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hokiemas hokiemas OP
Jul 15, 2024 at 07:35 PM ET
College Football 25 is pretty awesome. The generic entrance music that is
in place of Enter Sandman isn’t that bad. The game itself is great. I have seriously missed this series.

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Sunsetunderground
Anyone know if you have to play with Ultimate Team to play online??
I just want to play people with the hokies but it makes me use the Stupid Ultimate Team roster.
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Enter Sandman
You don’t have to use UT to play H2H online
You can play with the Hokies against other FBS schools in a mode called Road to the College Football Playoff.
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
I think so because that is where EA makes its real money off the game.
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GreenvilleVT
Based on a the young guys in my office
I’d predict this weekend many of guys who grew up with the game will be in their homes all weekend playing the game. Lady’s night at the bars I guess.
Vienna_Hokie Vienna_Hokie
Sounds like a great hunting opportunity for men with futures
Fightin Gobbler Fightin Gobbler
LOL, I assume you are over the age of 60.
Video games have long since been a respected past time by everyone from Generation X on down....
hokiepro hokiepro
Long respected?? By WHO???
Vienna_Hokie Vienna_Hokie
Spending an entire weekend gaming? That makes you a loser
and they are not respected, they may be tolerated. Only people that respect them are those that do it.
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
It may be true in the past that playing video games wasn't as respected by
people. However, that may be changing since COVID. "There are currently over three billion active video game players around the world, and the gaming industry is worth over 385 billion dollars!" If a person is good at playing video games, then they can make a decent living as a professional gamer. "Seventeen-year-old Tkay made over US$140,000 in the past two years as a professional Fortnite gamer." Currently there are over 170 colleges/universities that currently sponsor an esports team (aka video game team) in the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE). Collegiate esport teams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_esports_in_the_Unit... It appears the only schools from VA that sponsor a team are: Averett University, Bryant & Stratton College, ECPI University, Northern Virginia Community College, Randolph–Macon College, Shenandoah University, Southern Virginia University, and The College of William & Mary in Virginia.
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Hockeydad
I think Radford has a team
We have a neighbor who’s son played last year.
Vienna_Hokie Vienna_Hokie
Does not change anything. Lots of kids in college are losers
Lots of people make lots of money on the internet and are still losers. If you spend an entire weekend playing a video game, you are a loser.
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samistone
Call gamers whatever you want
I think most of us can agree that anyone who refers to meeting ladies as 'hunting' is a loser.
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
Over the years even the US military has resorted to using video games...err
sorry "simulators" for training purposes. It wouldn't surprise me if the men and women serving at the time were encouraged to "spend time on" (aka play) these simulators during their down time because of the training value that was gained from it. There are other professions out there where people may be encouraged to spend time on a simulator/video game during their down time. You say these people are "losers." However, I see these people as possibility having a desire to get more proficient at their chosen profession and they are using the tools/resources available to them to achieve that goal. The only constant in life is change. As Bob Dylan once said, "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and simulators/video games happen to be one of those changes.
AirForceHokie77 AirForceHokie77
The generic "Enter Sandman" music sounds very close to the real thing
Close enough to give you that feeling, especially with the crowd jumping. EA cooked this game.
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GreenvilleVT
The cadets are all male and take up twice as much seating as normal.
It appears all the fans are male. Haven’t seen females yet in lane.