Goal Of The Month - February [Archive]

siread

03-03-2006, 07:34 PM

Ok, here we go...

You know the score. Download the 10 candidates from the following link and extract the .rep files into your Game\Replays folder.

http://replays.newstargames.com/GOTM_FEB/FebruaryContenders.zip

If you want to watch all of the entries then download this file:

http://replays.newstargames.com/GOTM_FEB/FebruaryEntrants.zip

Apologies to a couple of entrants who submitted goals from a rogue version of the Sensational Engine which corrupted the replay files. The goals couldn't be viewed and so were left out of the competition. The 4 goals were:

BraziPeru1.rep
ColumL.A. 1.rep
D.C. L.A. 1.rep
L.A. K.C. 1.rep

I'm sorry if these were your goals.

AfterDeath

03-03-2006, 08:02 PM

Woah, two goals in! Thanks Si. :D Yeah, this should be interesting. The rest of them are excellent...

Qwertyest

03-03-2006, 08:51 PM

Woo!! 2 Of my goals as well!! :D

Hmm... Now do I vote for Number 2 ... Or do I vote for Number 7? :lol:

AfterDeath

03-03-2006, 09:07 PM

That was you? Woah! I've been trying to get the ball in directly from a corner for ages, so congrats! Number 7's real class and will probably win! :D

JJU

03-03-2006, 09:09 PM

I must try harder :( Great stuff though guys, some real nice goals in there!

Qwertyest

03-03-2006, 09:48 PM

That was you? Woah! I've been trying to get the ball in directly from a corner for ages, so congrats! Number 7's real class and will probably win! :D

Hmm ... I dunno ... I'm pretty tempted to vote for my passing move over my corner kick effort. I like the way the passes just flow together and open up the opposition's defense! ... But then with my corner kick, and the way the ball just floats in perfectly! ... ARGH!!! I can't decide!

It would have been so much easier for me to decide which goal to vote for if only one of my goals made it! Then, I'd obviously vote for my one goal that made it in the top 10, cos it's my goal, and it'd be nice to win! lol

Not that I'm complaining about having two goals in the competition, or anything! :lol: Considering Si had over 100 goals to choose from last month, and probably a similar number this month, I would have been amazed if 1 of my goals made it! ... But 2!!! :blimey:

Kaldow

03-03-2006, 10:08 PM

I liked the passing move goal, it got my vote. ;)

tezmac

03-03-2006, 10:26 PM

Some very good goals this month, hopefully I will start to put some nice ones away now my stats are up a bit more...

I think that the passing one is my favorite as it involves the team and also the finish is tidy and sweet. No fancy finishing just a typical bang it home goal.

Plus it was on EXPERT mode too which makes it even more of a goal....

Nice one!

Qwertyest

03-03-2006, 10:38 PM

Yay! My goal is in the lead! Can we end the voting now? :lol:

makelw

03-04-2006, 04:08 PM

I forgot to send my goals because of the short month.. :D but I'm glad I didn't because I'm pretty sure that if I sent goals I think my goals haven't a chance to end up this voting.. :D

!S_M!

03-07-2006, 04:35 AM

Wow some of those goals were amazing and in any other given month would've taken the prize but that corner should've been impossible. I have to join the Corner kick vote group after seeing that.

Now if only I was a registerred member of 3 and had kept a replay of my goal... I imagine it's the only goal ever occurred while the GK was in possession of the ball... (Check out the bugs in NSS3 section for my report on that one.. :D)

Oh well I can't win the prize but I'm going to try and recreate that goal just to show folks the insanity.. ^^

bpetherick

03-07-2006, 05:41 PM

See, I have learnt to edit my responses now. The corner is great - and on expert. I have been trying for 5-6 seasons now to get even close to that. One weirdness is the replay close-up disappears just when the ball crosses the line. I was trying to see if a defender had pushed the ball over the line.
My second choice was No 2, good passing - it is nice to see a human player being able to do that. Everytime I pass to my teammates in those types of positions, they just shoot away.
I also very much liked the long ranged volley - No 5. Although it was on amateur, it was a very controlled shot.

Still think my bounced off the keeper should have been selected, but I think that may be for this month, now!

One quick question. Replay No 4 has two teams with the same name. What is going on?

AfterDeath

03-07-2006, 06:12 PM

Heh, Qwertyest has this one in the bag. Congrats mate. :D

JJU

03-07-2006, 06:33 PM

Having looked at them again, my vote has gone to #7 too.. great goal that I'd imagine most of us are going to spend a long time trying to replicate!

I'm still convinced my curling goal straight from the kick-off should have made it though :( :lol:

Qwertyest

03-07-2006, 08:47 PM

:blimey: OMG!!! I'm currently in 1st AND 2nd!!! :dance: I haven't even voted yet!

Damnit! I should have saved one of them goals for next month! :lol:

tezmac

03-08-2006, 04:02 PM

Hey, what happens if u vote for the passing one and it ends in a draw? Does Si decide or do the two goals go back out for a revote between just the two of them????????

siread

03-08-2006, 04:07 PM

I'm still convinced my curling goal straight from the kick-off should have made it though :( :lol:

It was in my top 15 and almost made it. I had a few long rangers of similar skill though, so in the end i dropped it. Sorry mate.

If there's a draw the Moderators decide on a winner.

tezmac

03-08-2006, 04:08 PM

Thanks I was wondering what would happen. Do you vote for your favorite one then Si?

siread

03-08-2006, 05:22 PM

No, i don't. I reserve judgement until there's a draw.

AfterDeath

03-08-2006, 07:37 PM

Heh, I've been trying the corner goal for a while. :D Hence the acute lob in open play.

Pitch Invasion

03-09-2006, 09:56 AM

Wow...that corner (no.7) was something else, i have tried that a few times but it always goes horribly wrong....

cant believe mine (no.8) made it in as all the goals are top notch... :dance:

better try harder next time.:D

tezmac

03-09-2006, 10:25 AM

It looks like Richard's corner goal is going to win it!!

AfterDeath

03-11-2006, 12:37 PM

Congrats Qwertyest on two stunning goals.

Ace

03-11-2006, 02:55 PM

Woah, the first and second price! :blimey: ;)
Congrats...

siread

03-11-2006, 03:07 PM

Yes, congrats to Richard. Please PM me your choice of item(s) from the New Star Shop worth up to $30.

http://www.cafepress.com/newstarshop

:D

Nando

03-11-2006, 03:09 PM

Congrats Qwertyest!!!!!!!!!!

Qwertyest

03-11-2006, 05:36 PM

:blimey: Wow! 1st AND 2nd?? And over 50% of the total votes??? :dance:

Now I know that I should've kept one of those 2 goals back for next month's comp! :lol:

Hey Si, don't I get any sort of 'bonus' prize for finishing in 2nd place, too? :lol:

AfterDeath

03-11-2006, 05:42 PM

Don't push your luck. ;)

Well done though mate. What do you think you'll go for from the Shop?

Qwertyest

03-11-2006, 05:45 PM

Well, I'm gonna have to get the Teddy Bear as my sister really wants it :lol:

Then I'll also have the mug ... Could do with a new one, so might as well get a prize mug! :lol:

tezmac

03-12-2006, 12:15 PM

I just noticed that the GOTM on the main homepage is still for November!!!!!

BTW Well done Qwertyest on two great goals :clap:

Fry Crayola

03-13-2006, 11:00 AM

Fry's goal was a moment of magic... ;)

!S_M!

03-14-2006, 12:36 AM

Umm... if you say so. Me, I thought it was a moment of good luck combined with poor GK AI.

tezmac

03-14-2006, 09:04 AM

Well that shot Fry's goal down in a moment of glory !S_M!....

To be honest you could say that for any goal ever scored so I say Fry's was a great goal as well....

Fry Crayola

03-14-2006, 09:32 AM

Umm... if you say so. Me, I thought it was a moment of good luck combined with poor GK AI.

Luck shmuck. The graceful poise of Crayola as he deftly lifted the ball onto the bar to foil the goalkeeper should be recorded in the annals of time.

In truth I'm surprised it made the top ten. I've scored far better goals that I could never save because my laptop F5 is broken. It took a wireless USB keyboard to save this one.

!S_M!

03-14-2006, 01:45 PM

Don't get me wrong, Fry, it was interesting to see that rebound goal and you don't normally get to see a ball bouncing off the top bar rebounding like that.. I just didn't think it was in the same league as the ones where the result was something that was intentional rather than a stroke of good luck having it land in your grasp. I've seen clips much less nice put up as a nominee though. Yours was respectable.. it just didn't make me want to stare in awe like two or three of the others managed is all.

siread

03-15-2006, 07:07 AM

I thought it warranted a wider audience as it was more interesting than a lot of the 50 yarders that i get sent. :)

Fry Crayola

03-15-2006, 02:05 PM

Luck shmuck. I meant it all the way.

;)

Nikola88

03-15-2006, 02:13 PM

I thought it warranted a wider audience as it was more interesting than a lot of the 50 yarders that i get sent. :)
Yes ,like mine... :(

siread

03-15-2006, 03:57 PM

Heheh. 50 yard shots bore me. They just highlight that i need to work on the keeper AI more. :wall:

tezmac

03-15-2006, 04:10 PM

I have scored some cracking goals from about 50 yards too, some of them even bounced over the 'keeper!!!!!!!!

Ace

03-15-2006, 05:47 PM

I sent in one from 78 yards for January I think, didn't make the grade... ;)

Qwertyest

03-15-2006, 05:50 PM

Ahem! I think that by looking at the final tally of votes, I clearly PWNED this month's GOTM comp! ;) lol

siread

03-22-2006, 03:39 PM

Not enough voters. I might start a newsletter to remind everyone. :)

tezmac

03-22-2006, 04:30 PM

Good thinking... 28 users is not really that good and with the number of people who visit the forum I was expecting somewhere round the 100 mark....

szenti

03-22-2006, 04:32 PM

its so hard to decide, i could have chosen at least 5 for the top spot
i don't remember whether i voted or not though:)

JJU

03-22-2006, 05:41 PM

I think a lot of it may be due to people not being bothered enough to download and extract files etc... then maybe trawl through any existing replays of their own until they hit the 10 winning entries.

Maybe an improved interface for the replays would aleviate this? You could have little subfolders and click into them etc

siread

03-22-2006, 05:44 PM

Initially i wanted to create the DivX videos as well, but they are very slow to create, slow to download and slow to watch!

Nando

03-22-2006, 05:52 PM

Maybe a quick replay viewer would do the trick...

Like, you could see the replays online, now using DivX...

oasismark

03-27-2006, 01:42 PM

I'd say the hastle is putting people off.

Being able to view directly through the web page or a video would get more votes in.

!S_M!

03-27-2006, 02:50 PM

Agreed. Especially annoying because of the way the replay engine works. If the replay function allowed you to see an index list of all the replays and choose which one you'd want to see it'd be a tad better than having to pass through them all one by one just to get to the relevant one.

But even if that was different there's still the whole process of DLing, unzipping to the right place, openning the game, and going into the replay engine. Would be soooo much better if we could just visit a webpage that has the replay movie embedded inside it.