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aphoward · 07-07-2006, 04:29 PM

I am grateful for all of the work you guys have done, even tho I have been as equally as frustrated as many people out there waiting for this roster set (but clearly not as much as you Erich, lol). I think a lot of the frustration/anger/impatience is not really directed at you guys making these rosters, but at the fact that a lot of these people have only been around since OOTP5 or so (like myself) and were used to seeing 3-4, possibly even 6-7+ different opening day roster sets for each season/version. Now to have to sit and wait while a single set gets designed, is very frustrating for people who have just bought a new game and can't wait to play it. Unfortunately there are some people out there who have no self control or just can't resist the freedom of flame aspect of the internet and instead of waiting quietly, they get all fired up over something they have no control over.

Let's all just try to understand this is not like previous attempts at building a roster (in recent memory) because the game has been totally rewriten, so this was a project from scratch. They didn't have someone elses set to work off of, and the process is clearly much more intense and difficult than any of the critics has realized. Not to mention there probably won't be a roster building venture like this for quite some time, since the people for future versions/seasons will be able to base theirs off of this version (until a new engine/code is used again, heh). So give these guys some friggin slack. It's obvious they haven't even met their own deadlines/expectations, so they clearly don't need any of us rambling on about how we could have done it "if we had the extra time and resources". It's obvious there was not even 1 other team out there willing to undertake this project, since we only have 1 roster set to rely on for this version.

Good luck guys, and thanks for the work, I'm sure it will be well worth the wait.

BTW, you will prolly need to start collecting donations to use to invest in some large quantities of hair color, for all the gray hair created by these fools

07-07-2006, 04:29 PM	#708
aphoward Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 114	I am grateful for all of the work you guys have done, even tho I have been as equally as frustrated as many people out there waiting for this roster set (but clearly not as much as you Erich, lol). I think a lot of the frustration/anger/impatience is not really directed at you guys making these rosters, but at the fact that a lot of these people have only been around since OOTP5 or so (like myself) and were used to seeing 3-4, possibly even 6-7+ different opening day roster sets for each season/version. Now to have to sit and wait while a single set gets designed, is very frustrating for people who have just bought a new game and can't wait to play it. Unfortunately there are some people out there who have no self control or just can't resist the freedom of flame aspect of the internet and instead of waiting quietly, they get all fired up over something they have no control over. Let's all just try to understand this is not like previous attempts at building a roster (in recent memory) because the game has been totally rewriten, so this was a project from scratch. They didn't have someone elses set to work off of, and the process is clearly much more intense and difficult than any of the critics has realized. Not to mention there probably won't be a roster building venture like this for quite some time, since the people for future versions/seasons will be able to base theirs off of this version (until a new engine/code is used again, heh). So give these guys some friggin slack. It's obvious they haven't even met their own deadlines/expectations, so they clearly don't need any of us rambling on about how we could have done it "if we had the extra time and resources". It's obvious there was not even 1 other team out there willing to undertake this project, since we only have 1 roster set to rely on for this version. Good luck guys, and thanks for the work, I'm sure it will be well worth the wait. BTW, you will prolly need to start collecting donations to use to invest in some large quantities of hair color, for all the gray hair created by these fools __________________ Cheers, Andrew Howard