Wow! A post previously with 3 replies now has 12! And not a bad word in there (I do apologize for "ripping other patches to shreds" "Kostas 7", but I was only trying to stress how better Patch of the Day and this new version really is - Sorry!), I'm impressed and pleased this evening (early morning now)! Anyway, let's get some replies done (although I'm still laughing at "sglean"'s "Dinky", ha ha ha... - No offence Dinky - Errr, Drinky
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Firstly, Geoff C. (alias "Torch") - As good as Patch of the Day : The End of an Era is, don't get too excited - Ah what the heck! I am glad to see someone as enthusiastic about the patch as I am about making it, and it put a smile on my face and got me working a bit harder on it tonight (although it's hardly possible)! As much as you are looking forward to the stadia, I don't do them (apart from Tranmere Rovers' - How could I resist doing my favourite teams' stadium?) - That's Dinky's - Er, Drinky's (I'm still laughing!!!) department - So if they're crap blame him
I know he'll do a great job and I can't wait to see them myself, never mind you! You would wait longer for the Nationwide League huh? Well one thing that's great about the editor used to make the rosters, FEd2000, is that I can add the Nationwide Leagues and later on replace them with the league they replaced (don't get confused...)! So that I will definately do because some people don't like the lower leagues... Strange... Thanks for your reply!
"Kostas 7" - Sorry once again for "ripping other patches to pieces" - I know that some people put a LOT of effort into their patches, but I still maintain that; A) No-one has put as much work into a patch for any FIFA game EVER as we have,
Patch of the Day is still the best of them all and C) Patch of the Day : The End of an Era will be the best of them all by a much farther distance. I'm sorry but as much as you can say that's just my opinion, it is so obviously true looking at a lot of these patches (although some have come close; the SGOCL patch, the FIFA-LA patches, etc.)... Thanks for your reply! I hope mine is good enough for you...
"jogk" - The upcoming Patch of the Day : The End of an Era patch contains ALL the English Premiership teams PLUS all the Nationwide League Division One, Two AND Three teams in seperate leagues PLUS (subject to demand) the Conference teams in a seperate league. So your wish is already granted! But as well as that, all the Premier league teams' kits, stadiums, etc. are included (read my first post in this subject for more detail!), so stay tuned! You NEED this patch... What exactly do you mean by "how about all the stadiums? Any details?" - If you mean which ones and how many - EVERY Premier stadium, EVERY Div. One stadium, 17 Div. Two stadiums and Cheltenham's stadium (Drinky's team - The "Dinky" joke's worn off now
), a realistic-for-the-English-leagues training stadium, and the stadium of the moment and THE stadium of England, Wembley. Is that what you meant? Thanks for your reply!
"Torch" - Again??? He he! Thanks for sticking up to me - I hope "Kostas 7" understands the reply I gave him above! Thanks for your SECOND reply!
"sglean" - "Dinky", ha ha ha (reading it and Drinky's reply again has made the joke come alive again)... I agree that it would be GREAT for PotD : The End of an Era to be released this weekend, but I overheard Drinky saying to someone "it's a matter of weeks before he will be finished", although that may have just been a wild rumour told to me by a fellow mad scouser... Plus, as you rightly said later on, GCSE's come first. So we'll have to wait (AAARRRGGGHHH - I know, it's horrible, waiting - GOD let there be no scenario like when the E.S.P. was put back for so long - For those who missed out on the, erm, "occasion", put it like this - It's the first time I've ever been called a fat pig in MESSAGE after MESSAGE after MESSAGE on a PACKED with HATE FILLED messages forum - Plus Matt Holme was called to be "in a wheelchair"... How do they make these things up?)... Where was I? Oh yeah - We'll have to wait and see... Thanks for your comments about the English Super Patch, nice to see someone who has followed my work from the beginning! As for the ease of downloading PotD - Well, it could be easier - I don't know what connection you have but 14mb is a lot for quite a few of us... But we're working on it - Although having 64 stadiums and a new menu for every current one in FIFA is going to put the size RIGHT through the roof! PotD was named after MotD, yes - We would have called it MotD but the BBC are as powerful as EA and a lawsuit is something I can't afford (and I presume Drinky can't either)... So, Patch of the Day sounded wittier anyway, so what the hell! The new menus MAY actually be based on MotD, IF we can get away with it, as it would be nice to see Lineker and the gang as they appear on the show! Thanks for your reply! "Dinky", he he he...
"Drinky UKSN" - Erm, do I need to reply to my own colleague??? Ah well, what the hell... He he! Everything you say is understandable - Just hope that your life calms down soon so we can deliver this lovely patch to all these lovely people... Good luck on your GCSE's and that other editor (although I should hope that would come second...) mate! Thanks for your reply!
Looks like I'll have to do 2 seperate posts to reply to all of you with, the forum isn't liking my one big one... Read the next post for all the other replies!
Chris Davies (again, he he)