Comments on: Home and Away goals http://peschronicles.co.uk/2008/05/30/home-and-away-goals/ ...and FIFA Chronicles too Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:12:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: not-Greg http://peschronicles.co.uk/2008/05/30/home-and-away-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 not-Greg Fri, 30 May 2008 21:27:32 +0000 http://peschronicles.co.uk/?p=391#comment-1515 Adriano - over a long enough period it'd be inevitable that some league campaigns would go down to the wire, but in PES it's almost always the case that there's an exciting run-in involving two or more teams almost until the last game. It's always been the case for me, anyway. As you say, many other players (better players than me) romp to the league title every season. If you have this scenario in your next season as well, it could be that the game is programmed to kick in with the macro-scripting from season 2016ish on! That's when I noticed my first big example too. heraldo - Once we assume the existence of a behind-the-scenes 'script manager' for each season whose job is to make the competitive side of things last for as long as possible, preferably until the last game of the season, I think all becomes clear. Can we blame Konami too much for this? Yes and no, IMO. On the one hand it demonstrably does extend the human player's interest in PES and in ML in particular. On the other hand it makes a mockery of the game's pretensions to represent a sport, i.e. a contest with no hidden variables other than physics and individual skill, with the odd dollop of luck. Adriano - over a long enough period it’d be inevitable that some league campaigns would go down to the wire, but in PES it’s almost always the case that there’s an exciting run-in involving two or more teams almost until the last game.

It’s always been the case for me, anyway. As you say, many other players (better players than me) romp to the league title every season. If you have this scenario in your next season as well, it could be that the game is programmed to kick in with the macro-scripting from season 2016ish on! That’s when I noticed my first big example too.

heraldo - Once we assume the existence of a behind-the-scenes ’script manager’ for each season whose job is to make the competitive side of things last for as long as possible, preferably until the last game of the season, I think all becomes clear. Can we blame Konami too much for this? Yes and no, IMO. On the one hand it demonstrably does extend the human player’s interest in PES and in ML in particular. On the other hand it makes a mockery of the game’s pretensions to represent a sport, i.e. a contest with no hidden variables other than physics and individual skill, with the odd dollop of luck.

]]> By: Adriano http://peschronicles.co.uk/2008/05/30/home-and-away-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Adriano Fri, 30 May 2008 20:29:12 +0000 http://peschronicles.co.uk/?p=391#comment-1514 I think the whole concept if interesting, though the scripting gets a little too heavy-handed at times. I think the whole concept if interesting, though the scripting gets a little too heavy-handed at times.

]]> By: heraldo http://peschronicles.co.uk/2008/05/30/home-and-away-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 heraldo Fri, 30 May 2008 20:21:12 +0000 http://peschronicles.co.uk/?p=391#comment-1513 Adriano I am in my fourth season in my Master League Division 2, I am in a 3 way tie at top going into the final fixture. I am 2nd behind on goal difference. The top and 3rd placed team play each other in the final fixture. Never experienced this before on ML. Adriano

I am in my fourth season in my Master League Division 2, I am in a 3 way tie at top going into the final fixture. I am 2nd behind on goal difference. The top and 3rd placed team play each other in the final fixture.

Never experienced this before on ML.

]]> By: Adriano http://peschronicles.co.uk/2008/05/30/home-and-away-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Adriano Fri, 30 May 2008 19:56:53 +0000 http://peschronicles.co.uk/?p=391#comment-1512 This is strange, I don't remember ever winning the league in the final fixture. My league experiences are usually either cruising from the first to the final fixture or (in the first few seasons in 1st division) simply being left behind by the leaders. My season 2016 has been legendary, Kim Cyun Hi scored 57 goals in the league, over 50% of my team's 110. I'm about to begin season 2017, just a couple more friendlies to go. This is strange, I don’t remember ever winning the league in the final fixture. My league experiences are usually either cruising from the first to the final fixture or (in the first few seasons in 1st division) simply being left behind by the leaders.

My season 2016 has been legendary, Kim Cyun Hi scored 57 goals in the league, over 50% of my team’s 110. I’m about to begin season 2017, just a couple more friendlies to go.

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