Comments on: Pro Vercelli: Marco Conchione, the Juninho of Serie C2/A http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/ Attacking Football Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pro Vercelli: The End, Or Is It - The Run of Play http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-8097 Pro Vercelli: The End, Or Is It - The Run of Play Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:11 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-8097 [...] so very, very impressive. I don't mean Walter Colombo, obviously, but everyone else, from Marco Conchione, the veteran striker who kept us afloat during that difficult first season, to Jorge Ibáñez, the [...] [...] so very, very impressive. I don't mean Walter Colombo, obviously, but everyone else, from Marco Conchione, the veteran striker who kept us afloat during that difficult first season, to Jorge Ibáñez, the [...]

]]> By: Pro Vercelli: A Conspiracy So Vast - The Run of Play http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-3083 Pro Vercelli: A Conspiracy So Vast - The Run of Play Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:39:32 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-3083 [...] games against our major promotion rivals: the triumph at Carpenedole that Conchione won with his 35-yard free kick and a tough 1-0 home win against Rodengo, the team with the panda on their shield, on which more [...] [...] games against our major promotion rivals: the triumph at Carpenedole that Conchione won with his 35-yard free kick and a tough 1-0 home win against Rodengo, the team with the panda on their shield, on which more [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-3077 Paul Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:07:15 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-3077 This is too much fun :-) This is too much fun :-)

]]> By: Richard Whittall http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-3074 Richard Whittall Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:23:17 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-3074 I have to say, the 3D thing looks great, although there is something to be said about giving personality to those little disembodied circles running around, hoofing shot after shot over the bar and getting sent off when you tell your team to man mark with extreme prejudice. As for Conchione's morale, I will say this: not to be naive as to what an algorithm would pick up, but there is something about performing incredibly well, at a key moment when everything's required of you, and then feeling a sense of loss afterward. It's almost ineffable. I think of Anderton's retirement speech. He sounded like he knew what he did, and yet, and yet. Football is fleeting. Conchione will get sent off on a straight red in a few matches, is my prediction. Wow I'm into this thing... I have to say, the 3D thing looks great, although there is something to be said about giving personality to those little disembodied circles running around, hoofing shot after shot over the bar and getting sent off when you tell your team to man mark with extreme prejudice.

As for Conchione’s morale, I will say this: not to be naive as to what an algorithm would pick up, but there is something about performing incredibly well, at a key moment when everything’s required of you, and then feeling a sense of loss afterward. It’s almost ineffable. I think of Anderton’s retirement speech. He sounded like he knew what he did, and yet, and yet. Football is fleeting. Conchione will get sent off on a straight red in a few matches, is my prediction.

Wow I’m into this thing…

]]> By: Nick http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-3068 Nick Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:59:50 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-3068 I do like how Conchione's morale was only 'Very Good'. Such a perfectionist. I do like how Conchione’s morale was only ‘Very Good’. Such a perfectionist.

]]> By: Brian Phillips http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-3066 Brian Phillips Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:25:34 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-3066 I'll write about it in more depth at some point, but the short answer is that it's fantastic. It's easy to think of ways it could be improved---various aspects of it don't look realistic, and it stutters occasionally---but it gives the game more life than it ever had under the regime of swarming dots (even though the dots were surprisingly lifelike). And for reading tactics, there's a top-down view with the pitch oriented vertically (bascially the second view you see in the video above) that makes movement clearer and the game much easier to take in than before. I've only played a few matches, but so far it just makes more sense to me. I’ll write about it in more depth at some point, but the short answer is that it’s fantastic. It’s easy to think of ways it could be improved—various aspects of it don’t look realistic, and it stutters occasionally—but it gives the game more life than it ever had under the regime of swarming dots (even though the dots were surprisingly lifelike).

And for reading tactics, there’s a top-down view with the pitch oriented vertically (bascially the second view you see in the video above) that makes movement clearer and the game much easier to take in than before. I’ve only played a few matches, but so far it just makes more sense to me.

]]> By: Fredorrarci http://www.runofplay.com/2008/12/07/pro-vercelli-marco-conchione-the-juninho-of-serie-c2a/#comment-3065 Fredorrarci Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:02:24 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=4343#comment-3065 General comment: what's the 3D engine like? General comment: what’s the 3D engine like?

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