MvG Sports - A Push-Button Fantasy Sports Revolution...and other stuff

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2014 MvG SPORTS MAN v. GAME CHALLENGE
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2-8-14 DETROIT TECMO KUMITE II TOURNAMENT (NES) - MvG SPECIAL #1

7th ROUND: 7 GAMES / 4-3 (2 ShO) / TIED FOR 9th out of 34 PARTICIPANTS

ROUND 1 - LOST TO MORT (BUFFALO, NY) 14-33, BUF v. SF (MvG CHOSE MATCHUP)
ROUND 2 - DEFEATED CHUCK D. (CLAWSON, MI) 34-0, NYG v. DAL (MvG CHOSE NYG)
ROUND 3 - LOST TO KEITH F. (DETROIT, MI) 14-21, TB v. WAS (MvG CHOSE MATCHUP)
ROUND 4 - DEFEATED MATT M. (NOVI, MI) 34-0, CIN v. DET (MvG CHOSE CIN)
ROUND 5 - DEFEATED JEFF H. (WARREN, MI) 34-3, NO v. GB (MvG CHOSE MATCHUP)
ROUND 6 - DEFEATED ROY S. (CANTON, MI) 13-7 (OT), DET v. NYJ (MvG CHOSE DET)
ROUND 7 - LOST TO MORT (BUFFALO, NY) 3-21, SD v. DET (MvG CHOSE SD)

FIFA SOCCER 2006 (PS2) - PROJECT #5A

SEASON 4.3: 105 GAMES / 59-27-19 (42 CLEAN SHEETS), 204 POINTS / 1 of 3 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
GOAL: PLAY 18, 34-GAME LEAGUES WITH EACH OF THE ACTUAL 2006 WORLD CUP NATIONS FEATURED IN THE GAME AT WORLD CLASS LEVEL

TEAM TALLY: 3rd - Germany 18-10-6 (12 CS), 64 POINTS; 10th - Paraguay 12-11-11 (12 CS), 47 POINTS; 1st - France 28-4-2 (16 CS), 88 POINTS; Argentina 1-2-0 (2 CS), 5 POINTS

First of all, my record will be listed in European format as it is in the game (Wins-Draws-Losses) and shutouts will be known as “Clean Sheets”...another European terminology. As you can see, I podiumed with Germany in season 1 (finishing in 3rd place), however this challenge really is about winning league championships, and winning every game. Yikes! lol. Before I started this challenge, I also fantasized about a/the 100-point season, which would be at minimum 33 wins and 1 draw...but I’m back down to earth I think. This looks to be my hardest challenge in 5 years now of MvG projects, so we’ll see what I can pull off!

I’ve maxed out multiple times in TRIVIA ($600, not hard at all), MONEYBAG ($1,000, Stooges just find money lol), and SAFE ($500, you get $500 each time the SAFE falls on Curly’s head, again lol). The most money I’ve gotten landing on a/the question mark (?) is $400 (via a MONEYBAG), and I’ve also lost $1,000, 6 different times on the ? (one of the times landing on the MAN icon), as V. Ketchum makes you pay for repairing the SAFE that fell on Curly’s head. Great stuff, huh...lol. One last point of interest, I’ve earned $10,000 or higher in a day, 20 times, and $1,000 or more in a day, 201 times.

A brief synopsis of the game...you have 30 days to earn $10,000 through a myriad of tasks to keep an orphanage out of foreclosure (essentially lol) and make all the necessary repairs to the house/property. Earning $5,000 technically “wins” the game too, though it’s noted that you don’t have enough money to make the repairs. So my thought process on this one...since the Three Stooges were notoriously underpaid (reportedly never got a raise throughout their entire career) and this being the 80th anniversary of the release of their first short “Woman Haters”, I wanted to earn Moe, Larry, and Curly $1,000,000 profit on this silly game lol. I consider “profit” to be anything earned over $10,000 in a single month/run-through, but to simplify it, I have to “earn” $2,550,000 in 155 months (the duration of Moe, Larry, and Curly’s career (5-5-1934 to 1-9-1947)). Not gonna sugarcoat this one at all, I’m going to cruise through this challenge, the game has very little replayability, and its ease is kind of getting to me already. The only thing keeping my interest at this point is trying to set and break my own Cracker Eating (yes that’s a “job”/contest in the game lol) record which is currently at $24,120, and my single month record at $80,295. Woo, woo, woo!

If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, or other feedback, feel free to contact me at trevor@mvgsports.com. Enjoy the many great sports leagues and seasons throughout the year!