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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

VC5 wish list

This is my wish list for VC5:

  • Changing the preferences to allow sides to automatically pick their first XI.
  • The factoring in of a batsman's strike rate - this will allow players like Adam Gilchrist to hit quick runs while players like Geoff Boycott can score more slowly.
  • Rather than having "4 day match" or "Test match", matches can be determined by a maximum amount of overs. Thus you can play 3 day matches, 4 day matches, 5 day matches, 6 day matches, and timeless matches. Adding twenty-twenty matches would be good too.
  • Allow different points systems (see other blog posts for more details)
  • Have a scorecard saved for each and every match played.
  • More detailed records section to fit cricinfo records for batsmen and bowlers.
  • Autoplay an entire series or championship, then (via the scorecards) check out the good matches.
  • A points system to determine man of the match, man of the series and player of the tournament (similar to International Test Cricket)
  • This points system should change the current one which occasionally awards man-of-the-match to undeserving players.
  • Fix the bug that allows a match to be drawn despite having one side lose its final wicket in the final available over.
  • Allow weather to influence a match.
  • Change the game parameters to allow for unusual matches. eg Brian Lara scoring 501* against Durham, Queensland scoring 6-900 against Victoria, Jason Gillespie scoring 201* against Bangladesh (none of these would ever occur while playing VC4)
  • Port the game to Linux and Mac.
  • Allow the game to be played in a Firefox browser tab (as an extension)


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