Just Curious What Is The Biggest Complaint with TBCB 2013?

Tomato Can · 04-13-2018, 06:56 PM

With TBCB 2.5 no longer working on my computer. Considering diving into the PISD version TBCB 2013 and give it a try. I know that many are not big fans of it. What seems to be the biggest complaints?

PacMan1819 · 04-13-2018, 08:09 PM

I just find it to be far too buggy. Boxers go missing, change weight classes, have their ratings vanish/erase. About three times in a row I spent hours setting up and planning a universe only to have a glitch completely ruin my save. Just found it to be a huge waste of time.

I know a small minority seem to be running it fine though, so might be good for some of those people to chime in as well.

Rocco Del Sesto · 04-13-2018, 08:25 PM

After I'd updated my PC to Windows 10 I started having problems with it. Scheduler got screwed up and would not work and during other places in the game, it would lock up. I uninstalled the game and reinstalled it, TWICE, once on the PC and once on my Mac Air with parallels running Win 10. After trying that both times, both times I was having all kinds of problems getting my fighters reloaded into it.

Problem I saw also even pre Win 10 was importing fighters, things would get messed up with the fighters. Especially noticeable was the Fighters Nationality would get screwed up posting some other nationality in the file after importing.

OldFatGuy · 04-14-2018, 08:43 AM

It runs fine for me... BUT.. I don't really "do anything" taxing at all. I don't import fighters, make schedules, etc. I just take the fighters that are there and set up fights that I want individually. I actually like the fights themselves much better on 2013 than 2.5 (seems to get me closer to that "feel" I had playing the board version I loved so much, which by the way I still prefer as far as the fight themselves LOL)

The one problem I did encounter (only once so far but who knows?) after a fight once a fighter magically disappeared (or so I thought). I found him later in a different weight class. Don't know how that happened LOL. Haven't seen it since though.

hamed2 · 04-14-2018, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by OldFatGuy

It runs fine for me... BUT.. I don't really "do anything" taxing at all. I don't import fighters, make schedules, etc. I just take the fighters that are there and set up fights that I want individually. I actually like the fights themselves much better on 2013 than 2.5 (seems to get me closer to that "feel" I had playing the board version I loved so much, which by the way I still prefer as far as the fight themselves LOL)

The one problem I did encounter (only once so far but who knows?) after a fight once a fighter magically disappeared (or so I thought). I found him later in a different weight class. Don't know how that happened LOL. Haven't seen it since though.

Have to agree, that's been my experience too.

Cap · 04-15-2018, 12:58 PM

I had 2013 working on my machine and was happily running my universe until I obviously did something the game did not like and so decided to crash on me repeatedly. Then I couldn't even get it to run at all. I reinstalled a half dozen times and did everything everyone recommended and some no one did. Then I gave up and went back to 2.5

I fully expect this to crash too eventually. It did it before 2013 and drove me to switch over. I'm of the opinion that games really need a device designated solely for playing games. The guts of PCs are too varied for stability.

Cap

P.S. Also I don't think anyone designs a game and expects people to still be playing it 15 or 20 years later.

Rocco Del Sesto · 04-15-2018, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Cap

I had 2013 working on my machine and was happily running my universe until I obviously did something the game did not like and so decided to crash on me repeatedly. Then I couldn't even get it to run at all. I reinstalled a half dozen times and did everything everyone recommended and some no one did. Then I gave up and went back to 2.5

I fully expect this to crash too eventually. It did it before 2013 and drove me to switch over. I'm of the opinion that games really need a device designated solely for playing games. The guts of PCs are too varied for stability.

Cap

P.S. Also I don't think anyone designs a game and expects people to still be playing it 15 or 20 years later.

Except when they had something really good and is still good and nothing better to replace it with.........

Cap · 04-15-2018, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocco Del Sesto

Except when they had something really good and is still good and nothing better to replace it with.........

Yeah, but I doubt Andreas thought we'd still be playing 2.5 this many years later when he first put it out and had no plans to improve it like with OOTP.

The demand for an update doesn't seem to be there. No real profit in niche games.

Cap

Tomato Can · 04-15-2018, 04:26 PM

I am finding TBCB 13 totally unplayable. I spend hours to set up a universe only to have fighters mysteriously change weight classes or drop from a "8" rating down to a "0" when I turn the game off and re open. I find it absolutely ridiculous that there is a half witted attempt to create a new version of the game (5 years later it's still not out) when this version was never stable. It's a sad joke. We should not be talking about how they just need money to get the new version off the ground. The only money discussed should be why there are no refunds for those who bought TBCB 13.

PacMan1819 · 04-16-2018, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomato Can

I am finding TBCB 13 totally unplayable. I spend hours to set up a universe only to have fighters mysteriously change weight classes or drop from a "8" rating down to a "0" when I turn the game off and re open. I find it absolutely ridiculous that there is a half witted attempt to create a new version of the game (5 years later it's still not out) when this version was never stable. It's a sad joke. We should not be talking about how they just need money to get the new version off the ground. The only money discussed should be why there are no refunds for those who bought TBCB 13.

I wholeheartedly agree. I actually find it criminal that ANY developers (whether its one man or a team) would expect people to pay money for a new game that has been delayed for half a decade when the last iteration was literally money spent that I might has well have just thrown in the garbage can. Its insulting and embarrassing.

damientheomen3 · 04-16-2018, 11:48 PM

As someone who usually just runs one small division in fictional universes my biggest complaint was the random fighter generator. Fighters were created so similarly to each other the fights weren't interesting for the most part, as KOs were extremely rare. I was having a lot of fun with a yearly 16 man tournament fictional game with 2.5 until it stopped working on Windows 10. Bummer. :\

04-13-2018, 06:56 PM	#1
Tomato Can Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 426	Just Curious What Is The Biggest Complaint with TBCB 2013? With TBCB 2.5 no longer working on my computer. Considering diving into the PISD version TBCB 2013 and give it a try. I know that many are not big fans of it. What seems to be the biggest complaints?

04-14-2018, 08:43 AM	#4
OldFatGuy All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern Va., Loudoun County Posts: 1,867	It runs fine for me... BUT.. I don't really "do anything" taxing at all. I don't import fighters, make schedules, etc. I just take the fighters that are there and set up fights that I want individually. I actually like the fights themselves much better on 2013 than 2.5 (seems to get me closer to that "feel" I had playing the board version I loved so much, which by the way I still prefer as far as the fight themselves LOL) The one problem I did encounter (only once so far but who knows?) after a fight once a fighter magically disappeared (or so I thought). I found him later in a different weight class. Don't know how that happened LOL. Haven't seen it since though. __________________ I believed in drug testing a long time ago. In the 60's I tested everything. - Bill Lee

04-15-2018, 12:58 PM	#6
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,776 Blog Entries: 4	I had 2013 working on my machine and was happily running my universe until I obviously did something the game did not like and so decided to crash on me repeatedly. Then I couldn't even get it to run at all. I reinstalled a half dozen times and did everything everyone recommended and some no one did. Then I gave up and went back to 2.5 I fully expect this to crash too eventually. It did it before 2013 and drove me to switch over. I'm of the opinion that games really need a device designated solely for playing games. The guts of PCs are too varied for stability. Cap P.S. Also I don't think anyone designs a game and expects people to still be playing it 15 or 20 years later. __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 04-15-2018 at 01:00 PM.

04-13-2018, 08:09 PM	#2
PacMan1819 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 26	I just find it to be far too buggy. Boxers go missing, change weight classes, have their ratings vanish/erase. About three times in a row I spent hours setting up and planning a universe only to have a glitch completely ruin my save. Just found it to be a huge waste of time. I know a small minority seem to be running it fine though, so might be good for some of those people to chime in as well.

04-13-2018, 08:25 PM	#3
Rocco Del Sesto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Watkinsville, Georgia Posts: 2,025	After I'd updated my PC to Windows 10 I started having problems with it. Scheduler got screwed up and would not work and during other places in the game, it would lock up. I uninstalled the game and reinstalled it, TWICE, once on the PC and once on my Mac Air with parallels running Win 10. After trying that both times, both times I was having all kinds of problems getting my fighters reloaded into it. Problem I saw also even pre Win 10 was importing fighters, things would get messed up with the fighters. Especially noticeable was the Fighters Nationality would get screwed up posting some other nationality in the file after importing.

04-15-2018, 04:26 PM	#9
Tomato Can Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 426	I am finding TBCB 13 totally unplayable. I spend hours to set up a universe only to have fighters mysteriously change weight classes or drop from a "8" rating down to a "0" when I turn the game off and re open. I find it absolutely ridiculous that there is a half witted attempt to create a new version of the game (5 years later it's still not out) when this version was never stable. It's a sad joke. We should not be talking about how they just need money to get the new version off the ground. The only money discussed should be why there are no refunds for those who bought TBCB 13.