CM 03/04, nice name for a regen

Desnudo · 05-19-2004, 06:40 PM

Not hard to sort out which regen he is.

Franklinnoble · 05-19-2004, 06:47 PM

I don't get it.

daedalus · 05-19-2004, 06:55 PM

JeeberD · 05-19-2004, 06:58 PM

What the heck is a regen?

LionsFan10 · 05-19-2004, 06:59 PM

You tell me, Jeeber. I have no clue.

bhlloy · 05-19-2004, 07:05 PM

Regenerated player - when a player retires a young version of him is created by the game engine (with potential instead of actual talent) and given a random name and maybe even added to a random team's youth system - one of the SI guys can tell you better than I can

bhlloy · 05-19-2004, 07:06 PM

DOLA - funny bug by the way

JeeberD · 05-19-2004, 07:10 PM

So is the funny part the fact that he's been knighted?

Chubby · 05-19-2004, 07:12 PM

he's supposed to be...?

bhlloy · 05-19-2004, 07:14 PM

Sir Bobby Charlton - member of England's 1966 world cup winning team and one of the best English strikers ever. It's funny for one reason because a 21 year old Australian has been knighted, and Bobby Charlton is at least 75. Who knew he still had the skills.

He's in the game as he's on the Man United board, which is why it's a bug (I guess) I'd love to hear from Marc whether this is a feature though - if so I can see it leading to a LOT of problems.

Ryan S · 05-19-2004, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

So is the funny part the fact that he's been knighted?

The real life "Sir Bobby Charlton" is the England national team's all-time leading scorer, won the World Cup with England, won the European Cup with Man United and survived the Munich air crash which wiped out a generation of Man United players back in '58.

Chubby · 05-19-2004, 07:16 PM

i thought it gave a new name to regens?

BreizhManu · 05-19-2004, 07:17 PM

I think the only bug is that the first name is "Sir Bobby", else I guess the probability of having Charlton as the last name was very low.

But don't know how the name allocation works.

JeeberD · 05-19-2004, 07:19 PM

Thanks for the explanations, Ryan and bhlloy. Guess my general lack of soccer knowledge was holding me back...

Godzilla Blitz · 05-19-2004, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhlloy

Regenerated player - when a player retires a young version of him is created by the game engine (with potential instead of actual talent) and given a random name and maybe even added to a random team's youth system - one of the SI guys can tell you better than I can

I thought CM4 used a player generation algorithm rather than regenerated retired players (a la CM3).

bhlloy · 05-19-2004, 07:38 PM

That would make a lot of sense. The last CM I really played was 01/02 as my computer is a piece of crap. I never liked the regen system and I'd be very happy to hear it's gone.

daedalus · 05-19-2004, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Godzilla Blitz

I thought CM4 used a player generation algorithm rather than regenerated retired players (a la CM3).

That's what I was hoping for as well.

Marc Vaughan · 05-20-2004, 03:13 AM

Bobby Charltons on the board at Man Utd which is why his name is in the game, I've a sneaking suspicion the researcher entered it as 'Sir Bobby' which is why you'll occassionally get such oddities - will be fixed in FM (or you can do it now through editing the data).

Sorry for any inconvenience,

Marc

BreizhManu · 05-20-2004, 03:17 AM

the thing is that the researcher should have named him Bobby Charlton and put Sir Bobby Charlton as a nickname.

nothing too serious anyway, this is just funny

ice4277 · 05-20-2004, 04:42 AM

That's ok, I was playing OOTP last week and found a player named "Ted Williams' Frozen Head". Still can't figure that one out.

JonInMiddleGA · 05-20-2004, 08:08 AM

So basically this is like playing OOTP & getting "Roberto Clemente" as the name of a fictional player & he happens to have a skill set similar to the real Clemente?

Francis_Cole · 05-20-2004, 08:13 AM

I thought we had removed the sir thing already.. obviously not

and put Sir Bobby Charlton as a nickname

Nicknames get regend as well so you can't always put the Sir bit in there either

daedalus · 05-20-2004, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

So basically this is like playing OOTP & getting "Roberto Clemente" as the name of a fictional player & he happens to have a skill set similar to the real Clemente?

Roughly.

andy m · 05-21-2004, 01:25 AM

i hope he sports the Charlton comb-over.

Mac Howard · 05-21-2004, 10:46 PM

Sir Bobby will be delighted to be 21 again

Incidentally, he was an attack midfield not a striker, which makes his scoring record even more remarkable and the reason why some English fans believe him to have been the best English soccer player ever.

He came on the scene immediately following the Munich air crash - he was on the 'plane but survived the crash - when he became part of the reconstituted Utd team as a teenager.

05-19-2004, 06:55 PM	#4
daedalus Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	Wow.

05-19-2004, 06:58 PM	#5
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	What the heck is a regen? __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-19-2004, 06:59 PM	#6
LionsFan10 High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Detroit, MI, U.S.A	You tell me, Jeeber. I have no clue. __________________ It's true, it's true.

05-19-2004, 07:10 PM	#9
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	So is the funny part the fact that he's been knighted? __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-19-2004, 07:19 PM	#15
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Thanks for the explanations, Ryan and bhlloy. Guess my general lack of soccer knowledge was holding me back... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-19-2004, 06:40 PM	#2
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	Not hard to sort out which regen he is.

05-19-2004, 06:47 PM	#3
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	I don't get it.

05-19-2004, 07:05 PM	#7
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Regenerated player - when a player retires a young version of him is created by the game engine (with potential instead of actual talent) and given a random name and maybe even added to a random team's youth system - one of the SI guys can tell you better than I can

05-19-2004, 07:06 PM	#8
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	DOLA - funny bug by the way

05-19-2004, 07:12 PM	#10
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	he's supposed to be...?

05-19-2004, 07:14 PM	#11
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Sir Bobby Charlton - member of England's 1966 world cup winning team and one of the best English strikers ever. It's funny for one reason because a 21 year old Australian has been knighted, and Bobby Charlton is at least 75. Who knew he still had the skills. He's in the game as he's on the Man United board, which is why it's a bug (I guess) I'd love to hear from Marc whether this is a feature though - if so I can see it leading to a LOT of problems.

05-19-2004, 07:16 PM	#13
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	i thought it gave a new name to regens?

05-19-2004, 07:17 PM	#14
BreizhManu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Paris, France	I think the only bug is that the first name is "Sir Bobby", else I guess the probability of having Charlton as the last name was very low. But don't know how the name allocation works.

05-19-2004, 07:38 PM	#17
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	That would make a lot of sense. The last CM I really played was 01/02 as my computer is a piece of crap. I never liked the regen system and I'd be very happy to hear it's gone.

05-20-2004, 03:13 AM	#19
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	Bobby Charltons on the board at Man Utd which is why his name is in the game, I've a sneaking suspicion the researcher entered it as 'Sir Bobby' which is why you'll occassionally get such oddities - will be fixed in FM (or you can do it now through editing the data). Sorry for any inconvenience, Marc

05-20-2004, 03:17 AM	#20
BreizhManu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Paris, France	the thing is that the researcher should have named him Bobby Charlton and put Sir Bobby Charlton as a nickname. nothing too serious anyway, this is just funny

05-20-2004, 04:42 AM	#21
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	That's ok, I was playing OOTP last week and found a player named "Ted Williams' Frozen Head". Still can't figure that one out.

05-20-2004, 08:08 AM	#22
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	So basically this is like playing OOTP & getting "Roberto Clemente" as the name of a fictional player & he happens to have a skill set similar to the real Clemente?

05-20-2004, 08:13 AM	#23
Francis_Cole SI Games Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London, England	I thought we had removed the sir thing already.. obviously not and put Sir Bobby Charlton as a nickname Nicknames get regend as well so you can't always put the Sir bit in there either __________________ "We are not the Chad Pennington Jets" - Chad Pennington

05-21-2004, 01:25 AM	#25
andy m High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: norwich, UK	i hope he sports the Charlton comb-over. __________________ mostly harmless FOFL 2009 champs - Norwich Quagmire

05-21-2004, 10:46 PM	#26
Mac Howard Sick as a Parrot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Surfers Paradise, Australia	Sir Bobby will be delighted to be 21 again Incidentally, he was an attack midfield not a striker, which makes his scoring record even more remarkable and the reason why some English fans believe him to have been the best English soccer player ever. He came on the scene immediately following the Munich air crash - he was on the 'plane but survived the crash - when he became part of the reconstituted Utd team as a teenager. __________________ Mac Howard - a Pom in Paradise Last edited by Mac Howard : 05-21-2004 at 10:49 PM.

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