Dang. I got lumped in with druez and SlapBone, and HA read my mind, all in one day. This is scary. :eek:

sigh.

you're like the annoying little brother who thinks he's allowed to do what his older brothers do. you think you can get away with coming home after curfew or drinking a beer at family functions just cuz your older brother does it.

you're not me.

get a new gimmck.

ok bye.

wow, druez is totall taking all of Dean Houston's alley-oops and slam dunking them.

Stockton to Malone, indeed.

HAHAHAHAHA

bo-ring..

as funny as HA's Dean Houston trolling really is, we're forgetting that Matrixgames are getting a lot of crap in this too, and from what I know, many people here are actually fans of their games. How about we leave them alone and wait for the Alright Boyz thread instead.

I'd never play Maximum Football since all I use Madden for is to get screenshots of my Vermont-team, and MaxFootball will never replace that..

call me a boring guy, but I've never appreciated making fun of others (unless they like curling) who are probably cool people but in a terrible situation (like the Swedish men's curling team)

Hornsmaniac in the house.

:D

edit: I'm not sure who did the HM thing, but it brought tears to my eyes laughing so much.

Was Matrix involved in the beta testing? If so, they should certainly be responsible for things that were missed. If not, well, obviously that was a huge mistake on their part.

I'm still not entirely convinced that there WAS beta testing.

I love matrix's games. Well at least some of them. Matrix made their bed with this one though. Think about it, they came out and made quite a few statements that were incorrect. It was Matrix's decision to Publish the game, noone forced them too.

I find it strange that in a thread that is now essentially dedicated to trolling another board (albeit with very funny results), such a small indiscretion by sovereignstar landed him in the box for 2 weeks. :confused:

Exactly....Scotty did this on Star Trek all the time. That is why he always looked like a hero.

"Captain, I'm giver her all she's got!"

I don't know.. I just don't appreciate the apparent doublestandards we suddenly have here.. it's all fine and dandy to totally trash another board with trolling posts, but here, trolling is a bannable offense.

I really don't give a rat's ass about Maximum Football, and yes, I read HA's posts as Dean Houston and couldn't help myself from laughing.. but it's still trolling, only on another board, and encouraged by most people here.

bah.. and now my mouse-batteries died...

I'm just catching up today, but I'm also fighting hard to quiet the laughter.

When it comes time for the actual release (and it sounds like that will be fairly soon, but yes, I've heard the quips so they don't need to be repeated) I hope the pranksters here go silent and give the guy a fair shot. The last thing they need is to fight board trolls in the middle of that.

I wish I hadn't responded to Winter's text-sim developer bashing. I had no idea the joking around would go so far.

I don't like that part of it either, but if any board was ever begging for it, this is the one.

At some point, I believe short-term trolling of an asshat is acceptable. If you've followed the saga, you might be able to pick up on where (GameBeingReleaseNext) Winter is getting a small bit of what he's got coming.

As for Matrix, I believe st.cronin put it pretty well, basically that no one held a gun to their head to get involved in this debacle.

Is that the same Breeze from the old High Heat boards?

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You. Just. Can't. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

This one has made me laugh more than any of the others.

Is Baboonheart over there real?

Man o Man im rolling on the floor
stop dean houston he is killing me.....my wife thinks im crazy

I'd argue that. He sent me the TCB manual just yesterday when it wasn't in my folder for some reason. I see he crossed the line in here, but he's atleast helped me recently.

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Status: online There was this guy in high school once who played RPG's. I made out with his mom. She thought I was cocky and funny.

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Dude, I got fired

You know, I would be insulted if I wasn't laughing so damn hard...

I heart this thread.

LOL this is great

EDIT: Astrofan beat me to it!

I completely lost it reading this thread:

hxxp://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1069610&mpage=1&#1069610

CFL_Fan: Dave have u considered making maximum football 2?? This game is obviously going to be a hit, it'd be nice to see it again

druez: I hope so. I really want head to head online play.

lynchjm24: I seriously have lost all track of who is a troll and who isn't.

So what could be in those videos that kept the game from getting released? My bet is the Gold Master got tested by someone else in the company and he quickly discovered it was crap and delayed the release.

Or you can see the guy on the grassy knoll.

You know, I do feel sorry for the guy. I think he unfortunately has invited a lot of this grief on himself. I don't think he has been honest with his potential consumers -- he's been talking about this game being close for a release for more than a year. I'm sure he's worked hard on it, but there is no doubt he's exaggerated his progress substantially in that past.

That said, I think the joshing over here is fine, but I think it's unfortunate that few people are flaming and trolling over there just for kicks. There are certainly FOFC types who are making valuable contributions over there, but unfortunately there are some who are just playing to the peanut gallery and making FOFC look bad. As is usually the case, it's one or two bad eggs making everybody else look bad. If you read this thread then read the Matrix board, it looks like we're acting in concert against the guy. Someone who doesn't know what's going on could easily conclude we're just trying to wreck the guy's game with bad mojo.

For those who followed the initial launch of the DKBL OOPT league, this is UIC at its highest level. Gold beyond belief.

Jim,

When the game is released, it will get a fair shot. If someone from here get it and says it's an above average game, people will give it a chance.

While most of us have little, err, no hope for this game, we all like football strategy games. It's what brought a majority of us together in the first place. If it's a good game, I'll buy it.

Now, the chances this thing is going to be good? I'd say that's about as likely as Alyssa Milano knocking on my door tonight and saying I'm her dream guy.

Agreed an all counts, Troy. This guy called the tune in terms of the ridicule and abuse he's getting now, but, just as I've said about every other developer, I couldn't possibly care less whether he's a world-class jerk, or the nicest guy to walk the face of the earth. It doesn't matter. He isn't going to be in my house when I'm playing or not playing. I can easily and completely separate his behavior from my ability to enjoy the game. Frankly, anything short of the ability to do so, imho, is just silly little girly emotionalism. If I hear good things, I'll drop the bucks. I really enjoyed FBPro, and if he can give me something a little (or a lot) better than it, I'll play and enjoy it.

But yeah, most signs aren't looking good.

I agree with you guys as well. My only concern is that no one who's opinion I actually trust will buy the game. :D

Same here. I agree with all of Troy's points.

Fuck that...it's only 9 PM here and I *fully* expect Alyssa Milano here knocking any minute. I got Barry White on the Hi-Fi, Colt .45 chillin' in the icebox. I'm in, baby, I am SO in....

RE: front page football 98 - 2/23/2006 7:27:40 PM CFL_FAN_7 Matrix Trooper Posts: 56 Joined: 1/12/2006 Status: offline quote: in creating leagues and in rules of the league. Maximum-Football also allows uniform and stadium art to be used. Obviously Maximum ootal wil be better, it's much newer and updated, so its not a good comparison compare maximum football to sumthing like madden (in my opinion I think they're pretty close) (in reply to Dean Houston) Report | Post #: 12

Yep. Compare MF to Madden - I'm sure it will be pretty close.

Haha, just when you thought it doesn't get better. :)

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I have a feeling... - 2/24/2006 1:43:51 AM Vulcan Matrix Recruit Posts: 1 Joined: 2/24/2006 Status: online Have lurked watching this game for a while, but wanted to come to life to say: I just had a feeling while driving home today that we will soon see a great game in Maximum Football! :) I am usually good at getting these feelings. I think all the negative people here will never be heard from again after the release!

It's a miracle!

Well, it certainly has to be better than being hit by a semi at 70 MPH, I have to give him that.

Praise Jesus!

ROTLMAO... this has similarities to Rizon and his schanigans... :) lol!

People are rising from the dead to buy this game, it had better not disappoint.

Is that the BaboonHeart guy? If that isn't a real kid, that is a great acting job. His one post about some guy making JV but him being bigger was a hoot.

Nostrildamus

Century I (representing the first 100 years of development)

The sideways 8 the harbinger of Winter's labour
Option in option out the Intellect notwithstanding
Beer tents abounding with mead unattended
The Frosty Queen with bitter tongue doth bite

in all honesty i've had my fun over there. i'm done.

there's a part of me that is sympathetic to the husband/wife team (even if their customer service relations abilities are lacking) - i've always wanted to work with my wife and i wish we could find a project to turn into a side-business we could operate together. my wife would probably defend me the same way, believe it or not.

i just don't feel bad cuz they keep giving these release dates without giving themselves a margin for error. they keep taking the best case scenario for a release date and saying that's when the game will come out. then when a last minute issue pops up and it derails them they get the pie in their face. apparently it's happened over the course of several years, this is probably a pattern they should have reversed some time ago.

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarniaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Yes it is, this guy's a riot.

BaboonHeart is the same troll as Dean Houston --- which is of course Hell Atlantic. CFL 7 Fan is a troll just not sure which one he is.

Name all the Trolls over there.

BaboonHeart
Vulcan
Dean Houston
CFL 7 Fan
Hornsmaniac

What others?

It just keeps getting better and better:

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Status: online I am supposing that you mean more about Damon skidmark. He has some sort of problem going to bathroom all the time, I guess he has Lou Crones diesise of something. I sorta felt bad for him until he tripped the best looking girl in school because he thought it would be funny. Well, she is not the best looking in the whole school, but the best in band, and he was lucky her boyfriend didnt beat him up, because he plays tuba and is pretty big, but I never saw him fight anybody but he is good at the Star Wars RPG than almost anybody in school. I better not say too much, because my mom goes crazy ever since she saw some girl from 3 towns over get seduced by a pervert because she had a myspace account and he found her that way. I dont have time for myspace because it takes too long to do, and I have other stuff in my life than that. But still, she gets worriesd, and I think I am pretty fast because I ran from my brother and his friends and got away when I ate his last piece of pizza last year, and they didnt catch me, I made it all the way inside the house, so I am not worried about any freak trying to find me too much. Anyway, I forgot the question, but this game is going to be great I think.

I almost created a Dave Dial account over there, but that would just be too cruel.

I feel sorry for Matrix Games (of whom I have purchased games from previously). They probably didn't realize what they signed up for.

I honestly can't tell if CFL7Fan is a troll or not. If he's a troll he's the funniest. If he's serious he's the stupidest shit I've ever seen in my life.

Wow. I can't believe all the UIC I missed today here and at the Matrix boards. Damm. My gut just burst from the 45 minutes I spent catching up on everything.

DeanHouston had me rolling on the floor I gotta say. Well played HA.

Ditto that. I've got a bunch of stuff from them, and have always liked them and the niche games they bring to market.

Gets me wondering what kind of business arrangements they have with developers, and how much a poor-selling title would hurt their business model. I'd hate to see them take a big hit if this game tanks.

Until Dean Houston arrived, I thought CFL7Fan was HA.

i just read some threads over there.

how fucking lame. Do guys really get a hard on trolling like that?

There once was a sim from Wintervalley
Missed deadlines were too numerous to tally
The gold master is missing
Media Relations dismissing
All the naysayers to Davy Jones's Galley

Two odes in one day! This game is truely inspirational.

Excellent point, can Maximum Football be customized into an adult fantasy game? Some people enjoy naked fantastical creatures(playing football).

Yes, Maximum Holding Pattern has me feeling both prophetic and jocular.

So I'm wondering, should I break out my P2-400, 128 mb, 4 gb, vanta TNT video box for this game? It was my mom's computer from around 1998 (or when this game was started), and its been sitting by the front door for the better part of 2 months waiting to be thrown away. Something died on it, but I really don't want to fuck up a real computer by trying this game.

So should I just spend the weekend trying to find whats wrong with the old computer, be the lone FOFC sole to buy the game next decade when it comes out, and let you guys know about it? I just looked at the specs and it seems i qualify!!!!

I think that is actually one of the included modes alongside NFL, CFL, ALCOA, AFLCIO, UAW (go local 171!), and Malibu Stacy mode which is only available for pre-orders.

I haven't been over there, but to waste one's time and get your rocks off by creating fake account after fake account to troll someone else's board is kind of lame.

A nude patch, that would be so awesome.

Throw in some extra random Nude chearleader shots after TDs and you may be able to move a copy or two.

Agree, i love their wargames and what they do for free with SPWAW. Also looking forward for the new TOAW version, i really hope that Matrix won't be always remembered because the MF fiasco. I wonder how they felt into this trap, they should have kept just releasing wargames as they are the best doing it.

You guys DO realize you've totally scuttled any minute chance you may have had of ever getting advance notice of a Solecismic release.

You can't compare this situation with a standard delay in the release of a game. Several people here and on the MF board have tried to do that. You just CAN'T compare them. If this weeks issues were the first sign of delay in the release, I would be all over saying people are being insane, jerks, overreacting, etc... but this is on top of several YEAR long delays...

I think you owe Jim an apology for even hinting at associating Solecismic with the MF debauchle.

Let's see.... think I just did!

How you like me now, bizotch?

Copied from another thread, but this week's delays alone have been pretty funny, and make a very good case for not giving a definitive release time until it is truly known:


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Originally Posted by February 12th That makes a release by Wednesday (15th) likely. If there's a final snag of some kind, I still couldn't see this pushed back beyond next Monday or Tuesday (20th/21st). So, like I said - a release in February is certain, mid-February is likely.

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Originally Posted by February 14th At this point I think we're likely to schedule the release date for Monday the 20th to make sure nothing slips through trying to rush for Wednesday.

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Originally Posted by February 17th We are planning for a Monday night {2/20} release at present. That would turn into Tuesday if there's a problem with the process of getting the store updated.

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Originally Posted by February 19th So, the release date will be Tuesday, February 21st.

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Originally Posted by February 21st, 10:32pm I was hoping to have better news, so I put off posting for a while, apologies for that. We are working overtime to sort something out here. Those of you who need sleep or have jobs in the morning, I would suggest that you go to bed and check in the morning for more info. We will post something official on the timing in the forum later tonight, sorry I don't have more specific info at the moment. Keep cool until the official post please. [/qoute] Quote: Originally Posted by February 22nd, 12:01am Ok, I just got off a conference call with David Heath and David Winter. We are going to play this by ear at the moment as we hope that the delay we are dealing with here will be minimal. We are planning for Thursday {2/23} now Quote: Originally Posted by February 22nd, 12:01am Quote: Originally Posted by February 22nd (Wed.), 6:40pm There have been no new serious or critical issues that would cause additional delays, the day's work was very much a net positive, it's just a matter of resolving what we are already working on. Quote: Originally Posted by Feburary 23rd (Thur.), 1:18pm We're basically looking at each build and testing it to see if it's "the one". As soon as we're sure of that, we'll plan on a release the next day. Yesterday's build was a big step forward but needed a bit more work, so right now the earliest release would be Friday if today's build checks out. We may decide to play it safe even if today's build looks good and plan on a Monday release so that we can give it extra testing time over the weekend. So, day by day, but with each day the probability of that build being final increases. Quote: Originally Posted by February 23rd (Thur.), 6:22pm Well, we are closer but we still have some work to do after today's build, so it's back to the conference call and more work for tonight for us and David. I think it's likely that we will play it safe and give ourselves the weekend to make sure things are solid if tomorrow's build looks like "the one" To boil it down to even more basics... a release in February is certain, mid-February is likely We are planning for a Monday night {2/20} release at present So, the release date will be Tuesday, February 21st We are planning for Thursday {2/23} now I think it's likely that we will play it safe and give ourselves the weekend to make sure things are solid if tomorrow's build looks like "the one" Will the "certain" February release happen? Stay tuned, fellas.

I don't owe Jim nothin' except $29.95 for TCY2.

A flexible game that we'd like
Would cause all our attention to spike
Now it's stuck in a rut
All we hear is the "hut"
But will Maximum ever say "hike"?

Well, agreed. But I would be agreeing with folks like Bucc who find it silly that people are going this crazy because I'd say the guy made a mistake in being premature on setting dates this week.

But. This week is not isolated.

I see your one-verse cheesy limerick, and rasie you a second verse:

There once was a programmer named Dave.
Lots of attention to his game he gave.
Five years he did work.
But then acted like a jerk.
Yet some about game still did rave.

His wife tried to make him look better
She posted a convoluted letter
She wanted to defend
But in the bitter end
She wasn't just all wet, but even wetter

You can make the game do what you please
Have the players put spikes on their knees
100 men to a team
Make the ball burn with steam
In the end it was all just a tease

Some would say that this game is a wreck
After wifey's poor five year long trek
I'm afraid I'll look silly
Playing some team from Philly
With a logo they stole from G Tech

I think we have a winner.

And that is possibly the best t-shirt ever.

Maxi Football deserves a big cheer
After years on the mend, it is here
Folks at Matrix relax
Erik won't get the axe
Wait! Just one thing to add and ... oh, dear...

Winter, cold and harsh
Games melt like late falling snow
Wife must sleep alone

You, sir, are on a roll.

This game ought to be great from the start
Flexibility sets it apart
The AI will amaze
And the bar we will raise
Once they finish up all the box art


edit : this one was very hard to steer away from becoming vulgar

This would be much more fun if there was a fan boy here so that we could have a "lymmeric battle" of sorts...

Once again, QS effortlessly raises the bar.

wow, QS is a limmerick master.

Here, I'll help the fan boys...

You sir think you're so smart
I bet its like roses when you fart
When in truth you can't code "Hello World"
So you best lay of my girl
Because you sir are a tart

indeed, great stuff! :)

FM

Allow me to be the first to point out correctly that this thread is now second only to the reference thread in views.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/maximum-football/644124p1.html

enjoy!

All promises of release have thus failed
On and on FOFC has doth railed
As final dates delayed
And Benny Hill played
Like decorum, our hopes, they have sailed.

For the fan boyz:

David Winter's a god among men.
And the CFL will rise again!
When MF is released
It'll sell a million at least!
Too bad we'll be dead by then.

Maximum Football keeps saying its coming out;
But delays are making fans pout;
They say it went gold;
but once again the release date folds; ... um ....

...ok I got nothin.

Maxi-pad football is gaming crack
It even supports my Pumpy face pack
It answers my prayers
To teleport players
I can't wait to lead my all-midget attack

this thread is nirvana for some
with rants and sharp barbs, more to come
it remains quite a sight
that even when right
mob justice still looks kind of dumb

druez and SlapBone are jerks
They come in and throw a wrench in the works
If it weren't for them
We'd be happy again
And SkyDog's makes our precious hurts

Best single line yet.

True dat.

I want a Pumpy face pack, too.

It's a dead heat between this and Quik's "hut" one.

ok, we need a limmerick-off between QS and John Galt.