The Rondo - EAFC's Influence on Soccer

that honestly was great because now i'm on like robin hood i'm like this look like fifa

so boys we've got to talk about eafc how important was it for both of you as you got into soccer

i mean yeah i feel like everyone i feel like as an american everyone it's like one of your

first introductions to the game do you remember your first fifa yeah i remember borrowing it from

my neighbor it's like my first time that's literally what it is man it's like i feel like

everyone remembers their first time their first game man yeah oh six i'm in toronto oh six oh six

that was my first people on the ps2 bro i remember going to eb games that's what we call it in canada

so there's game stop in america we call it eb games in canada what a way i remember seeing fifa

oh six on sale for like 33.99 and it was my first time getting in the soccer what's that in u.s

stones that's like around like 22 dollars in the u.s yeah this was back in the day so you know

inflation was a little different you feel me but i remember getting asking my mom i'm like yo like

i want to try a footy game for the first time i remember the game loading up i had no idea what

the i was looking at bro i remember looking at the first team i ever picked in career mode was

real betis and i kept on playing with them and danielson bro i remember i kept on playing a game

against barcelona the first game of the season no matter how many times i tried starting over a new

season it was always barcelona ronaldinho was kicking my ass bro the computer was destroying

me but then i slowly started to understand the game and the players bro and that's how i got in

the 40s bro i mean i remember borrowing it from one of my neighbors i believe it was either fiva

13 or fiva 12 and i i loved career mode right so i created a player i'm like i'm gonna play for

manchester united like striker let's go immediately start my career and get loaned out to blackburn

And I'm like, who the hell are Blackburn Rovers, man? Yeah, bro

They're going to send your ass on a loan for sure back in those people, bro. That was actually crazy because I had the same thing

And I was like, mate, I'm gassed. Like, I am creating the most devious number 10 of all time playing for Liverpool

And it's like, get ready to learn Tranmere, buddy. And I'm like, what the hell

And you could be spazzed until you score three goals. You're first friendly. You're playing in preseason

You got like nine goals in two games. Your coach is like nah bro You getting loaned See ya What we got to say though lads is ultimate team Like that made it like a thing thing Do you know what i mean you were talking about how you played like career mode you played a couple games how big was ultimate team though yeah i feel like when ultimate team started to

take off ea just leaned into it yeah um and there are just some like crazy players that you'll never

forget because you use them in ultimate team back in the day and they were just so op fifa cards are

massive right fifa cards were like everything it's about finding value for money and then

Once that team of the season drops, come on now. And now we've got to talk, boys

The best FIFA cards. So we're doing a little bracket here. I'm going to give you a matchup, one against the other

and you've got to tell me which one you take. But here's the thing. You've got to agree

We have to agree. You have to agree. All right. We can do that. All right. Ibarbo or MNK

Man, that's crazy. That's the first matchup? Those are two, like, final matches. Ibarbo

Victory! Ibarbo, bro! Nah, bro. Ibarbo won me so many games. Imagine having a 77 rated card playing against like team of the year cards and just hooping

Like every person I played against, I didn't matter. I could be playing against team of the year Sergio Ramos, bro

Victory, Barbo. Everyone had him. Everyone had him. I'm with you. We got to go

We got to go in the Barbo. All right. We're going to go Jovino or Cedudumbia

This one's evil. This one is so evil. And it's crazy because they brought him back in the game this year too, bro

I'm not going to lie, bro. I was rocking with some Cedudumbia back in the day with that Russian side

We're on the same wave like you, man. I know you had a little Seska Moscow side back in the day, bro

Nah, Dumbia for me, 100%. Yeah, up front, the pace, man. It was all about the pace back then

It was all pace. All you had to do back in the day is hold RT. I miss those days. Just hold RT, RB, and B

Finesse shot and pace. That's all you needed. I've never evolved from that either

I still play the same way. The game's changed so much, but I'm still whipping in through balls that never work and hoping it does never happens

The number of times I play with Liverpool or England and just Trent LBY, game over

It's like on your bike, Anthony Gordon. You are my left winger. All right, got another one for you guys

Remy in 2014 or FIFA 18, Kylian Mbappe. So when he was still a little bit on the cover

He was just starting out. That card was all right, if I recall. But Loic Remy was OP I on the Remy train I have a vivid memory back in the day People would trade Like you buy a player for less sell them for more I would buy a bunch of Remy try to sell them back for like 500 more

Bro, that's how you know we're so American doing capitalism. Literally, dude. Literally investing in players, trying to flip them for a profit, man

We were doing that. We were on our s***. That s*** honestly was great. Because now I'm on, like, Robin Hood

I'm like, this s*** look like FIFA. You know what I'm saying? It really, the stocks is really added

Imagine, imagine back the day we were doing that. We were actually on the, the, the stock apps instead of

we should have been on Google and Bitcoin. Mate, you wouldn't be working at gold

Right now, 91 pace, seven. It was only 73 shooting and 74 dribble

But back then, the game mechanics was different, bro. Like the dribbling didn't really matter

Now the stats really matter. Now you can't get away with using like gold players like that

Or silvers. Back in the day, you could use silver cards. You could use silvers. Yeah. All right. We got one last one

I think this is kind of my favorite. We've got Bia Biani from FIFA 13 or Ibrahimovic from FIFA 15

Two very different cards. I know you like Ibra. Two very, very different cards

I'm not going to lie. Yo, Ibra carried me. I don't know about you, but like that Ibra card FIFA 15 on PSG. Yeah Bro

Back when he was on PSG As soon as he left PSG Like he became Kind of like

Unusable in the game Yeah But yeah Like the strength And shooting Was just insane

And he had 5 star skill He had 5 star skill So you could scoop Turn and shoot it Over

96 shot 93 dribbling 92 physical That was his Man of the match card Gross Nuts Yeah Gross Crazy

Right now Into the semi-finals Boys We're going Ibarbo Or Dumbia Dude they weren't

The same player though It was crazy It's crazy to me that Roma signed Ibarbo, Dumbia, and Gervinio

You used to be able to use all three of them, and they'd get chemistry with each other. Bro, Roma's manager was definitely playing FIFA

There's no way he signed all three of them in real life. Okay, so who are we saying

Come on, lads. I mean, I got to go Dumbia, personally. Is this the first one we disagree on

Yo I not going to lie I was in a Barbo guy Are you looking for a winger or are you looking like a striker i not making the rules bro so if you had it we got to come you had the big one i mean it the thing is you can go wrong with either like they they very similar i like doombia

but if can you convince me okay about a barbell okay the one thing i'm gonna say about you barbell

let's hear it he barbell bro he was a one-man team like yeah you ain't really but so is doing

you know what i don't mind saying doombia i'll say doombia we get rock paper scissors we got rock

That's what I'm saying. Let's do it. Best of three. Go. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. All right, you got one. Let's go

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. All right, what? Ah, just to end it. Just to end it. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. Let's go. We're going Doombia

We're going Doombia. We're going Doombia. All right. Fair, fair, fair. So the other semifinal, we've got Loic Remy against Zlatan Ibrahimović

I'm not sure this one's fair. I'm gonna give you this one. Yeah, it's not really fair, right? It's crazy, bro

You know what's crazy? I would say Loic Remy if you were, like, you know what I'm saying

If you're trying to get value, right? Value for coin. But since you were spending all of your parents' money

you're fine. Bro, I'm not gonna lie, bro. That Ibra carried me for a generation, Spam. You know how many wagers I won

from crossing it to Ibra 90th minute and heading it in? Bro, I had kids cry

Like, I had kids, yo. I had kids crying, fam. And now onto the final

We've got, like, a clash of styles here. You've been talking mad about yours, Zlatan

who's winning Dumbia Zlatan go okay let's do it as in a way of like who would probably be the

better player in this EAFC game right now wow I think that that makes more sense the thing is

it would be Ibra he's higher rated he's got the better overall stats I think it would be Ibra

I'm happy to go Ibra but it's just like do you want to go for the million coin player do you

want to go with the cheap and also we got to talk about legendary status because I would arguably say that Dumbia was more OP

and more FIFA's than... You know what's sad though? The kids these days, they don't know

about Dumbia. They don't know about half the players we're probably talking about. If I didn't bring back Dumbia and this FIFA

as like an Evo card, kids wouldn't really know. They would have no idea. Man, for the culture

we gotta go Zeydu Dumbia, bro. For the culture? We gotta, for the culture. For the culture

Zeydu Dumbia is the best FIFA Ultimate Team card of all time. And I say that because

yo, if it wasn't for FIFA, who the f*** would know who Zeydu Dumbia is? No one. No one