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Mexico

Doesn't he wear #8, not #7 like Vick? I think the beta version had it as "#7 Ron Mexico" but the released version it's "#8 Mike Mexico"

i played it and i also saw some screenshots that showed him wearing #974.167.138.250 05:51, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

he wears #774.167.138.250 05:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the Donny Mac reference and stuck in the Vick one yesterday mainly cause of the rushing stats of the player. While McNabb did use his legs a fair bit, it was never to the extent that Vick did, so i thought that Vick would be more fitting due to this fact, the number, and the name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.104.247.142 (talk) 01:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pruning

I removed the "past teams" and "endzone celebrations" sections. Both seemed to me to be at best fancruft, at worst (especially in the case of the "Past Teams") copyright infringement. Thunderbunny 23:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Thunderbunny - The 'past teams' were actually part of the team history which you can read on the BlitzLeague.com website (here: http://www.blitzleague.com/week_in_league_history.html) Gilius

I know that; I was saying that the information was superfluous. Thunderbunny 08:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wii Version

I can't seem to find any 'official' information about the Wii version. It was mentioned some time ago by Midway, but in the latest press releases about the 360 and PSP versions, it is not mentioned. For that reason, I have removed it from the article. Gilius 19:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IGN have an article from the end of September in which they talk with Midway, and the game is still in development, it is simply no longer a launch title. As such, I will update the article to reflect this. — Aielyn 11:14, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That article also mentions Midway 'bringing an already-released GCN upgrade to Wii' (fourth paragraph, directly below the screenshot). Where did they get that from? As far as I know, there never was a GameCube version of this game released. Unless there was? PolarisSLBM 16:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the never released wii version no longer needs to be listed as delayed/TBA. Cancelled at this point, eh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.124.77.143 (talk) 15:23, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Trivia"

I don't know who wrote most of the so-called "trivia" on this page, but whoever did needs to give his head a shake. First of all, Deacon Taylor of the Vegas Aces dropping dead on the field COULD NOT POSSIBLY have less to do with Chucky Mullins' injury in 1989. Taylor's death was due to steroid abuse, and Mullins - who actually was the one who hit Brad Gaines, NOT the other way around - did not "break his collar bone", he broke his neck and fractured his spine. The hit itself did not contribute to his death nineteen months after the injury; the resulting quadriplegia did. And to simply say things like "Ezekiel Freeman is a spoof of John Lynch"... first of all, to spoof something is to make fun of it. There's very little direct spoofing in Blitz that I can recall. There are references. Secondly, there's no evidence indicating any connection between Lynch and Freeman, for example, so how can you, whoever you are, just come out and say that! Do some research, seriously. You're making this site look like a joke. - It's been removed, I agree with you wholeheartedly 69.221.195.132 22:57, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

207.144.222.67 14:09, 19 September 2007 (UTC)"T-Unit"

Dude, Tony Forbes is totally Tiki Barber!

The "Trivia" guy above makes a good point; anything in this article along the lines of "X player/event in Blitz: The League is obviously inspired by Y player/event in real life" is Original Research, unless it's such an absolute slam dunk as to be beyond the shadow of a doubt. Examples of this include "Mike Mexico = Michael Vick" (in a prerelease version of the game, the player was actually called Ron Mexico) and "Quentin Sands = Lawrence Taylor" (the second is a voice actor for the first). So, please, no more "Ezekiel Freeman is John Lynch! They're both white safeties!". Thunderbunny 05:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC) Man please "Ezekiel Freeman" is the best player in that game to my eyes! Hes so freakin fast and he hits like Troy Polamalu!! the only difference is that one of them is white and the other one is like black and white!![reply]

More Trivia

In one of the "League History" moments, it is indicated that the owner of the LA Lightning who moves the team to Arizona to become the Outlaws is "Hal Davison". While I certainly see the resemblance to the Indianapolis-Baltimore Colts story, to me this is a reference to Al Davis, owner of the Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders. Since the Raiders have, historically, been the NFL's bad boys, the "Outlaw" name is the crown jewel. I suppose, though, that Baltimore football fans view the Indianapolis Colts as outlaws in their own right, so I could very well be wrong. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.85.9.74 (talk) 18:12, 18 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I deleted that item. Major pro sports teams in the U.S. threaten to up and leave very frequently. As stated above, the surest way for this page to become a trainwreck is by people coming on and posting "X is an obvious reference to Y" when X is not an obvious reference to Y. Thunderbunny 03:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Sacramento to San Diego move is like that of Baltimore to Indianapolis as they both include seeking the team out at midnight on moving trucks. Other than that, the LA to Arizona move parties every relocation the NFL, or other leagues for that matter, has done in the last 30 to 50 years. Kanga-Kucha

Banned in Australia

Just thought id point this out - http://www.refused-classification.com/Games_blitztheleague.htm

Only a few weeks into the year and already the OFLC has banned a game. IanC 19:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

As expected, the trivia section for this article has gotten totally out of control, being almost equal in length to the rest of the article itself. I'm cleaning it up. Thunderbunny 04:08, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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