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BettingAwards Shop Chat Guestbook Links Forum Multiplayer Database Tournaments Newsletter Poll Support  Cheats Controls Downloads Information Replays Screen Shots Tutorials  Advertise Search Contact Send In News    Visit the ever-growing Patches Database for Super Patches from every corner of the globe.  We want to keep you happy and make your FIFA 2001 gaming experience even more enjoyable. Submit your request for to our team of patch makers today!  EA Sports have answered your questions direct from our FIFA 2001 Forum.
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 New Patches for Fifa 2001As the excellent Fifa 2001 demo is now resident on all of our PC's, the patch developers of the world can now see the new graphic formats and we are already starting to receive news of Super Patches which are being developed for this great new game. The latest details we have received are from Jose Goncalves who developed the Portuguese Super Patch 2000 and Kostas Kyriopoulos who developed the Greek Super Patch 2000 over at Greek Tournaments.
Posted by Dave New FIFA 2001 SitesYea, you know the big names, Euro-Ball, Soccer Gaming. Well now, we give you, the webmasters, a chance to show people what you've got. Every few days we will come to you with some of the newest FIFA 2001 fan sites of the day. If we find your site very unique, we might even want to have an interview with you, to see what you've got that other sites can't compare to. As for now, we've got three new FIFA 2001 sites for you to look at:
Do you want your site posted? Just send it to us. Posted by Joe   Monday, October 30, 2000 FIFA 2001 Hong Kong OpensOur newest foreign mirror site, FIFA 2001 Hong Kong, has just gone live. Check it out today. Posted by Matt FIFA 2001 Demo ServersAs Rich just posted, this is the climax of the wait for FIFA 2001! If you have tried to go to the official EA Sports site listed below, you probably found it bogged down with people downloading it, and unable to download. We will continue checking for new servers. We could also use your help, if you just happened to stumble on a FIFA 2001 Demo file, send it to us (Along with the language of the site), and we will update this news post with the servers. Update: All the servers listed have been moved to our Demo Section. FIFA World has said that the matches that come with the game, depending on the language version, are: (German)Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen, (English)Manchester U. vs Arsenal, (French)Marseille vs Paris SG, (Italian)Juventus vs. Lazio, and (Spanish) Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. Posted by Joe 30 New Action Screen ShotsI have finally mangaged to upload a further 30 brand new, never before seen screen shots of FIFA 2001 onfield action. I've tried my hardest to capture the full mouth-dropping spectacle of the game by taking shots from every angle of the ground both near and far from the action. Check out two of these below.   Head straight for our Screen Shots section to check out all 30 of these beauties. Don't think this is all the screen shots we have in store for you, plenty more will be uploaded over the upcoming days. Posted by Matt Demo Release NewsI have just finished chatting with the webmaster of EA Sports' Official FIFA 2001 Website and he has told me that he is expecting the FIFA 2001 Demo to be released any day now. Infact, it could be as early as today. So keep checking back here for the latest. Posted by Matt Sunday, October 29, 2000FIFA 2001 PC ManualEA Sports has released the official FIFA 2001 PC Manual. This is the manual that will be included in the final version of the game. In it, you will see the control setup of FIFA 2001, as well as the instructions you would expect to see in the FIFA 2001 instruction booklet. If you want to get an early peek on the instruction manual, you can download it right here (421kb). The file itself uses Adobe Reader, so make sure you have that before you download the file. Posted by Joe New International Fifa NewsletterThe lads over at Fifamania.it have kindly agreed to co-ordinate the production of a weekly newsletter which will bring you all the Fifa news from around the globe - plus a unique weekly treat for subscribers to this newsletter! This newsletter is a unique service run by Fifamania.it in co-operation with: Visit the MRA Newsletter page to sign up for both this great new International Newsletter, plus the MRA Newsletter if you have not done so previously. Well done to the lads at Fifamania.it - this is a great idea and one that we hope is very successful.Posted by Dave Fifaheat.com OpenedWe have received the following news from Martin over at Fifaheat.com: "I have just launched FIFAHEAT.COM, it will feature many surprises including:
Fifa 2001 patches will also be made there, so check it out! FIFAHEAT.COM" Pay the lads a visit as they are looking to provide a great service to us all.Posted by Dave Saturday, October 28, 2000Our FAQ Section UpdateAs Joe reported earlier this week, EA has recently uploaded the answers to your FAQ's. We have also updated our FAQ page with all the latest answers. Philippe will be checking out our FIFA 2001 Forum later today to find the next 10 questions we'll be sending into EA for a response. Because of the huge success of the FAQ pages, EA have added yet another new feature to their official site. They now want even more viewer contributions by introducing their new "Ask a question" and "It's your poll" section. These two new concepts allow you to send your FIFA 2001 questions direct to EA as well as give your opinion on what their next poll question will be. Visit the FIFA 2001 Official website for details on these new features and much more. Posted by Matt Pre-Order FIFA 2001 Quickly!Only a few days remaining before FIFA 2001 is released. If you're as excited as we all are and want to secure your copy today, head on over to the Soccer Gaming Online Shop to pre-order your copy. Our suppliers are delivering to every part of the globe and have some of the most competitive and best prices in the world. Posted by Matt Site UpdateThe anticipated update involving over 30 exciting new action screen shots of FIFA 2001 will be uploaded in just over 15 hours. Apologies for the delay. FIFA 2001 Online has quickly become the most successful website in the history of Soccer Gaming. Over the past week the website's viewer stats have increased three-fold and we predict even more visitors as FIFA 2001 is released and in conjunction with our soon to open Downloads Centre and FIFA 2001 Workshop, we release awesome patches and add-ons for the game. On behalf of all the staff here at Soccer Gaming I thank you for your support and we all look forward to providing you with the best FIFA 2001 news and downloads in the future. Due to the sites sky-rocketing popularity, I have been receiving literally 100's of emails per day. Over the next week I will be making my way through my emails and I will attempt to reply to as many as possible. I must also clarify with some of the people on my ICQ list who would have received very offensive and rude messages from me over the past 24 hours. Some deceptive person was able to hack into my ICQ account and took advantage of my ICQ account. I have made all efforts to make sure this does not happen again and apologise to anyone who was offended by messages that appeared to come from me. Posted by Matt Friday, October 27, 2000New Kit Screen ShotsI have just finished uploading a massive collection of 27 new Screen Shots. On this occasion, I decided to take a selection of shots from the Customise/Player Edit area from the FIFA 2001 Options menu. You can see a variety of different teams kits in close detail. Two can be seen below with the rest waiting for you in our Screen Shots section.   Tomorrow we'll be uploading another massive collection of ingame screen shots involving a number of popular teams. They're all very interesting and action packed so make sure you drop by again tomorrow. Posted by Matt FIFA 2001 Runs In Windows 2000Unlike earlier reported, Windows 2000 users will be able to run FIFA 2001. Here is an extract from the readme.txt file in the FIFA 2001 BETA version. FIFA 2001 will run under Windows 2000 & Windows ME, although these operating systems are not officially supported. However, to install the game properly, you will need administrator access to your machine. Consult your Windows 2000 documentation for more information. This is great news for everyone who uses the new Microsoft operating systems. Posted by Matt Official FIFA 2001 Site UpdatedIt's that time of the week again, to report that EA has updated the Official FIFA 2001 Website. This week update includes Week No. 4 of Q&A that were hand picked out of our Forums. I will tell you now, some of you will not like what you see - Galatarasay being the only Rest of World team. EA also has some new features to the site, including a brand new motion-capture video of Paul Scholes strutting his soccer skills. Not to mention, the new tips and hints section, providing you with strategies and ways to get on top. Whether against the computer or on the internet. You can't miss these brand new updates! Just say "Take me Joe", and off you'll go! Posted by Joe More Screen ShotsWell as if getting Championship Manager 00/01 wasn't enough footballing joy for me today, I have come back from the shops to discover that Matt has made a load of screenshots, 13 to be precise (a bit unlucky Matt!), from the early version of FIFA 2001 he's received from EA Sports! Here are the first two for you to have a gob-droppingly long glare at..   The rest of the shots are on PC Screen Shots page 5. Matt says he'll be back with even more tommorow so stay tuned FIFA fans! Posted by Chris Thursday, October 26, 2000My FIFA 2001 Thoughts... One Word: Awesome!Since I announced yesterday that we had received a copy of the BETA version of FIFA 2001, I have been inundated with the question of, "How is FIFA 2001?". My reply has been short, honest and straight to the point, "Awesome!". I have put together a new article known as My FIFA 2001 Thoughts. I have spoken about my first reaction to FIFA 2001, inparticular concentrating on the new and simply superb, "Slower" game speed mode, the larger pitch, plus a couple of the other features which truely put a smile to my face. I strongly recommend you read the article as I depict my true thoughts and feelings of how I found my first FIFA 2001 experience to be. There are also a couple of new shots in the article.  Speaking of screen shots, I was lucky enough to catch one of the funniest FIFA moments ever. After humilatingly scoring an own goal, to run salt into the wound, my player furiously kicked the ball away, smashing it into one of the posts and rebounding back into my player. What follows is abosolutely hillarious. Check out the shot above. Yes, it really did hit him there! Brings tears to your eyes doesn't it? Who ever was in charge of the player celebrations at EA deserves a pat on the back! Posted by Matt Wednesday, October 25, 2000FIFA 2001 Copy for Soccer GamingWe here at Soccer Gaming are happy to announce that as of today, we'll have our own copy of the BETA version of FIFA 2001. What does this mean for you? Well more screen shots, more info, and the ability for us to answer your questions. Return to this site tomorrow for a huge collection of new screen shots from FIFA 2001.  Also, thanks to Jack at EA Thailand, we're going to be receiving some awesome FIFA 2001 Keyrings (seen above) and mouse pads to give away. I will shortly post details on how you can get your hands on these very rare and collectable FIFA 2001 accessories. Stay tuned. Posted by Matt CGO Previews FIFA 2001Yet another interesting FIFA 2001 preview was released today. CGO's FIFA 2001 Preview raises interesting points about the gameplay and AI and also displays an array on new screen shots. Two of the shots can be seen below.
Make sure you atleast check out the second one because you can see the linesman up close and personal. Posted by Matt FIFA Benelux Star Player ListThe guys over at our Dutch website, FIFA Benelux, have posted a list of the 99 players that will be given the "Star Player" status in FIFA 2001. If you don't speak Dutch, they've also been nice enough to translate it into English right here. Posted by Matt Tuesday, October 24, 2000IGNPC FIFA 2001 ReviewIGNPC has made it's final say on FIFA 2001 game, as well as some new screenshots. In the review, as in many other reviews, they note a larger pitch: "The field is really noticeably bigger this time around which will allow for more thinking and more strategic decision-making. And for most soccer fans looking for a more realistic experience, that is a good thing." If you've got some time on your hands, or you want to see more of what the guys at IGNPC had to say, click on over. Posted by Joe Monday, October 23, 2000FIFA 2001 Forum Kickin'Those of you who have been hanging out in our FIFA 2001 Forum recently will have noticed how popular it has become. Over the past few days, we've had 1000's of new topics posted and there are new people registering to become part of the fun all the time. If you're yet to register, pay a visit to our Forums and view a few of the posts. I'm sure you'll love to post your own opinion as well. Posted by Matt Patch Updates for Fifa 2001With the imminent arrival of Fifa 2001 a number of patch developers have decided to postpone their work and deliver their patch ready for Fifa 2001. Over at the MRA site their forthcoming patch "From Here to Eternity" has been decided to make it a Fifa 2001 patch rather than release it now for Fifa 2000. They have big plans for this patch as it has received a lot of attention from you so keep an eye here for news as this patch develops. Also, the lads who were developing the Lazio v Inter Patch have had to postpone its release. Keep an eye on this site as they may decide to release it for Fifa 2001.
Posted by Dave Greek Tournaments FIFA 2001 site now openWe have received the following news from Kostas over at Greek Tournaments: "Don't forget to check out our new GT Fifa 2001 page. It's amazing. The GT.com web designer did an excellent job on this one. Head over and take a look. Give us your opinion in the new 2001 forum. You can find the site at http://www.greek-tournaments.com/Fifa2001/index.html Check out this great new site with a Flash interface over at Greek Tournaments. There is also an English version of the site for you.Posted by Dave I'm ConfusedNo - I'm not, but asking around I realized their are numerous people that have been confused on the released date. I am making this small post just to tell you that the day FIFA 2001 should be released, depending on your area is November 2nd - November 11th. Note that, keep it in your mind. The earlier date October 24th was just a rumor. Posted by Joe Sunday, October 22, 2000Three New Foreign Sites OpenWhat a huge day it has been away from our main English FIFA 2001 website. I am proud to announce that today three brand new Foreign FIFA 2001 websites opened right here at fifa2001.com. First to go live by just a whisker was FIFA 2001 Turkey. Already proving to be very popular with over 600 visitors in its first day, FIFA 2001 Turkey is the complete site for the thousands of FIFA 2001 fans out there. It is run by a group of dedicated Turkish FIFA webmasters are looks set to be the best Turkish site dedicated to a FIFA game yet. Nest in line was FIFA 2001 Benelux, the top site for every Dutch speaking FIFA fan. Bosting an experienced and well known team of webmasters, FIFA 2001 Benelux will easily cover every Dutch speaking person's demands. Last, but certainly not least is FIFA 2001 Russia. Sporting an awesome and fresh new design, FIFA 2001 Russia is one of the first Russian FIFA sites to open and will keep all Russian speaking FIFA fans up to date with the exciting season of FIFA 2001 that awaits us. We've still got a quite a few Foreign sites that are yet to open and being wored as I type by their respective webmasters. If all goes to plan, they should all be open by the time FIFA 2001 is released. Posted by Matt Saturday, October 21, 2000Win FIFA 2001 from FIFA Max!We've received a message from the Soccer Gaming affiliate site FIFA Max: "Are you a Latin American FIFA Series fan? Do you want to own your FIFA 2001 game without spending a dollar? Head on to FIFA Max Network and win your FIFA 2001 copy now!. This contest will be open until November 11th." Still reading? Get on over there and win yourself a free copy of FIFA 2001! Posted by Joe Friday, October 20, 2000Gamcenter.com Reviews FIFA 2001Gamecenter.com has recently posted a review of FIFA 2001 for the PC. A review in which they say, "FIFA 2001 looks great, plays well, and is the best soccer game going." which is definetly very promising words for FIFA 2001. You can check out the review by clicking here. Posted by Kevin Pre-Order Your Copy of FIFA 2001With all the excitement surrounding FIFA 2001 I am sure you would be dying to own a copy of the game as early as possible, while still not having to spend all of your hard earned money. Well thanks to the Soccer Gaming Online Shop this can all be possible. FIFA 2001 can now be pre-ordered and delivered to you as soon as it is released no matter where you live at a very low below-retail price. Australasia/Asia-Pacific Customers Click Here! European Customers Click Here! American Customers Click Here! Posted by Matt Demo Release News From EAOne of my contacts from EA Sports has informed me that if all goes to plan, the FIFA 2001 demo will be released sometime next week. This is great news as for once people will be able to experience the game before it is officially released. We'll post more info on the demo and it's release date as it comes to hand. I've also been receiving many emails from visitors concerning the release dates of FIFA 2001 around the world. Release dates are varying from country to country. However, the game will be released for certain sometime between November 4th and November 11th no matter where you live. The best advice I can give you is to make a phone call to your local computer store where you will be purchasing FIFA 2001. Release dates are quite often inaccurate and your local shop will be able to tell you when they are expecting it form their supplier. Posted by Matt Thursday, October 19, 2000FIFA 2001 Workshop BETA Website OpensOur brand new FIFA 2001 Workshop website has opened in a BETA version. We are on the look out for new FIFA editors to join the workshop team and help develop requested FIFA 2001 downloads for our visitors. The FIFA 2001 Workshop is set to be one of the most useful FIFA websites on the net. As soon as FIFA 2001 is released our team of editors will be taking your requests and creating kits, stadiums, adboards and many other exciting FIFA 2001 add-ons and patches for you. Be sure to visit the FIFA 2001 Workshop today and read about the exciting new features the site will have. Plus, if you have any experience in FIFA editing and want to make your name famous and develop patches for our website, be sure to head on over the site as soon as possible. Remember, the site is on in an early BETA stage and will be fully opened once FIFA 2001 is officially released.  Posted by Matt Give me more, more, and more!The Sports Gaming Network, and our good friend, James have posted 22 brand new screenshots. Once again, these selection of screenshots root from the type of screenshots you asked him in our Forums. This new batch features some images of Newcastle United and the set formations, among others. So, if your really a FIFA 2001 fan, you can't miss these. Click here and say "Give me more!". Posted by Matt Wednesday, October 18, 2000SportPlanet's Preview - A Must ReadIf this doesn't get you falling off your seats and onto your knees begging for a copy of FIFA 2001, I doubt anything ever will. SportPlanet's, Humberto "Salty" Dominguez, has pieced together a hands-on-preview of FIFA 2001 that I can honestly describe as the most promising and exciting FIFA preview I have ever read. Salty has been reviewing FIFA games since the beginning and is never afraid to insult the game he loves to play. So when I read this preview, I felt my body fill with enthrallment as passages like: "... by far the closest approximation of association football within the realm of electronic gaming" and "The playing field has, after so many prayers, finally been enlarged" filled my screen. SportPlanet's FIFA 2001 Preview is a must read and not recommended for those of you who are impatient and may end up taking workers hostage at your local EA headquarters in search for an early copy of FIFA 2001. ;-) Posted by Matt New FIFA 2001 Pack ShotsGood news! We've just got the new box shots for FIFA 2001. The International version has soccer star Paul Scholes, as the United States features the MLS All-Star Ben Olson. You can click on one of the images below to get a close look. You can also check out the news post about Ben Olson joining EA Sports by clicking here.   Posted by Joe Tuesday, October 17, 200060 Screen Shots at FIFA KoreaI was just informed that FIFA Korea have over 60 new screen shots of FIFA 2001 in Korean available on their site. We've got 2 of the better ones displayed below. Check them out and you'll see there is a power bar present at the bottom of the screen. This should make for more accurate and realistic shots.
So pay FIFA Korea a visit and see how good FIFA 2001 is really going to be. Posted by Matt More Teams AnnouncedOur Teams & Leagues section is now fully complete. Today we added the teams that will feature in the Austrian, Scottish, Dutch, Swedish and Belgian leagues in FIFA 2001. So pay our Teams & Leagues section a visit for the complete list of all 17 leagues in detail. Posted by Matt Gamepen FIFA 2001 PreviewDan from GamePen has informed me of his FIFA 2001 Preview he has written for the PC version of the game. In part he says: The first thing I noticed were of course the graphics. Everything seems so smooth as opposed to last year's game, and last year's effort was very good graphically. This year, players look more human--they talk, their eyes blink, and they seem to have a bit more personality. And, I must point out after six @#!$@#$^$#^$ing years, there are finally linesmen in this game. Apparently they (EA Sports) have had enough of my complaining :) Cool! There really are linesmen! Check out this preview today as Dan raises some interesting points. There are also over 40 new screen shots Dan grabbed for you to drawl over. Posted by Matt News from Sports Gaming NetworkThe guys over at the Sports Gaming Network, who have already got their hands on FIFA 2001(PSX), just posted their review of FIFA 2001 for PSX. You can check it out by clicking right here. Also, James, has told us they posted 20 new FIFA 2001 screenshots at your request. Just push that little button on your mouse and you'll be there in no time. Posted by Joe New FEd2001 Poll QuestionWe've once again changed our Poll question. With the great news about FEd2001 being announced today, we're wanting to find out exactly how popular the ultimate FIFA 2001 editor will be. So this week we are asking, "Will you be downloading FEd2001?". Please vote today. The results to our previous polls have been added to our Poll section. Posted by Matt Monday, October 16, 2000Teams & Leagues List Returns With More InfoAfter a few weeks of unavailability, our popular Teams & Leagues section has returned. This part of our website lists all of the teams that will be taking part in the 17 leagues of FIFA 2001. So far 12 of the 17 teams lists have been announced with the remaining 5 set to be announced over the next few days. Today see's the addition of the teams that will feature in the Greek, Israeli and Brazilian leagues. Pay our Teams & Leagues section a visit today. Posted by Matt FEd2001 Under DevelopmentThis is surely the most exciting news this site has released and I'm sure every man and his dog will be over the moon when they read it... Chau Le has officially begun work on FEd2001! Check back here regualarly as we reveal more details on exactly what this years FEd will involve. The word is that Chau has some big surprises in store for us with this edition. Posted by Matt FIFA 2001 Screens @ SportsPlanetWe've got some good news from our good friend Tony Wyss. He has just told us that he has posted 37 new screenshots at SportsPlanet, using his ATI Radeon DDR video card. This collection of photos shows us some nice close up shots in the game. So, if you want to take a glance at these brand new screenshots, hop on over to SportsPlanet.   Posted by Joe Sunday, October 15, 2000Your requests have been answeredOur main man over at the Sports Gaming Network, has just told us that he has posted 20 of our requested screenshots. You want to see what you asked for? Your one click away. If you didn't get a request in, don't fret. You can still post your request on the Forum. For information, see our previous post.   Posted by Joe More FAQ Sent To EAWow, in my 3 years of being part of the FIFA website scene I have never witnessed such excitement around an upcoming FIFA game. With FIFA 2001 becoming officially gold this week, excitement is at an all time high and we here at FIFA 2001 Online want to make the next couple of weeks before release even more exciting. Although these were uploaded a few days ago, we would like to make sure everyone has the opportunity to check out the next 10 questions that we've already sent into EA Sports. Visit the FAQ Week 4 section to read the 10 questions we chose from your posts in our FIFA 2001 Forum. We're expecting a reply from EA anyday now and once those 10 questions are answered, we'll be selecting a further 10 from the FIFA 2001 Forum. Posted by Matt Friday, October 13, 200022 New FIFA 2001 ScreenshotsJames, from the Sports Gaming Network, has just gotten his hands on the gold edition of FIFA 2001. To spice up our last few days of waiting for our own edition of FIFA 2001, he has posted 22 new screenshots. All you have to do to see them in their glory, is click here. Thank you James! UPDATE: James has told us that he would be glad to take requests for screenshots of certain parts of FIFA 2001. Just go to our Forums right now and look for the topic, "Request a FIFA 2001 Screenshot". Posted by Joe Thursday, October 12, 2000FIFA 2001 gone GoldHere it is. One of last steps before the release of FIFA 2001. The Adrenaline Vault has reported that EA Sport's FIFA 2001 has gone gold, as of Thursday, October 12th, 2000. AV has said that in the US, the game will be released October 24th. Click here to get the full scoop of what AV had to say. Posted by Joe Wednesday, October 11, 2000PSX Loading Screen ShotThis shot just came in from Jack at EA Thailand. Those of you who plan to purchase FIFA 2001 on the PSX or have had a FIFA game on the PSX in the past will find it interesting.  If you're yet to hear, we have a the net's largest array of FIFA 2001 shots all available in out Screen Shots section. Posted by Matt Your Questions and Prays Have Been AnsweredThe latest set of questions we sent in to EA have been answered and posted on both our FAQ and the Official FIFA 2001 Homepage. Our prays have been answered and the latest news about Internet Support is absolute gold! EA states: "Internet play will be based around EA's new INTERNET MATCHMAKER service provided through EA.com. Players can launch the match maker service from within the game or directly from their web browser. Once a player has registered, he/she can pick a region of the world to find other FIFA players in. There will be an interface to create or join games, pick all your game options, and create or join in user chat rooms to meet and beat your opponents. As well: For users who wish to connect directly to another user via a known IP address there will be an in-game screen." Answers to all 10 of the latest questions can be found in the Week 3 section of our FAQ page. Later today we'll be selecting a new set of 10 questions from our FIFA 2001 Forum to send into EA to be answered for Week 4 of the FAQ. Be quick to register and post your questions if you'd like them answered. Posted by Matt Tuesday, October 10, 2000IRFO 2001 and China FIFA 2001 OpenTwo of our newest and most eagerly awaited foreign websites went live today. Our Iranian website, IRFO 2001, looks set to become just a popular as it's predecessor, IRFO 2000 which was a hugely popular website full of the latest downloads and patches with a true Iranian feel to it. Pay IRFO 2001 a visit today as it is well worth a look even if you aren't from Iran.  Also opening for business today was http://china.fifa2001.com. This website will provide complete coverage of FIFA 2001 in Chinese.  Stay tuned for more foreign websites opening here shortly. Posted by Matt Monday, October 9, 2000As We Wait...Waiting... waiting ... waiting. As EA release more and more atractive movies and screen shots from FIFA 2001 all we can do is wait. No one has been able to even get close to playing the game and the waiting game is killing us all! Our own Joe Lemon has put together a great article entitled, As We Wait.... He talks about the new features of FIFA 2001 that he, and many people, are very exited about. Give it a read. It may just make those final few weeks go a little bit quicker ;-) Posted by Matt Sunday, October 8, 2000PS2 Screen Shots and MoviesJust a quickie - Those new PS2 screen shots I mentioned yesterday can now be found here on our own site, for your convenience.
Also, I've just found out that there are some absolutely fantastic FIFA 2001 (US) movies taken from the PS2, thanks to IGN.COM's PS2 FIFA 2001 preview. You can get tons of movies if you go here (the "Current Media" ones being the ones I'm talking about), and the FMV Intro you can get here... Well, you get to hear the OOPS system in action (arguing players, celebrating players, etc.), and see some great stuff. All I can say is WOW! I had to download a further 6mb from Quicktime to get it to work and was up until 1am, but boy was it worth it. Wow. Wow. Wow.. Posted by Chris New Sports & FIFA SiteMohamed Talat has informed us that he has finally created his Sports & FIFA site, which can be found by clicking the following link - http://pages.about.com/moh81/index.html. Posted by Nick More PS2 Screen ShotsHere's that surprise I promised! Some new screenshots of menu screens (and more) on and off the pitch, FROM THE PLAYSTATION2 (proving that, as I said in my last post, the menu screen shots from Jack of EA Thailand are actually PC screen shots), have arrived here. Posted by Chris Menu Screen ShotsWell, it's not BIG news, but it's news all the same... I've just discovered that the menu screen shots kindly given to us by Jack of EA Thailand (see news below) are 99.9% certainly (I won't say definitely because then something will roll along from somewhere and prove me wrong - C'est la vie..) PC screen shots - This is because... Well, I won't ruin the surprise, I'll make a news post a few minutes after this one with some evidence - FIFA 2001 fans, it's worth the wait! Check back in a minute.. Posted by Chris http://fifa.help.plI've just received this exclusive from Reigon of http://fifa.help.pl : "Today we have an exclusive set of materials, which you never seen on any bigger FIFA 2001 sites in Poland or any other foreign sites dedicated to FIFA 2001. It's important that you read this article, because it shows what really the guys from EA prepared for us (screenshots inclusive). - Players skin colour palette - Twelve different player face types used it the game - Hairstyle types - Shirts models (maybe there will be more stripes or more dots or stars'n'stripes :) ) - Shorts models (maybe long, maybe short...) - Socks types (without holes or ... ;) ) - Team kits colours and types You will read and see much more : - Statistic informations made for all 15 polish players - All 32 tactical on-field positions made for the game (classical def, mid, fwd, st and mid-positions) - FAQ and explanations for all statistics properities - Statistic of random selected players (best player, best goalkeeper etc.)" If you are a Polish FIFA fan, I would recommend you go there now! Posted by Chris Saturday, October 7, 2000All Systems Go...All errors in our HTML have been fixed. All pages should now be in 100% working order and we apologise for the inconvenience earlier when our HTML had errors. Thanks. Posted by Matt Friday, October 6, 2000New Poll QuestionWe have just changed our Poll question. This time around we are asking "Is your National League in FIFA 2001?". With the National League list released by EA earlier this week being the most talked about and controversial part of FIFA 2001 yet, we want to know exactly howmany of our visitors will be able to enjoy their National League in FIFA 2001. This new Poll will be a good indication for EA to see how they can improve the Leagues list next year. Our last Poll question was a huge success and showed us that a large majority of our visitors strongly appoved of the design of this website. Thanks to everyone who voted. Posted by Matt New FIFA 2001 MoviesIGN PS2 has posted some new movies of FIFA 2001 the US version for the PlayStation 2. These movies feature the FMV introduction for the game, along with the much requested shot power bar. So what are you waiting for, check out all of these movies by clicking here. Posted by Kevin Final Fifa 2001 Artwork Skin for your CollectionToday sees the last in the series of very very successful Fifa 2001 Artwork MRA Skins. For your MRA this weekend why not try out one of the hottest talents in the English Premiership, young Manchester United and England midfielder, Paul Scholes.
Check out the screenshot above and then download your copy of this great Skin by clicking here We hope you have enjoyed this collection of Fifa 2001 Skins and if you have any great ideas for a new series of Skins then please do not hesitate to contact me. Posted by Dave Vote for a brighter futureToday sees the introduction of a new series of voting polls that the MRA site will be holding regularly to obtain your views on how you would like to see the MRA site develop. Their first poll asks "What would you like to see more of at the MRA site?". Please take a moment to cast your vote on this topic and help to make a brighter future for us all by visiting the MRA site. Posted by Dave Week 3 FAQ Now ViewableWith help from my mate Philippe, we have just finished selecting the next 10 of your questions to send into EA from our FIFA 2001 Forum. You can view all of the questions we chose this week by visiting the FAQ Week 3 section. We hope to receive a reply shortly with all answers being displayed in our FAQ section and on the Official EA FIFA 2001 Website. Posted by Matt Exclusive New Menu Screen ShotsSpecial thanks to my buddy Jack from EA Thailand for sending me four never before seen screen shots of the menus in FIFA 2001. We weren't entirely sure if these were PC or PS2 menu shots, but it has now been proven by Chris (see Sunday's last news post) that they are PC. Because of this, we now have all four of them on display in our PC Screen Shots section (page 4). You can check out two of them below.
Enjoy these shots and stayed tuned as we'll soon have the new 10 questions from our FIFA 2001 Forum that we'll be sending into EA. Posted by Matt Thursday, October 5, 2000Our FAQ Section OpensOne of the most exciting areas on the FIFA scene at the moment is the Frenquently Asked Questions that EA Sports are answering for us. As you may already know, all of the questions that EA answer come straight from our FIFA 2001 Forum. Today I have put together a new part of our Information section, called (surprise, surprise) FAQ. There you will find all of the questions EA have answered plus soon a list of the next 10 questions that have been selected from our Forums and sent into EA. Personally, I found this weeks answers from EA to be the most promising yet. We now know that FIFA 2001 will have a shot bar, a number of realistic licensed stadiums to choose from, awesome realistic crowd chants plus much much more. Be sure to check out our FAQ section today. I will be back in a few hours with 4 never before seen screen shots of the menu's in the PS2 version of FIFA 2001. Posted by Matt Wednesday, October 4, 2000All 10 Questions AnsweredSince I made my last post, answers to all TEN questions sent to EA SPORTS by Matt have been posted at the official EA SPORTS FIFA 2001 website in the FAQ section. Once again some questions I have been asked a LOT are answered there, this time including "can we choose the stadium to play in (like in previous FIFA games)?" and "will there be linesmen?", plus some other very intresting stuff (like the sfx option "on the pitch" mix) - Check it out now FIFA fans! News from Matt is that we'll infact be opening our own FAQ section very shortly to not only display the questions EA have already answered us, but future questions that have already been sent out to EA and are awaiting reply. Posted by Chris More Questions Answered by EAWell it seems like only a few days ago when Matt sent out 10 new questions to EA SPORTS to answer about FIFA 2001... Hey, wait a minute, it was only a few days ago! Well, answers to 5 out of 10 of the questions (see Matt's earlier post, now in the News Archive) have now been answered and those very answers are on the official EA SPORTS FIFA 2001 website. Answers this time around are from questions including one I have not stopped being asked since I became an employee here - "why is my favourite league not included?", and a few more which you need to see now if you want some brand new information about FIFA 2001. Enjoy! Posted by Chris Tuesday, October 3, 2000FIFA Clubs Tournaments ComingOur newest network site over at Soccer Gaming, FIFA Clubs, has announced some great news concerning the Internet Support feature in FIFA 2001. Already FIFA Clubs has many tournaments all over the world taking place for FIFA 2000 players. However, they have plans to begin an awesome world-wide tournament featuring FIFA 2001 and Internet Support. Here is what one of the organisers of FIFA Clubs, Claudio Mariano, has to say about his website: "Fifaclubs specialises in the organization of Fifa tournaments. We are a site where you can play the game with people from your own country and soon all over the world! We keep on changing the rules of our tournaments so that we keep the interest of the game alive. Our latest point systems tend to reward not only the best players (that win every game) but also those players that play constantly and try to become one of the top players. Our lastest tournament, which is set to start as soon as Fifa 2001 comes out, is the World League. This tournament shall follow the same structure as the Fifa World Cup. For each country we shall set up a national championship that, at the end of the season (probably late April 2001), will produce the best ten players for each country. At the end of the national championships, the final phase of World Championship shall commence. And this is where the new main feature of Fifa 2001- the possibility to play over the Internet - will be essential. In the Final Phase we will have these top players of each country play against each other. The object of this tournament is not to find out who is the best player on the planet , but its primary goal is to find out which is the best country overall. For example, in a hypothetical semi-final, the n°1 Argentinian player shall meet the n° 1 Italian player, the n° 2 from Argentina shall meet the n° 2 from Italy and so on. At the end of these ten matches (for "match" I consider at least two games: each player will be host at least once) we will probably have a score of 7 to 3, 6 to 4, or maybe even 5 to 5, in which case more matches will follow. The country whose players win most matches goes on to the next phase and eventually wins the World League. The precise rules for the Final Phase and its structure shall be released some time before the end of the national championships. The second, and also very important, part of Fifaclubs is the forums section. This is where the players get a chance to meet and exchange their ideas with the other Fifaclub players. Sometimes, mostly when we get close to the end of our tournaments, the "exchange of opinions" gets a little bit too hot, but always with great respect for the other players." Stay tuned to this site and FIFA Clubs for further news on this exciting new tournament. Posted by Matt Foreign Site UpdateOver the past few weeks we have had a great response to our foreign website promotion and we're happy to announce that up to 23 foreign FIFA 2001 websites will be opening within the next couple of weeks. Just take a look at the size of the list in the right menu! Today sees the official launching of our Thai mirror site at http://thai.fifa2001.com. FIFA 2001 is very popular in Thailand and this new site will cater for all the needs of the Thai FIFA fans. With a great design and a load of info, FIFA 2001 Thailand is set to be one of our best foreign websites. As announced on Soccer Gaming last week, our brand new Latin American network known as FIFA Max will now be the home to all of our South American based FIFA websites. If you speak Spanish, head on over to FIFA Max and you won't be disapointed. The guys at FIFA Max are after new hosted sites and webmasters. Check out their detailed hosting section for more info. If you are a webmaster and have an interest in developing a foreign website here at FIFA 2001 Online be sure to contact me. I'll be happy to talk to you and discuss how you could help our network and create a popular website for yourself. We're particularly interested in putting together a team of Israel guys to develop a big FIFA 2001 Israeli website. Stay tuned to this site for our new foreign websites going live. Posted by Matt 6th Fifa 2001 Skin for your MRA + Special TreatToday over at the MRA site they have the 6th in the series of Fifa 2001 Skins for your MRA plus a special treat. They have 2 versions of the Spanish and Valencia star Gaizka Mendieta for your enjoyment.   Check out the screen shots above and then download your copies of these great Skins by clicking here. One more to follow this week. Posted by Dave Monday, October 2, 2000Patch of the Day 2001Well really the news partly released by Dave (see the news item below) is both FIFA 2000 and FIFA 2001 news, and this is a FIFA 2001 website, so I wasn't sure whether to post the news here or not, but since Dave's let the cat out of the bag I might as well finish the whole story.. No offence Dave! PotD2 for FIFA 2000 was due to be released about now, but due to me starting college and getting this job here at FIFA 2001 Online, I just couldn't find the time to finish it (and the same goes for Andrew "Drinky" Drinkwater, the other creator of the PotDs for FIFA 2000). So any further English footie patches from me are cancelled... But only until FIFA 2001! By the time FIFA 2001 is released, my work schedule will be cut down a bit and I will definitely have enough time to make a Patch of the Day for it! Of course this all depends on whether FIFA 2001 will need one, and from what I've seen so far it's questionable indeed! But we shall see.. Posted by Chris PotD for Fifa 2001Chris Davies who has developed the excellent Patch of the Day series (PotD) has informed us that the next version of PotD: "WILL be released for FIFA 2001 soon after it's release on the PC". I know you will all be very excited of the prospect of PotD for Fifa 2001. We will keep you fully informed of progress with the development of this patch when it commences. Posted by Dave Sunday, October 1, 20005th Fifa 2001 Skin for your MRAToday over at the MRA site they the 5th in the series of Fifa 2001 Skins for your MRA and it is the veteran German star who has won everything there is going in modern football and is now plying his trade in the MLS - Lothar Mattheaus.
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