BACK WITH PES 2011 MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE

Thanks for visiting the PRO EVO MASTERS LEAGUE!

It's been a while since the last post. Mainly due to life commitments, but also because of the recent downtime activity of the playstation network.

I finally managed to get my PSN account sorted yesterday and have loved getting back online with pro evo.

Since my return to the MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE mode, I have played 7 games. Won 3, lost 3 and drawn 1. Not a bad return and I can still see I have a chance of promotion to division 4.

My team is not the strongest, but I try and make do with what funds I have and whether or not my skill has improved. I know I am not the best player out there, but I do give a good fight during all my matches, no matter how many goals are scored against me.

One thing I have noticed though, is the frequent higher league players that I come up against. I would say that 80% of my opponents, in quick match mode, are in leagues above me. I don't understand why this is the case, but I generally have to work harder with my team to get a decent result.

My current plan is to sell my most valuable striker, LAVEZZI and buying a new striker with decent shot accuracy. I have my eye on ANELKA as he has a 92 shot accuracy. I am currently about 800k off buying him (along with the sale of lavezzi) but have been steadily playing as many games as I can to be able to afford him.

My team has grown into a decent attacking side, mainly due to my urge to leave the defense as default players.

No money has been spent in this area. Hopefully, once I have signed Anelka, I will start to concentrate more on building the back line and possibly aquiring a new keeper. 

I will be looking round the transfer market over the weekend to see if I can find other strikers with similar attributes as ANELKA, but for a lower price. If you would like me to list a few, please leave comments below and I will do my best.

Also, if any of you are experiencing problems with the game or generally want to share anything, feel free to leave a comment. 

Thanks for your time and another thanks for visiting.

Please come back soon.

BOB

PRO EVO MASTERS LEAGUE HAS GONE MOBILE!

I have finally done it and decided to get a new phone! It has been 3 years since I last had a new phone and I felt it was time to catch up.

There were lots of reasons for this, but the most important was that I was lagging behind! Badly.

I wanted to be able to keep up with the current trends, but also be able to get more mobile on the web. 

My phone is not a smart phone, and I did not want Internet access at the time I got the phone.

Now though, I have been getting myself more web wise, and beginning to have a presence on the Internet. I have been updating this blog regularly (although not as much as I had hoped!) and needed something more mobile that I could use for updating when I want to, not when I get chance to.

Having a new smart phone, I am now able to do this. The plan is to leave more posts on the blog, but reduce the size of each post. I will still be writing more posts that have been a decent length, but not as much as my mobile posts. 

Pes is definitely a game that has a lot to talk about, and I aim to do just that. I will be aiming for more posts on all of the modes featured in PES, especially the newer, for instance master league online.

As many of you are mentioning, pes online master league brings many challenges, but also leaves you wondering where the answers are. Come back for more regular posts on this mode and each of the others when I take them more in depth!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you keep playing!

Bob

BECOME A LEGEND - GALARATH AT DEPORTIVO LA CARUNA

With a new season underway, and a new team, my BaL player Galarath was set for life in La Liga. 

Up against some of the worlds top football teams, it was going to be a test to see if his skills had advanced enough for the tough matches to come. From the start, he was a favourite choice with the manager and looked set to be playing full 90 minute matches. His stamina had been gradually building up in the seasons previous, and overall the stats showed he only dipped with his passing skills. Other than passing, Galarath had gained the stat levels needed to raise his ovr to 81.

To get you up to date with my current progress, Galarath had played every league game and had won man of the match in almost every game. The latest fixture was a big match. Deportivo were to face one of Spain's footballing giants, Real Madrid. My biggest fear was they were fielding Cristiano Ronaldo and he was going to be on form, but low and behold, he was actually out of action! And I mean badly! If you see in the picture, he has a red cross against his name, meaning he will be out for a while.

This was definitely good news, but the rest of the team still looked tough to play against. Higuain was on form and had improved stats over the seasons since starting BaL. My team was OK, but still seemed no match for the might of Real.

I took to the challenge and played the game. Luckily for me, Real seemed to have dipped form and misplaced many passes. A half time  0 - 0 scoreline showed some sign of a chance to win the game. Deportivo had a few chances, and Galarath was helping out the team in many ways. By winning the ball back and dropping into defence, to making chances on goal and having a few shots himself.

In the 53rd minute, a golden opportunity arose and Galarath waved for the ball. He was in the middle of the box, as Guardardo ran down the right wing. As the ball came in, you could see Galarath's arm up as he called for the ball. He volleyed the shot straight past the keeper and scored the opener! You can see the goal below.

The game finished 1-0 to Deportivo, and Galarath was once again named man of the match. A huge win for the club, and a great achievement for Galarath.

PES 2011 Become A legend mode was proving to be very rewarding and enjoyable!

Bring on Barcelona is all I can say!

Please visit tomorrow (friday) for the latest news on my progress with PES 2011 master league (offline). This is my campaign with Blackburn Rovers.

Also don't forget  ............. If you would like to write a post and have your say about life with Pro Evolution Soccer, please contact me now. Posts must be no more than 500 words and can contain up to 2 pictures. Please contact proevobob@hotmail.co.uk.

All guests posts submitted will appear every Sunday. You will be notified when your post will appear on the blog.

Please join the official Pro Evo Masters League facebook page to keep up to date with all the posts. Also feel free to leave comments, as I will be happy to reply to you.

Don't be shy!

Happy playing peeps!

Pro Evo Bob!

MASTER LEAGUE - BLACKBURN ROVERS vs CHELSEA FC

The master league is upon us once again

My team, Blackburn Rovers had been promoted from the Npower Championship and was on course to take the Premier league by storm, I hoped!

The first 4 games had seen them take 3 wins and a draw. Not a bad start to the newly promoted club. The players seemed to be taking things in their stride, but a bigger challenge awaited them just round the corner.

Everton and Fulham had been the harder clubs to play, but still gained 4 points between the games. The picture  to the right shows who Rovers were up against next.

Was this to be a giant killing game, or were they to be knocked senseless?

Chelsea were just below Blackburn in 4th place. Neither team had lost a game, so who was to gain another 3 points? Or were both to get even honours?

I started Blackburn's lineup as shown. Chelsea had a decent team to play against and it was not looking to be an easy game. Would my strikers play their socks off or, fumble to the pressure of such a big named club?

One thing was for sure, the players were not going down without a fight. As the many managers in BaL normally say........."were taking on a big team, try and do what you do best lads!"                                        

So the game kicked off with a formidable attack from Chelsea. They were fast, and Drogba was damned hard to get the ball away from. It seemed as though he had stuck the ball to his feet!

In the unlucky minute (you know the one I mean.......just a little superstitious!), I managed to slot a delightful goal into an open net, courtesy of Agbonlahor. It wasn't the first shot in that space of time, but I am sure you will see, it was deserved after the effort leading up to it.

I had taken plenty of shots previous to the goal, but did not manage to net any. The keeper was on a fair bit of form. I knew if I kept persisting, at least 1 shot would go in.

As the game went on, I was 1-0 up at half time. In the second half, I seemed to keep a good rhythm, although Chelsea seemed to lose theirs. Their passes were going a miss and each player seemed to be playing dumb when the ball came near. I wasn't sure of any bugs in the game, or generally if their players were a little tired.

The match was looking towards a win for Rovers as the time ran seriously close to 90 Min's. Then........under a stroke of great misfortune, Chelsea ended up with a lucky scramble in the box, to which Drogba assisted Sturridge who scored the equaliser. As the game was about to restart, The commentary mentioned that they had levelled with so little time remaining. This was very true, as when the match restarted, the final whistle blew. Chelsea had grabbed an extremely late equaliser and robbed Rovers of all 3 points. 

Not to worry, at least a point is better than none, plus the rest of the season awaited. I am sure their will be more challenges ahead!

Blackburn managed to stay in 3rd place, but Chelsea had slipped to 7th. I am sure this will change in future weeks, but until then, I am glad to be keeping my place.

Friday's post features Blackburn's first Europa league match against Fiorentina, as well as a few results from the next Premier league games.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for a round-up of Galarath's career in Become a Legend.

Thanks for visiting

BECOME A LEGEND PES 2011 - GALARATH UP TO DATE

After winning the World Cup with England, Galarath had truly deserved the awards he had been given at the end of the season. Not just with AZ, but leading his country to World Cup glory!

Questions were asked regarding his future with AZ and whether or not he was to help with their Champions league campaign.

There were surprisingly no offers on the table during the International tournament for this completely on form individual. He had captured the hearts of many female fans, but also grown a fan base around the world. Did no other team want to try and negotiate a contract for this young star at the top of his game?

The truth is, many believe that the clubs interested were keeping clear and not getting in the way of his form by throwing the offers around. His concentration of the tournament was a must, not just for himself, but his national side and also a chance of giving the scouts something to get greedy on.

Galarath DID end up moving to another club. After leaving AZ, he joined Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. In the December of the same year (2014), Galarath was informed that he had won the world footballer of the year award! A great achievement and good end to a very successful year.

He notched up 19 goals and 4 assists in 32 games for Borussia. Feeling a little let down, regardless of the goals, he was looking to move away from Germany and join another club. The style of play was not what he had hoped or imagined. When the offers came in, only one stood out. Deportivo la Caruna. They were in the Spanish league which gave me chance to sample some of the larger European clubs and see if Galarath was up to the challenge.

He signed with Deportivo for £2.8 Million on a four year contract. Was he here to stay, or will he end up transferring at the end of his first season like the others? Many have their doubts, but one thing is for sure, he only wants to get better and better! 

Thursday's post will get you up to date with his current goings on within his life in La Liga.

PES 2011 - RANDOM POST

Today's post is the first of many random PES related posts for monday's.

I am hoping to be creating plenty of PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER related content each and every monday. There will be no sneak previews before each weeks post, but it may be in the form of screenshots, video's and maybe, just maybe something a little more special than I have ever posted before.

As many of you PRO EVO lovers out there enjoy scoring goals, I am sure you all love to check out other player's goals to see if you can get any hints and tips which may aid your goal scoring opportunities or even just to see if you are playing better than some.

In this weeks featured post on PES randomness, I wanted to share will you a selection of a few of my own goals. Some are from my many master league games, some are from my very enjoyable become a legend games. I also wanted to make the compilation a little special, by adding some music and a few geeky transitions between each goal.

If you like the selection and would like to comment about them, or even comment on any posts on the blog, please feel free to do so. I am happy to see any comments you have to make. 

The future of my video content on the pro evo masters league will become more frequent and I may add a regular day for certain 'special' moments within the world of PRO EVO.

Anyways, for today, I will leave you with the video I have attached below and I hope you enjoy watching it. 

Please leave your feedback and let me know what you think, along with any suggestions to how you would like to see the blog evolve in the future.

 

 Enjoy!

MASTER LEAGUE - LIFE IN THE PREM

After the quick update in the last post, I got to work getting as much info as I could to get you all right up to date with my progress in MASTER LEAGUE mode offline.

I have been making sure not to play any more games until I am totally up to date with my blog postings, then the future of the posts will come as frequent and regular as I have been mentioning recently.

I do love to keep track of my progress within all the modes I play on Pro Evo, but today, as you can see in the schedule is all about my Master League with Blackburn Rovers.

As you may be aware from my last master league post, I have been promoted after winning the Npower Championship and also winning the FA Cup! This was a decent achievement and I was pleased to be back in the top flight. 

I haven't had a bad start and as you can see I am currently 3rd and have not lost a game out of four played.

I hope to keep somewhere in the top 7, to ensure a chance of European matches next season.

Since I got promoted, I was informed that I had qualified for the Europa league which was a shock! This is not a bad thing though as I can see more revenue on the way and chance of another trophy. I will again see how things go there.

My team has changed for the better (I hope!). As you can see, I have signed Clichy to play in the left back position. Agbonlahor and Valbuena were also new signings and I hope them to be good assets to the club. From the picture, you can see they are all performing well, which gives me hopes for the next match.

I have spent a little more than I hoped, and signed a defender - Gokhan who is an 88ovr and also promoted a youth team member called Tchite who is on 69 at the moment. Babic was also promoted from the youth team but is rated much higher at 78ovr. 

I mainly moved Babic up and signed Gokhan to strengthen my defence, although both have been on constant purple arrows since signing so I haven't played them. Tchite was promoted to grow him into a decent future star with the aim of regularly using him in the first team, but also to ensure a possible future sale. I won't sell until the time is right though. It would be good to get some decent games out of him and see how he progresses.

So now you are a bit more up to date with the progress of the team and can see how they have been doing in the top flight. 

I also want to show you how well the players have been doing. In the next few pics, You will see that Fabiano is my star player  who is currently top scorer. With him doing so well, I couldn't let him get all the glory as football is a team effort. With all good results from teams, you should notice how well other players in the side have helped to bring those results. Agbonlahor has also bagged a few goals and is also in the top scorers list.

As you can see from the other picture, Valbuena has shot up to 2nd in the assist leader board with 2 assists. 

Not to rain on his parade, and like I said about it being a team effort, you will see 5 other players grabbing 1 assist each.

Hopefully the team can carry on with the form they are showing and I aim to bring a few more decent players when the funds allow.

By doing so, I hope to have enough of a decent side to have good squad rotation and also to have enough on form players on match days to take on the bigger clubs.

The future of the club is essential, and I hope they do well in the first season in the Barclay's premiership!

WHAT'S WITH THE PRO EVO SCHEDULE?

I know, I know, its been another week since my last post.

I have been experiencing some real life problems and it has been tough for me to continue in the way that I had hoped with the work on this blog.

I did have the schedule all planned out, as you can see to the right of this post.

But the main thing now, is the need to get back to writing.

I really want to make sure the schedule I have set continues each day as I wanted it to. So as from today, minus any major life crisis incidents, I will try my hardest to make it happen.

So back to today! It is Tuesday and that can only mean one thing...........Master League progress!

The last post I had written about my ongoing campaign with Blackburn Rovers was their challenges within the FA Cup and the current progress in the Npower Championship.

I have since manged to progress them into the Premiership by winning the league, but also managed to win the FA Cup in the first season! This is all played on Top player and each match is 10 minutes long.

I am as surprised as you are to see that I managed both of these challenges in the first season, but I do hope to carry on my form and try and clinch a spot within either of the European competitions.This was a picture taken before the season had come to an end, but as you will see, Rovers were top and continued to hold the fort till the end.

In my next post, I will bring you up to date with all the current progress within my first new season in the Premiership, and from there hope to keep a much closer account of the campaign. This will be aided my much more pictures, and also the best and worst moments in the form of videos.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you come back again soon!

MASTER LEAGUE CAMPAIGN - BLACKBURN ROVERS

Due to unforeseen circumstances yesterday, I was unable to publish a post about my current master league progress with Blackburn Rovers.

So in today's post, which luckily is one of the regular post days about this area of my PES game playing, I will fill you in on everything I was going to write yesterday, as well as a little extra that would be posted today.

So on with the post.

After a surprising win in the FA Cup against the might of Man Utd, I was to continue my progress within the Championship in the hope of promotion at the end of the season.

Hull were my next opponents in fixture 7. I had a tough time breaking through their defence, but managed to weave a run with Pederson into the box. There was no shot as I got taken down and awarded a penalty. Luis Fabiano took it and scored. This was the 18th minute of the game. I managed to continue with the lead until the 58th, but a defensive and somehow AI assisted error gave Hull a clean attack and a 1on 1 with Robinson. Solano managed to lob the ball over the keeper with plenty of time to spare before my defenders caught him. The game finished 1-1 as none of my efforts were rewarded.

Looking for more wins to further my cause, I played Norwich and Bristol city over the next 2 games. Both gave me a 1-0 win and 6 points to my table tally.

The Championship was still proving to be a worthy league in respect of the opponents as I don't think I had played what I would have called 'an easy game'.

Ipswich were next in fixture 10 of the season and looked on form. This was not an easy game, but I felt I was robbed on numerous occasions in the form of Shot ratio to goals scored, and dreadful passing from my players. Well the end result was no goals scored for me and Ipswich won the points. I think the bugs that have plagued most PES users since 2011's release were the cause, but I took the loss on the chin and moved on to my next match.

The FA Cup was once again upon the team and Crystal Palace were the team to beat if I wanted a chance of furthering my chase for the Trophy. They were still top of the league and seemed a formidable force, but my players were also on form despite the previous games loss. I was glad to see my players perform so well in this match as they did the business over Palace and gained a 2-1 victory over the division's leaders.

After their victory in the FA Cup, the team seemed spurred on to play much better, although I did end up using most of the same players each game due to 'bad arrows'!

The next 5 games were much better than earlier in the season. 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 3-1 and 3-0. 

This pushed the team much higher in the league and into a promotion spot. It was still close at the top with only 3 or 4  points between 1st and 6th.

It was time once again for an FA Cup game. This time in the Quarter Finals! High flying Rovers had earned a draw against Tottenam Hotspur. Was this going to be a knockout of a game or another notch added in the road to the FA Trophy?

Well after an exhausting defensive effort and a goal late in the 86th minute, I managed to scrape a win and progress to the Semi Finals! A result which my back line won almost single handedly. Definitely worth praise!

This is where the post will leave you today, but I hope to bring the next highs and lows of my road to promotion, and of course to hopefully lifting the FA Cup.

Thanks for reading and I hope you visit again soon!

BECOME A LEGEND - GALARATH'S FIRST WORLD CUP

Having played a relatively good season with AZ and received some good comments from his national team manager, Galarath was picked to play for England in the World Cup.

Favourable, above the likes of Rooney, Crouch and Defoe, Galarath was the top choice for the CF position with his National team

He had played quite a few friendlies along the way, but also helped England qualify for the most well known cup all over the globe.

From the start of the group stages, he made his presence known by playing some decent through balls and creating plenty of chances on goal in addition to having a few shots himself.

This however did not reflect in the manager's comments. The manager felt he was a real let down and had not played well. But his stats showed different. 

Being the lone striker it was to be a tough time on poor Galarath as he ended up losing out on many occasions due to pace.

England however did manage to go through to the knockout stages. Was this with the help of their lone striker? Unfortunately not! In the 3rd game of the group stages, Galarath missed out on the next 3 games due to an injury sustained during play.

Once back, His stats showed the promising 'red arrow' which he used to his advantage. The first game back from his absence, Galarath helped England to a 4-1 win over the Ivory Coast, setting up 2 goals and tracking back to defence whenever the team needed his help.

The semi finals proved to be tougher than expected, but the whole team did their part.

Galarath had supplied many through balls and crosses to ensure plenty of chances were created. Although he didn't score himself, his rating was an 8 due to his pass rate and interceptions. The opponents were Spain, who had previously won the world cup.

 The game finished 1-0 to England thanks to a brilliant run by Galarath which ended in the team winning a penalty. Rooney slotted the ball past the keeper and it was on to the Final!

Surprisingly, the opponent in the Final was Belgium. They were also much harder to play than expected, but I believe the game rewards teams that progress further in competitions, making them play better and harder to beat.

Undeterred, England came back from a 1-0 deficit in the first half. Galarath supplied yet another assist to draw level. Then in the 79th minute, a lofted through ball from Lennon allowed Galarath to score the winner and crown England as the World Cup winners!

After the results were shown, it was revealed that Galarath had won a few awards.

World Cup - Player of the Tournament

World Cup - Team of the Tournament

World Cup - man of the match - x2

And of course........World Cup Winners!

A good summer for Galarath and hopefully plenty more awards to come in the future!

MASTER LEAGUE CAMPAIGN - BLACKBURN ROVERS

Apologies for the lateness in the post. I had decided to give my online master league a go again after a month or so out and became a bit engrossed! I won't mention anything about that area today though, but I may write a little about it in Monday's Randomness post.

Back to today now. As you will have noticed by now, Wednesday's are to become regular posts on my master league campaign with Blackburn Rovers. 

I have set the difficulty to Top Player, selected the original Blackburn Rovers lineup, and after the previously mentioned option file update, I have started the team off in the N Power Championship league.

As with the start of PES 2011's master league mode, after the initial team selection process, you are put through a quick tutorial on how to buy players within the game. My scout suggested on trying to negotiate a deal for Luis Fabiano.

I decided to give it a go and received the go ahead, depending on my financial status.

The price wasn't to bad, and well within my budget, so I approved the deal and signed him.

The Blackburn team was not too bad, but lacked the skills in certain areas, especially attack. With my new signing, I was happy with the squad and decided to save my money till the January transfer window in case I needed to bring anyone in.

Getting underway, I soon found that life in the Championship was going to be tougher than I hoped. 

It wasn't all bad though, as I like a challenge, hence the decision to play on Top player mode.

In my first 6 matches, I scored 6 and let in 4. There were 2 draws 3 wins and a loss to.......Doncaster!

Not a result I believed would ever be there in front of me! 

The FA Cup was going to be a challenge in my seventh game of the season as I faced Man Utd. After losing to Doncaster with players on red arrows, to having a team mostly on blue and purple against the likes of United, I had the feeling I was in for a thrashing.

The game finished 2-1 to Blackburn! I was 1-0 down at half time, but a surprisingly good performance from Jason Roberts brought them level in the 57th minute. N'Zonzi scored a stunner in the 74th to put Rovers ahead and win the game! My next opponent was to be Crystal Palace, currently top in the Championship.

I was down in 8th place, but could feel that something good was to happen for my team.

Is this the start of something special? I will let you know in Friday's post.

Until next time, Happy gaming PES fans!

GALARATH BECOME A LEGEND

Since Become a Legend mode was first created with the PES franchise, I decided upon myself that no matter what happens, I would always give BaL a shot and see how well I could do with a player I have created from scratch.

I am sure there are plenty of you that have tried this mode, some who have had plenty of fun, and some who decided to drop out and concentrate on another area of Pro Evo.

Today's post is about bringing you up to speed with the latest news about my current BaL progress with my player Galarath.

From starting his career, I selected the CF position, with SS as a second option.

His first club was to be Newcastle Utd. There were offers from other clubs, but this seemed the best opportunity of regular matches. He did get subbed quite a few times in his first season, mainly due to the limited stamina. However notching 3 goals and 1 assist in the 30 games he played between the 2010-2011 and the 2011-2012 seasons was not a bad start for a player with such low stats.

My favourite team Blackburn was the next team in line in season 2011-2012. Playing 29 matches, scoring 8 and assisting 1 seemed like he was getting into his stride a little more. The stamina during games was a major problem which I addressed with his focus points to allow extra for extra training.

Between seasons 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Galarath played for Bolton Wanderers. 9 goals and 4 assists added to his career tally from 34 games. It was an improvement, but still lacked the rise I was expecting from his work rate. Over the seasons so far he managed to notch up a whopping 25 Man of the Match awards, 3 FA cup Man of Match awards and was in the Premier League's best eleven at Bolton.

I felt it was time for a change from the Barclay's Premiership and shipped Galarath off to play for AZ in the Eridivisie. The team itself did not seem statistically strong, but they did however show commitment and helped Galarath score 27 goals in 47 matches in the 2013-2014  season. He also gained 3 assists. On top of his scoring ability, Galarath gained 15 Eridivisie Man of the match awards, which helped gain a place in the League's best eleven. He also won the Top Scorer award for the first season with AZ. AZ finished second behind Ajax, but had gained a place in the Champions league next season.

Thursdays post will follow on from the end of Season 2013-2014. The World Cup is soon to begin and Galarath has been called up to play for England. 

How well will he do? 

And will he steer England to glory?

Only time will tell!

PRO EVO MASTERS LEAGUE IS BACK FOR GOOD!

Hello once again to all of you dedicated readers, and of course a hello to any new ones who have happened to stumble across the site!

If you are a previous visitor to the Pro Evo Masters League, you will be aware that I have recently had a few problems with updating the content of my posts and the site in general due to technical difficulties. I had written a post previous to this one that explained my problems and my work in trying to rectify the problem. I did have a ray of hope when the life of my PC seemed to pick up and work better than it had ever done before.

Unfortunately, the new life in the system seemed very short lived and it decided enough was enough, before letting go for good and leaving me needing a new PC.

So with explaining all of these events to you all, I am sure you can understand why my posts have been very few and far between. 

I apologise for this leave of absence, but do hope you can take a short time out of your schedule to come and visit me once again. 

The technical difficulties have been sorted for good this time as I have now purchased a new system which is more than twice as fast as my old one. This means I will be able to load up my browser quicker and write my posts regularly as I had hoped.

So with the explanations over, I can now get on with telling you what you can expect to see in tomorrows post.

I had decided to change my whole schedule of the blog and write something new and different each day. I had also told you of my need to restart my master league (offline) and my Become a legend mode (offline) again.

My master league has been restarted to reflect the option files I installed. They allowed me to have the complete teams and kits for the N Power Championship Division, but also the correct names and kits for the Barclay's Premiership too. The bundesliga teams and kits have also been introduced which you should hear more about in another PES related post to come.

Tomorrows post will feature my progress within Become a legend mode with my Creation that is Galarath.

I did decide to restart the BAL mode, but on reflection of how he has progressed and how much work I had put into his career, I decided to keep playing and try to reach the end of his career.

You will find out how he has progressed and whether or not he has moved from AZ or stayed there.

A SNEAKY PEEK...................

On Wednesday, you will read about my new start to the master league offline mode and how Blackburn Rovers have been progressing in The championship.

Another look into what is to come will be shown within the site within the next few days.

So..........through all the bugs and glitches and problems that PES throws our way...........Happy playing!

Until next time.............Catch ya laters!

PRO EVO MASTERS LEAGUE - I'M BACK!

As you may have recently seen, there have not been any new posts over the last week or so her at the pro evo masters league. This is unfortunately down to my PC going kaput! I have not been able to go online at all and this has had a major effect on my previously frequent posts. It has also had an effect on the work I was putting together for the new schedule of the blog.

However, the main thing now is that I am back and the computer has been sorted through many hours of disassembling and re-assembling, plus re-programming. In a final result of achievement, I am still using the same PC, as its health has been restored to its absolute best. Hopefully (touch wood) I should not have any more problems and the comp will keep going for a few more years yet.

As I had mentioned to you all before the gap between this and the last posts, a new schedule of posts is on the way. One section of the schedule is an important one that involves each one of you more than if you were just visiting the site.

I had originally created this blog about the life and times of Pro Evolution Soccer. The ins, the outs of the game, as well as anything in general to do with it. I also write about my own progress within the games features such as Master league mode, and Become a Legend, and any other areas which I end up trying out.

The part of the new schedule that will involve you more, is a Guest Post day. If you are a Pro Evo player and would like to write a little piece about your experiences of playing PES then this is for you. 

Each post that is written will be featured on a specific day of the week. There are only a few terms if you wish to have a post featured on the Guest Post day.

TERMS FOR GUEST POST:

1) No bad language - with pro evo being a game younger people can play, the language will need to be toned down so this is a big point!

2) Minimum of 1 paragraph per post - As long as there is a little written about your experience with pro evo, then your post can be added with another post from someone else with the same sized post. The maximum sized post is 1000 words.

3) Make sure your post is related to Pro Evo - simples!

4) Pictures are allowed, but must be sent attached to the e-mail, and there is a limit of 2 pictures per post.

5) Video's can be linked from sites such as YouTube or google video. Allow a link in the post. Video's will also be moderated before being posted.

6) All Guest Posts are to be e-mailed to proevobob@hotmail.co.uk for moderation. In the subject of the e-mail, put 'Guest Post Entry'. If there is a problem with your post, I will e-mail you with the problem so you can edit the post and send it back. If your post is approved, I will also send you an e-mail informing you of this and when the post will be displayed.

That is all for now, but keep returning for more wacky tales and new, new, new stuff coming to the pro evo masters league!

AN OVERHAUL OF PES 2011???

Since the likes of PES 5, the game of Pro Evo has undoubtedly moved down within its own ratings. Most of these reasons have been taken from the annoyance that is the scripting of the AI elements.

The enjoyment of playing the game has changed dramatically to the extent of a match having its own so called "story" being played out. Of course you have the satisfaction of scoring a few goals and winning a match, but in general, you simply cannot play the game without it somehow changing the course of events that are going to actually happen.

For an example, I played a game in Master League mode. My team were on good form, with mostly orange and red arrows. The opposing team were not on good form, with a few green, but mostly blue or purple arrows. Plus the opponents team were generally lower in stats than my own. 

This was all in offline Master League.

I was counter attacking any waves they were sending towards my goal, and keeping passing going very well.

Possession was high for me, giving me the chance to find a route through on goal. 

After launching a good few attacks which ended up with no goals, I continued to press on and see if I could eventually score. My shot to shots on target ratio was spot on and I had not put any wide or over. But still nothing went in! They did not have the best of defences, but always seemed to stop the ball or take it off me without a single free kick.

The second half came and brought me with a couple of options. Carry on with the style of play I was currently using, or change the tactics and move around them a different way.

I decided to stick with the same and continued to form attacks and defend as needed. After 10 Min's of the second half, I managed to score from a corner, but only just. In a twist, My star striker had been injured and ended up being subbed ( I later learned he was out for 12 weeks!).

Within a few seconds of the restart, they opponents formed an attack and passed the ball to their striker into the middle and headed towards my goal. I had 3 defenders still back and 2 were close to the attacker. When I tried to change my player to the closest one and try and close down the attack, it would not let me somehow. After plenty of L1 button pressing, I had my defender selected and sprinted after the attacker,

It was too late! The AI had been given that edge over me by gifting them a piece of scripted play that allowed them time to get through before I could defend myself. They had the keeper to beat though. Surely I could control the keeper enough to save my lead?

"Errrrr" said the keeper. 

I used the triangle button to bring the keeper out, but he moved one step, stopped and watched in awe as the player ran past him and slotted the ball in the net. This was a gift from the AI God who just wanted to give them a chance I suppose. Well the chances came thick and fast, and no matter what I did, I couldn't play the same as the first half. In the end, the game finished 3-1 and left me seething and wanting to throw the game away! I was not impressed. The other goals should not have happened either. 

You know when certain parts of the game are not right, and generally, if Konami want to keep the PES franchise going for years to come, they seriously need to sort this out. Its one thing giving AI players more individual functions and making it harder for you to play the game, but scripting the game so it allows the computer a comeback if things are not going their way is wrong. If you are a good player, you should get the goals you deserve and win the game, not have it thrown in your face by the game turning on you.

Whatever happened to a fair game and good sportsmanship?

Rant Over, but hopefully the next post will have a more positive note.

PRO EVO VS REAL FOOTBALL

As you may be aware from last Thursday's post, this blog is about to take on a whole new schedule.

I decided today that I would give you a little snippet of what Thursday's would be about at the Pro Evo Masters League when the new schedule kicks in.

This is of course a blog revolving around pro evolution soccer and mostly (this year) PES 2011. In future versions, you will also be reading about the relevant PES additions that are to come our way.

Anyway, back to Thursday's. The whole theme of the post will revolve around a current player and team who has been on form in the last week within the real life Barclay's Premier League. In relation to these key elements, I will be comparing the stats of the team and player within the PES 2011 game with the current topics.

The post may feature a player such as "Berbatov" from "Manchester United", who recently catapulted himself back to the top of the goalscorers list by scoring 2 goals in a cracking comeback from being 2-0 down against Blackpool. 

What comparisons will be from the PES game will become clear when the featured post appears.

Within the next week, everything will change with the Pro Evo Masters League and I hope you can join in with plenty of comments and interact with any features going on.

Finally, I would just like to say thank you to everyone that has shown an interest in all the previous posts I have written and also to those that have contacted me with their "behind the scenes" input.

It really helps me carry on writing and I hope to continue long into the future. 

Please don't be afraid of introducing yourself, and feel free to join the official facebook page for the Pro Evo Masters League. There, you will find out about all the new posts, and also if their are any future events or ideas planned. You may see that there are no likes on the page at the moment, but this is only because the page has been recently set up within the last few days.

I hope everyone is well and wish you all a very good night.

Until the next time..............................