FIFA 2010

I've joined, but what does that mean?
Picked http://www.om.net/

Is there a way to turn replays off yet?

it means that when you're online other people can see that if they are browsing the league standings section and invite you to a league game

joining now

weird i can't find the league by searching for it

now working

okay i've joined. let's play! (i denied your invite by mistake, Garda, maybe because you stole my team...)

or do we wait until we're a certain number of players?

we can play now

I'll be on after the celtic game to start my advance up the league!!!

Good game Local Garda! Shame it was so laggy, not sure what the problem was.

i was playing if just now...lost 2-0! stupid messing for first goal but was fairly dour game.

we're all european, right? fairly sure sonderangerbot is swedish or somesuch

good game sonderangerbot! why can't we speak to each other while playing?

you guys are on ps3 or 360 ? (sorry, it must have been mentionned upthread but, heh...)

good game indeed...! what the hell just happened? pretty sure i'm really not THAT bad. don't know about the headsets, had mine on but couldn't hear anything either.

we're on 360, alxtc, u?

You definitely weren't that bad against me... thought you were going to get the equaliser late on before my kamikaze goalkeeper action saved it.

I was just looking at the standings and it seems to say I have no games left to play, I thought when I put 2 games in the league options it meant 2 against each opponent, not just 2 overall!

yeah sonderangerbot I think I just got kinda lucky, in first half it was close enough but most shots seemed to go in.

so annoying just now, had a classic game against a guy using real and I was barca. was 1-1 in 118th min of extra time and i scored and he turns it off. so against the spirit of the whole thing, esp after such a tight game.

the 'community' on EA games/xbox live is pretty rancid tbf : /

yeah tho last night i played a guy and he sent a message after saying "thanks for the game, well won", a rare ray of light. really starting to like this game btw...anyone else reckon the superstars are sort of hard to use? I guess a bit like old pro ev, if you think you're going to beat anyone with messi you're sort of wrong, and prob better off beating one man and passing it, if even that.

I'm in California. Would our games be impossibly laggy? You civilised European gentlemen can kick me out of the league if you want :(

I played dan m in chicago last year and it was fine; it's at least worth trying

xxp i agree. i definitely know i'm not playing well when i turn to blasting long crosses at totti thinking "oh, he'll know what to do..."

the main thing bothering me now is i can't find a camera view that both looks good and plays well. dynamic is too much of a risk, but with tele i can hardly tell this game from PES05. guess i need a new tv :(

standings say that we play each other twice btw

The thing I'm noticing in FIFA 10 is that there seems to be more little things that you can do & that the little things you do can make a bigger difference, but maybe it's just me? I tried out dynamic view, but it felt like it was too zoomed in - it made me feel uncomfortable (though I used it last year). I like how much of the game you can see with the default view, especially with the widescreen aspect ration, which makes a huge difference. Red cards seems easier to pick up, but maybe it's because I haven't quite gotten used to the controls yet after going back to PES 5 for the last month or so.

gg earlier sonderangerbot; fluked out a 1-0 win after a very even game

lol this game is just madden for homosexuals

360 too but haven't tried the online yet.
as soon as I get there I'll look for the ilx people !

do they not have any user stats, for online gaming, like "how many times this player has quit half way through a game". they should.

they do, and you can filter your matchmaking by their 'did not finish' percentage

Ha, brilliant

Do homosexuals not play Madden?

My xbox isn't live but I'm hoping to resolve that soon and you can all whip my ass </ homo>.

I'm still finding shooting impossible to control even against noob level AI.

Not happy with the refereeing - far too many cheap free kicks being given.

onimo, if ur buying live, I can recommend this guy for cheap codes http://xboxliveuk76.com/

Thanks coz, I'll bookmark that for whenever I get my connections sorted.

Oof, good game again sonderangerbot. Definitely my hardest fought 1-0 so far, great defending.

grrrr jealous. where are the ps3 ilxorz?

playing madden ldo

fraid so

if, it was a tight one for sure, walcott terrorized my poor little norwegian. that's the second in a row i've lost in the 90th minute or so, this game is truly unforgiving.

HOW THE HELL DID MY PLAYER MISS THAT ONE THAT CAME OFF THE POST

:) gg

oh yeah that was totally ridiculous

good game still! i actually thought you would get one considering my many defence clusterfucks when i was just passing the ball around in my own penalty area... i think i've given up winning this round.

Do I still have time to join this? I have been distracted by how surprisingly good Smackdown 2010 is. Also it doesn't constantly rain in that game.

yeah, I invited u to the league check ur 'player hub'

I hate the results ticker at the bottom of the screen for regularly spoiling Match of the Day but it is almost worth it for the occasional Santigold 0 - 0 Portsmouth.

The computer can be weirdly hyper-aggressive. Just played a match where they won two red cards in the first 20 minutes. I've never played a game against the AI where that has ever happened, that I can remember. Should I be embarrassed I only won 6-0?

Finally played my first online ranked match, and it was great. Maybe I just got lucky? It felt so much more dynamic and interesting compared to the games I've been playing against the computer - much more intense. When my opponent scored ten minutes in I figured I was doomed by lack of experience, but I scored an equalizer shortly before the half, then scored a second goal at 90+ for the satisfying (and surprising) victory.

This Saturday and/or Sunday I'll definitely be on for some ILX league games.

yeah I can't be bothered playing against cpu. Online is so much more exciting

Has this second patch turned up on XBOX yet? What does it do? I will join whatever league is there when I get Internet at mah new flat.

I hate the results ticker at the bottom of the screen for regularly spoiling Match of the Day but it is almost worth it for the occasional Santigold 0 - 0 Portsmouth.

haha yeaaaah

keepers are shit when the ball is near their feet...they often fail to dive on it and someone hammers it in while standing about a foot from them

Despite what they said, the stadium / crowd atmosphere seems pretty much exactly the same, yes?

I like that the opposition fans cheer my goals, good work EA.