Running video games (and consoles) thread

Trey, they switch the schedule around otherwise. Opened with the Yankees in 09, Boston in 10 and Tampa in 11. But I really wish they'd switch out the damn interleague. I'd love to be able to play in San Fran or Wrigley with my dynasty.

 

I may have asked this a few pages back, but are there any fellow 360 owners interested in a Madden online franchise league?

The only thing missing from the fantastic NCAA leagues is the ability to check stats, standings, etc. from the web. We can do that in Madden. There's also the option to start from scratch & have a draft, which could be REALLY fun.

I'd be happy to be commish if anyone is interested.

 

A question for all the NCAA players, what is the farthest you have gone in dynasty mode?

I got to my 11th season when I was playing 07 and by year six my team was so good it wasn't all that fun.

 

In 09, I'm in year 2015 with Rutgers, so six years.

I've won five straight national titles. About four years ago, I got invited into the ACC. I forget who I replaced though.

Before that in 07, I started with a Navy squad, moved on to Colorado State, before going to Virginia Tech, where I won a national title. Never won national titles at Navy or Colorado State.

I guess my average is about 7-9 years in a dynasty.

 

Ten hours into Tales of Vesperia, <i>wow.</i> This is my first Tales game (even though I had a cube, no excuse for missing Symphonia), and the combat is amazing. Coming right off Lost Odyssey, which was good but very ... ponderous ... in its combat, this is like a breath of fresh air. I'm completely through battles in the time it took LO to pan the camera past my party,the enemies, then set to a selection menu.

I'm not sure I'm ever going to get to the point where I can infinite juggle enemies in the air for 200+ combos or anything, and I'm still struggling to figure out/put together party AI (ohh what I'd give for gambits), but so far I'm blown away.

 

Way back in NCAA '04, I started simming with a Baylor dynasty and got up to about 2025. I was trying to build draft classes for Madden '04, and just doing the recruiting and simming the games. My Baylor team still won something like 70 games and five national titles in a row. It was ridiculous.
Actually playing, I think I went about 10 years or so in NCAA '05. Started with Arizona State, won a couple national titles and then moved on to Alcorn State and eventually Florida State. Ended up around 2015 or so before I either deleted it to make space on the memory card for another game or bought NCAA 08 and started all over again.

 

When I play I always stay with the same team for the whole thing.

 

In '09 I'm in year 2020 and have won the BCS championship every year except for the first two or three years. I'm in the ACC now, I guess the powers that be gave Duke the boot. I've won 135-or so straight games at home and I don't I've lost a game since 2012 against Notre Dame in the BCS championship game. I'm trying to quit Buffalo after this year and revamp Syracuse but I think I'm just going to keep playing '10 instead.

 

I could be into it. But, I heard there's no free agent signings or trades? This can't be true, right?

 

I went 15 or 20 years (all with Marshall) in 2002, or whichever year had Joey Harrington on the PS2 cover. Only had 1 or 2 losses the whole time, with a slew of titles.

 

Mark me down, storm.

 

Regarding the NCAA games and dynasty mode, I like to sim all of the games every season, especially for the basketball games, and turn them into a sort of "sports management" game as opposed to just going 32-0 with Savannah State. I find this oddly appealing, even more so than games actually intended for this purpose, like Baseball Mogul and Out of the Park Baseball.