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Old 04-26-2014, 08:27 PM   #89
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Regardless of the motivations of those in charge, joining the Billy C challenge might have been a necessary move to gain a new audience for the game.

I was talking with Billy C about the game and he mentioned that the old time fighters generally outclass the current fighters and that if younger people were raters in the game, that it wouldn't be the case. It appears a member of his team (Alex P) runs simulations pitting old time fighters against the current crop and mentions them on the radio show.

It is my opinion that if they simulated fights only involving fighters in the database and they were placed in the proper career stage, that the stats would be around 75% which is respectable considering that the game is essentially a career simulation. However, I do recall the review I read in a gamer magazine 12 years ago when I discovered title bout, that it mentioned simulating individual matchups (Tyson vs Dempsey) as the most appealing aspect of the game.
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