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Old 06-06-2008, 06:58 PM   #511 (permalink)
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Re: Adam Thompson (NCAA Designer) Q&A Thread

Don't worry about it. I realize what a massive undertaking it must be to put out a game like this. You got much more right than you got wrong.

And by the way, thanks for doing this. Answering 250 questions a day can't be much fun. So, thanks again.
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I miss the historic teams with the leather helmets and half-sleeve sweater uniforms and grainy 50s style photography... has this ever been discussed for next gen?
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Don't worry about it. I realize what a massive undertaking it must be to put out a game like this. You got much more right than you got wrong.

And by the way, thanks for doing this. Answering 250 questions a day can't be much fun. So, thanks again.
Maybe it is fun since he might be getting insight into issues he hasn't thought about before. Just a thought.
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Old 06-06-2008, 07:04 PM   #514 (permalink)
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Thanks for the quick replies, Adam. I'm sure I speak for everyone in saying how great it is to have direct communication with people directly involved in bring us the game.

I hope that one day, the ability to win/lose trophies will be availlable again. it opens up a whole new dimension to online play.

Have any new rivalry trophies been added to '09? How are is it decided which Rivalry trophies are to be included?

It would be great that Rivalry games/history/trophies are the focus in the near future, as it a fascinating aspect of college football and is one of the things that sets it apart from the NFL.
I'm not sure if we have added any new trophies or not. I don't think we did. I DO know that Ben went in and updated all the rivalries. We haven't done much to change the rivalry database in years. This was one of the things we were able to port from current gen. Then every year when we submit screenshots to each school for approvals, we'd give them a list of rivals. They would have us add or remove them. But like with everything else, some schools give us more info than others. Our rivalry table was, quite frankly, out of date.

So Ben pulled all the data out of the database, hit up the internet, and did major overhauls to the rivalry database. He removed old rivalries that have fizzled out, and added new rivalries that we were missing. I also had Brad Nessler record new commentary with the rivalry names that we added (every named rivalry has commentary with the name). Ben also made sure that every team has an in-conference rivalry game. You get a big bonus in recruiting if you have a recruit visit during a conference game versus a rival. So teams like Texas that have 3 conference rivals would have a huge advantage over say my team, UCF, who only had one rival and they were out of conference.

Ben and I both decided that our new favorite rivalry is the Battle for the Bones where Memphis and UAB square off to see who wins a giant trophy modeled off a rack of ribs! http://media.www.dailyhelmsman.com/m...-2330210.shtml

I know we didn't model this trophy, that's why I don't think we added any trophies. Cause if we did, I promise this one would be in there!
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as far as the USF uniform goes, i dont know if Adam's hiding it for a reason, and if so I'm sorry for this post, but i found a screenshot that Steve took of Grothe in the depth chart and from what I can tell its the new jersey (part of it). has the UA logo on it and looks the same as the away jersey's they recently revealed.

http://www.operationsports.com/image...844-media.jpeg

also, Adam, i had a question a little bit back about online dynasty stuff that you've seemed to skip over. has it already been answered by you, did you miss it, or should i just drop it ?
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Have any new rivalry trophies been added to '09? How are is it decided which Rivalry trophies are to be included?
Forgot to address this question.

I don't know how they were decided on, because I wasn't at Tiburon then. When we did trophies on 08, we found we could get the most trophies in if we took the models from current gen and redid the textures (the "skin" of the trophy, if you will). The art team that does our stadiums and did the Shrine also did the trophies, and we still wanted to get more authentic stadiums in the game, as well as other updates like Nebraska's endzone... I think I remember that being a big update for 08.

I'd love to add more rivalry trophies. If we go with a rivalry theme this is more likely to be done. I wouldn't count on it, at least while we still have generic stadiums out there.
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Adam - is there an achievement or any sort of way in the game to track what all teams you've used and/or what all teams you've gotten wins with? This was on the PS2 and it made me play the game a ton more, I loved it!
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Hey Adam you missed my questions on page 50
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As far as putting a man in motion, I got it added to the list of things to fix. Thanks for the tip.
That's great to hear! Thanks again for the work!
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Hey Adam you missed my questions on page 50
I hope that's a joke.
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