Slightly off-topic, but interesting. Plus it shows that companies providing web services really need to think through the demand for those services. I picked up Tiger Woods 08 for the Xbox 360 when it hit the shelves earlier this week. It’s definitely much harder on the most difficult settings; I used to shoot low 60s or even a 59 every now and again but with this version, I’m spraying the ball to places on the course that I’ve never seen before. Anyway, one of the anticipated features this year is to use your own photo on your golfer. I’m pretty good at making the virtual me look as bad as the real me, but I figured I’d get a head start this year by using both a front and side photo.
No such luck today per this info from the EA Sports site:
"Due to overwhelming response, we are currently having issues with theEA Sports World website which is preventing customers to upload theirphotos for Photo Game Face in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08. The featuredemand has exceeded our server capacity, we are in the process onfixing this issue and expect to have the site running properly verysoon. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience – we will have thisproblem resolved as soon as possible. In the meantime, players canstart a career with a regular game face golfer and still add photo facehead later. Please check back for updates."
EA lost me on the first phrase because they certainly should know howmany copies of the game are available; as such, I’m thinking theyshould have planned accordingly. Oh well, looks like the virtual mewill look worse than the real me for a while as I create the characterfrom scratch. Once I "get in the game" and stop my hooking and slicing,I might offer up a live, online jkOTR Reader Challenge to other Tiger Woods 08 players on the Xbox 360. Start practicing!
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