Pro Evolution 6: League

[Lacedaemonian]

I help run a PES League and I was wondering if anybody on the Chronicles would be interested in playing in it. We are a highly advanced league; we have our own transfer market and are currently going to play the next season in 2 vs 2 mode.

Post here or PM me if you are interested.

[Lacedaemonian]

I have had some requests about the league, and one particularly by Threddy who asked me to explain a little more about the set up.

The Pro Evolution Soccer league is played on the PC. We have not looked into seeing whether PS2 players could play in the league, but are aware of this possibility.

We are currently entering our 8th season. In previous seasons we have played 2 divisions of 10 teams (20 teams in total) with promotion and relegation between these two leagues. Added to this we also ran a cup competition throughout the season which included all teams. At the end of every second season we played what was called a Crappy World Cup - which as you can imagine was played using only the worst international teams. If you under performed as a manger of a club, you could lose that team to a better performing manger. In essence you would swap teams. This is quantified using the Prestige system, which is complicated as hell.

About three seasons ago we discovered how to edit the team rosters to use during online play. Now this is used by kids to cheat but we saw this as an opportunity to create a transfer market - much like the master league feature. However, our transfer market was far more complicated and far more realistic. We had to assign values to players etc and take note of club salaries. It is a very complicated set up for those running it, but far easier to use as a player. In effect, every club over a few seasons were transformed into far better and more balanced teams making the league a tighter affair. Each team reflected the managers personality to a degree. I had a preference for Argentine players and so had four or five in my AS Roma team.

That is all that I can think to say but feel free to ask any questions.

[Threddy]

Although I haven't played PES on the computer, I think it might be possible to play by using an ethernet cable from my PS2 to the PC although I may not get the same features and be able to do it..

[Lacedaemonian]

Have a bash! Or simply buy it on the PC tis about £15 on play.com.

[Green]

Aye. It could potentially cause problems if you played in the league next season on the PS2 - you would have to be responsible for patching your own game. Get the PC version

[Lacedaemonian]

Aye, I forgets such matters.

Though you could still play in other comps.

[Threddy]

Is it good on the PC, what are the controls like?

[Rane Longfox]

Football games on the PC are completely different to on a console. Rather counter-intuitive, I found.

[Green]

You use a joypad. It's exactly the same as playing on a console.

[Threddy]

What sort of joypad?
Would a PS2 controller go in the back of a pc?

[Green]

You can either get a USB gamepad, or get a USB adapter for your PS2 pad. You just plug your pad into it, then the USB goes into the PC, which is what I do. Here's one from Game for a tenner:

http://www.game.co.uk/ViewProduct.as...416&mid=326739

But you can probably get them much cheaper if you look around a bit. Mine's called a SuperBox 3 and I got it for about £3 from somewhere online. You could probably get a cheap one from Ebay, too.

[Lacedaemonian]

I bought mine from play.com for £5.00. I am not sure if some are better than others though. I had an old one that seemed to suffer with regards plug and play. I used to have to fiddle with the USB to make it active.

[Threddy]

I'm thinking about this, when does the season start?

[Lacedaemonian]

Friday mate. But you are welcome to join and play us in friendlies and other comps until next season.

[Threddy]

Well, if I got it on the Pc with an adapter it would be christmas.
When does the next season start?