-359 mirandinha - You're right, I've finished the qualifiers... I'll be posting another post later tonight (6th Dec). It's been a few years, but I seem to remember one of the PS1 versions of ISS (might have been ISS 98) where I often went down to 10 men and 9 men, and I ALWAYS seemed to play better. Playing online last week I was up against someone who got a player sent off early and he never plugged the gap in his midfield, and the game didn't do it for him. Sooner or later this blog will enter a different phase featuring more general articles about PES gameplay (past and present) - as I originally had in mind when I started it. A good general article about coping with 10 men or 9 men would be a good 'un I think. If/when the time comes I'll brazenly steal everything from the comments here and from PES forums :) (I've responded to your comment about your Treble in that other post.) ck - there's plenty of life left in PES2008 yet, but that doesn't detract from any of the negatives surrounding it this year. The Newcastle game was immense, though - one of the most memorable single matches of Pro Evo I have ever played. mirandinha – You’re right, I’ve finished the qualifiers… I’ll be posting another post later tonight (6th Dec).

It’s been a few years, but I seem to remember one of the PS1 versions of ISS (might have been ISS 98) where I often went down to 10 men and 9 men, and I ALWAYS seemed to play better. Playing online last week I was up against someone who got a player sent off early and he never plugged the gap in his midfield, and the game didn’t do it for him.

Sooner or later this blog will enter a different phase featuring more general articles about PES gameplay (past and present) – as I originally had in mind when I started it. A good general article about coping with 10 men or 9 men would be a good ‘un I think. If/when the time comes I’ll brazenly steal everything from the comments here and from PES forums :)

(I’ve responded to your comment about your Treble in that other post.)

ck – there’s plenty of life left in PES2008 yet, but that doesn’t detract from any of the negatives surrounding it this year. The Newcastle game was immense, though – one of the most memorable single matches of Pro Evo I have ever played.

]]> By: cklarock http://peschronicles.co.uk/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/comment-page-1/#comment-358 cklarock Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:20:14 +0000 http://peschronicles.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/#comment-358 Woah. That was an epic Cup match. You know, there may be some life left in the old dog yet. If PES2008 can give you that kind of game and the general run of results you've had this season, it might be worth playing on! Woah. That was an epic Cup match. You know, there may be some life left in the old dog yet. If PES2008 can give you that kind of game and the general run of results you’ve had this season, it might be worth playing on!

]]> By: Mirandinha http://peschronicles.co.uk/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Mirandinha Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:12:35 +0000 http://peschronicles.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/dicing-with-death/#comment-357 Oh, come on, don't leave us hanging here. I KNOW you've already played the rest of the ECC first stage matches. Just tell us if you went through or not! On the subject of playing with 10 men, I've noticed that, at least in this version of the game, it's not always necessary to rearrange your formation. Players either run a bit more to cover the spaces or the opposition is too dumb to capitalize on the lack of a player. It always seems like your team plays better when you're down to ten. On the other hand, this year the CPU rearranges THEIR formation whenever they have a player sent off, whereas on PES6, the comp didn't bother with that at all, and that was when I got my highest scores. I'd just position a player to get long balls right where they'd had lost their man. Speaking of red cards, if you look at the previous post, you'll see my comment about the ECC final, but I forgot to mention there and then that when we went into Extra Time, Bayern made their last substitution shortly before I got a brilliant through ball to my striker clean on goal, and their keeper (Cech, surprisingly) fouled me while trying to stop the ball. I was very scheptical when he got sent off, and I made a bet with myself that their keeper/striker (Schlaudraff) would be better than Oliver Kahn, but the opposite happened. I score 5 times in Extra Time.. Oh, come on, don’t leave us hanging here. I KNOW you’ve already played the rest of the ECC first stage matches. Just tell us if you went through or not!

On the subject of playing with 10 men, I’ve noticed that, at least in this version of the game, it’s not always necessary to rearrange your formation. Players either run a bit more to cover the spaces or the opposition is too dumb to capitalize on the lack of a player. It always seems like your team plays better when you’re down to ten. On the other hand, this year the CPU rearranges THEIR formation whenever they have a player sent off, whereas on PES6, the comp didn’t bother with that at all, and that was when I got my highest scores. I’d just position a player to get long balls right where they’d had lost their man.

Speaking of red cards, if you look at the previous post, you’ll see my comment about the ECC final, but I forgot to mention there and then that when we went into Extra Time, Bayern made their last substitution shortly before I got a brilliant through ball to my striker clean on goal, and their keeper (Cech, surprisingly) fouled me while trying to stop the ball. I was very scheptical when he got sent off, and I made a bet with myself that their keeper/striker (Schlaudraff) would be better than Oliver Kahn, but the opposite happened. I score 5 times in Extra Time..

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