AFL Game Part 2

[dajesmac]

As a completely biased Bulldogs supporter, I'd love to see Cooney (with leg tattoo), Hall or Lake.

He did say head shot though.

 

[TMS]

I'd love to see Max Rooke or Paul Chapman in a screencap. Hairy and hairless.

 

[juddsentant517]

I'd say Brett Ebert, but i'd like to get a picture of the ground as backround, and his head would just fill up the whole picture

 

[lions_29]

I would perfer Gary Ablett or J.Brown, 2 superstars you'd have to show

 

[dajesmac]

Also lets not flood the thread, he did say a poll should be made for this exact reason.

 

[mobitout]

Go make one

 

[hird+lloyd=legends]

awesome stuff BigAnt, i hate thomas so much but damn does he look good lol.

I would like to see Jay Neagle, J-Pod or Trav Johnstone.

 

[jack_mcdonald93]

He did say head shot though.

Bugger. Maybe Jarrad Grant then? Surely Merlin/Spock would be a good screenshot.

 

[Kickpuncher]

+1 for Ben Nason

 

[Qwinton]

Also lets not flood the thread, he did say a poll should be made for this exact reason.

How about we start another thread where you can make suggestions, give everyone til say 9pm EST tomorrow (20/07/2010) to make their suggestions then make the poll then with the names suggested?

 

[happy_eagle]

We need to canvas the most popular options before we can do a poll

Ablett
Judd
Franklin
Brown
Johnstone
Naitanui

20 is the max for a poll i think

EDIT: how about we nominate 1 player from each club for the poll, then find 3/4 others

 

[dajesmac]

How about we start another thread where you can make suggestions, give everyone til say 9pm EST tomorrow (20/07/2010) to make their suggestions then make the poll then with the names suggested?

Good idea, I was about to make a poll and then realised I would probably put up shit options and would get slaughtered.

 

[mobitout]

Travis Johnstone, Ben Hudson, Brett Ebert, Nic Natanui, James Gwilt, Ben Nason, Cameron Ling
I wonder if Brad Johnson would be smiling during the game..

 

[Stokes-Selwood-Prismall]

I don't think its necessary to do that for a couple of reasons. The team in the losing rut will still be behind those who are winning. In this case Fremantle's form could be dropped down from 20% to 10% to 5% then gone completely leaving them with their base statistics. This would be a large enough punishment as the opposition teams will still have their form % boost, leaving fremantle behind on the rest of the competition.

So the code could be something like -
after 3 wins you would get a 5% boost,
4 wins 10% boost,
6 wins 15% boost,
7 wins 20% boost.

Beating any team for the first 3 rounds will net you a standard 1 win towards your streak as the ladder isnt really indicative of anything at that stage (unless you want to go back to last years ladder in which case it could work normally).
Beating a top 4 side counts as 2 wins.
Beating a top 5-12 side counts as 1 win
Beating a bottom 4 side counts as .5 of a win (unless you are in the bottom 4 when it counts as 1 win)

After each loss however, the boost percentage will halve until it reaches under 5% then it disappears completely. Also losing a game on your streak will give your 2/3 of your streak count (so if a team wins 6 in a row, then loses one, they will be back at 4 wins in a row as their streak..) and if they win another game, they're back on track to pick up their boost again.

I just dont think that taking attribute points away from sides is ever a positive thing. the gamer is always disappointed when players go down (like hopping mad mentioned in fifa). Maybe if a side in the top 4 loses 3 in a row, they could be penalised, and a side in the top 8 could lose 4 in a row, then be penalised 5-10%.
But the point of the form system would be to reward sides that are playing well, but also make the competition more even for the sides that start out with poor attributes.

Those are just my thoughts though, people could add to this or change it if they want.

Nice post.

I always steer away from game balancing via penalties that take a player below what would be considered "0", you should always, in my opinion get your base stat. That's not to say that your opposition, having played well or having seen how bad you are playing don't get a lift from it.

That said, most games have "catch up" - meaning the worse you are the easier it is to score/drive/whatever, this has been done all the way back to NBA Jam. I understand the idea of reward for good play (the old NBA Jam "he's on fire"), but there is something to be said to negating someone getting the daylights belted out of them.... particularily online, as it demotivates people and has them leave the online space.

Thanks for the response mate, it seems like we're on the same page. I understand if you can't disclose, but is there potential for a system like this to be implemented, in addition to an in-game "catch-up" mode? I think both systems would work really well together.

I agree wholeheartedly with your point on not going below your base statistic, I was just addressing a question someone else asked.

Also the online function shouldn't be affected by either catch up or form. It should always be mano-e-mano. Like fifa, if people want to play with a highly ranked side, they can choose to do so and its up to the opponent to choose a side either; equal to the opposition or stick with their own team.

 

[purpleblood29]

HAS TO be travis johnstone. C'monn... you know you want to

 

[Cudi]

Would love to see Big Bad Barrys ugly mug

 

[dajesmac]

Probably should just wait for Ant_ to do it, lol.

 

[Super Hans]

Travis Johnstone. Or maybe a Dennis Commetti's face?

 

[HSSB]

Personally I'd prefer a gun like Brown, Judd, Ablett etc.

No love for Franklin or Hodge

That screen is great, the hair could be better though, but I can't really complain.

And I guess the stadium looks pretty good, facial hair is also great, (this really doesn't make any difference to the game) but will the sponsor boards actually have AFL sponsors on them? Or just the AFL/Toyota/AFL-Toyota logos all over? Most people don't care about this, but I would love it to be in the game, although it might be $$$

 

[dajesmac]

Travis Johnstone. Or maybe a Dennis Commetti's face?

Haha, why would they have made a Commetti? Commentators aren't made for sports games, he won't appear at all.

 

[BigAntStudios]

Travis Johnstone. Or maybe a Dennis Commetti's face?

Now that's funny - we didn't think to model him!

I'll also render part of the home stadium of whomever is chosen in the background.

we really should get a poll going (if possible).

 

[Qwinton]

Probably should just wait for Ant_ to do it, lol.

Should I do it so we don't clutter up this thread?

EDIT: Vote here:

[URL="http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=733465]http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=733465[/URL]

 

[jack_mcdonald93]

Should I do it so we don't clutter up this thread?

Why not? May as well get one going, I'd put one player from each team plus a few recognisable stars (Franklin, Judd, Ablett etc..)

 

[lynchy4610]

Would much prefer to see a "lesser" known player such as Nason, Ben Warren, Chris Mayne, Mark Jamar, Daniel Merret, Harry O Brien to name a few , that would be interesting to see how much has gone into the modeling of players, whether it is across the board, or whether the "better players" look more like the real thing and then it falls away, as is the case in some sports games

 

[dajesmac]

Should I do it so we don't clutter up this thread?

Sure! I recommend including a "Other - Please Specify" option.