Hello you all !
I hope you enjoy the game and wish you all the best for the beginning season.
Let's make myself clear, I'm not complaining (I know... This must be like the 200th time you read this :p). I'm just trying to help. I came across some bizarre situation, no major bug but some people might find it a bit annoying. Or is it that someone can come up with a well put explanation ?
My first season league game :
(8581346)4th Q - 1'19 to go. We are 3 pts behind. They have possession.
1'17 - My C, a very bright man, fouls. This my 2nd team foul.
My coach decides it is my back up PF glorious moment. And my back up PF is up to it ang gets into court.
1'13 - Job done ! My sub PF recorded two consecutive fouls, making it my 3rd and 4th team foul. He now walks towards the bench with a straight head.
Let's pause a second. I'm not arguing with or about my coach. I trust him. It is a tough decision to make and you have to do it on a rush. It is foul time ! Ok, fair enough ! So, let's go and kick that bunch of evil... opponents.
1'13 to go. We are still 3 pts behind. They still have possession.
I'm expecting my team to foul and send them to the line. Clock runs. Seconds pass. Seconds pass. Tick tick...
00'52 to go. They have a clear shot. They score.
TIME OUT !
My coach is cool-tempered. He carries on with the sweet talk.
"Hey boys, look at your PF buddy ! He has just made an embarrass... He has just made us proud for his fouling skills. You know why, the sacrifice and everything ? So that YOU can stay out of foul trouble AND send them to the line to regain possession quickly. So foul them ! Do this ! And win this game ! For your PF buddy ! (See the story in disguise :p)
00'52 to go. We are 5 pts behind. We have possession.
00'47 Somehow, the opponent team manages to steal us the ball. Bah...
00'45 My 5th team foul. It takes my experience-strong 33 yo player to get it right.
They score 1 out of 2 FTs.
00'45 to go. We are 6 pts behind. We have possession.
00'36 to go. We score from the 3pt line. We sc... Did we ? We scored from the... COME ON ! GO YOU !
At this point, we are 3 pts behind, they have possession.
I'm expecting my team to foul and send them to the line. Clock runs. Seconds pass. Seconds pass. Tick tick... Didnt' I write this already ?
00'28 to go. They have a clear shot. They miss.
TIME OUT !
My coach is cool-tempered or maybe not so... No more sweet talk. I won't transcribe it again. The players had what they deserved. They received a hell of a b*ll*cking ! Eventually it ended by foul them for the life of me or something...
We managed to get our way to OT and lost. But this is not the point, I expected it to be a close game, I made some mistakes that I acknowledge and that might have cost me the game. I am happy with that. It was a terrific game. I jumped and screamed all along. Well almost :)
Now coming back to the point. What was this ? Obviously, by committing 3 personal fouls in 4 seconds space time and pushing our team foul from 1 to 4, the clear plan was to continue the fouling. I feel like it needs some tuning. Or I will gracefully read a kind explanation. Is it a feature ? I mean, is the GE so refined that in front of an especially quick and agile team, it makes the fouling difficult ? Like we can't catch up with them, hide and seek style :) ? Is there something that could refrain my players from fouling in fear of committing a flagrant foul ? I can't come up with a satisfying explanation myself. From my experience, in real basket-ball, failing to record a foul is a very rare occurence, I might be wrong.
Please share your thoughts.
(Sorry for the capitals, I felt like the story needed it.)
Many thanks to the devs for this great game !
Last edited by Manouche at 11/22/2008 6:14:28 PM