Off Topic 2012 - Operation Sports Forums

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.

Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.

Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.

The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.

With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.

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05-14-2012, 12:52 PM

Re: Off Topic 2012

Originally posted by Ermolli

How do I apply that to FIFA? :wink:
I don't like to cheat to win, I feel unconfortable trying to do that. Maybe I should do Cheating 101: changing teams to suck with them until they're losing and then go back to my original team in the match.

LOL, I used to do that. I would switch controllers and intentionally get a player sent off and then switch back.
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05-14-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by ~LiverpoolRed~

LOL, I used to do that. I would switch controllers and intentionally get a player sent off and then switch back.

See, now that's the spirit!

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05-14-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by ~LiverpoolRed~

LOL, I used to do that. I would switch controllers and intentionally get a player sent off and then switch back.

hahaha....oh, so your team can score within 5 minutes of mine EVERYTIME?!?!? Let's see what happens when all of your players play with 50 pound ankle weights (proceeds to drop CPU sprint speed & agility to 0)!

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05-14-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by ~LiverpoolRed~

LOL, I used to do that. I would switch controllers and intentionally get a player sent off and then switch back.

That's the way young kids played the game years ago, I knew people who would do that. I'm not sure if people got that low nowadays.
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05-14-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally posted by ~LiverpoolRed~

LOL, I used to do that. I would switch controllers and intentionally get a player sent off and then switch back.

I used to do that with the NES game Baseball Stars. I would have both controllers set up in front of me. I'd pitch to myself and if I hit a pop up or something I would grab the other controller and move the defensive player out of the way and the ball would drop. Good times!!

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05-14-2012, 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by Ermolli

That's the way young kids played the game years ago, I knew people who would do that. I'm not sure if people got that low nowadays.

When it comes to my games, I never grew up.
Of course I kid (haha pun), I do use the method for equaling things that happen because of a glitch, but I play clean 98% of the time.

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05-14-2012, 01:25 PM

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It felt so good today to delete Desperate Housewives from my DVR's series recordings. 8 seasons of complete nonsense!
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05-14-2012, 01:29 PM

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Speaking of complete nonsense. The girl I've been seeing had me watching Mob Wives last night. Never getting that hour of my life back.

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05-14-2012, 01:32 PM

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A game that I can't find a happy median with is NBA 2k11. I'll have the occasional down game, but I'm 21-6 with my current Association and the games that I win, I seem to win convincingly, but then there's games where I lose close. I hardly ever just get wrecked, but if I went up on difficulty, I would lose most of my games.
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05-14-2012, 01:52 PM

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Random Post (then again, this is the OT thread)...

Who remembers playing this years ago? Somehow this game popped in my head last night.

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Game was awesome!
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05-14-2012, 02:18 PM

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I'm kind of at a crossroads with FIFA myself. I'm not the greatest at it just yet, and I'm kind of stuck as I can't seem to beat Professional without adjusting the sliders down, but I destroy teams on Semi-Pro.

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05-14-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by mb625

I'm kind of at a crossroads with FIFA myself. I'm not the greatest at it just yet, and I'm kind of stuck as I can't seem to beat Professional without adjusting the sliders down, but I destroy teams on Semi-Pro.

I can score goals, keep possession, and out shoot my CPU opponent on World Class...but the CPU ALWAYS scores on 80% of their shots on target. my games are always 2-2, 3-3 type games.

The contain button has helped a bit. I blanked Leeds in my Crystal Palace dynasty the other day...but lost to Nottingham Forest 2-1...giving up 2 shots.

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05-14-2012, 04:26 PM

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I forced myself to end a lengthy career legacy on CH2k8 out of shame from cheating to win. Was getting completely stomped and couldn't take it anymore, turned the 3 point slider up to 100 and it was bombs away . I rationalized later that I was just mad at the CPU for getting mad at my cheesing. They couldn't stop my pick n roll so they pulled a little CPU magic in frustration.

Originally posted by AUChase89

A game that I can't find a happy median with is NBA 2k11. I'll have the occasional down game, but I'm 21-6 with my current Association and the games that I win, I seem to win convincingly, but then there's games where I lose close. I hardly ever just get wrecked, but if I went up on difficulty, I would lose most of my games.

I still can't get my sliders how I want in 2k11. I went 15-14 in a 29 game season, then swept the #2 seed Bulls in the first round. I've come to the realization that the sliders aren't as big a problem as my playing style. If I freestyle too much, or run plays too much, I fall apart, I need to find the right balance. Something clicked against Chicago, maybe my players were just in good spirits the 1st two games from all the sexy ladies , then carried the momentum back to the Palace.

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05-14-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by OSUFan_88

Wait, what?!

Am I the only one who thought Jeremy was young than this?

I have a feeling that this question has been asked quite recently...

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I definitely didn't think he was older than me.

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05-14-2012, 06:35 PM

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I drove to the Birmingham airport, to pick up our "Regional Strategist" and he asked me if I have ate lunch (I had a sandwich and some chips). I said yeah, and he offered to buy my lunch if I wanted to stop off somewhere.

It's not like I was losing anywhere. I drove a company car, with company gas, on company time..

I've yet to meet anyone who works for this company, regardless of how high up the chain they are, that's not just flat out nice.
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