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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Horton" data-source="post: 414813" data-attributes="member: 13043"><p>No these players are now the unions Intellectual Property now apparently. Which I suppose is the way of the world.</p><p></p><p>I see a lot of developers releasing games with significantly better editing tools than HB have ever had. I believe it's either their play it safer-than-safe "what are your fans going to do about it anyhow" legal advice (in which case I've seen enough precedents with other games to the contrary). Or it's HB's company policy to better protect their future opportunities to gain more licenses.</p><p></p><p>In either case, it's we the fans who lose out. There are middle grounds that CAN be gone to. I'm not talking about going to the extent of the editors that Sidhe/HES have or Konami have for PES.</p><p></p><p>This plainly could've incorporated eye, skin, hair colours, the players build and playing position editing for the players. The generic faces are enough to say "we're not treading on the feet of rights holders".</p><p></p><p>Personally as it stands they may as well have called New Zealand - Zew Nealand, given them the greeny-black of Wellington and not made the names editable at all. With Australia the uniforms may as well be a metallic gold paint colour and called the team The Koala's and been done with it. Because after all, <strong>aren't the current uniforms shown "taking the ****" of license holders?</strong></p><p></p><p>It's a pretty bitter pill to swallow to know that there's more of a fear of "taking the ****" of a license holder than there is of "taking the ****" of fans. Taking the **** aside, there are things that can be done to manage editing and things that can't and those simply aren't in this one.</p><p></p><p>If we don't talk about this now, what chance a fully licensed ANYTHING in the future? Almost ZERO. I'm not talking about fully licensed games of rugby with every comp in it. I'm meaning holes right through competitions as is the case in Sidhe's Super 15 and right here with what for New Zealanders may as well be <strong>Rugby Faux Cup 2011.</strong></p><p></p><p>What is the point in having a team in the game at all if you have to pretend that your not seeing what your seeing? That you have to say that the bald guy there with the Phil Waugh type face and olivey skin is Richie McCaw? Or that Quade Cooper is pale with a receeding blonde hairdo and looks like Jimmy Cowan?</p><p></p><p>What's really taking the ****?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Horton, post: 414813, member: 13043"] No these players are now the unions Intellectual Property now apparently. Which I suppose is the way of the world. I see a lot of developers releasing games with significantly better editing tools than HB have ever had. I believe it's either their play it safer-than-safe "what are your fans going to do about it anyhow" legal advice (in which case I've seen enough precedents with other games to the contrary). Or it's HB's company policy to better protect their future opportunities to gain more licenses. In either case, it's we the fans who lose out. There are middle grounds that CAN be gone to. I'm not talking about going to the extent of the editors that Sidhe/HES have or Konami have for PES. This plainly could've incorporated eye, skin, hair colours, the players build and playing position editing for the players. The generic faces are enough to say "we're not treading on the feet of rights holders". Personally as it stands they may as well have called New Zealand - Zew Nealand, given them the greeny-black of Wellington and not made the names editable at all. With Australia the uniforms may as well be a metallic gold paint colour and called the team The Koala's and been done with it. Because after all, [B]aren't the current uniforms shown "taking the ****" of license holders?[/B] It's a pretty bitter pill to swallow to know that there's more of a fear of "taking the ****" of a license holder than there is of "taking the ****" of fans. Taking the **** aside, there are things that can be done to manage editing and things that can't and those simply aren't in this one. If we don't talk about this now, what chance a fully licensed ANYTHING in the future? Almost ZERO. I'm not talking about fully licensed games of rugby with every comp in it. I'm meaning holes right through competitions as is the case in Sidhe's Super 15 and right here with what for New Zealanders may as well be [B]Rugby Faux Cup 2011.[/B] What is the point in having a team in the game at all if you have to pretend that your not seeing what your seeing? That you have to say that the bald guy there with the Phil Waugh type face and olivey skin is Richie McCaw? Or that Quade Cooper is pale with a receeding blonde hairdo and looks like Jimmy Cowan? What's really taking the ****? [/QUOTE]
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