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   awesome

   

   Peavey, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 5:33am

   
   

   All I can say is, this is totally awesome.
   
   I love the super realistic sports games. I swear to God, when I play the newest NHL offering on PS3 I feel like I'm watching a real life hockey game.

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   And I am so glad that I went back to college

   

   Skeptical Cynic (profile), Dec 9th, 2008 @ 6:34am

   
   

   to get a degree in Simulation Programming!!
   
   My future career field is going expand more and more with successes like this!

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   Taking it a bit far...

   

   hegemon13, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 7:08am

   
   

   Okay, I agree the simulations are becoming more accurate, but a scouting tool? I seriously doubt it. You are not seeing an actual player in the game. Rather, you are seeing a programming team's interpretation of the player based on stats. Those stats are readily available to coaches and managers, so why go through the hassle of using the game? Plus, you would have to reach a pretty high skill level with the game in order to appreciate the nuances between players. I doubt many coaches/managers have that kind of free time on their hands.

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   Re: awesome

   

   Anonymous Coward, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 7:13am

   
   

   Of course, you playing games on consoles makes your opinion valueless.
   That on top of "swearing to god" and having any interest in hockey.
   Have a great day.......

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   game programmers have no clue

   

   Squard, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 8:39am

   
   

   Ronaldinho, LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Derek Jeter are all athletes that might be well represented in video games. But what about the athletes that aren't celebrities? Suppose an unknown bench warmer took that penalty shot for Brazil?
   
   Those athletes will never get the correct representation in games. Most of time, their names aren't even pronounced correctly. So why would someone scout via a game, when they can't spot out the "diamonds in rough"?

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   Re: Re: awesome

   

   Anonymous Coward, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 10:19am

   
   

   So, where would making snarky comments on someone's harmless posting put your opinion?
   
   Have a craptastic day.

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   Re: game programmers have no clue

   

   Anonymous Coward, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 10:22am

   
   

   quite the contrary.
   
   With the new games constantly tweaking player abilities to match their ongoing stats, I would imagine that setting up scenarios could reveal trends and tendencies in emerging players.
   
   While I feel it will never be a full substitute for real scouting, I do feel it could be helpful.

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   Re: Taking it a bit far...

   

   snowburn14, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 11:17am

   
   

   "Those stats are readily available to coaches and managers, so why go through the hassle of using the game?"
   
   Yeah, 'cuz we all know how much easier it is to (properly) analyse statistics than to play a video game...

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   Re: And I am so glad that I went back to college

   

   ehrichweiss, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 12:20pm

   
   

   You went to COLLEGE for that!?!? Dude, by the time you get outta college, the technology is ancient.

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    Skills

    

    Soccer Fan, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 2:06pm

    
    

    I bet known (good) players have accurate stats on games, and fairly unknown players simply have low and random stats, absolutely not accurate.
    
    I don't think the game company would put some amount of money to have the exact skills of each player on each team around the world.
    
    So... If I managed a soccer team, I wouldn't put a dime to have this stats to "data mine" some good lil boys.

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    Re: And I am so glad that I went back to college

    

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Dec 9th, 2008 @ 3:42pm

    
    

    ehrichweiss wrote:

    You went to COLLEGE for that!?!? Dude, by the time you get outta college, the technology is ancient.

    So what's the alternative? It takes about as long to develop a state-of-the-art commercial game as it does to get a University degree. Possibly even longer. So by the time you've finished the product, the technology you used to create it is already ancient too. Doesn't matter where you go, there's no escaping that fact.

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