We are 11!

I am in no way referring to my age , I was just quoting the tagline of this year's EA Sports FIFA installment- FIFA 11.This is not a review of this wonderful game but my experience with it. I have been playing EA Sports FIFA from 2004 edition , but only on PC. This year i decided to buy it for Playstation. At the time I bought this game I knew only little what you could with this game. There was career mode where you can play as manager or a player or both and you could play online with other gamers. These two reasons were enough to make me spend INR 2500 on this game. But nowadays i don't really play both the modes mentioned much. Well what I discovered was that there is a cool additions to the different modes - Play as a single player in a 11v11 match online. I created my Pro (my player - Jayadeep aka JD aka Chica :D ) and i was off to play as a midfielder. Thanks to BSNL internet connection I dont have such a nice online experience.

So back in November I started the game and I wanted to finish of my first season with Manchester United. But there was some update to the game ; updated it (took 20min :/ - bad internet bandwidth). I thought it was a usual squad update but found a new option called - Ultimate Team(FUT). Of course I clicked it it askedfor few details about "My Club". I had no clue I would be playing FUT more than the career mode.
Well FUT mode is more like building a club by acquiring better players for your club. You get coins after you finish each match. There is a Store from where you can buy packs containing players and others extras. There is also a trading system to sell /buy players and extras. I have been playing this mode from November but in bits because I had academic work and exams to deal with and I have managed to build a club with decent players. In the beginning I was a little new to this so made some bad decisions but mow I am pretty sure of what I am doing . So Check out my FUT team here (before the link expires).

I am actually trying to build a FUT with the following players- Forwards-Wayne Rooney,David Villa,  Midfielders-Messi, Xavi,Iniesta,  ,Defenders-Evra,Puyol,Pique, Sergio Ramos. Goal Keeper-Casillas

The team is thought not based on my favorite players but based on need for high team chemistry. My style of play requires lot of team chemistry. As you see this more like a Spanish/Barcelona Team :D . I do have a EPL based team but I cant seem to find the players with high ratings.

I like playing down the wings, defensive and counter attack is my best weapon. With the new Phyisical play by defenders I really feel hard to score from the centre. I play best with 4-4-2 formation but dont shy away from a better default formation. My favourite team is Manchester United with Berbatov and Rooney to score from the deadly crosses from Nani and Valencia. I also like the Barcelona FC because their formation(4-3-3) is so set for crossing but with only one guy waiting in the box.

By the way , If you wonder why the tagline is "We Are 11" - it is not because it is FIFA 2011 :D  - Now you can play as the Goal Keeper watching the computer playing as you teammates :).

Toys!!

Well who doesnt like toys ? My latest liked toy is the push back toy car from Mcdonalds :D .Yup! i got it along with the Happy Meal. The exterior of the car is very bad ;looks like a overly used toy car. The colour is not attractive and the car never gives a feel of Batman but it did come as "Batman Toy" :o .
As you can see from the description above i was not so excited to fix the parts of the car. But come on it was a toy and moreover i was bored studying for my exams. So I put the car together pulled it back , released, the car moved......*wow what happened * ..... .After the car came to a halt i just couldn't stop myself from 'playing' with the toy for some more time!
Wanna see this toy car in action ? watch the video below !