To Andrew...

[Metsis]

It's not like Andrew was asked to do all these things... It's not like it's his job to keep the site running, it's more like his hobby. He's like the rest of us. He wants to enjoy the game and want to see other people enjoy the game too. I want to play the game and I want to talk to other people who have played the game too.

We are all fans... We give feedback, EA does not ask for it, but they will consider them as we are the fans, the guys who buy the product year-in-year-out. We do what we do for the love of it...

I just played a game of 2005 yesterday that I haven't really played since the game came out in Australia... Been hunting it down ever since. I would love to get my hands on it as I for one am not too worried about the final product. Andrew gave his fair estimate and I think we are along the same lines with this one. If he'll like the game, I'll probably enjoy it too.

We are the fans... EA could employ the moderator of this board, it has happened before with Tim Tschriner (can't remember how to spell that last name, as it's a total biatch to remember), but he used to be the webmaster of NLSC and he's now working for EA as a producer on the NBA Live series.

To get Andrew to work with EA is all about EA and if he really would want to work with them. If this board became something that EA would "own" the board could lose some of it's edge as it would no longer be a fan site, but a "kiss EA ass" site from there on in (it would add alot more scepticism about the reviews and stuff released on the web page, and would that limit what we could post here too, probably so)...

Anyway, I'm getting off track... Andrew is the webmaster and moderator and his association with EA is his own business. As of today, the sight is not affiliated with EA by any means.

[Jeff_Hornacek]

Andrew is a very dedicated guy and keeps NLSC running better then ever!
I remember the old days with TIm tschimer (spelling?), the German dude.

What happened to him? I could see his name on last year game´s credits....
Did he get tired of nba live ....

Hoooray to the german dude, NLSC founder!

[cyanide]

Tim works for EA now and because of that, I don't think he has time for the NLSC.

[Andrew]

Andrew, you rock. I wouldn't be playing this game year round if I couldn't get roster updates and had to do it myself. You should have a donation link somewhere here so we can contribute a little to your efforts. Thanks dude.

Thank you for the kind words JW. However, I wouldn't feel right about accepting donations as the NLSC's hosting is paid for by advertising and the only real money I spend on the site is to buy the game and that's something I want to do for myself anyway. I do invest a fair bit of time but I will always yield to my personal/professional/social life in that regard. But I appreciate the thought.

It's not like Andrew was asked to do all these things... It's not like it's his job to keep the site running, it's more like his hobby. He's like the rest of us. He wants to enjoy the game and want to see other people enjoy the game too. I want to play the game and I want to talk to other people who have played the game too.

Sums up my position and motivation pretty well.

[OldFoolStyle]

Ok, just for a change of veiw here.

EA doesn't listen to us because they focus more on gimics than gameplay, read the board and the wishlist, the overwelming majority of requests are for more gimics. Gameplay is often relegated to a single eponymys request. You want gameplay fixed, tell them how, in detail. They can only listen to what needs to be fixed if we actually use the words to tell them.

Don't just say gameplay sux0rs and run, that ain't productive. Be specific, ask for freestyle moves while backing down, complain that post players can't go baseline without going out of bounds. I always see posts about people threatening not to buy next year if some player doesn't have the right part in his hair, never seen one about freestyle animations being much longer than needed.

Whoever said that Microsoft needs to get in the game needs to go play Inside drive for 8 hours, was that game 10 years behind Live 95 or what?.