Latest Rules for Fifa 2007

General

Competition Method: 1 vs. 1
Game Mode : International only
Host, client will be announced before the match or decided by the marshal.
Player change and strategy change is limited to 3 times throughout the game. (The changes before the start of first and second half are not included in this count.)
At the end of each match, players must maintain the final screens and receive confirmation from a referee.
WCG may install third party program and/or join as an observer for tournament operations purposes, such as verifying match results or gathering match data.
Stadium Setting
Stadium : Stadium : Bay Arena
Weather: Sunny Day
Game Setting Precautions
The official, licensed FIFA Soccer 2007 product must be used, and no separate patches are allowed. (No arbitrary changes allowed)
Multitool patch must be used.
In addition, the abilities of teams and players cannot be modified arbitrarily.
Graphic and other setting may only be setup through the menu. (Configuration file cannot be used) Maximum allowed resolution is 1024x768x32
Players on both sides must select the options before they begin the game. The match result will be accepted even if the players find out that each others' settings were different afterwards.

.Forbidden Moves

The player must kick-off with backward pass at the beginning of each half and after every goal is scored.
It is not allowed to cross the ball directly into the small area from a corner kick.
It is not allowed to score a goal from one's own half of the field.
The Rocket-Shot is not allowed.
The use of the Q+A, Q+D and Q+W keys are forbidden if done from one's own midfield.
It is not allowed to score a goal from a computer taken free kick.
Modifying one's team in order to deactivate the covering of the opponent is not allowed. Therefore, if "player A" wants to modify his line-up, tactic or formation, he must send the ball out of bounds once he completes his changes thus allowing his opponent ("player B") to make any necessary adjustments. Once "player B" has made the adjustments, he too is required to kick the ball out of bounds thus returning the ball to "player A".
A video of the top four "forbidden moves" can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNvR7li3v4I


Settings

Basic Settings
Difficulty Level World class Game Speed Fast
Half-Length 6 minutes Injuries Off
Advanced SettingsHome Auto Switching Zero Bookings On
Away Auto Switching Zero Time/Score Indicator On
Offside Rule On Player Status Bar On
Radar On Performance Meter Off
Starting Subs 5   
Disconnect
Should a disconnection occur:
A referee will confirm the exact score to that point, and restart the match.
A referee will inform the players on exactly how many minutes must still be played in order to complete the match.
Any players sent off the field (red card) shall count as a goal each for the opponent when the match resumes
Intentional disconnection: Upon judgment by the referee, any offending player will be charged with a loss and a possible disqualification from the tournament.

Penalty for Unfair Play

Unfair play

Use of any cheat program
Intentional disconnection
Use of any settings exceeding standard and permitted settings
Any unnecessary chatting during the match.
If referee decides that external conditions (Press, Team Leader, Player, Spectator, etc) give unfair advantage to a player, the player may be given a
warning or lose by default at the referee's sole discretion.
Upon discovery of any player committing any violations regarded as unfair play, that player will be disqualified from the tournament.

During the course of any match, the operations staff and/or referee may determine other actions to embody unfair play at any time.

These rules are for the WCG 2007 National Championship and are subject to modification in the following aspects.
Use of most recent patch/version release of each official game within WCG committee's own discretion.

In-game settings and required factors necessitated by use of most recent patch version/release

Cheat Protection Program release and/or cheat protection functions

fuyooo! SAY TAK NAK TO barca ! ^^
sure interesting la !

acc7(germany)
loon4tic(brazil)
sildes(portugal?)
vin(france)

Rather than all barca-party in wcg..so boring !   

At the moment, this are the latest rules for fifa 2007.
Will be confirmed later.

So start training with the new rules now. Gamers who spend everyday on this game should know what is the bug and unfair play. So be fair, follow the rules and be the worthy champion.

Modifying one's team in order to deactivate the covering of the opponent is not allowed. Therefore, if "player A" wants to modify his line-up, tactic or formation, he must send the ball out of bounds once he completes his changes thus allowing his opponent ("player B") to make any necessary adjustments. Once "player B" has made the adjustments, he too is required to kick the ball out of bounds thus returning the ball to "player A".

Basically, every player need to kick the ball out of play after pausing the game, made tactical changes or not, you still have to do it.

You leh arroyos?? Definitely will be France also la lolz...ish duwan use Germany liao larr...that Mertesacker cant even chase that Messi! 

Thanks for the rule, luige! btw, I have few arguments here:

just asking, why not just standardize the rule with the WCG Grand Finals? especially the international team only rule. Coz you see need for speed carbon also the same only la.. everyone use the same car.

It is not allowed to score a goal from a computer taken free kick.
>Is this mean tat the freekick taken after we doesn't kick for a long time?

Basically, every play need to kick the ball out of play after pausing the game, made tactical changes or not, you still have to do it.
>if tat so, why not you just replace this line inside to the rule instead make another small quote outside the rule? Since the rule itself is already an edited version. You know, sometimes people press escape is to cancel out the "lag" where it do helps if u press escape and return back the game.

The use of the Q+A, Q+D and Q+W keys are forbidden if done from one's own midfield.
>Previously this rule I assume it should be the long ball rule? so now replaced with this rule, meaning we can't do a short ball also?

It is not allowed to cross the ball directly into the small area from a corner kick.
>Passing to the small area consider a cross also rite?

Lastly, the injury still have problem with fifa engine. What if the other player injured our key player, for example french team he injured the henry? The game shall be restart or continue? it's not fair since tat's the reason why we choose france over other team. is meaningless without henry...
Thanks again!

1.The new rule posted by luige is set by Clander, the World Final's FIFA head marshall. The new rule should be up very soon. The reason luige post it this early is because he want us to have more time to train with international only.

2.Yepz, we are not allowed to score from a computer taken free kick. This is because free kick in less than 20 metres will have a very high percentage of scoring if the computer take for you.

3.The rule is edited by Clander. The small quote outside set by luige is a reminder for you actually. In the world finals stage, the process of kicking the ball out is something you should already know. So the actual rule does not need to tell you to do that. It's natural fair play attitude.

4.What do you mean by short ball?
Just for your information, if you accidentally pressed Q+A, Q+D or Q+W at your OWN HALF, it's recorded in the fifabot and there will be an alarm sounded. So, whether the goal to be disallowed or not, it's up to the marshall.

5.I know sometimes you can accidentally pass into the small area. So try not to score after that to avoid any goal to be disallowed. Practice your corner well, and you wont make that mistake of passing into the small area.

6.Injury....err, i cant help. But i agree with you that there is still injury even we off it. So it's up to the marshall whether we can still continue the game or restart the game.

I hope i did help a little here. 

1.The new rule posted by luige is set by Clander, the World Final's FIFA head marshall. The new rule should be up very soon. The reason luige post it this early is because he want us to have more time to train with international only.

2.Yepz, we are not allowed to score from a computer taken free kick. This is because free kick in less than 20 metres will have a very high percentage of scoring if the computer take for you.

3.The rule is edited by Clander. The small quote outside set by luige is a reminder for you actually. In the world finals stage, the process of kicking the ball out is something you should already know. So the actual rule does not need to tell you to do that. It's natural fair play attitude.

4.What do you mean by short ball?
Just for your information, if you accidentally pressed Q+A, Q+D or Q+W at your OWN HALF, it's recorded in the fifabot and there will be an alarm sounded. So, whether the goal to be disallowed or not, it's up to the marshall.

5.I know sometimes you can accidentally pass into the small area. So try not to score after that to avoid any goal to be disallowed. Practice your corner well, and you wont make that mistake of passing into the small area.

6.Injury....err, i cant help. But i agree with you that there is still injury even we off it. So it's up to the marshall whether we can still continue the game or restart the game.

I hope i did help a little here. 

At the moment, this are the latest rules for fifa 2007.
Will be confirmed later.

So start training with the new rules now. Gamers who spend everyday on this game should know what is the bug and unfair play. So be fair, follow the rules and be the worthy champion.

Modifying one's team in order to deactivate the covering of the opponent is not allowed. Therefore, if "player A" wants to modify his line-up, tactic or formation, he must send the ball out of bounds once he completes his changes thus allowing his opponent ("player B") to make any necessary adjustments. Once "player B" has made the adjustments, he too is required to kick the ball out of bounds thus returning the ball to "player A".

Basically, every player need to kick the ball out of play after pausing the game, made tactical changes or not, you still have to do it.

1.The new rule posted by luige is set by Clander, the World Final's FIFA head marshall. The new rule should be up very soon. The reason luige post it this early is because he want us to have more time to train with international only.

2.Yepz, we are not allowed to score from a computer taken free kick. This is because free kick in less than 20 metres will have a very high percentage of scoring if the computer take for you.

3.The rule is edited by Clander. The small quote outside set by luige is a reminder for you actually. In the world finals stage, the process of kicking the ball out is something you should already know. So the actual rule does not need to tell you to do that. It's natural fair play attitude.

4.What do you mean by short ball?
Just for your information, if you accidentally pressed Q+A, Q+D or Q+W at your OWN HALF, it's recorded in the fifabot and there will be an alarm sounded. So, whether the goal to be disallowed or not, it's up to the marshall.

5.I know sometimes you can accidentally pass into the small area. So try not to score after that to avoid any goal to be disallowed. Practice your corner well, and you wont make that mistake of passing into the small area.

6.Injury....err, i cant help. But i agree with you that there is still injury even we off it. So it's up to the marshall whether we can still continue the game or restart the game.

I hope i did help a little here. 

Well said and thanks luige for the fast feedback and update! Well done! Just waiting on the game format whether is it best of 3 or home and away or just 1 match format? Any news?

-kEnN-iEd-

"2.Yepz, we are not allowed to score from a computer taken free kick. This is because free kick in less than 20 metres will have a very high percentage of scoring if the computer take for you."

Wat is computer taken free kick? I only know 1 freekick..where I power up n curve the shot...is tat computer taken free kick? Or is computer free kick the one where ur 2nd player shoots for u?

Haha that's not luige who typed so much trying to clear up some of the questions...later highwind cries and doesn't want to answer anymore questions la if you keep thanking luige only akekeke   

You leh arroyos?? Definitely will be France also la lolz...ish duwan use Germany liao larr...that Mertesacker cant even chase that Messi! 

6.Injury....err, i cant help. But i agree with you that there is still injury even we off it. So it's up to the marshall whether we can still continue the game or restart the game.

fuyooo! SAY TAK NAK TO barca ! ^^
sure interesting la !

acc7(germany)
loon4tic(brazil)
sildes(portugal?)
vin(france)

Rather than all barca-party in wcg..so boring !   

A computer taken free-kick is where when you are in position for the kick, all you do and just wait and do nothing..... The computer will then automatically kick the ball for you after a short period of time.......

BTW, luige, what about the tolerance zone issue? FORTUNATELY the fifa bot CAN detect the tolerance zone  but still, its not quite consistent la....... Even if SLIGHTLY off the radius also it will detect as long ball zzzzzz...... Anywayz, I have here the image of the tolerance zone according to my experiments with the fifabot......

http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t...ancezonefs9.jpg

BTW, one thing I want to comment on a BIG problem concerning the usage of the fifabot system...... Ok picture this situation........ I am defending and I hold Q to trigger my player to defend automatically while I control another player to man-mark another of my opponent's players..... My opponent took a shot and it rebounded to one of my defender..... Out of panic I then quickly press 'D' while still holding 'Q'....... It then becomes a 'QD' and thus gets detected as a long ball from the fifabot........I then proceed and win the game by a goal.....But since the long ball was detected, my goal was dissalowed by the marshall in charge......Abit unfair right?

Marshalls, please help on this situation? Thanks..........

Edit :  Are you sure? Because like I said, its still stated about the tolerance zone thing in the rules AND the fifabot do work well with the tolerance zone thing.....I've already tested it..... If you're not sure about the tolerance zone radius, kindly refer to the image I posted above...... Thanks..... However, I find it still not very consistent when you QW or QA from around the border line of the tolerance zone so just be careful..........

okay, another thing, if for example I have a freekick from my own half, I lobbed the ball into the opponents half, expecting my player there to head the ball to goal, he missed, but the goalkeeper also missed (I have scored this twice because of a bug, the goalkeeper will only look at the ball without moving) does that mean the goal is not legit as it's scored from own half?

If its a bug...avoid using it... Fair play my frend.. Bug abuse is frowned upon... =)

OK, that clears up things a bit. well good luck to us all. I have a feeling that I won't last the first round as I will only be using the keyboard to play (my thumb broke years ago and I always have problem using gamepad)

meh, long time ago in an accident. till now my thumb cannot bend fully so gamepad is out of the question XD

Hey..when the opponent goalie is taking the goalkick, wat button is pressed so tat my strikers marks his defender so he cant short pass? I find it very hard to get my strikers to mark the opponents defenders manually la..

haha.. no use la. ppl can make a short lob u if u stand infront.

The Offline Patcher has been successfully used on EPS Finals X and Relegation for EPS XI. It turns off handballs and injuries in LAN & Direct IP games. It also sets difficulty to World Class and game speed to Fast, meaning you dont need to start the Online Patcher too. But there is one small thing: This tool will most likely only work with Fifa versions who support the german language. (Games bought in Germany, United Kingdom, France)

According to the FIFA bot website, an Offline Patcher has been released:
This time it really turns off Injuries completely! 

Also turns off handballs (I'm wondering why...handballs are normal in real football and i love it as it makes the game more realistic  )

Offline Patcher can be used both for LAN and Direct IP (Not sure if it can be used for Online play but surely can be used during WCG!  )

The bad thing is they said it only works with FIFA versions which support the German language only. I think some of us need to try out the Offline Patcher to see if it works. Currently our FIFA versions are Nordic, it's not one of the countries they mentioned there though

Guys,

I'm opening up registration till 20th of August. If the numbers arent too good, there wont be a 3rd season until further notice. However if the season doesnt materialize, I would like to encourage you to continue your look out for other online leagues to play and improve.

Till then, continue your training and all the best in the upcoming WCG! 

when is the competition start ? may i know the venue? i wan to register and take part.. win le represent msia play in wcg championship?

hmm... I'm thinking, sometimes when we wanted to changed formation, once we pressed escape and the menu jump out abit then return to the game... this wasted 1 of our time to change formation. In this case, when we used all of our game pausing, opponent now may switch his attacker to deactivate our man-marking wat.. wasn't tat unfair? even I know deactivate manmarking is forbidden, but he can do it indirectly by substituting his player also...

hmm... I'm thinking, sometimes when we wanted to changed formation, once we pressed escape and the menu jump out abit then return to the game... this wasted 1 of our time to change formation. In this case, when we used all of our game pausing, opponent now may switch his attacker to deactivate our man-marking wat.. wasn't tat unfair? even I know deactivate manmarking is forbidden, but he can do it indirectly by substituting his player also...

Smart 1...never tought of this can happen..=.=...

By the way..i think there is another bug also.After extra time when it goes to penalty shoot out...sometimes when u saved a shot but the computer stil count as a goal for opponent...wonder what the marshals gonna do on this...

hmm... I'm thinking, sometimes when we wanted to changed formation, once we pressed escape and the menu jump out abit then return to the game... this wasted 1 of our time to change formation. In this case, when we used all of our game pausing, opponent now may switch his attacker to deactivate our man-marking wat.. wasn't tat unfair? even I know deactivate manmarking is forbidden, but he can do it indirectly by substituting his player also...

I encountered this so many times already...not only after extra time...they were just normal penalties during the game and the keeper actually saved the ball but it was counted a goal...maybe the ball really crossed the line before the keeper blocked it? Well this conditions kinda rare so if it really happens during WCG, just ask for the marshals advices.

And for Youqi's problem...i don't think any gamer will ever wanna do that in a tournament match la...it's like they purposely do all those strategy thinking and purposely paused the games...i mean there are many situations...such like not everyone plays man-marking, he doesn't actually know if you are even playing man-marking, what you are already leading him 3-0 after 20 mins? Still have time to think of that strategy? Will such lame changes can make him win the game? Haha sometimes i think people who actually think of such ways to cheat...i think he spent more time on thinking the ways of cheating instead of learning to improve himself in the game 

About the penalty, players..plz be fair =)
i dont think the other opponent will complain if the ball goes in. but if the ball was actually save by the keeper but counted as a goal, he definitely will complain bout it.

dont lie, especially to the marshals...plz ;-)

Don't use up all then. Think of back-up plans. It's all about your strategy planning for this. You can't blame your opponent for playing unfair. If you really switch formation too much, means you are not confident of yourself also. And you should be able to see the outcome if you lost this sort of confident.

As far as i know, players can train up to 10 kinds of formation. But in competition, they only bring two formation inside. So the 3 times substitution is sufficient.

Have Fun !!! 

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Added on August 19, 2007, 2:37 am

Penalty i cant really say anything about it, coz we also dun have the perfect angle to see whether the ball crosses the line or not.

But for the shots taken during open play that the ball didnt go in and counted as goal, marshall should clarify that 1st before the tournament. I suggest that it should be counted as goal since they dun have so many marshall to spectate every match. Although it sounds unrealistic, but that's the only choice left. If your opponent canceled the replay, there lost the evidence of scoring a goal that shot wide. Even at the end of the match, they don't replay all your goals. So the evidence is not there.

This is just my opinion, so pls don't flame me for making stupid suggestion 

yep. there's in normal case then. if you read my question properly, I'm saying of while you trying to use your first time, instead you used all the 3 times due to the game pausing bug(maybe opponent keep on pressing and canceled your pausing). Ofcoz it doesn't matter to me since I'm not smart in marking player, but for some who so sensitive to man marking they do really care.
I'm thinking of the demo recorder tool, is that able to record down the ball position? 

bpwx

dont be a loser please
else you will be in my blacklist

accelerator7

ok, this is the way
if a penalty conceded, you will have to inform the marshal immediately...immediately i mean, raise ur hand...shout for the marshal

accelerator7

ok, this is the way
if a penalty conceded, you will have to inform the marshal immediately...immediately i mean, raise ur hand...shout for the marshal

I agree, while manmarking is a good option, not all ppl can use it to full effect. Personally I never use that unless the opponent has a godlike players as it can pull your defence out of position with his run.
On the goal, why can't we use the ingame replay system? You can control the camera angle can't you?

Haha I don't mind being in your black list, as long as it is at the TOP! 

alex,..i think jingkung already got his place...

From my experience with MyFes, they always have tricks under their sleeves to get what they want.......   

We can't save and view replays during online or LAN games dude

if you read the rule, every red card consider a goal for their opponent.

Here's a scenario about disconnecting issue during a middle of a game.

Game is goin on and then your opponent did a tackle and he got red carded. So he has 10 men and then the game got disconnected. Technically, the team with 11 men should have an advantage due to the opponent's risky move.

Based on the current R&R:
Any players sent off the field (red card) shall count as a goal each for the opponent when the match resumes

If the disconnection occurs at an early time, 1 goal advantage do sound like a light penalty coz we all know how bad it is to play with 10 men. Especially if your defense is down to 3 men.

Don't remember playing with 10 men in tournament. I'm quite a play-safe kind of player 

Haha me too...but sometimes the AI will do stupid things la...even if you don't slide the player...sumtimes they tussle wit each other in the penalty box...the striker will purposely dive! Encountered that before liao...realistic! 

Try this:- (i know it's kinda out of the topic)

Use barcelona and assigned it in such a way, whereby ronaldinho will be called out to become the "layup man" when 2nd player is called to become the "layup man". Pass or take a shot, and you will realize ronaldinho who is standing there as "layup man" continues to stay there throughout the whole game until the ball is being played out of play.

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Added on August 22, 2007, 2:25 amAnd yeah, one more thing. I think i might know how to move the keeper to stop those ridiculous dead position freekicks aka the "soft touch freekicks". Can't really move the keeper literally but it helps to increase saving chances.

Haha me too...but sometimes the AI will do stupid things la...even if you don't slide the player...sumtimes they tussle wit each other in the penalty box...the striker will purposely dive! Encountered that before liao...realistic!