FIFA 09 adidas Live Season FAQ

EAcrazylegs · 22-08-2008, 01:25 AM

FIFA 09 Live Season Q&A

Q: What is adidas Live Season?
adidas Live Season is a premium service for FIFA 09 PS3, Xbox 360 and PC that will update in-game player form each and every week. The service will run from the launch of the game to the end of the 08/09 season and is based on how real players performed in the most recent real-world matches. FIFA 09 will feel different every week throughout the entire season matching the weekly rhythm of football.

The idea was conceived by a very passionate group of football fans in the EA Canada studio who wanted to introduce new features that they themselves would like to see in football videogames. Just like many football fans and gamers around the world who have seen this announcement, the team are very excited by service and can’t wait to play it themselves.

Q: Which leagues are included?
Barclay’s Premier League, La Liga BBVA, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A and Mexican Primera Division.

Q: Why aren’t all leagues of FIFA 09 included?
This is the first year of the service and a completely unique feature that has never been attempted before for football videogames. As a result, we made a decision to provide the best service by limiting the service to the six leagues that have the biggest global reach that match the same lifecycle of FIFA 09. This enables us to provide the best possible service, and effectively anticipate and manage any unknown variables that might appear with a new online service of this scope and size.

Q: How much will you charge for the Live Season service?
Live Season will require a small single payment for each league (or a slightly larger payment for all leagues as a pack) when you first decide to use the service.

There will be no weekly or monthly subscription and you’re receiving a whole seasons’ worth of data for a small payment from the moment you decide to activate the service.

We’ll be announcing the costs nearer to the launch of FIFA 09 this fall. However, we are going to be giving everyone who buys FIFA 09 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC a free trial of one league of their choice from the moment they activate it to the end of the 08/09 season.

Q: Why are you charging for Live Season?
Live Season is a new, completely unique concept for football videogames that will require persistent year-round support from a global network of football experts working for EA SPORTS. As such, we needed to find ways to offset the incremental costs for developing and maintaining the service.

Q: Do I have to use Live Season if I buy FIFA 09?
Live Season is completely optional. Even if you don’t want to use the service, you’re still buying a very feature-rich product that we’re very proud to be able to bring to football fans and gamers around the world. The data will still be top-quality information captured at the beginning of the season and you’ll also receive the traditional winter update of transfers and player information in February 2009.

Q: How will consumers activate Live Season?
Console consumers can purchase leagues by using PlayStation Network Store or Xbox Live Marketplace. For PC gamers, they will purchase leagues through the EA Store.

Q: How do I activate my free trial?
Console consumers can use a the free trial code on the back of the game manual in the box and input that into PlayStation Network and Xbox 360 Marketplace. For PC gamers, they can activate their free league through the game.

Q: If you own both FIFA 09 on PC and on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, can you receive a free trial for both PC and Console?
Yes, gamers can receive a free trial for their PC and their console versions of FIFA 09 if they own both.

Q: What stats will change on a weekly basis?
The only data that changes on a weekly basis is the form of a player. No other data will be changed weekly; we will however be making adjustments to the data with the ‘Day 1’ update and the winter update where necessary based on player performances.

On a weekly basis, players will be assigned a “player form” rating, which can be one of five ratings: bad, poor, neutral (no change), good, and excellent. For the four non-neutral form settings, we update a variety of that player’s attributes based on what position the player plays and what form setting they were assigned. Form is relative to how players are rated in our player database.

Q: When does the form get released?
The update will be available every Wednesday. The exact time of the upload will be decided in the near future.

Q: How will that affect players and gameplay?
Players who are assigned non-neutral form will feel different as their actual attributes will be changed. Form affects various skills and mental attributes depending on the player’s position. Players on excellent form will feel better, more skilled in-game. The opposite goes for players on bad or poor form.

Q: Will it also work in Manager Mode?
No, Live Season will not affect Manager Mode. A gamer’s progression is not aligned with the real world as gamers can dictate how quickly they work their way through the fixture list in Manager Mode. As a result, the Live Season service does not complement the experience.

Q: How high and how low will individual players’s overall rating climb or fall?
This depends on what player form setting the player is assigned and what their attributes are set to in the database. A player who is rated 60 overall in the database and receives an “excellent” form rating will increase a lot (up to 70 or more), compared to a superstar who is rated 90 overall in our database, who would only increase to 92 or 93 on “excellent” form.

Q: Who decides on how the stats are changed?
We have a global network of football experts who work with us every year to make sure the FIFA franchise includes the most accurate player and team data. This same team of passionate experts monitor every player in the Live Season leagues to supply in-depth data each week.

We have around 1,000 guys globally who follow the matches and supply data to 100 editors who specialize in particular leagues. They make sure that what’s being produced is accurate by region. That data is then funneled to a team of 10 guys here at the studio who are in charge the final checks and then integrating into Live Season.

Q: What happens to seriously injured or suspended players?
When players are seriously injured, they may get a poor or bad form rating to reflect the fact they aren’t able to play up to their rating in the database. We are not making players unavailable due to suspension or injury for the service this year.

Q: Can I turn the service off if I don’t want to play with the weekly data?
Gamers are free to turn off the service whenever they want: online or offline.

Q: Can I simply reset the service and get back to the stats from the start of the season?
Yes, you can reset your squads back to the same way when you first played the game. You can decide whether you want to play with the latest form, or with the default player database: offline and online. It’s your choice each time you play.

Q: Can I play against a player that doesn’t subscribe to this service?
In online matches, a gamer with Live Season can play against a gamer who doesn’t have Live Season but only the subscriber will be able to use the data for his team.

Q: Will gamers playing online be awarded additional points for playing with a Live Season team against and a gamer who plays with the default team, where that team is higher rated?
Not this year, something to look at for the future.

Q: How long will that service last?
Live Season is a premium service that will run from game launch until the end of the 08/09 seasons.

Q: What will happen next year?
We have a number of ideas we’re working on, we just can’t tell you about them now.

Q: Why is adidas the sponsor and what where the costs involved for adidas?
When we originally conceived the idea of Live Season we knew that we were taking football authenticity in videogames to the next level. We wanted to partner with a company who matched our own ambitions within the sport and who are also on the cutting edge of development of football products.

adidas are a truly global company and the foremost football brand for apparel and equipment. EA SPORTS™ is the leading football videogame brand delivering an interactive experience that enables gamers around the world to live out their dreams virtually and play with their favourite teams and players. The association offers both companies the opportunity to leverage a mutual passion for football and the desire to bring new, unique experiences to the consumer.

We are unable to disclose the details of the agreement between adidas and EA.

Q: Is Live Season similar to Dynamic DNA
While the concept is essentially the same, the execution of both features is very different. Please see NBA Live 09 literature for more information on Dynamic DNA.

Q: Do I have to use Live Season if I buy FIFA 09?
Live Season is completely optional. Even if you don’t want to use the service, you’re still buying a very feature-rich product that we’re very proud to be able to bring to football fans and gamers around the world. Whether you’re a subscriber or not you’ll be able to enjoy 10 vs. 10 Online Team Play, Custom Team Tactics and Be A Pro Seasons, all of which are new to FIFA 09, plus the host of features that gamers have being playing in previous FIFA games.

As for the data for gamers who don’t use Live Season, FIFA 09 will still be top-quality information captured at the beginning of the season and you’ll also receive the traditional winter update of transfers and player information in February 2009.

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 03:27 AM

First off i think this service is a stupid idea.....especially this ....

"Q: Can I play against a player that doesn’t subscribe to this service?
In online matches, a gamer with Live Season can play against a gamer who doesn’t have Live Season but only the subscriber will be able to use the data for his team."

Simply because this gives the gamer with the service an advantage, which is just ridiculous and i hope it fails miserably so that EA sees that this is NOT what the consumer wants........

2nd..... what about Be A Pro Online......does this service work with be a pro ?

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 03:30 AM

and another thing you cant even get the online service working properly on Fifa 08 "Be a Pro", so what makes you think your going to make this work all its going to do is overload the servers ?

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 03:31 AM

Im sorry but i really think this thing is a really stupid idea....please if anyone else feels the same, please let EA know...

PbNCharlie · 22-08-2008, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by II Sathiroth II

First off i think this service is a stupid idea.....especially this ....

"Q: Can I play against a player that doesn’t subscribe to this service?
In online matches, a gamer with Live Season can play against a gamer who doesn’t have Live Season but only the subscriber will be able to use the data for his team."

Simply because this gives the gamer with the service an advantage, which is just ridiculous and i hope it fails miserably so that EA sees that this is NOT what the consumer wants........

2nd..... what about Be A Pro Online......does this service work with be a pro ?

Totally agree. Absolutely brainless thinking behind that.

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 03:40 AM

Here is some more news about EA's great plan.....

adidas Live Season is a premium service that is only available for the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A and Mexican Primera Division.
It updates the database whenever EA's network of football scouts feel the need to change a player's attributes. As a player performs poorly in a real world match - for example, if a striker misses a host of chances in his last game - that player's stats will be reduced to match his current form.
The service will carry a subscription fee, but when you purchase the game you can choose one of the aforementioned leagues and receive Live Season updates for that league free of charge until the end of the 2008/2009 season, using a code printed on the back of the game manual.
To keep each additional league up-to-date with adidas Live Season will cost £4.99 (around €7/$7 USD), or you can choose to keep all leagues updated for £12.99 (around €20/$20 USD).
Injuries will not be included in adidas Live Season updates as such. Players who become injured will have their attributes dropped as if they were in very poor form, meaning that you can still select them in your starting eleven, but they will not be as skilful as when they are fit and healthy in the real world. (So basically they will go on the bench then).
Manager mode will not be affected by adidas Live Season updates.

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 03:42 AM

i think we pay enough as it is....

khedlund86 · 22-08-2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by II Sathiroth II

i think we pay enough as it is....

its a payment over one season. not like we gonna pay for more then ones or twice. Im not that poor atleast...

InfectedBen · 22-08-2008, 03:49 AM

isnt that 'players form' (five ratings: bad, poor, neutral (no change), good, and excellent) the colored arrows in PES?

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by khedlund86

its a payment over one season. not like we gonna pay for more then ones or twice. Im not that poor atleast...

Dont be silly any can afford that amount.....where im coming from is why would anway buy this service when they can just get the Winter update for free.......

all this idea is going to do is stuff up the EA servers....

khedlund86 · 22-08-2008, 04:01 AM

and u know that for a fact?

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khedlund86

and u know that for a fact?

we will know soon enough buddy...

khedlund86 · 22-08-2008, 04:07 AM

thats what I mean. Wait until u know for a fact. Maybe u change ur mind about it.

kenbodek · 22-08-2008, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by II Sathiroth II

First off i think this service is a stupid idea.....especially this ....

"Q: Can I play against a player that doesn’t subscribe to this service?
In online matches, a gamer with Live Season can play against a gamer who doesn’t have Live Season but only the subscriber will be able to use the data for his team."

Simply because this gives the gamer with the service an advantage, which is just ridiculous and i hope it fails miserably so that EA sees that this is NOT what the consumer wants........

2nd..... what about Be A Pro Online......does this service work with be a pro ?

It's only an advantage if the team you want to play with is doing well, it could just as easily be a disadvantage, especially if your team has injuries.

Kellog_G8 · 22-08-2008, 04:07 AM

So it will work online.

I guess that is good news!

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenbodek

It's only an advantage if the team you want to play with is doing well, it could just as easily be a disadvantage, especially if your team has injuries.

i dont think there putting in injuries....

Injuries will not be included in adidas Live Season updates as such. Players who become injured will have their attributes dropped as if they were in very poor form, meaning that you can still select them in your starting eleven, but they will not be as skilful as when they are fit and healthy in the real world. (So basically they will go on the bench then).

khedlund86 · 22-08-2008, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by II Sathiroth II

i dont think there putting in injuries....

Injuries will not be included in adidas Live Season updates as such. Players who become injured will have their attributes dropped as if they were in very poor form, meaning that you can still select them in your starting eleven, but they will not be as skilful as when they are fit and healthy in the real world. (So basically they will go on the bench then).

I think thats what he meant. With the performance drop during injuries.

II Sathiroth II · 22-08-2008, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khedlund86

I think thats what he meant. With the performance drop during injuries.

yeah your prob right....

CowRonaldo · 22-08-2008, 05:28 AM

I think the payment system adds a flaw to the online system. People will just turn the live season on and off depending on what team they're using. If someone wants to use Eduardo from Arsenal for example, nobody is stopping them from using the 83 Eduardo instead of some live update 80 Eduardo.

NYYRIC · 22-08-2008, 06:02 AM

Wasn´t This Supposed To Be The Ps3 Exclusive Mode? If Not What The Heck??????????????????????

SamsArmy · 22-08-2008, 07:21 AM

Here's what I suggest for Live Season:

Custom Team Tactic and Team Management Adjustments: If these so-called scouts notice teams playing with a certain style, then allow them to adjust custom team tactics accordingly. If they notice starting lineups have changed, then allow them to adjust the default starting lineups accordingly. If they notice different kick takers on corners or free kicks, then allow them to change the kick takers. If team formations change, then allow them to be adjusted accordingly.
Injuries: Accurately reflect real life injuries. If a player gets Eduardo'd, remove him from the roster. If a player gets his knee banged up, drop his form/attributes accordingly (speed? agility?) and have his knee bandaged. Dropping a player's form who gets Eduardo'd to Bad is not very realistic. His form isn't bad, his form is nonexistent.
Appearances: While these scouts are watching these matches, could they take the time and take note of noticeable changes/innaccuracies in player appearances? If a player has a mullet one week and a shaved head the next, allow the scouts to change their appearance. If a player wears black boots for half the season and starts wearing orange boots, allow them to change it. If a player is injured and has his wrist taped, allow them to change it. I'm not asking for the scouts to look and see if a player plucks his eyebrows or not, but for obvious changes of appearance they should be allowed to update the players.
Team Chemistry: Allow team chemistry to be adjusted accordingly. If Hull City goes on a tear the first month of the season, bump up their team chemistry a bit. Obviously, if this continues for 2 or 3 more weeks, up it goes a bit more. (I'm in no way predicting that this will actually happen IRL btw .)
Weather: If the weather has been lalalala in the north of Germany all week, when Berlin plays at home make the odds of a rainy game go up. Or, if it is a notoriously wet time of the season in a certain league, make rain games happen more frequently. During winter, Bundesliga teams playing at home should obviously have a greater percentage for snow. As well, the proper players should be wearing long sleeves, gloves, etc.
Live Season Match Finder: Give subscribers the ability to limit online game searches to people who subscribe to and are using Live Season. Better yet, create a lobby system that only allows subscribers of Live Season (and are currently playing with Live Season teams) to enter. EPL Live Season Lobby, Bundesliga Live Season Lobby, Any Live Season Lobby, etc. I'm sure many people won't want to play against people not using Live Season if they are paying for the service.

EA, if you're going to make people pay for the "Live Season", then truly make it a LIVE Season and give us our money's worth.

If people don't like it, they don't have to pay for it, or they can turn the feature off as previously noted.

deathcab 86 · 22-08-2008, 09:10 AM

why are you so against this?

you don't have to pay. Ea are offering to keep stats up to date. wasnt it less than a year ago, EVERYBODY was complaining about how overrated barcelona was. This is a near fool proof way of stopping this from happening.

Oh wait, are you all just afraid that you might have to adapt your online play from week to week with different teams/players instead of using the same old beefed up teams and cheating tactics?

lmarsha926 · 22-08-2008, 09:26 AM

It may make people play with different teams online just say for example Villa or Spurs are doing well in the league they rating will go up so more people will use them online instead of Chelsea, Man Utd and Barcelona

You will only gain an advantage if yoy are using the same teams and that rarely occurs if someone plays with Man Utd without the subscription and I play with Villa with the subscription I will not be gaining an adavantage as Man Utd will still ahve 5 stars

I think it is a briliant idea adds a bit of realism to the game

Well done EA

gladewolf · 22-08-2008, 10:21 AM

I think it's a good idea, I'm just stuck on this payment thing. I can't see why they need to get paid for this service.

Great Idea = More Sales of Fifa09
More Sales = More Money.

Is it that much extra work?

First of all there are only 6 leagues being updated.
Secondly EA actually save themselves work for the next Fifa because they'll already have an up-to-date database of the top 6 leagues.
Thirdly I already pay full price for a game that is basically an update (albeit a very good one) of the previous year. It's not as if they reinvent the wheel every year.

Don't ditch the idea, just make it free.

The thing that annoys me the most is that I'm probably going to buy the updates, because, like everyone else, I want the game I play to be as good as it can be.

ger1 · 22-08-2008, 12:00 PM

think its a great idea and nice to see something new. but i hope they spend sometime with the servers and sort out the connections problems 2!!!!

22-08-2008, 01:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
EAcrazylegs EA Staff Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 49	FIFA 09 adidas Live Season FAQ FIFA 09 Live Season Q&A Q: What is adidas Live Season? adidas Live Season is a premium service for FIFA 09 PS3, Xbox 360 and PC that will update in-game player form each and every week. The service will run from the launch of the game to the end of the 08/09 season and is based on how real players performed in the most recent real-world matches. FIFA 09 will feel different every week throughout the entire season matching the weekly rhythm of football. The idea was conceived by a very passionate group of football fans in the EA Canada studio who wanted to introduce new features that they themselves would like to see in football videogames. Just like many football fans and gamers around the world who have seen this announcement, the team are very excited by service and can’t wait to play it themselves. Q: Which leagues are included? Barclay’s Premier League, La Liga BBVA, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A and Mexican Primera Division. Q: Why aren’t all leagues of FIFA 09 included? This is the first year of the service and a completely unique feature that has never been attempted before for football videogames. As a result, we made a decision to provide the best service by limiting the service to the six leagues that have the biggest global reach that match the same lifecycle of FIFA 09. This enables us to provide the best possible service, and effectively anticipate and manage any unknown variables that might appear with a new online service of this scope and size. Q: How much will you charge for the Live Season service? Live Season will require a small single payment for each league (or a slightly larger payment for all leagues as a pack) when you first decide to use the service. There will be no weekly or monthly subscription and you’re receiving a whole seasons’ worth of data for a small payment from the moment you decide to activate the service. We’ll be announcing the costs nearer to the launch of FIFA 09 this fall. However, we are going to be giving everyone who buys FIFA 09 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC a free trial of one league of their choice from the moment they activate it to the end of the 08/09 season. Q: Why are you charging for Live Season? Live Season is a new, completely unique concept for football videogames that will require persistent year-round support from a global network of football experts working for EA SPORTS. As such, we needed to find ways to offset the incremental costs for developing and maintaining the service. Q: Do I have to use Live Season if I buy FIFA 09? Live Season is completely optional. Even if you don’t want to use the service, you’re still buying a very feature-rich product that we’re very proud to be able to bring to football fans and gamers around the world. The data will still be top-quality information captured at the beginning of the season and you’ll also receive the traditional winter update of transfers and player information in February 2009. Q: How will consumers activate Live Season? Console consumers can purchase leagues by using PlayStation Network Store or Xbox Live Marketplace. For PC gamers, they will purchase leagues through the EA Store. Q: How do I activate my free trial? Console consumers can use a the free trial code on the back of the game manual in the box and input that into PlayStation Network and Xbox 360 Marketplace. For PC gamers, they can activate their free league through the game. Q: If you own both FIFA 09 on PC and on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, can you receive a free trial for both PC and Console? Yes, gamers can receive a free trial for their PC and their console versions of FIFA 09 if they own both. Q: What stats will change on a weekly basis? The only data that changes on a weekly basis is the form of a player. No other data will be changed weekly; we will however be making adjustments to the data with the ‘Day 1’ update and the winter update where necessary based on player performances. On a weekly basis, players will be assigned a “player form” rating, which can be one of five ratings: bad, poor, neutral (no change), good, and excellent. For the four non-neutral form settings, we update a variety of that player’s attributes based on what position the player plays and what form setting they were assigned. Form is relative to how players are rated in our player database. Q: When does the form get released? The update will be available every Wednesday. The exact time of the upload will be decided in the near future. Q: How will that affect players and gameplay? Players who are assigned non-neutral form will feel different as their actual attributes will be changed. Form affects various skills and mental attributes depending on the player’s position. Players on excellent form will feel better, more skilled in-game. The opposite goes for players on bad or poor form. Q: Will it also work in Manager Mode? No, Live Season will not affect Manager Mode. A gamer’s progression is not aligned with the real world as gamers can dictate how quickly they work their way through the fixture list in Manager Mode. As a result, the Live Season service does not complement the experience. Q: How high and how low will individual players’s overall rating climb or fall? This depends on what player form setting the player is assigned and what their attributes are set to in the database. A player who is rated 60 overall in the database and receives an “excellent” form rating will increase a lot (up to 70 or more), compared to a superstar who is rated 90 overall in our database, who would only increase to 92 or 93 on “excellent” form. Q: Who decides on how the stats are changed? We have a global network of football experts who work with us every year to make sure the FIFA franchise includes the most accurate player and team data. This same team of passionate experts monitor every player in the Live Season leagues to supply in-depth data each week. We have around 1,000 guys globally who follow the matches and supply data to 100 editors who specialize in particular leagues. They make sure that what’s being produced is accurate by region. That data is then funneled to a team of 10 guys here at the studio who are in charge the final checks and then integrating into Live Season. Q: What happens to seriously injured or suspended players? When players are seriously injured, they may get a poor or bad form rating to reflect the fact they aren’t able to play up to their rating in the database. We are not making players unavailable due to suspension or injury for the service this year. Q: Can I turn the service off if I don’t want to play with the weekly data? Gamers are free to turn off the service whenever they want: online or offline. Q: Can I simply reset the service and get back to the stats from the start of the season? Yes, you can reset your squads back to the same way when you first played the game. You can decide whether you want to play with the latest form, or with the default player database: offline and online. It’s your choice each time you play. Q: Can I play against a player that doesn’t subscribe to this service? In online matches, a gamer with Live Season can play against a gamer who doesn’t have Live Season but only the subscriber will be able to use the data for his team. Q: Will gamers playing online be awarded additional points for playing with a Live Season team against and a gamer who plays with the default team, where that team is higher rated? Not this year, something to look at for the future. Q: How long will that service last? Live Season is a premium service that will run from game launch until the end of the 08/09 seasons. Q: What will happen next year? We have a number of ideas we’re working on, we just can’t tell you about them now. Q: Why is adidas the sponsor and what where the costs involved for adidas? When we originally conceived the idea of Live Season we knew that we were taking football authenticity in videogames to the next level. We wanted to partner with a company who matched our own ambitions within the sport and who are also on the cutting edge of development of football products. adidas are a truly global company and the foremost football brand for apparel and equipment. EA SPORTS™ is the leading football videogame brand delivering an interactive experience that enables gamers around the world to live out their dreams virtually and play with their favourite teams and players. The association offers both companies the opportunity to leverage a mutual passion for football and the desire to bring new, unique experiences to the consumer. We are unable to disclose the details of the agreement between adidas and EA. Q: Is Live Season similar to Dynamic DNA While the concept is essentially the same, the execution of both features is very different. Please see NBA Live 09 literature for more information on Dynamic DNA. Q: Do I have to use Live Season if I buy FIFA 09? Live Season is completely optional. Even if you don’t want to use the service, you’re still buying a very feature-rich product that we’re very proud to be able to bring to football fans and gamers around the world. Whether you’re a subscriber or not you’ll be able to enjoy 10 vs. 10 Online Team Play, Custom Team Tactics and Be A Pro Seasons, all of which are new to FIFA 09, plus the host of features that gamers have being playing in previous FIFA games. As for the data for gamers who don’t use Live Season, FIFA 09 will still be top-quality information captured at the beginning of the season and you’ll also receive the traditional winter update of transfers and player information in February 2009. __________________ www.fifa08.com/us Last edited by EAcrazylegs; 22-08-2008 at 03:48 PM..

22-08-2008, 03:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
II Sathiroth II Forum Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,023	Here is some more news about EA's great plan..... adidas Live Season is a premium service that is only available for the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Serie A and Mexican Primera Division. It updates the database whenever EA's network of football scouts feel the need to change a player's attributes. As a player performs poorly in a real world match - for example, if a striker misses a host of chances in his last game - that player's stats will be reduced to match his current form. The service will carry a subscription fee, but when you purchase the game you can choose one of the aforementioned leagues and receive Live Season updates for that league free of charge until the end of the 2008/2009 season, using a code printed on the back of the game manual. To keep each additional league up-to-date with adidas Live Season will cost £4.99 (around €7/$7 USD), or you can choose to keep all leagues updated for £12.99 (around €20/$20 USD). Injuries will not be included in adidas Live Season updates as such. Players who become injured will have their attributes dropped as if they were in very poor form, meaning that you can still select them in your starting eleven, but they will not be as skilful as when they are fit and healthy in the real world. (So basically they will go on the bench then). Manager mode will not be affected by adidas Live Season updates.

22-08-2008, 03:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
InfectedBen Forum Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,039	isnt that 'players form' (five ratings: bad, poor, neutral (no change), good, and excellent) the colored arrows in PES? __________________

22-08-2008, 04:01 AM	#11 (permalink)
khedlund86 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 209	and u know that for a fact? __________________

22-08-2008, 04:07 AM	#13 (permalink)
khedlund86 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 209	thats what I mean. Wait until u know for a fact. Maybe u change ur mind about it. __________________

22-08-2008, 03:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
II Sathiroth II Forum Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,023	First off i think this service is a stupid idea.....especially this .... "Q: Can I play against a player that doesn’t subscribe to this service? In online matches, a gamer with Live Season can play against a gamer who doesn’t have Live Season but only the subscriber will be able to use the data for his team." Simply because this gives the gamer with the service an advantage, which is just ridiculous and i hope it fails miserably so that EA sees that this is NOT what the consumer wants........ 2nd..... what about Be A Pro Online......does this service work with be a pro ?

22-08-2008, 03:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
II Sathiroth II Forum Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,023	and another thing you cant even get the online service working properly on Fifa 08 "Be a Pro", so what makes you think your going to make this work all its going to do is overload the servers ?

22-08-2008, 03:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
II Sathiroth II Forum Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,023	Im sorry but i really think this thing is a really stupid idea....please if anyone else feels the same, please let EA know...

22-08-2008, 03:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
II Sathiroth II Forum Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,023	i think we pay enough as it is....

22-08-2008, 06:02 AM	#20 (permalink)
NYYRIC Rookie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Guatemala Age: 32 Gender: Male Posts: 267	Wasn´t This Supposed To Be The Ps3 Exclusive Mode? If Not What The Heck??????????????????????

22-08-2008, 07:21 AM	#21 (permalink)
SamsArmy Rookie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 445	Here's what I suggest for Live Season: Custom Team Tactic and Team Management Adjustments: If these so-called scouts notice teams playing with a certain style, then allow them to adjust custom team tactics accordingly. If they notice starting lineups have changed, then allow them to adjust the default starting lineups accordingly. If they notice different kick takers on corners or free kicks, then allow them to change the kick takers. If team formations change, then allow them to be adjusted accordingly. Injuries: Accurately reflect real life injuries. If a player gets Eduardo'd, remove him from the roster. If a player gets his knee banged up, drop his form/attributes accordingly (speed? agility?) and have his knee bandaged. Dropping a player's form who gets Eduardo'd to Bad is not very realistic. His form isn't bad, his form is nonexistent. Appearances: While these scouts are watching these matches, could they take the time and take note of noticeable changes/innaccuracies in player appearances? If a player has a mullet one week and a shaved head the next, allow the scouts to change their appearance. If a player wears black boots for half the season and starts wearing orange boots, allow them to change it. If a player is injured and has his wrist taped, allow them to change it. I'm not asking for the scouts to look and see if a player plucks his eyebrows or not, but for obvious changes of appearance they should be allowed to update the players. Team Chemistry: Allow team chemistry to be adjusted accordingly. If Hull City goes on a tear the first month of the season, bump up their team chemistry a bit. Obviously, if this continues for 2 or 3 more weeks, up it goes a bit more. (I'm in no way predicting that this will actually happen IRL btw .) Weather: If the weather has been lalalala in the north of Germany all week, when Berlin plays at home make the odds of a rainy game go up. Or, if it is a notoriously wet time of the season in a certain league, make rain games happen more frequently. During winter, Bundesliga teams playing at home should obviously have a greater percentage for snow. As well, the proper players should be wearing long sleeves, gloves, etc. Live Season Match Finder: Give subscribers the ability to limit online game searches to people who subscribe to and are using Live Season. Better yet, create a lobby system that only allows subscribers of Live Season (and are currently playing with Live Season teams) to enter. EPL Live Season Lobby, Bundesliga Live Season Lobby, Any Live Season Lobby, etc. I'm sure many people won't want to play against people not using Live Season if they are paying for the service. EA, if you're going to make people pay for the "Live Season", then truly make it a *LIVE* Season and give us our money's worth. If people don't like it, they don't have to pay for it, or they can turn the feature off as previously noted.

22-08-2008, 09:10 AM	#22 (permalink)
deathcab 86 Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 553	why are you so against this? you don't have to pay. Ea are offering to keep stats up to date. wasnt it less than a year ago, EVERYBODY was complaining about how overrated barcelona was. This is a near fool proof way of stopping this from happening. Oh wait, are you all just afraid that you might have to adapt your online play from week to week with different teams/players instead of using the same old beefed up teams and cheating tactics? __________________

22-08-2008, 09:26 AM	#23 (permalink)
lmarsha926 Rookie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Solihull Age: 21 Posts: 179	It may make people play with different teams online just say for example Villa or Spurs are doing well in the league they rating will go up so more people will use them online instead of Chelsea, Man Utd and Barcelona You will only gain an advantage if yoy are using the same teams and that rarely occurs if someone plays with Man Utd without the subscription and I play with Villa with the subscription I will not be gaining an adavantage as Man Utd will still ahve 5 stars I think it is a briliant idea adds a bit of realism to the game Well done EA __________________

22-08-2008, 10:21 AM	#24 (permalink)
gladewolf Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 30 Posts: 729	I think it's a good idea, I'm just stuck on this payment thing. I can't see why they need to get paid for this service. Great Idea = More Sales of Fifa09 More Sales = More Money. Is it that much extra work? First of all there are only 6 leagues being updated. Secondly EA actually save themselves work for the next Fifa because they'll already have an up-to-date database of the top 6 leagues. Thirdly I already pay full price for a game that is basically an update (albeit a very good one) of the previous year. It's not as if they reinvent the wheel every year. Don't ditch the idea, just make it free. The thing that annoys me the most is that I'm probably going to buy the updates, because, like everyone else, I want the game I play to be as good as it can be.

22-08-2008, 12:00 PM	#25 (permalink)
ger1 Rookie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: donegal Age: 33 Posts: 34	think its a great idea and nice to see something new. but i hope they spend sometime with the servers and sort out the connections problems 2!!!!