10% off at Wolverine Studios and other news

Gary Gorski · 03-12-2008, 09:02 AM

We sent out a newsletter to our customers this morning with a couple of news tidbits including this sale so I thought I would share it here for the benefit of anyone who is not a prior customer.

From March 12-19 take 10% off any and all purchases from the Wolverine Studios webstore. Just visit our webstore, make your selections and enter the code WLV-10OFF prior to finalizing your purchase.

I'm also very happy to announce that FOFC's own "Icy" will be joining us. His graphical work is very impressive and I'm happy that he'll be part of Wolverine Studios now. That's not all we have to announce either but we're going to save the next announcement for a little bit later this month.

For anyone on the fence about buying DDS: College Basketball we got a great review from GameShark

Thanks to everyone in the community for your continued support.

FrogMan · 03-12-2008, 09:13 AM

nice, congrats to Icy!

FM

Izulde · 03-12-2008, 09:13 AM

Congrats, Icy!

Looking forward to the announcement.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 03-12-2008, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary Gorski

We sent out a newsletter to our customers this morning with a couple of news tidbits including this sale so I thought I would share it here for the benefit of anyone who is not a prior customer.

From March 12-19 take 10% off any and all purchases from the Wolverine Studios webstore. Just visit our webstore, make your selections and enter the code WLV-10OFF prior to finalizing your purchase.

I'm also very happy to announce that FOFC's own "Icy" will be joining us. His graphical work is very impressive and I'm happy that he'll be part of Wolverine Studios now. That's not all we have to announce either but we're going to save the next announcement for a little bit later this month.

For anyone on the fence about buying DDS: College Basketball we got a great review from GameShark

Thanks to everyone in the community for your continued support.

Gary,

Will Icy officially becoming a member of the staff keep him from putting out the official logo mod packs in the future? Those logo packs add quite a bit to the experience and I'd hate to see that he couldn't do those anymore due to possible license infringement with him being an employee.

Good move on the sale during the tournament. Hope you get a bunch of people to bite.

Pumpy Tudors · 03-12-2008, 09:38 AM

Congrats, Icy!

Gary Gorski · 03-12-2008, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Gary,

Will Icy officially becoming a member of the staff keep him from putting out the official logo mod packs in the future? Those logo packs add quite a bit to the experience and I'd hate to see that he couldn't do those anymore due to possible license infringement with him being an employee.

Good move on the sale during the tournament. Hope you get a bunch of people to bite.

Well he will not be creating logo mods himself just as Paul has never done that for our community. However we have a number of other people who have made logo packs or court graphics or whatever. As for his installer that makes using those mods easier that I don't know about. I don't really know how we'll treat that - he may end up just teaching someone else how to create that and pass the torch onto that person. Either way I don't expect any drop off in our community created graphics mods and he's been such a great member of so many communities (not to mention very talented) so I felt he was more than deserving of the chance to actually be part of the company. I asked him if he wanted to actually be part of the staff or just a person we hired on an as-needed basis and he very much wanted to be part of the staff and help continue to build the company rather than just make some graphics for us and I couldn't be happier to have him on board.

MrBug708 · 03-12-2008, 09:53 AM

Congrats Icy! To think that he once was my assistant commish!

MizzouRah · 03-12-2008, 10:28 AM

Way to go ICY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Icy · 03-12-2008, 10:42 AM

Thanks for the props guys, this is a dream for me, to work in the text sims business that i love, and specially for a company like Wolverine Studios that is becoming one of the most important ones in our niche industry.

As Gary said, i was offered both to be a freelancer working for WS on some projects or to join the company as a full staff member, having more input on the company decisions. I decided to go for the second, so besides my main designing job, i'll also be able to offer more to Wolverine, like new games ideas, production, marketing etc, helping to it's growth and to use my gaming and betatesting experience to release even better products.

In the few days i have been working with WS staff until now, I have realized how friendly and hard workers they are, and i feel already like in a family. I'm also very happy already of working with an awesome designer like Paul, who has made all the current WS games interfaces. I'm sure we can learn a lot from each other.

Sadly for some, it will limit my ability to work on game mods for obvious legal reasons. As a full member of the WS staff, my actions also represent the company i work for, so i can't work on copyrighted stuff without WS having the license to do so. Anyway there are amazing mod makers both here and at WS boards, and i'll help writing some tutorials about how to create the all-in-one installers i did in the past, etc. Also i'll become very active in the mods forums at WS to offer my help and advice to all the mod makers. While i won't directly touch those mods, i'll do my best to guide all the current and future mod makers.

On the other hand, i'll be very open to suggestions both at WS boards and here about future game interfaces and graphical designs, to make WS games even more appealing to our text gaming community and to attract potential new customers to the text sims genre that we all love.

This is a really happy day for me!

Eaglesfan27 · 03-12-2008, 10:43 AM

Congrats, Icy!

Smart move on the sale. I've been on the fence about buying DDS:CB for a few months, but this just pushed me off the fence. I'll pick this up sometime this week.

DaddyTorgo · 03-12-2008, 10:59 AM

congrats Icy! Good year for you!!!

between your wife popping and now this i mean.

SirFozzie · 03-12-2008, 11:00 AM

Congrats Icy, and Gary, I would take advantage of it, but A) I'm broke, and B) I think I've bought all your games anyway..

cubboyroy1826 · 03-12-2008, 11:04 AM

Congrats Icy, great hire Gary.

Antmeister · 03-12-2008, 11:48 AM

Yay! Congrats Icy, glad you could use your talents for the games you love.

Sgran · 03-12-2008, 11:55 AM

I almost bought the college game last night. I'll definitely pull the trigger now. My only concern is the lack of online leagues. I hope this sale creates a bit of momentum. My other concern is my lack of RAM. Sometimes I hate being poor.

Coder · 03-12-2008, 12:11 PM

congrats to Icy and as a tribute to Gary for inviting such a talented guy to the company I will buy the college game tonight!

Now.. if I could only enjoy basketball...

Capital · 03-12-2008, 12:21 PM

Icy,

I have used a number of your graphics in the past and they are always top notch. This seems like an excellent addition to Wolverine. Congrats...

DanGarion · 03-12-2008, 12:25 PM

This is great. I'm really happy for you Icy. This might be the push I need to buy my first WS game. Even though I probably won't play the game that much.

astrosfan64 · 03-12-2008, 01:10 PM

Congrats to ICY and Wolverine.

Icy · 03-12-2008, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sgran

I almost bought the college game last night. I'll definitely pull the trigger now. My only concern is the lack of online leagues. I hope this sale creates a bit of momentum. My other concern is my lack of RAM. Sometimes I hate being poor.

Here you can find the Fake Hoops league, that merges a pro and college league using both DDS basketball games, college and pro.

http://www.totalsportsworld.net/foru...play.php?f=196

About the lack of RAM, sorry i can't help

Pumpy Tudors · 03-12-2008, 01:30 PM

Are there any more updates on the way for the DDS college game?

path12 · 03-12-2008, 01:36 PM

Let me add my congrats to Icy. I tried DDSCB again for a few hours last weekend and just couldn't get any immersion going. Next time I'll make some notes about what I'm having trouble with.

Brian Swartz · 03-12-2008, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Are there any more updates on the way for the DDS college game?

Yes. No timeframe at the moment.

Sgran · 03-12-2008, 01:54 PM

where do i put the code for the discount? I am at the end of the process.

Gary Gorski · 03-12-2008, 02:01 PM

There should be a clickable link that says something like "I have a coupon code"

Brian Swartz · 03-12-2008, 02:01 PM

Go back to the shopping cart screen, and click where it says "I have a discount code ..."

SteveMax58 · 03-12-2008, 02:04 PM

Just wanted to say congrats to Icy.

I've used many of your graphics mods for many different games over the years and it is great to see you getting an opportunity to help build the games you have such a passion for. I'm sure you'll add quite a lot to WS.

Dutch · 03-12-2008, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Congrats, Icy!

Smart move on the sale. I've been on the fence about buying DDS:CB for a few months, but this just pushed me off the fence. I'll pick this up sometime this week.

+1

I've been soooo close to buying the college basketball game and everytime I stop short. We'll see if this pushes me over the top this weekend.

Dutch · 03-12-2008, 04:09 PM

Or TPG 2....

INDalltheway · 03-12-2008, 04:43 PM

Holy crap.. After a day playing the demos for TPG 2, DDS CB, and DDS PB I want them all.. The pro basketball game may be getting a purchase here soon.

CamEdwards · 03-12-2008, 05:03 PM

Hell, my biggest concern is that the world of adult sites on the internet is going to get a little smaller. Are you giving up that business as well, Icy?

korme · 03-12-2008, 05:18 PM

Thinking about getting the CB game, are there any good online leagues out there? I haven't been in a MP league other than for FOF in AGES.

korme · 03-12-2008, 05:20 PM

Hell even the golf game sounds fun... can you run an entire season without controlling anyone, just letting computer controlled player's careers pan out?

A-Husker-4-Life · 03-12-2008, 05:20 PM

Congrats ICY, this should be a great experience for you.

Gary Gorski · 03-12-2008, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Hell even the golf game sounds fun... can you run an entire season without controlling anyone, just letting computer controlled player's careers pan out?

You can create a golfer (you have to create your persona in the game) but you can just set his schedule to do nothing every week.

korme · 03-12-2008, 09:56 PM

Thanks Gary. I'm going to d/l the demo now and play around.

Gary Gorski · 03-13-2008, 07:40 AM

Be sure to check www.tpgcommunity.net for course mods. They're free to download and work with the demo version as well.

BYU 14 · 03-13-2008, 10:26 AM

Congrats Icy, what a great opportunity!!

Gary Gorski · 03-15-2008, 08:25 AM

Saturday morning bump - its tournament time and I want to make sure any of you who want to get in on DDS: College Basketball do so for the 10% off.

ThunderingHERD · 03-15-2008, 10:03 AM

Can someone link me to a thread or otherwise summarize the differences between the "Total" games (I have pro & college, though I haven't played in years) and the Draft Day games?

Gary Gorski · 03-15-2008, 10:18 AM

The difference between the versions of the pro games are that DDS lets you have a playable d-league, has a far better almanac (you can view stats for every season any player ever played or view by team and see every player that ever played for that team), has a mode to play without seeing ratings, an option to let you play just as GM or coach but yet interaction between the roles to let you suggest changes the other should make and a number of other tweaks and improvements.

The college game I feel took a huge step forward between the versions. The DDS version has a FAR better recruiting interface and added in the player/team/coach relationships so you have to deal with handling team problems (fights, arguments etc) in addition to the usual academic stuff. You also have the ability to talk to your players and ask them to change their behavior or spend more time studying etc to try and improve their situations. The almanac is again much deeper, you have more control in scheduling, can schedule rivalry games and lots more. Plus I set it up so that you can run both a DDS: Pro and DDS: College league at the same time and the files will automatically send the information back and forth (there's just a specific order you need to make sure you work with).

If you have any questions just let me know. You can also visit these pages

http://www.wolverinestudios.com/ddsc...?page=features
http://www.wolverinestudios.com/ddsp...?page=features

ThunderingHERD · 03-15-2008, 11:09 AM

Thanks. I just bought DDSCB!

Gary Gorski · 03-18-2008, 12:12 PM

Going to give this a bump here since the sale is just about over. If you want your tourney fix might as well get DDS:CB before the 10% is done which it will be tomorrow (Wed)

SunDevil · 03-18-2008, 11:55 PM

Congrats Icy.

03-12-2008, 09:13 AM	#2
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	nice, congrats to Icy! FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

03-12-2008, 09:13 AM	#3
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Congrats, Icy! Looking forward to the announcement. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

03-12-2008, 09:38 AM	#5
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Congrats, Icy! __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

03-12-2008, 10:42 AM	#9
Icy Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toledo - Spain	Thanks for the props guys, this is a dream for me, to work in the text sims business that i love, and specially for a company like Wolverine Studios that is becoming one of the most important ones in our niche industry. As Gary said, i was offered both to be a freelancer working for WS on some projects or to join the company as a full staff member, having more input on the company decisions. I decided to go for the second, so besides my main designing job, i'll also be able to offer more to Wolverine, like new games ideas, production, marketing etc, helping to it's growth and to use my gaming and betatesting experience to release even better products. In the few days i have been working with WS staff until now, I have realized how friendly and hard workers they are, and i feel already like in a family. I'm also very happy already of working with an awesome designer like Paul, who has made all the current WS games interfaces. I'm sure we can learn a lot from each other. Sadly for some, it will limit my ability to work on game mods for obvious legal reasons. As a full member of the WS staff, my actions also represent the company i work for, so i can't work on copyrighted stuff without WS having the license to do so. Anyway there are amazing mod makers both here and at WS boards, and i'll help writing some tutorials about how to create the all-in-one installers i did in the past, etc. Also i'll become very active in the mods forums at WS to offer my help and advice to all the mod makers. While i won't directly touch those mods, i'll do my best to guide all the current and future mod makers. On the other hand, i'll be very open to suggestions both at WS boards and here about future game interfaces and graphical designs, to make WS games even more appealing to our text gaming community and to attract potential new customers to the text sims genre that we all love. This is a really happy day for me! __________________

03-12-2008, 10:43 AM	#10
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Congrats, Icy! Smart move on the sale. I've been on the fence about buying DDS:CB for a few months, but this just pushed me off the fence. I'll pick this up sometime this week. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

03-12-2008, 09:53 AM	#7
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Congrats Icy! To think that he once was my assistant commish!

03-12-2008, 10:28 AM	#8
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Way to go ICY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03-12-2008, 10:59 AM	#11
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	congrats Icy! Good year for you!!! between your wife popping and now this i mean. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 03-12-2008 at 10:59 AM.

03-12-2008, 11:00 AM	#12
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Congrats Icy, and Gary, I would take advantage of it, but A) I'm broke, and B) I think I've bought all your games anyway.. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

03-12-2008, 11:04 AM	#13
cubboyroy1826 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2002	Congrats Icy, great hire Gary. Last edited by cubboyroy1826 : 03-12-2008 at 11:05 AM.

03-12-2008, 11:48 AM	#14
Antmeister Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue	Yay! Congrats Icy, glad you could use your talents for the games you love. __________________ "I'm ready to bury the hatchet, but don't fuck with me" - Schmidty "Box me once, shame on Skydog. Box me twice. Shame on me. Box me 3 times, just fucking ban my ass...." - stevew

03-12-2008, 11:55 AM	#15
Sgran High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Budapest	I almost bought the college game last night. I'll definitely pull the trigger now. My only concern is the lack of online leagues. I hope this sale creates a bit of momentum. My other concern is my lack of RAM. Sometimes I hate being poor. __________________ What the hell is Mike Brown diagramming for them during timeouts? Is he like the guy from "Memento" or something? Guys, I just thought of something … what if we ran a high screen for LeBron? Last edited by Sgran : 03-12-2008 at 11:55 AM.

03-12-2008, 12:11 PM	#16
Coder College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	congrats to Icy and as a tribute to Gary for inviting such a talented guy to the company I will buy the college game tonight! Now.. if I could only enjoy basketball... __________________ IFL - Vermont Mountaineers ~ I am an idiot, walking a tight rope of fortunate things ~

03-12-2008, 12:21 PM	#17
Capital High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000	Icy, I have used a number of your graphics in the past and they are always top notch. This seems like an excellent addition to Wolverine. Congrats...

03-12-2008, 12:25 PM	#18
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	This is great. I'm really happy for you Icy. This might be the push I need to buy my first WS game. Even though I probably won't play the game that much. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

03-12-2008, 01:10 PM	#19
astrosfan64 College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2004	Congrats to ICY and Wolverine.

03-12-2008, 01:30 PM	#21
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Are there any more updates on the way for the DDS college game? __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

03-12-2008, 01:36 PM	#22
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	Let me add my congrats to Icy. I tried DDSCB again for a few hours last weekend and just couldn't get any immersion going. Next time I'll make some notes about what I'm having trouble with. __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia.

03-12-2008, 01:54 PM	#24
Sgran High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Budapest	where do i put the code for the discount? I am at the end of the process. __________________ What the hell is Mike Brown diagramming for them during timeouts? Is he like the guy from "Memento" or something? Guys, I just thought of something … what if we ran a high screen for LeBron?

03-12-2008, 02:01 PM	#25
Gary Gorski Wolverine Studios Join Date: Oct 2003	There should be a clickable link that says something like "I have a coupon code" __________________ Wolverine Studios http://www.wolverinestudios.com

03-12-2008, 02:01 PM	#26
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	Go back to the shopping cart screen, and click where it says "I have a discount code ..."

03-12-2008, 02:04 PM	#27
SteveMax58 College Starter Join Date: Dec 2006	Just wanted to say congrats to Icy. I've used many of your graphics mods for many different games over the years and it is great to see you getting an opportunity to help build the games you have such a passion for. I'm sure you'll add quite a lot to WS.

03-12-2008, 04:09 PM	#29
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	Or TPG 2....

03-12-2008, 04:43 PM	#30
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	Holy crap.. After a day playing the demos for TPG 2, DDS CB, and DDS PB I want them all.. The pro basketball game may be getting a purchase here soon.

03-12-2008, 05:03 PM	#31
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	Hell, my biggest concern is that the world of adult sites on the internet is going to get a little smaller. Are you giving up that business as well, Icy? __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

03-12-2008, 05:18 PM	#32
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Thinking about getting the CB game, are there any good online leagues out there? I haven't been in a MP league other than for FOF in AGES.

03-12-2008, 05:20 PM	#33
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Hell even the golf game sounds fun... can you run an entire season without controlling anyone, just letting computer controlled player's careers pan out?

03-12-2008, 05:20 PM	#34
A-Husker-4-Life College Prospect Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nebraska	Congrats ICY, this should be a great experience for you. __________________ JJ Smitty Owner of the TheC.F.L. - Come by and check us out.

03-12-2008, 09:56 PM	#36
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Thanks Gary. I'm going to d/l the demo now and play around.

03-13-2008, 07:40 AM	#37
Gary Gorski Wolverine Studios Join Date: Oct 2003	Be sure to check www.tpgcommunity.net for course mods. They're free to download and work with the demo version as well. __________________ Wolverine Studios http://www.wolverinestudios.com

03-13-2008, 10:26 AM	#38
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Congrats Icy, what a great opportunity!!

03-15-2008, 08:25 AM	#39
Gary Gorski Wolverine Studios Join Date: Oct 2003	Saturday morning bump - its tournament time and I want to make sure any of you who want to get in on DDS: College Basketball do so for the 10% off. __________________ Wolverine Studios http://www.wolverinestudios.com

03-15-2008, 10:03 AM	#40
ThunderingHERD College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Can someone link me to a thread or otherwise summarize the differences between the "Total" games (I have pro & college, though I haven't played in years) and the Draft Day games? __________________ "I'm losing my edge--to better looking people... with better ideas... and more talent. And who are actually really, really nice." "Everyone's a voyeurist--they're watching me watch them watch me right now."

03-15-2008, 10:18 AM	#41
Gary Gorski Wolverine Studios Join Date: Oct 2003	The difference between the versions of the pro games are that DDS lets you have a playable d-league, has a far better almanac (you can view stats for every season any player ever played or view by team and see every player that ever played for that team), has a mode to play without seeing ratings, an option to let you play just as GM or coach but yet interaction between the roles to let you suggest changes the other should make and a number of other tweaks and improvements. The college game I feel took a huge step forward between the versions. The DDS version has a FAR better recruiting interface and added in the player/team/coach relationships so you have to deal with handling team problems (fights, arguments etc) in addition to the usual academic stuff. You also have the ability to talk to your players and ask them to change their behavior or spend more time studying etc to try and improve their situations. The almanac is again much deeper, you have more control in scheduling, can schedule rivalry games and lots more. Plus I set it up so that you can run both a DDS: Pro and DDS: College league at the same time and the files will automatically send the information back and forth (there's just a specific order you need to make sure you work with). If you have any questions just let me know. You can also visit these pages http://www.wolverinestudios.com/ddsc...?page=features http://www.wolverinestudios.com/ddsp...?page=features __________________ Wolverine Studios http://www.wolverinestudios.com

03-15-2008, 11:09 AM	#42
ThunderingHERD College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Thanks. I just bought DDSCB! __________________ "I'm losing my edge--to better looking people... with better ideas... and more talent. And who are actually really, really nice." "Everyone's a voyeurist--they're watching me watch them watch me right now."