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I'm sort of more miffed that this is the first time you lost to simmy in 12 seasons. Upsets should happen more frequently than that.
4/9/2010 7:20 AM
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The point spread is about as broken as the rankings I wouldn't put any stock in it
4/9/2010 7:33 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by dreamweaver2 on 4/09/2010id say that game is more like butler beating michigan state, not the biggest upset ever , ratings are only part of the equation, sometimes matchups, your team didnt play as well as they did the last time you played that team, and you were on the road this time too. id chalk it up to away game, your team didnt play well there team did.

That wasn't even an upset really, but thanks for your "insight".... I'm over the loss now. Someone above said that we need more upsets... Not really... I think there are plenty of upsets as is and when it's a simmy, there definitely doesn't need to be more upsets from simmy imo.
4/9/2010 3:51 PM
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Blame the officials. The refs sent a good FT shooting team to the line a whole lot there.
4/9/2010 3:55 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By colonels19 on 4/08/2010I hate when people try to justify these instances/anomalies....just admit that stuff like this isn't supposed to happen
Northern Iowa is never supposed to be Kansas.

Ohio isn't supposed to beat Georgetown.

Butler shouldn't beat Syracuse.

Stuff like that shouldn't happen, huh?
4/9/2010 4:34 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By cthomas22255 on 4/08/2010
Quote: Originally posted by colonels19 on 4/08/2010 I hate when people try to justify these instances/anomalies....just admit that stuff like this isn't supposed to happen.

After this last NCAA tournament all "anomalies" in HD are "justified."


You comparing real life which is much more random to this game is the title of this thread....
4/9/2010 8:34 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By kmasonbx on 4/08/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By colonels19 on 4/08/2010
I hate when people try to justify these instances/anomalies....just admit that stuff like this isn't supposed to happen.
I hate when people act like upsets don't happen
You comparing real life which is much more random to this game is the title of this thread....
4/9/2010 8:34 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By reinsel on 4/09/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By colonels19 on 4/08/2010
I hate when people try to justify these instances/anomalies....just admit that stuff like this isn't supposed to happen.
Northern Iowa is never supposed to be Kansas.

Ohio isn't supposed to beat Georgetown.

Butler shouldn't beat Syracuse.

Stuff like that shouldn't happen, huh?



If you don't see/understand how the game and real life are different, then there's no point in me further responding to you. If your justification for every anomaly that happens in this game is "Chaminade over Virginia" or "upsets happen in real life", then you're creating a misleading culture/concept that the sim can never be wrong. You're simply too much of an HD slappy, and so is everyone else that tries to justify this result.
4/9/2010 8:37 PM
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So you're arguing that they should set the game up so that the team you view as the "better" team in a matchup wins every single time? That doesn't sound like a fun game at all. Especially for everyone else who isn't god.
4/9/2010 9:51 PM
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No, somehow he thinks the goal of a _simulation_ should be to NOT emulate real life except in the ways he wants it to.
4/9/2010 9:58 PM
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over-exaggerate much, colonels? There is a randomness built into the game just so it DOES approximate RL. Most of us have had vastly superior teams that have gone down hard to some shlubby team. It sucks, but to say the game is broken is a bit much. If it happened consistantly, it would be a problem. Should the dominate team win most of the time, yes. Everytime? No.
4/10/2010 2:09 AM
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hey I just went from a 55 point win to a 3 pt loss for a nice 58 pt swing....
4/10/2010 9:59 AM
colonels19
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Quote: Originally Posted By dahsdebater on 4/09/2010So you're arguing that they should set the game up so that the team you view as the "better" team in a matchup wins every single time? That doesn't sound like a fun game at all. Especially for everyone else who isn't god
Not at all, and these are the extreme viewpoints that others have brought up to combat me as well. My point is, is that not everything is/should be justified by real life because this game should be less random than real life because it works with hard, concrete numbers, devoid of human emotion. Normal randomness and a good engine will run the game correctly and will provide the correct amount of variance. Every time someone gets an extremely bizarre result, all I see are people defending the game, and not defending the guy that got screwed. A lot of you guys are HD slappies, flat out, and again if you don't understand how/why the game should be different than RL, then we're done here....I'd rather not waste my time on ignorant folks.
4/10/2010 12:20 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By a_in_the_b on 4/09/2010No, somehow he thinks the goal of a _simulation_ should be to NOT emulate real life except in the ways he wants it to.
Not true. Anything can happen in real life because human beings are capable of anything and don't do the exact same thing the same way twice in a row....playing basketball isn't like playing a game of chess. The game is prone to be less random than RL because of the hard ratings and I don't get why this is so hard to understand.

Like I said before, if you can justify everything that happens in HD as right and necessary, then why make any improvements to the game? Its obviously working fine if you can explain away everything that happened, right?
4/10/2010 12:23 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By doomey on 4/10/2010over-exaggerate much, colonels? There is a randomness built into the game just so it DOES approximate RL. This is a weak excuse for a sim game that obviously needs work/adjustment. Most of us have had vastly superior teams that have gone down hard to some shlubby team. It sucks, but to say the game is broken is a bit much. It is? Getting screwed by the sim is ok in your book? Unreal If it happened consistantly, it would be a problem. I think you can make the argument that it does. I say if it happens one time that its a problem....the sim certainly isn't perfect, but since everything can/will/has happened in real life, then EVERYTHING is justifiable and if you believe that, then your game can NEVER be wrong. Should the dominate dominant? team win most of the time, yes. Everytime? No. Fair enough, but the reason shouldn't be that the sim took a **** on you...
4/10/2010 12:26 PM
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