November 1999
Monday, November 29, 1999
More info on FIFA Latin America 2000 Patch
Xavier Baez from FIFALA mailed me some more info about his FIFA Latin America 2000 Patch. Every league in the patch will have it's own animated flag, just like the Argentinian you can see below.
It is Ran Bandanes who is the creator behind all the flags. A new beta version of SMP (Super Mexican Patch) is available on FIFALA. It includes the mexican flag, league and classic teams.
The upcoming patch will include new turfs. Screenshots of those will soon be released.
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Barcelona kit
Here is a screenshot of Nick Kojucharov's upcoming Barcelona kit. He tell me that he will try to get the Barcelona and the MANU kit ready in a short period of time. He is very busy right now, so I don't know when we will get them. Again he is using the 64 color technique, which make the kit look fantastic! Let's enjoy with the screenshot until he is ready with it.
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FIFA 2000 Nederland Reopened
Great news for all of you Dutch out there! Mark Honsbeek from one of our hosted site, FIFA 2000 Nederland has told me that he and the rest of the staff has been working very hard, and finally managed to bring back FIFA 2000 Nederland online with a new design, too! =)
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Poll Updated!
Finally! Today I've managed to update the poll. The last poll's question is: "Is your favourite team included in FIFA 2000?". And the results are: from 7200 total voters, 4392 people voted "Yes" and 2808 people voted "No". So there are still about 40% of the FIFA community who don't have their favorite team in the game. =( Now let's just hope that next year EA Sports will include even more leagues to the game so this number of people who says "No" will be much more decreased. =)
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Yes [4392 votes | 60%]
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No [2808 votes | 40%]
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Now, for the current poll, the question is "Would you like a Soccer Gaming Online Champions League 2000 (SGOCL2000) patch?". Thanks to the future project coordinator, Niels Tieman for the question of this poll. He has asked me to ask this question to the FIFA community to know how well would the response be if they make this patch.
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Downloads Section Updated!
Both Lior and Kristoffer has been very busy updating the downloads section with lots of new and interesting files, so I recommend that you check out the main page for a list of what's new in there. They has posted a huge amount of new kits, some new music files, and couple of rosters.
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Sunday, November 28, 1999
A Tutorial About How to Make Your Own 64 Colours Kit!
Yeah folks, I know... I promised news later on, but this one just couldn't be held! We have just received a tutorial from Ferry about how to make your own 64 colours kit! You can read the whole thing here. Any comments or problems about this tutorial should be addressed to the tutorial maker himself, Ferry at this address: , and NOT us. Thanks Ferry! This is a great contribution to all of the FIFA 2000 kit maker out there. =)
Oh, and just for your information, we are also waiting for Nick Kojucharov's tutorial, which should arrive any days now. So, hold on!
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Lots of News Today!
Oh yeah, there will be lots of news today. My mailbox is full of them right now. But I will do this update later on, in about 6 hours again, right after school time. =) You can have my words for it. I just wanted to let you all aware that we will have a fun-tastic news day. Stay tuned, folks! =)
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Why no updates?
Sorry for not updating yesterday. I had some technical problems with my Frontpage 98 version. I had to reinstall it, but since I couldn't find the CD I was pretty helpless. Updating with notepad seemed a little bit difficult with all the tables and advanced HTML we use in the downloads section. Fortunally all my problems are now fixed and I hope I get all my files (25) I have received the last days up to day.
Nick Kojucharov sent me his new Juventus kit yesterday. It looks fantastic and it is definitive worth to check out. Look at the screenshot below:
Be sure to download it now!
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Saturday, November 27, 1999
More Files for you to Download
Lior has posted a huge amount of new adboards, balls and kits in the Downloads section earlier today. He's listed them all on the main Downloads page so that you can see exactly what is new.
For all of your editors out there, Mike has also posted a list of requested kits in the Downloads as well.
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FIFA 2000 Replays
Sadly but true, Robbo over at the Soccer Gaming Replays has told me that the Goal of the Month competition is delayed for as long as a week due to some script error he got. =( He told me that the voting script somehow couldn't create any votes from the link. Please be patient while he is getting stuff fixed over there for a while.
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More 64 Colours Kits Coming Up!
Nick Kojucharov has let me know that he will soon release some more 64 colours kits. Two of them are Manchester United and Juventus home kits which should be available in the next 48 hours. Meanwhile. here are couple of screen shots he gave us to show to you all.
Nick will also make more kits, and you can get one for your favorite teams! If you consider yourself as a great supporter of your team, I suggest that you get involved in getting one of that 64 colours kits for your team. How? Check out the new topic I post over at the forum called Get 64 Colours Kit For Your Favorite Teams!
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Friday, November 26, 1999
FIFA 2000 Replays
Great news for all of you great goals lover. Robbo from the Soccer Gaming Replays has told me that he might publish the candidate names for FIFA 2000 Goal of the Month today or tomorrow, instead of a couple of weeks again. =)
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Downloads Section Updated
Wow! Lior has been working hard over at the downloads section and he managed to upload a lot of new kits there, including the long awaited Sao Paulo jersey from Nick Kojucharov (which is made using the new 64 colours technique). Lior has also updated some balls as well, so go there and take a look now!
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About the Delay of G2 Jersey Patch
Well, I've managed to get a little more information about the delay of G2 Jersey Patch. Apparently, the patch maker, Loren Grixti has some problems with his ISP and he is trying to get back online as soon as possible to release his G2 Jersey Patch.
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FIFA Latin America 2000
Xavier has told me the latest updates about the FIFA Latin America 2000 patch. He has said to me that the patch will include a modified version of the 3D turfs, and a realistic 64 colours kits. Expect to see at least a beta version of the patch to show up before Christmast. =) Now, as far as I know, both Super Argentinian League and México FIFA 2000 has already published separately over at FIFA Latin América. Below are some screen shots Xavier gave me to show how well the progress is. Enjoy!
Looks great, eh? Well, I'm quite sure it would be better in the future. In other news, he has also told me that they have a new downloads section over there now and they would soon bring back the music request page that they have done for FIFA 99 before
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Thursday, November 25, 1999
New 64 Colours Technique for Kit!
The man, Nick Kojucharov has done it again, folks! After the great 3D turf patch, he has come out with a new technique that can use 64 colours in the kits in FIFA 2000, instead of the obsolete and plain two or three colours. And this is really the one who break the three colours barrier, guys! This is also a very hot issue at our forum right now, so you might want to take a look at the forum too. Now, as far as I know, there's also some people who has found and learned this technique, but I do have some confidence and some reason to believe that Nick is the one who come up first. To show off the capabilities of this technique, he also send me this screen shot of an away jersey of Sao Paulo.
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Files Updater Needed at FIFA 2000: Temple of Football
My mate, Mathew from FIFA 2000: Temple of Football is currently looking for a files updater to take care of their downloads section. If you think you got what is needed to be a downloads webmaster and you're interested, please mail him at to know more information.
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G2 Jersey Patch Delayed?
Before I get my mailbox overcrowded with emails asking this questions, please let me apologize to you all since I found myself unable to answer this question, too. =( I have been trying to contact Loren two days lately, but he hasn't replied a straight answer to me yet about the release date. So, I'm quite sure and hoping that you all will understand that like a human being he is, he may just got stuck in the middle of his very busy life at the moment. And I'm also sure that he would also want to release this great patch for all FIFA 2000 fans out there as soon as posibble, so just stay tuned! I can't give you an exact release date for now, but as soon as he has replied me, I'll let you know! =)
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Downloads Section Updated
Well, like Kristoffer has said earlier, the downloads section has been updated today with some new utilities such as FIFA MRA, Front Name Editor, Ditty Importer, and a different version of it, the Music Editor. Beside all of that, Lior has also updated the menu on the kits page for more easy browsing. =) So, if you have any great idea to add more convinient to the downloads section for all of us, please feel free to contact either or to tell them your thoughts.
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New utilities
I have received two new utilities today. The first one is a front name editor. It makes it possible to add the front name with the player, not only the first letter and the last name. The front name editor by Jasper is 703 kb big and it's definitive worth downloading if you want to create you own roster and patches more realistic.
The other utility is another music editor called Music Edit 2000 (219 kb). It developed by Daniel Ulloa Dormond, which works over at FIFA Costa Rica. This editor is developet only for FIFA 2000, not NHL like the Ditty editor is.
There are also some other updates in the downloads section. Head over to the downloads news page for more details.
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Wednesday, November 24, 1999
A Christmast Gift
Well, although christmast is still one month again, the guys at FifaXmas is now currently preparing for your christmast gift. They are working on an upcoming patch that will add new menus, songs, and update the roster in a very nice Christmast style. They are also looking for a few more people to help them design either their site, or the patch itself. The patch should come out at the second week of December.
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Jersey Converter and Genesis Update
FSH Soft has reported that they will soon release the next version of the Jersey Converter to solve the sleeve convertion problem, remove some bugs, and maybe add some more neat stuff as well from their current working title. There's also a new project called "Genesis" which will help you to edit adboards in FIFA 2000, lead by their new member, Naresh Suthan.
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IMF for FIFA 2000
Still remember the great International Modem-League Federation? They have organized a great international tournaments a while back for FIFA 99, and now they're back! Mark Muyres has told me that they have started this new season with lots of participating national modem leagues, with these following teams included in the list so far are French, Germany, Israel, Greece, Netherlands, Brasil, Argentina, Cyprus, Finland, Denmark, and Ireland. They are still looking for modem leagues who want to be a member of them, so their members can participate in international modem league. For people who would like to join, please visit the IMF site.
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New FIFA 2000 Site
Melvir has told me that he has opened his new site over at this address. This site will include downloads for soccer games, such as FIFA 2000, FIFA 99, and even CM99/00.
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FIFA 2000 Replays
My mate, Robbo is currently busy updating FIFA 2000 great goals to the replays site. So, if you want to see some of the best FIFA 2000 replays on the net, I recommend you to visit Soccer Gaming Replays site. There will also be the first FIFA 2000 Goal of the Month, too! It is currently planned to be held in about two weeks again.
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EA and AOL Deal
Operation Sports has reported that Electronic Arts has set up an agreement with America Online to be the primary provider of their games channels. So, maybe we will see internet play, afterall (and I do know how many of the FIFA fans will be excited if it'll be there). =)
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FIFA MRA Version 2 Released!
Yeah folks, it's true. Version 2 of the FIFA Multi Roster Assistant has been released! To download this great program and its supporting files, please go to their downloads page.
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Tuesday, November 23, 1999
Vote for Us!
Hiya guys! Well, as you may have noticed, I have added FIFA 2000 Online to the Top 30 FIFA Sites list. Now, if you like this site and if you would kindly cast your vote for us by either clicking here or by the link in the left menu, we would appreciate it very much! =)
But if you feel this site isn't at its best shape or even dislike it (hopefully not), feel free to contribute your comments and suggestions, and tell us what's wrong to either or (who should be back soon) for general site feedback, and or for downloads input. And hopefully, we can fixed that bad feelings about this site right away. Thanks for your time! =)
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Music Converter for FIFA 2000!
Have you ever wanted to change the music when FIFA 2000 starts up or even when you are browsing through the menu? Well, your wishes have been answered by EA itself! They have released an intuitive program called "Ditty Importer" that can convert MP3/WAV files to ASF/STR music files. The program originally designed for NHL 2000, but it should works well for FIFA 2000. This is pretty much a must download for all of you FIFA 2000 fans out there, and it's only a 500 KB download!
While waiting for either Kristoffer or Lior to update it in the downloads section, you can get the program by clicking here. Thanks to Drinky of UKSN for this great news! =)
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Latin America 2000 Patch
Xavier Baez from FIFALA has told me that his team is currently working on a great patch called "Latin America 2000 Patch". This patch will include updates for Latin America leagues, graphics, adboards, kits and also the great 3D grass texture that Nick Kujocharov has made as well. The first league of the patch, "Mexico FIFA 2000", has just been released as a beta version. If you are Latin America, you can check out more detailed news at FIFALA. But rest assure that we will keep you updated. =)
Oh, and if you think you can help him out in creating this patch, please contact him at .
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Job Opening at FIFA-Clan
My good buddy, ddmmh, the founder of the FIFA-Clan has let me know he is currently looking for a new webmaster for FIFA-Clan due to his busy condition which forced him not able to update regularly. The only conditions are that you have the knowledge of basic HTML, one who could update everyday if possible, and doesnt mind a bit of hard work. Mail him at if you are interested and also if you need some more information about this offer.
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Sunday, November 21, 1999
New Guidelines
Now I and Lior are tired of people that don't read the guidelines on the submission page. It clarely stands that adboards, kits and balls MUST be sent in to Lior. The other files to me. From now on, WE WILL NOT ADD ANY FILE WHICH IS SENT TO THE WRONG PERSON! If file is missing a readme.txt with detailed installation instructions and if it's not zipped, IT WILL NOT BE ADDED!
We also hope that you don't ask us about making kits and rosters to you. We don't make the downloads, just add them to the downloads section. We can not either give support on how you make a download for FIFA 2000.
We do this because I and Lior are tired of receiving 40 emails every day!
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Promoted Second Division Teams
Following on Matt's earlier posting, I have uploaded 4 of the second divison teams which is promoted to the premier league, and they are Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, and Nottingham Forest. There's also a new category for this kind of files, themed "Promoted Second Division Teams". Check it out right now! =)
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Need a Favor
A guy contacted me earlier and told me that he is looking for a person to help him run his site. His site is just opened and hopefully, he can find someone who may help him run the site for him. The site will be holding downloads, patches, and of course updates. For you who interested, please contact him at the following address:
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FIFA 2000 European Ranking is Full!
TheDiz has just told me that FIFA 2000 European Ranking has achieved its maximum number of players, so no more players could be accepted. He has received 65 application, while there are only 32 seats in the tournament.
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Requests for Kits
Hey, patch maker of the world! I have been listing all of the request for mainly kits in the downloads section news page as well as other special request such as the need for boots. I hope this could just be the stuff you need to fill your boring time. =) If you are already finish with them, please submit them to our downloads section by sending them to or . Remember to read the guideline at the submission page!
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Russian Modem League
There's a new Russian Modem League for FIFA 2000 starting up at http://www.kfleague.newmail.ru. I suggest you check it out when you have the time.
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New FIFA 2000 Teams
Once again Ric over at Soccer Gaming have posted news about Charles Pearson's latest patch, that lets you play with second division teams whenever you want. Today he has uploaded the patches for the Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest. Head on over to Soccer Gaming to download them today.
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Kits Galore
Just a quick note to let you all know that Lior has uploaded a large amount of new Kits to the Downloads section. Check out the page today to see if one of your favourite teams were included. Be sure to refresh the Downloads page everyday because it is always being updated.
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Friday, November 19, 1999
Jersey Converter is Out!
That's right, folks. The great guys at FSH Soft has done it again! After their famous Sonique FSH and Tweak FIFA 200 (which you can download from the downloads section), this time they show up with their latest product, Jersey Converter which can convert your FIFA 99 jerseys to FIFA 2000 jerseys with only a single click. Now isn't that something? =)
Download the first release (version 1.0) by clicking here.
[Published with permission from FSH Soft]
At first, you can only grab the latest version from their site (http://fshsoft.cjb.net), but the leader of this project, Tal Bereznitskey has been kind enough to gave us the permission to upload it to our server. Thanks, Tal! =)
For webmasters, please make it available to your visitors from the following URL: neptune.spaceports.com/~fshsoft/files/convert/convert_v10.zip or if you want to put it in your site, please ask for his permission first to show your respect and appreciation of their hard work. I'm sure he'll appreciate it very much. =)
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FIFA 2000 European Ranking
And even more competition! This time it's for European players who got cable modem and a HEAT software installed (you can get it from HEAT.net), and that's the only conditions. TheDiz has told me that his FIFA 2000 European Ranking can be accessed through http://turn.to/fifa2000, and will support as many as 32 players. Better hurry while there's some place, guys! =)
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New FIFA 2000 Site
Robin Wallman has just let me know that his new Swedish FIFA 2000 site is up and running at the URL of http://fly.to/man-united. Come on, all of you Swedish, check it out in your spare time.
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Dutch FIFA 2000 Modem League
Mike Jongerius has been kind enough to tell me a piece of information about his new Dutch FIFA 2000 Modem League starting over at http://get.to/fifa for Dutch people. Give it a visit if you have the time!
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Top 30 FIFA Sites
There's a new great site that list the top 30 FIFA sites. If you have a FIFA sites, or just wanted to take a look of them, I recommend that you take a look at the website at http://topsites.fifa-sites.com. If you decide to join, you are not forced to show a banner. Just a small text link to vote for your site there. Check it out!
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Still Struggling
Hiya all! Mike here. I'm still struggling to fix my mail server problem. So, please just bare with me as I will most likely get all of your emails replied maybe tomorrow (hopefully). I'll reply it, promise! =)
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Thursday, November 18, 1999
Another Feedback Note
To create a win-win situation beetween all of us staff in here and you guys out there, please let me tell you this little hand-guide to send feedbacks to us. Hopefully, it will make life easier for both of the sides.
For problems about the game itself, please try to post your problems in the forum first, because you will get more chance of being resolved there. And if this doesn't works, send email to , but please remember that because of their busy work, you'll have to be patient to wait for the reply.
Comments about the game should be addressed to , as has been told at their official website.
To submit your files to our downloads section, please read carefully the conditions that are up in the submission page, then send it to either Kristoffer at or Lior at .
And finally, for general site input such as comments or news, and other miscellaneous thing, please submit them by clicking on the "email" link, which is located in the left menu.
This way, your emails (or files) would be answered (or uploaded) at its best response time. Thank you very much for the cooperation. =)
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Feedback
For all the guys who has wrote emails to me (Mike), I would like to apologize as I can't reply them right now. I had already replied to all of your emails, but when my server tried to send it, it gave me a ridiculous error "One of the recipient is blocked due to spam" to all of the people. Please be patient while I'm contacting my email support technician. You can have my word that I will surely reply them. =)
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Wednesday, November 17, 1999
FILES, FILES! and more FILES!
That's right guys. Kris and Lior have been working over-time today to upload a huge amount FIFA 2000 Downloads. So head on over there now, and download some files to make FIFA 2000 an even better game.
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Genesis FIFA League
Harold van Veenendaal has told me that he has launched his new site for a FIFA league coming somewhere in December. It uses ladder format, and open only for European players so far. It's called Genesis FIFA League, and you can check it out here.
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FIFA 2000 Official Site
I have just visited the FIFA 2000 official site at http://www.fifa2000.com, and noticed that they have launched their language mirrors. There are 10 languages to choose now.
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FIFA 2000 Online Norge Upgraded
Hiya folks (Norwegian, especially)! Great news for all of you Norwegian FIFA 2000 fans out there. The webmaster of FIFA 2000 Online Norge and a bud of mine, Hans Vidar Martens has told me that his site is fully operational now. All the sections are working, and its at top shape right now. So why don't you give it a visit?
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Requests for Kits
To all kit makers: looking for a kit you can design? Well, check out the downloads section now, because I have post some request for some kits there. Just a little work to fill your boring time. =)
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Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Welcome!
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Lior as a part of our team now. He will help Kristoffer (who has resolved his problems with his ISP) in maintaining and updating our Downloads Section He has just finished adding some kits, balls, adboards right now. Treebeard's FIFA Roster may come up as well, but meanwhile, get it from http://homepages.enterprise.net/jochen.
So, for sending files, you could submit your files to either or , but please do not address any files to me or Nicky. Oh, and when you send it to us, please write in the readme file about how to install your files. We will greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
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G2 Jersey Patch
The creator of G2 jerseys and a bud of mine, Loren Grixti has just sent me this new screen shot featuring couple of G2 jerseys in action. Many people also asked us about the release date. Loren has told me that there's no fixed date yet for this, but he has confirm that it should be out in this week; before November 23. So, stay tuned, because it can be earlier than that. (Hopefully) =)
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Dissapearing Act
Hiya folks! We would like to apologize to you all for not updating yesterday. For me, it's mainly because I'm quite occupied with my tasks in real life. As for Kristoffer, he is busy with his ISP bill and account. ;) And as for Nicky, it looks like he got one of that malicious and nasty virus in his computer (better turn on your anti virus program, guys), but don't worry, he'll be back soon. Hope you all will understand that. Thanks. =)
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Sunday, November 14, 1999
Birmingham City Patch!
Over at our headquarters, Soccer Gaming, Ric has posted a news about a Birmingham City patch. Here's the details:
My mate Charles Pearson has found a way to take second division teams that have been included in FIFA 2000 and move them to their respective first divisions with full commentary! He just swaps teams, meaning a current first division team will get "relegated."
The first patch we have is replacing Bradford City in the Premiership with Birmingham City. You can download it here. If you like this, there will be more to follow.
On another note, take a look at the current second division teams here, then go to the forum topic I setup called Promote Your Favorite Second Division Teams! and cast your vote for the team you'd most like to see added to it's first division in FIFA 2000.
Wow! What a great person Charles Pearson is, eh? So, what are you waiting for? Download it by clicking either here or here.
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Turkish Tournament
A FIFA 2000 tournament site for Turkey, Istanbul has been started out by Gespenster at http://fifaseries.cjb.net/. If you're Turkish, you can visit his site for more information.
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FIFA 2000 Sites
There's some FIFA 2000 fan sites just like us that have make their appearance online lately. First, FIFA 2000 Network has just opened (yeah, you know it, guys... this is the place where Kristoffer and I came from). They do have only a little amount of information right now, but I think they'll be adding informations to their site soon.
And for the second, FIFA 2000 Online: Temple of Football has just been taken over by Mathew Martinez, a bud of mine. And he just reopened it. He is also looking for some guy to help him out there, so check out his site for a chance to be involved in his site.
Lastly, but not least... ;) FIFA 2000 Dome has just opened, and they are also looking for some people to help them over there as well.
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Thanks for the Tips and Tricks
Thanks you all, for submitting your tips and tricks to me. At this moment, there are currently 24 tips and tricks available for you at our Tips and Tricks Database. Yeah, I know... these amount is still not big enough, so I'm going to need your support to make our Tips and Tricks Database huge. So, keep submitting that tips and tricks to me at .
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Saturday, November 13, 1999
Downloads Section Updated
I have updated the downloads section with around 30 files. Speed patch and Reply Organiser is also up. Next week will we get a CGI based downloads database. This means that updates for me will take less time than it does today (I used two hours on all the updates today). In the Edited Graphic and in the Europe Rosters I try to find a new design for the tables. Personally I think the tables in Europe Rosters is the best. Give me you thoughts on on which table you think look best.
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Friday, November 12, 1999
UK Modem League
Hey, UK residents! Karl Whitehouse has let me know that he is starting out a new FIFA 2000 modem league at http://members.xoom.com/league2000/. Be sure to check it out when you have the time.
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FIFA 2000 Reviews
Well, what do you know? Apparently, the reviews for this game is still keep coming. You can read the first one here, dished up by Imagine Games Network for PC, who gave it a 8.8 overall score. You can also take a look at the other review here, reviewed by Bruce Geryk of the Games Domain.
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FIFA 2000 Event in Singapore
For those who lives in Singapore, there will be a FIFA 2000 event at Suntec City Exhibition Hall late this year, starting from 17 to 26 December. Check out e-Combat Zone for more information about this.
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Speed Patch is Finally Out!
Yeah, it's true guys... the speed patch is finally out after some delay. People has been emailing us requesting this since the first issue of this arrived at our FIFA 2000 Forum, and we're really sorry for the delay. Anyway, for those who can't just wait, you can download the patch here. And a well deserved credits goes to Charles Pearson for making this speed patch.
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G2 Jerseys for FIFA 2000
Great news, guys! You still remember that great G2 jersey for FIFA 99 that makes the jersey more realistic (don't you)? Well, this time Loren Grixti has done it again for FIFA 2000! He has told me that he has finished up working on the G2 jersey patch for FIFA 2000, and he's just giving it a final touch right now. To look how will this patch works out, I'm dishing up couple of screen shots for you so you can take a look for yourself.
Looks great, eh? It comes complete with features such as more detailed texture, accurate sponsors, light effect, and other thing that can make it a more realistic look. So, stay tuned for the release of this great patch later today or early tomorrow! =)
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FIFA 2000 Replays
Hiya folks! My mate Robbo has been busy sorting out all of that great goals at the Soccer Gaming Replays site, so I'm just reminding you to visit it and give it a look if you are searching for the best FIFA 2000 replays resource. I'm sure you will find loads of great replays there.
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Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Tips and Tricks Database
I have just made a slight redesign to the tips and tricks database. It looks more like a database instead of a plain web page now. 6 more tips and tricks are also added. Check it out if you have the time!
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Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Downloads Section Updated
Just wanted to notify you that I have updated the downloads section with some files. The 3D grass texture patch from Nick (see Mike's post yesterday) is also in there, click here to go to it. Head over to the downloads section to check out the rest of the updates.
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Tips & Tricks Compiled
Yeah, that's right you all... our tips and tricks database has been compiled. It only got some tips and tricks at the moment, but rest assure that it will grow into a huge database, where you can find good tactical plays, in case you are running out of it. =)Remember, to submit your tips and tricks to us, don't forget to sign your name in it and hand it over to me at this address: . It's also very good if you can attach additional information such as replays, screen shots, or anything that can make your tips more understandable. Click here to go to the tips and tricks page now!
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Monday, November 8, 1999
FIFA Cup Requests
In this opportunity, please let me tell you all that to state your interest about a FIFA Cup competition in your country (either to help Steve to run it out, or just simply to be a participant), please address all requests to instead of us. We'll appreciate it very much. Thanks.
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3D Grass Texture Patch Comin' Up
Nick Kojucharov has been kind enough to tell me that he is working on a new 3D grass texture patch for all of us. It'll add some more crisp to the original grass texture, which mean the grass texture will be more realistic now! Now, I'm quite sure that most of you will agreee to say that this patch is great once you have seen it in action, so I included some screen shots below. This upcoming grass texture patch from Nick Kojucharov should be available to download in the next 24 hours, so stay tuned! Meanwhile, enjoy this screen shots... =)
Looks great, eh? In the end, I would also like you guys to know that the latest Treebeard's FIFA 2000 roster is out. It's version 1.1, and you can download it by clicking here.
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Sunday, November 7, 1999
Updates In Download Section
I've done massive updates in the download section, especially the rosters. Hopefully all the file not found errors is fixed now. Many new files has been added too. Tomorrow I will get the balls and adboards pages up and maybe a submit file page too. Head over there and check it out.
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Finnish FIFA 2000 League
Oskari Ropponen, the manager of a Finnish FIFA 2000 league has just let me know that his new Finnish FIFA 2000 League has opened. The URL is at http://go.to/oml. So, for everybody who is from Finland, go there and join now!
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FIFA Cup Update
My mate Steve from the FIFA Cup site needs some people to help him out to organize the competition. If you think you're capable to help him out, please visit his site at http://www.fifacup.co.uk for more information.
He also told me that Australian/New Zealand FIFA Cup has been uploaded today to the main site.
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FIFA 2000 League
Mike Usnarski, the organizer of a FIFA 2000 league has just informed me that he had just started his FIFA 2000 League. Better hurry to get there, because the competition will start tomorrow. Visit his site here for more info.
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Saturday, November 6, 1999
Downloads Section Open!
I've been working hard to complete the work on the downloads section this week. I've tried to add every file connected to FIFA 2000 in all the categories which exist in the section. I will also take care for updates in the downloads section and if you got a good file that you think should be added in the downloads section, just send it in to me at . Just head over to the downloads section and chech it out. NOW!
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FIFA 2000 Flash Video
GamesWeb have posted a cool FIFA 2000 Flash Intro. It is in german but if you speak german I suggest you check it out here.
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Roster Update
Omar Chelly has let me know about a patch he has released which:
Updates the roster for FIFA 2000
Adds the best african club ever (Esperance, Tunisia) in the rest of the world section instead of the EA4 team
Fixes no.11 to Ronaldo
Adds goal keeper Dida instead of Neto to brazil
Adds the real Galatasaray
You can download the patch here.
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Australian FIFA 2000 Review
Another review for the PlayStation version of FIFA 2000 has been written up. This time it is done by Hyperactive Games Online, who has credited it a big 9.3 out of 10 hyperactivity score. Check out the complete review here.
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The 1st FIFA 2000 Roster Released
Yeah! The first initial release of the famous Jochen Tree's accurate roster (maybe it's better called Treebeard's FIFA Roster now) for FIFA 2000 is out! Get yours here now. Jochen has also add some of your favorite teams and players. Here's what he said:
I have also added Pele to the Brazil 1958, Brazil 1970, New York Cosmos and Santos Classic Teams; Ronaldo to Inter, Djorkaeff to Kaiserslautern and Galatasary to the Turkish League.
I know that EA have left out many players from squads.
I would like people to email me at [email protected] with names and details of key players that are missing from the game with, if possible players that can be used to edit so they can be included i.e. players EA have included that they should not have.
Wow! Pele, Ronaldo, Galasaray... that's great! I'm sure that the future version will also address the issue of wrong hairstyles, skin, etc. Make sure you download it here. Until then, enjoy! =)
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Tips and Tricks Needed
Due to the fact that the computer's AI in FIFA 2000 has been totally improved (which is also causing more though defense), they can learn your style of play, adjust themselves, and stop you from beating them again. What I want to do here is to make a tips and tricks page, so you can choose one of our vast variety of tactical plays in order to raise your level a step forward from the computer.
So, to help me compile the first database (hopefully will be available in this week), I need a little favor from you guys to send me any tips and tricks you got at this address: . Full credit will be given. Thanks. =)
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PlayStation Review
Computer Games Online has taken a look at FIFA 2000 for the PlayStation platform. Here's some excerpts:
FIFA 2000 looks very, very nice, considering it's on the PSX. The camera flows smoothly, and it never loses track of the action. Players are animated extremely well, and though the player models seem tiny, they are well constructed and look very realistic. Close-ups and crowd shots reveal the PSX's limits big-time, but the in-game graphics look sweet, and that forgives a lot.
What distinguish this one from the other reviews is the score they gave to the audio. While many other reviews think that the audio in the US version seemed to take a little step back (especially the commentators that all of you have complain about =), the writer of this review; The Freshman, thinks differently. He gave it a 5 out of 5! Read the rest here to find out what he think about.
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FIFA Cup Goes International
I've got some breaking news for all of you who want the FIFA Cup to be held in your country. The organizer of the tournament, Steve has decided to bring this tournament to FIFA 2000 players around the globe due to many requests for it. Here's what he told me:
The FIFA Cup is going international! There will be FIFA Cups for New Zealand, Australia, Latin America, and Continental Europe, although the competitions will most likely be by country. The site should be up in a couple of days, or maybe even a couple of hours, and it will eventually be in English, auf Deutsch, en français, y en español.
Yeah, I know how you feel, "But there's still many other FIFA 2000 players besides in these countries! In my country for example. Why don't they hold it here?". Well, if your country is not listed here, don't be to sad. This is only the beginning... I'm sure if there's many requests from your country, he will run it in your country, too. =)
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Friday, November 5, 1999
Even Another Review
FIFA 2000 is beeing reviewed on many places in these days, I've found one new.
The Swiss GamesWeb have made a review of FIFA 2000 in flash, which is something completely different from other sites. Really original! It also look nice. They have given FIFA 2000 4 1/2 out of 5 stars, which is pretty good. Click here to check it out if you understand German.
Just got to say that I didn't receive FIFA 2000 today and now am really pissed off! Hopefully will I get it tomorrow, if not I will go nuts.
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Send Your Replays Now
Okay guys, as you may have noticed before, the Soccer Gaming Replays site has been reopened earlier on November 2nd, with Geoff Roberts taking the place of Pino as new webmaster. He has told me that you can start to send in your FIFA 2000 best replays starting from now. So, if you have ever save what to be considered as your best goals, please send them to so the rest of the world can see your latest state of the art goals. =)
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European Ladder Issue
Well, this is following up to Kristoffer's earlier posting. Daniel has just updated me about that FIFA ladder from HEAT Europe. Apparently, because this is his first time organizing a ladder for FIFA, he will start with FIFA 99 players, first. =( I've passed the information to Joe over at FIFA 99 Online, so if you are interested, please visit FIFA 99 Online for more thorough details.
But don't be so sad, FIFA 2000 players. Daniel might be organizing FIFA 2000 ladder, too. And that is only if he had suceeded with FIFA 99 ladder and received an enourmous support from all of us, FIFA 2000 players. His address is at . So c'mon guys, mail him now, and tell him we want a FIFA 2000 ladder! =)
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FIFA Cup Update
Folks, today is the day. It's November 5th already now, and I can only hope that our copy of FIFA 2000 arrived at time. =) So, for all of you who has bought it, played it, and now wonder who will you have to challenge again next, you're in luck: read this update from Steve, the administrator of the FIFA Cup:
There are now 50 registered players for the UK FIFA Cup, and 16 for the US Cup. Deadline for entry is 10th November. Remember it's a sudden death cup competition with a trophy and prize money up for grabs (in the UK) and players can use their favourite FIFA teams at all times!
So sign in for the competition now, and compete with the best FIFA 2000 players in the UK/US to deserve your trophy!
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Soccer Gaming Review
Yeah guys, that's right, our home made review has arrived early this morning. It includes very interesting informations about the audio, graphics, game play, options, etc. Here's what Ric have to said in the end of his thoughts:
If you took the best of every game in the FIFA series and put it together in one package, you’d have a better game. But, honestly, FIFA 2000 still comes out on top when compared with any other of the FIFA games, and basically, FIFA 2000 stands at the top of the pack when compared to ANY other soccer game made to date.
Go ahead, read the rest here and you'll find out how this incredible soccer game series from EA Sports keep pushing the envelope every year with a little bit sacrificing.
Oh, and a little extra for you: Jared Medina has also done an interesting reviews about FIFA 2000 over at Digital Sports. If our home made review haven't satisfied your appetite yet, maybe this review can. =)
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Thursday, November 4, 1999
FIFA Ladder
Daniel from the european edition of Heat.net emailed me and asked if we (the FIFA community) was interested in a FIFA competion over at Heat.net. He didn't specify which version of the game which will be played(probably FIFA 2000), when or if there are going to be a competion or not. The service is completely free and you can also win prizes. So if you are reading this Daniel, I'm sure many are interested.
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Broken links
I have got a lot of emails lately telling me that the English, French and Spanish version of the demo is not working any longer on EA Europe's server. It seems like they have been deleted. Probably because they took a lot of bandwith from the server since so very many downloaded the demo from that place. Since this were the only known place where you could download the French and Spanish version of the FIFA 2000 demo, it is very sad. Hopefully we will find you guy's some mirrors where you can download the French or Spanish demo.
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European Release
Just have to remind you that tomorrow FIFA 2000 will be released in Europe. I hope to get my copy of FIFA 2000 in my post box tomorrow (or I will electronicly mailbomb the company who I has pre-ordered it from). Some stores may have it for sale already today. So just run down to your favourite and nearest computer store and buy FIFA 2000!
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Matthaeus Join Electronic Arts
Thanks to my mate, Chris Krohm, I had just found this interesting article about EA Sports recruiting Lothar Matthaeus as a councellor and a motion capture talent for as long as three years. Here's the document after I did some transalating to English:
Munich (ots) - Record national player Lothar Matthaeus enters into the development of computer games. A report from the magazine "GameStar" according to the soccer professional of many years will function as a councellor during the optimization of soccer simulation. Matthaeus is the third behind so far after the golf player, Tiger Woods and the basketball all-star, Michael Jordan, who closed an exclusive contract with Electronic Arts.
"I am pleased to bring the inputs of 20 years professional soccer into the development of the plays with", said the 38-Jaehrige. According to "GameStar", apart from its councellor function, Matthaeus is also recruited three years long to be a motion capture talent for the EA Sports' soccer games series.
The real document is available in German, which can be found here, at Express Online's site.
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Take Part in the Development of FIFA MRA
Just had this: apparently, the next FIFA-MRA will address the issue of multiple FIFA Soccer games installed on the same computer, including FIFA 2000! David wittser from the FIFA-MRA site wonders if you would like to help shape the future development of the FIFA-MRA? All of you who are interested at this can know much more information at the FIFA-MRA Phase 2 page. Your feedback is very vital and will be very appreciated.
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FIFA 2000 Reviews
Well, this time I've got three update for reviews of FIFA 2000. The first one is available for you to read at Computer Games Online, which is written up by William Abner and he gave it 4 stars. The second one is written by Element, who gave 4½ stars. You can read it at e-Gamez.com. And finally, if there's no other delay, Ric has told me that his review of the game should be handed on tomorrow at Soccer Gaming.
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Development Team Interview
A couple of days ago, FIFA 2000's official site has released an interesting stories from the FIFA 2000 development team, as been reported by our HQ, Soccer Gaming. Apparently, as a human being I am, I seemed to be forgot to tell all of you about that due to many school projects I have to deal with. =( But now, let me make it up to you guys by listing all of that interviews from the people behind the scenes of FIFA 2000. Here you go... =)
Matt Brown, Technical Editor
Jason Rupert, Software Engineer
Joe MacDonald, Lead Animator
Yggy King, Software Engineer
Andy Abramovici, Franchise Line Producer
That's all, folks. Enjoy, if you haven't done that already... =)
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FIFA 2000 Online Norge Reopened
Yep, that's right guys, another one of our hosted site has just gone live (again) with a new look this time for all of you Norwegian out there. Make sure you give FIFA 2000 Online Norge a visit if you have the time, for all localized materials of FIFA 2000 in Norway, at this URL: http://norway.fifa2000.net.
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Wednesday, November 3, 1999
Italian FIFA 2000 Online
Italian FIFA 2000 Online has just gone live. I suggest you check it out if you speak italian.
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Reviews
Ric and Joe over at Soccer Gaming has posted some links to reviews around the web, but here they come again to you that haven't checked them out yet:
PC
PC Gamepro
PSX
Digital Sports
IGN.PSX
Ric will also very soon post his own review of FIFA 2000, so don't forget to check it out when he has posted it.
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Tuesday, November 2, 1999
FIFA 2000 Full Review
Well, it seems like Salty, the soccer guru at our main portal, GA Sports has done it again... he has posted his full scoop on the latest edition of their FIFA cinematic series. Here's a little chunk of it:
In actual play, FIFA 2000’s default speed appears to be a bit slower than its predecessor, FIFA 99, which will be a welcome change for the octogenarian gamers, or simply those afflicted with faulty pacemakers. I found the default pace well balanced, and more than adequate for tactical play. To be clear, those enamored with FIFA 98’s Kuala Bear pace will not find solace here. The game emphasizes real game strategies, and the new shielding logic, in particular, indeed complements the gameplay experience. Depressing the shield button buys the jostling players some valuable seconds to gain better positioning for a pass.
He also gave a 93% overall score to the game. Looks good, eh? So make sure you give it a read if you have the time.
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Monday, November 1, 1999
FIFA 2000 Nederland Opened
Hiya, great news for all of you Netherlands residents. Mark Honsbeek, the webmaster of FIFA 2000 Nederland, over at http://dutch.fifa2000.net, has let me know that the Dutch version of FIFA 2000 Online is now online, and ready to get your visit. So, go there now and have a look!
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Turkish Patch
Hakan Sukur has sent me a file that contains Galatasaray and the turkish national. Unzip the files into your user directory. I have received a lot of emails from people asking why Galatasaray is not in FIFA 2000, so thanks to Hakan, now it is. You can get the file here.
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Demo Article
I have put together an article about demo and if you have time and are interested I suggest that you read it. It's about my thoughts and experience with the FIFA 2000 demo so far. Click here to check it out.
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Number 500K Visitors
Well, in this very happy moment, please let me to congratulate our number 500.000 visitors. He is coming from Netherlands, and his name is den Hollander. Congratulations, mate! And also a big thanks goes to all of you loyal visitors for making our number blasting out of the scale. Thanks, you all! =)
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Demo Teams
Following on the earlier news post, James Sutton has been kind enough to tell me all the teams that is included in the demo. If you want to change them, you should first uninstall your demo, then install it again to whichever languages you want to. Here they are:
ENGLISH: LA Galaxy vs DC United
FRENCH: France vs Brazil
GERMAN: Germany vs Italy
SPANISH: Spain vs Argentina
SWEDEN: Sweden vs Denmark
DUTCH: Holland vs Germany
BRAZIL: Brazil vs Argentina
Stay tuned to this site because later today, Kristoffer will be here posting his report confirming this, and maybe with some little extra thoughts about the demo.
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FIFA Cup Expand to US
Hurray! Great news for all of you US residents. Steve, the organizer of FIFA Cup Tournament (www.fifacup.co.uk) has told me that considering many public requests from US pople to ask him to organize a FIFA Cup in the US, he will granted the demands and started a USA FIFA Cup which will be running alongside the original site (UK FIFA Cup, that is)! He also said that there may well be prize money involved too, but trophy is for sure.
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