After the “victorious” defeat Poland after 36 years in the knockout stage of the World Cup!!!
This motivates even more to work on a realistic soccer game.
How to present in the game the situation when the goalkeeper is simply unbeatable from penalty kicks?
Football: Play It Again – new football game is getting closer and closer, the instructions and teams are currently being worked on.
Szczęsny’s card is already here!
Travel back in time to the 2009-10 season to play Chicago and win the Stanley Cup after 50 years.
Play Washington and try not to lose in the first round of the playoffs against lower-seeded team.
Feel the brotherly power of the Sedins and score more points than they actually did (they scored 197 points!).
30 teams full of hockey stars guarantee high replayability and tons of excitement!
New special rules: facoff winners, shootout heroes.
Hockey season 2009-10! Read More »
One of the things I love about sports simulation games is that the weak can win against the strong.
During a David vs. Goliath match, I’m always hopeful: “How about they succeed today?”. However, I get equally excited when the stronger team shows its strength and dominates the weaker team. It shows me that the game works well, that only with a lot of luck can the weakest win against the strongest.
This time I played a game from the 2009/10 season Capitals (1st overall) vs Oilers (30th overall).
WSH 2 4 2 8 PP: 3/4
EDM 0 1 3 4 PP: 2/3
Thanks to high Morale, Washington dominated on the ice from the start. In the 1st period, despite Khabibulin’s excellent defenses, goals were scored by Erskine and Fehr.
The 2nd period was a showdown for the Capitals, thanks to 3 power play goals they go out to a 6-1 lead. Edmonton responds with a goal by Penner.
In the last period, moments of inattention of the Capitals take advantage of Penner and Gagner, however, they have no more chances to tie the game.
An excellent game, a hurricane of goals, the Oilers had no chance but at least they scored 4 goals (most of them thanks to Washington’s defensive mistakes).
FIRST STAR: Ovechkin (WSH) 2 goals + 3 assists.
NHL 2009/10 season: COMING SOON!
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Hello, hockey friends!
To celebrate the start of the new ice hockey season we have 8 brand new fantasy pro-teams for you JUST FOR FREE. Every team has special skill.
Now with 8 teams from basic “Solo Hockey” game you can create your fantasy pro-league of 16 teams!
CONFERENCE EAST: Boston, NY, Montreal, Miami, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington, Ottawa
CONFERENCE WEST: Calgary, LA, Detroit, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Kansas City, Phoenix
Stay safe as always!
TimeToDice Team
The World Cup in Mexico is one of my favorites, even though Poland didn’t do very well (only 1 goal scored).
I remember Negrete’s fantastic goal, France’s great match against Brazil in the quarterfinals and, of course, Maradona’s wonderful goals.
As a test of my football simulation game “Football: Play It Again” I decided to see if Argentina would win the final against Germany again.
Let’s see…
ARGENTINA: Pumpido – Cuciuffo, Brown, Ruggeri, Olarticoechea, Enrique, Batista (80 Pasculli), Burruchaga, Giusti, Valdano, Maradona
WEST GERMANY: Schumacher-Briegel, Jakobs, K.Forster, Berthold, Brehme, Magath (80 Rolff), Eder, Matthaus, Allofs YC, Rummenigge (82 Augenthaler)
ARGENTINA – WEST GERMANY 1:2 (0:0) Valdano 58 – Rummenigge 55, 72
Yellow cards : Allofs (G), Eder (G). Red card : Allofs (90 min)
10 min- G: Allofs’ missed header, Cuciuffo well positioned
13 – A: excellent chance for Cuciuffo, shot is too weak,
25 – G: Matthaeus moves in solo action, Olarticoechea stops him
32 – A: Maradona’s crossing, ball deflected off Briegel’s shoulder. The referee’s whistle is silent
38 – A: Giusti gets to the rebounded ball, shoots inside but Schumacher defends easily
0:0 at half time
53 – G: Matthaeus’ action ineffective
55 – G: Rummenigge takes advantage of defenders’ hesitation and shoots…. GOAL! 1:0 for the Germans
58 – A: Excellent action by Maradona. He passes, Valdano shoots, Schumacher lets the ball pass between his legs. GOAL! 1:1
72 – G: Rummenigge makes his way into the penalty area, passes the surprised defenders and shoots… GOAL! 2:1 for the Germans
80 – A: Brown header … Schumacher knocks the ball onto the post!
82 – A: Direct free kick, Brown heads again but misses the goal
90 – A: Burruchaga in a perfect situation, Allofs fouls him and gets a red card. West Germany wins the World Cup! The best on the pitch were Rummenigge and Schumacher.
History is changed: Germany wins in the final of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico!
History is changed: Germany wins Read More »
New lineups now available! Ice hockey at Winter Olympics is here!
Grab your dice, choose your team from 12 diverse teams and play an exciting Olympic tournament.
See if Finland really was that strong (they didn’t lose a match) and if Slovakia will manage to win a medal this time.
Special rules (Extra Rotation) guarantee maximum use of players during the match.
There is media hysteria with the new number on Robert Lewandowski’s jersey.
I couldn’t help myself and, as a test of my new/old soccer simulation game, I played the opening match of the new season Barcelona vs. Rayo Vallecano.
(Lineups current as of July 24)
Three goals by new signings, Barcelona destroys Rayo!
Barcelona – Rayo Vallecano 4:0 (3:0)
Barcelona: Ter Stegen-Jordi Alba, Araujo, Christensen, Dest -Gavi, Busquets (71 de Jong), Kessie – Aubameyang (92 Fati), Lewandowski, Ferran Torres (64 Depay)
Rayo: Dimitrievski-Fran Garcia, Cateno, Saveljich, Balliu (46 Jose Pozo) – Alvaro Garcia (46 Bebe), Comesana, Unai Lopez, Oscar Valentin, Isi, Sergi Guardiola (71 Falcao)
Goals: 1:0 Christensen 11 min, 2:0 Dest 13, 3:0 Kessie 25, 4:0 Lewandowski 70
YC: Gavi (B), Absence: Trejo (R)
Most interesting moments:
11 min – Free kick. Christensen’s header and a goal for 1:0
13 – Another offensive action by a Barca defender. Dest shoots and (12 on 2d6, “box cars”) – a wonderful goal, the shooter himself can’t believe…
21 – Busquets eliminates Rayo’s counterattack
25 – Kessie works out a situation for himself, tries it from distance and it’s already 3:0
37 – Busquets’ speed, passes to Lewandowski, “Lewy” shoots from distance. The ball flies past the post
48 – Good positioning of Gavi, who knocks the ball away
64 – Slide by Christensen, shot blocked
70 – Saveljich falls, Lewandowski takes the chance and…. goal! 4:0
87 – Good action by Falcao, but no finish
90+1 – Falcao’s shot over the crossbar
We will see what the result will be on August 13.
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The first tests of the new season went unexpectedly well. I picked very average league teams: Vancouver and Vegas not expecting much from their play.
But… they put on quite a show! Vegas rolled the dice with very bad morale in the first two periods causing them to get into big trouble.
Elias Pettersson scored a hattrick, also 3 points were collected by great defenseman Quinn Hughes. At the end 5-3 to Vancouver. Time to test the stronger teams.
Vancouver 3 2 0 5
Vegas 1 0 2 3
1:0 Hughes (VAN, assists: Pearson, Elman Larsson)
1:1 Stephenson (VEG, pen. shot)
2:1 Pettersson (VAN, Miller, Garland)
3:1 Pettersson (VAN, Schenn)
4:1 Garland (VAN, Hughes, Pettersson)
5:1 Pettersson (VAN, Hughes, Highmore)
5:2 Janmark (VEG, Stone, McNabb)
5:3 PPG Janmark (VEG, Stone)
Penalties: VEG: Dadonov (2 min), VAN: Burroughs(2), Hughes(2), Miller(2)
PP: VAN 0/1, VEG 1/3
WIP: Testing new season Read More »
Wayne Gretzky accumulated 215 points (52 goals + 163 assists) in 80 games during the 1985/86 NHL season! This is what his player card would probably look like in the “Solo Hockey”:
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