Interfering With Play – Tuesday 16th December 2008
Posted by Dan Bolas in Interfering With Play on Tue 16 Dec
IWP League Champion 2008: Martin Ginnelly (River Plate)
Welcome to what is the final Interfering With Play of 2008. This column has been coming to you every single Tuesday throughout the year, with events such as holidays not being enough to stop its arrival. Therefore, along with the rest of the PESGaming.com columnists and bloggers, it is about time we had a well-earned rest, and the festive period is as good a time as any for this. Expect to see Double D’s column arrive this week, followed by a joint column posted on Friday 19th December 2008. With that said, lets move onto this week’s Interfering With Play.
“Oh Well I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”
It is no huge shock that this time of year sees the majority of gamers spend the most time with their consoles and games. Not only do you have the lure of games in the form of presents, but for a great deal of people, gaming is a good distraction away from the constant family events and even a time killer for those who have days which would otherwise be filled with school, college, university or work. Therefore, along with whatever new titles you will acquire over the festive period, chances are a Master League or Champions League competition may also creep into your playing schedule, which can prove to be exceptionally addictive.
I know I am not alone in the use of ‘hidden gems’ within the Master League, as many of you out there send me lists of players you have purchased over the years that turned out to be superstars for your in game team. It could be you purchased a young centre back that turned out becoming a rock for your team, or perhaps a defensive midfielder who ended up the driving force for you success upon the game. With a lot of people taking this time to start up their ‘fictional’ seasons, my first point tonight is opening the floor to the PESGaming.com community, with any huge recommendations for those gamers out there looking for a bargain. I personally start every single Master League using the made up players, and buy myself a young, successful side from a collection of players who perform well against me coupled with a few regular superstars. My early tip for this season’s game is Manchester United’s Anderson, who is a defensive midfield player more than capable of mixing it up and scoring a few crucial goals when required. Whilst not a complete bargain, he will develop into a superstar and will be worth a fair amount more a few seasons down the line.
And with that, I leave it up to the PESGaming.com public. There might be a player who continually does the damage against you in the Champions League, or perhaps someone you have already purchased within your own Master League. This is not the place to rave about how great Messi or Kaka is, but instead to recommend your gems to other gamers out there. I will take a look back over the New Year upon some of the recommendations, as well as post a couple of those who my mates and I have found to be real deals.
“O Come All Ye Faithful”
The application period for those wishing to take part in the IWP Online League has no closed. Over the next 4 weeks, everyone who applied will receive an e-mail outlining the rules for the competition, as well as what the next steps are. As with last year, I take no part in the playing side of the league, and simply run it from an admin point of view. Therefore, it does not bother me which console the league takes place on, although a quick look through application forms see the majority of those wishing to take part are PS3 gamers. I intend to run a 360 competition as well, but this may come in the form of a knock out competition as opposed to a league, for the first season. Again, more information will be available on this via e-mail.
Finally, to those of you wishing to take part, but are yet to own a next generation console, there will be a final opportunity for you to do so mid January, when the application window opens again for just 7 days. I am fully aware some people will be picking up their PS3’s or 360’s over the Christmas period, and feel it would be wrong to exclude them because of this. More information about the league application process will be posted in this column next year. I would finally like to say a quick thank you to everyone applying. Numbers have totally eclipsed last year’s figures, and even if we only get a third of those who applied actually involved with the competition, it should prove to be an exciting and interesting league.
“Let Them Know Its Christmas Time”
It is going to be impossible to put the ‘online’ issues of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 to bed. For every one good online match you have, there will be five or six that are simply unplayable. Whilst the majority of gamers are happy with the offline experience, there is no denying that, once again, Konami has dropped a huge clanger when it comes to the online environment. For weeks, both Double D and myself have addressed the issues provided by the games shoddy online options, with everything from team selection to lobby modes to the worst invention ever, the Konami ID. And whilst we live and pray in hope that PES2010 will feature huge improvements within this department, the realists out there know that this time next year, the Konami ID and poor lobby system will still be in place, and once again the same complaints and gripes will be made.
Whilst over the course of the past few weeks, there has been ample opportunity to moan about the online modes featured in PES2009, I would like to draw a line under the topic and ask that it is spoke about only in passing as opposed to in depth within the comments section. Double D has expressed the views of pretty much everyone regarding the online situation to a Konami representative, and hopefully these will be taken into account when developing the next title. Moaning about the issues and making the same points again is going to start falling upon deaf ears, and will simply make valid points seem less valid over time. This is not aimed towards anyone in particular, as the past few weeks we have been asking for your suggestions and views on the online front, but with the year drawing to a close, I feel a fresh approach would be welcomed in 2009.
“Children Singing Christian Rhymes”
My final point of 2008 is one that I know will be of great interest to the majority of seasoned members on PESGaming.com. Due to the comments policy employed by this site, there is no username registration format and simply anyone can ‘pretend’ to be anyone. This can be taken further with the same person pretending to be four or five different visitors, or posting numerous abusive and irrelevant comments. My policy throughout the year has been to delete all comments that were in no way related to the topics or subject, yet show leniency to those who expressed their points in a colourful or aggressive way. Unfortunately, I have decided that the majority of users on this site are not mature enough to act in this manor, and therefore new actions will be taken.
From this week onwards, any comments, which may be portrayed as offensive, abusive or unnecessary, will be deleted straight away, no questions asked. For those who are less that computer literate, each machine connected to the Internet has a unique IP address. This IP address is non transferable, and whilst is not visible to those viewing the website, can be checked by any member of the PESGaming.com admin team. Should any posting of illegitimate comments occur, a note of the IP address will be made, and all future comments made on that address would be deleted straight away. Constant posting from the same IP address in this manor will see that IP address blocked from accessing the website. The software is now in place for all the above to occur, and whilst it is a shame to have to go down this road, the reputation and quality of this website depends upon it.
In the New Year, we will be discussing the possibility of having a signing in format, with protection being offered to those members who use this site in the manor it should be used. I know this has been an issue for many of our ‘regulars’ over the past two or three months, and columnists are constantly e-mailed or messaged requesting something to be done. It is a huge shame we have to go down this route, but as I said earlier, the maturity level of some posters is a lot lower than I first thought, and with the majority of people using this site being grown men and women, it is in the best interests of all involved the site keeps out little boys.
That’s it for this week’s IWP and indeed Interfering With Play 2008. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the majority of you for your contributions over the past fifty weeks. Averaging around 30 comments a week, that means I personally have received over 1500 comments, a very fair return for a column and credit needs to go out for all those who made their voice heard. I hope the immature do not put you off attending and intend contributing to this site, as I have spoken to many interesting people because of this column and long hope that continues. My e-mail inbox will be open throughout the festive period, interferingwithplay@hotmail.co.uk if you have anything you wish to speak about or get off your chest, and I will be frequently checking the site for comments over the next couple of weeks. A big thanks goes to Dave O for his trendy IWP logo design, and a special shout out goes to all those who took part in the IWP League 2008, couldn’t have done it without you! IWP will be back on Tuesday 6th January 2009.
Thanks for Reading
first comment……yeeaay…..i’m back
In the previous PES games, I always bought Nani from Marseille. It’s only right he’s now playing for Man Utd.!!!
nani never played 4 marseille he played at sporting before man utd
im waiting for a mcdermot post, would be a better read than this guys blog anyway…
I can’t stand Nani, btw, but that’s just my opinion, not that it matters. I don’t think of him in the class though of really good buys in the game.
Since we’re not talking about the current version…
Best pick up I ever made was in 2008 getting Anton Ferdinand and using him as a Vieiraesque DMF. Totally changed the way the team functioned for the better (winning headers in MF especially).
Other favourites have been Gignac, Benzema, Yeste, Matuidi, Van der Vaart, Lindgren, and Micah Richards.
We’ll see about 2009. So far I’m too hooked on BAL to spend much time with ML.
james beattie used to be suprisingly good, peter crouch in pes 2009 is really good, david odonkor a german winger has been incredible on the past few, you can find him playing for real betis, he’ll guarantee at least 15-20 assists a season and is quite cheap
My Scott McDonald, Amir Zaki Strike Force Are Awesome.
Been on Champs Lg and BAL mode so far so not really started a masters lg yet. Think I’ll start over xmas.
My hidden gems from pes 2008 were:
Moutinho (Used as defensive midfielder)
Jenas (Playing just behind front two)
Nani (Fastest thing ever by 25-yrs-old!)
C Jerome (In 2008 he was so strong and quick it was unfair, hopefully they’ve changed this in 2009!)
kun aguero bojan krcic kerim benzema
grow into the finest strikers of the generation
Post 8. C. Jerome is Not In 2009.
I got Chirne for peanuts in my third season and he has turned out to be nearly as good as C.Ronaldo on the wing. Single handly got my team in the top four.
Alexandre Pato turns out to be great & along with Karim Benzema & Kun Aguero probably turn out to tbe the best 3 strikers in the game.
I have to agree with Dan about Anderson, i am struggling to sign him permanently but had him on a half season loan & was great on the ball & came up with a few peachy goals too so will be trying to sign him in the next transfer window.
The one player that i have used that i would say is a gem is Fernando Cavenaghi who is a CF for Bordeaux, deadly finisher & good in the air, on the deck & has a decent amount of pace to boot, he can be signed reasonably cheaply & is still young enough to last a good few master league seasons.
Post 10 re C Jerome. Good point! I wasn’t thinking. At least that means I won’t be tempted to buy him this year and just barge my way straight through the oppositions defence!
like most others BAL has taken up more of my time so i have neglected ML somewhat leading me to not spend enough time unearting gems on the game last years though brought afew surprises Arizmendi from Valencia turned out to be a great buy as did Miguel Veloso and Vincent Kompany.Park Ji Sung as always was good he had stamina in pace to burn and i have to agree with post 8 Nani was just unstoppable around the age of 25 so hopefully the same will apply to the above on this years addition.
Also Anderson is not a defensive midfielder and never has been he is an amf/cmf in real life not checked stats on game but he should’nt be a dmf.
well im manutd and i find it hard to sign players but its good to sign the non expensive players like Van Der Sar retired and i just singed roy carroll on a free agent i also fancied four top strikers i had rooney berbatov tevez and i sined santa cruz unfortunally he didnt do well 5 goals in a year and was so slow and he struggled then i singed henrik larsson but he was an 18 year old wasnt good at first but did score a hatrick but he want putting in competition so i traded him for agbonglahor and what a player he is needs to work on stamina but fast on the ball helped me win the CL group by scoring an equalisr against chelsea and scored a hatrick on his first start finished the season with 11 goals had 5 for villa already and scored 2 in the CL i would recomend him and when giggs retires i will try to reunite agbonglahor with ashly young
3 Hidden gems in 2009 so far include:
Gambino (young, fast and a great shot)
Obbina (Quick striker/winger for cheap)
Matty Taylor (from either wing has an unstoppable shot)
Cavenaghi
Lazaros
Gambino
Gunther Walton and Bianchi solid at the back
Top star: Chirne – some boy!
2009
Halil Altintop
Diego
Kompany
Cissé
2008
Juan Pablo Pino
Veloso
Pato
Santa Cruz
Ozgurcan Ozcan (not on 09)
Cissé
2009
bos cb
zarate cf
drenthe lb
pato cf
martinez cmf
naismith rmf/lmf
all top class and helped sunderland to premier league title!
reo coker CM SM
gouffrann SM WF CF
djakpa SB
Cavenaghi CF
can you teach players to go in new positions like in BAL
i want to get reo coker to play DM
is there any way?
steel city united going for the treble
when are you going to post the review until pes 2010 come out. come on does it consume so much time to write a review?????????