International Cricket Captain General Thread of Miscellany

[Shri]

Holy ****, ridiculous Ashes:



Was having a look at my ICC screenshot folder and came across this one.

[Nate]

What's the best version of Cricket Captain? Should I just go with 16?

[Gnske]

16 is good, 15 tickled my fancy more just for slightly easier UI.



Wew

[Nate]

Thanks.

[Dan]

Currently simming through an England save on 2015, with the rule that I must always play Josh Cobb (downgraded from 'must always open with Josh Cobb' in about 2021). 4500ish runs in 100 Tests at 22. Heroic.

[Shri]

Currently simming through an England save on 2015, with the rule that I must always play Josh Cobb (downgraded from 'must always open with Josh Cobb' in about 2021). 4500ish runs in 100 Tests at 22. Heroic.

Ishant of batting.

[mr_mister]

ICC 17 dropping tomorrow


Should be interesting

[_Ed_]

Ireland and Afghanistan getting test status happened at the worst possible time for them. I'd rather wait until the next version and have them playing tests.

[mr_mister]

Yeah true that would be fun but I don't mind spending 20 bucks a year. I'll buy both

[Chewie]

I tend to buy it every couple of years so looking forward to getting next year's version with Ireland and Afghanistan

[GRAB]

HI. I last bought ICC 2K6. Now ICC2K17. Nice to have an up to date database, though pity most annoying bugs (like subtracting an over from the scorecard when the last wicket falls on the last ball of the over) are still there. The name generator, especially for non-UK teams, is still atrocious. I used to finesse this by making my own, more extensive, surname list and editing the text files, then manually adding first names from a list. Anal, I know, anyhow... It seems the text files are now bundled into the game? Anyone know how to get at them? BTW, as a South African, I do wish they'd based things on 1st team stats only... A lot of really bad players are good, because of inflated FC stats playing 2nd team! (Like that time Mark de Stadler and Pierre Joubert were superstars...)

[Isura]

What's the best version of Cricket Captain? Should I just go with 16?

16 and 17 are quite good for long running international games. 17 has the extra leagues like Pakistan and WI. I prefer the regens in 16 because Australia gets no good bowlers in 17!

[Dan]

ICC 2015, year is 2031. The Josh Cobb experiment has been and gone.

Turns out Lakshimpathy Balaji is still playing for Tamil Nadu, at age 50. 50! Unsurprisingly, he's slowed down a bit -- 974 FC wickets at 39 now. Yuvraj is still going too, at 49. He has 473 FC wickets at an eye-watering 78.09.

Buttler is averaging ~70 across his last three FC seasons at age 41, and Jake Doran has played 150 FC games without ever making a ton (poor bloke couldn't even match Tim Paine).

[MagicPoopShovel]

So guys, what's the latest ICC version with an editor that works. Do they still not have a way to make your own custom teams (including the older players?)

[jimmy101]

I think there's one for '15. I was running a sim tournament here last year using ICC '13 with a working editor.

Hopefully someone can make an editor for the '18 version of the game as the devs have promised to expand the amount of players present in the ATG mode, as posted on their database feedback forum.