Donovan at E3

Discussion in 'San Jose Earthquakes' started by tkgunn, May 11, 2004.

  1. tkgunn

    tkgunn Member

    Nov 18, 1998
    NJ
  2. drewb

    drewb Member

    Jul 11, 2001
    S'vale
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  3. drewb

    drewb Member

    Jul 11, 2001
    S'vale
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Whoa...re-take. I missed Ali. That makes three.

    Donovan is definitely lucky to be on the same stage with the Champ. He's in the top 3 of people I'd like to have over for dinner.
     
  4. IBleedTeal

    IBleedTeal Member+

    Jun 2, 2001
    Yves Fiat
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Anybody ever hear of some Swede named Marcus Naslund?
     
  5. Ringo

    Ringo Member

    Jun 10, 2002
    Rough and Ready
    Club:
    Yeovil Town FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Melo the man.
     
  6. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Landon Donovan face at the biggest videogame convention... sporting an Earthquakes home jersey, no less! Cool! :cool:

    That'll probably anger the plenty of videogame-haters on the Quakes boards, though. :(

    GO EARTHQUAKES!!!


    -G
     
  7. CanuckFan

    CanuckFan Member

    Dec 13, 1999
    Calgary
    Club:
    FC Energie Cottbus
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    "Anybody ever hear of some Swede named Marcus Naslund?"

    Yep, he was punked out a couple of weeks ago by my hometown Flames, along with the rest of the Lotusland Canucks.
     
  8. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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  9. FlashMan

    FlashMan Member

    Jan 6, 2000
    'diego
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Donovan at EA

    Donovan looks pretty small on that stage.

    Good stuff though.
     
  10. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Donovan at EA

    That's actually rather telling of the psychology of average American sports fans, who like to see their sports stars as "larger than life", which in their eyes usually translates into near-seven-foot basketball players or 350-pound football linemen or whatever. They don't seem to want their sports stars having the same physical proportions as them (I think Donovan is 5'8", which is probably just slightly below-average height for American males... but close enough), regardless of how much talent they have in their particular sport. :( Most soccer players (in the U.S., at least) are around Donovan's height or just a bit taller.


    I wonder if the G4tv channel will show a glimpse of Donovan and the rest of the athletes in its eventual E3 special? :)


    GO EARTHQUAKES!!!


    -G
     
  11. FlashMan

    FlashMan Member

    Jan 6, 2000
    'diego
    Club:
    --other--
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    United States
    well, i'm 6'5" and Donovan will always be a bit "larger than life" to me, but he still looks small on that stage compared to those people he's next to (and the size of the stage).
     
  12. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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    San Jose Earthquakes
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    United States
    So would the average American sports fan - and that's the way they seem to like it. :eek:

    GO EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


    -G
     
  13. LeeS

    LeeS Member

    Mar 23, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh, a gamers convention... Finally, people geekier than soccer fans!

    Lee
     
  14. Albany58

    Albany58 Member+

    Sep 14, 1999
    Concord, CA USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ROTFLMFAO! :)
     
  15. Joser

    Joser Member

    Feb 8, 2004
    Salinas, California
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At E3 they revealed some scenes from the new FIFA 2005. I don't know how many of you play it but the community online for these games is phenomenal. People always creating boots, faces, jerseys, and Stadiums to import into the game. It's great.

    I'm really just padding my post number so I can get 100, but my post does have some pertinent information.
     
  16. tkgunn

    tkgunn Member

    Nov 18, 1998
    NJ


    ehhh, your laughing at people who you think are geeky using an internet saying,,, who was the dork again?
     
  17. Albany58

    Albany58 Member+

    Sep 14, 1999
    Concord, CA USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep, I plead guilty.....but I still laugh at it.
     
  18. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 Quakes

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Donovan at E3 :D

    Not DnD, or the Star Trek/anime conventions for that matter. The big video game/multimedia convention. The promo is for online gaming, and if I am right EA just inked a deal with Microsoft in that regard.

    The custom gaming has been the standard for a long time on the PC. Now, if that can work on a Playstation/Xbox et al people will flock to the game consoles so they have all the latest data to play.

    Lucky that EA has Landon on their radar. Eventually, the marketers theres may/will want Freddy Adu to be the new video game poster boy. Cheers!
     
  19. stopper4

    stopper4 Member

    Jan 24, 2000
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If you can live without the Fifa license, Konami's 'Winning 11' is supposed to be 10X the game.

    Looking forward to Doom3 coming out this summer, as well as S.T.A.L.K.E.R and a couple others, and I don't really even like FPS.
     
  20. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Re: Donovan at E3 :D

    Just wait for next year, though, when Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all scheduled to release the next generation (256-bit?) gaming consoles - the timing sounds about right, as consoles generally go through 4-5 year cycles.

    This time around, the new console systems will already have broadband online capability, voice (headset) capability, HDTV compatibility, hard drives, etc. Of course, high-end PC's already have those (I'm sure that the very high-end video cards even have HDTV compatibility).

    It's cool that Landon is on EA's radar (and perhaps Frederick will be too). Will EA become the San Jose Earthquakes' new I/O (they are relatively-local, after all, though it's still wishful thinking... but one can dream, can't one?)? ;)

    And the upcoming games for both PC and consoles look pretty sweet!

    GO EARTHQUAKES!!!


    -G


    P.S. = Albany58 may laugh at videogaming, but what's the one aspect of the computer industry that's kept the rest afloat the last few years? That's right... videogames and videogame-related items (like video cards, sound cards, etc.). :p
     
  21. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But what's the point of playing a soccer game without MLS? I refused to play Championship Manager 03/04 for that very reason, though that won't be a problem with the upcoming MLS Manager 2005. :cool:


    Why not? :confused:


    GO EARTHQUAKES!!!


    -G
     
  22. tkgunn

    tkgunn Member

    Nov 18, 1998
    NJ
    Winning Eleven 7 is ten times better than the fifa series as far as gameplay goes. Now they dont have the Fifa license so the players names are a little off but you can edit everything in the game. I've been playing winning eleven 6 and 7 for the past year and I still see things that I haven't before. The way the ball react's to deflections, challenges, hitting the post, its all so realistic that it creates so many different gameplay aspects.



    "This time around, the new console systems will already have broadband online capability, voice (headset) capability, HDTV compatibility, hard drives, etc."
    xbox already has all of those things.



    "Looking forward to Doom3 coming out this summer, as well as S.T.A.L.K.E.R and a couple others, and I don't really even like FPS."
    Half-Life 2 is the game u should get.
     
  23. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Today's episode of G4tv.com (on the G4tv channel - Channel 136 on Comcast Digital Cable) took place on location from the E3 Expo. Among other things was shown some brief footage of this very EA Xbox live unveiling... and yes, Landon was briefly shown in his Earthquakes jersey as well. :eek:

    Mohammed Ali was the featured guest star on the stage in that footage.

    If you missed the episode, it'll be rebroadcast throughout the week.

    GO EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


    -G


    P.S. = Starting on May 28th, G4tv and TechTV will merge to become G4TechTV, though I don't yet know whether it'll occupy G4tv's current channel listing or TechTV's current channel listing (Comcast Digital Cable channel 294).
     
  24. living_ded_boy

    living_ded_boy New Member

    May 24, 2001
    Pleasanton, Ca
    Re: Donovan at EA

    My money is on him in a foot race though. :D
     
  25. tkgunn

    tkgunn Member

    Nov 18, 1998
    NJ
    there is no way that donovan is faster than larry fitzgerald
     

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