Do you have a "good" and a "bad" half?

[law_order]

I'm asking,because when i'm playing a game,it's like playing 2 different people..
During the half that my attacking side is the right one,i'm really good...
I'm playing good defence and i'm making many many chances...

However,when i switch sides,i'm TOTALLY crap...
Especially in defence...
I don't know what happens...
I just CAN'T control the game...
My marking is crap,my covering is crap,everything is crap...
My opponents are having a party....
That's why i'm trying to score during my ...."right" half,as it is certain that during the other half my opponents will score...

Has anyone else a similar problem?

 

[Aaronarid]

Not really, I tend to be better in the second half but it's kinda irrelevant what side i'm on.

 

[wrigh2uk]

nah im fine usually goaless first half then turn it on in the 2nd.

 

[Mumpleaser]

It depends if you have created a room or joined a room. If you have created a room then the first half of the match will be hosted by you. This means that any sloppy control caused by slight lag will not be noticed by you as you are the host. But then in the second half your opponent will become the host and you may notice some lag which makes defending a nightmare.

But bare in mind that it is the same for your opponent if you have the same kind of connection.

 

[hitmanuk2k]

I find I get a lot of the 'slowdown' effect (like it was in WE8 but worse) when I am hosting. Generally I prefer it when the other person hosts because of this, unless they have a useless connection in which case lag occurs.

 

[law_order]

It depends if you have created a room or joined a room. If you have created a room then the first half of the match will be hosted by you. This means that any sloppy control caused by slight lag will not be noticed by you as you are the host. But then in the second half your opponent will become the host and you may notice some lag which makes defending a nightmare.

But bare in mind that it is the same for your opponent if you have the same kind of connection.

hi Mumpleaser...
i don't really think it has to do with that...
because i have exactly the same problem when playing with friends at home..
unusual...i know...

 

[Eric Clyde]

Most of my first half's end up like 2-1, 1-1, 1-2 etc. However, the second half I get lag but I score more goals like 1-0 at halftime then win like 5-0.

 

[best_at_pes]

It depends if you have created a room or joined a room. If you have created a room then the first half of the match will be hosted by you. This means that any sloppy control caused by slight lag will not be noticed by you as you are the host. But then in the second half your opponent will become the host and you may notice some lag which makes defending a nightmare.

But bare in mind that it is the same for your opponent if you have the same kind of connection.

I know exactly what the thread starter is on about, it's entirely the same for me too, because i always create rooms.

I tried to play completely defensive formations in the second halves but i never got the ball so now i carry on attacking and manage to get some goals when attacking towards the left.

Mumpleaser your explanation was exactly what i thought it was down to, i knew it wasn't coincidental. By the way, around what times are you online? After this week i'm a free agent, and i want to play you. And congrats on becoming an admin.

 

[Dragonfly]

I'm under "the 3-0 curse". If I'm 3-0 up after the first half, I can't score in the second. The curse is only broken if my oponent scores.
In one of the 1st PES5 matches I played, I was 3-0 up at half-time and my brother scored 4 in the last 20mins of the 2nd half. All his goals were the same tho - through pass through my defence and tap it past the keeper (this is a common problem for people, but I worked out how to stop the through pass bug, but i digress). Usually, is someone scores in the 2nd half, after I'm 3-0 up at half-time, I end up winning.

Does anyone else have "the curse"?

 

[best_at_pes]

Dragonfly what's your online tag (ps2)?

 

[familymahone]

I'm under "the 3-0 curse". If I'm 3-0 up after the first half, I can't score in the second. The curse is only broken if my oponent scores.
In one of the 1st PES5 matches I played, I was 3-0 up at half-time and my brother scored 4 in the last 20mins of the 2nd half. All his goals were the same tho - through pass through my defence and tap it past the keeper (this is a common problem for people, but I worked out how to stop the through pass bug, but i digress). Usually, is someone scores in the 2nd half, after I'm 3-0 up at half-time, I end up winning.

Does anyone else have "the curse"?

Perhaps you are playing a stamina sapping defence strategy. If this is the case use your subs more and hopefully you'll survive the last 20 mins. Conceding late goals are my speciality, especially from set-pieces.

 

[backdoor]

Conceding late goals are my speciality, especially from set-pieces.

Bit unfair on your team familymahone - they let goals in all match dont they?

 

[familymahone]

Ha ha, you know last night I conceded a goal in the first minute of the game. Other guy pushed the ball wide from centre and lumped it downfield to Shevchenko who headed over my goalie. 3 touches, 1 goal down and boiling with rage. Still won in the end but I wasn't amused.

 

[brandywelbhoy]

You may laugh but i jus discovered this, (after been playin pro 3 fo nearly 2 years now) it all comes down to the players attitude ( u know those colors under the players name) when in an attacking attitude there passing is better, they make better runs, same in defence, there tackinling becomes better and there markin, learn to control these attitudes and u will control the game.

 

[law_order]

guys,i'm not sure it's about lag...
i mean...
because most of the "left" halves,i simply don't experience any lag...
what i've also noticed,is that during my bad half,my players almost ...sleep...
They are just standing in the field doing nothing...

Personally,most of the time,i join rooms...
So i just have to wait for the second half to do my game...
During the first one,i simply pray to not get scored more than once...

 

[familymahone]

You may laugh ... (after been playin pro 3 fo nearly 2 years now)

Thats the funny bit there, pro evo 3 for 2 years. are you serious?

 

[Dragonfly]

Perhaps you are playing a stamina sapping defence strategy. If this is the case use your subs more and hopefully you'll survive the last 20 mins. Conceding late goals are my speciality, especially from set-pieces.

My full-backs' stamina seem to almost dissapear after 70mins. I think it's because I make their attacking arrows face forwards and backwards, but I need to keep it like that coz it supports both my attackers and defenders.

 

[lobbes]

I'm asking,because when i'm playing a game,it's like playing 2 different people..
During the half that my attacking side is the right one,i'm really good...
I'm playing good defence and i'm making many many chances...

However,when i switch sides,i'm TOTALLY crap...
Especially in defence...
I don't know what happens...
I just CAN'T control the game...
My marking is crap,my covering is crap,everything is crap...
My opponents are having a party....
That's why i'm trying to score during my ...."right" half,as it is certain that during the other half my opponents will score...

Has anyone else a similar problem?

It differs as I play against other opponents.
Sometimes when I'm playing from left to right I tend to defend better, but when I'm playing from right to left, I tend to attack better.
But against other opponents, it's the opposite.

 

[law_order]

so,maybe it has to do only with me...
perhaps,for some strange reason,i can't function when attacking from right to left...
or to say better,i can't function when defending my right side...
not only does it piss me off,but it is also weird...
isn't it?

 

[Scorcio]

I believe it is mostly about the connection and it doesn´t matter even it is green. A few nights ago I played only green connection games and still the halves are a bit different.

I have played over 200(!) games online (too many nights playing until 2am) and only lately, I finally have learned to defend/play differently online when playing the worse half of the game. Call me a slow learner, but I just could not believe how badly I was beaten with several conceived goals. Nowadays usually losing 0-1, when losing, but I had a long streak of unsuccessful games, which shows up in my stats. That really eats you, when you have many times won shooting stats 14-6 or something! And I tend not to do "dirty" goals at least frequently.

It is certainly disadvantageous to host, btw. And I have hosted most of the games I have played... The late conceived goals during the last 20 mins certainly happen as your defenders get tired and you do not have the accurate control over defenders when the other guy is hosting.