The First Round-Up is Out

[snowmizer]

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Mark Twain: "Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and that man can thereafter sleep until noon."


Whenever I read 90+% of sports reviews, I think of the above quote. For whatever reason, a reputation builds around each series, and it really doesn't matter what's in the final product. Reviewers just see what they expect to see. And they play up, or minimize, faults (sometimes very similar faults... Willie Mays catches, anyone?), depending on the reputations that have built up.

The baseball subgenre has typically suffered this the most (although this year saw basketball make a real run at claiming the 'top' spot).

I'd fully expect the final compilations at GameRankings to mirror exactly this one set of scores which started the thread.

[ESPNFANAZ]

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Bacardi151 said:
Somewhere along the line we lost the ability to just have fun with games. Instead we are offended at the fact that someone rated the game we have gotten attached to feels that the game isn't that great. We nitpick everything, EVERYTHING ( the shoes a player wears for crying out loud)! To make our egos feel better we decide to attack the very next game that is trying to take the spotlight away from our game. Rinse, repeat.

Will this ever stop? Probably not. And it's a shame too, because that type of mentality creeps it's way into your daily lives.

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You nailed it right on the button. It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

Anyways, enough of my rambling... on to more important things like going to Links to get my career finished!

[ESPNFANAZ]

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Bacardi151 said:
Somewhere along the line we lost the ability to just have fun with games. Instead we are offended at the fact that someone rated the game we have gotten attached to feels that the game isn't that great. We nitpick everything, EVERYTHING ( the shoes a player wears for crying out loud)! To make our egos feel better we decide to attack the very next game that is trying to take the spotlight away from our game. Rinse, repeat.

Will this ever stop? Probably not. And it's a shame too, because that type of mentality creeps it's way into your daily lives.

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You nailed it right on the button. It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

Anyways, enough of my rambling... on to more important things like going to Links to get my career finished!

[ESPNFANAZ]

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Bacardi151 said:
Somewhere along the line we lost the ability to just have fun with games. Instead we are offended at the fact that someone rated the game we have gotten attached to feels that the game isn't that great. We nitpick everything, EVERYTHING ( the shoes a player wears for crying out loud)! To make our egos feel better we decide to attack the very next game that is trying to take the spotlight away from our game. Rinse, repeat.

Will this ever stop? Probably not. And it's a shame too, because that type of mentality creeps it's way into your daily lives.

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You nailed it right on the button. It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

Anyways, enough of my rambling... on to more important things like going to Links to get my career finished!

[lnin0]

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Mike said:
It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">My heart grew three sizes today thanks to these words you say Is it mere coincidence my friend, that you are from the city of Loveland?

[lnin0]

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Mike said:
It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">My heart grew three sizes today thanks to these words you say Is it mere coincidence my friend, that you are from the city of Loveland?

[lnin0]

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Mike said:
It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">My heart grew three sizes today thanks to these words you say Is it mere coincidence my friend, that you are from the city of Loveland?

[ESPNFANAZ]

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lnin0 said:
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Mike said:
It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">My heart grew three sizes today thanks to these words you say Is it mere coincidence my friend, that you are from the city of Loveland?

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Yes, been here for 10 years now. Moved out from California when I was 21 and glad I did, don't miss it at all. I take it you are from northern Colorado?

[ESPNFANAZ]

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lnin0 said:
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Mike said:
It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">My heart grew three sizes today thanks to these words you say Is it mere coincidence my friend, that you are from the city of Loveland?

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

Yes, been here for 10 years now. Moved out from California when I was 21 and glad I did, don't miss it at all. I take it you are from northern Colorado?

[ESPNFANAZ]

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lnin0 said:
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Mike said:
It is a shame that to see how we nitpick everything. Life is too short to devote your time into the littlest of details that refrains you from having fun. Talk about your game, let the developers know what you would like to see in next years game, answer people's questions about the game to help them make a better decision on which game to get, but don't go attacking someone else's fun. I guess people attack other games to feel better or secure about your purchase...to each their own, to me that would be a waste of time. I would much rather go online and kick some *** and most of all have FUN doing it! If another game of the same sport intrigues you from the facts you read, go out and rent it yourself, don't take someone's opinion to heavily, you might get disappointed.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">My heart grew three sizes today thanks to these words you say Is it mere coincidence my friend, that you are from the city of Loveland?

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

Yes, been here for 10 years now. Moved out from California when I was 21 and glad I did, don't miss it at all. I take it you are from northern Colorado?

[cub]

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I've got that OXM, and they said ASB's player models/faces are the worst of any baseball game this year.

That alone should invalidate the whole review.

[cub]

Re: The First Round-Up is Out

I've got that OXM, and they said ASB's player models/faces are the worst of any baseball game this year.

That alone should invalidate the whole review.

[cub]

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I've got that OXM, and they said ASB's player models/faces are the worst of any baseball game this year.

That alone should invalidate the whole review.

[bkrich83]

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cub said:
I've got that OXM, and they said ASB's player models/faces are the worst of any baseball game this year.

That alone should invalidate the whole review.

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I still don't even know why stuff like this matters. If the faces suck and the gameplay kicks ***, who freakin cares. Hopefully the gameplay will be there this year.

[bkrich83]

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cub said:
I've got that OXM, and they said ASB's player models/faces are the worst of any baseball game this year.

That alone should invalidate the whole review.

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I still don't even know why stuff like this matters. If the faces suck and the gameplay kicks ***, who freakin cares. Hopefully the gameplay will be there this year.