WhoAteMeDinner
PES Puritan
- 28 April 2018
Well, my life can continue as normal now, as it was on hold for the last few days, awaiting the momentous news of the England Squad Numbers.
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Never was a fooballer more aptly named. How many gallons of blood (none of them foreign litres ) did he loose ?
I think it was two pints. Can you imagine that now in an age when a player misses a game because they have an infected cut after shaving their legs
@Madmac79 Unlucky, but I guess inevitable up against them. Who won the tournament?
@WhoAteMeDinner It doesn't seem right without them (or Netherlands) somehow but at the end of the day if you can't beat a Sweden team without Ibrahimovic over two legs...
PS I'm still unable to find a pes3 pc download. I did try with that PS emulator that was on this thread but it stuttered so badly it was unplayable. Which is the nearest WE version to that - is it worth trying that or no?
PES 2 is closest to PES 3, but as you know @mattmid , PC versions only started with PES 3. Maybe PES 4 is similar ?
@mattmid seems like a nice group. Italy might be hard to go by, but I think you can take your chances against Ireland and Paraguay.
I'm not familiar with Iran, do you choose them for some reason or you just picked up the best/worst team that came in your mind ?
@WhoAteMeDinner Just downloaded pes3 and here's a screen pic in 3840*2160 with camera zoomed out Kitserver and all it's tools are a magical thing. Who'd have thought you could play a game from what 15 years ago at that resolution?
I think I'm going to set up a world cup challenge to try it out
@mattmid seems like a nice group. Italy might be hard to go by, but I think you can take your chances against Ireland and Paraguay.
I'm not familiar with Iran, do you choose them for some reason or you just picked up the best/worst team that came in your mind ?
North Korea - World Cup PES2010 (PS3) - The 1000-1 Challenge
As I had predicted, my PS2 controller finally died. Until a "new" one arrives, I had to use my PS3 for a WC Challenge. Went with PES2010 as it's one of the PS3 PES I revisit once in a while and am never disappointed with the time I spend on it. Furthermore, I remembered it had an interesting selection of weaker NTs which I would later confirm: Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Thailand, among others...not a bad place for a 1000-1 Challenge!
I chose North Korea mainly because it's definitely one of the worst NTs in the game but also because if I lose every match I can still get permission (and encouragment) from their government to say here on our Corner that we actually won the World Cup.
Our group: Spain, Tunisia, USA
Fixture 1 vs. Spain: What a way to begin this journey, against the 2010 World champions...I said f*** it and went with our default strategy and players, as I had no knowledge of how they all played: a 5-4-1 with two DMFs, two AMFs and lonely what's-his-name up front (I thought about changing every player's name to "Kim Jong-Un" beforehand though).
I was expecting a dominating Spain but we managed to reach the half-time 0-0, and they had few chances to score. Surprisingly we were able to put together one or two counterattacks which led to some dangerous moments for the spanish defenders.
On the 2nd half they were much more organized and began to hit us with their "tiki-taka"; however our 5-4-1 is a defensive fortress that leaves little space to create anything in the middle and their refusal to try out plan B (crossing the ball more) was a blessing for North Korea, as we managed to keep the 0-0 until the final whistle while Spain was unable to get a single clear-cut chance on goal in 90 minutes (we didn't either, but that was expected).
Fixture 2 vs. USA: North Korea vs. USA? How appropriate! We scored our first-ever WC goal quite early on (on our first and only chance of the first half) so now it was all about defending the lead. USA was dynamic in their offense, much more rhythm than Spain had put, so it caused as a few problems that we didn't have to face in fixture 1, including a ball that hit the post by the end of the 1st half. However, at half-time: 1-0.
2 virtual minutes in after the break and they scored, 1-1. Not much would've happened until the last few minutes of the match, as we adapted better to their offense and also we couldn't create chances up front.
93rd minute and we get a corner, presumably the last play of the match. Time for me to create something crazy on the spot:
- Changed formation to a 2-3-5, with the tallest players up front including defenders and a DMF.
- Subbed in a goalkeeper for a CMF;
- Put the new goalkeeper in goal and used the previous keeper as a striker as he was our tallest player on the squad.
Kim Jong-Un #10 crosses...former-goalkeeper-turned-striker-for-the-last-minute-only (Kim Jong-Un #1) does something weird by moving away from goal, faking the USA defender who was marking him, which opened space for the rampant entrance of Kim Jong-Un #2, CB-turned-striker, he's alone out there, he headers it neatly...
After the win, this is what our group looked like before the final fixture:
I was counting on Spain to win their match, so it meant only a win against Tunisia would serve us, as Tunisia's goal difference was better than ours. If Spain failed to win a draw would suffice, even a loss really.
Fixture 3 vs. Tunisia: Soon I'd find out why they were 1st in this group...their offense was magnificent, creating all sorts of trouble for us to deal with, using fast counter-attacks with many joining up. They scored in the first-half, we got the equalizer on the 80th minute and then I got a taste of my own medicine: Tunisia scores on the very last minute and I was convinced I was eliminated. When the end-of-game cutscenes rolled in, Tunisia celebrates...and North Korea does too!
Thank you USA for getting that sweet draw vs. Spain, as we advanced to the round of 16.
Round of 16 vs. Mali: Yeah, Mali. They were part of a group that had Portugal and Brazil...and qualified, alongside Brazil.
By the end of the first-half I was disappointed with their football, they were shockingly bad. Defensively they held up, but they couldn't create any play. The thing is, besides a monster of a striker they had up front, their team was exactly the opposite of ours: tall, strong, fast...whilst most of Korea's players are under 180cm (even some of the CBs), few are not slow, and quite weak physically. This could be an important factor for an underperforming side such as theirs to gain an edge.
2nd half and they begin to put more pressure on us. Inevitably, they scored and we couldn't react. They didn't upgrade their brand of football but were definitely more intense in the 2nd half and the difference of rhythm between these two teams was obvious...FT 0-1, the end of a marvellous North Korea World Cup run.
Back home, the streets of North Korea are filled with celebrations after the match vs. USA is finally broadcasted days after it was played. The korean match commentators framed the game as if it was the World Cup final and so the locals are convinced North Korea has won the World Cup against its current political nemesis, the USA.
As for the Cup itself, North Korean media reports it was stolen by a group of american fans who broke into the hotel where the North Korea NT was staying. It's said to have been a CIA operation, which proves NK's hostility against the USA is justified, those monsters!...
@miguelfcp Yes I was really surprised it was able to run at that resolution.
You remember more of the Iranian squad than I do. Mahdavikia and Ali Daei were the only one's that I remembered from the squad. Yes, Ireland is not going to be easy at all and neither will Paraguay be.
I just wanted to pick one of the weaker teams and thought I'd go with them.
First game was Italy.
I decided to play 4-5-1 and hope to keep them at bay and see if I could snatch something. They had a few early chances and our keeper made a great 1-on-1 save from Totti while they put 2-3 shots wide as well. Then on 34 minutes we had a huge moment when...
we finally got far enough up the pitch to find out what colours Buffon was wearing in goal.
Shortly after Vieri put Italy ahead. I defended pretty well from then on, only giving up a few more chances but could only create one long shot myself and a couple of corners which didn't come to anything. Pleased enough to only lose by 1 goal though to what you would think would be the group winners.
Paraguay beat Ireland in the other game though.
@WhoAteMeDinner Just downloaded pes3 and here's a screen pic in 3840*2160 with camera zoomed out Kitserver and all it's tools are a magical thing. Who'd have thought you could play a game from what 15 years ago at that resolution?
I think I'm going to set up a world cup challenge to try it out
@fmicablues7 , how does the PES 3 games play on the PC ? Is it as fast and responsive as the game we both love on the Playstation 2 ? Does the ball fizz around the pitch in the same rapid manner ?