Comments on: Foot-to-Ball: The Demonstration Continues

By: Paul B

Paul B — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:41:14 +0000

Thank you terry,

I guffawed mightily when reading your post :)

By: terry

terry — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:52:32 +0000

Dear sir/s,

I am aghast to note the dispatches section of your recent article concerning the popular sport “foot-to-ball” exhibiting disparagement by all manner of knaves and charlatans.

For the record, many gentleman consider “Foot-to-baller of the Year” to be a searing epoch in foot-to-ball related memorabilia. An intriguing offering from the Orient is the “Match (of a) Day” series – who sought the London Symphony Orchestra’s assistance in the rendition of the jaunty “here we go” chorus.

More recent offerings include the 1807 version of “New Star Foot-to-baller” and “Foot-to-ball Manager 1808″. I cannot recommend the latter as it accepts foreign competitors.

Yours sincerely,

Sir Terence

PS I do not subscribe to this new fad of deliberate misspelling. I corrected my grammar in accordance.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:14:17 +0000

Or for short, AYBABTUSSUUTB.

That’s almost pronouncable!

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:10:12 +0000

I think it should be called All-Your-Base-Are-Belong-To-Us-Someone-Set-Us-Up-The-Ball.

Okay, I’ll get my coat…

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:08:16 +0000

@ InVinoVeritas: Most likely. Aside from, y’know, making sense that also has the advantage of sounding like it might be a ball game for bats.

…

Which probably already exists in Japan.

By: Dante

Dante — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:08:13 +0000

Walker is indeed a baseball fan, god knows why.

By: InVinoVeritas

InVinoVeritas — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:01:30 +0000

@ Ian: Shouldn’t that technically be bat-to-ball?

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:55:22 +0000

Foot-to-balls? Isn’t that the game where you run around kicking people in the testicles? The scoring system is a bit opaque though, since it’s done on a ratio of how many scoring kicks you make, divided by the time elapsed from the first kick attempt up until the point you get arrested.

Still, at least it’s more fun than Mornington Crescent.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:50:19 +0000

@ Dante: Uh-oh, that might not go down well. I believe one of our esteemed RPS/PC Gamer writers is into base-to-ball. Unless it’s one of the PCG writers who’s not on here, in which case you can probably feel free to go nuts. ;)

By: Janek

Janek — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:38:56 +0000

Unlike the 360 demo, I’m sure enterprising individuals will find ways to extend the length ¬_¬

I installed it last night (dear God it took almost half an hour – damnable bloated install programs!) but then I fell asleep. So. No opinion yet.

By: Dante

Dante — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:31:35 +0000

If it’s anything like the 360 demo the match length will be locked to ‘stupidly short’.

@ Speedcore

But then we’d keep confusing it with baseball!

By: Chris Evans

Chris Evans — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:27:56 +0000

Well it isn’t going to be done before I go to work, and then I won’t be about tonight, and I am working full shifts from friday to sunday…yeah I won’t be getting to play it for a while :(