SAT College Version out today

[FBPro]

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]

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

[Passacaglia]

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

[Tekneek]

"College version" of the SAT?

[CraigSca]

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]

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]

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]

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

[sterlingice]

I, too, thought this was about standardized testing

SI

[Butter]

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]

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

[Butter]

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

[cuervo72]

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

[QuikSand]

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]

lol...

[FrogMan]

I, too, thought this was about standardized testing

SI
err, it isn't???

:confused:

FM

[FBPro]

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

[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.

[vtbub]

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]

American designed
English produced

The Pro version is a tremendous replay game.
Concur, not to mention getting 60+ NFL seasons with it.

[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?

[OldGiants]

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


I see you recanted already http://dynamic.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif, 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]

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]

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]

Dola -

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

[sachmo71]

I hated the SAT. Did much better on ACT.