http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/ The home of Electronic Arts Community en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:48 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/images/ea_images_main/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/ http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/316-fifa-09-adidas-live-season-unveiled.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:16:33 GMT [SIZE=3]Ground-breaking new feature announced for FIFA 09![/SIZE]

The adidas Live Season will redefine the football videogame experience by dynamically updating player form in-game on a weekly basis so that player attributes mirror real-world performances!

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/fifa-09-next-gen/331451-new-feature-fifa-live-season.html"]Find out more about the incredible adidas Live Season by clicking here![/URL] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/316-fifa-09-adidas-live-season-unveiled.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/306-get-community-race-day-2-prostreet-achievement.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:01:45 GMT [SIZE=3]Need For Speed ProStreet "Community Race Day 2" Achievement OBTAINABLE NOW![/SIZE]

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-prostreet/330986-community-race-day-2-achievement-weekend.html#post5569513"]Find out how you can get the Achievement by clicking here![/URL]

ACT FAST! It's only obtainable for this weekend[SIZE=1]*[/SIZE]!

[SIZE=1]*there will be other chances to earn the Achievement in the near future, so don't worry if you miss this...[/SIZE] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/306-get-community-race-day-2-prostreet-achievement.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/302-need-speed-undercover-announced.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:10:34 GMT [SIZE=3]Street racing and police pursuits are back![/SIZE]

[I]"EA’s Need for Speed Undercover takes the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces break-neck cop chases, the world’s hottest cars and spectacular highway battles."[/I]

[SIZE=3]Maggie Q starts in big-budget live-action 'story line'![/SIZE]

[I]"The new game will feature international movie star, Maggie Q, as the lead character in the big-budget live-action sequences that propel the original story forward as players get behind the wheel."[/I]

[I]"Maggie Q, who has starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard, plays Federal Agent Chase Linh, a seductive handler who recruits and guides players as they go undercover. Players will take on dangerous jobs and compete in races in order to infiltrate and takedown a ruthless international crime syndicate."[/I]

I can't wait to become an undercover Federal Agent, later in the year (November? :eek2:), can you?

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-undercover/330694-international-box-office-sensation-maggie-q-star-need-speed-undercover.html"]Read the full article and discuss Need For Speed: Undercover, by clicking here.[/URL] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/302-need-speed-undercover-announced.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/295-prostreet-global-community-race-day-coming-soon.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:10:08 GMT [SIZE=3]Need For Speed ProStreet Global Community Race Day This Weekend![/SIZE]

You want to earn yourself the elusive "Community Race Day 2" Achievement...?

Then you'll have to participate in the Global Community Race Day which is being held this weekend (15-18 August)!

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-prostreet/330186-global-community-race-day-15-18-august.html"]...view the Race Day details and sign up for the event by clicking here![/URL] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/295-prostreet-global-community-race-day-coming-soon.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/293-skate-2-smooth-buttery-60fps.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:59:42 GMT According to Scott Blackwood (Executive Producer), [I]skate. 2[/I] will be "smooth and buttery"; locked at 60fps for [I]both[/I] physics [I]and[/I] render! Awesome!

[url=http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/skate/328646-skate-2-details-reavealed-gameplay-trailer.html#post5537647]Find out more about [i]skate. 2[/i] (and find a link to the video), by clicking here![/url] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/293-skate-2-smooth-buttery-60fps.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/290-want-prostreet-ea-moderator-achievement.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:58:32 GMT [SIZE=3]Need For Speed: ProStreet "EA Moderator" Achievement[/SIZE]

You want to earn yourself the "EA Moderator" Achievement...?

Then you'll have to challenge (and beat) any of the "EA Moderators"; they're worth 25G!

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-prostreet/329826-ea-moderator-achievement-moderator-list.html"]...find out who's worth 25G by clicking here![/URL] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/290-want-prostreet-ea-moderator-achievement.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/288-random-thread-week-week-33-2008.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:54:47 GMT My first "Random Thread Of The Week" (for the 33rd week of 2008[noparse])[/noparse] is;

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-undercover/326252-what-platform-you-getting-should-game-delayed-multi-vote.html"]What platform are you getting it on, and should the game be delayed? (Multi-vote)[/URL]

Congratulations [URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/members/nightbringer.html"]Nightbringer[/URL], great thread!

I chose it because I'm curious to see who will be getting Need For Speed: Undercover, and on which platform, [I]and[/I]...

...the thread is a double-header! Not only are you asked to choose whether you're buying the game and on which platform you're buying the game; you're also asked to vote on whether or not you'd accept the game being delayed (if it was beneficial to the game). i.e. to give the developers more time to work on the game.

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-undercover/326252-what-platform-you-getting-should-game-delayed-multi-vote.html"]Have your say by clicking here and voting![/URL]

Vote for "Yes, on game delay" if you would be happy for the game to be delayed a little, if the developers need more time, in order to make the game as good as it can be.

Vote for "No, on game delay" if you want the game to come out on November 18th (presuming that the "Drop Date" in the trailer website is referring to the release date), regardless of whether or not the developers need more time on it.

It's a difficult question, but I voted for "yes, on game delay", because I'd rather wait longer for a perfect game, I think.

Would you accept that? Or would you rather the game came out as early as possible, and was then patched (if necessary)? ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/288-random-thread-week-week-33-2008.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/284-godfather-ii-announced.html Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:28:01 GMT I just read the announcement that EAUK_Aurora posted in [URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/godfather-game/"]The Godfather The Game forum[/URL] about the upcoming [URL="http://www.ea.com/godfather2/"]Godfather II[/URL]!

It sounds awesome!

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/godfather-game/329378-godfather-ii.html"]Check it out for yourself, by clicking here![/URL]

Also, a few dates you might want to add to your diary/calendar;

[B]August 14th[/B] - Website Opens! [SIZE=1]This Thursday![/SIZE]
[B]August 15th[/B] - GameTrailer's Spike TV "Godfather II Special": behind the scenes, exclusive trailer premiere and more! [SIZE=1]This Friday![/SIZE]
[B]August 18th[/B] - Trailer on the site!

The game itself is quite a way out, yet (slated for a [B]Feb. 09[/B] release - add that to your diary/calendar, too :wink:), but I'm already excited about it...

...roll on Thursday!

Ooh, also, there is a sweet 'Exclusive Screenshot' and 'Exclusive Wallpaper' on the [URL="http://www.ea.com/godfather2/"]Official Website (click here)[/URL] for you to download, too, so you might wanna give that a look at, too. :wink: ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/284-godfather-ii-announced.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/280-my-madden-iq.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:30:34 GMT I'm shocked and disappointed at my score!

[URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/madden-nfl-series/329270-your-madden-iq-demo.html"]See my score and learn about the Madden IQ, here![/URL]

Feel free to share your Madden IQ with me, too. :teeth: ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/280-my-madden-iq.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/275-think-youre-worth-25g.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:43:33 GMT [URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-prostreet/329133-you-worth-25g.html#post5521876"]Need For Speed: ProStreet "EA Moderator" Achievement - find out more by clicking here![/URL] ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/275-think-youre-worth-25g.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/273-xbox-360-live-account-problems.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:55:51 GMT What a nightmare... I got an Xbox 360 last month, in order to be able to play various games with you guys and girls, and I set-up my account... What a nightmare...

I got an Xbox 360 last month, in order to be able to play various games with you guys and girls, and I set-up my account using my Windows Live account. All went well and for a month I was happily playing [URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/need-speed-prostreet/"]Need For Speed: ProStreet[/URL] and [URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company/"]Battlefield: Bad Company[/URL] online, earning Achievements and 'building up' my profile on each game...

A month later, my "1 Month Free Trial Membership" expired, so I went into the Marketplace and tried to re-upgrade my Membership from Silver to Gold, and that's when I realised: my Xbox 360 Live Account is American;

I need an American Credit card (with an American Billing address) to be able to upgrade my account, or to buy Microsoft Points...
...I only have access to the American content, too. :(

...riiight. So I can't upgrade to Gold. Great. *sigh*

A little bewildered, I contacted Xbox Customer Service and explained my 'situation' to them, and asked if they'd kindly change my Account, so that I had access to the UK Marketplace and not the US Marketplace.

[quote=Xbox Customer Service"]I apologize for the inconvenience. I understand that you want to change the country information you have on Xbox Live. Unfortunately, you cannot change the country information on Xbox Live because it is already permanent on our database and we at support line cannot change the information that you have entered on Xbox Live. Thank you for your time and understanding.[/quote]

So I [I]can't[/I] do anything about this...?

[quote=Xbox Customer Service]Unfortunately, once you create an Xbox Live account, you cannot change the country in which you would like to be billed. When you create an account, you must enter a country in the appropriate field. After you enter a country, that field is locked. You cannot modify this field if they decide that you would like to be billed in different currency. This is because of a limitation in the Billing system. If you would like to be billed in another currency, you must cancel the account and then create a new account by using enter the appropriate country.[/quote]

I didn't enter (or select) a country when I set up my account; I was never given the option to do so.

It was set to "United States" and the drop down box could not be modified, so I had to use a friends address in order to be able to continue with the set-up process. I had no choice but to do this if I wanted to continue the registration process and I didn't think it would cause any problems (I have a UK Xbox 360), what does 'my address' matter...?

So I told them this, and asked if anything could be done.

[quote=Xbox Customer Service]I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with the country in which your account was registered. I understand that when you created your account, you use your hotmail account.

When you used an email address or Windows Live ID to create your account, it also determines your country. If your email address is registered to the United States, it will prompt you to create an account in the United States.

Unfortunately, by canceling your subscription, you will lose any remaining time on the service in addition to your gamertag and game rankings. They cannot be transferred to a new account.[/quote]

What!? So because I was [I]forced[/I] to register my account to the United States, and because Microsoft are unable to change my settings and/or information due to 'limitations' with their 'Billing system',
my only solution is to cancel the account (sacrficing my GamerTag, GamerPoints and Achievements) and create a new one!?

I don't think so. I explained that I wouldn't mind creating a new account, as long as they 'carried over' my GamerTag, GamerPoints and Achievements)...

[quote=Xbox Customer Service]We appreciate your time writing us regarding your concern and we are sorry for any inconvenience. I understand, you would like to reinstate or reimburse the gamerpoints and achievements you have accrued when you create a new account.

I am sorry, but this is not possible. Gamerscore points and achievements that have been achieved for each game are tied to your Xbox Gamer Profile and each profile should associate with one Xbox Live account. So, when you create a new account, you have to start from the scratch and collect gamer points and achievements as you progress through the game to be tied up on your new profile.

When you create a Gamertag on Xbox Live, you create a virtual person that represents your personality, when you delete the account where your gamertag tied up, you virtually kill the virtual person that you created -along with the demise of the character come his reputation, achievements, and acquired virtual assets and skills. And like in real life you cannot recreate a deleted character.[/quote]

"[U]In real life[/U] you can not recreate a [U]deleted character[/U]."

Oh, the irony!

Sure, you wouldn't be able to recreate a 'deleted character', unless you had the tools to do so and you could remember the specifications and/or information required to build the 'character'...

...but the beauty of this situation is that the 'character' has [U]not yet[/U] been deleted, so all of this information is accessible, and the tools are still intact.

Therefore, I put it to you, Xbox Customer Support, that;

"In real life (:lol:), you [U]can[/U] recreate another character, if you have the tools with which it was made, and if you have the original to 'copy' from.
...and you do."

So, until this is resolved, I won't be on Xbox 360 Live. :neucoffee:

To be continued... ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/273-xbox-360-live-account-problems.html http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/269-my-favourite-pc-game-all-time.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:18:42 GMT [SIZE=1]WARNING: MONSTER BLOG AHEAD! LARGE BLOCKS OF TEXT AND NUMEROUS LISTS BEYOND THIS POINT.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]PEOPLE OF AN IMPATIENT DISPOSITION (OR OTHER INTOLERANT AILMENT) TURN BACK NOW.[/SIZE]

Did anyone see the [URL="http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/latest-news-announcements/328815-pc-gamer-top-100-a.html#post5513447"]"PC Gamer Top 100" Announcement[/URL]?

I always find it impossible to choose [I]one[/I] game, when I'm asked, "what is your favourite game of all-time?" or to put my "top ten games of all-time" into order of greatness...

How do you compare different genres?
How do you compare an MMORPG (on the PC) to a Racing game (on a console) or a puzzle-game (on a handheld console)?
How do you compare the 2D platform game that you [I]loved [/I]when you were an 11 year old, to the survival-horror game that you were [I]almost[/I] obsessed with when you were 19, or the FPS that you just could not stop playing when you were 20!?

I suppose the decision is easier (for me, at least), in this particular instance, because the question is not, "what is your favourite game of all-time?", it's, "what is your favourite [I]PC[/I] game of all time?", so the choice of games is limited to PC titles...


"I'm not an avid PC gamer (yus, I'm a console-boi :shifty:)", I think to myself, "so this shouldn't be [I]too[/I] hard..." and then I begin to think about all of the games I've played and loved, on the PC...[LIST][*]Grim Fandango[*]Half-Life[*]Counter-Strike[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2[*]Command & Conquer: Generals[*]Championship Manager 2002-2003[*]Championship Manager 4[*]Worms Armageddon[*]GTA III[*]The Sting![*]Chaos Legion[*]Sid Meier's Sim Golf[*]Unreal Tournament 2003[*]Civilisation III[*]Neverwinter Nights[*]Guild Wars[/LIST]17 games. :roll:
...so, If I had to choose just ten of these (and I do, if I want to take part in the vote), I have to cut 6 games. Easy! I'll cheat!

Half-Life and Counter-Strike came together in Half-Life: Generation - down to 16. :teeth:

Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer: Generals came together in Command & Conquer: The First Decade - down to 14. :teeth:

Cutting four wouldn't be [I]too[/I] hard; if only it were that simple...

Neither Half Life: Generation, nor Command & Conquer: The First Decade are available for selection. Foiled!


Okay, let's see if any of the other games on my list of 17 [I]aren't[/I] available for selection. Yup, 4 of them;[LIST][*]Chaos Legion[*]The Sting![*]Sid Meier's Sim Golf[*]Unreal Tournament 2003[/LIST]
and the Championship Manager games are grouped; that takes me down to 12;[LIST][*]Grim Fandango[*]Half-Life[*]Counter-Strike[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2[*]Command & Conquer: Generals[*]Championship Manager (series)[*]Worms (series)[*]GTA III[*]Civilisation III[*]Guild Wars[*]Neverwinter Nights[/LIST]I guess that means I need to cut two games...

[B]Command & Conquer: Red Alert[/B]
Red Alert 2 and Generals were much, much better. I can live with cutting Red Alert from my list.

[B]GTA III[/B]
I consider this to be a PS2 game (because I played it more on my PS2 than I did on my PC), so it would be unfair to include it in this list, I think.

I'm sorry, [B]GTA III[/B] and [B]Command & Conquer: Red Alert[/B], but you are only my 11th and 12th "favourite PC games of all-time (respectively, according to PC Gamer's limited choice), good-bye... :cry2:


I'm [I]finally[/I] down to ten![LIST][*]Grim Fandango[*]Half-Life[*]Counter-Strike[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2[*]Command & Conquer: Generals[*]Championship Manager (series)[*]Worms (series)[*]Civilisation III[*]Guild Wars[*]Neverwinter Nights[/LIST]Now for the hard part: putting them in 'order' from 'favourite' to 'least favourite.' This may take a while...

[a considerable amount of time passes]


...okay I [I]think[/I] I've finally settled on a list I'm 'happy' with. I put them in the order of "which I'd rather play" - I compared each game to the one above and below it - and after a lot of shuffling about, I settled on this;[LIST=1][*]Grim Fandango[*]Half-Life[*]Counter-Strike[*]Worms (series)[*]Championship Manager (series)[*]Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2[*]Guild Wars[*]Command & Conquer: Generals[*]Civilisation III[*]Neverwinter Nights[/LIST]So there you have it! My "top ten PC games of all-time (according to PC Gamer's limited choice)"!

If I wasn't restricted to the selections on the PC Gamer website, and I was allowed to 'cheat' my [I]real[/I] "top ten* PC games of all-time" list would look like this;

[SIZE=1]*where 10 = 13[/SIZE][LIST=1][*]Grim Fandango[*]Half-Life: Generation[*]Worms Armageddon[*]Championship Manager 4[*]Command & Conquer: The First Decade[*]Guild Wars[*]The Sting![*]Chaos Legion[*]Unreal Tournament 2003[*]Civilisation III[*]Neverwinter Nights[*]Championship Manager 2002-2003[*]Sid Meier's Sim Golf[/LIST]Done! Eesh. My head hurts. I hope that this was easier for you, and I hope - I beg! - that there isn't another "favourite game of all-time" question asked any time soon... ]]> EAUK_Phenom http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/blogs/340158-eauk_phenom/269-my-favourite-pc-game-all-time.html