Well, in typical June fashion- not much to report. However, I figured I’d hit the front page with some comments and observations. I came up with 7 of 'em.
1. I think that June is the most boring month in sports video gaming. With the “high” of E3 in May, and no new sports games till July (NCAA), our choices are slim. Oh sure, we can play the baseball games, but football junkies such as myself are left re-playing last year’s football games and trying hard not to exploit the numerous AI holes we’ve found since last August.
2. The Pistons let me down. It’s a good thing for Tim Duncan that he saved his career by showing up in that 7th game. Talk about your disappearing acts. He was starting to resemble Marvin Harrison in the Patriots secondary….in January. One thing is for sure- Ben Wallace is a beast. There was no disappearing act from him, that’s for sure.
3. Terrell Owens is the biggest ass in professional sports. You wonder if he gets thank-you cards from Randy Moss and Maurice Clarrett for making their many team disruptions seem like high-school pranks. Good luck finding a more selfish player than Owens. I guess his current 47 million dollar contract is simply not enough for his mammoth ego. Before the 1977-78 rule change regarding downfield contact, wideouts- even the good ones- were much more humble. I’ll give you two reasons why they were more humble: the secondaries of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders. Tatum and Blount tended to make wideouts shut up and not call too much attention to themselves, especially the wideouts who had to go over the middle. Of course, this is all before the NFL turned wideouts into protected girls after the rule changes regarding downfield contact. Ah, if only we could put Owens on a time machine back to ’76. Those were the days.
4. I bet EA bought the NHL license for their games. I can’t see their graphic designers making that kind of mistake on the website with that “exclusive license mistake”. That was too calculated. They either own it, or used that as a planned “feeler” to see how the media would react if they did buy. However, I don’t recall EA ever caring about what fans and the media said about their license grabbing, so it all tends to make me think they already own the NHL license, and are just waiting to officially announce. However- like with so many things- I could be wrong.
5. I was playing a friend of mine at Madden PS2 online last night and I started to wonder if and/or when EA will ever make bump n’ run coverage realistic. The “jams” last way too long, and even middle-grade corners can cause a veritable wrestling match at the line of scrimmage with good wideouts. I mean, if EA wanted to make the game realistic they would tone down the bump n’ run played by 31 of the teams, and allow only the Patriots corners to get away with the current, overly-effective “holding” form of Bump N’ Run found in the past several years’ “Madden” games. Now THAT would be realistic.
6. In the Midway pictures showing “Ron Mexico” at QB, am I the only one who seems to notice that there’s like two offensive linemen shown in the wide-angle view. (Shown HERE) I guess it looks like Midway still went ahead with that “only 3 offensive linemen” junk they were showing a few months back. I know Bangpow and myself tried to warn their PR guy who was over at Operation Sports. He wouldn’t address the questions regarding the number of offensive linemen on the field at that time. Oh well- its not like nobody warned them… a veritable CHORUS of posters chimed in and told him the same thing- “Put 5 offensive linemen on the field, or the game becomes a joke”.
7. Do you think Sony 989 will rename “Road To Sunday” something more accurate? How about “Path To The Budget Bin”.
See you on the virtual playing fields….
Quietcool72
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