New interview

Pat

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Another interview !!

This makes an interesting read !!This one's by CricketWeb.net...

http://www.cricketweb.net/cricketgames/blic2005/interview.php

Will weather conditions play a part within the game and is the Duckworth Lewis method implemented?

Weather conditions play a big part in the game: over the course of a match they influence so many factors exactly as you would expect in real life. Humidity can affect swing and drift, hot weather will dry out the pitch to speed up the breaking up of a wicket for spinners (right down to bowler's footmarks on the wicket to bowl into!) Every effort has been made to make sure that all factors have been faithfully imported from real life into this game.

As far as rain delays go, although weather conditions affect the outcome of CPU v CPU matches, and the D/L method comes into play, we felt that it would be frustrating for the user to have their games interrupted by rain. Although it was implemented in early versions of the code, people were banging their heads against the wall: there's nothing worse than being on the verge of a massive landmark batting score or a World Cup victory and the heavens opening! Of course, in real cricket this is just part of the game, but given the option of making life 'fairer' to the player, we have taken the liberty of gifting them good weather!

Isnt this andrew's way of saying "No rain in the game " ??
 
Why is this in the BLIC forum?
EDIT:was confused by Past's post about Andrew, sorry...

Sounds interesting, but no UAE :(
 
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You are right mate,but the link to the interview i have posted is about BLIC 2005!!

I was just comparing RubberGenius's(the one who's given the interview most probably) diplomacy to that of Andrew !!
 
awesome stuff sharpshooter :) ... and good call on "not pasting the info ;) " im gettin more anxious every passing day
 
- no rain in ODI's (EA have been bashed for this plenty of times, and "we felt it would be frustrating for the player" is a bullsh*t reason if I've ever heard one)
- they think it's smart to implement a black and white picture with irritating lines for classic matches (completely irrelevent as TV wasn't around until 1930, black and white or otherwise) but we keep the third umpire?
- all we can edit is players names? May as well just tell everyone buying the game that all they're doing is making us change the spoof names because they couldn't, and we can't do anything else
- bowlers don't get tired, so we can just bowl our two best all day and likewise for the CPU, great
 
The last question of the interview explains the teams in the game.
 
brad352 said:
- no rain in ODI's (EA have been bashed for this plenty of times, and "we felt it would be frustrating for the player" is a bullsh*t reason if I've ever heard one)
- they think it's smart to implement a black and white picture with irritating lines for classic matches (completely irrelevent as TV wasn't around until 1930, black and white or otherwise) but we keep the third umpire?
- all we can edit is players names? May as well just tell everyone buying the game that all they're doing is making us change the spoof names because they couldn't, and we can't do anything else
- bowlers don't get tired, so we can just bowl our two best all day and likewise for the CPU, great

What did you expect, it's just a game and it will be a superb game nonetheless.
 
That's a good interview. One of the early FOTD's was that the game would have DL so to take it out without even an option to toggle it on and off is a bit annoying.
No Scotland in the game either :(
 
and their is no auto matic fieling optoion either.........thsi sux big time.
 
At least they are being honest. I can live without rain and the bowlers getting tired. I don't think it will affect the game too much.
 
0601731 said:
and their is no auto matic fieling optoion either.........thsi sux big time.
You have to stop the meter in the middle- simple. The AI does the running to the ball for you.
 

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