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FAQ/Walkthrough Copyright © 2003
VERSION: 1.5
AUTHOR: DasonRise
LAST UPDATED: April 26th, 2003
EMAIL: dason_rise@hotmail.com (NO SPAM!)
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----------------------( I. Table Of Contents )-------------------------------
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I. Table Of Contents
II. Introduction
III. Basics
IV. The Teams
V. Offense and Defense Strategies
VI. Shootout
VII. Frequently Asked Questions
VIII. Contact Me
IX. Version History
X. Cheap Cheats
XI. Credits
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-------------------------( II. Introduction )--------------------------------
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When I was in elementary, I remember opening up my super nintendo and first
two games for Christmas. I had gotten Donkey Kong Country 2, and Super
Soccer. I played Donkey Kong 2 for a while obviously because its a great
game, and i completely ignored my Super Soccer game. I ended up forgetting
about this game and playing other new games. Like, almost four years later,
after i had gotten a Nintendo 64, i pulled out the ol' super nintendo and
the first game I saw in the box was, (reflect on this suspenseful moment)
Super Soccer! So i popped it in and started playing. Not surprisingly,
I played for hours. This game totally grew on me. When i saw that there
was no Guide for Super Soccer at gamefaqs I jumped at the chance to write
one. There isn't really a "walkthrough" that you can write for this game,
but there's alot of things to cover that make this game different than
all the other SNES soccer games (like the Fifa games, Megaman soccer,
ect.)If your looking for something in particular in this guide just
push Control and F and type in what your looking for. Now that I've told
you about everything you don't give a crap to know...
Thankyou, and enjoy.
- DasonRise -
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-----------------------------( III. Basics )---------------------------------
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= =
= (CONTROLS) =
=____________=
If you have a manual you'll want to check the controls there for a
more accurate list of controls but most manuals are stupid and
really annoying (not really), so for some reason maybe having lost
your manual (or maybe if your playing an emulator) if you need to
know some controls, here is an idiot proof list of the Offense,
Defense, and Shootout controls.
*- OFFENSE CONTROLS -*
A - Short Kick
B - Long Kick
Y - Passes to whoever is selected with the red arrow
X - Does nothing
R - changes red arrow thing to another team mate (see passing below)
L - changes red arrow thing to another team mate (see passing below)
*- DEFENSE CONTROLS -*
A - Slide Tackle
B - Slide Tackle
Y - Check (tackle)
X - Does nothing
R - Does nothing
L - Does nothing
*- SHOOTOUT -*
A - Nothing
B - Kick NOTE: When you push 'B', the player runs up to kick the
Y - Nothing ball. Before he kicks it, push 'B' again
X - Nothing right before he makes contact and the ball will go
R - Nothing a little faster. (see shootout section)
L - Nothing
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= =
= (RULES) =
=_________=
I'm assuming that because you bought a soccer game, you know the basic
rules of soccer. If you don't I'll be here laughing in your face while I
put your name on my list of pathetic losers. Ha, just kidding. Ok,
anyway. Seriously, if you don't know the rules of soccer than just ask
your gym teacher or your dad unless you don't want to be known as a
pathetic loser. And if you do know the rules sometimes sports games
completely change or ignore certain rules. Like NFL Blitz for instance.
Because of this Here's a list of things you should know before you kill
every player on field.
- Yes, there are refs so don't check(tackle) to often or they will call you
with a yellow card and rarely a red card.
NOTE: If you foul with someone who has already gotten a yellow card
THEN YOU GET A RED CARD. If your player's number is yellowish,
then be careful when you slidetackle because yes, they call for
those sometimes too(more often when you have already received
a card) and NEVER CHECK WHEN YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY FOULED.
- There is a boundary line so don't stupidly cross the line for any reason.
(If it's possible)
- I don't think it's possible, but I feel like informing all you geniuses
out there that in soccer only the goalie can touch the ball with his
hands. If your goalie is busy or something, don't storm in the goalie
box with another player trying to block the ball.
- Cornerkicks are corner kicks, goal kicks are goal kicks,
throw-ins are throw-ins, and about every boundary line rule is in play.
- Goalie's can leave the goalbox but i don't recommend it. Sometimes for
fun you can try and score with your goalie if your ahead or something,
but if you get checked, and the other team gets the ball, then your
screwed and the other team will score, and you'll feel really freaking
stupid. Now go cry in your room while you live your pathetic life. heh.
sorry.
- Your allowed to check (tackle) but if you do it constantly you'll
eventually get called for it. (I'm saying this again, because you don't
need to be check happy)
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= =
= (GAME TYPES) =
=______________=
When you pop in your cart it plays a nifty little movie and takes you to
the main menu. In the Menu it gives you two options: Exhibition, and
Tournament mode. If your looking for practice and a quick game that's
basically what an Exhibition is. If you want a challenge with a point
(to win, that is) then choose Tournament mode. For more information
look below.
*- EXHIBITION -*
In Exhibition mode you play a single game using the team of your choice
against the team of your choice. You can either play against a friend,
against the computer, or with a friend against the computer. Yes, that's
three possibilities. Count 'em three. OK, anyway, on the Main Menu
after you select Exhibition, you get to select how long your game lasts
till half time! alright! Oh, and by the way (if you care) when your
team is walking somewhere after the first half(probably the locker
rooms, but you never know) you can push 'B' to make the team jump in
unison. I don't know if you care, but I had to tell someone about
this. I'm so cool...
*- TOURNAMENT -*
In tournament mode you choose your team, then you play gradually
tougher teams until you play the championship. After you beat the
championship, well maybe I won't tell you... Ok i won't tell you.
HA HA HA! Now you have to find out for yourself. I feel so power
ful! Actually, I'm too lazy to type spoiler in big letters with
asterisks around it all over my FAQ. So if you really suck and you
really really want to know just email me your address and I'll tell
you.
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= (PASSING) =
=___________=
In most sports games, when you pass, it passes to the closest team-
mate on the Field/Court/ect. In Super Soccer, when you get the ball,
reddish colored arrows appear over one of your nearby team-mates
indicating who the ball will be passed to if you pass. To change
who will be passed to, push 'L' or 'R' and the arrow will switch to
another nearby team-mate. This type of passing can be difficult at
first, (just like everything else different in this game) but can
give you more options strategically and can be extremely useful (also
just like everything else different in this game).
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---------------------------------( IV. Teams )-------------------------------
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In Super Soccer there are 16 teams each representing a country. It's pretty
much the same as World Cup with the all the best teams. The teams
surprisingly are extremely uneven statistically. Unless your favorite
teams are Germany or Argentina (ect.)it's gonna be difficult at first if you
try and play with your favorite team. For example, i wanted to be the
good ol' USA when i first started playing, but when it shows the teams
with their stats i changed my mind. Back when Super Soccer was made, USA
was one of the sucky teams. *sniff, boo hoo* c'mon suck it up! you can live
with germany until you get good enough to play with your favorite.Hopefully,
your favorite team isn't Belgium, cause i doubt anyone is good enough to
get far in a tournament with Belgium (With very few exceptions). Anyway,
I've listed all the teams from "Worst to Best". ATK stands for,basically,
the overall offensive skills of the team. DEF stands for the defensive
skills of the team (uhhh...) And RUN stands for the speed of the team.
(another uhh...)
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIII
= Belgium = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIII
NOTE: RVTUNES emailed me with his evidence and password of beating
the game with Belgium. Even the most extreme players would have trouble
doing this. I command you all to go make a tiki in honor of RVTUNES and
bow down to it before all of your meals. heh. No, really. Just think about
it. Winning the Championship with Belgium is probably harder than spreading
mayonnaise on the back of your grandma's Uvula (it's that punching bag in
the back of your throat).
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIII
= Uruguay = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Yugoslavia = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Columbia = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Japan = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (GO USA!)
= U.S.A. = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= France = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Ireland = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Romania = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Cameroon = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= England = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Holland = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Brazil = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Italy = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
NOTE: Italy isn't quite as fast as Argentina and Germany, but RVTUNES
informed me of their awesome goalie. If you get good at manually
controlling the goalie I strongly recommend you use Italy.
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Argentina = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
NOTE: Germany has more players with higher average stats, but Argentina has
Diego, the player of all players. If you know where this guy is on
the field, give him the ball and scoring will be alot easier.
-------------- ATK - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
= Germany = DEF - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
-------------- RUN - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
NOTE: Germany is pretty much the best team, and I recommend all beginners
to use the top four teams until you improve.
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---------------------( V. Offense and Defense Strategies )-------------------
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When I started playing this game, I found it very difficult to score on the
goalies, at first. When you get the ball it's really easy to lose it almost
immediately, so you have to keep the ball moving. I feel like a soccer coach
but that just goes to show you how good this game really is. Over playing
this game alot, you tend to find little weaknesses in the game mostly
by accident. So I have listed some Offense and Defense strategies that
i have found to be extremely useful.
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= (OFFENSE) =
=___________=
Ok first off, like i said earlier, It's difficult to get anything
past the goalies, at first. When you watch the computer score they
make it look easy because they put angles on from a straight on shot.
So you have to shoot at just the right spot to get shots past the
goalie.
*- First Strategy -*
This one works great early on in the game and is easy to do. The only
problem is once the teams start to get tougher their goalies get
faster and they start to block this shot. Below is a peice of crap
that shows half of a field. Basically just kick a straight on Long
Shot(B) from the X on the graph thing. The ball should slide right
inside the side of the goal.
NOTE: Obviously this works on the left side as well, so take
anything you can get.
Ball should land here
__________________________\__________________
| | | X| | |
| | | | | |
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| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |____________________| |
| | | |
| \ _____ / |
| X |
| \ |
| Long kick from |
| here |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| ___ |
| / \ |
|-------------------------------------------|
\ ___ /
*- Second Strategy -*
This one is difficult to do sometimes but its the only thing that
saved me when i got farther in the tournament. For this one you
half to get the goalie away from the goal for awhile so you can
shoot a diagonal shot right beside him. (If your on the left side
of the field then you shoot it to the right of the goalie). Here
is another lame graph that looks like a kindergardener found ol'
Grampy's booze and drew a Giraffe, but if you can work with me
here, it's kinda hard to graph something this confusing. Anyway
once again the X is where you should kick a shot. Doesn't really
matter where you shoot it because your so close to the goal but
I recommend the short shot.
Kick the ball towards here
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| | | | | |
| | | G-goalie | | |
| | |____________| | |
| | X | |
| | \ | |
| | You (kick from here) |
| |____________________| |
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| \ _____ / |
| |
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| / \ |
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\ ___ /
*- Dribbling Strategy -*
When you have the ball, you have to either dribble or pass it.
Duh. Ok, if you suck at passing and the enemy(yes, the enemy)
always intercepts it then try dribbling the ball towards the
goal. Another Duh. When you dribble, you run alot slower than
when you don't have the ball, so you have to pass it every once
in a while when the enemy (yes the enemy) gets to close. or you
do this little zig zag thing I do sometimes. When an opponent
comes up behind you, you can either zig to the right, or zag
to the left. Ha. Duh. Common sense. But most of the time, the
opponent will come from an angle beside you. In that case, don't
zig, don't zag, but zog up and around the incoming slide-tackler.
Yes, zog right around them before they catch the ball with their
ever so quick little feet of death.
*- RVTUNES Strategy -*
This is an excellent strategy RVTUNES emailed me. When I first tried
it out it shocked me how well it worked. Well, what's different about
this one is that your extremely close to the goalie. You're gonna
have to have decent passing and dribbling skills to get by the
defense, but once you do there's no stopping you. Ok, for this one
you take the ball down the field along the sidelines and into the
corner (that's what I recommend). The defenders should follow you so
now pass it out to another of your teamates. This works for me most
of the time but if you can't seem to pass it out then you can just
skip step one and try and dribble in anyway. After you get the ball
from the first teammate take it along the lateral goal line (parralel
with the opponent's goal)and short kick it (pass it) into the goal.
The goalie should jump almost right over it just before the ball
slips in. If you don't understand what to do just check the maps
below.
STEP 1: X - Dribble the ball here
Y - Pass to here (to a teammate)
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| X | | | | |
| Y | | | | |
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| |____________________| |
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| \ _____ / |
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| / \ |
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\ ___ /
STEP 2: X - Kick the ball from here
Y - Kick towards here
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| | | Y | | |
| | | | | |
| | |____________| | |
| | X | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |____________________| |
| | | |
| \ _____ / |
| |
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| / \ |
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\ ___ /
*- Curving the Ball -*
When you kick the ball hit right or left on the D-pad right after and
it should curve a little bit. Very useful when your in a 'non-scoring'
position.
NOTE: Works for Shootout too.
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= =
= (DEFENSE) =
=___________=
There's not alot of defensive strategies you can use, but i have a list
of tips below to help you out on some of the small things.
- Never take your goalie out of the goalie box when you have the ball.
Like I said earlier, if you get checked, the other team will most
likely score. (unless your team is weak, because then the ball won't
go far and you'll end up in another problem)
- If your surrounded by opponents in your goalie box then Long Kick it
out of there right away and try and recover it with another player
at half field.
- Don't check to often because, (like i said previously) refs will call
on you if you do it to much.
- Don't take the ball up the field with a defender. When you dribble the
ball, your surrounding team-mates seem to follow you up the field, so
you dont want all your defenders where all your strikers (forwards) are.
- When you select your formation, select one with at least 3 defenders. I
recommend 4 but i guess if your good enough you can make it easier for
with more strikers and half backs(mid-fielders).
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-------------------------( VI. Shootout )------------------------------------
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A Shootout is a tie breaker in soccer. If the game ends and the score is
still tied, then you will have to settle the score in a Shootout. In a
Shootout, one player from your team will try and shoot a penalty shot past
the opponent's goalie. If you score, that's a point and then the other team
has a shot. If you score two in a row,(which means you score, block the
opponent's shot, and score again) you win the shootout and the game. If you
want to practice a Shootout you can select it in Exhibition Mode. When
kicking the ball in a shootout, you can hold a direction (up,up-right,
right,down-right,down, down-left,left,up-left) when you push 'B' to
kick it. Also, for a faster kick, after you push 'B' your player runs up to
the ball to kick it. Before he kicks the ball, push 'B' again before he makes
contact.
As for being the goalie and blocking the shots, you have to watch carefully
where the ball is going and predict where to jump. To jump you push a
direction and 'B' and he will jump in the direction to block the shot.
NOTE: You can curve the ball in Shootouts too. Just check in the Offensive
Strategies above.
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----------------------( VII. Frequently Asked Questions )--------------------
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Q: How do I unlock the Uber team with England?
A: Well as for the English Uber team it's new to me.
Someone else asked me this too and he said that you have to
highlight England on the team selection screen and enter in
a combination of buttons and all the players will be the Staff
members with really good stats. If anyone knows how to do this (the
button combination) let me know and I will post it here (and give you
credit) and everyone will be a little more happier.
(>'.'>) look it's kirby!
Q: How do I curve the ball? The computer does it but I don't know how.
A: This question has been in my inbox alot. I had forgotten, but I remember
now and it should be in my FAQ if it's recent.
Q: How do you unlock the Expert Mode?
A: Because of all the questions about cheats I made a cheat section and it
should be up if your reading this. So check down there.
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--------------------------( VIII. Contact Me )--------------------------------
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If you have any questions, comments, or if you just want to tell me about
what you had for breakfast, I'm always home because I have no life and
you can talk to me most nights at **9:30 EASTERN TIME** please don't email
me saying that I'm on at four in the morning and not at 9:30 like I said
just because you live in Egypt or wherever. You can contact me at
dason_rise@hotmail.com and I'm on MSN Messenger most nights at 9:30 EST
like I said before. Oh, and one more thing...IF YOU SO MUCH AS THINK
ABOUT SENDING ME SPAM MAY THE GOD OF DASON HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL...
Ehem. Thanks for reading this FAQ.
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----------------------( XI. Version History )--------------------------------
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1.00 - I started and finished almost all of it
1.05 - I changed a few typos (problematic typos)and added some more tips
1.30 - I added some more tips and a strategy RVTUNES sent me
1.50 - I added a cheat section and updated Frequently Asked Questions
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-------------------------( X. Cheap Cheats )---------------------------------
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Expert Style - For a harder difficulty select Continue from the Tournament Mode
Screen and press:
Up-Right, Down-Left, RIght, Down, Down-Right, Left, Down-Left,
Up-Right.
If you return to the main menu there should be an Expert option.
Final Match - If you want to skip to the Final Match against Argentina go to
the Tournament mode and the team selection screen and push:
Up, Lower Left, Right, Right, Right, Upper Right, Down, Up
Shootout Trick - When your playing shootout against one of your friends (human
not computer) you can trick them by making the ball seem like
it's going right but it's actually going left (and viceversa)
Just hold the 'R' button when kicking left and the 'L' button
when kicking right.
Play as Nintendo - you can let Player two play as nintendo when you do this.
Go to Exhibition Mode and select '1 player VS. 2 player'
Hold down the start button and hit 'B' ON PLAYER TWO'S
CONTROLLER and you should get the Nintendo Team.
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----------------------------( XI. Credits )----------------------------------
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- First off, I would like to thank Human.inc for making an actually possible
sports game. (Unlike Acclaim)
- Secondly, I would like to thank E machines, for making the world 1 dollar
more expensive. And making one more unhappy customer.
- I would like to thank myself because I typed this thing and I'm the
coolest guy around
- To actually thank someone that DID something... I'd like to thank Seth
and his brother Derek Case for teaching me the second offense strategy
and helping me out with this game. Thanks guys.
- RVTUNES, for proving to be an excellent gamer by winning a tournament
with Belgium, and for giving me excellent strategies and tips to put
in this sacred piece of information you are reading now.
