SAT College Version out today

FBPro · 10-05-2005, 08:13 PM

http://www.roogames.co.uk/satcollege.htm

3 day FULL VERSION trial available, download and play now. I grabbed it and giving it a try.

Logan · 10-05-2005, 08:16 PM

Ok, I thought this was some kind of parody thread. You know...cause why would there be a sim of the SATs.

Passacaglia · 10-06-2005, 06:27 AM

Why wouldn't there be a sim of the SAT? That sounds fun.

Tekneek · 10-06-2005, 06:37 AM

"College version" of the SAT?

CraigSca · 10-06-2005, 06:58 AM

The game is "Second and Ten". It's a football replay game that came out last year. You buy the game and you get EVERY NFL (and AFL) season for free.

Yesterday, they released a college version with every Div 1 team from last year as well as some great teams of the past.

No career aspect, but it's a pretty solid replay sim.

QuikSand · 10-06-2005, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CraigSca

The game is "Second and Ten".

If we feel the need to net-truncate this, I'd think S&T would be a better fit.

I, too, was perplexed by the notion of a three-hour long test-taking "sim game."

CraigSca · 10-06-2005, 08:21 AM

I don't disagree. However, the computer game is based on a board game called "First and Ten", which the original developer truncated to "FAT". On the tabletop gaming message boards it's been written this way since day one, so for the people that frequent there "SAT" was a natural progression.

Taken out of context, however, it's obviously confusing.

cuervo72 · 10-06-2005, 09:21 AM

Yep, add me to the list of confused. Probably not the wisest choice of abbreviations, natural progression or not.

sterlingice · 10-06-2005, 10:08 AM

I, too, thought this was about standardized testing

SI

Butter · 10-06-2005, 10:10 AM

I would also like to pile on and make the first guy feel worse about his choice of abbreviation, despite the total lack of necessity for it.

cuervo72 · 10-06-2005, 10:32 AM

Brain blast! I shall make a game about Ladies Swimming And Tennis!

Butter · 10-06-2005, 10:37 AM

Sorry, I've already got one about tennis... mostly about Anna Kournikova, called Girls Modeling And Tennis.

cuervo72 · 10-06-2005, 10:44 AM

Ok, then I'll have to go with Men's Curling and Tobogganing then.

QuikSand · 10-06-2005, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

I would also like to pile on and make the first guy feel worse about his choice of abbreviation, despite the total lack of necessity for it.

I don't think this is pointed at FB Pro who posted here -- from the link itself, it's clear that this is the abbreviation the firm has embraced. I don't think this was FB Pro's decision or fault.

Young Drachma · 10-06-2005, 10:59 AM

lol...

FrogMan · 10-06-2005, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I, too, thought this was about standardized testing

SI

err, it isn't???

FM

FBPro · 10-06-2005, 05:29 PM

Sorry about the confusion, I should have posted more clearly -- though it was accurate to the company.

kcchief19 · 10-06-2005, 05:52 PM

I like the fact that 17 posts in and no one has commented about the game play of this particularly product, only the choice of initialism for the product.

I haven't tried the demo yet; I think I'll take it for a whirl we I have a free hour or two. Personally, I have an immediate aversion to a product advertised as "American" football because it instantly tells me that it was designed by and/or for: (a) someone who doesn't use the word soccer to describe soccer; (b) someone intending the product for people who play soccer but call it football. Either way, it's an odd marketing phrase.

vtbub · 10-06-2005, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcchief19

I like the fact that 17 posts in and no one has commented about the game play of this particularly product, only the choice of initialism for the product.

I haven't tried the demo yet; I think I'll take it for a whirl we I have a free hour or two. Personally, I have an immediate aversion to a product advertised as "American" football because it instantly tells me that it was designed by and/or for: (a) someone who doesn't use the word soccer to describe soccer; (b) someone intending the product for people who play soccer but call it football. Either way, it's an odd marketing phrase.

American designed
English produced

The Pro version is a tremendous replay game.

FBPro · 10-06-2005, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtbub

American designed
English produced

The Pro version is a tremendous replay game.

Concur, not to mention getting 60+ NFL seasons with it.

Klinglerware · 10-14-2005, 03:56 PM

So, I tried the demo and I really enjoyed the game. I am inclined to buy it.

I've been a Haffner 3-in-1 fan for years: I like the fact that you could simulate both college and pro football and that it came with a huge number of teams. I especially liked the fact that all the 1-aa teams were included.

However, being that 3-in-1 is outdated and Haffner barely supports the game anymore, I think I'm probably in the market for a good college replay game. Like I said, I liked second-and-ten college, since the game is flexible enough to have 1-aa college teams rated. How does Action PC and strat-o-matic compare? Are there other games I should look at?

OldGiants · 10-14-2005, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuikSand

If we feel the need to net-truncate this, I'd think S&T would be a better fit.

I see you recanted already

, but for those of us who play wargames, S&T means only one thing: Strategy and Tactics Magazine. That's been a reserved abbreviation for 30+ years.

You must not be a board wargamer.

FBPro · 10-14-2005, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klinglerware

So, I tried the demo and I really enjoyed the game. I am inclined to buy it.

I've been a Haffner 3-in-1 fan for years: I like the fact that you could simulate both college and pro football and that it came with a huge number of teams. I especially liked the fact that all the 1-aa teams were included.

However, being that 3-in-1 is outdated and Haffner barely supports the game anymore, I think I'm probably in the market for a good college replay game. Like I said, I liked second-and-ten college, since the game is flexible enough to have 1-aa college teams rated. How does Action PC and strat-o-matic compare? Are there other games I should look at?

Action is a pretty good game, though I have not used it for college games much but for pro it seems to work well. SOM, IMO is TOO expensive and not customizable to speak of so it doesn't even get consideration in my book.

Klinglerware · 10-17-2005, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FBPro

Action is a pretty good game, though I have not used it for college games much but for pro it seems to work well. SOM, IMO is TOO expensive and not customizable to speak of so it doesn't even get consideration in my book.

Thanks for the input. Action definitely looks like an excellent game, but it does seem that what makes Action a great game (the granularity and the wealth of subjective player ratings) probably would make a college translation difficult. While you can get data, for example, on individual OL player grades and pancake blocks for 32 NFL teams, you can't get that data so easily for 200+ 1-a and 1-aa college teams...

Klinglerware · 10-17-2005, 10:08 AM

Dola -

By the way, has anybody played their (DK's) baseball replay game?

sachmo71 · 10-17-2005, 10:22 AM

I hated the SAT. Did much better on ACT.

10-06-2005, 06:58 AM	#5
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	The game is "Second and Ten". It's a football replay game that came out last year. You buy the game and you get EVERY NFL (and AFL) season for free. Yesterday, they released a college version with every Div 1 team from last year as well as some great teams of the past. No career aspect, but it's a pretty solid replay sim. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

10-06-2005, 08:21 AM	#7
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	I don't disagree. However, the computer game is based on a board game called "First and Ten", which the original developer truncated to "FAT". On the tabletop gaming message boards it's been written this way since day one, so for the people that frequent there "SAT" was a natural progression. Taken out of context, however, it's obviously confusing. __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

10-06-2005, 09:21 AM	#8
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Yep, add me to the list of confused. Probably not the wisest choice of abbreviations, natural progression or not. __________________ null

10-06-2005, 10:08 AM	#9
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I, too, thought this was about standardized testing SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

10-06-2005, 10:10 AM	#10
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I would also like to pile on and make the first guy feel worse about his choice of abbreviation, despite the total lack of necessity for it. __________________ My listening habits

10-05-2005, 08:16 PM	#2
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Ok, I thought this was some kind of parody thread. You know...cause why would there be a sim of the SATs.

10-06-2005, 06:27 AM	#3
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Why wouldn't there be a sim of the SAT? That sounds fun.

10-06-2005, 06:37 AM	#4
Tekneek Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: USA	"College version" of the SAT?

10-06-2005, 10:32 AM	#11
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Brain blast! I shall make a game about Ladies Swimming And Tennis! __________________ null

10-06-2005, 10:37 AM	#12
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Sorry, I've already got one about tennis... mostly about Anna Kournikova, called Girls Modeling And Tennis. __________________ My listening habits

10-06-2005, 10:44 AM	#13
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Ok, then I'll have to go with Men's Curling and Tobogganing then. __________________ null

10-06-2005, 10:59 AM	#15
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10-06-2005, 05:29 PM	#17
FBPro College Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SE	Sorry about the confusion, I should have posted more clearly -- though it was accurate to the company. __________________ GM RayCo Raiders-est. 2004-2012 Charter member of the IHOF-RayCo GM GM Tennessee Titans PFL 2011-2014 GM Tennessee Titans FOWL 2020-2025

10-06-2005, 05:52 PM	#18
kcchief19 Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kansas City, MO	I like the fact that 17 posts in and no one has commented about the game play of this particularly product, only the choice of initialism for the product. I haven't tried the demo yet; I think I'll take it for a whirl we I have a free hour or two. Personally, I have an immediate aversion to a product advertised as "American" football because it instantly tells me that it was designed by and/or for: (a) someone who doesn't use the word soccer to describe soccer; (b) someone intending the product for people who play soccer but call it football. Either way, it's an odd marketing phrase.

10-14-2005, 03:56 PM	#21
Klinglerware College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The DMV	So, I tried the demo and I really enjoyed the game. I am inclined to buy it. I've been a Haffner 3-in-1 fan for years: I like the fact that you could simulate both college and pro football and that it came with a huge number of teams. I especially liked the fact that all the 1-aa teams were included. However, being that 3-in-1 is outdated and Haffner barely supports the game anymore, I think I'm probably in the market for a good college replay game. Like I said, I liked second-and-ten college, since the game is flexible enough to have 1-aa college teams rated. How does Action PC and strat-o-matic compare? Are there other games I should look at?

10-17-2005, 10:08 AM	#25
Klinglerware College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The DMV	Dola - By the way, has anybody played their (DK's) baseball replay game? Last edited by Klinglerware : 10-17-2005 at 10:09 AM.

10-17-2005, 10:22 AM	#26
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	I hated the SAT. Did much better on ACT.

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