. . . DAMN YOU (Not) Greg Downs! (shakes fist) Now I have that song in my head!

I turned the songs off 5 minutes into cracking open PES2008, and even still heard more than enough. It is really the worst video game music *evar*, and makes me laugh that Konami decided to upgrade the music and ended up with that.

Open suggestion to Konami: For your European and American releases, get a European or American consulting group to select and license music for your games. You can thank me later.

“Will you set up a custom League and put Aylesbury in Division1 straightaway? I know that can be done.”

I will. In order to get the personnell right, I will use the PES Editor (http://www.purplehaze.eclipse.co.uk/) to re-create the PES6 Aylesbury team, and start at the beginning of their first season in the top flight.

They will be better than the defaults, for sure, and in PES6 would have been challenging for a European spot by the end of the season, but I imagine that the learning curve of PES2008 will keep us toward the bottom of the league! I’m really kind of looking forward to a tough season, but ask me again once I’ve lost four on the bounce going in to mid-season negotiations, am seven points behind safety, and no players want to come to Aylesbury to play (my word, why ever not?).

Did you see the comment in the thread by some guy *from* Aylesbury, who laughed that I’d turned Friar’s Road into a football ground, as he says it’s a crappy shopping center now.

Apparently, although I made up Aylesbury Vale, there is an actual Aylesbury Vale FC, and their colors are claret and sky-blue, very much like the badge I’d designed!

The lesson is that you can’t throw a stone in England without hitting a football side!

Just had a look at your ML story – you haven’t updated that in a long time! And when you say you’ll continue it in PES2008 and be at risk of relegation, how? Will you set up a custom League and put Aylesbury in Division1 straightaway? I know that can be done.

I want to go, go for the goal. Just thought I’d leave you with that thought.

*We’re gonna play football… (soccer!)… football… (soccer!)….*

I’ve played a few games, and think: PES 6, but with less balloon-shots (thank the Black Baby Jesus) and a much, much faster frame-rate. Too fast, in fact. I dislike the pace, but I’m sure I’ll adjust.

Also, the opposition is more dangerous, and not just from corners or set pieces. They’re scoring from open play, and while it seems like 90% PES6, in fact the defending is different. I couldn’t defend a lick in the matches I’ve played.

For some reason, the exhibition matches are much slower than the Master League. I don’t get it. The exhibition matches are just *marginally* faster than PES6, but the ML matches are so fast it’s disorienting!

At any rate, I think for my first big run at PES 2008 I’m going to revive my ML story:
http://forums.pesfan.com/showthread.php?t=177626&highlight=Aylesbury+Vale

I would suspect we’ll be in a relegation fight, and possibly get relegated, which would be a first for me, and pretty cool.

ck – well done! Bet you’re glad you didn’t import a Euro PS2 now, eh? Oh, and remember that you’re probably playing a superior PES2008. It’s guaranteed as well that the “Football! (Soccer!) Football! (Soccer!)” song will worm its way into your brain and repeat on a loop for days on end. Don’t worry – it will stop eventually. Probably…