FOF2K4 - the K episode

[portnoise]

So I have an unusual last name, Kugelmass, which gets mangled and misspelled daily. The only place I've seen this name outside my own family is in a surrealistic Woody Allen story "The Kugelmass Episode" in which (i think) a selfish schlump named Kugelmass gets sucked into a copy of Madam Bovary... not too flattering. :-)

So imagine my surprise when, in my first 2K4 dispersal draft with fictional players, there's a linebacker named Kugelmass! I'm thinking, if Jim just used names from the phone book, the chance of a Kugelmass appearing would be unlikely at best... so I figure he must have dumped the names of his customers into the database at some point. Anyone else notice this?

Given that that's as close as anyone in my family will ever and-I-mean-ever come to being a pro football player, I thought it was a nice touch! Made me happy...

...as does the game, which so far seems like the best one since FOF2. Clearly, quality is in the details. Great job, Jim.

[3ric]

Yes, I'm in the database too since I'm a customer - this is a thing Jim has done for some years now. My last name could be even more rare than Kugelmass!

[jetpunk2000]

I'm pretty sure Jim has used the customer list in the past, so that's probably the case. Never seen a McManus in the game yet though. :confused:

[Darkiller]

I agree, after simmint my first few seasons, I have the impression that this is definitely the best FOF since FOF2.

[Silver Owl]

Originally posted by jetpunk2000
I'm pretty sure Jim has used the customer list in the past, so that's probably the case. Never seen a McManus in the game yet though. :confused:

jetpunk2000,
Do you by any chance have any relatives from Ohio, Kentucky or W.Virginia. I'm a McManus also.

[korme]

Umm, not a bad McManus.

http://www.jbl.ootp-leagues.com/host/mcmanus.jpg

[Primal]

Hmm... Any Ahlstrom's in there?

[SackAttack]

Haven't seen a Hiscock since FOF2, and never a *Josh* Hiscock, but with fictional rosters in FOF 2004, the starting QB of the Baltimore Ravens is named Gus Hitchcock. That was kinda frightening.

[korme]

Just go to your league's Career Statistics, sort by name on Misc. stats, and click on the letter of your last name.

[JeeberD]

Josh, how do you pronounce your last name? Is it Hisk-ock or is it pronounced like I usually read it, His-cock?

Just curious...

Oh, and I've never seen an Eckberg in the game... :(

[Blade6119]

well, ive got Mayes...thats pretty common...but ive never seen my first name in their and that is a really rare name

[Cringer]

I have seen my last name once, can't remember if it was in TCY or FOF2001........but i saw it once and it was cool. :D

[Cringer]

I have seen my last name once, can't remember if it was in TCY or FOF2001........but i saw it once and it was cool. :D

[ISiddiqui]

Hmmm.. I wonder if Siddiqui is in there :D.

[IMetTrentGreen]

i had a kocurek in fof2. i think his first name was oscar, though

[Neuqua]

There's a 'VerBa' but no 'VerMa.' Stupid foreign last name. I wonder if Sunny made it in.

[jetpunk2000]

Do you by any chance have any relatives from Ohio, Kentucky or W.Virginia. I'm a McManus also.

I don't believe so, but hey, you never know. =o). Do you know of any New York McManus' that you're related to?

[MrBug708]

I've sceen Siddiqui in TCY a few times actually

[Silver Owl]

Originally posted by jetpunk2000
I don't believe so, but hey, you never know. =o). Do you know of any New York McManus' that you're related to?
Non, that I can think of right off hand.

[SackAttack]

Originally posted by JeeberD
Josh, how do you pronounce your last name? Is it Hisk-ock or is it pronounced like I usually read it, His-cock?

Just curious...



I've always pronounced it Hiss-cock, but perhaps that's the same as Hisk-ock. At any rate, there's definitely no soft s in there. Those who have tried to pronounce it that way sadly no longer count themselves among the living.

[Abe Sargent]

Never seen Sargent and that's a more well known name too.

-Anxiety