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KOA

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'''The Kick Off Association''' ('''K.O.A.''') is a nonprofit organization founded by [[Gunther Wening]] and [[Jan Tijssen]] in [[2001]]. It's a world organization of fans of the game [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]]. Every person that still loves [[Kick Off]] can [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/profile.php?mode=register join] the organization. It is totally free.

The Kick Off Association approximately has 1400 members. All the members can exchange ideas on the partnership sites, the [http://www.ko-gathering.com KO Gathering ], [http://www.kickoff2.it/ Kick Off 2 Italia], [http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] and [http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com]. The [[KOA]] has involved in the organizations of various [[:Category:Competitions|international tournaments]] of [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] and [[Donate|charitable donations]].

The [[KOA]] actively participates in the research and development of the new versions of [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]] as [[Kick Off 2 competition version]], [[Kick Off 2002]] and [[Throw in]]. All the testers for these games belong to the [[KOA]].

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[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off Series]]
[[Category:Tutorials & Guides]]
[[Category:KOPIA]]
[[Category:KORPS]]
[[Category:Wikickoff]]

Pitches

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[[Image:Ko2 pitch normal tiles.png|thumb|right|The tiles used in the normal pitch in [[Kick Off 2]]]]

The [[pitches]] in the games in the [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off Series]] are stored on the floppies using a technique called tiling. Two files are used for each pitch: A bitmap which contains a number of 16 x 16 pixel tiles and a tilemap which holds indices into the bitmap. The size of the maps are 80 x 96 tiles and consequently the size of a full pitch is 1280 x 1536 pixels.

==Kick Off==
The original [[Kick Off]] pitch:

[[Image:Kickoff pitch snapshot.png|frame|left|The original Kick Off pitch]]
[[Image:Kickoff pitch.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

==Player Manager==
The [[Player Manager]] pitch:

[[Image:Playermanager pitch snapshot.png|frame|left|The Player Manager Pitch]]
[[Image:Playermanager pitch.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

==Kick Off 2==

All [[Kick Off 2]] versions include the following four pitches

* Normal
* Wet
* Soggy
* Plastic

[[Image:Ko2 pitch normal snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2 - Normal Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2 pitch normal.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

[[Image:Ko2 pitch wet snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2 - Wet Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2 pitch wet.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

[[Image:Ko2 pitch soggy snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2 - Soggy Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2 pitch soggy.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

[[Image:Ko2 pitch artificial snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2 - Plastic Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2 pitch artificial.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

===Final Whistle===

[[Kick Off 2: The Final Whistle]] has 4 additional pitches
* Bumpy
* Muddy
* Wembley
* Icy

These pitches are stored differently on the floppies and their format has not yet been
reverse engineered.

===Return to Europe===
In [[Kick Off 2: Return To Europe]] the 4 standard pitches look a bit different:

[[Image:Ko2rte pitch normal snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2: Return to Europe - Normal Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2rte pitch normal.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

[[Image:Ko2rte pitch wet snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2: Return to Europe - Wet Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2rte pitch wet.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

[[Image:Ko2rte pitch soggy snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2: Return to Europe - Soggy Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2rte pitch soggy.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

[[Image:Ko2rte pitch artificial snapshot.png|frame|left|Kick Off 2: Return to Europe - Plastic Pitch]]
[[Image:Ko2rte pitch artificial.png|thumb|left|Click for full version]]
 

==External Links==
*[[http://www.tilemap.co.uk/mappy.php Mappy]] - Tilemap editor
*[[http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ Allegro]] - Free game programming library.

[[Category:KORPS]]

Programme

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This is a tentative schedule of events during World Cup. Times given are local to Cologne. The language of the event will be english. "Speeches" and presentations of the programme will be translated into other language by some members of the [[KOA]]; the friday sessions will be host on a [[Restaurant]], Saturday and Sunday session will be hosted on the [[game room]]. [[Game Room]] will be used for presentations of new games and other events.

== Tentative Programme ==

* '''Friday''': In the afternoon we will first build up all the Amigas and make up the WC room. We will start with the seeding on Friday evening (around 19:30), most likely in the WC-Room as it will be too loud in the pubs. Afterwards we will go to some place in the city and have a drink or two and/or go to eat something together. We will most likely do a reservation, as the city is going to be crowded! Those who want to party will have the best opportunity to do so!

* '''Saturday''': Day 1 of the World Cup. As some people will arrive on Saturday the start of the WC is in the early afternoon, later is not possible as time will be too short. We are going to meet at 12:30 with the welcome in the WC Room, and start at around 13:30 with the Qualification-Round. The games are expected to end at about 20:00.
* '''Sunday''': Day 2 of the World Cup. Because some people want to be at home on Sunday evening, the Final Round and the KOA-Cup are going to start at 10:00, but we will meet at 09:30 in the WC-Room. There will be a Lunchbreak at 12:00 (about 1 hour), where we can eat in the hotels restaurant (5€ for buffet). The Final will be played at about 17:00 and the offical part will end at about 18:00.

== Additional Events ==

There will be a number of [[Social events]] at the [[Kick Off Gathering|KO Gathering]] -- including trips to local attractions, tours of the city and several parties. So if you want to be part of the whole fun, you should come friday afternoon/evening and leave sunday night or even on monday. If you do not have the time, come latest at 12:30 on saturday and try to stay until 18:00 on sunday, although the official games for most players (those not qualified for the Quarter Final) will end at about 15:30.

== Useful links ==
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]

[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]

Total soccer

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This was a kickoff 2 remake for the playstation 1, which was on a free demo cd with a magazine

Kick Off 2

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[[Image:Kick_Off_2_main_menu.JPG|thumb|Kick Off 2, the main menu]]
[[Kick Off 2]] is the sequel of [[Kick Off]]. It was even more successful than his predecessor and is still acclaimed as one of the best [[Football (soccer)|football]] [[computer game]] ever released for home computer and console.

Many innovative concepts have since become standard features in football games. [[Kick Off 2]] added from [[Kick Off]] different field types, customizable shirts, allowed customized tactics made with [[Player Manager]] and a revolutionary feature called "[[after touch]]": a ball-controlling feature which was on effect after kicking the ball. It could produce some wicked spin, height or power to the ball depending on the action adding more degree of control over shooting the ball.
[[Kick Off 2]] is considered the best game of the series and this version is played over the annual [http://www.ko-gathering.com Kick off association World Cup] since 2001.

[[Kick Off 2]] was developed by [[Dino Dini]] (programming, design) and [[Steve Screech]] (graphics, design, tactics, testing)

== game description ==

[[Kick Off 2]] retains the pace and accuracy of the universally acclaimed [[Kick Off]], with a full size multi directional scrolling pitch and the players, markings, goals etc, in correct proportions. Both teams play the game strictly according to tactics. Players move into position to receive passes and gain possession. The ball,as in real game, travels ahead of the player thus making a tackle a matter of skill rather than of choice.

'''KICK OFF 2''' like real soccer, requires skills in ball control for passing, dribbling, shooting etc. Accuracy in shooting, the ability to swerve or bend the ball to score, when taking free kicks need a lot of practice. The practice option allow to practice the ball skills and set pieces, without being harassed by the opposition and practice the skills to perfection. If two players are to team up, it is an ideal opportunity to practice ONE - TWO up and down the pitch.

Each player on the pitch has a unique combination of attributes and skills suitable for the skill level at which the game is being played. A International is superior to 4th div. player in all departments.

One of the most useful options is the provision to set the skill levels of both teams independently. A novice with INTERNATIONAL Squad can give a professional with 4th Division Squad a run for his money.

There is a league and a cup tournament with sudden death penalty shoot outs, in case of a draw. The teams in the league are on the whole evenly matched but with different styles of play and the player skills to match, that style. There is a option to load your own team from "[[Player Manager]]" along with your own tactics, to play against another "[[Player Manager]]" team in a single game or enter league and cup tournament.

The special events selection in the main menu,allows data disks to be loaded.

[[Kick Off 2]] also provides the facility to change strip colours, on expanded Atari ST's ( 1 MB or above ) there are additional sound effects.

The "Action Reply" facility allows you to see the goals at normal pace or in "Slow Motion" and compile your own "Golden Goals" disk.

There are 24 referees and have their own distinctive temperaments. Some referee turns a "blind eye" and someone has a pack of red cards, to distribute. On the other hand, like human beings, they have good days and bad days.

==Magazine Reviews/Previews==

'''ACE'''

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/KO2Prvw_a.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/KO2Prvw_a_th.jpg]
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/KO2Prvw_b.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/KO2Prvw_b_th.jpg] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/KO2_Review.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/KO2_Review_th.jpg]

'''Computer and Video Games'''

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_a.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_a_th.jpg]
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_b.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_b_th.jpg] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_st.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/ko2_st_th.jpg]

'''The One'''

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_WIP_a.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_WIP_a_th.jpg]
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_WIP_b.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_WIP_b_th.jpg] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_a.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_a_th.jpg] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_b.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/KO2_b_th.jpg]

'''Zzap'''

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/Zzap/Kickoff2-zzap-review1.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/Zzap/ko2-zzap-review1-thumbnail.jpg]
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/Zzap/Kickoff2-zzap-review2.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/Zzap/ko2-zzap-review2-thumbnail.jpg]

==Awards==
* Awarded 1990 EMAP Images Golden Joystick Award - Game Of The Year
* Awarded 1990 Til 'dor (French magazine publisher award)

==Games in the series==
*[[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2 1MB]] (1990)

==Expansion Disk==
*[[Kick Off 2: The Final Whistle]] (1991)
*[[Kick Off 2: Return To Europe]] (1991)
*[[Kick Off 2: Super League]] (never released)
*[[Kick Off 2: Maths Disk]] (never released)

==Data Disk==
*[[Kick Off 2: Giants of Europe]] (1990)
*[[Kick Off 2: Winning Tactics]] (1991)

==Sequels==
In 1992, a sequel, [[Kick Off 3]] was in development. For various reasons the game didn't make it out.
[[Dino Dini]] left [[ANCO]] on 1993 for [[Virgin games]] and he released [[Goal!]] for them on 1994. [[Goal!]] was a totally different football game that was not well accepted by most of the kick off enthusiastic.
In the same year ANCO released [[Kick Off 3]] developed by [[Steve Screech]], a totally new game with nothing in common with [[Kick Off 2]].

In 2001 [[Steve Screech]] started a project called [[Ultimate Kick Off]] with the help of an early established [[KOA]]. The game was released by [[ANCO]] with the name [[Kick Off 2002]]. Later a sequel called [[Kick Off 2004]] was planned but it was never been released.

In 2005 [[Steve Camber]] started his project called [http://www.kickoffworld.net/wiki/index.php?title=Kick_Off_2_competition_version Kick Off 2 competition version], an updated version of the classic game for [[Amiga]] improving its features using [[reverse engineering]] on the original [[Amiga]] game.

==Links==
*[[:Category:Competitions|Competitions]]
*[[:Category:KOPIA|KOPIA - Kick Off Preservation International Association]]
*[[:Category:KORPS|KORPS - Kick Off Research Project Society]]
*[[:Category:Kick Off Remakes| Kick Off Remakes]]

== External Links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com KOA Kick Off Gathering] - KOA (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Fan Site (organising Kick Off World Cup tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.it/ Kick Off 2 Italia] - Very active Kick Off 2 community located in Milan, Italy
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
*[http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/viewforum.aspx?f=3694 Kickoffworld - Italian Kick Off Forum ] - The italian Kick Off Forum belong to the Italian Kick Off Organization (IKOA) and it's used on organising local tournaments
*[http://www.deutschlandistweltmeister.de Deutschland ist Weltmeister ] - Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2wm.de.vu Kick Off 2 Weltmeisterschaft ] - Another Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2.de Kick Off 2] - Home of some German Kick Off Veterans around the city of Kassel
*[http://mitglied.lycos.de/ko2wm Inoffizielle Kick Off 2 Weltmeisterschaft 2002-2004 in Homburg] - Page of the Homburg/Saar crew with the multiple German Champion MichaelO (Conan)
*[http://www.ko2-cup.tk Kick Off 2 CUP] - Home of Kick Off 2 players in and around Osnabrück / Germany
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.koanet.co.uk koa:.:net on line league ] - Kick Off 2 online league
*[http://kickoff2online.free.fr Kick Off 2 online ] - French Kick Off 2 online
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/kick-off-2 Kick Off 2] - Kick Off 2 page on Moby Games
*[http://hol.abime.net/2560 Kick Off 2] - Kick Off 2 page on Hall of Light

[[Category:Kick Off Series]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:KOPIA]]
[[Category:KORPS]]

Player Manager

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[[Image:Pmboxfront.jpg|thumb|Player Manager Box]]
This is the first product to successfully combine football management and action games together. [[Dino Dini]] was responsible for all engineering and game design.
The game had a full management simulation with a live transfer market, and CPU controlled managers bidding against each other as well as the player. This product started the whole Player-Manager franchise.

==Updated version==
From 2005 the [[KOA]] started the work on updating [[Player Manager]] with reverse engineering tecnique. [[Steve Camber]] started the work modifing the classic [[Player Manager]] removing [[PBD]], [[Jesper]] adding the same [[Ball]] and [[pitches|pitch]] of [[Kick Off 2]].

==Magazine Reviews==
*ST Action - A stroke of pure genius.
*The One - An exceptional football management sim. Astounding depth, most involved, rewarding and playable.
*ACE - Successfully blends challenging soccer management with frantic end to end arcade action. [[920]]
*New Comp Express - The sheer depth is incredible. A definitive management game.
*Commodore User - At last a management game that requires true management skills - a winner [[94%]]
*ST Format - Brilliant. [[93%]]
*Amiga Format - Enthralling and addictive. [[93%]]
*ZZAP - Best football management game ever written. [[92%]]
*[http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/DBM1/PlayMa.html Non mag review of Player Manager]

*[http://amr.abime.net/amr_search.php?search=player+manager&mag_id=0&action=Find Go here for all Amiga/Atari ST Player Manager magazine reviews]

'''Scans'''

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/PlayerManager.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/PlayerManager_th.jpg]    [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/PlayerManager2_news.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/ACE/PlayerManager2_news_th.jpg]    [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/playermanager.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/cvg/playermanager_th.jpg] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/Player%20Manager.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/TheOne/Player%20Manager_th.jpg] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/Anco/PM2.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/magazines/Anco/PM2_th.jpg]
 
    ACE Review      ACE PM2 News         CVG                    The One             Anco PM2 Ad

==Download==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/downloads/caps/PlayerManager.zip Player Manager] ADF image of the game.
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/downloads/adf/PlayerManager_1.2e.zip Player Manager with NO PBD] Version made by [[Steve Camber]] with the original [[PBD]] removed, still *Experimental*
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/downloads/caps/PlayerManager.zip Player Manager (ipf image)] Original version dumped by [[CAPS]]
*[http://web110.enux.dk/playermanager_v11e.zip Player Manager v1.1e] A new updated [[Player Manager]] with few cosmetic changes ([[ball]] and [[pitches|pitch]] from [[Kick Off 2]])

==Links==
*[[:Category:Competitions|Competitions]]
*[[:Category:KOPIA|KOPIA - Kick Off Preservation International Association]]
*[[:Category:KORPS|KORPS - Kick Off Research Project Society]]
*[[:Category:Kick Off Remakes| Kick Off Remakes]]

== External Links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com KOA Kick Off Gathering] - KOA (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Fan Site (organising Kick Off World Cup tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
*[http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/viewforum.aspx?f=3694 Kickoffworld - Italian Kick Off Forum ] - The italian Kick Off Forum belongs to the Italian Kick Off Organization (IKOA) and is used for organising local tournaments
*[http://www.deutschlandistweltmeister.de Deutschland ist Weltmeister ] - Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2wm.de.vu Kick Off 2 Weltmeisterschaft ] - Another Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2.de Kick Off 2] - Home of some German Kick Off Veterans around the city of Kassel
*[http://mitglied.lycos.de/ko2wm Inoffizielle Kick Off 2 Weltmeisterschaft 2002-2004 in Homburg] - Page of the Homburg/Saar crew with the multiple German Champion MichaelO (Conan)
*[http://www.ko2-cup.tk Kick Off 2 CUP] - Home of Kick Off 2 players in and around Osnabrück / Germany
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.koanet.co.uk koa:.:net on line league ] - Kick Off 2 online league
*[http://kickoff2online.free.fr Kick Off 2 online ] - French Kick Off 2 online
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/player-manager Player Manager] - Player Manager page on Moby Games
*[http://hol.abime.net/1086 Player Manager] - Player Manager page on Hall of Light

[[Category:Kick Off Series]]
[[Category:KORPS]]
[[Category:KOPIA]]

Klaus Loite

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[[Klaus Loite]] is a Norwegian player...

* Winner of the 2002 [[Best Defense trophy]]
* Winner of the 2003 [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* Interviewed in [[The Aftertouch Magazine]]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Top Scorer trophy|Best scorer Trophy]]
[[Category:Best Defense trophy]]

Referees

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[[Category:KORPS]]

Welcome, newcomers

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[[Wikickoff]] is the [[KOA]] [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]] encyclopedia and Web-site written collaboratively by its readers. The site is a [[Wiki]] devoted to the [[Amiga]] games created by [[Dino Dini]]: [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]] and [[Player Manager]]. Anyone, including you, can edit almost any article right now by clicking on the edit links in the pages if you find articles incomplete or incorrect.

== Want to join up? ==

Anyone can edit, but there are advantages to creating an account if you want to contribute regularly. To join, [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]] and then introduce yourself to the community into the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 Kick Off Gathering Forum].

== Browsing Wikickoff ==
Wikickoff contains a huge amount of information on all sorts of subjects ranging from Kick Off to everything and anything in between. Try browsing the various categories now:

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You can also search for text in articles. Just go to the "search" field to the left, enter your search term and click "search".

If you read something that you really like, then why not drop a note on the article's talk page? First select the '''discussion''' link (look for it in the tabs above the page), to get to the talk page. Then select '''edit this page''' on the talk page, or click the '''+''' to the right of '''edit this page''' to simply add a new comment. We always love to get a little positive feedback.

If there's something we don't cover, or you're having difficulty finding what you're looking for, just ask us at the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering Forum] or... try to write an article yourself.

== Editing ==

Everyone can edit pages in Wikickoff — even this page! Just click the edit this page link at the top of any page (except for protected pages) if you think it needs any improvement or new information. You don't need anything special; you don't even need to be logged in. If you want to experiment first, without risk of "messing up" a real article, head over to the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], where you can practice editing to your heart's content. To practice editing an existing page like this one, just copy and paste it from the article's edit page into the sandbox. If you want to learn more, check out the [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia Tutorial]] to learn the basic info you should know as a member of our project.

You may find this a bit intimidating at first, but see replies to common objections for an explanation of why the system still works.
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== Policies ==

We've got a few policies and guidelines that you should look at. The three most essential principles are NPOV, GFDL, and civility. What does this mean?

* NPOV, or neutral point of view means that articles should not be biased, and should represent differing views on a subject fairly and sympathetically.
* All contributions to Wikickoff are released under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). This specifically ensures that Wikickoff will remain freely distributable in perpetuity.
* Civility. Wikickoff works by cooperation, and therefore mutual respect, civility, and wikilove should be practiced universally. Please assume good faith when you disagree with someone, stay cool, and talk things over civilly. It is good practice to provide an edit summary explaining your changes so as to assist others with noticing and accepting your changes. If you find that your edits get removed or modified, wait a moment before reinstating them. First check the page history, your talk page, or the article's talk page to discuss.

== Don't be discouraged ==

If you run into conflicts in your first forays into editing, then don't let it get you down. In any collaborative project there are clashes. Have a look at other articles in the [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia Tutorial]]. Use them to help you resolve the problems and learn how to become an active and productive contributor.

And if there's anything you don't understand — be it technical or social — and you're not sure where to look, just post a question on the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering Forum], and someone will be happy to help you.

Have fun!

==Useful Links==

* [[How to start]]
* [[Starting a new page]]
* [[How to edit a page]]
* [[How to start a new Wikickoff]]
* [[Complete your local Wickickoff]]
* [[Wikiquette]]

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Kick Off Gathering

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The [[Kick Off Gathering]] is the annual Gathering of friends and [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]] fans to compete into a [[Kick Off 2]] World Cup [[:Category:competitions|Tournament]]. It's Organisated every year from 2001 by members of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World] - Fan Site located in Italy (organising local tournaments)

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]

Squads

2007-10-28T18:09:05Z

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=Single Game=

Team A & Team B are the 2 teams available on the single game option. Team A is the home team and Team B is the away team. They have exactly the same players but Team A has 10% more strength advantage.

[[Kick Off 2 competition version]] is the only kick off version that has got rid of the 10% Home Advantage.

 
 
 
All Default Teams : [[Image:Stats csv.zip|Stats csv.zip]] 
 
 
Each team consists of an array of players: 
 
<pre>
typedef struct
{
u8 EndFlag; //''1 for last in team ???''
u8 PlayerCount; //''on first player in list, gives number of players in team''
u8 n1; //
u8 n2; //
u8 n3; //
u8 n4; // ''Name of the player, set all bytes to 00 for a Player Manager''
u8 Age; //''7 Age''
u8 Position; //''8 Position, 1=keeper, 2=defender, 3=midfield, 4=forward''
u8 u2; //''9 ?''
u8 u3; //''10 ?''
u8 Height; //''11 Height''
u8 Weight; //''12 Weight''
u8 Stamina; //''13 Stamina''
u8 Resilience; //''14 Resilience''
u8 Pace; //''15 Pace''
u8 Agility; //''16 Agility''
u8 Aggression; //''17 Aggression - value works differently, 200-x so use c8 for value 0''
u8 Flair; //''18 Flair (?)''
u8 Passing; //''19 Passing''
u8 Shooting; //''20 Shooting''
u8 Defending; //''21 Defending''
u8 Keeping; //''22 Keeping''
u8 u4; //''23 ?''
u8 ShirtNum; //''24 Shirt number''
u8 Injured; //''25 Injured (set to 0 for no injury)''
u8 Diciplinary; //''26 Diciplinary points and weeks of ban''
u8 Morale; //''27 Morale''
u8 u5; //''28 ?''
u8 ReqTransfer; //''29 Request transfer''
u8 u6; //''30 ?''
u8 Hist0;
u8 Hist1;
u8 Hist2;
u8 Hist3;
u8 Hist4;
u8 Hist5;
u8 Hist6;
u8 Hist7; //''31-38 History of Player''
u8 ExpDiv1; //''39 Years experience 1 st division''
u8 ExpDiv2; //''40 Years experience 2 st division''
u8 ExpDiv3; //''41 Years experience 3 st division''
u8 ExpDiv4; //''42 Years experience 4 st division''
//u8 ExpInt; //''43 Years experience as International''
//u8 ContractYrs;//''44 Years of contract''
}KO2PlayerStr;
</pre>
 
 
 
 
[[Category:KORPS]]

How to start a new Wikickoff

2007-10-15T14:07:52Z

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Other languages: ...''Translate this page!''

Do you want to start a Wikickoff in a new language? It could not need much work. It could need little time to become ready to "go live". You need to know your language well. It is also good to know a language of a large Wikickoff well.

== Find your language ==

Go to your language's Wikipedia on '''[[Complete list of language available]]'''. If your language is not on the list, then contact [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 Wikickoff forum] to ask for its creation. Then, list it on [[Complete list of language available]]. In your posting, you should list some information. This might include the name of the language and the number of people who can speak it.

==Getting help==

If you do not already use another Wiki, you might have many questions when you begin. For answers to your questions, you may contact other Wikickoffers. For example, you can contact people with the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering forum].

==Get your logo==

Go to [[Complete list of language available|Wikickoff in other languages]] (get or ask for your logos). You need to ask a developer to help you install your logo. Check out the list of [[developer]]s who might help you. See also [[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering forum]].

==Start on the pages themselves==

=== Set Main Page ===

You may create your own Main Page. You may also go to the [[Main Page]] of another Wikipedia and translate it into your language.

=== Welcome page ===

You will need to create a welcome page similar to [[Welcome, newcomers]]. You can just translate that. You can also write something original. You might already have a link from the Main Page to the Welcome page. You can click that and start writing the text. You can probably find a good Welcome Page in your language into [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] website.

=== How to edit a page ===

You need to have [[How to edit a page]] into your language. You can probably find a good How to edit a page in your language into [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] website. .

Another helpful link: [[Starting a new page]] and [[How to start a new Wikickoff]].

=== Add a link to the main pages of other Wikickoff sections ===

All Wikickoff sections have a list of languages at the bottom and at the top of their Main Page in the [[Template:Language bar|laguage bar]]. If the page is unprotected, you can add your language there. If the page is protected, you should ask a different person to add the link on the Main Page's talk page. You can go to [[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering forum]] for people who will help you. After you have added it to one or more Wikickoff section, users of other languages will add it to theirs.

=== Translate the interface ===

To translate the pages you must edit and rename the pages in your correct logo. Example: German logo is "De:" so the german "Main_Page" will have to be translated and renamed as "De:Main_Page". You might need someone to help you very soon so add your request on [[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering forum]].

Please note that for the translation of ''the free encyclopedia'' that ''free'' in this sense means as in "not restricted", because English does not have different words for free (price - "gratis") and free (freedom). This sometimes makes people confused. If your language has different words for free (as in price) and free (as in freedom), please use the one that refers to freedom.

If the language has some characters that are difficult to enter on many keyboards of the speakers of the language  you can check add a box of special characters to insert using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning?action=edit Copyrightwarning] message.

=== Prepare the Community pages ===

Each Wikickoff project has a place where users go to talk about things. In the English Wikipedia, for example, this is the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering Forum]. The Italian Wikickoff has [http://www.freeforumzone.com/viewforum.aspx?f=3694 Kickoffworld forum]. Please ask into those forum for a section in your language or create a new forum yourself in another website.

You will need a page where writers and editors can write their name and location. One idea is to use the page of [[Wikickoffers]] as a base and translate it in your language.

=== Set up basic guidelines===

There are a few rules that all Wikickoff sections must follow:

* You cannot [[wikipedia:wikt:violate|violate]] the terms of a copyright. Please make a page to warn users not to copy things from other places without asking the author.
* It is OK to [[wikipedia:wikt:distribute|distribute]] Wikipedia articles under the terms of the [[wikipedia:en:GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]]. Please read the license and make a page to explain it.
* Authors must write from a [[wikipedia:en:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] (NPOV). Please make a page to explain this.
* Please make a page to explain [[wikipedia:en:Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|what Wikipedia is not]].

Other than these all-projects rules, each Wikickoff has created its own rules.

Some rules you might want to have right away include:

* [[wikipedia:wikt:orthography|Orthographic]] practices - if there is more than one way to spell or write your language, you will need rules about it.
* Stylistic conventions - if your language does not have a standardised universal form (way everybody speaks it to understand each other), you will need to have one or have a rule to tell people which forms or dialects of your language to use. Also, you will need more complex stylistic conventions (for an example, see [[wikipedia:en:Wikipedia:Manual of style|here]]).
* [[wikipedia:en:Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]]

=== Add a style guide and resources for writers ===

You want to have a high-quality Kick Off encyclopaedia. Please write a few suggestions for writers. Are there websites in your language about how to write? Maybe you want to add a dictionary or a grammar guide here. Put in everything that could be useful for writers.

=== Write a few good content articles as an example for others ===

You might want to write a few articles for your Wikickoff to get it started, and to give an example to other possible writers. You can translate an article from a different Wikickoff, or you can write an original article.

=== Have cooperation between your language wikipedia and the others ===

We think that you should join the [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KO Gathering forum] so that you will know what happens.

Please make a local Forum for multilingual cooperation. (make yourself or ask others a new forum so that we can talk to you more easily)

If you want to have a central place where you can find out what is going on in the whole Wikickoff community, go to [http://www.ko-gathering.com Kick Off Gathering website].

== Promote your Wikickoff ==

Find '''appropriate''' newsgroups, forums, discussion lists, ''et cetera'' where people are interested that the Wikickoff has started in their language. Offer to write an article for a local magazine or website about your work on the project, and its cultural value to the game history. Create a small web-site or just a single page on internet about Wikickoff in your language. Add a link to Wikickoff in your email signature.

Now your language is ready for the public! Try to convince your friends to join the project, and explain how the Wikickoff works. Thank you for working hard!

==Useful Links==
* [[Welcome, newcomers]]
* [[How to start]]
* [[Starting a new page]]
* [[How to edit a page]]
* [[Complete your local Wickickoff]]
* [[Wikiquette]]

[[Category:Wikickoff]]

WinUAE

2007-10-13T16:44:15Z

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'''WinUAE''' (or '''UAE''' "[[Unix|UNIX]] [[Amiga]] [[Emulator]]") is a free software designed to run [[software]] written for the [[Amiga]] range of computers. Originally it was called the ''Unusable [[Amiga]] [[Emulator]]'', due to it not even being able to boot, but that definition has since become obsolete. Ports to non-Unix operating systems often use the [[backronym]] ''Ubiquitous'' Amiga Emulator.

UAE has been ported to many host [[operating_system|operating systems]], including [[Linux]], [[Mac OS]], [[FreeBSD]], [[DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[RISC OS]], [[BeOS]], the [[Xbox]] console, and even [[AmigaOS]]. Because it runs on non-Unix platforms, it is sometimes called the ''Ubiquitous [[Amiga]] [[Emulator]]'' or the ''Ultimate [[Amiga]] [[Emulator]]'' to preserve the acronym.

UAE is considered by many a milestone in computer emulation, because it was possibly the first program that attempted to emulate an architecture that relies on complex [[coprocessor]]s for many tasks.
There have been many threads in the past on [[USENET]] and other public forums where people argued about the possibility of writing an Amiga emulator.
When UAE finally was released, many were amazed by something they previously thought impossible, and some were skeptical about it because they believed that it would never become fast enough to be usable.

Despite the skepticism, however, UAE is quite usable today, thanks partly to the effort taken to develop it and partly to the big improvements in technology that brought us computers many times faster than those UAE was initially run on. Many Amiga games and applications could run smoothly on a [[Pentium II]]-era system. The realization that an useful Amiga emulator could be written contributed to an enthusiasm about emulation, which started or speeded efforts to write emulators of the most various, obscure and complicated architectures.

There are currently two forks of the original tree:

*'''WinUAE''', designed to run on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
*'''E-UAE''', an experimental tree which ports back some stuff from WinUAE

Also worth of mention is another Amiga emulator, [[Fellow (computing)|Fellow]], which was released not too long after the first usable versions of UAE, and generated [[competition]] beneficial to both projects.

== Download ==
*[http://www.winuae.net/files/InstallWinUAE1110.exe WinUAE v1.1.1 Amiga Emulator]

==External links==
*[http://www.winuae.net/ WinUAE Website]
*[http://uae.back2roots.org/ UAE Discussion board ]
*[http://eab.abime.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=5 EAB WinUAE board]
*[http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/ UAE Website] UAE Amiga emulator homepage
*[http://www.rcdrummond.net/uae/ E-UAE Website] Experimental UAE with recent WinUAE updates included
*[http://www.back2roots.org/ Back to the roots] UAE Discussion board Loads of legal Amiga downloads. winuae.net host.
*[http://hol.abime.net/ Hall of Light] The ultimate Amiga games database
*[http://www.pcguru.plus.com/uae_faq.html Amiga Emulator FAQ] Amiga emulator frequently asked questions
*[http://www.arabuusimiehet.com/break/index.php?page=blog&id=75 Break's WinUAE configuration guide] An A500 configuration tutorial for WinUAE
*[http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/winuaemenu.htm EasyEmu WinUAE guide] EasyEmu WinUAE beginners guide
*[http://www.amigaforever.com/ Amiga Forever] Legal Amiga emulation package with ROM and OS files
*[http://amigasys.fw.hu/ Instant Workbench setup and software package for WinUAE and Amiga users] Legal Amiga emulation package with ROM and OS files
*[http://www.aros.org/ AROS] Portable and free AmigaOS 3.1 compatible operating system
*[http://caps-project.org/ CAPS] Classic Amiga Preservation Society
*[http://www.worldofclassics.co.uk/ World of Classics] Amiga Games, Demos, Slideshows, Movies and more

[[Category:Hardware & Emulators]]

Category:2006 KOA World Cup

2006-11-19T12:41:37Z

Filippodb:

The 2006 World Cup took place in Rickmansworth, London, on October 28th/29th.

50 people battled for the title this year, and despite the absence of the three times winner Gianluca, it was not going to be easy as most of the Kick Off top guns were there.

Before the semi-finals began, it looked like the title was going to Italy for the fourth consecutive time, as three out of the four semi-finalists were Italians. However, Spyros Paraschis had not said his last word, and managed to win the title after an amazing performance! He defeated Mario Fichera in the final, while the big favourite of the tournament Gianni Torchio settled for the bronze medal and the Top Scorer trophy. James Beard won the Best Defense award. This was the first world cup in which female players participated: Astrid and Saskia Bouten returned home with everyone's respect and a lot of experience, [http://www.alkis.org/ecups.html read more on Alkis webite]

The organizers' web page can be found [http://www.ko-gathering.com/wcadmin/ here]

==Media Files (Google video)==

'''The Game Of Shame'''
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=1156175349507249975&hl=en-GB Shaaaaame]

'''Semi Finals'''
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6512358553763620515&hl=en-GB Game 1 Gianni_vs_Spyros ] | [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6666742799128812882&hl=en-GB Game 2 Spyros_vs_Gianni ]

*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6874339174631859913&hl=en-GB Game 1 Mario_vs_Marco ] | [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-7096747739352132041&hl=en-GB Game 2 Marco_vs_Mario]

'''Third Place Final'''
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3090057058253034694&hl=en-GB Game 1 Gianni_vs_Marco] | [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5655962318252091376&hl=en-GB Game 2 Marco_vs_Gianni]

'''The Final'''
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-249406408592903100&hl=en-GB Game 1 Spyros_vs_Mario] | [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-784069801966586976&hl=en-GB Game 2 Mario_vs_Spyros]

'''Speeches'''
*[http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4185226601958731762&hl=en-GB Speeches]

==Media Files (video files WMV)==

'''The Game Of Shame'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_05%20Shame.wmv Shaaaaame]

'''Semi Finals'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_01%20Semi1%20Part1%20Gianni%20vs%20Spyros.wmv Game 1 Gianni_vs_Spyros ] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_03%20Semi1%20Part2%20Spyros%20vs%20Gianni.wmv Game 2 Spyros_vs_Gianni ]

*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_02%20Semi2%20Part1%20Mario%20vs%20Marco.wmv Game 1 Mario_vs_Marco ] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_04%20Semi2%20Part2%20Marco%20vs%20Mario.wmv Game 2 Marco_vs_Mario] |

'''Third Place Final'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_06%20Playoff%20Part1%20Gianni%20vs%20Marco.wmv Game 1 Gianni_vs_Marco] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_07%20Playoff%20Part2%20Marco%20vs%20Gianni.wmv Game 2 Marco_vs_Gianni] |

'''The Final'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_08%20Final%20Part1%20Spyros%20vs%20Mario.wmv Game 1 Spyros_vs_Mario] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_09%20Final%20Part2%20Mario%20vs%20Spyros.wmv Game 2 Mario_vs_Spyros]

'''Speeches'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2006WorldCup/KOA%20WC2006_10%20Presentations.wmv Speeches]

Category:2005 KOA World Cup

2006-11-19T12:19:39Z

Filippodb:

[[Cologne]] held the [[Competition|2005 Kick Off World Cup Tournament]]. The [[Competition|Tournament]] followed the new [[KOA]] [[Rules]] using [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] for the first time on a [[:Category:Kick_Off_2_World_Cup|World Cup]] and Mixed [[PBD]] allowed on all the games.

The annual [[Kick Off Gathering|World gathering]] started on SATURDAY 12 November at 1:00 PM AND ended on sunday 13 at around 6pm.

[[:Category:2004_KOA_World_Cup|Last year's world cup]] was very big, but this time the Germans took the big responsibility of hosting the event and they lived up to their reputation, as they managed to give us the most perfectly organized [[:Category:Kick_Off_2_World_Cup|world cup]] ever. 63 players from 11 countries are now the new attendance records!

Another triumph for [[Gianluca Troiano]] who won his [[World Cup Winners|third title in a row]], and as if that wasn't enough, he brought the [[Top Scorer trophy]] and [[Best Defense trophy]] home as well! Just like last year, he was undefeated and just like last year, he had to face a compatriot in the final. It was [[Gianni Torchio]] this time who was 100% improved than in [[:Category:2004_KOA_World_Cup|Milan]], but still could not do much to stop the [[KOA]]'s eternal champion. The bronze medal went to [[Alkis Polyrakis]] who came back after a year of absence, while the [[KOA CUP]] was won by [[Filippo Della Bianca]]. [[Thorsten Butschke]] was the [[:Category:Kick Off History|2005]] [[Shirt_of_Shame|"Trophy of Shame"]] winner (read more on the [http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis website]).

==Media Files (WMV)==

'''The Game Of Shame'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_Shame.wmv Shaaaaame]

'''KOA Cup Final'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_KOACup_Game1_FilippoVsJorn.wmv Game 1 Filippo Vs Jorn] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_KOACup_Game2_JornVsFilippo.wmv Game 2 Jorn Vs Filippo ]

'''Semi Finals'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_SemiA_Game1_AlkisVsGianluca.wmv Game 1 Alkis Vs Gianluca ] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_SemiA_Game2_GianlucaVsAlkis.wmv Game 2 Gianluca Vs Alkis] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_SemiB_Game1_KlausVsGianni.wmv Game 1 Klaus Vs Gianni] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_SemiB_Game2_GianniVsKlaus.wmv Game 2 Gianni Vs Klaus] |

'''Third Place Final'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_3rd4th_Game1_KlausVsAlkis.wmv Game 1 Klaus Vs Alkis] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_3rd4th_Game2_AlkisVsKlaus.wmv Game 2 Alkis Vs Klaus] |

'''The Final'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_Final_Game1_GianlucaVsGianni.wmv Game 1 Gianluca Vs Gianni] | [http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_Final_Game2_GianniVsGianluca.wmv Game 2 Gianni Vs Gianluca]

'''Speeches'''
*[http://www.kickoffworld.net/Download/media/2005WorldCup/KOA_WC2005_Speeches.wmv Speeches]

== Useful links ==
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion, here you can find all the statistcs, all the game results and all the players of the 2005 World Cup
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarters

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]

1991 Italian Championship

2006-10-25T16:59:20Z

Filippodb:

In 1992 there was a kickoff 2 tournament in Italy with 2000 players! In 1992 there was one undisputed champ.In the year 2003, he returns. His name is [[Luigi Freguglia]].Welcome back champ !

[[Filippo Della Bianca]]: 
" This is so funny, it's just 1 year that I opened my web site and yesterday I was drolling around the city and I entered in a comic shop where they sell also playstation and xbox games...

I was looking inside the shop when I heard two peaople talking about a tournament that they played...I was thinkin firstly for a fifa tournament but no! They were talking about a 10 years ago tournament!! And yes it was the great 1991 kick off 2 Italian tournament!! And one of the guy was the real italian champion of that time!! I just talking with him and he's still playing kick off, and we agree to meet for a little tournament soon!! "

[[Luigi Freguglia]]: 
"Hi everybody here, im Luigi Freguglia .
I'm very glad to see so much KO2 players alive & kicking yet!
I hope to meet asap Filippo, so that he can say if im strong enough after 10 years. For the PM thing, i really believe that one should let be free to chose to use or not a tactic, because a personal tactic is the border ling between good play and pro play (imho).
Hope to see you soon. Luigi"

Click on the '''scans''' below to view a larger image.

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Italy-1992/thumbnail1.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Italy-1992/tiny-thumbnail1.jpg] |
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Italy-1992/thumbnail2.jpg http://www.ko-gathering.com/media/tournaments/Italy-1992/tiny-thumbnail2.jpg]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 Italian Tournaments]]

KOA Cup

2006-10-20T11:00:08Z

Filippodb: /* Winners */

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The [[KOA CUP]] (Kick Off Association Cup, formerly known as playout cup) is a competition during the World Cup played on sunday with all the players that couldn't reach to the sunday final stages, it's like UEFA cup for football clubs.
[[KOA CUP]] is a real competition, the aim of the [[KOA CUP]] is to have a full competition for all the players that don't go to playoff stages on sunday and having a full day of games on sunday with the KOA Cup final projected into the Big Screen just before the World Cup finals.

== Winners ==
* 2002 - [[Nikos Andreou]]
* 2003 - [[Christian Dietz]]
* 2004 - [[Luca Antonini]]
* 2005 - [[Filippo Della Bianca]]

== Useful links ==
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com KOA Kick Off Gathering] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Fan Site (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments and testing/developing Kick Off clones since 2001)

[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]

Amiga

2006-09-20T23:00:16Z

Filippodb: Riportata alla revisione precedente da Filippodb

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[[Image:Amiga Logo.jpg|right|]]

'''Amiga''' is a range of [[home computer|home]]/[[personal computer]]s primarily using the [[Motorola]] [[68000]] processor family, whose development started in [[1982]], initially as a game machine. The original Amiga hardware was designed by [[Jay Miner]]; his machine was ahead of its time when it appeared in [[1985]], having a [[Original Amiga chipset|custom chipset]] with advanced graphics and sound features and a sophisticated multitasking [[operating system]], now known as [[AmigaOS]]. The Amiga eventually became popular among computer enthusiasts, especially in Europe, as they upgraded from 8-bit computers such as the [[Commodore 64]]. It also found a business role in video production.
The [[Amiga]] was an important platform for [[computer game]]s in the late [[1980s]] and early [[1990s]]. It was the first [[home computer]] to gain major success as a games machine due to its [[Graphics|graphic]] and [[sound]] subsystems, which were widely considered to be far ahead of their time. A game made for the Amiga platform generally had much better sound and graphics than the same game running on a [[IBM PC]].

==History==

The first Amiga computer, simply called the Amiga, was released in [[1985]] by [[Commodore International|Commodore]], who marketed it both as their intended successor to the [[Commodore 64]] and as their competitor against the [[Atari ST]] range. It was later renamed the Amiga 1000 (or [[A1000]] for short).

[[Image:Amiga500 system.jpg|thumb|350px|An Amiga 500 computer system, with 1084S RGB monitor and A1010 floppy disk drive.]]

In [[1987]] Commodore released two new Amiga models, the [[A500]] and the [[A2000]] as low-end and high-end machines, respectively. The former became the most popular Amiga computer of that decade and was mostly known as a games machine, while the latter was marketed as a more serious workstation for graphic purposes, due to the presence of a [[SCSI]] controller option, a [[Genlock]] slot and an I/O video connector.

In [[1990]] the [[A3000]] was introduced in the market as the successor of both [[A1000]] and [[A2000]], with an [[Extended chip set|extended chipset]] (ECS), and the second release of its operating system, to be known eventually as the [[AmigaOS]].

In the same year, Commodore released three new low-end machines: the [[CDTV]], aimed to move the platform to the living room; the [[A500plus|A500+]], with the same enhancements as the [[A3000]]; and the [[A600]], basically an A500+ in a smaller box with an [[IDE]] controller for hard disks. All of them were a commercial failure, mainly due to poor marketing by [[Commodore International|Commodore]].

Mass-market Amigas were then considerably cheaper than PCs or Macs of their time. This boosted sales in the more price-conscious European markets, but led to Commodore being viewed in the United States as a producer of cheap and nasty "game machines". This conception was furthered by the fact that most [[Commodore International|Commodore]] retail outlets were toy stores, and marketing campaigns which were woefully mismatched with the status-conscious American public. This explains why Amiga was very successful in [[Europe]], but not in the [[United States|US]] market, with less than a million sold.

In [[1992]] Commodore released their last Amiga computer models, the [[A1200]] and the [[A4000]]: both of them featured the new [[Advanced Graphics Architecture|AGA]] chipset and the third release of [[AmigaOS]].

In [[1993]], in a desperate attempt to save their business, menaced by console giants as [[Sega]] and [[Nintendo]], Commodore marketed the [[CD32]], one of the earliest compact disc based consoles, with specs similar to the [[A1200]].

[[Image:Amiga-Computer.jpg|thumb|left|250px|An Amiga A500 computer, photographed in [[1988]]]]

In [[1994]] Commodore filed for liquidation and its assets were bought by Escom, a German PC manufacturer, which in turn filed for liquidation during [[1997]]. The Amiga brand was then sold to another PC manufacturer, [[Gateway 2000]], which had grand plans for it, but they eventually sold it in [[2000]] before actually realizing their plans. There are rumors that this sale was conducted because of ongoing force by [[Microsoft]]; however, this is unproven.

The current owner of the trademark, Amiga Inc., has licensed the rights to make hardware using the Amiga brand to an U.K. computer vendor, [http://www.eyetech.co.uk Eyetech Group, Ltd] founded by some former employees of the UK branch of [[Commodore International]]. They are currently selling the [[AmigaOne]] via an international dealer network. The AmigaOne is a [[PowerPC]] computer suited to run the last remnant of the platform, the [[AmigaOS]], that was in turn licensed to a Belgian-German company, [http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz Hyperion Entertainment].

During these years, a very limited number of [[Clone (computer science)|clone]]s (Amiga-compatible computers) were produced, as both Commodore and subsequent owners of the trademark strongly refused to have Amigas produced under license.

Amigas running any operating system up to version 3.9 are being considered "Classic" Amigas today, contrary to the new Amiga Inc./Eyetech/Hyperion models.

Many "Classic" Amigas are still in use today to produce commercials or local cable TV shows.

==Technical features==

The Amiga had some of the most impressive sound and graphics available for the home user. Indeed, it was also used for commercial entertainment production till the mid 1990s, aiding users in the Video editing and 3D fields.

The very first model, the Amiga 1000, was designed with a 7.16MHz CPU so it could easily work with [[NTSC]] video. The CPU clock frequency was precisely double the 3.58MHz color carrier frequency. Continuing its video focus, the 1000 had a composite video output, which allowed it to be hooked up directly to a TV or VCR. However, the output signal was considered too "hot" (strong) by many to be useful for anything other than home use.

The [[Original Amiga chipset]], or OCS, was more advanced than other architectures of its time: it had dedicated chips for graphic effects based on the monitor's beam position and the use of [[genlock]]s was very easy; even today many broadcast corporations still use [[A3000]]s and [[A4000]]s for their real-time video effects. Many programs for making [[fansub]]s were written for the Amiga.

One unique feature the Amiga had was the ability to change the monitor resolution ''on the fly'', within a scan line or two. This allowed multiple overlapping screens of different resolutions that could be pulled down or up in front of each other, completely without interfering with each other, controlled at the hardware level. The chipset included a [[blitter]], which could not only copy and manipulate large area of graphics, making the Amiga well suited to arcade action games, but it also included line drawing and area-filling hardware, which helped advance the popularity of real-time [[3D]] games.

== Amiga 500 ==

From its launch in 1987, marketed as a games machine, the Amiga A500 was an amazing success for Commodore International, reviving the ailing sales of its hardware. It was equipped with a 7.14MHz Motorola 68000 processor.
At the time, it was the only domestically-priced machine capable of displaying up to 4,096 colours on a display simultaneously, and was also capable of managing a 8-bit 4-track audio output at up to 28.8KHz.
The '''A500''', also known as the '''Amiga 500''', was the first "low-end" [[Commodore International|Commodore]] [[Amiga]] [[16-bit]] [[multimedia]] home/[[personal computer]] model. It was released in [[1987]], at the same time as the high-end [[A2000]], and competed directly against the [[Atari ST|Atari 520ST]].

=== Technical specifications ===

* [[Motorola 68000]] (32-bit [[CISC]] microprocessor with 16 registers lacking [[Memory management unit|MMU]] for memory protection and virtual memory)
* Default operating system [[AmigaOS]] 1.2 or 1.3 (having 32-bit [[pre-emptive multitasking]] [[microkernel]]) depending on the revision
* 512 [[kilobyte|KB]] of [[Chip RAM]] by default (sound buffers, graphics buffers and software existed in the same memory space)
**upper limit of 16 [[megabyte|MB]] of memory due to MC68000 limitations (24-bit external [[address bus]])
* [[Original Amiga chipset|OCS]]/[[Extended chip set|ECS]] chipset
*50 [[hertz|Hz]] [[PAL]] and 60 Hz [[NTSC]] [[television|TV]] output by default versions available; 50/60Hz mode switchable by software in later revisions
*software-switchable low-pass audio filter (power [[LED]] shows filter status, darker when off)
*[[IRQ]] sharing (like the PCI bus)
*IRQ system had 7 priority levels of [[interrupt]]s
**No limit on number of interrupts available
**Resources handled by Autoconfig, very similar to ACPI, resources were not numbered or labelled, just given as amounts and addresses
*No specific [[input/output|I/O]] ports, instead using memory mapped I/O space separately for each hardware device (thanks to [[Jay Miner]])

== Games History ==
From the Amiga's introduction in late [[1985]], through to the early 1990s, Amiga games were developed in parallel with the [[Atari ST]] as both machines utilized the [[Motorola]] [[Motorola 68000|68000]] [[Central processing unit|CPU]]. The Atari ST was, by default the industry's primary focus for 16-bit games development because it initially had a larger user base than the Amiga. Additionally, the ST became the default platform because developers found it easier develop software for. This was due in part to the ST's minimalist hardware design.

A major proportion of games developed from 1985 to 1988 were written specifically for ST, then [[ported|converted]] to the Amiga. As a result, many Amiga games of this period were, in most cases, identical to the ST version. The only differences were apparent in audio effects and in-game music. This was an unfortunate development for the Amiga, because only its audio subsystem was demonstrating the Amiga's [[Original Amiga chipset|custom chipset]], while its graphical subsystems remained untapped.

Amiga games popularized [[Tracker|tracker-based]] music, particularly the [[MOD (file format)|MOD]] file format, which has enjoyed continuing popularity in the [[Demoscene]] community, which was influenced significantly by the Amiga and its plethora of games with upbeat, electronic music soundtracks. Music was considered a big part of the game experience in most Amiga games.

The ST continued to be the dominant machine until the introduction of the [[Amiga 500]] in early 1987. Although the A500s chipset was more or less identical to its predecessor, the [[Amiga 1000]], it was cheaper, making it the first "mass-market" Amiga. With the success of the A500, the games industry gradually shifted its focus to the Amiga. By 1988, an increasing number of games were developed specifically for the Amiga. At its zenith in the early 1990s, the Amiga continued to be the platform of choice of many games development companies. At that time virtually every game destined for the PC was first released on the Amiga to test the waters due to cheaper development costs.

The Amiga gaming scene was responsible for the rapid growth of small gaming companies including [[Electronic Arts]] who were contracted by [[Commodore International]] to produce the Amiga's standard graphics format [[Interchange File Format|IFF]], and Electronic Arts' ''[[Deluxe Paint]]'' was included as standard with many Amigas thus giving them early access allowing them to gain a major foothold.

== Important Amiga games ==

=== Early games ===

*''[[Mind Walker]]'' -- Commodore -- ([[1986]])
*''[[Arctic Fox (computer game)|Arctic Fox]]'' -- [[Electronic Arts]] -- ([[1986]])
*''[[Marble Madness]]'' -- [[Electronic Arts]] -- ([[1986]], arcade conversion)
*''[[Archon (computer game)|Archon]]'' -- [[Electronic Arts]] -- ([[1986]])
*''[[Defender of the Crown]]'' -- [[Cinemaware]] -- ([[1986]])
*''[[Faery Tale Adventure]]'' -- [[Microillusions]] -- ([[1986]])
*''[[The Pawn]]'' -- [[Magnetic Scrolls]] -- ([[1987]])
*''[[Maniac Mansion]]'' -- [[Lucasfilm]] -- ([[1987]])
*''[[Silent Service]]'' -- [[Microprose]] -- ([[1987]])
*''[[Starglider]]'' -- [[Rainbird]] -- ([[1987]])
*''[[Arkanoid]]'' -- [[Discovery]] -- ([[1987]], arcade conversion)

=== Popular games ===

*''[[Datastorm]]'' -- [[Visionary Design Technologies]]
*''[[Zool]]'' -- [[Gremlin_Interactive|Gremlin]]
*''[[Prince of Persia]]'' -- [[Broderbund]]
*''[[Utopia (computer game)|Utopia]]'' -- [[Gremlin_Interactive|Gremlin]]
*''[[Cannon Fodder]]'' -- [[Sensible Software]]
*''[[Mega_Lo_Mania]]'' -- [[Sensible Software]] -- ([[1991]])
*''[[Sensible Soccer]]'' -- [[Sensible Software]]
*''[[Kick Off 2]]'' -- [[Anco]]
*''[[Shadow of the Beast]]'' -- [[Psygnosis]]
*''[[Speedball (game)|Speedball]]'' -- [[Melbourne House]]
*''[[North and South (computer game)|North and South]]'' -- [[Infogrames]]
*''[[Lotus (computer games)|Lotus Turbo Challenge]]'' -- [[Gremlin_Interactive|Gremlin]]
*''[[It Came From The Desert]]'' -- [[Cinemaware]]
*''[[Xenon_(computer game)|Xenon]]'' -- [[Melbourne House]]
*''[[James Pond]]'' -- [[Microillusions]]
*''[[Bubble Bobble]]'' -- [[Firebird_%28software_label%29|Firebird]] (arcade conversion)
*''[[New Zealand Story]]'' -- [[Ocean_Software|Ocean]] -- ([[1989]], arcade conversion)
*''[[The Settlers]]'' -- [[Broderbund]]
*''[[Turrican]]'' -- [[Rainbow Arts]]
*''[[Wings_%28video_game%29|Wings]]'' -- [[Cinemaware]]
*''[[Superfrog]]'' -- [[Team 17]]
*''[[Pang]]'' -- [[Ocean_Software|Ocean]] -- ([[1990]], arcade conversion)
*''[[Super Cars]]'' -- [[Gremlin_Interactive|Gremlin]]
*''[[The Chaos Engine]]'' -- [[Renegade]]
*''[[Battle Squadron]]'' -- [[Imageworks]]
*''[[Worms_(game)|Worms]]'' -- [[Ocean_Software|Ocean]]
*''[[Pinball Dreams]]'' -- [[21st Century Entertainment]]
*''[[Moonstone]]'' -- [[Mindscape]]
*''[[Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders]]'' -- [[Lucasarts]]
*''[[Stunt Car Racer]]'' -- [[Microillusions]]
*''[[Rick Dangerous]]'' -- [[Firebird_%28software_label%29|Firebird]]
*''[[Another World]]'' -- [[Delphine Software]]

=== Historically significant games ===

*''[[Starglider 2]]'' -- [[Argonaut Software]] -- ([[1988]])
*''[[Shadow of the Beast]]'' -- [[Psygnosis]] -- ([[1989]])
*''[[Dungeon Master (computer game)|Dungeon Master]]'' -- [[FTL Games]] -- ([[1989]])
*''[[Elite (computer game)|Elite]]'' -- [[Firebird (software label)|Firebird]] -- ([[1989]])
*''[[Populous]]'' -- [[Electronic Arts]] -- ([[1989]])
*''[[SimCity]]'' -- [[Infogrames]] -- ([[1990]])
*''[[Lemmings (computer game)|Lemmings]]'' -- [[Psygnosis]] -- ([[1991]])
*''[[Monkey Island]]'' -- [[Lucas Arts]] -- ([[1991]])
*''[[Civilization video game|Civilization]]'' -- [[Microprose]] -- ([[1992]])
*''[[Syndicate computer games|Syndicate]]'' -- [[Electronic Arts]] -- ([[1993]])
*''[[Hired Guns]]'' -- [[Psygnosis]] -- ([[1993]])
*''[[Dune 2]]'' -- [[Virgin]] -- ([[1993]])
*''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' -- [[Virgin]] -- ([[1994]], arcade conversion)
*''[[X-COM: UFO Defense|UFO]]'' -- [[Microprose]] -- ([[1994]])
*''[[Theme Park (game)|Theme Park]]'' -- [[Electronic Arts]] -- ([[1994]])
*''[[Kick Off]]'' -- [[Anco]]

== Amiga game developers ==

Many famous game developers first established themselves on the Amiga, although some such as [[David Braben]] has already established reputations from the 8-bit computer games. Famous Amiga game developers include:

*[[Jez San]] (''[[Starglider]]'')
*[[Dave Jones]] (''[[Lemmings]]'')
*[[David Braben]] (''[[Elite (computer game)|Elite series]]'', ''[[Virus]]'')
*[[Sid Meier]] (''[[Civilization video game|Civilization]]'', ''[[Railroad Tycoon]]'', ''[[Sid Meier's Pirates!|Pirates]]'')
*[[Jeff Minter]] (''[[Llamatron]]'', ''[[Grid Runner]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Mutant Camels]]'')
*[[Peter Molyneux]] (''[[Populous]]'')
*[[Will Wright]] (''[[SimCity]]'')
*[[Dino Dini]] (''[[Kick Off]]'')

==External links==

=== Amiga Games ===
*[http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/AGDB.html Amiga Games Database]
*[http://eager.back2roots.org EAGER] Amiga game database containing links to all legal downloads, review info, game music, etc.
*[http://exotica.fix.no ExoticA!] Amiga game music archive (listen to LHA-file with a Deliplayer program for Windows)
*[http://www.lemonamiga.com Lemon Amiga] An interactive Amiga game database containing reviews, comments and ratings.
*[http://obligement.free.fr/articles/listejeuxamiga.php Liste Des Jeux Amiga] The biggest list of Amiga games available on internet.
*[http://hol.abime.net The Hall Of Light (HOL) database of Amiga games]
*[http://eab.abime.net The English Amiga Board (EAB)]
*[http://www.caps-project.org C.A.P.S. - The Classic Amiga Preservation Society]
*[http://amiga1200.deviantart.com/ Amiga Links List] A 'Best of' List of Amiga Gaming Links

===News and discussions===
*[http://www.amiga.org/ Amiga.org]
*[http://www.amigaworld.net/ Amigaworld.net] — Official support forum for the [[AmigaOne]].
*[http://www.ann.lu/ ANN]
*[http://obligement.free.fr/ Obligement] - magazine about AmigaOS and MorphOS.
*[http://www.lemonamiga.com/ Lemon Amiga] — A friendly Amiga community mostly focusing on games.
*[http://www.abime.net/ Abime.net] — Amiga addicts sanctuary, an Amiga community.
*[http://www.the-amiga-zone.com/ The Amiga Zone] — Amiga emulation and discussion forum.

===Software===
*[http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/change.html Aminet] — List of Aminet Mirror-Sites for public domain and freely available software for AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x
*[http://www.os4depot.net OS4Depot] — Unofficial repository for AmigaOS 4.x software
*[http://amiga.sourceforge.net Amiga.sf] — Your source to Amiga ports

===Links Directory===
* [http://amp.dascene.net/links.php A big Amiga web directory]

===Link pages===
*[http://www.amigarealm.com/ Amiga Realm] — Amiga Internet Directory Service and Archive Resource.
*[http://amiga1200.deviantart.com/ Amiga Links List] — A 'Best of' List of Useful Amiga Links

===History===
*[http://amiga.emugaming.com/ Amiga history guide]
*[http://haynie.amigaworld.de/ The Dave Haynie Archives]
*[http://braeburn.ath.cx/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 The History of the Amiga]

===Other===
*[http://obligement.free.fr/articles/listejeuxamiga.php Liste des jeux Amiga] - List off all Amiga games
*[http://amp.dascene.net Amiga Music Preservation]All about the Amiga Audio/Module/Protracker/Mods/Modules scene
*[http://www.amigawiki.com Amiga Wiki]
*[http://www.blazemonger.com/BM/ BLAZEMONGER] — Amiga humor
*[http://www.pouet.net Pouet] — A demoscene portal
*[http://ada.planet-d.net Amiga Demoscene Archive] — Demoscene portal entirely dedicated to Amiga
*[http://www.amiga-hardware.com/ The Big Book of Amiga Hardware]
*[http://www.caps-project.org/ The Classic Amiga Preservation Society] — dedicated to the preservation of classic Amiga software.
*[http://amiga.resource.cx/ The Amiga Hardware Database] — Collection of Amiga hardware expansions and the Amiga models
*[http://hol.abime.net/ Hall Of Light] — The database of Amiga games.

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De:Competition

2006-09-20T22:54:17Z

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[[Cologne]] will held the 2005 Kick Off World Cup Tournament. The Tournament will follow the [[KOA]] [[Rules]] and from now we start to accept the [[Registration]] from all the Kick Off Fans!

Everybody is invited to the annual World gathering that will start on SATURDAY 12 November at 1:00 PM AND will end on sunday 13 at around 6pm.
The organization will wait all the early players from Friday for the evening Dinner and seedings party. The Competition will stop on sunday late afternoom.

== Players Confirmed ==

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==== DENMARK ====
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==== FRANCE ====
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==== GERMANY ====
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==== GREECE ====
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==== HOLLAND ====
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==== IRELAND ====
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==== ITALY ====
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==== NORWAY ====
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==== PORTUGAL ====
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==== SPAIN ====
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==== SWEDEN ====
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==== SWITZERLAND ====
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== Useful links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com KOA Kick Off Gathering] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Fan Site
*[http://www.kickoff2wm.de.vu Kick Off 2 Weltmaisterschaft ] - Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion

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Kick Off 2 Tutorial

2006-09-13T13:00:22Z

Filippodb:

'''Improving Your [[Kick Off 2]] Skills - Useful tips and tricks to improve your gameplay.'''

This are a number of forum threads pulled together to create a kinda of '''''Kick Off 2 Gameplay FAQ''''', where aspects of the game are discussed collectively and where knowledge is shared. If you consider yourself to be an experienced player who has reached a certain standard then why not contribute further to any of the chapters below.

== Improving Your Gameplay ==

=== Trapping ===

[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9168 Forum Discussion]

[[Gianluca Troiano]]: [[Kick Off 2]] ball control is one of the most beautiful thing ever created after the women.
It's implementation is something revolutionary, just few months ago i understood how it's made...[[Throw In]] ball control is based on the same concepts. You could like or dislike [[Dino Dini]] but i can tell you ball control is really based on a smart concept. Honestly i never had the same intuition, and only monitoring for 15 years the original KO2 one i could develop something that is close (but not so effective) to the original ball control.

[[Dino Dini]]: It is simple. If you hold the botton down before you touch the ball, you control it. If you press the button after you touch (or kick the ball dribbling) the ball you shoot it. I wanted to retain the concept of "shoot the moment the ball is pressed" so it was the only way to make a difference. With practice you can reliably control and pass or shoot on the fly. One snag was that anyone with autofire on would find it impossible to control the ball. Another snag is that people never read manuals and there was no training mode to explain it. Too many people were having problems understanding this aspect of the game and is the reason why I moved away from the model post KO2. Trapping is how passing works. If you can't trap you can't pass (well apart from using shoot to pass). To pass you first trap the ball, point in the direction to pass and then release the button. Sensible soccer had no trap ability at all... as I recall a short tap was the auto pass and the long tap a shot. I can only tell you the way that the game was designed. If you can't trap the ball, you can't do passes (at least Auto passes). To recap:

*Touch ball then press button = Shoot
*Press button then touch ball = Trap
*Let go of button while trapped = pass in direction of stick
*Let go of button while trapped with no stick direction = release from trap mode.

The most common reasons for people not being able to trap are:

# Because they do not know about the fact that it depends on the order
# Because they have autofire on their stick
# Because they have a stick with a faulty button that does not make reliable contact

Since trapping relies on the game seeing that you are holding the button down, autofire stops you from ever giving this instruction because it is automatically pressing and releasing the button very fast. You will be able to shoot normally (although it could throw your timing off). But all traping is impossible and passing becomes vritually impossible apart from in the direction you are already facing.

When I discovered this problem with Auto Fire, I felt sick. I wondered about how many people had tried to play the game with autofire sticks and autofire on, and hated it. As a result I built a check into GOAL! to detect autofire sticks. I wish I had done the same in [[Kick Off 2]].

When you run up to a free ball with no opponents around, held down the button to trap the ball and the player does a pointless slide! that is the old slide tackle chestnut!

The problem is that with one button, how does the computer know what you mean? In a free ball situation the rules are different. Pressing the button makes you slide, unless the ball is in the air, in which case you do a header.

This makes collecting a loose ball a difficult thing to do. There is no easy way of collecting a loose ball and immediately trapping it. If you press the button after you touch it, you will shoot it... if you press it before you will slide. Providing you can slide and retain the ball in KO2 (forgive me my memory fails me on this point) then one way is to slide to the ball and keep the slide button held down. Then when you touch the ball and stop you will be in trap mode.

Once your player in in possession of the ball, sliding is no longer possible and so the problem no longer arrises.

[[Spyros Paraschis]] : the trapping model in KO is an amazing software design and implementation achievement. It allows complex moves to be made, stop and go dribbling, passing and shooting, and all with only one fire button. It really grows on you as you play the game and it demands quick reflexes, understanding of the game physics and timing, that is, it demands SKILL, as all games should be.

Trapping and aftertouch are the most important features of [[Kick Off]].

=== Finishing ===
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8921 Forum Discussion]

[[Jørn Flagtvedt]]: I've found that I prefer pbd. My finishing-technique requires it, obviously. When playing 1.4 I just can't seem to get proper control over the ball to make my moves. It seems that if I'd been aware of the insane differences in finishing abilites I have between Oracle and 1.4 I'd been playing Oracle loads more in Milan, hence winning more.

[[Mark Williams]]: [[PBD]] is great especially for 1v1 against the keeper and gives you more options in my opinion. Try and play back to back games (about 15) and try to always score more than say 8 against the computer. A routine I do is to set myself a target of 9 goals. Then I will play say 8 matches and have to score 9 in every match. If I fail then the counter starts again (ie back to match 1). Once I get to 8 matches I will make it 10 goals and start again. The pressure really really gets to you and this is invaluable experience for keeping your cool in a real match. For example say you are 8-0 up in match 7 and there is 1 minute left you will find it soooo hard to score that vital 9th goal....but the more you practice the more you will find you keep your cool in that situation and thus also in a REAL match when you need to score in the last minute as well. Its invaluable experience. Some people say you learn nothing from playing the CPU, but I wholly disagree and think you learn to handle yourself under pressure, or even just get used to scoring goals instead of thinking about them. I find the goal easier in 1.4, however its easier in Oracle (in my opinion) to make a small adjustment if you aint on target, thus making it easier to score overall.

[[Nikos Andreou]]: [[PBD]] is only good if you can't tap the ball. Taping the ball with PBD enabled is shit.

[[Alex Brante]]: Don't forget that sad goal (running diagonally towards the near post and shooting as late as possible), which works even better on Oracle (cause that version requires no skill whatsoever! :) ).

[[Rodolfo]]:If I had to gave some advice for improving KO... well, most of my games against CPU for many years were meanwhile listening and singing Beatles songs. It is not that I have achieved a superb level as you know, or that Beatles help you scoring: the point is concentrating on something else out of the game itself. I believe it helps a lot to get an automatic way of playing. And once you can play auto pilot, like a robot, you can begin developing real skills.

[[Rikki Fullarton]]: The reason there are so many people struggle in this area is simple. They don't realize that finishing has allot to do with controlling the keeper. It's all about presenting the ball the right way to make the keeper move where you need him too most of the time. Remember, learn to control the keeper but it's easier said than done. Let me tell you the best way how to practice on finishing. Play the Amiga for 2x20 minutes with a 424 formation. Dont think about passing the ball and working in any area other than goals. Constantly punt the ball upfield with a mixture of high and low passes as the way you receive the ball around the box from a pass is probably the most important part of finishing. Your first touch and player direction will create the difficulty level of the goalscoring opportunity. Like I said before, it's so much to do with controlling the keeper.

If you don't show enough of the ball on your first touch, the keeper will not position himself in a way that will enable you to slide it past him which is the easiest way to score. It's always best to draw the keeper to either side of the goal before striking the ball the opposite side with curl which mostly results in a beautiful tidy finish. It's vital that you really have computer opposition because the positioning of defenders has a huge effect on decision making and indeed your decision has to be correct.

This is very difficult to explain but like I said, keep punting the ball upfield to your strikers and practice on positioning yourself whilst taking control of low and high balls. Ocassionally trap the ball if you need to but trapping in the area should rarely be done and you need to get to the stage where you can always pick the right spot to shoot from giving the what ever circumstances you are faced with. The average place you should really be shooting from is probably from about 12-15 yards out. (Roughly near the penalty spot or just before)

Although shots from further/nearer distances are often necessary and often better options depending on the keepers movements and positioning of defenders. Once you get a good understanding of this and a skill to do it competently, you will probably then start to master the different kinds of shooting that's often required. Foe example you have to learn to shoot under the goalkeeper as there are occasions where a sweeping basic strike will always be saved unless you learn to make the ball slide underneath the keeper.

This is done with the minimal of pressure on the fire button but the after touch is critical and you have to get it right. This is how Swifty has become a dangerous opponent for the elite, he has mastered these areas very well and James Beard hasn't for example. James Beard is a perfect example of a quality player who hasn't learned these things and trust me, what I have explained here will be difficult advice to beat when it comes to finishing. Don't forget, so much involves control of the keeper so present the ball correctly in the area whilst maintaining full control and awereness of everything. Takes so much practice but if you pay attention to what I have put here it will help you.

[[Robert Swift]]: [[PBD]] opens up a whole realm of freestyle finishing

[[Haydn H]]:You have to practice, practice, practice. Force yourself to do things differently. It does seem strange, but it is a nice feeling when you have a 'repetoire' of finishes, and you instinctively choose the right one 7 or 8 times out of 10. Just keep doing it, it will come. I also like beer. I placed the bottle in a place where I couldn't quite reach. Then when I scored a goal I was trying to perfect I'd allow a nice slurp... Got quite good at corners, that way...

=== Winning 50/50 balls ===
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=7143 Forum discussion]

[[Nikos Andreou]]:the best way to win headers is to switch to a tactic that midfield players are close to the centre of the pitch. I find it easier with 5-3-2 and maybe 4-3-3.

[[James Beard]]: Remember to press the fire button to get control of the player nearer the ball if you do not have control of him.. that way you can move to the ball and beat your opponent to it.

[[Robert Swift]]: If you are needing to win the ball from goal kicks, then it's best to do it without heading, as once you head it down you need to control it. However if your opponent is going for the headers, you can-
# Make yourself more likely to win the header by moving in the direction the ball is travelling, rather than trying to go sideways or against
# Let your opponent head the ball down then steal it off him in the half second as it hits the ground

[[Noodlebug]]: I would add to what Robert said with:

# Know your players, some are stronger than others and you can aim your goal kicks and receiving players accordingly.
# You don't always have to collect the ball, sometimes you can just push the other guy out of the way, let the ball roll through, and chase it.
# Mix up the directions: diagonal headers, back headers, consecutive headers - don't just rush for goal ever time. If you know which way the ball is going and your opponent doesn't you have an edge.

On the other hand, from opponent's goal kicks provided you get a player in line with the ball moving to meet it from the opposite direction, my experience is he'll win every single header, unless your timing is hopelessly off. Against CPU it's a boring way to get lots of consecutive shots at goal (see FINISHING) and pinning the CPU in their own half.

=== Tactics ===
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9386 Forum Discussion]
[[Alex Brante]]: 433 and 442 are totally useless... Nonetheless, Luigi, finalist in Milan, plays 433, and so does Martin Beard, for example, successfully. The Spanish champ Rodolfo is the only guy I know who plays 442, though I do belive the great Bill21 was(/is?) also a 442 man.

Anyway, I've played 424, the default tactic, my whole life and it is probably too late to change that. Once in a while I play 532 vs the cpu, but never with much success. Still, again according to Robert, who admittedly knows the game inside out, 532 is both a beginner's and expert's choice. Beginners will feel less vulnerable at the back than with a 424, where it is often Cox vs two or even three players and any mistake is costly. However, unless you wholly want to rely on lobbing, you'll have to learn the dos and donts of 532 to be able to get a decent attack going - you'll have to slow down the game in midfield for your other players to move towards the opponent's goal.

Both 442 and 433 have one major weakness - defending. If the opponent controls the ball in the right places without you stopping him, he can play long lobs to his striker without you having a chance to intercept the ball and you'll basically have to hope for a mistake by him, otherwise he'll score. On the plus side you have some great attacking chances - you'll need to talk to Rodolfo about 442, which is only slightly superior in attack to 424 and most people will tell you that is simply not enough to warrant playing it.

433 of course needs attacks initiated by the wingers - If you can confidently score by diagonal lobs into the box which you then shoot or head in with your striker, then it is an interesting tactic, but you will probably concede a lot of goals, too, so you have to outscore your opponent.

Now, KO2 is a great game and that means none of the formations are perfect. In 424, Cox all by himself can defend well, but good players can draw him out, too, and pass the ball on to a striker who'll have a clean shot - not quite as easy to do as with 433 or 442. And even 532 does not guarantee that no striker will even be all by himself in the box if the opponent plays just the right passes.

Of the top players, Martin J plays 424, so do Spyros and Klaus, as well as Panayotis and Mark P. Most of the other players favor 532 - like the champ Gianluca (but one of his strengths is his flexibility, in the final in Milan he played 424 against Luigi's 433 and it certainly looked like a good choice). Or Alkis, now what a deadly player: 532 doesn't reap a lot of goals? Look at his stats! On the other hand, check the goals against of the top 424 players - they can totally dominate an opponent and thus hardly condede any. Nikos plays 532, so does Rikki, Robert of course, Camber, James Beard...

So, definitely, it is your decision. I personally am totally happy playing 424, I know where my players are, what my options are (usually) and very much like that I often have the choice of trying one wing or the other, or even go through the middle. If you want to be good, learn your tactic inside out. If you want to be real good, learn all of them inside out and be prepared to switch between them depending on the opponent! Smile

Which reminds me of another point, which I only learned from Robert in Milan - if you get a free kick say just inside your half, a top player might switch to another formation because it'll produce an unmarked player up the pitch! This looks (as I said, I'm no expert) very interesting especially with a 532, which normally is quite defensive. In other formatiosn you might then again think about switching to 532 once in a while when facing such a problem. I've told myself for ages (but keep forgetting when playing) I should switch when I have a corner playing down the pitch - cause I haven't scored from one in ages and it can produce a great counter attack for the opponent - in Jerez when I played Rodolfo's mate David (532), he scored on such counter attacks several times and I thought it was totally stupid, but a simple switch might help out, only it's not part of my gaming routine - so another "to do" on my long list of things I need to work on...

My scoring chances would greatly improve if you use 433! Smile Seriously, and I hope other comments will back this up, 532 is not the answer to everything - Mark Williams I believe improved a lot after a switch to this defensive formation, but personally I'd rather improve my finishing and not concern myself even more with defending, I want to be "in the game". And with my skill level I think I'd just be reacting if I used 532. A more offensive formation makes it easier to play out your own attacks, which is simply more fun. And against less-than-elite-players you should be fine - and against the top guys you won't stand a chance whatever you use! Smile (Unless you attend a lot of tournaments, get in a lot of practice and so on of course)

[[Mark Williams]]:From the basic tactics its a sort of Attacking or Defending option.

There are many bonuses to 442 and 433 in attacking, however they have glaring holes left open in defence. People who use 433 in particular are generally expert players who attack very well, and thus will try and score more than you.

532 on the other hand is defensively based. You should not expect to score as many (although many people prove this not to be the case) but it gives you a solid back 2 who will cover most long balls etc.

*424 is sort of a mix between the two. Many attacking options and can defend well if you can read the game. So therefore its a decision. 442 I would say is pretty rubbish in general.

*433 is only to be used if you are confident you can outscore your opponent.

*424 is great if you like attacking and using the wings. It needs great concentration when defending tho as quite a few times your defenders will be out of position (even if only a yard or so)

*532 is a good solid foundation to build on when you are a new tournament player. It helps you defend but still has options (although you have to work harder to create attacking opportunities)

I personally enjoy 532 against the better players as I find it helps me keep their goalscoring feats down to a few goals, however against players my level and below I prefer 424 as I enjoy the game a lot more with wingers and passing it around.

No reason why you can't learn two and switch as required.

[[Rodolfo]]: This is Rodolfo, the 442 weirdo.

When you are the only one using this tactic, this will also give you some bonus, as many other players do not expect how will you play. It is very very funny, you always have some good scoring chance, and about defending... the better players will knock you anyway.

It is true that the defense line is a joke. But it is also true that this con has its pro: you will have to learn to be a good scorer. You will have to try to keep the ball possesion as much as you can, you will have to stop the enemy attack in the midfield or you are dead. And the results will very often be 6-7 or 5-4. Wich is something I do like.

Another thing: against CPU is the best tactic you can use in my opinion. That will mean that you will not learn how to defend, and in the real world that is quite negative. But on the other hand, you may learn how to score.

The most shocking thing I have experienced in the 3 world cups I played is how bad are most of the people when they are in front of the goalkeeper. And after that, many of them beat me, because they defend very well, and I do not (can not) defend at all. But I always regarded this as somehow antinatural... people who learned to defend before learning to score... poor boring chaps.

The good players will beat you anyway. Get the tactic you like more, the tactic you find more enjoyable.

I would agree about most of the things Robert said, except his lob encouraging. No; and let me remark that I will never defend ethic rules against lobs and that kind of stupidity, but puting them as one of the main weapons is not a favour to our game.

We all know what they are, and how they work, but they still stink. They are a way of winning without playing. And worst of all, they are not even fun to do.

[[jbounias]]: All tactiks could be good , if ko was slower and allowed in line or zone play, but as this game is nothing but a frantic up and down and if you can dribble there is no defence at all, its better to use a tactic that has the players spread round the field as best it is possible.So for this reason and only you should try 433 , its an all around tactic and best suited to the games speed. Ofcourse there are many other characteristics but they are in deep connection to your style.
My modest opinion is that there are thoulsands of ways to score goals but few only one way to win in a truly advanced competition, its simple you must be expert all round.
I think that long passes and lobbing are easily intercepted by cpu , so you will just loose all of your possesion battle. So keep it low , only with human vs human its possible a fine long pass play, but with ofsside it gets pretty difficult. Dribling is the only way to keep you in the game.

[[Robert Swift]]: if you cannot score an easy chance 1v1 with the keeper, then no tactic is going to help you.

After that, it's not about defence or attack, it's about dominating the game.

Look at the last few world cups and UK champs - the 'best defender' has most often gone to 424 players: Rikki, Klaus, Martin Jeffrey. These players defend their goal by attacking yours. You can't get near them because you are too busy clearing their shots off your goal line.

Dominating the game means getting to every ball first, winning every header, completing every pass, scoring every chance and pressuring your opponent into fucking up.

How much to do tactics affect this? About 30%. The rest is practice, concentration, experience, confidence.

*Practice - comes from playing the game
*Concentration - comes from working hard and not being tired
*Experience - comes from learning those 'features' of the game you can exploit
*Confidence - comes from feeling you're going to win even if the score might not say this!

The golden rule about tactics is that the best one to use is the one you know best. This way you gain an understanding of where players are. When you play long passes, you are kicking the ball off the screen. Knowledge of your tactic means you are not passing to the opposition and getting your ass kicked as a result.

5-3-2 might have a deep defence but what it lacks is players in space to clear the ball to. It will prevent you being hit on the break (danger of 424) but unless you are excellent at heading you'll find yourself trying to clear and the ball barely makes it over the halfway line before your opponent heads it down and blasts it back into your box. 4-3-3 and 4-2-4 at least have someone to clear to.

HOWEVER - 5-3-2 is the tactic I would recommend to anyone starting professional KO2. This is because there is nothing so damaging to confidence as letting in about 8 goals against someone. With 5-3-2 you can get this down to 4. May not sound exciting but you only need to learn to score 4 goals per game rather than 8 (like Rodolfo Laughing Laughing ).

I feel bad every time I see a newer player starting a game on 424 against someone experienced. Because I know they might make 5 or 6 chances and convert about 1. On 532 they might make 3 or 4 chances and convert 1. You see, the value of 424 only comes when you can score 5 or 6 GOALS per game rather than 3 or 4. There's no point creating extra chances you can't score.

The last thing is that lobbing is the most basic goal of KO2. It's a basic skill. People that don't/can't lob are rare and freakish. Basically Rikki and Gianluca. If you can do everything else as well as them then don't lob. Otherwise you need to lob. You aren't playing the game if you don't have lobbing at least on your mind when you attack. And the best thing about lobbing? It works just as well on 1.4 and Oracle.

So, 532 and lobbing is one of the best ways to start. Look at players like Camber and J Beard....they never even got beyond this stage and sometimes they manage to beat good people.

Think of it like in the film Leon/The Professional. Leon (Jean Reno) is training a 12 year old girl (Natalie Portman) to be an assassin. First he teaches her how to use the sniper rifle. He says "You start with this. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you get to the target. The knife you will learn last of all." Lobs are your sniper rifle....Rodolfo might be pretty decent up close with his knife, but all the more reason for new players to put on body armour and shoot his head from 1000m away

New players may score all types of goal but without meaning to or planning. They are simply flukes most of the time. The aim is to make the scoring deliberate, be in control, learn the goals one by one. Turn the 5 into 10 into 20 into 50. But lobs should maybe be the first 2 out of the 5, or 2 out of the 10. Like I say, some players don't get past these first 2. Dan Secker, Steve Camber, Steve Screech.....these people DO enjoy lobs. Sad bastards.

=== lobs ===
[[Gianluca Troiano]]:Lobbing is a lethal weapon. You don't even need to play KO2. You can lob from everywhere and they are almost unstoppable because it's enough 50ms to perform a lob. Even if you dominate the game you can still conceed 2-3 lobs per game. It is happened to me many times, when my opponent can't shot then he will do it at KickOff. I remember a game when i wanted to keep down the score, but he scored 3 kickoff lobs...then i slashed him!
Lobbing will destroy the fun of the game because the best player will not win the match....only the luckiest one will do.
Many people are really limitated in using lobs, they could pass to the unmarked forwarder but they prefer to don't play and lobbing instead. My advice is don't lob, you spoil the fun. Trying a lob is like to try to be lucky. At least if you try a lob from neutral position of the pitch. We all know where a lob could go in and this is why elite matches are not decided by lobs. But lobbing from all over the pitch it's like rely on the fortune and i honestly prefer to rely on my skills.

[[Robert Swift]]: I agree Gianluca, but you need a lot of skill to beat a good defence (and yours is THE BEST).

It's fine for YOU to tell your opponents to dribble into your box and score because that's much better but the best % is for players to hit 10 lobs and hope that 3 go in. Because if they dribble at you 10 times then maybe they only get in your box 2 times and score 0 or 1. Makes sense World Champ?

I am sure you hate lobbing because it's the #1 goal scored against YOU! But have some sympathy for your opponents. A real champ can take any type of goal and still win.

[[Alex Brante]]: Robert's advice which was called depressing by Rodolfo is generally sound. Especially since KO2 players are rare these days and the few you encounter regularly usually know the game pretty well. It should hopefully let you concede less goals in your early career games in which you learn more and more of the trade. Also note that against good players you'll have huge troubles getting near their goal, they win the headers in midfield or stop you otherwise. For that reason alone lobbing is worth practising.

On the other hand, Robert also mentioned that you need possession. As I wrote, I cannot get "into the game" with 532, I lose the ball too fast (or lob too much Very Happy). Against players of equal strength I want to be as active as possible.

=== Clean Sliding Tackles... ===

=== Formation Advantages ===

=== Routines ===

== Please give some hints to a lousy KO2 player ==

=== Understanding How KO2 "Works" ===

=== Player attribute maths ===

=== Referee Stats ===

== Links ==
* [[FAQ]]
* [[Player Manager Guide]]

[[Category:Tutorials & Guides]]

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== Kick Off ==

*[http://www.kickoffworld.net Kick Off World of Soccer] - Fan Site located in Italy devoted to old-school Football games
*[http://www.kickoff2.com/home_eng.htm kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter
*[http://www.abundantsoft.com Abundant Software] - Game Developer [[Dino Dini]]'s current development company
*[http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/viewforum.aspx?f=3694 Kickoffworld - Italian Kick Off World of Soccer Forum ] - The italian Kick Off Forum belong to the Italian Kick Off Organization (IKOA) and it's used on organising local tournaments
*[http://www.deutschlandistweltmeister.de Deutschland ist Weltmaster ] - Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.kickoff2wm.de.vu Kick Off 2 Weltmeisterschaft ] - Another Fan Site located in Germany (organising local tournaments)
*[http://www.ko2-cup.tk Kick Off 2 CUP] - Home of Kick Off 2 players in and around Osnabrück / Germany
*[http://www.alkis.org/ Alkis ] - Greek Fan Site owned by the 2001 Kick Off 2 World Champion
*[http://www.koanet.co.uk koa:.:net on line league ] - Kick Off 2 online league
*[http://kickoff2online.free.fr Kick Off 2 online ] - French Kick Off 2 online
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/kick-off Kick Off] - Kick Off page on Moby Games
*[http://hol.abime.net/2558 Kick Off] - Kick Off page on Hall of Light

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Kick Off 2 competition version Game Manual

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== MAIN MENU ==
There are 9 main menu options.
==== single game ====
A single game can be between a player and the computer or between two players. Two players can team up against
the computer or against two other players. A host of options are available to alter the match conditions and various permutations of the options to provide an enormous variety of gameplay.
==== the league ====
There is a League of 8 teams lasting 14 weeks. The league championship requires consistent excellence. 8 players can play in the league which can be saved to disk ,and continued later.
==== the cup ====
The cup tournament is played on a knock out basis. If there is no result, extra time is played. If there is
still no result, a penalty shoot out decides the winner.
==== international friendly ====
This option allows you to play a single match using International sides with their distinct styles of play.
==== practice ====
Practice mode allows one or two players to practice ball skills and learn ball controls without being harassed by the opposition.
==== options ====
The OPTION menu sets the conditions for a SINGLE GAME or INT. FRIENDLY. The options must be selected before playing
the game
==== special events ====
This option is used for loading data disks never been published.
==== action replay ====
This option is used to edit a file of action replay of goals to create a "Golden Goals" disc etc.
==== kit design ====
This option enables design of custom kit for a single game only.

== THE OPTIONS ==

The options in this menu,once set,remain unchanged until
changed.The DEFAULT condition is printed in BOLD.

=== duration ===
2 X 3 , 2 X 5 , 2 X 10 and 2 x 20 minutes.
The league and cup matches 2 x 5 min.

=== pitch ===
A choice of 4 playing surfaces,
* Normal - Normal bounce and travel.
* Soggy - Ball bounce and travel reduced. Players stamina reduced.
* Wet - Increased ball travel and speed.
* Artificial - High ball bounce.Increased ball speed and travel. Reduced players stamina.

=== wind ===
A choice of 4 -
* Off -
* light -
* medium -
* strong -

=== replace tactics ===
Each team can use a total of 4 tactics in a game. These tactics can be replaced by 4 other tactics on the game
disc or the data disc containing tactics designed by the "[[Player Manager]]". See ([[14.0]]) for more information.

=== extra time and penalties ===
Yes or NO - If the answer is yes, extra time proportional to the full time match duration is played, if the result is a draw after full time. The extra time is in two halves and the teams change ends at the half time. If the
result is still a draw then a sudden death penalty shoot out decides the result. The option is set to NO in the league matches and YES for cup tournament.

=== skill level ===
Choice of 5 skill levels - International , 1st ,2nd ,3rd and 4th divisions. The attributes and skills of the players correspond to the division.In a single match,identical squads are presented for both teams,thus ensuring that the result depends on the skill of the players only.The skill level of both teams can be set independently.This facility allows even a novice with a International squad to give an experienced player with 4th division squad a run for his money. There is another special level namely PLAYER MANAGER. This option allows a Player Manager team to be loaded along with the current tactics, to play against another player or computer at any of the 5 skill levels or play against another Player Manager team. See 5.0 for instructions.

=== league options ===
The skill level at which the league is played can be selected. Choice of 3rd division, 1st division or international level.

=== game speed ===
The speed of the game can be changed.At reduced
speed,it is possible to play a very tactical game and see how
your tactics actually work and the response of your
opponents.There are 3 options : NORMAL,MEDIUM and SLOW.

=== after touch ===
YES or NO - If the answer is yes ,the ball direction can be altered for a short duration after shooting. Ideal for bending the ball etc.

=== select referee ===
YES or NO - You may select any of the 24 referees. The referees play a very important part in the game.

=== the players ===
Each player on the pitch has a unique mixture of attributes and skills. The attributes are PACE - STAMINA - AGGRESSION - RESILIENCE The skills are PASSING - SHOOTING - TACKLING. THE unique mixture determines the performance of the player. For instance,a player of great pace but with poor stamina will not perform well, as the match nears the end and should be substituted if there is extra time in a cup match.Similarly a player with high aggression will go for a ball and if he has a good tackling skills will succeed in getting the possession but with low tackling skill is likely to foul the opposition and may even collect a red card if seen by the referee.

== SELECTING SKILL LEVEL ==

There are 5 skill levels plus a special level.
*INTERNATIONAL
*1st DIVISION
*2nd DIVISION
*3rd DIVISION
*4th DIVISION
*PLAYER MANAGER

To set the skill level,select OPTIONS in the main menu and then select SKILL LEVEL in the option menu. One player or Two players against the computer - TEAM A Two players against each other: player 1 - TEAM A: player 2 - TEAM B

The skill level of each team can be set independently thus enabling a novice to play on equal terms with an expert.A novice using a squad of international players with their great pace and shooting accuracy can give a tough game to an expert with 4th division squad.

The [[Player Manager]] level allows you to load a team trained in [[Player Manager]] to play against another Player Manager team or a computer team of chosen skill level.

When [[Player Manager]] level is selected,you will be asked to insert your P.M. data disk in the drive.The whole squad along with current tactics will be loaded.The current tactics can however be replaced with new tactics.

== SELECTING NUMBER OF PLAYERS ==

1 to 4 players can play using a joystick adaptor.

TEAM SELECTION screen (see 8.0) provides the opportunity to select number of players and hoe they are to play, i.e. against the computer,against each other etc...

== GAME OPTIONS ==

All the four options are selected via the Main menu.

CAUTION: Before selecting the GAME OPTIONS,select the required
conditions from the OPTION menu ([[SEE 3.0]]).

7.1 SINGLE GAME
Two players can play against the computer or against each other.One
player game is against the computer.Also two players can play against
two other players.
On selecting this menu option,you will be asked the number of
players:1,2,3 or 4.

SELECT TEAM screens give you the opportunity to select both teams.The
winner of the toss decides whether to play UP or DOWN pitch.The name
of the referee is also displayed.

7.11 TACTICS
Select the tactics for the start of the match using the keyboard.The
tactics can be changed any time during the match when the ball is out
of play.

Keys 1,2,3 & 4 are assigned to Team A and 1,2,3 & 4 on the NUMERIC
KEYPAD are assigned to the Team B.Press the key and the players will
move to the new tactical positions,once the ball comes into play
again.

7.12 SUBSTITUTIONS
Two substitutions are allowed in a match.Please see 19.0 for more
information.

7.2 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
This option allows you to play a single game between ant two chosen
international teams.On selecting this option ,a list of all the
countries is presented.Highlight TEAM A and the first country.Press
the F.B. to confirm the choice.Repeat the process for TEAM B.

7.3 THE LEAGUE
The League consists of 8 teams and lasts 14 weeks.There are 3 skill
levels,Third,First and international at which the league can be
played.Use the OPTIONS menu to set the skill level.The default skill
level is the 1st division.When the league option is selected in the
Main menu,the league table with the appropriate numbers of teams is
displayed.The following options are available:

7.31 CHANGE TEAM NAMES - Move joystick up to highlight a team
name.Press F.B. and the cursor will flash at the end of the team
name.Use keyboard to edit the name.Move the J/S to highlight another
team if required.

7.32 SELECTING TEAM TO PLAY - When the table first appears,the letter
C appears against all the teams to say that all the teams are
Computer controlled.To change the team to J/S i.e. play that team in
the league.Move J/S to highlight the team and press F1

7.33 LOADING PLAYER MANAGER TEAMS.
Player Manager teams together with their current tactics can be loaded
in the league.To load a team,move joystick to highlight the team you
wish to replace with the P.M. team and press F3.Insert your Player
Manager Data Disk in the drive and press F.B. Repeat the process to
load other teams.

7.34 LOADING PLAYER MANAGER DESIGNED TACTICS :
The tactics designed in Player Manager can be loaded for each team in
the league.Move the J/S to highlight the team for which you wish to
load new tactics and press F5.Insert P.M. data disk and press the
F.B.The teams current tactics directory and the directory of all the
available tactics will be displayed.Highlight the tactics you wish to
replace in the current directory and press the F.B. Move the J/S to
highlight the required tactics in the data disk directory and then
press F.B. Repeat the process if you wish to replace other tactics.
Select DONE when finished.

Repeat the process for other teams.

7.35 LOAD
This option allows you to load a previously saved league and continue
the game.When the option is exercised,none of the options above can be
used.Insert your data disk with previously saved league in the drive
and press F.B. Select the league you wish to play and press the F.B.

7.36 ( I have not missed this - it applies to 8 bit machines only !!)

7.37 CONTINUE:
Select this option to play the league game.The two teams to play the
next match will be highlighted.If both teams had J for control,the
computer will allocate J1 and J2 to the teams.

The options at the bottom of the screen will now display SAVE,PLAY -
MATCH and QUIT.

7.38 SAVE:
Select this option to save your current league.A good quality
FORMATTED disk is required to save the league.
Insert the disk in the drive and press the F.B.Type the name,under
which,you wish to save the league or use the displayed file name,by
highlighting it.

7.39 QUIT:
The league is abandoned without saving and the program returns to the
MAIN menu.

7.40 PLAY MATCH:
The squad selection screens, for each team are displayed next.The game
now follows the procedure as detailed for SINGLE GAME.
The league table is updated after each match.
CAUTION - It is upto players to ensure that there is no duplication of
team names.Name duplication may cause the program to crash.You are
advised to save the league at regular intervals.

7.41 THE CUP:
The Cup tournament is for 8 teams and is on a knock out basis.In case
of a draw,there is extra time.If there is still no result,sudden
death penalty shoot out feature is used to decide the result. (see
15.0 for rules)

8.0 TEAM SELECTION

8.1 PLAY OPTIONS
PLAYING AS A TEAM - The player controls the player nearest to the
ball.
PLAYING IN POSITION - The player assumes the identity i.e. the skills
and attributes of one player on the pitch and controls this player
right through the match.If the selected player is injured,the player
assumes the identity of the substitute.

YOU CAN NOT PLAY AS A KEEPER.
1 to 4 players using a special joystick adaptor.

TEAM MODE - Two players can team up to play against the computer or
other two players.Both players can only play in position.
3 Players - Third player (J/S 3) plays in TEAM MODE with player 1.
4 Players - Fourth player(J/S 4) plays in TEAM MODE with player 2.

1 Player only - Player 1 controls Team A using J/S 1.He has a choice
of either playing as a team or playing in position.

2 Players - Two players can play in TEAM MODE against the computer or
against each other.In the latter case they may play in position or as
a team.

A squad of 16 players with skills and attributes pertaining to the
selected skill level are displayed for team A first.The names of the
players and their field positions are shown.

The computer has already selected the shirt numbers of the players and
the substitutes 12 and 14 .These are not necessarily the best
selections.If you wish to change the selection,move J/S up or down to
highlight a player name and left or right to highlight the shirt
number.

8.2 ONE PLAYER

TEAM A
8.21 PLAY AS TEAM: Select J.S.1 icon and press F.B. Select DONE and
press F.B.

8.22 PLAY IN POSITION: Select J.S.1 icon and press F.B. Move J/S to
highlight the player whose identity you wish to assume and press F.B.
Select DONE.

8.23 CANCEL PLAY IN POSITION OR CHANGE THE PLAYER:
Highlight the player selected and press F.B.

8.3 TWO PLAYERS

AGAINST EACH OTHER

TEAM A : Player 1 select J.S.1 and press F.B.
PLAY IN POSITION - As in 8.22
PLAY AS A TEAM - Select Done and press F.B.

TEAM B: Player 2 SELECT J.S.2 and press F.B. then as Team A
TEAM MODE
TEAM A - Players 1 & 2 select J.S.1 & J.S.2 respectively and the
players identities.Select DONE

8.4 THREE PLAYERS

TEAM A: Player 1 select J.S.1 AND PLAYER 3 SELECT J.S.3 Follow the
procedure for TEAM MODE.

TEAM B: Player 2 select J.S.2. Select DONE to play as team or a player
and DONE to play in position.

8.5 FOUR PLAYERS

TEAM A: As for 3 players.
TEAM B: Player 2 select J.S.2. and player 4 select J.S.4. Follow the
procedure for TEAM MODE.

8.6 SELECTING START TACTICS:
The names of the 4 tactics in current use are displayed.Use the
keyboard as detailed in 7.11 to select the tactics at Kick Off.

9.0 PLAYER CONTROL

9.1 MOVEMENT - The player moves in all 8 joystick directions.

9.2 HEADERS - If the ball is in the air,pressing F.B. will make the
controlled player jump.Move the J/S in the direction in which you
wish to head the ball,when the player is in the air.

9.3 BLOCKING TACKLE - The purpose of this tackle is to gain possession
of the ball from the opponent.The tackle must be from the front or
overtaking the opponent and getting possession of the ball as it
travels in front of the player.Tackling the player from behind is a
FOUL.

9.4 SLIDING TACKLE - This tackle can be done from any direction.
A sliding tackle on an opponent without the ball is a FOUL.If the ball
is on the ground,press F.B. TO DO A SLIDING TACKLE.You must touch the
ball before touching the opponent to avoid being penalised.A sliding
tackle from behind is a FOUL.

9.5 SCISSOR KICK - Reverse the direction of the joystick when the ball
is in the air,for a scissor kick.

10.0 BALL CONTROL
Kick Off 2 controls have been specially designed for ease of use.In a
fast moving game and under pressure,there is no time top remember
complicated joystick movements,the action has to be instinctive.The
controls are simple and can be learnt and practiced to perfection in
PRACTICE in the main menu.The ball control becomes even more deadly if
AFTER TOUCH is used.

10.1 DRIBBLE BALL: The ball travels in front of the player.The
distance it travels depends on the speed of the player at the time of
contact.

10.2 SHOOT BALL : Press F.B. AFTER touching the ball,will shoot the
ball in the direction the player is facing.

10.3 STOP BALL : Press F.B. BEFORE touching the ball will stop the
ball and give the player total control.

10.4 PASS BALL: You must STOP the ball before you can pass.Keep the
F.B. pressed and move the J/S in the direction you wish to pass and
release the F.B. Releasing the F.B. when the J/S is centred will take
you back into DRIBBLE action.The player will turn in the joystick
direction and start dribbling the ball in that direction.He will shoot
if the F.B. is pressed.

10.5 CHIP BALL: If the ball is on the ground,reversing the direction
of the J/S will chip the ball.

10.6 AFTER TOUCH:This option can be activated in the OPTION menu.It
allows the player to alter the direction of the ball by a small amount
after shooting the ball.The direction must be changed immediately after
shooting the ball,as the control is only effective for a very short
time.After touch can be used to devastating effect with practice.Move
the joystick in the direction you wish the ball to go (foward
positions of the joystick only) immediately after shooting the ball.

11.0 KEEPER CONTROL
The keeper is computer controlled except in the following cases,

11.1 DEFENDING A PENALTY: The control is transferred to the main
player.The keeper stands in the centre and starts to move as soon as
the F.B. is pressed.The longer the F.B. is kept pressed,the bigger the
movement.

A - Jump up JOYSRICK POSITIONS
B - Dive top left corner
C - Dive top right corner A
D - Dive left mid bar height B C
E - Catch ball D E F
F - Dive right mid bar height G H
G - Dive left ground J
H - Dive right ground
J - Stoop

11.2 TAKING GOAL KICKS: The keeper automatically takes the goal kick
unless the player wishes to do so.If the player does not exercise this
option quickly,the computer will take control.Move the joystick in the
required position before the keeper kicks or throws the ball .Press
the F.B. to quickly boot the ball up field to catch the opposition out
of position or to stop the keeper wasting time.

A - Hard ahead B - Hard left C - Hard left
D - Medium left E - Medium ahead F - Medium right
G - Soft left H - Soft right J - Soft ahead

11.3 CONTROLS

JOYSTICK ONLY
Players 3 & 4 require a special joystick adaptor.

11.4 QUIT MATCH OR PRACTICE
You can quit a single game or INT. Friendly or practice mode.A league
game or cup match cannot be terminated.

Hit the ESC Key for the above.

12.0 SET PIECES

12.1 CORNER KICKS
12.11 SELECTING TYPE OF CORNER KICK
There is a choice of 9 corner kicks.A selection panel appears showing
the goal post and corner flag.The selection panel is actually the face
of the ball that the player will kick.

Kicking the ball at the bottom lifts the ball to top bar height.
Kicking the ball in the middle takes the ball at mid goal post height.
Kicking the ball at top of the ball keeps the ball low at ankle height.

Kicking the ball away from the goal curls the ball towards the goal.
Kicking the ball straight keeps the ball straight.
Kicking the ball towards the goal curls the ball away from the goal.

Once the ball has been kicked , normal ball controls apply.
Look at the scanner to see the positions of your players and select
the suitable corner kick ,then press the F.B.

12.12 STRENGTH OF CORNER KICKS
The duration for which the F.B. is kept pressed to select the type of
corner kick,determines the strength of the kick.A short tap will do a
short kick i.e. pass to a player near the corner flag.A hard kick will
take the ball to the player across or out of play.

12.2 PENALTIES
The angle and the height of the shot are controlled,enabling the
penalty taker to put the ball anywhere in the net.

The pointer on a bar moves rapidly from left to right indicating the
horizontal direction of the ball if hit at that point.Press F.B. to
start the run.The longer the F.B. is pressed,the higher the ball will
rise.It is therefore possible to hit the top corners of the net or keep
the ball on the ground or overshoot the ball.A short tap will keep the
ball on the ground.
During the penalties,the keeper control is passed to the main
player.See KEEPER CONTROL instructions.

12.3 FREE KICKS
Set piece Free Kick is played if there is a foul by a defending player
within a narrow sector in front of the defended goal mouth.

12.31 TAKING FREE KICK
The ball is placed where the foul occurred.A few yards away on each
side of the ball stands a player from the team taking the Free Kick.If
two players are in team mode,the main player takes the Free Kick and
the other controlled player stands on the side nearest to the goal.
Press F.B. to start the run.The duration for which the F.B. is kept
pressed determines the height of the ball.The longer the button is
kept pressed,the higher the ball will rise.The strength of the kick is
randomly computer controlled.

There are two distinct joystick controls:BEFORE touching the ball and
AFTER touching the ball.

BEFORE AFTER JOYSTICK POSITION

A Jump Over The Ball Dip The Ball A
B Slight Left Bias Dip and Swerve Ball B C
C Slight Right Bias Dip and Swerve Ball D E F
D More Left Bias Swerve Ball G H
E Straight Kick No Action J
F More Right Bias Swerve Ball
G Pass Ball To Left Player
H Pass Ball To Right Player

Only the player taking the Free Kick has Swerve control of the
ball. With practice ,he can dip the ball into the opposition net or
bend the ball round the opposition wall.The controls give infinite
control on the kick,and with practice,a match winner.If the ball is
passed to another,normal ball controls are resumed.
If the main player jumps over the ball,in the absence of a controlled
player,one of the players next to the ball will take the kick.

12.32 DEFENDING FREE KICK
A wall of players,if formed 10 yds (approx) from the ball in direct
path of the ball.

12.4 THROW IN
The computer automatically throws the ball to the nearest player in
position to receive the ball.The control can be however be assumed by
the player.There is a option to do a directed SHORT or LONG throw.Move
the joystick in the five forward positions and press the F.B. for a
short throw.If the F.B. is not pressed soon,the computer will
automatically take a throw.The three backward positions are used for
the LONG throws.

13.0 SUBSTITUTIONS
You are allowed to make 2 substitutions during the match.You can not
substitute a player who has been given a RED card by the referee.Only
ONE substitution at a time can be made.GOAL KEEPERS CANNOT BE
SUBSTITUTED.

13.1 SELECTING A SUBSTITUTE.

PL. 12 TEAM A = F4
PL. 14 TEAM A = F5
PL. 12 TEAM B = F9
PL. 14 TEAM B = F10

13.2 MAKING A SUBSTITUTION
When the ball goes out of play,you will be asked to make a
substitution.
The name of one of the players will appear on the screen.Use up and
down cursor keys to scan through the players on the field.When the
name of the player you wish to substitute appears,press the SPACE BAR.

14.0 TACTICS
Tactics employed by each side greatly influences the game play and
results.The players move into their tactical positions and provided
the tactics have been properly designed,the players are in position to
receive passes,attack and defend.Kick Off 2 comes with 8 ready made
tactics.You also have the option to load tactics designed in the
PLAYER MANAGER game.These can be loaded into Kick Off 2 single games
as well as league games.The team is however allowed to use only 4
tactics during the match.Selecting the right tactics is therefore quite
important.

14.1 CHANGING TACTICS

14.11 SINGLE GAME - There are 8 tactics included in Kick Off 2 of
which 4 are pre selected.A team is allowed to take 4 tactics to a
match.Use SELECT TACTICS in the OPTION MENU to replace any or all four
tactics from KICK OFF 2 or PLAYER MANAGER data disk. Select Team A or
Team B and the current list of tactics in use will be shown.Insert the
Player Manager data disk or leave the program disk in the drive.Press
F.B. to display the tactics library on the disk.Select the tactics you
wish to replace hit the F.B. Move the joystick to highlight the new
tactics and press the F.B. to load the new tactics.Select DONE

14.12 LEAGUE GAME
Each team in the league is allowed 4 tactics.The tactics of each team
can be replaced by the library of tactics on the program disc or the
Player Manager data disc.Follow the procedure as detailed in 7.34

14.2 CHANGING TACTICS DURING THE GAME
You can select the starting tactics to be employed by your team.The
tactics can be changed any time during the match as soon as the ball
goes out of play. - See 7.11 for instructions.

15.0 SUDDEN DEATH PENALTY SHOOT OUT
If after extra time,there is still no result,a penalty shoot out
takes place.Each side takes five penalties in turn.The winner is the
team which scored the most goals.If the number of goals is equal,each
side takes a penalty alternately.After both sides have taken their
turn,there is a goal difference,the team with the most goals is
declared the winner.The shoot out continues until there is a goal
difference.

16.0 GENERAL
The referees in the game have their own characteristics and competence
level.Some are more prone than others, in disciplinary action.They can
give yellow and red cards.

The players with lower stamina are prone to get tired and lose pace as
well as accuracy.The players are also inclined to time wasting if the
winning margin is small.

KEYBOARD COMMANDS:

PAUSE = P
CHANGE SCANNER SIZE = X

17.0 KIT DESIGN
The kit colours can be changed as follows:

The team kit can be changed for a single or Int. friendly match.Each
team has two colours allocated.The combination allows plain or striped
shirts.A choice of 16 colours is available.
Select the colour box and press F.B. to cycle through the colours.When
all 4 colours have been selected,move the joystick to select style and
press the F.B. Though all 6 styles are shown,the graphics for the last
4 styles are not available.

SHIRT - Main colour + Second colour or Main Colour only
SHORTS - Second colour only

18.0 PRACTICE
There is option to Practice SKILLS,PENALTIES.Press ESC to return to
the MAIN MENU.

18.1 PRACTICE SKILLS: The option gives the player the chance to learn
joystick movements and improve his passing and shooting skills.The
skills can be practiced at all skill levels with ONE or TWO players
option.The skills are learnt without being harassed (Frank Spencer) by
the opposition.In ONE player option,you control the player nearest the
ball.
In TWO players option,joystick 1 controls player 9 and joystick 2
controls player 10.This option allows you to practice One-TWO up and
down the pitch.The joystick controls of KICK OFF 2 are unique and
specially designed for instinctive play.See controls and learn to
dribble,pass,shoot,chip and head the ball.Utilise GAME SPEED option to
perfect techniques.Press ESC / SPACE to quit.

18.2 PRACTICE PENALTIES: You can practice taking and defending
penalties either against a computer or another player.Each player
takes and defends 5 penalties.This practice is essential for success
if there is a pentalty shoot out at the end of a CUP match.See
PENALTIES section for full description of how to take a penalty and
KEEPER CONTROLS for defending penalties.Press ESC / SPACE to quit.

19.0 ACTION REPLY
Action Reply shows the goal scored so that a player can enjoy the
glorious moments again.These glorious moments can be saved on a Data
Disk and savoured at a later stage.It is also possible to compile a
GOLDEN SHOTS disc recording exceptional goals.

THE ABOVE OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SINGLE GAMES

19.1 : Select ACTION REPLAY in the Main Menu.Select STORE option.You
will be asked the following questions:

FILE NAME: 8 characters max. (Default:Replay)
MATCH DATE: dd/mm/yy (Default:02/05/90)
TEAM A: 8 Characters max. (Default: Anco 1)
TEAM B: 8 Characters max. (Default: Computer)
PLAYER 1 NAME: 8 Characters max. (Default: Anco)
PLAYER 2 NAME: 8 Characters max. (Default: Computer)

The action Replays will be stored under this file name and will
contain the above information and the identity of the team scoring the
goal.

19.2: The action replay is NOT automatic.To see the replay,press key R
for Normal or S for slow motion before the next kick off.If you wish
to save the replays on a disc,insert a BLANK FORMATTED data disc in
the drive.This disc must only be used for saving Action Replays.

19.3 SAVING REPLAY ON A DATA DISK:
Press F1 during the replay,to save the replay on the disc.

19.4 EDITING THE REPLAY:
This option allows the editing of the goals to create a GOLDEN GOALS
disc.A new FORMATTED disc is required.

This option is a stand alone program requiring extensive use of
memory.Once this option is used,the computer must be switched off and
reloaded to play a game.

9.41 Select EDIT option in the Action Replay in the Main Menu.Insert
the data disc in the drive and select LOAD option.The directory of the
disc will be displayed.Select the goal you wish to see and press the
fire button.Press the Space Bar to store the goal in memory.Only a few
goals can be stored in the memory at a time.Insert Golden Goals disc
in the drive and select the SAVE option.
Select CLEAR to clear the memory and thus load more Action
Replays.Repeat the process for the rest of the goals on the match
disc.The Golden Goals disc can be futher edited to produce another
GOLDEN GOALS disc.

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KICK OFF 2 - WORLD CUP `90 DATA
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LOADING: Select SPECIAL EVENTS option on the MAIN MENU and select
WORLD CUP option on the sub menu.

CONTROLS: As in Kick Off 2.

SAVE: A blank formatted disc is required.DO NOT USE THE PROGRAM DISK!.

INTRODUCTION: There are 24 teams competing in the World Cup Finals.
The teams are organised in 6 groups of 4 teams each.The first part of
the Finals is played on a league basis.Each team in the group plays
against the other three teams and a win is awarded 2 points and a draw
1 point.Goals FOR and goals AGAINST are also recorded.When all groups
have completed the league,the winner and the runner up from each group
goes through to the next round of the tournament together with the
best four losers.The 16 teams left in the finals now play on a knock
out basis to the Quarter Finals,Semi Finals and the Final.

INSTRUCTIONS: The 24 teams of the world cup , with their current
grouping A, B, C. D, E and F are displayed.Each group has four
countries.You can change the grouping of any team or all the teams if
you wish to do so,provided there are FOUR teams in each group,when you
finish organising the group.
At the bottom of the table there are 4 captions:
CONTINUE - Takes you to the next table or game.
LOAD - Allows you to load a previously saved World Cup game.
SAVE - Saves the current World Cup game on a disc.
QUIT - Returns you to the main menu.

Move the joystick to highlight the group code and press the fire
button.The group letter will cycle through the letters A to F for each
press of the fire button.Move the joystick to change as many groupings
as you wish to.Each group must have four countries.When satisfied,move
the joystick to captions and select CONTINUE to proceed.
The first round of the WORLD CUP is played on a LEAGUE basis.League
tables for each group will be displayed.The league will show letter C
in the control coloum.This signifies that in the match the team is
computer controlled.To change the team to PLAYER control,highlight C.
Press the fire button and C will change to J/S.The control toggles
between C and J/S. If two players are playing,more than one team can
be set for J/S control.When the league is played,the computer will
show J/S 1 or J/S 2 for the control.

When all the groups have been played,the original table will
display the teams which have made the last sixteen.The numbers 1 to 8
will appear against the qualifying teams.The teams with the same
number will play against each other.The teams which did not qualify
will have a blank.You can modify the numbers including the blank by
highlighting the panel and pressing the fire button.
This table will appear for the Quarter,semi and finals.At each stage
you can alter the qualifying teams.

Ranking

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The [[KOA]] maintains the rankings of its active [[:Category:Hall of Fame|Kick Off players]]. For a player to participate in the rankings, he has to play in at least two tournaments of 4 or more players, who follow the standard KOA rules. By participating in one tournament, a player's ranking points are calculated, but his name is not displayed in the rankings list to avoid upsets and inaccuracies.

== The KOA ranking system ==

Big respect to [[Robert Swift]] and [[Alkis Polyrakis]] for developing and maintaining the rankings and [[Spyros Paraschis]] to develop the KOA [[KOA Stats Analyser|Stats Analyser]].

Here are the systems principles / rules:
# Each new player enters the list with 1000 ranking points
# The more games someone plays, the more we know about them
# Extra points should not be 'created' just because people play more games
# Every game involves gain by one player, loss by another
# Ranking difference should multiply/divide the effect of the result
# It should require continual effort to maintain your good/bad points, otherwise you drift 7ack to 1000
# Every month, the differential with 1000 should be reduced by 1%
# Total points will therefore always be Players/1000 - no new points are 'created'
# In KO Team A is stronger than Team B. In the first KOA World Cup, held in Dartford, Team A won 70 games and Team B 55, therefore 70/55 = 1.27. Thus wins with Team B should receive 27% more points.

== How to view the rankings system and KOA stats ==

The KOA has its own statistical analysis and presentation tool for all KOA tournaments, developed by [[Spyros Paraschis]]. The [[KOA Stats Analyser]] consists of two parts - the main application setup and the monthly data update, provided by [[Alkis Polyrakis]]. If you haven't downloaded the application before, you should download the setup package, install it and then copy the current month's update on the app's directory.

Also we have an on-line version with the list of all the players who have ever participated in an official KOA tournament:

[http://www.paraschis.gr/koastats/index.html KOA Tournaments Player Statistics]

== Download ==

*[http://www.alkis.org/External/KOATDBViewer.exe KOA Stat Analiser] + [http://www.alkis.org/External/KOATD.ZIP Updates]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame]]

Donate

2005-10-20T13:50:35Z

Filippodb: /* The 2005 Gathering Donations */

While we're grateful for the interest into [[Kick Off]], the unforeseen influx of new visitors and players gives us the opportunity to make something very important: please consider donating a small sum to help Charitable Organizations with the KOA, Anything you can provide is appreciated, thanks!

== [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|The 2005 Gathering Donations]] ==

== [[:Category:2004 KOA World Cup|The 2004 Gathering Donations]] ==
* more than '''10 euros''' from each competitor were donated to build a bore for '''surge of water in Ethiopia''' (all the money for the WC room rent was totally donated). this is the [http://www.kickoffworld.net/IMMAGINI/VersamentoKOA2.jpg receipt] of the 2004 donation to the priest responsable of the WC venue. The donation of '''450 euros''' was from [[Gianni Torchio]] of the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]] for [http://www.caritas.org/ CARITAS MILANO].

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)

[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:2005_KOA_World_Cup]]
[[Category:2004_KOA_World_Cup]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off History]]

Pro Soccer 68

2005-10-07T10:28:39Z

Filippodb:

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Pro Soccer 68 is the best [[Kick Off|Kick Off 1]] version ever released. It's based on the same source Code of [[Kick Off|Kick Off 1]].

[[Category:Kick Off Series]]

Pro Soccer

2005-10-07T10:26:01Z

Filippodb:

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[[Pro Soccer]] is Known also with the name of [[Pro Soccer 68]] for the [[X68000]] Computer.

Pro Soccer is a brand name of the [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off Series]] games for the Japanese Market. We Have Pro Soccer games for [[NES]], [[SNES]], [[GameBoy]], [[X68000]]

== X68000 ==

== SNES ==

== NES ==

== GameBoy ==

== Download ==

== Links ==

[[Category:Kick Off Series]]

Talk:PBD

2005-10-02T13:01:01Z

Filippodb:

The topic of PBD is controversial, so think carefully before editing. Please help to keep this article clean. Avoid adding biased views (in either direction) on PBD and mixed-mode / team A chooses. If you want to explain such views, please start a dedicated page such as 'Arguments for PDB', 'Agruments against PBD' ...

If you think the current article is biased, rather than editing the article right away, please suggest a change that would improve it here on the discussion page to see if people agree.

Hoping to avoid an edit-war --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 13:06, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

:[[PBD]] or '''Penalty Box Dribble''' is also Know as '''PMBC''' - '''(Player Manager Ball Control)'''

:----

:it's no more, why? I mean player manage ball controll is more correct and easy to understand and we had a famous 12 pages thread on this on koG forum http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8977&highlight=pmbc --filippodb 14:41, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

:: I find the term PMBC confusing since I think it somehow implies that it is a "Player Manager only" feature. Don't mind if you add it though, but better not in '''bold''' --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 15:46, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

:::ok, so put it back but not on bold, I won't touch a single line of PBD page, it's too hot for me :p --filippodb 16:07, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

::::Done!
::::Colons (:'s) will indent your comments btw ;) --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 16:16, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

another thing: I would love to split the tournament rule controversy on: - tournaments rule (and please replace the -wc history- ) and - mixed pbd controversy - ok? maybe after explain the proposal split clearly the MixedPBD controversy on the 2 point of views. Correct? --filippodb 16:54, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

: I have moved the whole sections to [[Tournament Rules Discussions]]. It doesn't really belong on the PBD page. --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 17:57, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

:: the mixed pbd discussion is not only the most debated argument on KOA but also the most important thing for PBD. It'll seem we want to hide far away the discussion to hide the true. For me we can put a copy to the rule discussions page but really a PBD page without mixed PBD discussion will be useless. --filippodb 18:14, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

::: PBD is in [[:Category:KORPS]]. I think it should be technical and stating facts not opinions. You can make a link to the discussion page or even link it from the front page. --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 18:19, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

:::: yes, we have to put PBD into tournament category now! People that is going to the next WC should know exactly what is PBD and how it works!! So we can just create 2 pages: PBD (for tournament and newbies) and PMBC for hacking purpouse. I think 99% of the actual visitors don't care of the code, it's useless for them, the code is just between the KORPS members: the developer of new games and applications and KOA hackers ;) --filippodb 19:14, 27 Sep 2005

::::: The page explains what PBD is and which versions has it. That's what most people need to know. Why do you feel it so important to spread your views on PBD to most people? People read the forums and know them already. In addition, a Wiki is not the best place to spread your views is it? --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 18:39, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

:::::: wrong! wiki goal is "representing" disputes, not hide it! Do you really know what people want to know when is going to tournament? The difference not the versions! PMBC will be a new page now with tecnical arguments for tecnic people, why are u going to put into silent the debate?? The forum is a crap chaos! --filippodb 20:14, 27 Sep 2005

and don't change the opponent point of view, we're not against mixed pbd, but on forcing everybody to play on mixed!! --filippodb 16:56, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

::done! Added all the valid points from the opponents, please let the 2 area indipendent to their proponents, and let people voice their valid points freely

: Sorry if I changed your point of view. I only did it when I found it not neutral/balanced and in order to trim the article. I think you are against mixed-mode. Mixed-mode only if agreed is the same as Team A chooses ;) --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 17:57, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

jesper your attitude of doing all yourself without asking others is not acceptable, please explain why did you delete several times content without asking it before! Thanks. --filippodb 22:42, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

Look Filippo, I was cleaning up the article since it had turned into a mess without a clear goal and a clear organisation. Yes, I deleted some stuff I found irrelevant such as wheater or not cracked copies or orininals was used in Milan 2004 etc. I also deleted what I would call some anti-PBD bias such as "PBD is like car wheel traction" etc. At first you didn't complain about this and even said that you wouldn't touch the page anymore since the topic is too hot for you! Then you started to ask me to act as your secretary to put back stuff which I find doesn't belong on the KORPS PBD page. Thinking about this, I realised that the article had dual largely independent goals: firsly PBD info and secondly PBD tournament rules discussion. Since you only cared about the rules discussion, but didn't want do edit page yourself I created the seperate page for you to edit. I think this was an elegant solution but obviously it enraged you. You accused me of trying to hide information! I then suggested you to link to tournament rules discussions from the main page (the front door which everyone sees) but you ignored that. When I argued that PBD is in KORPS and therefore should be technical, you came up with what I would frankly call a bizarre suggestion. You proposed that the PBD article should go in the World Cup section and that the current page should be renamed to PMBC! I already told you that I find the term PMBC confusing (and biased too). If PMBC is PBD then KO2BC is NO-PBD? See the implication that PBC is Player Manager only? Anyway, your suggestion was to have seperate pages for the synonyms PBD and PMBD, in seperate cathegories with different goals and different content. Would you at least agree that this is confusing and should be avoided?

Next thing you started to carry out the changes you knew I was opposed to. Current state of affairs is the (what I would call) mess we have now. Well, I'm not going to change it back without your approval since I am sure you would "win" an edit-war on stamina! Since you feel that I'm trying hide information I suggest that you think of a better name that would fit a spearate page for the Controversy section (the current PBD on World CUP) section. Note the name PBD is already taken! I also think we need a WC2005 Rules page. Then I suggest we link both these pages from the main page and from the PBD page, to make sure that most interested people will find it. I'm not trying to hide anything, I'm just trying to find the best organisation for the content we have and the content you want to add. I hope you realise that now!
--[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 08:03, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

:"Kick Off 2 World Cup 90 (Atari ST): Some versions." This is news to me. Is there definitely a WC90+PBD Atari ST release? I thought the first ST release was 1.2e (NOPBD). I could be wrong though! Can anyone confirm? SteveC

:: I'm not sure if it's definite, but James Lockerbie mentioned it a while back. Someone should ask him to confirm! See [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=10646] [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1880] --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 08:54, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

I'll be back in the afternoom, don't have time now... what I want is we agree to a compromise that please everybody and then change the page. Not to change the page when I was clearly stating that I don't want to hide the most important fact of PBD. See u later, I'll be back at 13--filippodb 10:19, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

ok I believe we all want a complete and useful wiki, we had a bad start, so just start to discussing now, take a good compromise/decision to modify the PBD page. If you want to make other changes to main page or rules go for it! If someone will find your change not appropriate he'll ask you why you did such change, for me you can go and change it, no problem, I just need to solve all the few problems on PBD --filippodb 12:49, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

== Content on PBD page ==
PBD page should contain All the infos about help all the people, coders, newbies, WC players, curious and also just for documentation purpouse.
For a start who cand decide what to put on the page or not? I think we should pput all the infos we have regarding PBD to have a complete article. Missing this we can't have a complete article.
I give you few example, the page about communism on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism and the page about Silvio Berlusconi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi
Both are controversial arguments.

Berlusconi page describe ALL aspect of the man, the media tycoon man, the president of Milan football club and the politic man. But it has also a huge section about Controversy and his Legal investigations!
So it's a full article, we can't write about him describing only he's a president of milan football club, media tycoon, a politic. Stop. We need to be careful describe all the aspect of the subject to not give a partial description.

The communist page It's a big page, with firstly the description then all the history of the movement, how it changed, and then the actuality.
There's of course the article about the criticism of the communism (they don't hide the fact there're some controversy) they explain the critics and there's ALSO a link only because the critics are a lot and they take a lot of space!!

so this are my wiki example of good articles, I want that an article to be like that: as complete as possible. If there're something totally out of topic, just point it out and we'll discuss maybe with some more people.

As for PMBC page, it's a matter of game developer. I don't think there're some pages owned by games developer but every page should help at best the visitors. If you guys want a more "clean" page when you work you can use PMBC page instead PBD, if you don't care about a huge PBD page so we can redirect PMBC to PBD. --filippodb 13:14, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

:Following your logic why not have only one big page call 'Dino Dini Games' or perhaps two big pages called 'Kick Off 2' and 'Player Manager'? Ever wondered why books have chapters or why newspapers have seperate sections? Please read my comments above again. I believe that you are trying to force logically distinct topics on the same page. On Wikipedia it happens all the time that pages are split, that subsections grow out of topic to the point where they get a seperate page. A nice logical organisation of the information makes it much more accesible and easy on the reader. I'm talking common sense here but I get the feeling I'm not getting through to you at all. Anyway, why do you think that more people would read a page called 'PBD' than a page call 'Tournament Rules' before going to the World Cup?

:Regarding the PMBC page it's a misnormer and you might as well delete it. PBD and PMBD are synonyms. One of then should point to the other. Everything else is plain confusing! --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 13:50, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

::: jesper, We already have a kick off series page of course: [[:Category:Kick_Off_Series]] and a [[:Category:Other Dino Dini Games]]: . But it's just a matter of dimension... And please let's talk about wiki, not books, there're a huge difference. I show you 2 great examples: controversy article on berlusconi page are not already splitted on another page (look at the big dimension), in the communist page the section about controversy is splitted but it's so huge!! So controversy are splitted away when they become so huge, right? so the PBD page is so huge to be splitted?? Of course not, so maybe I believe you think some arguments are not related to the PBD page... can you please explain why the chapter about PBD on WC and PBD discussion are off-topic? I think the visitors want to know if this feature is used or if it was used on a WC!!! And why it is used! "PBD" is hardly only a tecnical argument, because is like I say "Berlusconi" is only a media Tycoon! But we both know PBD is famous because of the debate about the WC rule change and Berlusconi is famous for the political activity, so we can't avoid that. To sum up the primary reason for PBD page is to have a compilation of all the knowledge, so we need to increase the informations. If the page is too big we can split away some article, but really PBD page is so BIG?? I'm sorry but since you can't give me a good wiki example I can't fully agree and BTW what are exactly the articles that you really don't want to see anymore? I'm sorry if I'm rude, I agree you should change some sentences that are not appropriate, no problem, but not depriving the page from arguments. I hope some others should put their opinions here, I don't want to be just an alone jesper-filippodb discussion --filippodb 15:37, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

: I don't think that there is a single "right" way to organise WiKi pages. I tend to agree more with Jesper in that the PBD issue and the Mixed mode discussion are two separate things - of course there's some overlapping and that's why we have hyperlinking. I think that it's better to have two separate articles - one beig PBD itself and the other being a Rules Disussion. --Spyros

:::In most cases, it is a violation of the neutral point of view to specifically break out a controversial section, that's why the article is disputed now. The factual accuracy of the article should also been disputed. Keep in mind article <20Kb should never been splitted (as a wiki common accepted rule). Please read [[Wikipedia:Article_size]] on how restructuring and splitting articles, thanks--filippodb 2 oct 2005 (BST)

PBD

2005-09-30T13:44:41Z

Filippodb:

(Controversial topic. See [[Talk:PBD]] before editing.) 
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[[PBD]] or '''Penalty Box Dribble''' is also known as PMBC - Player Manager Ball Control. 

[[PBD]] is a special feature which affects the ball control of the human player in the penalty box (and the spaces left and right of the box). The effect of PBD is reduced distance between the player and the ball when dribbling. Dribbling straight for some distance causes the ball to go behind the player (see fig.).

[[Image:pbd.png|frame|right|Fig. Penalty Box Dribble.]]

PBD is only found on some versions of the game. Versions which has PBD (for the human player):

* [[Player Manager]] ([[Amiga]]): All versions.
* [[Player Manager]] ([[Atari ST]]): Some versions.
* [[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]] ([[Amiga]]): Some versions (notably the orignal Cracked by [[Weetibix]] from [[Oracle]]).
* [[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]] ([[Atari ST]]): Some versions.

The CPU player has PBD in all versions of [[Kick Off 2]] and [[Player Manager]] (correct ??).

== PBD on World Cup ==
As there are a lot of people who has grown up playing [[Kick Off 2]] cracked by [[Oracle]] (and [[Player Manager]]) with PBD and some other are used on all the other [[Kick Off 2]] versions without [[PBD]], on tournaments both versions are regarded as official KO2 versions and big events like the World Cup are played on both versions. 
On the 2001 World Cup nobody noticed the differences on the versions so all the games were played indifferentely with both versions. 
The 2002 and 2003 World Cup adopted [[Oracle]] copies for the [[PBD]] version and [[Kick Off 2]] Original copies for the PBD-free version. On 2004 for the first time a World Cup was played with the 2 different version of [[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90]] (with and without PBD) dumped from original games by [[CAPS]] and re-cracked by [[Jesper]] to have [[ADF]] copies .

=== PBD version controversy ===
Since the versions have basically different gameplay [[KOA]] had various animated discusions on wich version play on [[:Category:Competitions|tournaments]]. The first [[KOA]] controversy was on 2002 after the UK tournament and the mass-discovery of [[PBD]]. The discussion was about on which version adopt during the tournaments. Some people wanted to use only the original copies, other only the Oracle. At the end there was an agreement on which TeamA choose the version to play the game. This rule was called "Team A chooses".

=== mixed PBD controversy ===
Actually there is some controversy over whether or not "Team A chooses" should be changed. With the arrival of the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] it is possible for 2 players to use different ball control in the same game, the "5" key toggles PBD on/off indipendently for both players. Games with both ball control are called "mixed PBD" or "mixed mode" and there're some discussion into to force everybody on playing "mixed mode".

====Pro on "mixed mode" says:====
# that every player should be allowed to use the ball control he/she prefers and not be forced to play with / or without PBD by Team A choosing the control for him/her.

====Opponents of forcing "mixed mode" to all the players says:====
# to keep the classic version gameplay, to keep the "Team A chooses" and let play "mixed mode" only if both players agree.
# such a rule change will give also an unfair advantage to players who prefer PBD, since it is generally though that PBD makes goal scorring easier.
# some doubt of fairness to force NO-PBD players on playing with hybrid ball control if they're not used to defend against PBD moves in the penalty box.
# forcing PBD mixed to everybody will force in the future every player on using only PBD.

=Video=
* [[Image:Penalty_box_dribbling_ko2.zip|Penalty Box Dribbling Video]] - This video demonstrate how PBD change the ball dynamics on Kick Off 2.

=Code=

This code checks the y coordinate of the ball and reduces the dribble value (D3) if in a PBD zone. It is used no matter which player touches the ball.

<pre>
0000A416 TST.W (D_0008,A0) ;up pitch or down pitch
0000A41A BEQ B_a426 ;
0000A41C CMP.W #0xd8,(D_0004,A5) ;0xd8=216
0000A422 BGT B_a432 ;do nothing if >216
0000A424 BRA B_a42e ;jump and decrease D3 by 30
0000A426 CMP.W #0x498,(D_0004,A5) ;0x498=1176
0000A42C BLT B_a432 ;do nothing if <1176
0000A42E SUB.W #0x1e,D3 ;decrease D3 by 30
</pre>

From Kick Off 2 without PBD, v1.2e? onwards:

This nearly identical code checks the y coordinate of the ball and reduces the dribble value (D0) if in a PBD zone. It is used ONLY with non-human-controlled players.

<pre>
0000C05A TST.W (D_0008,A0)
0000C05E BEQ B_c06a
0000C060 CMP.W #0xd8,(D_0004,A5)
0000C066 BGT B_c07e
0000C068 BRA B_c072
0000C06A CMP.W #0x498,(D_0004,A5)
0000C070 BLT B_c07e
0000C072 MOVE.W (D_0024,A5),D0
0000C076 SUB.W #0x28,D0
0000C07A MOVE.W D0,(D_000a,A5)
</pre>

When the ball is kicked during a dribble: 
BallSpeed=PlayerRunSpeed*1.125 + 30 (no +30 if in pbd zone)

In CPU-only PBD this changes to: 
BallSpeed=PlayerRunSpeed*1.125 + 30 (-40 if in pbd zone, so -10 overall)<

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:2005_KOA_World_Cup]]
[[Category:KORPS]]

Tournament Rules Discussions

2005-09-30T13:19:33Z

Filippodb:

Official [[KOA]] tournament rules is one of the most hot discussion topic in the forums. Serveral [[Version Wars]] have been fought over the years. This article explains some of the main rule discussion topics and the changes that has and has not been adopted.

=PBD vs NO-PBD=
...
=Tactics: Default vs Custom vs Extra=
...
=light Wind vs No-Wind=
...
=Pitch: Normal vs Random vs TeamA Chooses=
...
=Team A Chooses vs. Mixed-Mode=

[[Image:KOAcomic PBD.png|frame|right|A typical discussion in the forums.]]

Some people think that [[PBD]] makes the game easier, some think it makes it more difficult. In [[:Category:Competitions |KOA tournaments]] both version are considered official and big events like the World Cup are played on both versions. The current
rule says that Team A (home) decides which version to use. This rule
is called "Team A chooses". There is some controversy over whether or
not this rule should be changed. With the arrival of the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] it is now possible for 2 players to use different ball control in the same game, The "5" key toggles PBD on/off. Games with dual ball control are called "mixed PBD" or "mixed mode".

====Opponents of forcing "mixed mode" to all the players says:====
# to keep the classic version gameplay, to keep the "Team A chooses" and let play "mixed mode" only if both players agree.
# such a rule change will give also an unfair advantage to players who prefer PBD, since it is generally though that PBD makes goal scorring easier.
# some doubt of fairness to force NO-PBD players on playing with hybrid ball control if they're not used to defend against PBD moves in the penalty box.
# forcing PBD mixed to everybody will force in the future every player on using only PBD.

====Pro on "mixed mode" says:====
# that every player should be allowed to use the ball control he/she prefers and not be forced to play with / or without PBD by Team A choosing the control for him/her.

=Kick Off 2 v1.4 vs Oracle vs Extended Version vs Final Whiste vs Competition Version=
....

== Useful links ==
*[[Tournament Rules]]
*[[PBD]]
*[[Wind]]
*[[Tactics]]
*[[Player Manager]]
*[[Kick Off 2]]
*[[Oracle]]
*[[Kick Off 2 extended version]]
*[[Kick Off 2: The Final Whistle]]
*[[Kick Off 2 competition version]]

[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2004 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2003 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2002 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:2001 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick_Off_2_UK_Tournaments]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 Italian Tournaments]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 German Tournaments]]

Tournament Rules

2005-09-30T13:19:25Z

Filippodb:

=[[:Category:Kick Off Series|KICK OFF]] [[Kick Off Gathering|THE GATHERING]] [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|V]] [[Rules|RULES]]=
We are going to play with the [[Kick Off 2 competition version]] by [[Steve Camber]] (available for [[download]] ) on Commodore Amigas. This version is 100% the same gameplay as the original Kick Off 2.
==General Rules==
*game duration are 2 half of 5 minutes
*Random [[Referees|Referee]] unless both parties agree on ref
*Normal [[Pitches|Pitch]]
*[[Wind]] off
*International [[Squads|Skill Level]]
*Yellow Vs Dark Blue [[kit design|kit design setup]]
*Default [[scanner]] settings unless both parties agree.
*[[After Touch|Aftertouch]] on.
*100% [[speed]].
*No [[extra time]]
*Only default [[tactics]] are allowed, 424, 433, 532, 442
*Players can substitute their players and choose any of the default [[tactics]] anytime during the match. They cannot however change the starting [[squads|lineups]].
*If [[Amiga]] crashes during the first half, the players have to start a new game.
*If [[Amiga]] crashes during the second half, the players will only [[replay]] the second half, keeping the first half score of the abandoned game.
*The [[amiga]] [[referees|referee]]'s decision is final!

==Saturday==

*All the competititors will be splitted into groups of 7/8 players.
*All the [[Amiga|Amigas]] will have both [[:Category:Kick Off Series|kick off versions]] ([[Kick Off 2]] and [[Kick Off 2 World Cup 90|Kick Off 2 WC90]] [[Penalty Box Dribble|PBD]]) loaded.
*Each player plays against each competitor in group twice, home/away.
*[[Squads|Team A]] gets to choose the game version.
*Top players go through to second round.
*Bottom players go through to the [[KOA CUP]].
*In case two or more teams finish with the same points, they should be sorted according to:
**Result of matches between them
**[[Penalties]]
*No away goals rule and no goals counted! 0-0 = 5-5, 3-0 = 5-0

==Sunday==

===Second Round===
*Top players from these groups to progress and it's knockout all the way from here, 2 legs (Home & away matches).
*In case two or more teams finish with the same points, they should be sorted according to:
**Result of matches between them
**Goal difference
**Goals scored
**[[Penalties]]
*No away goals rule! 0-0 = 5-5

===[[KOA CUP]]===
*all the competititors split into more league.
*Home/away matches, semifinal, finals
*Light [[wind]] is active
*all the other rule are the same as saturday.

===Knockout stages===
In case both teams score the same number of goals in the two matches, they will play [[Extra Time]] & [[Penalties]].
This can be done by:
*Selecting "[[Extra time]]" and "[[Penalties]]" in the options screen
*Starting a new match
*Pressing Escape twice until [[Extra Time]] begins.

Knock-out, 3rd place Final, Finals: [[Squads|Team A]]/[[Squads|Team B]] is decided on a coin toss.

==[[Best Defense trophy|Best defence]] and [[Top Scorer trophy|best scorer]] cups==

The winners will be the players with less average of goal conceded and the best average of goal scored on second round.

== Useful links ==
*[[Tournament Rules Discussions]]
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter

[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 World Cup]]
[[Category:Competitions]]
[[Category:Kick_Off_2_UK_Tournaments]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 Italian Tournaments]]
[[Category:Kick Off 2 German Tournaments]]

Rules

2005-09-30T12:57:34Z

Filippodb: Rules moved to Tournament Rules

#REDIRECT [[Tournament Rules]]

Category:NPOV disputes

2005-09-29T13:36:03Z

Filippodb:

Here we have the list of biased articles suspected not following the Neutral Point Of View.

Template:NPOV

2005-09-29T13:26:58Z

Filippodb:

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2005-09-29T13:21:44Z

Filippodb: Hand - stop

Hand - stop

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2005-09-29T13:17:11Z

Filippodb:

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Talk:FAQ

2005-09-29T10:11:40Z

Filippodb:

Should the FAQ be corrected too? It has some "critical questions" about PBD.. --filippodb 18:08, 28 Sep 2005 (BST)

: Now that you mention it the FAQ does have some factual errors about PBD. Could you please correct them? --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 08:10, 29 Sep 2005 (BST)

::check it out. --filippodb 11:11, 29 Sep 2005 (BST)

My wiki:Image use policy

2005-09-28T13:01:03Z

Filippodb:

{{shortcut|[[WP:IUP]]}}
{{policy}}

For information on multimedia in general (images, sound files, etc.), see [[Wikipedia:Multimedia]]. For information on uploading, see [[Wikipedia:Uploading images]], or go directly to [[Special:Upload]].

== Rules of thumb ==
Below this brief checklist of image use rules is the detailed reasoning behind them. For information on uploading and listening to sound files see [[Wikipedia:Sound]].

# Keep [[wikipedia:copyrights|copyrights]] in mind when uploading images. 
#'''Always provide a detailed source for where the image came from, either a URL if it is from the web, or a name (or alias) and method of contact (i.e. Talk page, email, etc.) for the photographer.'''
# Use the [[Wikipedia:image description page|image description page]] to describe an image and its copyright situation.
#'''Always tag your image with one of the [[Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags|image copyright tags]].''' 
# Use a clear, detailed title. Note that if any image with the same title has already been uploaded, it will be replaced with your new one.
# Upload a high-resolution version of your image whenever possible, and use the automatic thumbnailing option of the [[Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|Wikipedia image markup]] to scale down the image. MediaWiki '''accepts''' images up to '''16 MB''' in size. Do not scale down the image yourself, as scaled-down images may be of limited use in the future.
# Edit the images to show just the relevant subject.
# If you create an image that contains text, please upload also a version without any text. It will help Wikipedias in other languages use them (translate them).
# Don't put photo credits in articles or on the images themselves; put them on the description page.
# Use [[JPEG]] format for photographic images, and [[SVG]] format for icons, logos, drawings, maps, flags, and such, falling back to [[PNG]] when only a raster image is available. Use [[GIF]] format for inline animations, [[Ogg]]/[[Theora]] for video. ''Do not'' use Windows [[windows bitmap|BMP]] format images; they are uncompressed and take up too much space.
# Add a good [[Wikipedia:alternate text for images|alternative text for images]]. 
# Think carefully if shocking pictures are really necessary. Consider providing a link to the picture, and a warning of the picture's contents, rather than place it directly in the article. If you have concerns regarding the appropriateness of an image, discuss it on the relevant article talk page. See [[Wikipedia:Image censorship]] and [[Wikipedia:Profanity#Shocking images]].

== Copyright (images) ==
''Please note: this is not the [[wikipedia:copyrights|official copyright policy]] - it is merely a reminder with helpful tips:''

Before you upload an image, make sure that either: you own the image; that it is in the [[public domain]]; or that the copyright holder has agreed to license it under the [[GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]]. Always note the image's copyright status on the [[wikipedia:image description page|image description page]], using one of the [[Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags|image copyright tags]], and provide useful details about the image's origin. If you created the image, for example, write ''image created by John Doe on Jan 1st, 2000'' (replacing ''John Doe'' with your name, and ''Jan 1st, 2000'' with the image creation date). Don't just write ''image created by me''.

Under United States copyright law, all images '''published''' ''before'' January 1, 1923 in the United States are now in the public domain, but this does not apply to images that were created ''prior'' to 1923 and '''published''' in 1923 or later. The year 1923 has [[Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act|special significance]] and this date will not roll forward before 2019.
Because Wikipedia pages, including non-English language pages, are currently hosted on a server in the United States, this law is particularly significant here. However, the interaction of Wikipedia, the GFDL, and international law is still under [[Wikipedia talk:Copyrights|discussion]].

While there are many places to acquire public domain photos at the [[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|public domain image resources]], if you strongly suspect an image is a copyright infringement (for example, no copyright status exists on its [[wikipedia:image description page|image description page]] and you have seen it elsewhere under a copyright notice), then you should list it for deletion (see below).

===Fair use considerations===
The [[fair use]] doctrine used in America (but ''not'' in many other jurisdictions) is too frequently abused. Try to limit your use of this tag to album covers, book covers, DVD/video covers, movie posters, and corporate logos. Ask questions about whether an image is fair use at [[Wikipedia:Fair use]].

The '''critical thing to remember''' -- our use of such images relies on a portion of the doctrine that says we can use a ''low-resolution'' public-but-copyrighted image (like an album cover, book cover, or movie poster) for the purpose of illustrating an article. A ''high-resolution'' image, suitable for purposes ''other'' than illustration/education (such as, say, printing [[bootleg (music)|bootleg]] CD covers), would ''not'' be considered fair use and would quickly be put up on [[Wikipedia:Images for deletion]].

See also:
* [[Wikipedia:Copyrights#Image_guidelines]]
* [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]]
* [[meta:Avoid copyright paranoia]].

== Editing images ==
Use the [[Special:Upload|Upload file]] page to replace an image with an edited version. Make sure your file has the same name as the one being replaced.

Converting an image to another file format changes the filename, hence the new image will have an entirely separate image description page.

== Deleting images ==
# Drop a line to the person who uploaded the image, telling them of your concerns. You may be able to resolve the issue at this point.
# Remove all uses of the image from articles - make it an [[Wikipedia:Orphan|orphan]]
# Add one of these notices to the image description page
#* copyvios: add the ''copyright infringement notice for images'' from [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]] to the image description page:
#* otherwise: add the deletion notice '''<nowiki>{{ifd}}</nowiki>''' to the image description page.
#List the image on one of these links:
#* copyvios: list the image on [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]]
#* otherwise: list the image on [[Wikipedia:Images for deletion]]
# The image can then be deleted after a week in the normal way - see our [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion policy]].

To actually delete an image after following the above procedure, you must be an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]. To do so, go to the image description page and click the ''(del)'' or ''Delete this page'' links. '''Deleted images cannot be undeleted.''' Therefore they are gone permanently unless someone happened to keep a backup.

== Image titles ==
Descriptive titles are also useful. A map of Africa could be called "Africa.png", but quite likely more maps of Africa will be useful in Wikipedia, so it is good to be more specific, e.g. "Africa political map.yourinitials.png". Check whether there are already maps of Africa in Wikipedia. Then decide whether your map should replace one (in each article that uses it) or be additional. In the first case give it exactly the same name, otherwise a suitable other name. Avoid special characters in filenames or excessively long filenames, though, as that might make it difficult for some users to download the files onto their machines. Note that names are case sensitive, Africa.PNG is considered different from Africa.png. For uniformity, lower case file name extensions are recommended.

You may use the same name in the case of a different image that replaces the old one, and also if you make an improved version of the same image - perhaps a scanned image that you scanned again with a better quality scanner, or you used a better way of reducing the original in scale - then upload it with the same title as the old one. This allows people to easily compare the two images, and avoids the need to delete images or change articles. However, this is not possible if the format is changed, since then at least the extension part of the name has to be changed.

Currently there is no easy way to rename an image. Every skin except Nostalgia has either a “move” tab, or a “Move” or “Move this page” hyperlink. Clicking on one of these links will take you to a Move page, which doesn’t work. When you try to rename the image file, all you get is the following error message - “Error: could not submit form”. Therefore, the correct method to rename an image is to upload the image again, with the correct file name, and leave a request for speedy deletion on the first (incorrect file name) image. One template you might use for that is <nowiki> {{deletebecause|your reason here}}</nowiki>. Before you place the speedy deletion notice, make sure that all the articles that linked to the old image now link to the new image. A list of articles linking to an image is found at the end of the image's page.

== Placement ==

See [[Wikipedia:Image markup]] for recommendations on the best markup to use. For ideas and examples of how to place images, see [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]].

=== Photo montages ===
There are four different approaches to photo montages that different wikipedians take. Different approaches may be suitable for different subjects, or it may be possible to set a standard. The options are:

# Photos at bottom of article ([[Erotic art in Pompeii]])
# Photos on "images of" page (eg [[sheep]], [[images of sheep]])
# Photos on an image description page (eg [[cattle]])
# No photo montages allowed - only include a limited number of relevant photos

No decision on photo montages has been made yet. Please discuss pros and cons of each option on the [[Wikipedia talk:Image use policy|talk page]].

Note that it is not recommended to use animated GIFs to display multiple photos. The method is not suitable for printing and also is not user friendly (users can not save individual images and have to wait before being able to view images while other images cycle round)

== Format ==
* Drawings, icons, political maps, flags and other such images are preferably uploaded in [[SVG]] format as vector images. For images with with large, simple, and continuous blocks of color which are not available as SVG should be in [[PNG]] format.
* Photos and photo-like maps should be in [[JPEG]] format.
* Inline animations should be in animated [[GIF]] format.
* Video should be in [[Ogg]]/[[Theora]] format.

In general, if you have a good image that is in the wrong format, convert it to the correct format before uploading. However, if you find a map, flag, etc in JPEG format, only convert it to PNG if this reduces the file size without causing artifacts. For further advice on converting JPEG to PNG, see [[Wikipedia:How to reduce colors for saving a JPEG as PNG]].

Most of the maps on the [[CIA World Factbook]] website were coded as JPEG, but are now coded as GIF. To update these photos, download the GIF picture from the CIA factbook, recode it in PNG format, and upload it to wikipedia.

Try to avoid editing JPEGs too frequently--each edit creates more loss of quality. If you can find an original of a photograph in 16-bit or 24-bit PNG or TIFF, edit that, and save as JPEG before you upload. A limited variety of edits (crops, rotation, flips) can be performed [[lossless]]ly using [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/ jpegcrop] (windows) or [http://jpegclub.org/croppatch.tar.gz Patched jpegtran] (other) try to use this where possible.

Avoid images that mix photographic and iconic content.
Though [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] makes it easy to use a PNG overlay on top of a JPEG image, the Wikipedia software does not allow such a technique. Thus, both parts must be in the same file, and either the quality of one part will suffer, or the file size will be unnecessarily large.

Direct SVG support is implemented as of September 2005 (see [[meta:SVG image support]]). The SVG is dynamically rendered as a PNG at a given size when inserted into an article.

See also: [[Wikipedia:How to keep image file sizes as small as possible]]

== Size ==

===Uploaded image size===

Uploaded files must be smaller than 16 megabytes. The MediaWiki software Wikipedia uses can resize images automatically as of version 1.3, so it is rarely necessary to resize images yourself. Please help Wikipedia content be reused widely—including as a source for printed media—by uploading photographic images at high resolution. Use the Wikipedia image markup to resize it.

For line art, particularly that which you've drawn yourself, it may be better to manually resize the images to the right size and use them in the article. This is because the automatic resizing function can sometimes produce images that are larger in bytes than the original and/or of worse quality than the original.

In the future, Mediawiki image markup may be extended to better support "manual thumbnailing"; for now, go ahead and upload a large version of a manually-scaled image and then link to the larger version in the original's image description page.

===Displayed image size===

In articles, if you wish to have a photo beside the text, you should generally use the "thumbnail" option available in the "Image markup", or approximately 200-250 pixels of width if you're doing it manually. Larger images should generally be a maximum of 550 pixels wide, so that they can comfortably be displayed on 800x600 monitors.

==Image queuing==
Articles may get ugly and difficult to read if there are too many images crammed onto a page with relatively little text. They may even overlap.

For this reason, it is often a good idea to temporarily remove the least-important image from an article and queue it up on the article's talk page. Once there is enough text to support the image, any contributor is free to shift the image back into the article.

If a contributor believes such a queued image to be essential to the article, despite the lack of text, he or she may decide to put it back in. However, he or she should not simply revert the article to its previous state, but make an attempt to re-size the images or create some sort of gallery section in order to deal with the original problem.

It is a good idea to use the <nowiki><gallery></nowiki> tag for queued images.

It is important that queued images not be lost when archiving of talk pages takes place.

== Revision history of articles containing images ==
Old versions of articles do not show corresponding old versions of images, but the latest ones, unless the file names of the images have changed.

==Recommended software==
These software packages have been recommended by wikipedians for use in image manipulation:
*The [[GIMP]] General image editor [http://www.gimp.org/] (free, [[Open source]] - for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS]] X)
*[[Inkscape]] [http://www.inkscape.org/] [[SVG]] vector-image editor (free, [[Open source]] - for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS]] X)
*[[ImageMagick]] [http://www.imagemagick.org/] Image conversion and transformation suite (free, [[Open source]] - for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS]] 9 or X, and others)
*[[Paint.NET]] [http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/] Image editing software based on the .NET platform. (free, [[Open source]] - for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]])
*[[Cinelerra]] [http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3] Non-linear video editing software (free, [[Open source]] - for [[Linux]])
*[[Audacity]] [http://audacity.sourceforge.net/] General purposeSound Editor (free, [[Open source]] - cross-platform)
*[[Ardour]] [http://ardour.org] Multichannel digital audio workstation (free, [[Open source]] - for [[Linux]], [[Mac OS]] X)

==Browse Wikipedia images in the Google cache==
(warning: Many of these images are subject to copyright. Seek permission before republishing.)
[http://images.google.com/images?as_q=png&svnum=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgsz=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=wikipedia.org&safe=off png]
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=jpg+site%3Awikipedia.org jpg]
[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=gif+site%3Awikipedia.org gif]

== Related topics ==
*[[Commons:Commons:How to use Commons multimedia|How to use Commons multimedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Picture tutorial]]
*[[Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials|Graphics tutorials]]
*[[Wikipedia:Public domain image resources|Public domain image resources]]
*[[Wikipedia:Sound]]
*[[m:Help:Redirect#Images_linking_to_a_page|Images linking to a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:profanity|Avoid offensive images where they are not necessary as part of an encyclopedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Choosing appropriate illustrations|Choosing appropriate illustrations]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration|WikiProject Illustration]]
*[[Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial|Tutorial on finding images]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to create graphs for Wikipedia articles]]

Talk:PMBC

2005-09-27T20:21:56Z

Filippodb:

I suggest to delete this page and redirect [[PMBC]] to [[PBD]]. --[[User:Jesper|Jesper]] 20:54, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

do you have arguments? --filippodb 21:21, 27 Sep 2005 (BST)

Competition

2005-09-14T14:52:51Z

Filippodb:

The Fifth International [[Kick_Off_Gathering]] will be held in [[Cologne]], Germany from 12 November 2005 to 13 November 2005.

The [[:Category:2005 KOA World Cup|2005 KOA World Cup]] will be a golden opportunity to meet and talk with all the people of the [[KOA|Kick Off community]]. Players from all over Europe will attend to play [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]] on a full World Cup Competition organized by members of the the Kick Off Association (http://www.ko-gathering.com/) and the germa community (http://www.kickoff2.com/). The program will include a dinner on friday 11 in the evening with seedings. The competition will start on Saturday early afternoom. The final stage incuding finals and [[KOA Cup]] will be played on Sunday 13.

A primary goal of the [[Kick Off Gathering]] will be to bring together all the players from various nations and let them meet together! Come to play with the [[KOA|Kick Off community]] and the best players around the globe. Don't miss this chance to meet one of the most big football videogame group on Earth playing together and keep alive the best football game ever!

The majority of conversations will be in English, although a lot of members will help you speaking into your mother language.

== Useful links ==
* [[Accomodation]]
* [[Best Defense trophy]]
* [[Cologne]]
* [[Competition]]
* [[FAQ]]
* [[KOA CUP]]
* [[Location]]
* [[Organisation]]
* [[Programme]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[Rules]]
* [[Social events]]
* [[Top Scorer trophy]]
* [[Transport]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 KOA Kick Off Gathering Forum] - [[KOA]] (Kick Off Association) Official International Kick Off Forum (organising [[Kick Off 2|Kick Off]] [[Kick_Off_Gathering|KOA World Cup]] tournaments since 2001)
*[http://www.kickoff2.com kickoff2.com] - Organisator of Kick Off World Cup 2005 and German Kick Off Headquarter

[[Category:2005 KOA World Cup]]

Template:MainPage/Title

2005-09-13T20:10:05Z

Filippodb:

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[[wikindex|Wikickoff free encyclopedia]]<div style="font-size:150%">[[FAQ|'''FAQs''']] | [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2 '''Forum''']</div>
</div>


Welcome to the [[KOA|Kick Off Association]] [[Wiki|Web site]] devoted to [[Dino Dini]]'s [[Kick Off]] and [[Player Manager]]. 
[http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/profile.php?mode=register Join now] our [http://www.ko-gathering.com/phpbb2/ forum] and our [[Wiki]] to be part of [[KOA|the biggest community]] devoted to [[Kick Off|the best football game ever created]] 
[[Wikindex|Wikickoff]] is the free-content [[:Category:Kick Off Series|Kick Off]] encyclopedia that [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Introduction|anyone can edit]].


In this English version, started in 2005, we are currently working on [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles.

 
Please see the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]
and [[How to start a new Wikickoff|documentation on customizing Wikickoff in your language]] for usage and configuration help.

Refer to [[How to edit a page|Mediawiki Syntax]] to understand how to fill pages with contents.

KOA Comics 2 - 09/13/05

2005-09-13T12:41:35Z

Filippodb:

== Resign ==

[[Image:Resign.jpg]]

== Other KOA Comics ==

*[[KOA Comics 1 - 09/12/05]]
*[[KOA Comics 3 - 09/14/05]]

[[Category:KOA Comics]]

KOA Comics 1 - 09/12/05

2005-09-13T12:38:28Z

Filippodb:

== PBD debate (Terrorism) ==

[[Image:KOAcomic.jpg]]

== Other KOA Comics ==

[[KOA Comics 2 - 09/13/05]]

[[Category:KOA Comics]]

File:KOAcomic.jpg

2005-09-13T12:35:16Z

Filippodb: KOA Comic 1 - Terrorism

KOA Comic 1 - Terrorism

File:Resign.jpg

2005-09-13T12:31:44Z

Filippodb: Koa Comics 2 resign

Koa Comics 2 resign

Category:KOA Comics

2005-09-13T12:30:19Z

Filippodb:

KOA Comics is a brand new comic started by Danny Denneen illustrating all the fight inside the KOA, have a laugh with of all the most famous KOA members.

[[KOA Comics 1 - 09/12/05]]

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2005-09-11T15:48:33Z

Filippodb: XML Button

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2005-09-11T14:41:45Z

Filippodb: RSS icon

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List of news aggregators

2005-09-11T14:36:06Z

Filippodb:

The following is a list of [[news aggregator]]s.

==Desktop news aggregators==
These are programs that you can download and install on your computer.

===Cross-platform===
*[http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/ AmphetaDesk] was an [[open source]] syndicated news aggregator. Although once cutting-edge, by early [[2004]] its creator [[Morbus Iff]] had moved on to other projects.
*[http://www.aggreg8.net/ Aggreg8], an [[open source]][[ Mozilla]]/[[Firefox]] extension developed by [http://www.philroche.net/ Philip Roche] and licensed under the [[Mozilla Public License]]. The developer stopped working on it in 2004 and now recommends the use of [http://habarixenu.mozdev.org/ Habari Xenu].
*[http://www.bitty.com/ Bitty Browser] is an applet for displaying a virtual navigable web browser within a frame on a user's web page which can also be used to display [[RSS (file format)|RSS]], [[Atom (standard)|Atom]], and [[Podcast]] feeds.
*[http://www.blogmatrix.com/ BlogMatrix Sparks!] includes a podcast recorder.
*[http://www.blogbridge.com/ BlogBridge] is an [[open source]] program geared towards new users of RSS aggregators. It's written in Java, and supported in Windows, [[Linux|GNU/Linux]], and Mac OS X.
*[http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/BottomFeeder/ BottomFeeder] is a project written in VisualWorks [[Smalltalk]] and licensed under the open source [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php Artistic License].
*[http://feedreader.net FeedReader.net] is a browser-based XML/RSS news reader, which enables the users to access their favorite feeds and blogs from any computer in the world without extra administration.
*[http://habarixenu.mozdev.org Habari Xenu] was a project originally based on [http://www.aggreg8.net/ Aggreg8] and like it is also an extension for the [[Mozilla]] and [[Mozilla Firefox]] web browsers.
*[http://www.konfabulator.com/ Konfabulator] (now owned by Yahoo) offers several cross-platform RSS readers.
*[http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox] is an open-source [[web browser]] that can display feeds as bookmark folders.
*[http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird] is an open-source [[email]] and [[newsgroup]] client that can also read RSS and Atom feeds.
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~mdoege/newsfeed/ NewsFeed] is a cross-platform RSS/RDF/Atom reader written in [[Python/Tk]] and released under the [[Free Software|free]] [[GPL]] license.
*[http://www.methodize.org/nntprss/ nntp//rss] is a [[Java_programming_language|Java]]-based [[open source]] application that will enable you to use your existing favorite [[NNTP]] newsreader to read your information channels.
*[www.opera.com Opera], the proprietary web browser, has a news aggregator built in.
*[http://radio.userland.com/ Radio UserLand] runs on Mac and Windows and integrates the aggregator with a powerful weblog editing tool. It's the descendant of UserLand's original aggregator, my.userland.com, first deployed in 1999.
*[http://sage.mozdev.org Sage] is a is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]].
*[http://thinfeeder.sf.net ThinFeeder RSS Aggregator] is a lightweight RSS / Atom aggregator for desktop, developed in Java.
*[http://www.wizzcomputers.com/WizzRss.php Wizz RSS] is a [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] extension that supports all versions of [[RSS (file format)|RSS]], [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] 0.3, [[Podcast]] feeds and the [[Feed protocol]]. Also works very well as a Gmail notifier and can be used to publish feeds on any web site.
* [http://www.rssowl.org/ RSSOwl]] is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader written in [[Java programming language|Java]] with [[SWT]] for a fast, native [[GUI]]. It is licensed under the open source [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php Common Public License] and runs under MS Windows, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems.
* [http://newsmonster.org/ NewsMonster] is an [[RSS (protocol)|RSS]] aggregator that runs inside a [[Mozilla]]-based [[web browser]].
* [http://rssview.sourceforge.net Rss Viewer] is a cross-platform RSS aggregator written in Java. It supports a number of different viewing styles.
* [http://rssnotifier.dev.java.net Rss Notifier] is a cross-platform RSS notifier written in Java. It is a small application that works from the System Tray just like Gmail Notifier does.

===For Windows===
====Windows freeware====
* [http://www.activerefresh.com/abilon/ Abilon]
* [http://bitworking.org/Aggie.html Aggie] uses the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] Framework.
* [http://www.allheadlinenews.com/reader/ All Headline News - RSS Reader] is a free news reader that delivers feeds directly to your desktop. It comes preconfigured with popular AHN news feeds and allows you to add RSS feeds and customize the reader to your preferences. News, weather, market data, horoscopes and other newsreader content is available for commercial account holders.
* [http://www.attensa.com/ Attensa for Outlook (beta)] is a news reader that delivers newsfeeds directly into folders in Microsoft Outlook. It includes browser toolbars for Internet Explorer and Firefox that make it easy to add and manage subscriptions. It supports attachments including Podcast audio files. (Currently a beta.)
* [http://awasu.com Awasu] has many features, is highly customizable and extensible. Currently can use IE or Mozilla as embedded browser, but not Firefox.
* [http://www.usablelabs.com/productBlogExpress.html BlogExpress] uses the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]].
* [http://www.elgorithms.com/downloads/chaoswallpaper.php Chaos Wallpaper] rotates the desktop wallpaper while displaying [[RSS (protocol)|RSS]] and [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] feeds.
* [http://www.SeeITA.com/RSSA/RSSA.html CITA RSS Aggregator] supports [[Podcast]]s and [[BitTorrent]]s manually or automatically. It can also access RSS feeds secured by user id and password and includes a tool for removing adverts from news feeds.
* [http://www.customreader.com Custom Reader] is a fully brandable and customisable aggregator. You can customise your feeds to offer users as a download, includes full online statistical analysis. ([[beta]])
* [http://www.ucanca.co.uk/feedgarner.html FeedGarner] is an enclosure-aware RSS aggregator that can read RSS/RDF/Atom feeds. FeedGarner uses the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] framework.
* [http://www.feedreader.com/ Feedreader] is a freeware Windows application that reads and displays [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] and [[RSS (protocol)|RSS]] feeds. Very small and unobtrusive to install but it does not support [[Resource Description Framework|RDF]] feeds or [[OPML]] files.
* [http://www.h3k.biz Folio First] can also be used to aggregate all kinds of other information.
* [http://curiostudio.com GreatNews] Fast, feature rich yet very compact. Does not need .Net or Java runtime.
* [http://www.kbcafe.com/juice/download.html Juice] is the better news reader.
* [http://www.kinja.com/ Kinja] a full-featured web-based RSS/RDF/Atom reader ([[beta]]).
* [http://www.lektora.com Lektora] integrates with [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Mozilla Firefox]] (beta).
* [http://www.myrsstoolbar.com/ My RSS Toolbar] is toolbar for [[Internet Explorer]]. Contains pre-defined list of feeds combined into categories
* [http://www.newsants.com/ NewsAnts] is a [[China|Chinese]] aggregator, that comes with a news web site spider to convert HTML to RSS. It has 4000 internal channels for Chinese newspapers.
* [http://www.newsbee.de/ NewsBee] German RSS-Reader with DB and search agents. No need for .NET.
* [http://NewsBar.Stelmarski.com/ NewsBar] shows News on the desktop like News Networks do on TV
* [http://pwp.netcabo.pt/goan/newsmessenger/index.html News Messenger] allows you to read atom and rss feeds and can even parse html pages so you can read headlines from sites that don't support syndication. Uses the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] framework.
* [http://www.net-newz.com/ Net Newz] has a small interface and is available in English and French.
* [http://www.newzie.com/ Newzie] provides news highlights, news slideshow, a popup notifier, and [[podcasts]].
* [http://www.nearlogic.com Nutshell] has a fully skinable multi-window interface and includes a Ticker bar.
* [http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/ Omea] uses the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] framework. It has advanced support for searching and managing messages, like linking them, categorizing them, creating custom filters and rules. It supports Web bookmarks management as well.
* [http://www.pluck.com/ Pluck] creates an RSS pane in [[Internet Explorer]]. CNET's editor's choice.
* [http://rssfeederdotnet.sourceforge.net/ RSS Feeder .NET] RSS Feed aggregator & Blog Tool - Newspaper view, Outlook style 3 pane view, Store feeds in Outlook folder. No Outlook overhead, hang or delay. Blog to Wordpress/.Text/Movabletype/B2. Newsgator import. Auto Update. Post to weblog from Outlook folders.
* [http://www.rsspopper.com/ RSS Popper] is an add-in for [[Microsoft Outlook]].
* [http://www.rssbandit.org/ RSS Bandit] uses the [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] framework. It has the ability to store its state on a web server, so that you can use it at work and home and keep the two setups synchronised.
* [http://www.rssowl.org/ RSSOwl] is written in [[Java programming language|Java]] with [[SWT]] for a fast, native [[GUI]].

* [http://www.rssreader.com/ RSS Reader] is freeware that runs on Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003. It gathers headlines via RSS feeds and displays articles internally on single-click, or in a browser with double-click. Fast native interface.
* [http://sage.mozdev.org/ Sage] is a lightweight [[RSS (protocol)|RSS]] and [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox.
* [http://www.synop.com/Products/SauceReader/ Sauce Reader] is an easy to use, innovative and full-featured feed reader. Currently discontinued and it's source code up for sale.
* [http://www.sharpreader.net/ SharpReader] is an RSS Aggregator for Windows. Requires .NET Framework.
* [http://home.iprimus.com.au/gautamsonu/topfeed/ TopFeed] is a Java based RSS reader supporting RSS/RDF/Atom for Windows.
* [http://www.brindys.com/winrss/iukmenu.html WinRSS] - WinRSS sits quietly in your system tray, periodically checking your favourite sites for updates. When a site is updated, WinRSS displays a summary as a Windows balloon tooltip, which you can click on to open the site. Also, HTML listings are available.
* [http://www.wizzcomputers.com/WizzRss.php Wizz RSS] - A free Firefox extension that supports all versions of RSS, Atom 0.3, Podcast feeds and the Feed protocol. Fully tested on Mac OS X, Windows 2000, Window XP and Mandrake Linux 10.1 (KDE).
* [http://www.wticker.org/ wTicker] a heavyweight RSS/Atom aggregator with lots of features. Podcasts, mail notification, scraping websites, stocks, system events, proxy, ssl, authentication, tickers, reads out articles, very customizable by sql-scripts, runs from a memory stick, no .Net/IE needed.
* [http://www.ziepod.com/ Ziepod] [[podcast]] receiver and player; Provides multiple visual modes; Enables you to search episodes on the Internet and rate them.

====Windows commercial software====
* [http://www.hexamail.com/rss2exchange RSS2Exchange] allows you to publish your very own industry specific news pages directly into MS Exchange Public Folders. Stay updated on the latest changes and markets in your business area. Get the information you need when you need it easily and conveniently.
* [http://www.attensa.com/ Attensa for Outlook] is a news reader that delivers newsfeeds directly into folders in Microsoft Outlook. It includes browser toolbars (for IE and Firefox) that make it easy to add and manage subscriptions. It supports attachments including Podcast audio files.
* [http://www.replay-radio.com/ Replay Radio] aggregates Podcasts, and also records radio shows to listen to later on your PC or MP3 player.
* [http://www.feeddemon.com/ FeedDemon] enables you to quickly read, search and gather information from hundreds of web sites - without having to visit them.
* [http://www.bytescout.com/feedscout.html Feed Scout] toolbar for [[Internet Explorer]]. Provides ability to view feeds within one click.
* [http://www.intravnews.com/ intraVnews] is an RSS/Atom aggregator that runs in Outlook. Feeds are delivered into Outlook folders where they can be read alongside email.
* [http://ipodderx.com/download/win/ iPodderX] popular Mac RSS/Atom aggregator now available for Windows (Beta version).
* [http://www.mynewstogo.com/ MyNewsToGo] is a news aggregator that helps you to gather information from news websites in a single view. It also supports conversion of news to MP3.
* [http://www.newsbee.de/ NewsBee Publisher Edition] customizable RSS solution in modular design, which can be branded. RSS/Atom storage with DB, search agents, feed tagging and centralized feed subscrption for use in enterprises.
* [http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/default.aspx NewsGator] is a news aggregator that runs in Microsoft Outlook. It allows you to subscribe to various syndicated news feeds (such as weblogs, news sites, etc.) and have news from these sites be delivered right into your Outlook folders.
* [http://www.korzh.com/newspiper NewsPiper] NewsPiper is a RSS/Atom/web news reader and news/stock ticker in one environment. It shows news in usual 3-panes newsreader interface (channels, headlines, news details) and in a news ticker bar (News Bar). Additionally it can pronounce news.
* [http://www.newzcrawler.com NewzCrawler] NewzCrawler is an RSS/Atom reader, news aggregator, browser and blog client which provides access to news content from various sources such as Atom/RSS/RDF/BackSlash; Usenet (NNTP) newsgroups; Web pages (HTTP).
* [http://www.newzspider.com NewzSpider] is an easy to use RSS and Atom aggregator. Free unlimited trial version available.
* [http://www.rsspoint.net/ RSS Point] (full version) is a reader of Atom and RSS data feeds for Win32 environment with unique properties and easy control, emphasizing high functionality and reliability. Free 30-day trial period.
* [http://www.viapoint.com Viapoint] is a [[Microsoft .NET| .NET]] desktop smart organizer including an RSS/Atom aggregator that allows users to subscribe to RSS feeds and organize the resulting items along with email, web favorites, and local files based upon their business relationships like competitors, prospects, and press contacts. Free 30-day trial period.
* [http://www.yousoftware.com/subscribe You Subscribe: RSS] is now [http://www.attensa.com Attensa for Outlook] a news reader that delivers newsfeeds directly into folders in Microsoft Outlook. It includes browser toolbars that make it easy to add and manage subscriptions. It supports attachments including Podcast audio files.

===For Mobile phone===
====Mobile phone freeware====
* [http://www.8mobile.org/rssManager.aspx?LANG=EN RSSManager] RSSManager is a J2ME application that allows to read last news on your mobile phone from your preferred site, simple and directly, support RSS/RDF and Atom format.
You can categorize RSS feed and send email with news detail to your friends.
* [http://markallanson.net/html/technical/j2me/mReader.htm mReader] mReader is a light-weight Mobile RSS Reader (Aggregator) designed to be compatible with J2ME midp devices including Mobile Phones, PDAs and Blackberry.

===For Mac OS X===
====Mac OS X freeware====
* [http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/#lite NetNewsWire Lite] is a freeware edition of the commercial NetNewsWire program listed below. Its so-called "Lite" feature set practically defines the newsreader industry standard.
* [http://pyxis-project.net/ensemble/index.php Ensemble] is a newer Japanese RSS/Atom news reader which is coming along nicely. Freeware. It can import OPML with groups.
* [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari/ Safari RSS] is built into Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger and is an excellent RSS Reader (as is the RSS Visualizer Screen Saver in OS X 10.4!)
* [http://www.lektora.com Lektora] seamlessly integrates with Firefox, enabling easy and efficient reading of RSS news feeds within the browser. (beta)
* [http://www.js8media.com/minews/ MiNews] is yet another free RSS-based news aggregator application for Mac OS X.
* [http://www.earthlink.net/home/software/mac/newsaccess/ NewsAccess] is a free RSS reader that accompanies Earthlink's Macintosh software. It is Livejournal savvy.
* [http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/newsmac/ NewsMac] powerful RSS reader with Palm and iPod sync. A multi-lingual version is available.
* [http://www.benkazez.com/newsreader/ News Reader] lets you display your choice of any number of news feeds in a compact, elegant Dashboard widget.
* [http://freshsqueeze.com/products/pulpfiction/lite.fss PulpFiction Lite] is an RSS/Atom news reader with a unique interface, similar to Mac OS X's [[Mail (email client)|Mail]].
* [http://www.rssowl.org/ RSSOwl] is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader in Java with [[SWT]] for a fast, native GUI.
* [http://www.opencommunity.co.uk/vienna2.html Vienna] is open-source, supports RSS and Atom, and has a flexible user interface.
* [http://www.wizzcomputers.com/WizzRss.php Wizz RSS] - A 100% free Firefox extension that supports all versions of RSS, Atom 0.3, Podcast feeds and the Feed protocol. Fully tested on Mac OS X, Windows 2000, Window XP and Mandrake Linux 10.1 (KDE).

====Mac OS X commercial software====
* [http://ranchero.com/netnewswire NetNewsWire] is an easy-to-use RSS Web news reader for Mac OS X.
* [http://www.newsfirerss.com/ NewsFire] is a very simple and nice looking RSS news reader designed to be easy on the eyes.
* [http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/newsmacpro/ NewsMac Pro] adds many features to the free NewsMac, including Atom support.
* [http://www.iPodderX.com iPodderX] is a powerful podcasting client and RSS/Atom newsreader all in one.
* [http://www.pheed.com/pheeder Pheeder] is an XML feed reader with a simple, attractive, easy to use interface on top of a very powerful application that can be extended to view almost any XML format via XSLT transformations.
* [http://freshsqueeze.com/products/pulpfiction/ PulpFiction] is an RSS/Atom news reader with a unique interface, similar to Mac OS X's [[Mail (email client)|Mail]].
* [http://www.apple.com/safari/ Safari] is the Apple-made Web browser added to [[Mac OS X]]. Safari 2.0 only available with [[Mac OS X v10.4]]. It supports RSS and Atom feeds. The feeds are formatted similar to a [http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html Spotlight] window, within Safari.
* [http://www.fondantfancies.com/apps/shrook/ Shrook] is a Mac OS X newsreader with a unique feature set. It is a desktop application with a web-app interface to use when you're on the road - and when you go back home, the desktop app knows which articles you've read. Its distributed checking feature alerts you as soon as a new article is posted - even if you're only set to check every hour.

===For Unix===
* [http://akregator.sourceforge.net akregator] is a KDE RSS/Atom feed reader and aggregator.
* [http://www.lektora.com Lektora] seamlessly integrates with Firefox, enabling easy and efficient reading of RSS news feeds within the browser. (beta)
* [http://liferea.sourceforge.net Liferea] is a GTK/GNOME aggregator.
* [http://www.raggle.org Raggle] is a console RSS aggregator.
* [http://www.rssowl.org RSSOwl] is a free RSS / RDF / Atom Newsreader in Java with [[SWT]] for a fast, native GUI.
* [http://kiza.kcore.de/software/snownews/ Snownews] is a text mode RSS newsreader for Linux and Unix.
* [http://www.nongnu.org/straw Straw] is an RSS / RDF / Atom desktop news aggregator for GNOME written in Python.
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/olive/ Olive] is a console mode RSS newsreader. It provides a chronological rather than site-oriented view.
* [http://normo.org/projects/feedisto-modules/ Feedisto:Textscan] is a module which selects interesting RSS links via text search and puts them and their data into a static HTML filefor online or offline browsing.
* [http://penguintv.sourceforge.net PenguinTV] is a user-friendly aggregator that also supports downloading enclosed media in podcasts and video blogs.

==Online news aggregators==
These allow the user to enter the URL of news feed that he/she wants to subscribe to and gets refreshed automatically at a time interval. These could be free or a paid service.

===Free online news aggregators===
* [http://www.24eyes.com/ 24eyes] - The Premium RSS Dashboard on the Internet.
* [http://www.2rss.com/news 2RSS Reader] is an online RSS reader with or without registration. Fast and simple.
* [http://www.gopinion.com/ GOPINION] is a blog and news aggregator for conservatives. The website advertises itself as featuring "all the best conservative blog posts, hand-picked from around the web."
* [http://www.beanrocket.com Bean Rocket] is a web-based RSS/ATOM news reader with podcast support, OPML support, tags and color skins.
* [http://aggregator.codicesorgente.it ATOM/RSS On Line Feed Aggregator] Web-based Free Online Aggregator support ATOM/RSS feed.
* [http://www.bigblogzoo.com BigBlogZoo] aggregates and categorises nearly 80,000 feeds.
* [http://www.blauerbote.com/index.php?e=en Blauer Bote] has several different aggregators.
* [http://www.bloglines.com/ Bloglines] is an easy-to-use service for subscribing to news feeds, which also lets you publish a blog easily from your feeds. Available in several languages, and supports browsing from a mobile device.
* [http://www.bloxor.com Blox0r] The best rich web client application. Blog reader and bookmarker. Is a [[XUL]]-based application, and thus supports Gecko browsers only like Mozilla, Firefox and Netscape. For Linux, MacOS and Windows.
* [http://www.egenas.com/news Egenas News] - World and regional news aggregator based on popular stories.
* [http://www.feed-tank.com Feed-Tank,or Feed-Tank.com] is a hosted web 2.0 application to enable you make subscription of feeds(RSS/ATOM/RDF) online, and let read your feeds' latest articles in one center place.Feed-Tank's design goal is to make things easier. Feed-Tank employs much Ajax effects to let you feel no difference between web and desktop applications, for example, '''drag and drop to sort feeds list'''.Feed-Tank supports folksnomony,so-called tags. You can tag your favorite articles, and let other feed-tank users share your favorites.
* [http://www.everyfeed.com Everyfeed]'s purpose is to propose in various forms (directories, search engine, personalized feeds...) a simple and fast way to manage its flows of information.
* [http://www.ez2news.com Ez2 News] - Search news, RSS feeds and blogs listed in categories.
* [http://www.feedbucket.com/ FeedBucket] can read RSS data from explicit URLs or from extracted links from web pages.
* [http://www.feedfeeds.com FeedFeeds] is a free and easy-to-use online news aggregator that allows you to subscribe and customize any [[RSS]] feeds. It also export the latest feeds from all of your subscribed feeds in RSS format.
* [http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/ Feedroll]
* [http://feeds2read.net Feeds2Read] is an online RSS feeds reader and directory supporting any language. You may want to register so you can bookmark your favorite feeds.
* [http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/ Feed to Javascript]
* [http://feedlounge.com FeedLounge] delivers a rich client interface through extensive [[Ajax (programming) | Ajax]] usage. It also supports tagging of both feeds and feed items, saving feed items and importing OPML files. (Alpha)
* [http://feedshake.com FeedShake] is a tool for merging, sorting, filtering , limiting and hosting multiple RSS feeds and podcasts.
* [http://chxo.com/software/feedsplitter Feedsplitter]
* [http://www.feedtagger.com FeedTagger] is an online web-based news aggregator that allows users to attach tags to their feeds (à la del.ico.us). It supports importing [[OPML files|OPML]] and searching an ever growing list of indexed feeds.
* [http://findory.com Findory] is a personalized news and weblog reader. It learns from the articles you read, searches thousands of sources, and helps you discover news you would otherwise miss. Easy to use. Just read articles, and the site gets better and better.
* [http://www.gritwire.com/ Gritwire] Free Web-based blog and RSS reader with community network, quicklink favorites, web-based wiki notepads and a downloadable deskbar. Gritwire is fast, easy, simple.
* [http://www.gtfbtw.com/ GTFBTW] is an online RSS reader and time wasting portal.
* [http://www.inewstorrent.com iNews Torrent] is a web-based RSS reader, which also lets you publish news and create personal news channels.
* [http://www.javarss.com JavaRSS.com] is an online RSS news, blogs, forums and Groups aggregator for the Java programming language.
* [http://www.journster.com Journster] is an online RSS/Atom aggregator.
* [http://www.kinja.com/ Kinja] is a weblog portal, collecting news and commentary from selected websites. Visitors can browse items on topics ranging from food to sex, or create a convenient personal digest, to track their favorite writers.
* [http://www.livefavorites.com/ LiveFavorites] (free) is a sleek web-based manager for RSS feeds, Internet bookmarks, contacts and memos. Users can access their saved information from any Internet connection.
* [http://www.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal], while primarily a blogging site, also offers online news aggregation, with the articles being included upon a user's "Friends page". While this is available for free, greater access is afforded to paying users. Several other sites based upon LiveJournal's code also offer similar features.
* [http://www.mediatuner.com MediaTuner] is an easy-to-use Flash-based rich media reader and player. Watch video blogs, listen to podcasts, view pictures, all on a Mac or PC.
* [http://www.metarss.com/ metaRSS] A global online solution for all web syndication needs. Read, produce, find, research and select RSS news feeds.
* [http://www.nearestneighbor.net/ The Nearest Neighbor News Network] is an online RSS aggregator that uses collaborative filtering methods to recommend articles to users based on their watchlist.
* [http://www.newsburst.com Newsburst] is a personalized tool that tracks virtually any type of information on the Web: news, blogs, shopping lists, weather, search results, alerts, auctions and more.
* [http://www.newsgator.com NewsGator Online] is an online reader. For an additional fee, you can synchronize your subscriptions with a mobile device, and also read feeds in Microsoft Outlook.
* [http://www.newsisfree.com NewsIsFree] is a full featured free web based news reader offering a range of tools to browse and search online content. For a small yearly fee the Portal Premium Services offer advanced features such as clipping, click tracking, news alerts, news archives, weather reports.
* [http://www.newster.net/ Newster] is a news aggregator which outputs to a blog
* [http://www.newsxs.com NewsXS] is a free web based news aggregator and RSS-feed generator and offers news in english, french, german, dutch, spanish and italian.
* [http://macbeeline.com/aggregator/ Macbeeline - Online News Aggregator] reads and displays Apple Macintosh related news feeds.
* [http://www.mobilerss.net mobilerss] is a free web-based news aggregator geared towards mobile devices like PDAs and phones. It features notification for new items and also allows reading news in Mozilla/Firefox.
* [http://www.morenews.be/ Morenews.be] Morenews.be allows users to create their own customized news page. Webmasters can use Morenews.be to create to add rss content to their own site.
* [http://www.mowtow.com Mowtow News Aggregator] is a novice proof scrolling news aggregator requiring no software installation and consequently popular in security conscious corporate environments.
* [http://www.plazoo.com Plazoo] is an online news aggregator and search engine. It has an own feedreader and watchlist-functions under their free service myplazoo
* [http://www.kbcafe.com/rss/rss2smtp.aspx Rmail] is an email based news reader.
* [http://reblog.eyebeamresearch.org/ reBlog]
* [http://www.rojo.com Rojo] is a web-based aggregator that adds support for feed and story tagging and some community-enhancing features (contacts, sharing stories).
* [[RSS Feed Reader]] is a free online news reader for webmasters. It allows webmasters to easily add any RSS or Atom XML feed to their website.
* [http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/000877.php RSS Feed Reader / News Aggregators Directory]
* [http://www.rss-feed.org/ RSS-Feed.org] is a free online RSS feed reader, and a web based news aggregator. It allows you to create your own news page and to build custom news feeds using your favorite RSS Feeds.
* [http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/ RSS to Javascript]
* [http://www.rss4you.com/index.php rss4you (fr)] is a free French-speaking tool for content-aggregation.
* [http://www.rssfreaks.com/ RSS Freaks] is a totally FREE news aggregator service, allowing you to add and manage your favorite news feed. Major syndication types are supported, such as RSS, ATOM, CDF and Hot RSS. Simple easy to read format.
* [http://www.rssfwd.com/rssfwd RssFwd] is a free rss-to-email service, delivering rss/atom updates to your email address.
* [http://www.rssonline.nl RssOnline.nl] - Free dutch rss reader.
* [http://www.side4.net side4] is a free web-based news reader.
* [http://www.start.com/1/ Start.com] is a sandbox version from Microsoft - might integrate with MSN one day?
* [http://sns.stevenh.bizari.com/ Steven's News Service] is a free and fast online RSS service based on the lilina package.
* [http://www.syfacil.com SYFACiL] is an RSS reader, bookmark manager, and file upload manager with cross-browser support. It also offers an IE toolbar with additional functionality.
* [http://tokyoahead.com/main/staticpages/index.php/newsmailer/ Tokyoahead News Mailer] If you want to get RDF content without a special reader, you can have it sent to you here on a schedule by email. This also has the advantage that you get 100% of the news even if you are not online for some time.
* [http://www.waggr.com Waggr] ('''W'''eb'''Aggr'''egator) is a free, easy-to-use web-based news aggregator that boasts the same speed and familiar interface as a desktop program.
* [http://my.yahoo.com Yahoo's RSS Client] My Yahoo!, the personalized part of [[Yahoo!]] has been updated to allow you to add any RSS feed to your page. It's not as full-featured as some aggregators, but is a convenient option for Yahoo! users and new RSS users.
* [http://zvonnews.sourceforge.net/ zFeeder]
* [http://onlinejobsmart.com/ Online Job Feeds ]

===Commercial online news aggregators===
* [http://www.allheadlinenews.com/ All Headline News] provides professionally aggregated RSS and JavaScript news feeds for web, print, TV, Radio, wireless and interactive applications. News, weather, market data, FOREX, Horoscopes and other content is delivered real-time via an XML Feed or by configurable JavaScript and PHP feeds.
* [https://neomailbox.com/ Neomailbox] is a secure email service that offers the ability to receive RSS feeds directly into your email account, thereby enabling access to RSS feeds from any email client.
* [http://www.yellowbrix.com/ YellowBrix] is a paid service which aggregates news from several thousand premium news sources, categorizes and delivers it in real-time via an XML feed.

==Hybrid aggregators==
These function much as online news aggregators, but are administered by the user. They can thus be viewed as a hybrid of desktop and online news aggregators. To use one of these, you need to have your own [[HTTP]] server (preferably [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]]) with a scripting language such as [[PHP]] or [[Python programming language|Python]], and may need to have [[MySQL]] installed on either your own computer or on a server.
Please note: If you plan to run your aggregator on a hosted server, please check with your provider about [[firewall (networking)|firewall]] security setup. They may need to explicitly allow your RSS feeds.

* [http://laurel.datsi.fi.upm.es/metaplanet MetaPlanet] (PHP required, and from version 0.4 and up, also [[SQLite]])
* [http://feedonfeeds.com/ Feed on Feeds] (PHP and MySQL required)
* [http://gregarius.net/ Gregarius] Can be themed and supports plugins (PHP and a database like MySQL or [[SQLite]] required)
* [http://pyds.muensterland.org/ Python Desktop Server] (Python required)
* [http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/software/rippy.php Rippy The Aggregator] (PHP required)
* [http://rnews.sourceforge.net/ Rnews] (PHP and MySQL required)
* [http://www.planetplanet.org Planet Planet] (Python required)
* [http://lilina.sourceforge.net/ Lilina] (Utilizes the [[River of News]] style) (PHP required)
* [http://urchin.sourceforge.net/ Urchin] ([[Perl]] and MySQL required)
* [http://newspipe.sourceforge.net/ Newspipe] Heavily customizable email-based news reader (Python required)

==OEM/Meta News Feeds==
Providers of aggregation services to news portals and search engines (not necessarily direct to end users).
* [http://www.moreover.com/ Moreover] (supplies sites like BBC news tracker)
* [http://www.newsknowledge.com/ NewsKnowledge] (builds on the vast NewsIsFree source database and supplies portals,intranets etc with custom news feeds)
* [http://www.newstex.com/ Newstex] (Provides Content on Demand with tailored newsfeeds using thousands of sources including AP, Knight Ridder/Tribune (200 newspapers), Reed Business Publications, BBC Monitor, etc)

==External links==
*[http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technical_Services/Cataloguing/Metadata/RDF/Applications/RSS/News_Readers/ List of news aggregators] at [[Dmoz]].
*[http://www.syndic8.com/ List of RSS and Atom news feeds]

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