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NCAA 10 is almost here, which camp will you be in?

Posted on July 13, 2009 at 01:04 PM.

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Tonight at midnight a lot of gamers will have their hands on EA's latest entry into the NCAA football game field, NCAA 10.

We are already seeing the usual, "when will the rosters be ready" and the "when will it be patched" threads. Those seem to be a yearly thing. (But we really don't need 50 of them)

Each year you see different camps for this game. It is almost predictible what camps you'll see on the Boards in the next couple of days. There's the "we love everything about this game and if you don't you're just stupid" camp. Then there's the "We hate everything about this game and if you don't you're just stupid" camp. Then you see the "It is fun, but I think they can improve this" camp. And of course the "I didn't buy it and I know it sucks and you're all stupid who bough it" camp.

First lets talk about the "we love everything" camp. These people hate it if you say anything negative about the game. They will bounce on you for anything, even if you're being constructive. This game is their life and if you don't like it, you're just blind to the true greatness of the game. They will throw blind praise at EA and take on all who go after them. The game, flaws and all, is perfect in their eyes and if you can't see it like them then something is wrong with you.

Next is the opposite of this camp and that's the "we hate everything" camp. If you dare say anything positive about this game they pounce. They hate NCAA. Nothing EA tried is good enough. Nothing will ever make this group happy. They buy the game just to hate on it. the "hate" and "love" camps are true enemies. One would love to see them battle to the death, but I fear the "hate" camp would win easily. That much hate is hard to over come.

Next up is the "It is fun, but I think they can improve this" camp. This group may mix some of the last two camps, but overall want to see a better game. They always believe there is something that EA can improve on. Sure they may get upset over somethings, but they still like the game overall, but just get frustrated by the little things still not addressed. Sometimes the "love" and "hate" camps can mistake this group of realist gamers as one of them, but they aren't. Things aren't as one-side either way with them. Just want the perfect game and see no reason not to voice praise when deserved as well as critism when needed. They can sometimes get annoyed by the other camps because they aren't too extreme either way.

Last there's the "I didn't buy it and I know it sucks and you're all stupid who bough it" camp. This camp usually annoys everyone. They like to bounce on those who bought it and aren't happy. They love to troll and add nothing to the boards. A usual pharse from someone in this camp is "ha ha ha. I didn't buy it and it proves you all are fools for buying. EA sucks." They really like to troll on the "love" camp, but they jump on the "hate" camp too for actually buying the game. Most of them just love to start crap and that's the only reason they are even posting. They hate the game and EA in general so this is another chance to flame them. They most likely live in their parents basement and hate their lives so much that annoying people on the internet is a way of making them feel important.

Anyway, I was bored and figured I'd write this fun little blog to time with the release. I leave with one questions: Which camp do you fall in?

Comments

# 1 matt8204 @ Jul 13

What can I say? I love football and football video games and EA is the only game in town right now. That said, I don't hate them. I'm just not a fan of exclusive licenses in general. If 2k had the license, I'd feel the same exact way. I give EA credit for what they do well and criticize them when I feel that they come up short. I try to be as objective as possible.

All things considered, I always look forward to this time of year; can't wait to pick up the game tomorrow.

# 2 rudyjuly2 @ Jul 13

I'm in the middle camp of "it is fun but I would love to see it improve". I've been more negative this year with regards to NCAA 10 (some may call me a ***** this year) and that's mainly due to comparisons of features between Madden 10 and NCAA 10. The first omission to bug me was the new QB ratings and then finding out we don't get any new sliders along with the sliders not working at release really annoyed me.

I honestly hope NCAA 10 is a really good game and the early impressions have been very positive. But I didn't like the demo and have not committed to buying this game yet. I'm big on sliders and I want to wait for the patch before I play. But I'll probably pick up this game sooner than later.

# 3 dat boi Q @ Jul 13

i am part of the "i hate this game but i really want it to improve group"

# 4 TracerBullet @ Jul 13

I'm in the "it's fun, but I would love to see it improve camp". I play games to enjoy them. As long as it's a genre I enjoy, and it's playable for some time I'll probably feel this way about any game.