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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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TCB on sale - extended until Monday!
Just in case anyone here has held off on trying TCB, now might be your chance to do so.
"Grey Dog Software is pleased to announce Total College Basketball on Demand. Between 1:30 EST today and March 16 12:00 PM EST, any Total College Basketball purchase will receive a 10% discount." Last edited by Gary Gorski : 03-16-2006 at 08:20 AM. |
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FOFC Survivor
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Wentzville, MO
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I think I can talk my wife into this purchase on Wednesday.
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Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum. |
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Absolutely AE - for all you husbands out there who have had the wife walk in the door with yet another pair of shoes or purse because it was on sale this is your chance to get even!!!
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Nice to see sale events like this.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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This is kind of a stupid question, but how are the NCAA tournament seedings announced in TCB?
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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You can either watch a selection show or skip it and just check the brackets out. |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: St. Louis, MO
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OK, you got me. That's not easy to do but you got me.
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Go STL Sports! |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp
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Hey lurkers thinking of buying this game, version 1.4: You should do it. It's a quality product--as far as sims go, I put it in the same league as FM and EHM as regards enjoyability.
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FOFC Survivor
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Wentzville, MO
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I have enjoyed the demo. My wife made a good point to me today, though. I have a lot going on academically right now. A new game would only hinder my progress.
Well, for that matter, so does FOFC. ![]()
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Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum. |
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Pro Starter
Join Date: May 2001
Location: toronto
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It's Steak and TCB day today!
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Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob. |
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I think your wife tricked you. ![]() |
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Far from home
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That's high praise indeed. Why would you say it's in the same class as FM and EHM? |
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Quick bump for the morning crowd to remind you that this promo ends at noon tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who has come in to give it a shot at the discounted price - certainly if this promo generates a few more sales than we would have had I think we'll be inclined to try it again with our future titles. We appreciate the support and I especially appreciate the high praise of the King of NY - to be mentioned in the same league as FM and EHM is a massive compliment.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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Because it is. |
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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I've played it MUCH more than EHM.
Top product from Gary as usual.. see TPB. ![]() |
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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Make it 25% off and you've got yourself a deal, mister.
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Ok, what are the odds that Gary starts getting angry PMs from skippy at 12:03pm tomorrow afternoon that he's not getting the discount anymore?
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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No | +750 trillion Yes |-4.75 billion trillion. |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp
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The immersion is there. True, FM and EHM are in a few respects farther along than TCB: the 2D display comes to mind, and FM's player/coach interaction is presently unequalled by any other sim. But TCB matches up well with FM and EHM in the most important department: you really get a feel for your individual players' strengths and weaknesses. Figuring out how to utilize that power forward's passing talents; how to cover up for that shooting guard who has no interest in playing defence; how to get any sort of production out of that unathletic 7' 2" center: these problems are fun and interesting to deal with. Recruiting is also a good challenge--and given your squad size, it's quite manageable. I really liked FBCB back in the day, but I inevitably hit on a recruiting formula that got me what I wanted every time. So far, that has not happened with TCB: I really have to scrap to get the guys I want, and I do not always succeed. There's just enough uncertainty in the scouting to give you a few unexpected booms and a fair number of busts, which is how it should be.
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Input A No Input Last edited by King of New York : 03-15-2006 at 10:31 AM. |
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Far from home
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I know I could download the demo to get the answer to this question, but I figured I'd ask it anyways. How long does it take to get through a game with the 2d display? I've grown accustomed to getting through FM's 50-60 games/year and taking 5-10 minutes per game. Am I looking at taking an hour per game if I use the 2d display for TCB?
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Depends what you want to do with the game. If you are just watching the action and set the control of your team prior to the game starting to CPU it doesn't take that long (and there is a speed setting so you can turn up the speed if you want). If you're going to actually sit down to coach the game, make adjustmens, subs etc you'll probably spend 30-40 mins on a game but its all going to depend on how many coaching adjustments you feel you need to make and how much control you want over your subs. If you don't make many adjustments and turn on the auto-sub control you'll get done quicker than that. |
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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I watch it with speed set at 7-8/10. I usually only call timeouts and make halftime adjustments. Each game takes about 5 minutes. (I will speed up the game if it is not close)
Last edited by MJ4H : 03-15-2006 at 11:04 AM. |
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Oh man, I want this game...
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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Sounds like I'm making a purchase tonight
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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I watch most of the important games and always the first game of the season. I turn on auto-subs and turn off pause at stoppages. I also use a speed of 8 and the game flows quite nicely.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
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How come when you have offensive freedom frequency set to 0%,
it sometimes shows current play: NONE on the bottom of the play by play screen? Shouldn't it run my offensive sets that I pick in team strategy? |
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Well it just means that for whatever reason they're not running the set on that play. Could be that the defense switched sets so now they're confused or that some players out there don't have very high proficiency in the set so they're just kind of doing their own thing or that they decided to push the ball up the court anyway even though you told them you don't want them to. Even if you tell your team to slow it down and run sets every time there's going to be times when the players push the ball up the court |
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#29 |
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I'm in.
Looks like it is going to be much more challenging than I suspected. I started off with Marshall, with hopes of moving up the ladder eventually to WVU, and really struggled with recruiting--eventually running out of money. ![]() I haven't played enough to know if the results of recruiting are going to be "great," but I like the immersion of following players to camps, watching them in games, and, basically, just hounding them to see if I have a shot with them. I think I will enjoy this one--particularly over the next few weeks of March Madness. |
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I really enjoyed this game and need to get back into my dynasty with the latest patch..
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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Despite my attempts at haggling down the price being ignored, I'll probably be whipping out the credit card when I get home too.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Just think, you can buy the game, and still have tree fiddy left over to give to the Lockaness Monster.
Last edited by stevew : 03-15-2006 at 01:09 PM. |
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Aw Critch, I wasn't ignoring you - just figuring out how I would feed my family unless I made $16 million off the game. Cutting the price another 15% would have cut into the grocery budget man ![]() |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Does the new patch affect saved seasons? Or do I need to restart a season? After installing the new patch, I still notice that power conferences are still being bunched up in the same region. In one region, the top three seeds were big east teams, and, in another, an acc team played an acc team in the first round.
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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There's no need to restart seasons after a patch. Im still working on the patch that is going to attempt the issue of conference teams playing each other in the first round
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Grr. Just bought GalCivII, and now i'm gonna wind up buying this as well.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: San Jose, CA
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Ok, I'm buying this.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Toledo - Spain
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One of the games of the year in my opinion, a must have for those who has not purchased it yet, even more with the discounted price now.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Gots to read me the review thread on it here. I just sorta missed this one entirely, which is surprising.
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Wolverine Studios
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Thanks Icy - I appreciate the compliment ![]() |
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Internets
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I just tried the demo again, but I still can't get into it. Am I missing something or is recruiting way too time consuming and tedious? It seems like I spend more time filling two scholarships in TCB than I do filling 20 in BBCF. Just going through the screens to watch my 10 game films every week seems to take forever because you have to do a few clicks for each selection. And then I wasn't sure if I had to keep recruiting after I got verbals. So, I did as a precaution which took even more time. It just seems like a whole lot of clicking to do very little.
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: My Computer
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While I may be a bit biased given my relationship with Grey Dog, I have played this game more then any other I have since mid-way through the beta to now.
I play out each game (5-15 minutes for each depending on how close the game is I play with speed set to 9) and really get into it. One of the things that helped me get used to who is who on the 2d was to record wave files of my teams names, putting those in the sounds folder will cause the announcer to say your players names after they score during home games (helps early in a career when all 12 guys are new). Easily my number one most enjoyable game since Thanksgiving or so (during beta). |
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Herndon, VA
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"Grr. Just bought GalCivII" doesn't make sense. It should be "Woohoo!! Just bought GalCivII", because it super-splendiferous. |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Columbus, GA via Columbus, OH
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Quick questions:
1. Can you heavily recruit a player and he decides to go to the NBA, like the situation with Louisville and Telfair? 2. Do players on your team declare early for the draft? 3. Does the game tell you where your players are drafted and does having alot of NBA players affect your coaching reputation with recruits? 4. Is there a bubble watch? 5. Are there transfers can players become disgrutled with lack of playing time and such. Thanks
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Buckeyes Football/Basketball >>>> Your Favorite School
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Try the demo out. You will be amaze how solid the game is |
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College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2004
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I have to agree this is a fantastic simulation.
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Haven't you heard of Greg Oden? HS kids have to spend a year in college now, it is the same in TCB. Players do declare early for the NBA. |
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Columbus, GA via Columbus, OH
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I tried the Demo one time but it kept crashing on me, is the demo updated with the newest patches or not? If so I may give it another go. Also if someone could answer the questions King of New York couldnt I would appreciate it.
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Buckeyes Football/Basketball >>>> Your Favorite School
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