Atticus Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 Anybody else seen this on twitter? Leyton Orient are attempting to arrange a Fifa tournament with other clubs. 64 teams, over 40 have agreed so far, including us. I love this, so nice to see clubs attempting to do something fun, amidst the amount of constant depressing news that we are getting minute by minute. Its a real nice distraction. Anyway, they say they will do the draw Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, Atticus said: Anybody else seen this on twitter? Leyton Orient are attempting to arrange a Fifa tournament with other clubs. 64 teams, over 40 have agreed so far, including us. I love this, so nice to see clubs attempting to do something fun, amidst the amount of constant depressing news that we are getting minute by minute. Its a real nice distraction. Anyway, they say they will do the draw Tuesday. Pato has volunteered his services as our rep. (I’m serious btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted March 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Pato has volunteered his services as our rep. (I’m serious btw) Yeah, that's great, hopefully he has the ability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 13 hours ago, Atticus said: Anybody else seen this on twitter? Leyton Orient are attempting to arrange a Fifa tournament with other clubs. 64 teams, over 40 have agreed so far, including us. I love this, so nice to see clubs attempting to do something fun, amidst the amount of constant depressing news that we are getting minute by minute. Its a real nice distraction. Anyway, they say they will do the draw Tuesday. It's actually a really cool idea, if done properly games could be streamed live using Twitch. I hope clubs have to use their own squads from the game though, that's the only way it should be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Should have a tournament on Xbox/PS for fans on here if people are up for it? Have to play as City (or other championship sides if you’re on here as supporters of them) If we could get 8/16 players for both Xbox & PlayStation I’ll organise it. Im an Xbox player, so if you’d like to take part reply here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: It's actually a really cool idea, if done properly games could be streamed live using Twitch. I hope clubs have to use their own squads from the game though, that's the only way it should be done. We’ll see who Pato picks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 33 minutes ago, Davefevs said: We’ll see who Pato picks! That could be really interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 34 minutes ago, Davefevs said: We’ll see who Pato picks! I think for this to work as Orient intend, it would have to be a representative for each club playing as their own club. I play a bit of Fifa for fun, but the competitive scene is really boring as people understandably play with the best teams and best players. As a result you end up with Ultimate Team tournaments where everyone is using the same pool of the 40 best players. This could be a really cool idea if each club is represented as themselves so it would stop that happening. The game and it's relationship with streaming has grown exponentially, if EA Sports are shrewd, they'd spot this and help it grow by supporting it. This is far more interesting than noughts and crosses anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted March 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Carey 6 said: Should have a tournament on Xbox/PS for fans on here if people are up for it? Have to play as City (or other championship sides if you’re on here as supporters of them) If we could get 8/16 players for both Xbox & PlayStation I’ll organise it. Im an Xbox player, so if you’d like to take part reply here! That sounds cool, but dont have fifa this year. I have pes thanks to game pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted March 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: I think for this to work as Orient intend, it would have to be a representative for each club playing as their own club. I play a bit of Fifa for fun, but the competitive scene is really boring as people understandably play with the best teams and best players. As a result you end up with Ultimate Team tournaments where everyone is using the same pool of the 40 best players. This could be a really cool idea if each club is represented as themselves so it would stop that happening. The game and it's relationship with streaming has grown exponentially, if EA Sports are shrewd, they'd spot this and help it grow by supporting it. This is far more interesting than noughts and crosses anyway! Yeah you have to play as your own club. My worry is, if some clubs opt to select an esport fan, then the likes of pato dont stand a chance. Andres Townsend is representing palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Atticus said: Yeah you have to play as your own club. My worry is, if some clubs opt to select an esport fan, then the likes of pato dont stand a chance. Andres Townsend is representing palace. Yeah it would be much more interesting if each club nominated a player instead of an esport pro. If it was done properly using Twitch and (hopefully) in collaboration with EA Sports it could be really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said: Yeah it would be much more interesting if each club nominated a player instead of an esport pro. If it was done properly using Twitch and (hopefully) in collaboration with EA Sports it could be really cool. Seems like many are nominating players. Some asking fans to volunteer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 I've not played FIFA since van Nistelrooy was in it. think the last football game (other than FM) I had was PES6 where Adriano was king. Assume they'll be doing play as your own club rather than our old rule of "3 attempts at hitting Random Team - stick or twist each time". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpcity Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: I've not played FIFA since van Nistelrooy was in it. think the last football game (other than FM) I had was PES6 where Adriano was king. Assume they'll be doing play as your own club rather than our old rule of "3 attempts at hitting Random Team - stick or twist each time". PES6 was the last game I really played. I used to play with Fulham and they'd suprise a lot of players. Zak Knight would stop Adriano then I'd put Papa Diop just in front the defence for added steal then counter attack with the pace of Boa morte and Radzinski to cross in for Mcbride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, paul_fox said: Zak Knight would stop Adriano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpcity Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: Haha trust me he would. Strong lad was Zat. Adriano couldn't bully him. In real life he'd struggle haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Just seen that Tranmere have pulled out, suggesting The Sun are sponsoring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The dastardly red Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Atticus said: That sounds cool, but dont have fifa this year. I have pes thanks to game pass Pes any good this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Davefevs said: Just seen that Tranmere have pulled out, suggesting The Sun are sponsoring it. Everton did as well. Orient seem to have realised though...but the reply is ambiguous as to whether they're still taking the sponsorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 9 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Everton did as well. Orient seem to have realised though...but the reply is ambiguous as to whether they're still taking the sponsorship. Spectacular own goal from Leyton Orient there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted March 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 Well, now we have pulled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Atticus said: Well, now we have pulled out. If the Sun are involved, I am glad we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie0016 Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 16/03/2020 at 13:08, Carey 6 said: Should have a tournament on Xbox/PS for fans on here if people are up for it? Have to play as City (or other championship sides if you’re on here as supporters of them) If we could get 8/16 players for both Xbox & PlayStation I’ll organise it. Im an Xbox player, so if you’d like to take part reply here! I’ll play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted March 17, 2020 Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Atticus said: Well, now we have pulled out. Virtue signalling from the club, we wouldn’t have pulled out if no one else had - just didn’t want any backlash or bad press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted March 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: Virtue signalling from the club, we wouldn’t have pulled out if no one else had - just didn’t want any backlash or bad press. This is what I feel. All because of a "dream team" logo. which I think has been removed? Its a shame because I was looking forward to seeing how Pato got on. It was for some good causes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 11 hours ago, Atticus said: This is what I feel. All because of a "dream team" logo. which I think has been removed? Its a shame because I was looking forward to seeing how Pato got on. It was for some good causes too. Yep, the club wouldn't have even thought about it if no one else had. If we're not taking part in something like this due to a sponsorship association with the sun, if we're consistent and not just virtue signalling then are we still allowing Sun journalists to report on games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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