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By Anthony De Franco  March 1, 2010, at 2:25 am  There is a lot to report in the world of video game MMA. THQ has begun the UFC 2010: Undisputed news cycle as they are going to release a new blog post every tuesday and Thursday, and do a Q & A with the community every two weeks. Be sure to get your questions in on their forums to make sure that they get answered.
Of course, We’ll be here to break down the news for all the true MMA fans. You know, all the people who are more excited about Gogopalatas than Kimbo Slice.
Let’s get started with some of the answers from this week’s Q & A:
Q: Are there going to be TKO’s due to injury and stoppage in Undisputed 2010?
Yes! Victories in 2010 can be achieved in a number of ways, one of which is stoppage due to cuts and injury. Did anyone tune in to UFC 110 and see the Bonnar fight that ended due to ref/doctor stoppage? ‘Stoppage’ was one of the biggest requests from our fan base, so we just had to implement these victory conditions.
A welcome addition for sure. MMA is a complex sport that has a lot of different ways to end a fight, and as such all of them should be represented in virtual form. It remains to be seen if Herb Dean is going to dive in and pull you off of your counterpart, but I hope he does.
Q: KO animations: have they changed?
Completely. Last year, we divulged that KO animations were a combination of animation and free form physics. The same is still true this year, but we changed a few things…We’ve emphasized the physics share of the equation much more. This makes the Knockout a much more high fidelity experience. How the KO looks will also be a product of how a player gets his lights put out: depending on where and how hard you land a strike, you’ll get a different looking KO. Cant wait to see some community compilations come May!
Last year, one of my biggest gripes with the game was the flying mouthpieces. While it was cool the first few times, it just made the whole thing feel fake. Now, no word on if that still happens, but we do get new KO animations. Let’s just hope that knocked out fighters don’t end up looking like ragdolls.
Q: Whats up with the game menu this year?
We redesigned the entire navigation system so you can get to where you want quickly and easily. ‘Nuff said.
Thank you, Jesus. Last year’s game was so clumsy in terms of menu navigation that it made not want to change the sponsors on my shorts in career mode. Seriously, it took SIX clicks of the “A” button to change one logo on my shorts. Does that make any sense to anyone? It’s good to hear that this complaint was heard. Hopefully the menu system makes more sense the second time around.
Alright, that is it from the Q & A, so let’s move on to the Blog entry regarding submissions.
We’ve kept the bread and butter subs that you know and love from last year’s Undisputed, but we’ve added some great variations and new options for those who want to use them. We saw a ton of people asking for the full Omoplata submission in 2010, which you’ll now be able to execute in the virtual octagon. Even the rare and elusive Gogoplata is making its Undisputed 2010 debut. Nothing spells ‘awesome’ like an shoulder lock to submission, right?
We’ve also added the Americana, D’Arce (think Thiago vs Swick in UFC 109), Peruvian Necktie, Achilles lock, Ankle Lock, Heel Hook, Arm Triangle, and tons of leg locks, just to name a few. You’ll even see some Ultimate fighters breaking out their signature subs on the mat, like BJ Penn’s rear naked choke by way of arm trap (think UFC 101 and his submission of Kenny Florian).
In addition to over twice as many new submissions along with their own distinct animations, there are new positions from which you can attempt a submission. Your posture when in the guard will affect what submission you can initiate. So if you’re down posture, you’ll be going for a Kimura whereas if your postured up, you’ll be going for a kneebar.
Another complaint from last year’s game was that there simply were not enough submissions. Now, that should be solved as just about every submission I can think of that I’ve seen in a fight in the last five or six years is in there. Well, actaully, there is no anaconda choke, which has to annoy Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Nothing lifeshattering, but some good reveals nonetheless.
By Anthony De Franco January 30, 2010, at 7:00 pm Here is another gem from Tito Ortiz. Now he’s claiming that the salary increases that MMA has seen over the last few years are all his doing. From MMA Junkie:
“People like (Rashad) Evans and ‘Rampage’ Jackson and Chuck Liddell – these guys are making the millions now because of me holding out. If I didn’t hold out, they’d get taken advantage of.”
… “‘Rampage’ is a guy who I’ve helped out a lot. When he came from PRIDE, he got the same contract I did – exactly the same contract as I did. I gave it it to him, and I told him, ‘This is what I’m getting, bro. This
what you should be getting.’ He did, and he got it. It’s just one of those things that I’ve always tried to help out guys like Matt Hughes, the dirtbag, and guys like that who just hate on me – probably because either they wanted to be like me or they can’t achieve as much as I have.”
Uhhh…Tito. Hughes has achieved way, way more than you. He is a no doubt UFC hall of famer, you are a guy who held the title once and has been smoked by Chuck Liddell twice. Hughes may be a dirtbag, but at least he has the cred to back it up.
Earlier this week, Ortiz claimed that Liddell had an alcohol problem. We all know Chuck likes to party, but Ortiz claimed he was an alcoholic. Not cool.
I shouldn’t be so annoyed by Ortiz. This is what he does. He uses his mouth to get attention. He says outlandish things that annoy people. We all have a friend like this. If you think you don’t then you are probably your group’s Tito.
After all he said this week, I am looking forward to Chuck throwing a looping right hook and knocking Ortiz the hell out.
By Anthony De Franco October 27, 2009, at 6:38 pm This really makes no sense. Mets fans, you need a serious fan intervention.
I know this World Series match up is the worst thing that you could have imagined when the season started six months ago. If you knew this would have happened back in April, you guys probably wouldn’t have bothered to even show up. Hell, I know a Met fan that has denounced baseball and claims that “he’s ready for the season to just be over.”
I get that this season didn’t go as planned. I get the Mets fans who are abstaining from rooting interest in this series. I even get those Met fans that are refrain from watching the series. If it’s that painful, then I won’t ask you to watch.
The Mets fans that annoy me are the ones who are choosing to support their division rival rather than their big brother from across town. I really need someone to explain this to me.
I know that Mets fans are far more anti-Yankee than most Yankee fans are anti-Met. I know that Mets fans have this “little brother” complex that keeps them awake at night. All they want is to prove that they can hang with their big brother and all his cool, older friends in the American League, but they can’t. They are always exposed for what they are. The cute red-headed little brother in the coke bottle glasses that still has a ton of growing up to do.
If the Yanks are the big brother in this little analogy, that would make the Phillies the neighborhood bully. For the last few years, they’ve dragged the Mets around the playground, and winning a championship last year didn’t make the situation any better. This season, with the Mets being pathetically awful, there was never a chance that the little redheaded kid was going snap and blindside the bully with a two by four when he least expected.
Now, here comes big brother to save the day. After the Phillies have ruled the playground for over a year, the Yankees are coming to take back what is rightfully theirs. The World Series has been exclusive property of the Yanks since it’s inception. They’ve occasionally let other teams borrow it, but no one has ever kept it for more than a little while.
So, why can’t the Mets put aside sibling rivalry and just enjoy watching the Phils get punched in the face? That’s whats going to happen. The Phillies are the Yankees-lite. They have good pitching, but Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee are not C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. They have a good closer, but compare Brad Lidge to Mariano Rivera and you’re likely to get whacked by a guido in a Jeter jersey. They have a nice little lineup, but it pales in comparison to the Yanks absolutely deadly batting order.
So, why are the Mets fans going to sit here and rain on the Yankee parade and cheer for the team that they should hate most in the entire world? Did Jet fans root for the Patriots against the Giants in 2007? Nope. Would Giant fans want the Eagles to get a Super Bowl ring over the Jets? Absolutely not. That’s called having a common enemy.
So, Met fans, release the hate. Admit that your are just mad with your station in life as the Yankees adorable little brother that no one really cares about. If you can’t do that, don’t expect big brother to include you in the celebration after he wipes the floor with the bully that spend his days beating on you.
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