September 1999
Thursday, September 30, 1999
Music
Benjamin Bach from Danish FIFA 2000 Online has discovered something on one of the advertising boards of the stadiums in FIFA 2000. The screen shot says "Apollo Four Fourty," Apollo Four Fourty is a rock artist. It sounds almost like he will also do some music for FIFA 2000. I don't know this for sure, but I'll find out. You can look at the screen shot here.
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Questions
I have just sent out another set of questions to EA Sports. You can check out the questions I sent here.
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Screen Shots
Along with GameSpot UK's preview of FIFA 2000, they have posted four new screen shots of the game. On one of them you can see the power shot bar.
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Israeli Pack Shot
I have also found out that Jovany Rosso will be featured on the box in israel.
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Spain Pack Shot
FIFA 2000 Network has posted the box shot of the spanish version of FIFA 2000. The box features Josep Guardiola from FC Barcelona. Thanks to Sergio for the box shot and the info. Click on the image on the right to enlarge.
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Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Poll Updated
I have updated the poll, unfortunately I forgot to save the results of the old poll. The question though was, which one of the leagues in FIFA 2000 do you like most. With over 2000 votes, the turkish league was leading over England with 500 votes. Next time I'll remember to save the results =).
Thanks to Chris Davies from the official ESP site for this new poll idea.
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Danish FIFA 2000 Online
Danish FIFA 2000 Online has gone live. If you speak danish, this will be your source for FIFA 2000 in danish.
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German FIFA 2000 Online
German FIFA 2000 Online has gone live. The site is maintained by Stefan, the webmaster of German FIFA 99 Online. If you speak german, this will be your source for FIFA 2000 in german.
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Previews
Ric over at Soccer Gaming has posted about two new and interesting previews of FIFA 2000.
The first one is from GameSpot UK.
"As you'd expect, it's once again the officially licensed article with real players, squads and line-ups from fifteen of the world's top leagues including the Premiership, Serie A, the Spanish Leagues, the Bundusliga and even authentic rosters from the emerging US Major League Soccer. As well as all the modern giants of the game, FIFA 2000 is set to feature 40 classic teams from footballing history as well as a host of world sides and a full international line-up. This should make it one of the most comprehensive football games ever, with the team count currently topping 850."
You can check out the rest here.
Another preview s available at Games.net.
"Topping the list of gameplay enhancements are FIFA 2000's new player maneuvers--shielding and jostling. Shielding will give gamers more control over their ball-handlers: Touch this new button, and your ball-handler will turn his back to the opposing defender in an effort to shield the ball from enemy possession. You can use this tactic to buy your squad the precious time needed to move into striking position. Jostling will be an automatic maneuver whenever two opposing players are within arm's length. The goal: to gain position on the pitch using your hands, arms, and body to interrupt the flow of your opponent's movement. These two features alone add incredible depth to the franchise."
You can read the whole preview here.
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I'm back
Sorry for not updating the past few days, but I've been very busy with school work and my job. I have some news for today that I'll post, I will also update the poll, so if you haven't gotten a chance to vote, now is your last chance.
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Saturday, September 25, 1999
Turkish FIFA 2000 site
A friend of mine who is working on a turkish FIFA 2000 site, Turkiye FIFA Millennium, has started a modem database in turkish. You can check it out here.
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Friday, September 24, 1999
Features
GameReactor has posted more info and features that are in FIFA 2000. Here they are:
- The reporter said that he saw a 75 percent finished product.
- Now it's possible to shield the ball from an opponent.
- The goalnet reacts much more when you score a goal.
- Numbers of camera angels are decreased to only four, but you can adjust the zoom and height so it adapts each player. This seemed to work fine.
- Robbie Williams is going to make a special song, just for FIFA 2000 and his new music video is going to contain clips from FIFA 2000. Outwards this, FIFA 2000 will have seven soundtracks, several from Mr. Williams.
- You can now play preprogrammed corners, free kicks, penalty kicks, etc. A guy from EA Sports showed the reporter a free kick which ended in a nice bicycle kick. Also said that you could design your own free kicks, corners, etc. in the training part of the game.
Thanks to Kristoffer from the FIFA 2000 Network for translating this into english.
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Links
The Link Database is growing daily. I have just added a new section for Modem Leagues. If you have a FIFA or soccer related site you can add your link here now.
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Questions?
I have set up a topic in the Forum that might be interesting for some of you. You can check it out here.
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More Answers
Ric from Soccer Gaming has also received answers to the questions he sent out to EA Sports today. You can check them out here.
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Thursday, September 23, 1999
UK Pack Shot
I have received the pack shot of the UK version of FIFA 2000 from EA Sports today. Click on the small shot on the right to enlarge it.
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Answers
I finally received the answers from EA Sports that I sent these out about a month ago. They were answered by Andy Abramovici, the FIFA 2000 game producer. Here they are:
1. When will www.fifa2000.com (the official FIFA 2000 site) open?
Nicky, I'm checking on this, but don't have info for you right now.
2. When will the demo be available?
Well, we can't say for sure, but I will say we should have it ready sometime in october. Remember, we are as anxious to get our FIFA 2000 Demo out there as you are to play it!
3. What is the official release date?
US is shipping Oct. 26 and Europe is shipping Oct. 29th. Keep in mind it usually takes a couple days for the game to be found in retail outlets...
4. Will FIFA 2000 be playable over the internet?
We think that we are still a year away from what we consider a consistenly fun FIFA match via the internet. Like many sports games, FIFA 2000 requires precise player timing and controller responsiveness, and from what we've seen so far, the typical internet configuration still does not allow for as smooth an experience as we'd like.
5. Will FIFA 2000 have any cheats?
The PC Version will for sure! We'll have different types of play, an extra pitch or two, and a few bonus teams.
6. What are the major improvements from FIFA 99 to FIFA 2000?
We knew going into 2000 that we wanted to add more grit and emotion into the gameplay experience. So, we incroporated barging and jostling between players, as weel as harder hitting tackles and collisions. Plus, we have added new and improved facial animation to our players which helps to relay the joy, determination and intensity they are feeling on the pitch. Another area we targeted was giving players more control over team strategies and tactics. One of the most prominent ways we addressed this was to include user-controlled set pieces. For the first time, users can choose between plays when in free kick, corner kick and throw-in situations. Some other additions we made were to make passes and through passes more pesponsive than last year, create a more aggressive CUP team AI in professional and world class modes, and add more awareness to the commentary, especially in our season and tournament modes.
7. How will relegation work? Will there be any second division teams?
As in real life, promotion and relegation means that your league will change on a yearly basis, After a season is finished, the worst teams will be relegated and replaced with a few new 2nd division teams looking for a shot at the league title. But because we have crammed over 400 of the world's greatest teams into FIFA 2000, we do not yet support the entire 2nd division leagues.
8. Controls, are the buttons the same as in the other FIFA games? Any new moves?
We tried to improve the controls without re-mapping the whole enchilada. So, the basic controls, e.g. pass, shoot, sprint are the same, but some advanced functionality got simplified. For instance, now you need to press only one button to pull off a dede, shimmy or dummy.
Hopefully this answered most of your questions.
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Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Arrows
Kristoffer from FIFA 2000 Network has picked up some info on FIFA 2000 on a swedish gaming site. Kristoffer was able to translate it into english. Here is a part of it:
"The gameplay looks very good, this time they have included arrows. When for example you pass a ball, the arrow turns green if it is a safe pass. Yellow if is not so safe, and red if it nearly impossible."
Thanks to FIFA 2000 Network.
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Poll Updated
I have updated the weekly poll. Here are last week's results:
After a missed shot, what would you most like John Motson or the commentator to say?
In all my years of broadcasting, I have never seen such a terrible shot 212
Is he playing for the other team? 226
I'm sure the keeper will be buying that man a sodies after the game 288
The ball goes wide, and another souvenir for the fans 547
He stinks 290
TOTAL 1563
Make sure you vote in the new poll.
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Monday, September 20, 1999
Links Database
I have created a links database with different sections that allows you to add your link to one of the sections. Click here to go to the links database.
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Turkish FIFA 2000 Online
Turkish FIFA 2000 Online has gone live. If you speak turkish, this site will from now on be your source for the latest news about FIFA 2000. Check out Turkish FIFA 2000 Online.
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Press Release
I have received an updated press release from EA Sports. It gives us new information and a new list of features on the season play and relegations in FIFA 2000. You can check out the whole thing here.
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Languages
I have had some requests from people that wanted other translated sites of FIFA 2000 Online such as french, greek, dutch, and iranian. So far I have found somebody to do the french site, but still need some people to run the greek, dutch and iranian site. If you think you can do the job, please . You must include your name, email address, age, country and some references and years of experience (HTML, CGI, SSI etc). Include any other information that you think will help.
If you speak any other language that is not translated yet and want to run the site, please and include the same info as listed above.
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Guestbook
I have added a Guestbook to this site. Please use this to post any comments, questions, queries, suggestions etc in the guestbook. Anything else about FIFA 2000 can be posted in the Forum. Click here to go to the Guestbook.
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Sunday, September 19, 1999
Search
I added a search form to the menu's on the left on all the pages. This makes it easier for you to find something quicker.
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Saturday, September 18, 1999
Modem Database
I have finished setting up the Modem Database for this site. Sign up now and find some other players around the world or your area and play some matches of FIFA 99 or FIFA 2000. Go to the Mutliplayer Matchup site to sign up.
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Qustions & Answers
Kristoffer from FIFA 2000 Network has sent out some questions to EA Sports about FIFA 2000 and has just posted answers they gave him. You can check them out here.
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Thursday, September 16, 1999
FIFA 2000 Screen Shots
We have just received a set of two new screen shots of FIFA 2000. These show Eddie Pope "modeling" in FIFA 2000. Like I said before, the graphics are improving from screen shot to screen shot, these are more detailed than ever. Note that those two are not in-game screen shots. Go to the screen shots section to view them.
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Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Product showcase
The product showcase by EA Sports that was originally scheduled for the 25th of August but was then pushed back to September 30th has now been cancelled. This might have revealed some more info on FIFA 2000, but since it was cancelled we will have to stick with our old sources at EA Sports.
Ric from Soccer Gaming has informed me that he sent out a few questions to EA Sports a while back. EA Sports said they will answer them soon.
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Poll Updated
As promised I updated the weekly poll today. The new question was sent in by Brad Bolling. Thanks to Brad for this new poll idea.
Below are the results of last weeks poll.The question was if EA Sports added a Cup Tournment to FIFA 2000, which one would it be?
Euro 2000 - 1266
World Cup 2002 - 496
Women's World Cup 2003 - 106
UEFA Cup - 293
Other - 125
A total of 2286 visitors participated.
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Modem League
This does not really have anything to do with FIFA 2000, but Chris Davies from the official E.S.P. site has asked me to post this. They need at least 32 members, and at the moment they have five. If you live in England and want to participate in E.S.P. modem league, go to the official E.S.P. site to sign up.
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Tuesday, September 14, 1999
Poll
I will update the poll every wednesday from now on. So be back tomorrow for the updated poll question. (If you have an idea for a poll, please send it in).
Make sure you vote in this week's poll. Almost 2000 people have casted their votes already.
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This and that...
Not really any news at the time to post. EA Sports is really quiet right now like every year around this time. I'm waiting and waiting for an answer from the questions I sent out a while ago. They said they will answer them later in september. So hopefully "later" means soon...
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Sunday, September 12, 1999
Languages
All the sub-domains for the languages have been set up and the hosted languages will be up soon. Please do not E-mail me if you can run the site for you language. Currently we have webmasters for all sites. Thank You!
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Saturday, September 11, 1999
Forum
As you might have noticed, the Forum has been down for two days. The problem has been fixed. Visit the FIFA 2000 Forum.
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Thursday, September 9, 1999
Product showcase
There will be another product showcase for EA Sports' 2000 line-up, including FIFA 2000. It will be held on September 30th. I'll report about it later.
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Poll Updated
I finally updated the poll. Most of you voted for More realistic gameplay/Better AI in the last poll before Ability to add more Jerseys/Leagues and then finally Internet Play. Suprisingly not even 30% of you wanted to see Internet Play most in FIFA 2000. This poll was available for 7 days and about 1700 people casted their vote.
Please cast your vote in this week's poll. Thanks to Jack Dawski for sending me this new poll idea.
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Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Release date
I'm still waiting to receive the release date for the demo. Here's what an EA Sports FIFA 2000 PR Manager told me. FIFA 2000: MLS is set to go on sale in late October for the PSX and PC.
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FIFA 2000 Commentator
We are proud to be the first site to present you with some news a lot of you have been waiting for. Electronic Arts has signed U.S. women's soccer star July Foudy to commentate for FIFA 2000: Majore league soccer. You can read more here.
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Poll
Sorry for not updating the poll. I will update it later tonight or sometime tomorrow, so make sure you come back and vote!
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Updates
Hey and sorry for not updating yesterday. I was very busy as I had my first day of school today after a nice 10 weeks of vacation. I have not heard back from EA Sports, but I just sent out another E-mail asking for the exact release date of the demo. I'll post the info here as soon as I have it, so please do not E-mail me and ask for it. Thanks =)
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Monday, September 6, 1999
Poll
I will change the poll question tomorrow. If you have an idea for the next poll, please send it in.
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New Screen Shots
Just noticed over at FIFALAND that they have
posted 3 new screen shots of the backgrounds in the menu's of FIFA 2000. You can check them out here.
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News...
Sorry for not updating today, but today is a holiday here in the US where I live and all my EA Sports contacts are home enjoying their days off.
As I posted a few days ago, EA Sports will be holding a press conference tomorrow (Tuesday, September 7th) and then we will get a load of news to post, along with new screen shots and other info of FIFA 2000.
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Thank-You All!
Thanks Nicky, and thank-you all who took the time to wish me a happy birthday either through Email or ICQ! I received many messages and you really helped make this a great birthday! Thank-you all very much for the nice thoughts and nice words! :)
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Sunday, September 5, 1999
Happy Birthday Ric!
Today is Ric's birthday, the main man at Soccer Gaming. If you want you can send him a greeting card or send him an E-mail to . Happy Birthday Ric!
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GameBoy Color
The official release date for the GameBoy Color version of FIFA 2000 is October 26th, 1999 and the price is US $29,99. Note that the game is developed by THQ, not EA Sports and we will not be reporting on the GameBoy Color version. I just thought I'd let you know.
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In-game info
I just found out that when you play FIFA 2000, there will be photographers and security guards on the sidelines. Also the shades of players will depend on the time of the day and condition of the weather.
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Saturday, September 4, 1999
Sega DreamCast
I have just e-mailed EA Sports and asked if FIFA 2000 will be available for the new Sega DreamCast. They replied and said that as of now the game will NOT be released for Sega DreamCast. FIFA 2000 will only be available for the PC, PlayStation and GameBoy Color.
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Press conference
EA Sports will be holding a press conference this tuesday. I have talked to on of the FIFA 2000 PR Manager's who will be attending this conference. I will have more info for you then to post.
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Soccer Gaming
HI folks! Ric form Soccer Gaming here. Just wanted to apologize for the problems we're experiencing at Soccer Gaming. We're trying to get everything fixed and back online ASAP. In the meantime, be sure to stop over at FIFA 99 Online as Andrew and Andy have been doing a terrific job updating us with the latest news and downloads. Great job guys! BTW... I want to officially welcome Nicky to the Soccer Gaming team. Nicky and I have shared our thoughts on FIFA 2000 and many other subjects over the past couple of months and I'm very glad to have him here at FIFA 2000 Online!! :)
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More Screen Shots
I have just uploaded 7 new Screen Shots that I promised earlier today. They are very similar to the MLS shots we have already seen. These show a cool tackle and some new tricks. Check them out in the Screen Shots section.
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Friday, September 3, 1999
FIFA 2000 Preview Art CD
Today I received a "FIFA 2000 Preview Art" CD from an EA Sports PR Manager. The CD has about 30 MB's of FIFA 2000 material. Included are some screen shots for PC and the PlayStation we have already seen, some behind the scenes pictures, motion capturing shots and some other stuff. I'll post some of it later.
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Indoor Mode
Kristoffer from FIFA 2000 Network has e-mailed EA Sports to ask if FIFA 2000 will have indoor mode. Here's what EA Sports replied.
No. Indoor mode would require specific programming of the AI and physics associated with playing in a smaller space, with different surfaces. If we took the main FIFA engine and 'shrunk' it down to be an indoor mode it would be poor and not the best indoor experience. As EA SPORTS games are always about realism then this would not be acceptable to us.
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Live Chat
I have had an idea to hold live chat's here at FIFA 2000 Online. The way this would work is that I will set a date and time and we would all meet in the chat room to talk about FIFA and/or soccer. Please tell me what you think.
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Email
My soccergaming.com E-mail account is set up now. My new E-mail address is .
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Thursday, September 2, 1999
Feedback
At this point I would like to thank all the visitors at FIFA 2000 Online. I just checked the statistics for this page and saw that the forecast for today is over 2700. This is more than this site has ever gotten before. Also thanks to all the welcome e-mails I have received from you guys.
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Newsletter and Poll
I have installed a Poll and a Newsletter for FIFA 2000 Online. This weeks' poll question asks what you want to see most in FIFA 2000. The poll is located on every page on the right menu. Make sure you cast your vote.
Please sign up for the Newsletter to receive the latest news and updates.
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Feedback
Just talked to Matt... he told me that my mail account will be ready in about 48 hours or so. In the mean time you can send me an e-mail to . Please tell me what you think about this page.
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Links Database
Coming soon I'll install a links database script that will allow you to add your link(s) for your FIFA or soccer site.
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Site Update
I have just done a big update. Some sections are still down, but the poll and the newsletter should also be up this week. Please do not send any e-mails to [email protected] since the account is not ready yet. Therefore please post any comments or questions about the site in the Forum and I will try to answer as much as I can. Remember that the latest news we have go directly on this page, so please do not ask us for any other info. Thanks.
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Wednesday, September 1, 1999
FIFA 2000 Online
Welcome to the new FIFA 2000 Online. My name is Nicky and I'm the new webmaster. Many of you might still know me from the Temple of Football, but I decided to move the site to the Soccer Gaming Network. Please update your bookmarks.
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