Just in case anyone here has held off on trying TCB, now might be your chance to do so.

"Grey Dog Software is pleased to announce Total College Basketball on Demand. Between 1:30 EST today and March 16 12:00 PM EST, any Total College Basketball purchase will receive a 10% discount."

I think I can talk my wife into this purchase on Wednesday.

Absolutely AE - for all you husbands out there who have had the wife walk in the door with yet another pair of shoes or purse because it was on sale this is your chance to get even!!!

Nice to see sale events like this.

This is kind of a stupid question, but how are the NCAA tournament seedings announced in TCB?

This is kind of a stupid question, but how are the NCAA tournament seedings announced in TCB?

You can either watch a selection show or skip it and just check the brackets out.

OK, you got me. That's not easy to do but you got me. :)

Hey lurkers thinking of buying this game, version 1.4: You should do it. It's a quality product--as far as sims go, I put it in the same league as FM and EHM as regards enjoyability.

I have enjoyed the demo. My wife made a good point to me today, though. I have a lot going on academically right now. A new game would only hinder my progress.

Well, for that matter, so does FOFC. :)

It's Steak and TCB day today!

It's Steak and TCB day today!

I think your wife tricked you. ;)

Hey lurkers thinking of buying this game, version 1.4: You should do it. It's a quality product--as far as sims go, I put it in the same league as FM and EHM as regards enjoyability.

That's high praise indeed. Why would you say it's in the same class as FM and EHM?

Quick bump for the morning crowd to remind you that this promo ends at noon tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who has come in to give it a shot at the discounted price - certainly if this promo generates a few more sales than we would have had I think we'll be inclined to try it again with our future titles. We appreciate the support and I especially appreciate the high praise of the King of NY - to be mentioned in the same league as FM and EHM is a massive compliment.

That's high praise indeed. Why would you say it's in the same class as FM and EHM?

Because it is.

I've played it MUCH more than EHM.

Top product from Gary as usual.. see TPB. :)

That's high praise indeed. Why would you say it's in the same class as FM and EHM?
If it helps - I rate it personally ... ;)

Make it 25% off and you've got yourself a deal, mister.

Ok, what are the odds that Gary starts getting angry PMs from skippy at 12:03pm tomorrow afternoon that he's not getting the discount anymore?

Ok, what are the odds that Gary starts getting angry PMs from skippy at 12:03pm tomorrow afternoon that he's not getting the discount anymore?
Found the money line for it.
No | +750 trillion
Yes |-4.75 billion trillion.

That's high praise indeed. Why would you say it's in the same class as FM and EHM?
The immersion is there. True, FM and EHM are in a few respects farther along than TCB: the 2D display comes to mind, and FM's player/coach interaction is presently unequalled by any other sim.

But TCB matches up well with FM and EHM in the most important department: you really get a feel for your individual players' strengths and weaknesses. Figuring out how to utilize that power forward's passing talents; how to cover up for that shooting guard who has no interest in playing defence; how to get any sort of production out of that unathletic 7' 2" center: these problems are fun and interesting to deal with.

Recruiting is also a good challenge--and given your squad size, it's quite manageable. I really liked FBCB back in the day, but I inevitably hit on a recruiting formula that got me what I wanted every time. So far, that has not happened with TCB: I really have to scrap to get the guys I want, and I do not always succeed. There's just enough uncertainty in the scouting to give you a few unexpected booms and a fair number of busts, which is how it should be.

I know I could download the demo to get the answer to this question, but I figured I'd ask it anyways. How long does it take to get through a game with the 2d display? I've grown accustomed to getting through FM's 50-60 games/year and taking 5-10 minutes per game. Am I looking at taking an hour per game if I use the 2d display for TCB?

I know I could download the demo to get the answer to this question, but I figured I'd ask it anyways. How long does it take to get through a game with the 2d display? I've grown accustomed to getting through FM's 50-60 games/year and taking 5-10 minutes per game. Am I looking at taking an hour per game if I use the 2d display for TCB?

Depends what you want to do with the game. If you are just watching the action and set the control of your team prior to the game starting to CPU it doesn't take that long (and there is a speed setting so you can turn up the speed if you want). If you're going to actually sit down to coach the game, make adjustmens, subs etc you'll probably spend 30-40 mins on a game but its all going to depend on how many coaching adjustments you feel you need to make and how much control you want over your subs. If you don't make many adjustments and turn on the auto-sub control you'll get done quicker than that.

I watch it with speed set at 7-8/10. I usually only call timeouts and make halftime adjustments. Each game takes about 5 minutes. (I will speed up the game if it is not close)

Oh man, I want this game...

Sounds like I'm making a purchase tonight

I watch most of the important games and always the first game of the season. I turn on auto-subs and turn off pause at stoppages. I also use a speed of 8 and the game flows quite nicely.

How come when you have offensive freedom frequency set to 0%,
it sometimes shows current play: NONE on the bottom of the play by play screen?

Shouldn't it run my offensive sets that I pick in team strategy?

How come when you have offensive freedom frequency set to 0%,
it sometimes shows current play: NONE on the bottom of the play by play screen?

Shouldn't it run my offensive sets that I pick in team strategy?

Well it just means that for whatever reason they're not running the set on that play. Could be that the defense switched sets so now they're confused or that some players out there don't have very high proficiency in the set so they're just kind of doing their own thing or that they decided to push the ball up the court anyway even though you told them you don't want them to. Even if you tell your team to slow it down and run sets every time there's going to be times when the players push the ball up the court

I'm in.

Looks like it is going to be much more challenging than I suspected. I started off with Marshall, with hopes of moving up the ladder eventually to WVU, and really struggled with recruiting--eventually running out of money. :)

I haven't played enough to know if the results of recruiting are going to be "great," but I like the immersion of following players to camps, watching them in games, and, basically, just hounding them to see if I have a shot with them. I think I will enjoy this one--particularly over the next few weeks of March Madness.

I really enjoyed this game and need to get back into my dynasty with the latest patch..

Despite my attempts at haggling down the price being ignored, I'll probably be whipping out the credit card when I get home too.

Just think, you can buy the game, and still have tree fiddy left over to give to the Lockaness Monster.

Despite my attempts at haggling down the price being ignored, I'll probably be whipping out the credit card when I get home too.

Aw Critch, I wasn't ignoring you - just figuring out how I would feed my family unless I made $16 million off the game. Cutting the price another 15% would have cut into the grocery budget man :cool:

Does the new patch affect saved seasons? Or do I need to restart a season? After installing the new patch, I still notice that power conferences are still being bunched up in the same region. In one region, the top three seeds were big east teams, and, in another, an acc team played an acc team in the first round.

There's no need to restart seasons after a patch. Im still working on the patch that is going to attempt the issue of conference teams playing each other in the first round

Grr. Just bought GalCivII, and now i'm gonna wind up buying this as well.

Ok, I'm buying this.

One of the games of the year in my opinion, a must have for those who has not purchased it yet, even more with the discounted price now.

Gots to read me the review thread on it here. I just sorta missed this one entirely, which is surprising.

One of the games of the year in my opinion, a must have for those who has not purchased it yet, even more with the discounted price now.

Thanks Icy - I appreciate the compliment :D

I just tried the demo again, but I still can't get into it. Am I missing something or is recruiting way too time consuming and tedious? It seems like I spend more time filling two scholarships in TCB than I do filling 20 in BBCF. Just going through the screens to watch my 10 game films every week seems to take forever because you have to do a few clicks for each selection. And then I wasn't sure if I had to keep recruiting after I got verbals. So, I did as a precaution which took even more time. It just seems like a whole lot of clicking to do very little.

While I may be a bit biased given my relationship with Grey Dog, I have played this game more then any other I have since mid-way through the beta to now.

I play out each game (5-15 minutes for each depending on how close the game is I play with speed set to 9) and really get into it. One of the things that helped me get used to who is who on the 2d was to record wave files of my teams names, putting those in the sounds folder will cause the announcer to say your players names after they score during home games (helps early in a career when all 12 guys are new).

Easily my number one most enjoyable game since Thanksgiving or so (during beta).

Grr. Just bought GalCivII, and now i'm gonna wind up buying this as well.

"Grr. Just bought GalCivII" doesn't make sense. It should be "Woohoo!! Just bought GalCivII", because it super-splendiferous.

Quick questions:

1. Can you heavily recruit a player and he decides to go to the NBA, like the situation with Louisville and Telfair?

2. Do players on your team declare early for the draft?

3. Does the game tell you where your players are drafted and does having alot of NBA players affect your coaching reputation with recruits?

4. Is there a bubble watch?

5. Are there transfers can players become disgrutled with lack of playing time and such.

Thanks

I just tried the demo again, but I still can't get into it. Am I missing something or is recruiting way too time consuming and tedious? It seems like I spend more time filling two scholarships in TCB than I do filling 20 in BBCF. Just going through the screens to watch my 10 game films every week seems to take forever because you have to do a few clicks for each selection. And then I wasn't sure if I had to keep recruiting after I got verbals. So, I did as a precaution which took even more time. It just seems like a whole lot of clicking to do very little. John, I've played BBCF too, and recruiting is much more labor-intensive in BBCF than in TCB, I think. To cut down on the grunt work in TCB, try the following: 1) Game films are useful when you are first sizing up players to bring to campus, but after you have watched film on a guy for three weeks or so, there's no need to do it any more--by that point, you'll be attending their games, bringing them to your campus, etc. 2) Once I get verbals, I stop recruiting. There is a fair amount of clicking at the start of each new recruiting session, but once you have added a load of players to your watch list, it moves a lot faster.

Quick questions:

1. Can you heavily recruit a player and he decides to go to the NBA, like the situation with Louisville and Telfair?

2. Do players on your team declare early for the draft?

3. Does the game tell you where your players are drafted and does having alot of NBA players affect your coaching reputation with recruits?

4. Is there a bubble watch?

5. Are there transfers can players become disgrutled with lack of playing time and such.

Thanks TOSU, I can answer four and five for you: yes and yes. The bad news about the transfer sessions--and this is one of the few gentle criticisms that I have of the game--is that the game slows down considerably at that point. The good news, though, is that I have found the number of players transferring into and out of my program to be just about right. Each player has a rating for the amount of playing time that he expects. If you wind up with two guys at the same position who think that they should be playing 30+ minutes, one of those guys is probably going to leave. I cannot answer questions 1, 2, and 3, because I play with lower-tier programs--no pros come out of those schools.

Quick questions:

1. Can you heavily recruit a player and he decides to go to the NBA, like the situation with Louisville and Telfair?

2. Do players on your team declare early for the draft?

3. Does the game tell you where your players are drafted and does having alot of NBA players affect your coaching reputation with recruits?

4. Is there a bubble watch?

5. Are there transfers can players become disgrutled with lack of playing time and such.

Thanks

Try the demo out. You will be amaze how solid the game is

I have to agree this is a fantastic simulation.

Quick questions:

1. Can you heavily recruit a player and he decides to go to the NBA, like the situation with Louisville and Telfair?

Haven't you heard of Greg Oden? ;) HS kids have to spend a year in college now, it is the same in TCB. Players do declare early for the NBA.

I tried the Demo one time but it kept crashing on me, is the demo updated with the newest patches or not? If so I may give it another go. Also if someone could answer the questions King of New York couldnt I would appreciate it.

I tried the Demo one time but it kept crashing on me, is the demo updated with the newest patches or not? If so I may give it another go. Also if someone could answer the questions King of New York couldnt I would appreciate it.

Players cannot go right to the NBA draft, players do leave early and prior to the start of a new season you get an email about which players were drafted and that is tracked for your coach's career.

As for the demo, it has not been updated with patches (its v1.0) so if the crashes you are getting are ones that have been addressed with one of the patches it will be taken care of if you download the demo to retail update and purchase the game.

If the crashes are something else, perhaps related to having something on your system outdated, then drop me an email or PM and I'll help you get it running.

Oh I totally forgot about the rule changes, thanks. Ill fire up the demo again and see if I have any problems.

Just picked it up. Looked around with it (I'm still on my GalCiv run, but certainly not gonna pass a special deal on a game I will play), but one thing jumped out...

Gary, were you on crack when you picked that color/font scheme? Good GOD is that hard to read for me. :)

Too bad GDS didn't wait until friday. I get paid then, and would have purchased it.

$4 bucks might seem small to some, but it's a QP value meal to me. :)

Man just three of those and you can actually have a meal.

prior to the start of a new season you get an email about which players were drafted and that is tracked for your coach's career.

So how long until this fully integrates with TPB so that the data goes back and forth? While I'm busy pusing for an integrated TCY/FOF, I might as well start pushing for an integrated TCB/TPB as well ;)

Too bad GDS didn't wait until friday. I get paid then, and would have purchased it.

$4 bucks might seem small to some, but it's a QP value meal to me. :)

Ask and ye shall receive....

"Due to the fantastic response of our Total College Basketball Promotion, we've decided to extend the sale until Monday, March 20th 12:00pm EST! Any Total College Basketball purchase made before this date and time will receive a 10% discount"

So how long until this fully integrates with TPB so that the data goes back and forth? While I'm busy pusing for an integrated TCY/FOF, I might as well start pushing for an integrated TCB/TPB as well ;)

It does integrate with TPB now to a degree. At the end of a TCB season a draftpool.rkf file is created which can be copied to your TPB save game folder and then imported when it asks you what rookie source you want to use for the draft. I'll have to look over the TCY/FOF integration thread for what you guys would like to see in terms of that and see what I can do with the next version of TPB.

LOL, I just rushed over to make sure I got it this morning.

Great idea on the sale Gary.

LOL, I just rushed over to make sure I got it this morning.

Great idea on the sale Gary.

Thanks - we thought we would give it a shot for a couple of days and see if anyone would really respond to it. Looking at the amount of sales in the past three days we were very happy to see how many people were taking advantage of this promo and the very positive response it was getting here at FOFC so we decided to let it roll through the weekend. I also think that based on its success that we will definitely try more things like this in the future.

It does integrate with TPB now to a degree. At the end of a TCB season a draftpool.rkf file is created which can be copied to your TPB save game folder and then imported when it asks you what rookie source you want to use for the draft. I'll have to look over the TCY/FOF integration thread for what you guys would like to see in terms of that and see what I can do with the next version of TPB.
If i'm not wrong, what we discussed and gstelmack is propossing Jim and you is an FM like game (and that will also become the new OOTP), with all the leagues integrated (in your case, college and pros) so you can start let's say as a college coach and work your way up to become a pro coach. The same for the players, assistants and all the universe around you, instead of two separate games, one with a full basketball universe (football for Jim or Arles if he releases a pro game in the future). That would be a dream for sure for us text sims fans. Now you guys need to make the numbers to see if you can generate same income from the actual two separate games than from only one but more complete that would also be more interesting for new potential customers. The ball is in your field now :)

If i'm not wrong, what we discussed and gstelmack is propossing Jim and you is an FM like game (and that will also become the new OOTP), with all the leagues integrated (in your case, college and pros) so you can start let's say as a college coach and work your way up to become a pro coach. The same for the players, assistants and all the universe around you, instead of two separate games, one with a full basketball universe (football for Jim or Arles if he releases a pro game in the future). That would be a dream for sure for us text sims fans. Now you guys need to make the numbers to see if you can generate same income from the actual two separate games than from only one but more complete that would also be more interesting for new potential customers. The ball is in your field now :)

Pretty much, yes. Although my focus is primarily on the PLAYERS. I want the college careers fully simulated during the pro calendar at appropriate times, draft takes place, guys move on to pros, I can see their college careers, if I'm a college coach I see how the guys do in the pros, etc. Ideally I can run a multiplayer league with college and pro GMs / Coaches all interacting without having to manually create a bunch of HTML reports to fill in the gaps.

With the FOFC-FBCB league, I run an FBB league alongside it and post HTML reports so guys can see how their college players are doing in the pros.

My main comment on the original feature is: if TCB gives me an e-mail about how my players got drafted, will that info come from TPB if I'm importing the draft class into TPB, or is a "fake" e-mail about where he was projected to go?

My main comment on the original feature is: if TCB gives me an e-mail about how my players got drafted, will that info come from TPB if I'm importing the draft class into TPB, or is a "fake" e-mail about where he was projected to go?

I see what you're saying - right now its designed to simulate where he would have gotten picked but I will definitely try to make TPB 2k7 more interactive with TCB

Damnit, overslept, oh well :)

Oh wait.. yay me :)

I would like to see that also. A combination of two games into one. e.g. a full basketball simulator instead of a seperate college and pro version.

You could still have two seperate products. Have some sort of plug in style of architecture. I buy the pro module. If I want the collegemodule, I can buy that and plug that into the basketball world.

It is how my company is designing our whole new architecture for our rig software.

Damnit, overslept, oh well :)

Oh wait.. yay me :)

get your ass in front of a TV...the BC game is about to start

Ask and ye shall receive....

"Due to the fantastic response of our Total College Basketball Promotion, we've decided to extend the sale until Monday, March 20th 12:00pm EST! Any Total College Basketball purchase made before this date and time will receive a 10% discount"


Awesome news

The sticky for Total College Basketball forum shows old news there still.

http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12695

It sure is nice watching the NCAA tourney on TV while my Central Arkansas Bears wonder what it would be like to play in the NIT. :)

I would like to see that also. A combination of two games into one. e.g. a full basketball simulator instead of a seperate college and pro version.

You could still have two seperate products. Have some sort of plug in style of architecture. I buy the pro module. If I want the collegemodule, I can buy that and plug that into the basketball world.

It is how my company is designing our whole new architecture for our rig software.

Yeah, that would be pretty cool if either version was, say 35, and you could buy the expansion for say another 15 or something. I'd want a game where I could go through the levels, start as a lower tier college AD and work myself into a pro GM.

So Gary, is there any possible way at this point to implement some skins to the game? That grey font on that blueish background, and a few other low contrast areas (most of the player detail sections that aren't on the white background are brutal) are extremely harsh to my eyes. First game I've ever had this problem with.

So Gary, is there any possible way at this point to implement some skins to the game? That grey font on that blueish background, and a few other low contrast areas (most of the player detail sections that aren't on the white background are brutal) are extremely harsh to my eyes. First game I've ever had this problem with.

There is no way to implement skins but maybe if you email me some screens or pm me the specifics about certain screens I can see what I can do to alter them if possible. Please include the resolution and DPI are you running at

I'm having an issue. I bought the full version during the sale, but it won't load-at all. Any advice? I looked over in the tech support forum on the website, but the fixes didn't work/apply to windows ME.

I'm having an issue. I bought the full version during the sale, but it won't load-at all. Any advice? I looked over in the tech support forum on the website, but the fixes didn't work/apply to windows ME.

Has Jon morphed into your body?

I'm having an issue. I bought the full version during the sale, but it won't load-at all. Any advice? I looked over in the tech support forum on the website, but the fixes didn't work/apply to windows ME.

Send me an email (gary at greydogsoftware.com) with what steps you are doing on your computer and what if any error message you are getting and I'll try to help you get it up and running.

I'm in my 5th season as Central Arkansas's HC (58-51) and I'm starting to figure out that finding that right transfer really helps a low prestige team like CA.

Enter PG Hayward Chatman from Stillwater, MN. His GPA was 1.9 when he came to us from Cincinnati averaging 29.2 MPG and 14.0 PPG. He only played 12 games as he was declared academically ineligible for the rest of the 2006 season. He had to sit out 2007 and in his first year as a Bear, he lead the team averaging 18.3 PPG. This year (2009) he's sporting a 2.6 GPA and I get this letter from the Norton Award Committee:

"Congratulations to you and your school, Coach. Hayward Chatman has been nominated for the prestigious Norton Award which is given out to the player who exemplifies hard work on the basketball court, in the classroom and in their community. Good luck to your player this season, Coach."

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/7183/norton0oc.gif


Nice to see his name amoungst those other big schools.

He's only a JR this year and although this year could be great for us, next year looks even better. I'll probably move on after a good year, *IF* this team can do something better than 1 game over .500 like last year.

Nice photoshop, Todd.

Rules, Mizz. I, too, am playing a low-level Arkansas school and hoping to move up (ultimately, to Arkansas, of course). It's awesome to see players you recruit do well. I am enjoying this game a TON and I haven't even moved away from my initial job yet (which was the whole goal of the dynasty I started). I think this is the most fun I've ever had with a text-sim.

Gary please check your pm so I can continue my demo dynasty....Im dying to get back into this game

Nice photoshop, Todd.

:)

The greatest thing about this kid, like FPS Football and baseball, I get to watch him play. (drools for the season to start)

How many seasons in are you? I'm still in my second season (going slow and coaching each game). I redshirted one recruit, and the other is averaging 13 points a game. Bit of a porn star name though (Rusty Briggs).

How many seasons in are you? I'm still in my second season (going slow and coaching each game). I redshirted one recruit, and the other is averaging 13 points a game. Bit of a porn star name though (Rusty Briggs).

2009

Just lost the first game of the season as Mr. Norton nominee went 4-20 from the field. My hope dashed just like that.

Would love to see these added into 1.5.

1. All players on controlled team highlighted in various screens in the game. Association statistics screens, almanac, etc.. When looking at the RPI as well as the polls, my team should be highlighted.
2. I would love to see a sort by "NCAA" on all screens that have team search capabilities. The same in simming games.
3. Game "remembers" when playing a game, I like sim speed at 8, enable auto-subs "on", and pause at all stops "off"... I hate setting this all the time.<!-- / message -->

I have the second coming of Iverson on the Buffaloes.

John Richardson. Has set school records for field goals attempted and three pointers attempted. Owns the single season Big 12 record for field goals attemped.

Just purchased the game and must say Im very impressed. One of the problems I have is that the scouting reports you get for each team is very "light". I really dont want to have to manually scout each opponent and I think more info could be included in the scouting report. Anyone who has played Coaching a Dynasty can attest that that program is the gold standard for depth of scouting reports. If a total player vs player matchup type of improvement couldnt be made I would atleast like to see where this team ranks in key areas like rebounding, scoring, and defense vs where I currently rank. This would help me alot and take some of the guess work out of the game as everyone doesnt want to have to manually scout each opponent.

What mods should I download for this? I really just want real logos, and stuff like that. Could someone lead me in the right direction?

What mods should I download for this? I really just want real logos, and stuff like that. Could someone lead me in the right direction?

You need Icy's mod...

http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9918

Go to the greydog website forum and they have a section for TCB mods

http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/

I bought the game last night, and was really impressed. I downloaded the Irishfan mod to get all the real info, and some real players, and so far no problems. I even got Marco Killingsworth and Robert Vaden on my Hoosier team. I don't like the fact my coaching ratings are so high already, but ill get over that.

The mod's make the game look incredible. The court's, the logo's, it's great to look at. I've picked up a SF from Indiana who was dying to play for the Hoosiers...Ranked 53rd overall, but got an A in scoring ability. Recruiting did not seem to tedius at all to me.

Bottom line is im counting the hours down tell work is over so i can play some more

Great job Gary

Recruiting is only difficult the first season, until you get an idea on how to "weed" out your targets and allocate your budget, in my opinion. After that, it got a lot more comfortable and fun for me.

I especially like the transfer period. I'm WVU and run the motion offense 50% of the time and the Princeton offense 50% of the time, and I have been able to find some good system players via transfer. I like getting guys that are proficient in my scheme and not too caught up in playing time and adding them to my team, since a team of superstars doesn't seem to work out so well.

Thanks for the positive feedback guys and thanks to everyone who took advantage of the sale this past week. The response was tremendous and we'll be doing more of that in the future.

And you guys are right about the modders - they've done a fantastic job and new mods are appearing every day for things like the home courts. And in case anyone is reading this thread and is still on the fence, Bill Harris mentioned TCB in his blog last week and called it "the gold standard for college basketball text-sims. Recruiting, which is the meat of any college sim, is deeper and far less linear than graphics-based sims like College Hoops"

Here's the link in case anyone wants to read the full blog entry

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2006/03/total-college-basketball.html

Thanks again to everyone who has given it a shot. For those who don't go over to the GDS site version 1.5 is still in the works - no set date on it yet especially since lately I seem to sit down and start playing more often than I do coding :)

For those who don't go over to the GDS site version 1.5 is still in the works - no set date on it yet especially since lately I seem to sit down and start playing more often than I do coding :)

Hey man, don't you know the adage:

"Don't get high off your own supply"?

:D

Thanks for the positive feedback guys and thanks to everyone who took advantage of the sale this past week. The response was tremendous and we'll be doing more of that in the future.

And you guys are right about the modders - they've done a fantastic job and new mods are appearing every day for things like the home courts. And in case anyone is reading this thread and is still on the fence, Bill Harris mentioned TCB in his blog last week and called it "the gold standard for college basketball text-sims. Recruiting, which is the meat of any college sim, is deeper and far less linear than graphics-based sims like College Hoops"

Here's the link in case anyone wants to read the full blog entry

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2006/03/total-college-basketball.html

Thanks again to everyone who has given it a shot. For those who don't go over to the GDS site version 1.5 is still in the works - no set date on it yet especially since lately I seem to sit down and start playing more often than I do coding :)

I think Gary epitomizes the concept of "Fan-friendly developer."

For those of you who haven't checked it out yet, Gary gave us a great interview last week over at SportsDigs.com, and it's definately worth reading. There's also an opportunity to win a free copy of TCB over there, so if you missed the sale, you still have a shot to pick up a copy cheap. ;)

Gary do you think expanding the information given in the scouting reports is possible in this version?

Gary do you think expanding the information given in the scouting reports is possible in this version?

Its not on the list of things for 1.5 and rather than do something quick I would prefer to do it right and I don't want to hold up 1.5 any longer than I have to. But what I will do is after 1.5 take some suggestions that I think are doable within the framework of the game and try to work those in for a future update. All I will require is that you change your screen name here to something better like...oh I dunno, IWannaBeAWolverine :D

Can you start as a coach with limited stats and then allocate "skill points" to your choice as the years past?

Can you start as a coach with limited stats and then allocate "skill points" to your choice as the years past?

You can start with whatever set of skill points you like. When you create your coach you create your current skill points and then your max skill points. You can't choose to how to allocate them though - you just "earn" them based on your performances and experiences. After x amount of trips to the homes of recruits you get one more recruiting skill point (ie you learn how to recruit better with more experience doing it).

I was too smart for Michigan sorry Gary....and thanks a lot. If the scouting report was a little more detailed and gave us macromanagers a better impression of how our team stacked up against the opponent this will be the perfect text sim for me.