Rules & Cheats!
Rules:
# 1: Kick own goals!
# 2: Get the game going: lose and reclaim the ball!
# 3: Prevent the opponent kicking his own!
The 1st and 3rd are sound and simple principles in their basic discord with strategies of soccer and as such they are vital in engaging passers-by.
The 2nd rule is necessary because EA Sports has built a tactical decision into FIFA World Cup software according to which the kick-off team is on the offensive and it is expected to attack while the opposing team is on the defensive and will stay on its own half waiting for that attack. So as to engage your opponent in the game and overcome this blind spot, you have to simulate an attack.
Kick off, cross over, loose the ball, engage in dribbling, regain the ball, cross back over to your own half, and kick an own goal.
Paradoxically, it is also worth keeping in mind that there is no rule concerning time-wasting built into the software. Go waste it to your advantage! If you don't the game will for example sometimes if you wait "too long" with a kick off you are not going to get a yellow card from the referee neither will your opponent get a free kick instead the game takes over your opponent's players and will take the ball from you and starts playing?!
So let's play the next FIFA World Cup brought to us by EA Sports with the modifying rules.
Suggest rules & cheats?
Hints
1. Scout for alternative locations ahead.
2. Light colored wall surfaces are best to projection on.
3. "Ordinary" look is best when crossing into unknown outdoors.
4. Adjust volume to neighborhood tolerance.
5. Invite and let others play!