I doubt Shute Shield would be in game. Super Rugby hopefully.
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Anyone else feel this forum is now dead/pointless?? The delay announcement has completely sucked any excitement/anticipation I had for the game out of me, and the complete lack of engagement from either company over the past 5 months doesnāt give me much hope for the next 2 months, that weāll be told anything else before the early release!
Does anyone at Big Ant care? Who knows, but for me, and Iād imagine there are others who feel likewise, the game is dead in the water and in desperate need of something to get us reinvigorated!
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I think Nacon and Big Ant have known for a while that these comes werenāt coming soon. They knew Early Access was the route, assumed that would tide fans over, and didnāt plan on marketing until these games got close to the end of early access. That has massively backfired in the case of Tennis (for a few obvious reasons). I doubt anything different will happen for Rugby, and they may get away with it due to their being nothing else in the rugby market, but it would be nice if they showed interest in these games.
To be fair, thereās like 10 people who comment on these forums anyway, the engagement is already rubbish.
The truth is, rugby fans will still buy this game regardless how poor it is, but if they wanted to blow up and get people who play fifa who donāt even watch or support football for example to do the same for this game, that wonāt happen.
Moral of this comment, itās only 1% of people outraged by this delay and the other 99% donāt care because they donāt even know about this game lol.
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Thatās sort of the problem though. They KNOW these games will be gobbled up by the fans, because thereās no alternative. But do you think itās fair to those same loyal fans to not once, but twice have the game come within days of its listed release date only for them to announce a delay? To let these games get within days of release without sharing a shred of information or footage?
Like I said earlier, this blew up on their faces with Tennis, because Top Spin came and stole their lunch. They wonāt have that issue with Rugby (or AFL), and this sort of mentality will allow them to continue doing this.
If your game isnāt ready- fine, but then say so. If the game has nothing to show- fine, but then donāt set a release date. Social media is basically free marketing and promotion, and itās the best way to engage with those same loyal supporters. Communication is also free, builds trust and shows you care. No excuses.
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Todays the day!!
Guttered Iām not waking up and thrashing Rugby 24 all day whilst I sit around in my undies and let my inner 13 year old self take over like I used to whilst playing 06/08 back in the day.
Off to work in the rain instead, have a good one lads.
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Today would have been the ideal day to release a little bit of info/teaser trailer/screenshot(s) to temper the disappointment a little bit, but as usual all we get is radio silence!
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60 days. Wowsers. Might wait for 2024 season designs before making graphics then 
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Once the game is actually released, Iāll have to work out what I am going to do
I did talk about this in one of my videos. I did think that in leagues they would include things like the world cup even though to me that is not a league. They must have watched because they cleared that up in the newest announcement by saying competitionās.
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They say they EXPECT to have enough content to release in March but thatās no guarantee.
Weāve learnt to EXPECT any time frame for a release to be completely wrong. Hence the reason theyāve given us no specific timeframe for a full release other than some time later in the year 
EXPEXT delays, EXPECT excuses, EXPECT no communication, EXPECT disappointment.
But after saying all that EXPECT the best rugby union game to date.
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Agreed.
I really do not understand that the delay is purely due to ācapturing content of each teamā.
Is it truly essential to ātravel the world capturing teamsā for this game? If that is a true statement, it feels like they have massively overvalued the requirement to have accurate player appearances from all 140 nations.
Or at least they couldāve released these each month AFTER the release of the full game. Imagine thisā¦
January International Teams Release: Spain, Portugal, Greece
February International Teams Release: Cyprus, Israel, Bulgaria
March International Teams Release: UAE, Egypt, Qatar
Isnāt this exactly what Big Ant did for the Pakistan Cricket team this month?
I live and play rugby in a country that does not hold an IRB World Ranking, but I believe they are included in Rugby 24. I am grateful for the inclusion, but I donāt understand delaying the release for accurate photo imagery.
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Loved your message, because you are correct. I will buy it regardless.
I suppose I am just surprised & disappointed as the communication from Big Ant is continually poor. Not just Rugby24, but most of the RLL games too.
I am hoping this time it is Nacon, and not BigAnt, because I am Aussie like them.
Iāve engaged with people about Big Ant games for over 14 years 
on their old BigAntForums site. So I feel that consistent trend of poor communication over such a long period of time justifies my response.
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Thanks mate.
Honestly, part of me is hoping that a Nacon executive reads my comment and begins their Rugby 24 marketing campaign and starts to release some images, videos or just more info tomorrow.
I plan to join the Discord very soon and look forward to playing online against you as we are in the exact same timezone 
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Iām intrigued to hear which teams are included but tbh as with AFL 23 and cricket 22/24, I want a game with good mechanics and workable controls. Having the ability to play and/or create tournaments would be cool.
I wait patiently as I know from my visit to BigAnt that they have been working on the game since at least July last year in some detail (I saw a really cool maul).
Like most folk Iām not looking for too many bells and whistles.
Saying that, having an academy which enables your average 14 year old to create their rugby club (probably the one they play for or watch) would be a goal. It is achievable if Rugby is going to be like Cricket22/24 and AFL23. You can create and name players and play with the various editors and make a patterned jersey that might resemble things.
Making Logos though to SVG standards is probably beyond most peopleās patience. Iām always happy to teach people how to do it, but it does take a while and why would you draw when you can play the game instead?
As other release have shown, there seem to be a bunch of phases which this Rugby game will go throughā¦
Wave of hype and expectation - entirely understandable.
Perceived/Actual Communication Vacuum - leading to conjecture and speculation.
Some cyncism - due to a lack of communication (perceived/actual)
Delay - leading to frustration which is also understandable
Delivery - Potentially with some bugs/things to iron out.
Patching - with varying levels of communication and frequency (probably more to start and then tapering off)
Onwards and upwards hopefully
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What else did you see or info from your visit
The contact and the dynamics looked pretty cool.
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I saw heaps. I saw AFL, Cricket and Rugby stuff being worked on, animated, scripted, jerseyed and tested.
The Lunch room was pretty cool. I insisted on seeing it to get a fair overall impression.
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