loads of troubles....loads of questions

[Misa014]

THIS IS A BIT LONG JUST SO YOU KNOW!!!

I wish to explain how i play and what my problem is and then ask if you have tips.

First off i play using keyboard. Since keyboard does not accept three buttons pressed at once, should i switch to controller (which one do i buy? which is good for sports games?) For example i press down and side to go diagonally but pressing any other button at that time does nothing. When i release one direction and just hold straight, then it reacts to the pass or shoot button...is this just my keyboard or are all like this?

The other thing is i can't win. I just can't play. I played 10 cups so far and with fallowing teams: Portugal, Nigeria, Senegal, Belgium.

The problem is i just can't defend.
With most teams i don't expect too much, but with Nigeria and Senegal i expected waaaay better play. When i look at ratings for some of the players their speed is low. How come when on TV when you watch them play the african players have the greatest speed, especially Senegal who has great speed. Papa Bouba Diop is great and fast but his ratings in the game are terrible (5 for shoot but all others are 3 even 2 on occasion and maybe one 4 for speed) Don't understand this....british and US defence for ex. have such a speed you can't beat them...no waaaay...portugal always loses against US. Not sure why this is like this (amateur mode).

Another example is Nigeria. I play them against Argentina and Sweden and i win against sweden but tie Argentina. THat's when i saved. I then played England and reloaded 10-15 times already if not more, and i can never beat England and that is on amateur setting (the second one) I can't defend. Heskey and Owen always score and that's on bicycle kicks and receives off the the chest after which they pound it while ball is in the air and it goes right under cross bar and in corners.

They kill me even if i dominate the game and hold the ball in possesion for 65% of the game. I can score but not as much as these guys. (not sure how pro and world class levels are when this is FREIGGIN HARD)

I JUST CAN"T DEFEND!!!! why? I can't mark a man, my players simply don't position them selves right and when i see the ball going to Owen i pick nearest defenceman and run to him but he pushes me and gets the ball in the air and chests it and shoots immediately. No chance for me to defend. I started to rely on ball touching my guy first by chance and mostly on the goalie whom i send charging out every time to help the matter at least a bit since i gave up on being able to defend.
My biggest problem is defence. I can't do it even on this second easiest mode (amateur). I can't win balls in the air and after we both jump and the opponent wins my guy falls down on his *** or trips a bit so it takes him time to get up while opponent is too far by the time my guy gets up.

CAN ANYONE HELP ME!!!!! GIVE ME SOME TIPS AND POINTERS HOW TO DEFEND!!!! TELL ME WHAT BUTTON TO PRESS, WHERE TO STAND!!!!

PLEASE!

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!

 

[Eng4WorldCup]

First off i play using keyboard. Since keyboard does not accept three buttons pressed at once, should i switch to controller (which one do i buy? which is good for sports games?) For example i press down and side to go diagonally but pressing any other button at that time does nothing. When i release one direction and just hold straight, then it reacts to the pass or shoot button...is this just my keyboard or are all like this?

its ur keyboard....mine works

With most teams i don't expect too much, but with Nigeria and Senegal i expected waaaay better play. When i look at ratings for some of the players their speed is low. How come when on TV when you watch them play the african players have the greatest speed, especially Senegal who has great speed. Papa Bouba Diop is great and fast but his ratings in the game are terrible (5 for shoot but all others are 3 even 2 on occasion and maybe one 4 for speed) Don't understand this....british and US defence for ex. have such a speed you can't beat them...no waaaay...portugal always loses against US. Not sure why this is like this (amateur mode).

someone made a patch that makes the game more realistic....i cant remember what teh guys name was or what the name of the patch was. In one of the posts on the first page he has a link to it, try that and it will help u. Also the ratings were BEFORE the World Cup, and EA are too lazy to find out how Senegal players REALLY are, so they just made up some ****ty numbers and they put it in the game

 

[chatterbox]

Misa 014 I go through the same thing as you. The opposition has around 60percent of the possession...BUT that don't make no DIFFERENCE!You have to be patient...ahm, that is the way real life SOCCER is played! You can't expect to go out there and blast your way all over the pitch! I have won with the powerhouses over other powerhouses, lost with powerhouses to other powerhouses, used weaklings and torn apart powerhouses, used weaklings and been throttled like a tiny sized baby chicken! You'll win some and loooooose some! I also am playing at the Amateur level and haven't had ANY success with the Professional level or higher! U gotta give the game time..so what if the world cup(IN REAL LIFE) ends....no BIG deal! I think that the game is interesting since I ain't embarassingly beatin' opponents which is what I was doin' with various other EASPORTS titles! Chillax and enjoy..it is reallly reaaaaallly close to reality in my opinion! By the way I don't use no unofficial patches....may not help and could cause dire consequences to ur computer!

 

[Misa014]

first off i thank you for the replies.

i do not understand how to figure out why or how my keyboard is like this...the fact that it won't "process" more than 2 keys at once is not normal if you guys don't have this problem.
i must consult a hardware discussion then.
anyways, i love the game feal and reality of the gameplay too much to start using unofficial patches. I used one for fifa99 and screwed up a lot of stuff.
The problems i have is inability to defend and get better. I try and give up easily and that's totally like me, but i think this time i actually can't enjoy something if i can't show a single ounce of defence. I just don't know how i can push an opponent and fight for the ball like he does in defence. I try and i try and constantly the ball will fall either on him or the ground and he will end up taking it while my guy tumbles from the hit he received jumping at that ball.
I wish to know at least if there are tips, just some guide that will let me make sure i am at least aware of all the moves and all the controls and abilities i posses.

Otherwise the game is relistic and enjoyable....looks good enough to force me against uninstalling because i might suck at it.

I just need guidance and assistance to get to the root of my problem.

By the way are the games WC2002 and reg. FIFA2002 the same as far as gameplay and controls...that way i can practice in FIFA2002 to get better at using controls.

thanks again!

 

[chatterbox]

As far as that player tumbling is concerned, don' t worry it happens keep leaping for headers and some will get pulled off. When the opposition has the ball just select the closest player and chase him till u are very close and then use the defensive tacke if u are in the box ...if not in the box, use the dive but be careful! Don' t play at amateur until u crush the opposition at the BEGINNER level..! There was another post on here,,,,,,,, some guy talkin abotu stuff he likes to do to win at the pro level..My tips(BIG) or somethin like that ,,,,,,just check it.... I found it quite useful!

HAVING SAID ALL THIS, make sure u have a PROPERLY functioning keyboard! U may have to replace it from the sound of things. DO NOT UNINSTALL.... I tried that with one of the other EASPORTS titles and then could not install it again...had to go and delete some folder that was created....found out which one to delete almost a month after uninstalling from someone on a forum........really messy ...may not always work so well for someone else..BE CAREFUL ! And yeah I definitely am cautious with them UNOFFICIAL patches...MIGHT WORK BUT, can ALSO SOMETIMES screw up all kinds' a settings!

 

[Misa014]

ya see that was my big thing, i never know how to properly dive for the ball...jump at it when in the air and run after it when a long pass has been made and when i have the opportunity to intercept it.
the keyboard is weird
its an IBM from an old computer package...i bought it used with a UNIX work station. From what i found out its not the keyboard necessarily because playing Grand Theft Auto i seem to be able to hit 3 even 4 buttons at the same time and still get the wanted effects. In FIFA WC2002 no way can i press down and side arrow to go diagonally and at the same time press W for speed and make a pass. It actually starts bleeping from the computer speaker (the in-case speaker) if i try to press more than 2-3 at once.
Not sure what the problem is still. I will as i said consult a purely hardware discussion but i have to as DO YOU SUGGEST A CONTROLER AND IF YES, WHICH ONE?