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Subject: GLB New Thread for Chatter Part Quatre

Posted by: Ref - Donor [539581218] Tue, May 27, 2008, 01:12

Last thread

- New contract options available (10/15/20 day, end of season, 40 day)
- Players over level 10 now have a minimum signing bonus when signing as FA's

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 01:22

I don't understand min. signing bonuses at all. Mon contrcts and min signing bonuses. weird. There is nothing people can do with ecess cash. A good team will pay the player what he needs and no more. Then th team can get more seating/revenue to help buy eq the moment a player needs it and sign key players. If a player is holding our for more money then he's prob not a team player.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 01:40

Here is a quote from Bort...

Playoffs prices are based on the same math as last year and the regular season, but people are willing to pay more than during the regular season, so you can jack up your prices.

I was actually just looking at doing an announcement about bonuses for the playoffs, too. We'll be giving all teams that make the playoffs a bonus for each round they make it through. If you make it to the championship game, you'll earn $1M in bonuses.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Tue, May 27, 2008, 01:41

maybe luring players for one game with high daily salaries and keeping for one game and then cutting them at a small loss

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 02:05

Bort
AdminMay 26, 2008 23:28:20Quote

Instead of doing the ticket rev share, all teams that make the playoffs and/or advance will be getting bonus cash this year, up to $1M in bonuses depending on how far they go.

Making it to round 1 (making it at all): $100k bonus
Making it to round 2: $200k bonus
Making it to round 3: $300k bonus
Making it to championship: $400k bonus

Ticket rev share was too dependent on who you are facing as far as earnings go for visitor teams, so we're going with bonuses.

The first round bonuses will get processed sometime in the next day or so.

Playoff home teams can still sell tickets as normal.

We might look at updating for next season to give bigger bonuses for higher leagues, but this is easy to figure out for now.

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Tue, May 27, 2008, 04:43

The Indy Team website is almost fully functional.

I am looking for people who would like to write articles for the site. Anyone interested?

weykool
ID: 2842717
Tue, May 27, 2008, 11:32

Offseason moves

Bort:
Offseason moves will affect chemistry, but we have some updates to it that we'll clue you in on a little later (once we're sure of the numbers) that won't make it hurt quite as bad this next season.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, May 27, 2008, 15:35

HUGE WIN- maybe that will help the momentum swing our way. Great game by all.

Great One
ID: 56438112
Tue, May 27, 2008, 15:43

It says my contract expires Season 3, Day 1...
when does Season 3 technically start? sometime during the offseason? perhaps right after the playoffs and Super Bowl of the various leagues?

dpr
ID: 1733917
Tue, May 27, 2008, 15:51

we really tired out our offense. A bunch of people wont be able to get to 100 for the playoff game

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, May 27, 2008, 16:02

only 2 players wont make it back to 100% they will be 98 and 99 % that isnt too bad. Everyone else will make it. If you are in the 60s now train with no focus and you will get back 18% a day.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, May 27, 2008, 16:07

Looks like if we played the game today we would be a big time favorite against Atl. That is not to say they wont boost between now and then, but we will have to see. Then we need to catch a couple boosts to play the next round.

Little M
ID: 381111416
Tue, May 27, 2008, 16:12

Great One, there is usually a few days between the Super Bowl and the beginning of the next season, where new teams are allocated to owners and the mods make some changes to the programming. The exact date of the start of season three is not known at this time.

I D Mann's energy is a perfect 70 after 72 plays.

barilko6
ID: 154362715
Tue, May 27, 2008, 16:38

Great game today, our most decisive win thus far. I look at Roman's running stats and after seeing all those missed tackles, I wonder why Quick doesn't have that many, and then I realize that Quick Williams is way too fast for people to catch up to him to miss a tackle!

A great gameplan set into place, maybe one that needs to be remembered, as it seems like everything was going our way. While it was definitely a weaker team, there has to be something to how we totally dismantled them. Good job coaches!

Jack Hammers
Donor
ID: 236482918
Tue, May 27, 2008, 16:43

Wow 91-0 What the hell did you guys do to this team while I was gone?

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Tue, May 27, 2008, 16:50

I hope the plan to use the bench worked out. I was shocked to see the Haya Griva only got in for 3 plays, but he managed to level up. Since his energy is at 99, I would like to train at intense for the next few games, but he doesn't have the $$ to do so. Can I get a new contract? I've got $1405 and intense training is $2600/day.

Toussant Loverture is at 68 energy. I don't know why our whole starting line is on the Kick Return Special team, especially against a tomato like today.

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:05

That game was funny until halfway through the second quarter. Then it got sad.

Great game today, our most decisive win thus far. I look at Roman's running stats and after seeing all those missed tackles, I wonder why Quick doesn't have that many, and then I realize that Quick Williams is way too fast for people to catch up to him to miss a tackle!

Today it looked like Roman Gabriel waited on someone to get in his way so he could blast through them.

When I see Quick Williams run I think of Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith. When I see Roman Gabriel run I think of Walter Payton and Marion Barber III. I've always thought MB3 ran "angry," like he took it personally that someone was trying to tackle him.

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:08

Some interesting stats from todays game.

Tulsa Offense
14 3 & Out series
3 1st downs
51.5 total yards

Indy D
18 PD
7 TFL
1 INT
2 Sacks
8 Hurries
1 FF

Da beer is on Smash tonite.
Actually, we should make Ape buy the beer now that I think of it.

Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:19

I would like to apologize for my DE's obviously ridiculous level, as he was only given 3 plays when it was 91-0! He must really suck! lmfao

I trust JTSERB was just trying to get the starters levelled?!?

I am just fine playing my role.....but that's just funny.

barilko6
ID: 154362715
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:20

Today it looked like Roman Gabriel waited on someone to get in his way so he could blast through them.

Seriously, the guy had 18 missed tackles. That is pretty crazy.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:31

I think jt forgot to put in favor backups in the 4th, Inferno didn't even get in the game and he was like 150 xp from leveling. That could really hurt us. There are posts in the glb forum.

Zen, pm me and we will get it figured out.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:36

I do know that JT switched some people around to make sure they would level before next game. Maybe that's why he took off favor backups. I remember him mentioning something to me but I was half out of it.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:42

Zen, I am sending you a new contract now

If it's not enough or toomuch, PM me and I will alter it. You're getting a higher daily contract too.

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:48

Cool

Let's just make sure that we don't kill our O-Line by putting them on Special Teams during the playoffs.

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:50

Earl Campbell, baby. Earl Freakin' Campbell.

18 broken tackles is gonzo.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, May 27, 2008, 17:59

SZ, new PM, please check asap so I can get this to you.

Everyone, there is a post about this in our forum, but any skill that goes over 50 (not counting eq) will cost you 2 SPs to bring it up one point. Please sell eq and re-buy, esp as you level (that way you can keep other areas from going lower if you don't want them to drop), so you can max your SPs in the future. Once you get lvl 16 eq, it will be too expensive to fix. If you need cash to do this, PM me. Don't worry about it if you have custom eq there. It's not worth wasting FPs.

barilko6
ID: 154362715
Tue, May 27, 2008, 18:11

Ref...Quick Williams sent you a PM.

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Wed, May 28, 2008, 02:55

Some bad news guys..

Some of you may know some of you may not, but I work for a railroad. I constanly work different shifts each week. This week I am on afternoons. Unfortunately, I had to work overtime today. Needless to say I didn't get home in time to change my training for my players. A few of them are going to be behind the ball in energy for our next game. This obviously couldn't have happend at a worse time with the playoffs coming up. I would like to apolgize to the team, but as im sure you all know sometimes real life gets in the way.

JT

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 09:40

JT message sent via GLB

Jack Hammers
Donor
ID: 236482918
Wed, May 28, 2008, 09:44

I havnt been around for a few days. You guys have probably already seen this somewhere else. This was a post in the forum from Monday.

Cash bonus for advancing in in the playoffs

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:09

Not only do we get that cash bonus JH, but we just got a little over 1 mil today. Playoff tickets sold out at a record pace for the Gurupies. Some say the scalped value of tickets are going for a minimum of $3000. Big Nelly was lucky to get 2 tickets for Mama Nelly and Papa Nelly.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:12

It would be HUGE for us to win this week and Reamstown to lose- That would get us another Home playoff game and another 1+ million dollars.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:18

That it would. Unfortunately for us Reamstown is favored in 3 categories (Passing, Recieving, Run Defense) to Nashville's 1 (Rushing). Reamstown's strength also negates Nashville's. They met before both teams boosted I believe (at least before Nashville did, very possible that Reamstown saved boosts because their early schedule was quite easy) and Reamstown won 16-7. So it'll be an interesting game.

Jack Hammers
Donor
ID: 236482918
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:23

Good point Wiggs.

I knew we had a big payday for a playoff home game but I wasn't clear on what happened if you won and advanced and became the Visitor. I guess last year they did a revenue sharing, this year I guess its straight cash.

Wow. A second home game sure would put us in a good position for (30 or so players?) advancing past Level 16 for the beginning of season 3.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:28

I just got done watching our game against Tulsa again. Does this remind anyone of Roman Gabriel??

At 1:16 I just see Roman all over that.

I'm going to watch our Atlanta game again. Roman broke 3 tackles in that game! :P

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:30

JH, our goal is to have 2 corners and an endzone added to our stadium next year. That'll take 3.5 mil to do, so we'll have to take out a loan. But that money will basically come right back to us in ticket sales.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 10:36

Before signing everyone to contracts we had $500k We currently have 2.6 mil with 350k left to pay in salaries this year. That's a solid $1.8 mil profit. Oh yah, that's not counting the concessions we will sell next game, and the 100k bonus that we have yet to receive (I think you get it when you play the game). I think concessions plus the bonus for this game alone will pay the rest of the salaries we have outstanding.

If we get another home playoff game we may put in a second level of seats. The more home games we get the bigger our stadium will be next year. :) Which means more fans, which means more money, which means bigger bonuses :) I love this game (when we're winning)

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, May 28, 2008, 12:29

I wasn't sure where to set the prices. I think we could have gotten more. But too much and you get nothing. We still will make 1.25M/home game on top of bonuses.

Several did NOT train no focus and now we're in troub;e w/our energy. There will obvioously have to be changes to depth chart. This is not good at all for the playoffs. You need to be as close to 100 as possible.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, May 28, 2008, 12:45

wat is the effect of starting below 100 energy? like if yo start at 99 you come out 1 play earlier? 2? 5? and so on down the energies.

Also my understanding was that it was at least along these lines meaning that a player starting with lower energy will still play as effectively jsut not as much. Doesnt seem we have to reorganize the depth chart for this.

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 12:55

Posted by Bort on May 9, 2008 19:24:49 in FAQ's, Player Guides and Newbie Help
Q: How does energy affect me?
A: Low energy will make your player play worse. He may also have to come out of the game if his energy is too low.

Q: How much energy will I use in a game?
A: It's entirely dependent on what your player is doing in the game, and his stamina skill. If your player is running around a lot, getting tackled, getting double team blocked, etc, he will use more energy. If he's mostly standing still or not having to do much, he will lose less. A higher stamina skill will make your player become tired slower.

Q: How is the my energy loss determined at the end of a game (energy bar)?
A: Your energy bar at the end of the game is NOT equal to the energy your player had at the end of the game. The reduction in your energy is based on how much energy your player used during the game in total. The more time he spent on the field, to more energy he will lose.

Q: How does IN-GAME energy (breath) work?
A: Energy during the course of a game goes up and down based on what your player is doing. While he's playing, it goes down. While he's sitting on the bench, it goes up. The speed at which it goes up and down is dependent on the player's stamina skill.

In-game energy is related to your energy bar, but it is not the same thing. If it helps to understand, you can call it "breath" instead of energy, to help differentiate it.

In a game, there are two variables used to keep track of your player's "breath." These are hidden, in-game variables:

- current breath
- maximum breath

Every time your player does something, his "current breath" is reduced. At the same time, his "maximum breath" is reduced by a small amount.

When your player is resting on the bench, his "current breath" is increased for every play he sits out. His "maximum breath" goes up by a small amount as well. A player's "current breath" can NEVER go higher than his "maximum breath."

An example, with basic math:

Player A starts with 100 "breath."
He plays one play, running around and making tackles.
- His "current breath" is reduced by 5, to 95.
- His "maximum breath" is reduced by .5, to 99.5.

Now Player A goes to the bench for one play.
- His "maximum breath" is increased by .05, to 99.55.
- His "current breath" is increased by 5, to 100. This is higher than the "maximum breath" of 99.55, though, so his "current breath" is reduced to 99.55.

Q: How does "breath" interact with my energy bar?
There are two ways they are related:

1. At the end of every game, the energy bar is reduced by an amount calculated by the player's "maximum breath" variable. The lower the energy bar goes, the lower the player's "maximum breath" was at the end of the game.

2. At the start of every game, the player's "maximum breath" variable is set to the player's energy bar level. If the player's energy starts at 85, his "maximum breath" starts at 85.

Q: How does "breath" relate to the manager's sub in/out levels?
A: The sub in/out values a manager sets are compared to the player's "current breath" stat, to determine if he should sub out or keep playing

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:10

39 says it all.

Your stats take a direct hit across the board. The lower the energy, the worse you will do. Furthermore, your energy you take into the game is the max it can posibly be for the game and goes down from there.

Obviously there is a great deal of concern on the offensive side of the ball right now.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:11

Even if we manage to win, it will even be harder to get it up for the next game.

barilko6
ID: 154362715
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:15

Guys...

Are we not assuming that potential opponents have caught onto this site and are getting some free information?

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:24

Even if we manage to win, it will even be harder to get it up for the next game.

I dont know that this is true.
Our team has had players at 95-99 and have had ending energy at 70+ after the game.

I doubt we will see a significant drop off in game play for players who are over 95.
It just means the backups might see a couple more plays than normal.
Now if we have players who are below 90 then yes this could present a problem.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:30

yea really the only player who may be facing a large problem is jevdosic. but ID is as good a center so hopefully this will negate it some

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:36

wey- I just posted a message with the same idea in the glb forum. I think we will be ok.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:39

Everyone be sure to read the thread REST UP in our glb forum as new info has been posted.

ID Mann is very good and will be starting. But the problem lies in Jev even being a backup at C or the other bad low energy positions.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:45

well I am not sure how specific we can go with energy setting but I know you can get the sub in/out settings different by postition. Does it have to be the Oline as a whole or can it jsut be center? Also I am not sure how our Oline normally ends the game evergywise but for me I have normally not gone below 80 after a game so a few added plays should be fine for ID if needed

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, May 28, 2008, 13:47

Our entire roster is posted in that thread.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 14:16

Wiggs, I am not worried about next game. There may not be a next game if we don't win. If all of our players are at full energy then that's one less thing we can blame a loss on. Right now we already have a lower chemistry. We saw what happens when you play a team that's close to equal with a much higher chemistry. I don't want to find out what happens when you play a team with much better energy and chemistry that's close to equal.

PLEASE READ THE REST UP THREAD.

I don't see how this is hard to understand. It's the playoffs, 1 and done. We should have rested our starters last week, but we played around with the settings and tried to get people who were close to leveling their max XP. Unfortunately it took a toll on energy. Now we need to rest up in the off day. Please follow the instructions in the thread. If you have a question or concern, e-mail me. It's in the Contacts thread.

Jack Hammers
Donor
ID: 236482918
Wed, May 28, 2008, 14:30

Fk em.

Were gonna kill em.

The Boozers are energized and ready to Rock. The LineBackers are 100 percent, get on our backs and take a ride to game 2.

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Wed, May 28, 2008, 14:44

Concho is ready to step up and lay the wood to them. He's been training on Intense and is fired up to knock some heads.

Let's do this.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Wed, May 28, 2008, 15:24

Kyle 49-
I think we are still ok to win this game. I really dont think we have alot to worry about since we are better then them at almost everything. I dont want to look past them, but we should win this game.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, May 28, 2008, 15:34

That's what most htough about the Smilies too.

Atl's Chemistry is 92/94/95

Ours is 78/90/85.

The first one is the overall number and that has the greatest impact. That's 14 points lower than Atl. The Matchup doesn't take chemistry into effect whatsoever. In fact, JT played with settings to see how it affected matchup % and it is 100% tied to the depth chart. Sometime sit went up when backups were removed. Sometimes it went up when you added a bunch of backups regardless of their position.

All we can do is work on what we can control and from there it is up to the sim. A few players did not train properly last night and now we're concerned. If all is equal, I think we are better than Atl. Even if it's a little unequalI think we cna beat them. But energy levels are not something to take lightly. Same for chemsitry and morale. Our morale is all at 100 except for Some One who we obtained in a trade.

Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Wed, May 28, 2008, 16:02

Forgive me if this is a stupid question.

Does the sim give you NO flexibility in regards to subbing DURING the game?

Because if it does, that seems like a horrible oversight to drain your starters in a 91-0 game.

If it doesn't, then that's lame.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 16:07

It does give us flexability Species, unfortunately we turned it off trying to maximize plays from the players we had starting. They were all the closest to leveling in XP so we decided to forgo benching our starters in favor of backups.

Even if we had it set up to take out the players we have had it set to bring in backups when up by 28 points in the 4th quarter. So we would have been running our starters out there for the first 3 quarters.

This energy crisis was caused by the coaching staff. We apologize, but it's up to the players to correct it. There's nothing we can do but game plan for what we are going to have.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, May 28, 2008, 16:10

Oh and I was just looking at the cool highlights forum (show some really quirky stuff).

B6 if you think Quick Williams is fast and agile: Check out this guy

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 16:16

BORT:

When your guy has low energy in the game (or low morale!), he will not play at 100%. If he's dead tired, he will move slower, miss more tackles, and just in general be not as light on his feet.

This is important, because you can use it to your advantage to wear down a defense that doesn't have much depth. If you keep pounding it up the middle, those LBs and DTs are going to get more and more tired from chasing and making tackles, and your gains will get bigger and bigger. Or, if your WR is really fast, he's going to tire out his defender, making it easier to get away. This goes the other way of course - an offense without much depth and without much stamina will get pounded into the ground by more energetic defense.

Plan wisely to make sure you can perform at the top levels. Having enough backups to keep your players fresh can be a very important strategy to team building

Weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 16:22

Punt return #1
Punt return #2

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 17:20

Perhaps we should try this tactic?

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Wed, May 28, 2008, 17:28

You see what they're doing, right? They put everyone on the bench so the other team will have to guess who they're going to put on the field to start.

I don't know how effective that would be for the playoffs, but early-midseason it might be an advantage.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, May 28, 2008, 18:15

"Oh crap we forgot to change the depth charts!!!!"

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 18:32

It would leave them with a big question mark as to if they should boost or not.
Why let them know they are behind and boost to catch up?

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, May 28, 2008, 18:48

But who would wait to boost in the 2nd round of the playoffs?

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, May 28, 2008, 18:56

Isnt tomorrows game the first round?

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, May 28, 2008, 20:19

I posted this pon the forums but didnt get a response. Wasnt our biggest mistake last game playing on hard? Playing easy or medium causes energy to go down less correct? And we still would have gotten credit for the plays to level. O hindsight

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Wed, May 28, 2008, 21:35

Chemistry changes for season 3

DD and I have been discussing some ideas and we came up with this stuff for season 3 and this offseason, that we think will help address some problems and concerns from season 2:

This will all start after the playoffs for this coming offseason and season 3.

Chemistry changes

This Offseason
- Chemistry will refill by 15 per day. This basically means 3 free cut and signs, 3 free trades, or 7.5 free signings per day. Do all your major moves now.

Week 1-4 (days 1-8) of regular season
- Chemistry refills by 7 per day. So, 1.4 free cut and signs or trades, or 3.5 free signings per day. Players are feeling each other out, getting to know each other early in the season.

Week 5-8 (days 9-16) of regular season
- Chemistry refills by 3 per day. The roster should be pretty close to set now.

Week 9-12 (days 17-24) of regular season
- Chemistry refills by 1 per day, just like now. Now is not the time to make moves unless you really have to before the trade deadline.

Week 13-20 (days 25-40) of regular season and playoffs
- Chemistry refills by 3 per day again. Get ready for the playoffs; your players are starting to really click with the rosters set.

When you get a team assigned to you from the waiting list
- Chem is reset to 70's, you get 4 days where all moves do not affect your chemistry at all. Any teams you trade with may have their chemistry affected, but yours will not.

Cut/Trade changes

- Always unlimited cuts of CPU players.
- Maximum of one trade between any two teams within a 20 day period (so, 2 trades per season between two teams).
- Maximum 3 players on each side of a trade.
- Trade/cut deadline remains week 12

During the offseason, and up to week 4 (day 8)
- Unlimited cuts of human players

During the regular season, after day 8
- 2 human players cut per day maximum

We also have a neat idea to enhance daily training options for players to get more involved in helping build morale and chemistry, too. More on that later when it's hashed out.

astade
ID: 1533770
Wed, May 28, 2008, 22:31

hey guys. best of luck tomorrow.

I think we all need to re-read #42, with the luxury of a forum on GLB that is private we shouldn't be posting anything about strategy here, imo.

barilko6
ID: 1435297
Thu, May 29, 2008, 08:35

Astade...Sadly I think its too late for that for this game. We've shot ourselves in the foot by sharing all this free info.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 13:04

Feel a lot better this morning about things.

Tree
ID: 3533298
Thu, May 29, 2008, 13:31

I would like to apolgize to the team, but as im sure you all know sometimes real life gets in the way.

while you're apologizing to the team, how about you make a personal one to me after your insinuation via PM that i would intentionally not rest my player properly so as to not be ready for a game.

life does get in the way sometimes. such as yesterday, when a PM was sent to me as to how to properly rest/train my player. I happened to be boarding a plan to head home when that PM was sent, and, unfortunately, did not get it in time.

then i wake up this morning to find a PM from you that basically says i am willing to throw a game and quit than do what i am told - anyone who has known me knows i don't quit. i can be running a last place team in a yahoo league, and i am going to do my daily line ups until the season ends, even if i have no chance.

your insinuation disgusts me, your apology here about your own issues while tossing daggers at me disgusts me even more, and it represents everything i think is wrong with the way this team is run - way to suck the fun out of something that is honestly one of the more enjoyably fantasy sports type things i've been involved with.

your players play a helluva lot more important role on this team than mine does, and you have the balls to criticize me and accuse me of tanking a game?

what. a. bunch. of. crap.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 13:43

Tree if you have a beef with JT, please take it private. Thanks.

barilko6
ID: 154362715
Thu, May 29, 2008, 14:03

re 71: Very much agreed.

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Thu, May 29, 2008, 14:15

Tree, I am not even going respond on here.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 14:24

Tree, if you were felt you weren't going to be around you could have left your player with a teammate and they could have babysat them. I know Twarpy is watching J's right now and I am watching Legge's. If you know you are going to be gone, feel free to shoot someone a PM letting them know and asking them to take care of it.

As for calling out JT and any other management, that should probably be saved for private messages. Also if you feel the team is mismanaged, that's an insult to me. I've tried to delegate roles to certain people who have more expertise that myself. I feel that each one of my managers have done a fantastic job with this team. We are a profitable, playoff team. For a group of guys who didn't know what they were doing at the beginning of the season, we sure seem to have excelled very quickly. We are starting a playoff run that I hope will last the next 6 days (that would be the championship game), and then we can continue this into the next season. If you have a problem with how is something is going, I have never been afraid of criticisms. I welcome any advice you have that will help better run this team.

With that said, last time we played Atlanta I posted a prediction and was 1 point off on both team's scores. I'll post mine in the Playoffs thread in our forum.

Tree
ID: 3533298
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:13

Tree, if you were felt you weren't going to be around you could have left your player with a teammate and they could have babysat them.

i had sporadic access. i was emailed by ref when i was boarding a plane around 5 pm on wednesday. sorry for not checking my players for an astonishing 12 hours.

that pretty much sums up my whole point. i check my player every day. usually a lot more than once a day.

there was no point in having someong babysitting my player. i checked every day i was away, and because i don't check in for 12 hours because i am *gasp* on an airplane, and then, *gasp* sleeping since it's 1 in the freakin' morning when i get home, suddenly i'm accused of tanking on purpose, something i have NEVER EVER done in years of playing fantasy sports.

perhaps the micromanagers of this team should micromanage even more, and instead of checking on our players hourly, they can check in every second of every minute of every hour of every day, and let me know the optimal time to have my player scratch his crotch, pick his nose, and wipe his ass.

i definitely have problems with how this team is managed. no doubt, mistakes were made on the team i GM (such as trading Great One's TE without talking to him first), but as soon as i saw that had happened, he was emailed an immediate apology.

for me, i was dropped to fifth on the depth chart (on more than once occasion) with no notice or email of explanation from anyone on the team.

finally, we find a groove for my player as the third WR, and BAM, the next game, he's moved to another position on the depth chart again.

that's my point here as far as managing this team. yea, it's a profitable team that has made the playoffs. but, quite frankly, the people skills of the management of this team, suck.

i'm on another team that is profitable, made the playoffs (upset in our first game despite a 13-3 regular season record), and it's a total blast, because the team owner and GMs make sure everyone is having fun, and they realize that behind these "players" on our teams, are humans.

RGB Berzerk is a team that lost a lot of games, but, we're having fun. we have a good core of guys who are coming back next season and believe we will totally turn things around, and i'd like to think that the team spirit has a lot to do with those who manage the team.

my simple advice for a better way to run this team? have some of your GMs communicate better, and less sharply.

don't just send me an email that basically says "THIS IS HOW YOU MUST TRAIN TONIGHT" and then line list the entire team. take the time and send me an individual email that says "hey dude, if you set your training to no focus you'll be at 100 percent for game time."

don't send me a pissy email accusing me of tanking a game because i didn't get an email sent because i went a whole 12 hours without checking my team - ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DIDN'T EVEN DO THE SAME FOR YOUR OWN PLAYERS AND THOSE PLAYERS PLAY MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT ROLES THAN MY PLAYER DOES.

Kyle - i've got no beef with how you've handled my complaints to you. your responses have been fair. and some of the other GMs i take no issue with, and at least one of them is included among my favorite people to shoot the $hit with online.

but generally speaking, some of your managers forget that there are people behind the players, people who are paying money to play, people who still believe in team work but would like to individualize their players a tiny bit, and people who just want to have fun.

so that's my advice. don't forget there are humans here playing this game, and if you want to talk to them, talk to them like an adult with a brain, not some three year old that can't color within the lines.

wiggs
ID: 344362120
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:27

Nashville beat Reamstown- we are half way to a 2nd home playoff game. Lets go boys take care of business :)

wiggs
ID: 344362120
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:28

And we won our game- Great job boys. LETS GO BABY

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:30

First Play

wiggs
ID: 344362120
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:35

everyone is back to good shape to be at 100% for next game.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:37

reamstown losing is huge

how much money does that generate for us?

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:51

$1.2 mil if we keep everything the same.

Nice job everyone!

I'm liking this prediction thing
Game 1 vs Atlanta: Prediction 20-17; Score 19-16
Game 2 vs Atlanta: Prediction 24-13; Score 26-10

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Thu, May 29, 2008, 15:52

Wahoo! Michael Dawson is happy that his 3 dropped passes didn't hurt our team too much. at least he got that first TD.

on the money side: I'd double our current ticket prices for day 1 and see how large the demand really is.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:10

According to the league page the next sim is in 95:51:04 as of 3:09 pm CST. Stay tuned, Since that's 4 days from now...

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:10

Concho Renegade is going to change his name to "Rudy."

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:16

the conference page shows 47:46:00, so I'm pretty sure we get our next win on Saturday.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:21

He had Jack Horak's number in that final drive, that's for sure.

I'm really wondering about clock management at the end of the half. We know we are going to be kicking off to them in the 3rd. We're up by 3. We have the ball with 1:48 left. What would you do?

Well we ran the ball 2 times and threw it 2 times. The first run was a draw (a good idea), the first pass was a deep one to our #1 WR in man2man (good idea). Then we run ANOTHER draw. Fool me once shame on you? Then with 16 seconds left we throw a 12 yard pass to set up a 51 yard FG. We let the clock expire. I am sorry but with 16 seconds left you can run 2 plays. Spike the ball, kick the FG. Worse care scenario? They get the ball back with 1 second left.

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:23

It doesn't look like "spike the ball" is in the Sim. I wonder how Time Outs are managed. You'd think we'd have held one there.

Bet they aren't programmed, either.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:28

How bout a fire drill FG? Franz has 15.68 speed, he could get out there quick.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:31

Just got through watching it...Haven't even looked at the box score yet. But "The Stag" came up big. That FF near the end was huge. We had some great FFs, INTs, FR (one in the end zone) and some big all-round plays. There was two huge blocks on the inside by Krish and Seward (who was playing FB) to free Quick late that was impressive. Going to watch it again and look at the box score.

I've been saying how good the Smilies are for a long time and they proved it again today with a huge win over Reamstown--giving us another home game. Also NO is on some kind of roll and haven't lost in forever...Upsetting VT today.

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:36

Nola's last loss: Chesapeake, the week after Chesapeake lost to Reamstown. That makes for an interesting story line.

Also interesting: of the 4 eastern teams left, we have the worst last 5 record with a 4-1 record. Still alive are winning streaks of 9, 8, 7 and 4 games. Talk about riding a hot streak into the playoffs.

Little M
ID: 381111416
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:49

on the money side: I'd double our current ticket prices for day 1 and see how large the demand really is.

The other team that I have a player on is very similar to Indy. They set their first round prices at $115/$250 and sold out the first day (8,000 normal & 600 club). I would assume you could start much higher that for round 2 of the playoffs.

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Thu, May 29, 2008, 16:58

Our fans should be so excited to see a rematch of a road loss that they'll pay whatever we ask.

Theoretically.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 17:15

right now i have them set at what reams sold out on first day. I am not sure if you can see them or not. i am considering raising them more--but its risky as if we don't sell them we lose maybe 1.5M so it's going to be conservative tomorrow if they are too high tonight.

Little M
ID: 381111416
Thu, May 29, 2008, 17:28

I would go higher today expecting that fans would be willing to pay more for a second round game than a first round game. If they don't sell out, then drop the price tomorrow.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 17:31

They are more than double reg season maxes now. But I can go higher.

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 17:36

Anyone see anything posted about not getting playoff bonuses? Because we haven't yet.

Little M
ID: 381111416
Thu, May 29, 2008, 17:40

Anyone see anything posted about not getting playoff bonuses? Because we haven't yet.
One of the Mods said to give them a couple of days.

Little M
ID: 381111416
Thu, May 29, 2008, 17:51

They are more than double reg season maxes now. But I can go higher.

See this for pricing by my other team
This was a BBB team that finished in third place with a 12-2 record and apparently they sold out at those prices in one day. For round 2, I would push it higher for the first day, knowing that you can always lower it tomorrow and sell out.

100

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, May 29, 2008, 18:48

I have them at 145 and 295 at this point. Going to do some research on it tonight.

101

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Fri, May 30, 2008, 01:19

Awesome game today guys. Had me on the edge of my seat for a while! Our D played spectacular once again. Here's to another home game!!

102

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, May 30, 2008, 15:07

We really do have a good team. Lots of work, but it's rewarding to see a game like we had against Atl. Really want to bang in those TDs inside the 5 though!!!

Kudos to Franz for his perfect FGs--including two over 40. This could be the difference from losing next round and winning it all.

103

dpr
ID: 1733917
Fri, May 30, 2008, 15:18

out of curiousity if we do move up how competitive is the next league? where would we expect to place?

104

dpr
ID: 1733917
Fri, May 30, 2008, 15:23

I looked quickly as I believe we move into AA4. In this league the eastern confernece leader has an average starter level of slightly below 16 whereas the 8th place team which they beat has a average of 17. Seems we would be underdogs for the playoff but hopefully good gameplanning could make up competitive

105

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, May 30, 2008, 15:48

It would be much harder, but I think we could make some noise.

106

C1-NRB
ID: 551212915
Fri, May 30, 2008, 16:57

Scouting, scouting, scouting and gameplanning, gameplanning, gameplanning.

107

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, May 30, 2008, 17:05

As compared to winging it like we do now C1? ;)

I don't think anyone could possibly scout as much as we do as a team.

108

C1-NRB
ID: 551212915
Fri, May 30, 2008, 17:14

the eastern confernece leader has an average starter level of slightly below 16 whereas the 8th place team which they beat has a average of 17.

I based my commment on this observation. On any given Someday a team that's an underdog on paper can win.

I don't think anyone could possibly scout as much as we do as a team.

Not with guys like youngroman on our side. I still can't get over that.

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Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Fri, May 30, 2008, 17:29

Well we may not scout as much as some, but YR helps make us more efficient.

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Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Fri, May 30, 2008, 19:05

Thread: So is it illegal now to have a "farm" Team?
Posted by Bort on May 28, 2008 13:11:38 in Goal Line Blitz
Keep it ethical and both teams competitive in their leagues, and it's fine. Keep your higher level guys in the upper league and your lower level guys in the lower league, etc.

Also, don't call up or send down all your big talent right before the playoffs. That will get you embroiled in a "scandal" for sure.

111

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, May 31, 2008, 11:46

Make sure all of you just leveled to add in your points asap.

112

astade
ID: 1533770
Sat, May 31, 2008, 15:27

great game guys.

113

Seattle Zen
ID: 29241823
Sat, May 31, 2008, 15:28

We kicked their ass!

114

Little M
ID: 381111416
Sat, May 31, 2008, 15:47

Great game. Just waiting to see who wins the other game.

115

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Sat, May 31, 2008, 15:47

Dang....and another home game as well.

116

Little M
ID: 381111416
Sat, May 31, 2008, 15:48

Wow, Chesapeake goes down. Another home game for our fans.

117

dpr
ID: 1733917
Sat, May 31, 2008, 15:50

and another home game. wow. we really are getting lucky with these

118

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Sat, May 31, 2008, 16:05

Our defense is great and our offense keeps producing no matter who is on the other side if the ball.

lets plan for the Purples. their chemistry is lower than ours, so thats the first plus for us.

119

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Sat, May 31, 2008, 16:14

Wow, absolutely great game.
We really looked good as a team today.
Will have to watch the other game later.

West final is Bloomington Rhinos and Waller Knights.

The Purples will still be real tough.

Smash and Ape

120

C1-NRB
ID: 551212915
Sat, May 31, 2008, 16:42

Roman Gabriel is The Man off the bench. When he comes in defenses have no idea what is about to hit them. Then, after a short rest, Quick Williams comes back in shoots right past them.

What a lethal combination.

121

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Sat, May 31, 2008, 17:42

Roman is just a freakin beast. Our two main RB threats are so amazing and a great tandom.

Amazing that Chessy lost again, and scores why you can't just go by the Match up #'s alone. (Although looking between us and Chessy we also outmatch them.)

Waller Knights is who beat Reamstown in the final week I believe.

122

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, May 31, 2008, 19:00

Congrats guys!

We will sell out next game!!!

123

blue hen
ID: 0022514
Sat, May 31, 2008, 22:08

Nice run. Baloo had a rough game. Rushed (rushed?) and fumbled on 3rd and inches, and only had one pass his way, which he dropped.

I'm not sure how it's happened. Baloo is getting faster and faster. Perhaps people think that because he's such a good blocker than he's not a great receiver. But he is!

Alright, let's punch this one in.

124

Seattle Zen
ID: 29241823
Sat, May 31, 2008, 22:22

To me, this next game is our Super Bowl and the Championship game the Pro Bowl. Here's why:

I think our goal should be to make it to the Pro League, ideally, be the first squad introduced in Year Two to get there. Consider, for a moment, how hard that will be. You have a one in sixteen chance of getting moved up each season. We have nine more seasons before our players start to deteriorate. So, we have to win a conference championship three times to get there. Once we are up a level, I don't think we have to worry about sliding back down. Hell, if we can get up to the Pro League before year 9, we could take more than one shot at the real Super Bowl.

Hey, I'm excited. Thanks to Ref's suggestion regarding his equipment, Haya Griva just tied the team record for sacks with two qb smackdowns today!

I didn't think we had a chance to make it when you considered how many players other squads had with experience from year one. But watching our GM's figure this game out through hard work, man, that was fun. Let's keep it up for one more game.

125

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, May 31, 2008, 22:41

Well said Zen. Our game plan was spot on. I have to thank YR for his work and then JT for the game plan. JT and I tinkered with the depth charts just a smidge yesterday and learned a little bit more about us as well.

I just looked at NOs team and they are deep and boosted all the way up. I haven't watched their game yet but read that their lvl 16 WR and dual lvl 14 QBs just tore up Ches. And Ches has perhaps the best CBs in our league.

I am just so proud of our team and how well guys have worked on their players. Many guys have been messing with their eq and it's going to ehlp us in the long run. I even added another point in speed after studying my matchup for this game. I was going to do it when I leveled anyhow.

JT and I have had this conversation about sacks many times. I feel that Haya and McSack are very good and getting better. I was pretty happy with those sacks. I've only watched the game once, but our D was just stuffing them. Their only points came on a fumble on a punt return and that was a FG. We're forcing TOs. Roman can't be dragged down at times. We killed them up the middle. I said several times the key to this game was being able to run and stopping the run and we mastered both of those.

I had thought we had maxed out when it all of the boosters and custom equed guys were done and our chem took that hit. But we've been able to get better by getting our eq set up better and getting our new points in the proper places. And NO has much worse chem than we do. I don't know if you get a stat boost for havign a home game but NO had won all of their games on the road in the playoffs.

We will get our gameplan setup and tweak the depth chart so our personnel best fits the game plan and give them our best shot.

126

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sat, May 31, 2008, 22:51

123: we were in heavy run mode this game.

127

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Sat, May 31, 2008, 23:29

Just awesome TEAM! We demolished them. Game ball once again goes to our D. Basically another shutout today.

Roman Gabirel you are quite simply put...
FN SICK!!

128

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Sat, May 31, 2008, 23:32

Does anyone know why my guy only got in 36 plays this game? His energy is still at 89 and he had the least plays of the linebackers.

129

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Sat, May 31, 2008, 23:43

We have nine more seasons before our players start to deteriorate. So, we have to win a conference championship three times to get there.
I think our players will be useful after season 10.
They only start to decline.
I doubt it will be like they suddenly turn into pumpkins at midnight.

130

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Sat, May 31, 2008, 23:44

Your not on special teams wiggs thats why. Our defense was not on the field much today either. A moot point though. Only thing that matters in the playoffs is winning :)

131

dpr
ID: 13443116
Sat, May 31, 2008, 23:47

also wiggs there were only 33 defensive plays before the 4th quarter You likely played all or near all. In fourth we forced our backups making u alst on the depth chart so other picked up plays here while u rode the pine

132

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 00:15

I just saw that we ended up selling out today afterall! I dropeed prices this morning and we sold walkup tickets that sold out!!! WOOHOO!!!!

133

dpr
ID: 13443116
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 00:17

so when should we expect our bonus'

134

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 00:35

It came shortly before nightly sim last time I believe dpr.

135

dpr
ID: 13443116
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 00:51

no iw as jsut kidding about getting a personal bonus

136

Jack Hammers
Donor
ID: 236482918
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 01:07

You get your bonus tonight. The Boozers had alot of fun today, special teams was a blast. They're buying at The Dirty Sanchez tonight.

They want the coaches to come tonight too. No matter what happens from here, 3 home games have set us up much better than we could have imagined.
Outstanding work from you guys. Amazing results, really.

By the way. The LineBackers always knew we would get here. Thats why we spent half the season at The Sanchez.

Now let's go get the next one just for the hell of it...

137

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 03:15

Smash agrees with Ronnie and Wiggs.
What a great game from all.

When I saw all the backups in at LB during that drive by the Smilie's, I was guessing it had to do with settings and how much we were up by.

Time to party at the Sanchez.

Smash

138

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 03:25

I have done a little scouting on Nola tonight and man they are good. All of their starters have custom equipment except 1 player. They have a higher average level than us and their backups at most positions are leveled higher. Now this doesn't mean they are better because the build are different, but believe me when I say that this will be our toughest opponet yet! It is going to be a dog fight. Really hope to get best possible game plan to get us through this.

JT

139

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Sun, Jun 01, 2008, 17:32

Chemistry rules finalized

140

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 10:40

There is an important Gurupie News item in the team forum. You may want to read this.

141

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 15:10

Roster's Locked. Game's started.

Let's roll boys. Just 15-20 minutes of gametime and we'll see what happens

142

Seattle Zen
ID: 29241823
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 15:28

WOO HOO!

Double A, here we come!

143

dpr
ID: 13443116
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 15:38

wow great run defense.

didnt allow a single yard. then again couldnt tackle there back all game either

144

Tree
ID: 3533298
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 15:46

although i haven't seen eye to eye with some of the coaching and management decisions this season, there is no denying that this was a brilliantly coached game.

the 23 points scored against them were the most they'd allowed in 10 weeks, and save for that one long TD, they had one of their lowest total yardage totals, if not the lowest.

also - an oddity - they ran 70 offensive plays, and they threw the ball...70 times. not one rushing play.

145

Little M
ID: 381111416
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 15:48

Great game all around. I was looking at the same stat as Tree - no running plays by them all game.

146

weykool
ID: 2842717
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 15:55

Hmmmm......
I wonder if they thought they spotted a weakness in our passing defense that they thought they could exploit.

I would hate to be a part of their locker room/message board second guessing the coaches for taking such a huge gamble and having it backfire like it did.

Another great game plan on our part executed to perfection

147

Little M
ID: 381111416
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:07

They passed 65 of 91 plays against Chesapeake and 14 of their 16 running plays were in the second half when they were up, so it seemed like their stategy in the playoffs was to pass.

148

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:18

JT joked with me saying "I bet they throw the ball 70 times on us"

I laughed, saying they throw a lot, but 70? No way.

They threw 100%. That's a testament to our LBs I think. Or just our overall Run D. The DBs adjusted and played brilliantly. I couldn't ask for a better game from them.

An all Indiana final (I am going to assume Bloomington, IN.) how exciting!

149

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:24

How 'bout Franz nailing a 50.5 yard FG! And recovering a fumble.

How 'bout Joe Jedvoic playing in 97 plays!

Take out the 8 passes to the halfbacks and Joe averaged about 10 yards per completion.

Awesome.

150

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:26

An all Indiana final (I am going to assume Bloomington, IN.)

Nah, Bloomington, MN, home of The Mall of America!

151

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:33

preparation for the Superbowl already started. where will it be played? neutral site? do we get any additional payments for this game or "only" the 400k for reaching it? is there an additional price for winning it all?

with all this money there will be some heavy construction at the Guru Dome in the off-season.

looking ahead to next year: will we play in AA4 East or AA4 West? assuming we played in the East this year we should land in AA4 East next year, right?

152

Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:34

Dumb question: Is there no XP for playoff games?

Date XP Type
2008-06-02 01:34:55 65 training
2008-06-01 01:39:30 65 training
2008-05-31 01:47:28 65 training
2008-05-30 01:44:52 65 training
2008-05-29 01:30:02 65 training
2008-05-28 01:25:31 65 training
2008-05-27 13:28:59 84 game

The 84 points was my 3 plays in the 91-0 blowout ;-)

153

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:36

I really was quite positive that their Pass/Run Rations was 100-0. We adjusted to that in gameplanning.

Just amazing guys. No way did I think we would go from brand new to moving up to League AA.

154

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:39

Well I hope that we and Bloomington play in the same conference. I'd like to start a little former A#8 rivalry.

As far as the Superbowl, ref seems to think it'll be neutral. Maybe we can get it in the RCA Dome before it's demolished. Quick Williams and Roman Gabriel closing the house that Eric Dickerson built? If Waller had won, I would have hoped that it was played at the team with the better record's home. Now I want it at a neutral site so Bloomington doesn't get more cash.

Zen, everything you said about that game was so clutch. I'm at work and having to contain my excitement a little. Also Niko Belic having that FF and so many STs plays. He's a STs monster.

155

JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:43

I am 99% sure that it is played at a neutral site

156

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:55

That was brilliant. Well done, Coaches. Absolutely superb gameplanning.

I can't stop smiling. Someone literally (as I typed that) came in and said, "I saw you grinning and didn't know if you were with someone or just grinning."

"Just grinning," I said, and kept on grinning.

157

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 16:56

JTSerb and all that helped him with the game plan did an amazing job.
Couldn't have nailed it any better than they did.
I thought we would see a lot of 5 WR sets, but no where near as many as we did.

Just absolutely amazing.

Congrats to all.

Cliff

158

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:02

I don't konw what to say. CONGRATS TO ALL!!!

Very well game-planned and very well played.

The reason we had to dump it off to the RBs so much is because our WRs couldn't get open. They are so dang good. And we still got open enough to do some major damage.

--The Colston bomb, was actually a pick play. Should have been OFF, Pass InT!!! ;)

--I have been harping at JT for weeks now saying we need speed and str on ST. He agreed and esp. wanted str. We had a couple moer LBs on tehre but knew they'd pass a lot and we needed them as fresh as can be. But Niko was up to the challenge. That FF and Frans FR was big.

--Franz folloing that 44 yard miss with a 50.5 make...WOW!!! Longest I've witnessed.

--INCREDIBLE secondary play. Colston is lvl 17. We played all 5 CBs. We were so tired that little Derek Boozer got a lot of time playing in the 4th and had a big PD late. They threw at him and they caught some balls on him, but what do you expect, they had him by what 8 levels?

--Some nice hurries. Pendergast and even Niko chasing that QB everywhere.

--Roman cannot be dragged down. With some moe speed, he scores at least one long TD.

--WRs...how the heck you caught so many balls was unbelievable. They had you blanketed. Some One played like 13 plays or so on Offense today and caught 4 balls. Are you kidding me? When we were passing on the 1 yard line I was saying what are we doing, but it worked out! Also that 50 yard KO return after the ball sailed over his head was a HUGE save.

So much more we could say. Don't want to leave anyone out, but it was just incredible. Bloomington won big today over a very good Waler team (23-7) so they will be really tough Super Bowl foe. I haven't looked at them in a few weeks but I know they are the deepest team I had seen to that point.

Hey AA League...Ready or Not, here we come!!!

As far as finances, we might be able to complete the entire 100 level seating. Got to figure things out.

159

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:23

The only problem thing that I had seen while watching it with our game play was Norse having 3 straight rushes on the goaline. That 1% that a TE might run might have to be taken out.

160

Little M
ID: 381111416
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:24

They get the home game, because of their better record.

161

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:29

Incredible post season so for for the Gurupies. So far some accomplishments:
Passing:
Joe Roto is 1st in Post Season passing yards, and INTs and 2nd in passing TDs

Rushing:
Roman Gabriel is 1st in post season yards
Quick Williams is 4th
Quick is one of 8 players to score a rushing TD.

Recieving:
Touchdown Catcher is 3rd in post season yards
JTMTDB is 8th and Micheal Dawson is 10th
Micheal Dawson is tied for 3rd in TDs
Anyone who has a recieving TD is tied for 6th (TD Catcher, Jimmy Briscoe)
Micheal Dawson is 5th in Dropped Passes

Defense:
Haya Griva is tied for 4th in sacks
Jon Stagnoski is in 3rd for tackles
Niko Belic is in 1st for Forced Fumbles
Arthur Pendergast is tied for 1st in hurries and Matt Legge and Joe McSack are tied for 4th.

Congrats to these players and everyone else, this has been a dream post season run!

162

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:34

I forgot the big boys up front:
Blocking:
Joe Jevdosic is 4th in pancakes
Gavin Avelsa is tied for 6th.

163

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:48

And all of the opponents have been scared to death of our LineBackers and stayed far, far away from them.

164

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 17:49

M, I have seen both, but no mods have substantiated anything about home game or neutral site.

The TE are rushing the ball as backup FBs. I was shocked by that as well, but our RBs must have been dead tired. IT's obvious we need to get even deeper, but cna't go too low of a level or it defeats the purpose. Gonna be a tough job figuring out what positions to bring in.

165

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 19:13

I'm actually more please with this games rushing total than last games. NOLA absolutley crushed the Gutterslut's rushing attack, which might have been more powerful than ours. So gaining quality yard on these guys was sweet.

166

Seward Norse
ID: 58082219
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 19:51

I was wondering how long it would take before I became the feature back in our offense! :)

167

leggestand
ID: 42556219
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 21:05

Finally getting back into town after an 11 day hiatus, so, I first want to thank Kyle for babysitting for me while I was out.

It was a pleasant surprise to see that we won our conference...I definitely didn't see that coming, and it looks like we had some luck getting home field throughout. I may be biased, but I have to think our entire staff is puts in more hours and gameplans better than 99% of teams out there. You all put in tons of hours, and it is evident by our teams performance. I really can't sing your praises enough.

I am going to try and sort out this whole equipment conversation prior to the super bowl (probably through a PM), as I am just now trying to get my hands around that.

Congrats again all, and I am excited to see what AA is like.

168

astade
ID: 1533770
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 22:35

great game guys. congrats to all.

legge, "..and I am excited to see what AA is like." was probably the funniest line I've read in some time. Keep up the drinking and you'll find out ;)

169

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Jun 02, 2008, 22:38

I really don't wnat to deal with this issue right now (will as soon as the offseason begins) but any gurupies who want to be considered for joining The Indy Gurupies team, send me an email/PM. We will compile a list of needs and wants but want to give gurupies first chance if they fit.

170

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 09:35

I just looked into the league we will be joining. It appears we will be dominated my alot of those teams. Maybe getting bumped up wasnt the best thing for us at this point.

171

barilko6
ID: 1353938
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 09:39

I think that is the point of the game though, no? I mean we pretty much went through everything that USA A had to offer, and now we need new bigger and better challenges.

Maybe next year the defense will improve quicker than the offense, as this year our offense was on the field much more than the D.

I am looking forward to the challenge!!!

172

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 09:42

I look forward to a challenge as well, but I also like to win. Just think how we were after losing the 1st game this season.

Teams that didnt make the play offs- finishing under 500 have all started at level 16+- we have no one at level 16 yet.

173

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 09:44

I wouldn't say getting bumped up is a bad thing. Financially we'd be better off staying down in the A league only because we'd be able to
1. Charge more for home games due to our record
2. Make more money for home playoff games

But as a team I think moving up is great for us. You only get better by playing better competition. If we stayed with the lower guys who we are better or even with then we'd just stay level with them. This will allow us to show just how well we can game plan. I've read a good game plan can make up a 1-2 level difference. I wonder how much ours can.

174

Seattle Zen
ID: 29241823
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 10:23

We will always be less experienced than teams who played in season one, but as season three moves along, the difference will be shrunk. We might not even make the playoffs next year. If our ultimate goal is to make the Pro League, we are always going to face teams with more experience. Soon, though, our game planning and superior builds will have us beating any team out there.

175

barilko6
ID: 1353938
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 10:36

Absolutely. I think some of the fun would be sucked out of this for me if every game was expected to be a no-brainer win like it was this year.

After our start, and seeing what our mathematical brains on the team could do with game planning, I never expected anything but making it to the championship!!!

Too bad we can't have a nice little tailgate party to watch the big game!

176

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 10:59

Exactly B6, who plans a Super Bowl on a Wednesday? I'll have the game tuned in at my office.

177

ChicagoTRS
ID: 4110481415
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 11:09

178

weykool
ID: 2842717
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 11:30

Good luck in the championship...I have kind of been lurking on here watching your team...seems like a pretty cool game. At least you guys have a ton of cash to go into next year which should help your longterm outlook.

To say that team Indy has more than enough cash is an understatement.
By comparison team Berzerk will end up with over 7 million less than team Indy.
It isnt like team Berzerk has been financially mismanaged.
While Indy will be building the entire bottom section Berzerk will be deciding on which corner to build.
By the end of season 3 I would expect the gap between the two teams to be 10-12 million and that gap will only continue to grow wider each and every season.

179

barilko6
ID: 1353938
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 14:39

Wey...is your RB sticking around for another season?

Send me a message if you need a RB, because my other guy is getting his release as soon as the season ends.

180

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 15:52

No confirmation from Bort yet, but there is a very good chance that injuries and basic penalties will be coming in next season. Also DD talked about getting replays in for PKs. I know that Borth as so much he's trying to get in that he's unavilable all week why he finishes and tests his updates.

If injuries come in, we're going to have to be even deeper this season.

Also likely to come in are level restrictions at each level. Some BBBs have guys who are too high of a level for other teams to compete against. This means that you'd have to start the season legally, but if anyone leveled or boosted during the season, you could still stay on the team for the remainder of that season before automatically becoming a FA. This makes a lot of sense. No word if that is def. coming in or not but that's what Bort was talking about.

181

weykool
ID: 2842717
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 16:28

#179.
We will be returning both of our running backs.

As for level caps I have no problem with it.
But it seems like they should Phase it in for new teams and let the other leagues sort themselves out.
If you put in a cap of L10 for new teams that should keep the ringers out.
That would mean you could sign a L10 and boost to L13 but you couldnt just sign a bunch of L16 guys and go undefeated.

182

Little M
ID: 381111416
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 16:46

Rather than having a level cap, I would have preferred that they increased the promotions/demotions this year, with all of the new teams of different levels. For example, if the top 8 teams moved up a division, instead of top 2, it would have equalized the divisions a lot quicker. Once everyone is close to the right level, they could decrease the movement between divisions.

183

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 16:59

181: I agree
182: We don't need ringers. I posted that and PMed bort directly about it. Asked if he'd consider doubling it for at least this season and see if that would help sort things out. He said he'd revisit it, but at this point he's sticking to his vision.

It's also been suggested that you could only trade one league directly above or below you. I dont' liek that. Level caps would fix it all.

I really wish I could do these things as I'd relaly enjoy doing this full-time as long as I had help. OF course I prob. would have never even thought about this in the first place!!!

184

Little M
ID: 381111416
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 17:36

I wasn't suggesting that we need ringers. I was thinking more along the lines of keeping a team of friends together, such as Indy. If a level cap of 10 was introduced in the division that Indy was in, the team would have to lose a lot of its players.

PS: I am just using this as an example, since with Indy being promoted, I expect that the level cap would be much greater than level 10. However, if Indy was initially assigned to BBB and did not get promoted, it could have led to the team needing to be dismantled.

185

weykool
ID: 2842717
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 17:39

M:

A level cap would only apply to players you could sign or trade for.
If the cap is 10 you could sign a L10, boost to 13 and end the season L17 or L18.
You dont kicked off for being over the "cap".

186

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 17:46

The Bloomington owner just confirmed to me that they do have a home game for our game tomorrow.

I think M means that our top players couldn't be allowed back perhaps if we were stuck in BBB. That's why it really needs to be more up and downs for now.

187

weykool
ID: 2842717
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 18:11

The caps only would apply to new signings and trades.
Renewing contracts of players on the team already are not affected.

188

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 18:39

Hey guys. Season 2 of the sim basketball team starts tonight at midnight and it looks like we need at least 1 player to field a full team of gurupies. Check out the courtrivals.com thread if you are interested. For leveling purposes it is important that you get started as soon as possible so if you are interested, check it out.

190

dpr
ID: 13443116
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 19:03

have they given any hints as to when the next season starts? I am going to be out of town thursday to sunday and assume I won't miss anything but wanted to make sure

191

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 21:08

190

No clue yet. You might want to leave your account info with someone just in case. My guess is that it will be a few days for offseason stuff, but purely speculative.

192

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Tue, Jun 03, 2008, 22:07

I saw something in a thread today saying probably 9 or 10 June.

Cliff

193

louky
ID: 1326296
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 10:22

I've got a question for you guys. Cleon Danders CB is coming off his 1st season, is level 8. Had a great playoffs (2 INT 1 TD led the playoffs in tackles and had 14 PD) I'm trying to get on a human team (probably not advanced enough for the gurupie team) and started posting in the forum for teams looking. I just recieved an offer of $50,000 a year for 2 years with a $7500 signing bonus. Is that a resonable offer for my guy?

194

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 10:55

I'd hold on to that contract for now because that's a really good offer. I don't have the rights to offer anyone anything but I want to talk with the Owner and CFO and see if we could use another CB. The offer probably won't be as high as that one, but you'd be with Gurupies. I'll talk to Ref and if he says no then I'd take that offer.

195

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 10:59

Louky:
What you make is 100% irrelevant.
What you should be looking for would be a team where you will get plenty of playing time.
The ideal is for your player to have high stamina and still be so drained after a game that you need to train on relaxed for the next two days to get ready for the next game.
Training on relaxed is only $20 times your level.
(20*8=160*40days=6400)
Even a minimum contract would give you more than enough cash.

If it were my player I would wait until the new teams are issued tomorrow where you will be the stud on the team rather than the #2 backup.

196

sarge33rd
ID: 99331714
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:19

This is a copy/paste from the team thread for another team on which I have a cple guys. Thought it was "interesting" at a minimum and eye-opening to say the least:

*******************************

Who else is planning on boosting 3 Lvls for next season.

From what I have been reading on another team's forum, we should concentrate the boost on physical skills strength, speed, agility and vision. The other stuff can be addressed with in season lvl ups.

Also, not sure if credible, but this was given to me saying it is the Galaxy players builds. Those guys are the most dominant team on GLB. It all looks pretty good. I question a few of the settins, especially stamina at 45? That seems excessive.

NT - Strength: 65, Agility: 35, Stamina: 45 (Lv. 16)
DT - Strength: 55, Agility: 40, Stamina: 40 (Lv. 17)
DE - Strength: 50, Agility: 45, Stamina: 40 (Lv. 16/17)
LOLB - Speed: 60, Stamina: 37 (Lv. 16)
MLB - Speed: 55, Stamina: 40 (Lv. 17)
ROLB - Speed: 60, Stamina: 35 (Lv. 17)
CB - Speed: 65, Stamina: 40, Agility: 40, Vision: 35 (Lv. 15)
SS - Speed: 60, Stamina: 40, Agility: 35, Vision: 40 (Lv. 17)
FS - Speed: 65, Stamina: 40, Agility: 30, Vision: 40 (Lv. 17)

QB: Strength: 40, Throwing: 65, Vision: 40 (Lv. 14)
HB: Speed: 65, Agility: 45 (Lv. 16)
FB: Speed: 45, Strength: 55, Blocking: 55 (Lv. 15)
WR: Speed: 70, Catching only 35 (Lv. 16)
TE: Speed: 60, Strength: 55, Blocking: 45, Catching only 35 (Lv. 15)
C: Strengh: 75, Blocking: 60 (Lv. 17)
G: Speed: 50, Strength: 50, Blocking: 45 (Lv. 17/15)
T: Strength: 70, Blocking: 70 (Lv. 16)(Lv. 17)

*****************************************

197

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:32

I wonder if Galaxy "leaked" that information on purpose.
I know this isnt the first forum I have seen it posted on.
Could you think of a better way to maintain your dominance than "leaking" unverifiable information?
Im not saying it isnt true or wouldnt work but I would take it with a grain of salt.

And no...45 stamina is not excessive.
Your in game energy is extremely important and lowers your players performance over every skill you have worked so hard to build up.

198

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:47

I'd take that chart with a grain of salt. For Big Nelly it's impossible to hit those strength and blocking numbers. I also don't understand the need to have 50 speed for guards. That's faster than their FB and almost as fast as the MLB. Also only 35 in catching for a WR? Really? There's a lot of flaws in that chart. I'll stick with the newbies guide to making players here.

199

J
Leader
ID: 049346417
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:48

Don't know how much it would help for today's Super Bowl, but...I finally updated the enhanced roster...

200

Frick
ID: 23117516
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:48

Hmm, I have a lvl 15 T and I'm not even close to the stats mentioned above. While I think they are doable, it would mean that every point went into those 2 stats, and nothing else.

Looking at the TE you would need to have 195 points. So, special equipment could account for 12 sp and custom another 6 so 18 total.

Since stats over 50 require 2sp you would use those to get to 60 and 55. Leaving 3sp. So you need to have used 50+50+42(45-3sp remaining)+35

That's 177sp. You get 5 per level so a level 15 TE would have earned 75sp (15*5). I doubt that a TE would have started with 102 in those 4 cats (or could train daily enough to get there).

So, I question how realistic those are. Or did I make a mistake in my assumptions.

201

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:50

Was just looking over our roster. Outside of "Some One", Roman is the lightest offensive player we have. Seems kinda funny. Imagine what he could do if he just packed on a few pounds of muscle? :)

202

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 11:51

Frick:
A level 1 player starts with 15 skill points so it would be 85 instead of 75.
Other than that I think you nailed it.

203

sarge33rd
ID: 99331714
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 12:15

Like I said...copy/paste. The comments aren't mine, nor I do speak to its "accuracy". I simply thought it interesting.

204

Little M
ID: 381111416
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 12:54

What you make is 100% irrelevant.
Even a minimum contract would give you more than enough cash.

I totally disagree with this. Louky's player is level 8. I don't know if he has his level 8 equipment, but if not that costs $10,000. Level 16 equipment costs $50,000 and he should hit level 16 next year, so he needs to start saving for that.

Also, Bort has said that he will be adding items that can be purchsed for cash. While some of the items may be cosmetic, other items will increase morale or other attributes.

205

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 12:59

Louky, my friend...

Hope your business is going well. I will look you up next time I am down there!

I jsut looked at your player build and I have some suggestions that will help you immediately.

Don't sign with anyone yet as it's very hard to get out of a deal once you sign it.

206

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 13:35

M:

My point is that what you make compared to your player's development is meaningless.
I he doesnt have enough for his level 8 equipment his player is not "damaged" one bit.
The team suffers because of it but not the player.

Any owner who has an IQ over 10 will make sure players get enough money to pay for the equipment upgrades.
If an owner is reluctant to pay for equipment upgrades the team probably sux.

As an owner I can tell you the best PM's I get are the ones from players saying they need money to upgrade equipment.

207

Little M
ID: 381111416
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 14:42

weykool, I agree that money is secondary to playing time. I was just disagreeing that "money is 100% irrelevent", because it does have its uses and it is expected to have more uses in the near future.

Bort's post on item ideas

208

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 14:59

I was just looking at who from A#7 (the division of our near and dear RGB) was going to move up with us and I found this hilarious.

In the west The Waco Davidians have moved up. Their home stadium is The Compound. Classic stuff right there.

209

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 15:21

How did we wind up on the same branch of the tree as RGB? It's theoretically possible now that we could face each other before we both made Pro League.

210

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 15:31

Luck. I bought an A8 team because i thought AA would be too high and I didn't want BBB. A8 was the last one on the list so I thought most people would try A1 first and work their way down. I did the opposite. I bought the Indianapolis Team so even if we changed the name deep down I knew I was in the same city as my Colts.

211

astade
ID: 241071315
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 15:44

congrats guys to a great season and championship!

212

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 15:47

It's on! Kick off:

Super Bowl!

213

Tree
ID: 3533298
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:03

congrats to everyone on this team. the coaches did a whale of a job in the final two victories, pulling off what i think could reasonably called upsets.

(also - is there a thread or something showing who is moving where, as referenced in posts 208 and 209 above?)

214

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:08

How did we wind up on the same branch of the tree as RGB? It's theoretically possible now that we could face each other before we both made Pro League.

The only way I see that happning would be if team Indy got demoted next season to AA #7.
I think the coaching staff has already proven that they can out gameplan almost any team.
The game today is proof that one person making all the decisions is no match for a group of people working together for a common goal.
It might be easier to have a team full of your own players but obviously not better.
Winning B2B championships might be asking a bit much but another title in season 4 should be very doable.

Other than that for the teams to be in the same league you could probably assume the end of the world was very near.

Congrats to everyone for a job well done.

215

J
Leader
ID: 049346417
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:22

I would have to say this is the most disappointing play of the year.

Why don't they show the gatorade bath? The whole team running on the field??? Where's the realism? LAME!!!!!

LOL

This championship is well deserved by all the guys who put WAYYYYYY too much time into this!!!! Congrats guys!

Quick Williams needs to buy Roman Gabriel lots and lots of beer!!!!

216

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:23

Congratulations on winning the Super Bowl!

Happy Birthday to JT. Hope our present to you is good enough!

We had some big time discussions last night about the game plan. Ultimately the final decision was great. I think JT listens to input more than any other coach or person in charge I've ever met.

I am so proud of this team because people will do whatever it takes to make the team better. They will be backup, play ST, change their player's attributes around to what fits the team. Team first wins championships. JT took some shots, but stayed the course to do what he thought was best for the team and it worked. But it takes individuals to make the team go. I jsut can't get over how far we've come and how much we improved simply by researching and sharing info and ideas.

Congratulations to everyone on a truly remarkable season and thanks for all your help!!!

217

leggestand
Leader
ID: 451036518
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:26

Congrats to all. This was very impressive for a bunch of guys who just picked this up prior to the start of the 2nd season. Thanks to wiggs for finding this (and posting about it) as well!

218

Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:33

Congratulations team.

Mad props to the management team - easily the best in the league.

Great teamwork as a whole, with youngroman's scouting data being mission critical.

I guess I'd better work on blocking if I'm on punt returns! lol....just noticed that today

219

barilko6
ID: 114431512
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:34

re: 215 I think Roman needs to buy QUICK lots and lots of beer for tiring out the starting defenses so much for him.

And Quick only likes Canadian beer. And none of that Lite crap.

Great season all, looking forward to moving up to some new competition and seeing how we play out against better teams!

220

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:37

Right place, right time.
Three fumble recoveries by an offensive player in one game. Is that a record?

221

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:43

Saw that, LeMoose sure was in the right spot all game.
Just a really great effort by the entire team.

Really good teamwork and the coaching was just absolutely spot on.

Smash had more to say in the forum.

Smash Mouth Jones

222

barilko6
ID: 114431512
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 16:54

re: 220

Yeah, that was bad. I think being instructed to change my equipment before the game might not have been the best strategy, as that lowered my carrying attribute by some, which I think contributed to my butterfingers. Mmm...butterfingers...

We won though, so its all good, and I already have plans underway for next season to fix the problem.

223

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:08

Don't underestimate in-game morale. If your confidence is low it increases making more mistakes, like fumbles, drops, picks, bad K/Ps, missed tackles. If you get burnt, you are more likely to get bunt again in the secondary. Our morale has been good, but if we lose soem games next season, we're going to ened to really work on our confidence. Some of us need to start training confidence.

No rest for the weary. We've got to figur eout our team, stadium upgrades and resignings asap.

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JTSERB
ID: 34433820
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:17

I don't even know where to start.

First off thanks everyone for the Happy BD wishes. What a better present then a championship eh?

Still amazed on what we accomplished this season.

We wen't from ok this is a cool game. Then our first game we lossed against Reamstown and we had a bad taste in our mouth. We rolled through the season with great gameplanning, but most imporantly the willingness of all members to be a "TEAM PLAYER". We had a couple of trades that we though might have cost us the season. Needless to say we were in crisis mode then and thought the season was over. We rolled into the playoffs as a 3 seed. We were hoping to win a few games and get some money. No way did I think we would win it all. We pretty much dominated the ENTIRE PLAYOFFS. No game was closer than 9 points.

I would like to thank the following people for there help this season.

In no particular order...

Ref
Kyle
YoungRoman
Punk
Goatlocker
Astade

I am sure there are more that helped me along the way, but these were the guys that had gameplanning and team development stratgies with me every night.

I am just happy that hard work pays off in this game. When I first started I thought the sim was pretty random, but as I learned more about the game I realized you can control it a lot more than you think.

Thank Everyone For Such A Great Season

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

225

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:30

Thank you, JTSERB. The gameplanning went a long way towards what we were able to accomplish.

This was a fantastic end to a great season. I'm sure we're all looking forward to next season and a new level of competition.

Happy Birthday!

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Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:46

I am already getting PMs from non-gurupies (some in our current--soon to be former league) WHO WANT TO JOIN OUR TEAM. We'd prefer to have gurupies first. We're fine with bringing in some non-gurupies if nec...afterall we're going to have to be deeper...but hate to sign non-guupies only to find that we could have used one of us first.

If you are interested in getting into the game, email me and I'll help you get started. I really wish I knew more before I made my player. I certainly did several things wrong.

227

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:54

I think what I enjoyed most about beating Bloomington was the number of obnoxious Chicago Bears names he used for players. I REALLY enjoyed smashing Dan Hampton, Mike Singletary, and Overrated Urhlacker into the ground.

I hope our championship trophy is shaped like a cup so we can drink beer out of it!

Happy Birthday, JT

228

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:55

It also was a trip to see Loverture moved to RG. Was very proud to see Quick score out first touchdown through the whole I blew open.

229

weykool
ID: 2842717
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 17:55

2 questions Ref:

#1. Is one of the PM's from the owner of the Bloomington Rhinos?

#2. Is he asking you to bring over all 24 of his players?

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Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 18:40

Nah. The Bloomington owner is pretty cool. Been talking to him on PMs the last couple days.

231

Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 19:55

Could someone do the math on the XP effect for boosting or not boosting for players lvl 13, 14, or 15, you know, our players?

What are the max XP's earned per game at these levels and levels 16-18? What XP do you earn training? How much XP would be lost for the season by boosting before game 1?

Just curious, and y'all need something to do this offseason!!!

232

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, Jun 04, 2008, 23:55

Jesus Zen we aren't allowed a break after 40 days? :'P

233

astade
ID: 1533770
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 00:29

RSF- I wanted to thank you very much for your utility that helps to mine the plays by player. It has been very helpful.

234

RebelFan
Sustainer
ID: 014833716
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 01:02

Well I see, if we are going to continue any kind of rivalry with bloomington, we will have to see them in the superbowl again next year, we are back in the east, they are back in the west.

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Little M
ID: 381111416
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 09:33

Zen, the XP gained from training is listed below. I don't know what the maximum XP from games is for the higher levels.

13: 51 XP per day
14: 47 XP per day
15: 45 XP per day
16: 42 XP per day
17: 39 XP per day
18: 37 XP per day
19: 34 XP per day
20: 32 XP per day

236

weykool
ID: 2842717
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 16:59

Is GLB down?

238

C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 17:05

I think so. Woo hoo! Free FP!

Or is that only during the season?

239

Little M
ID: 381111416
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 17:19

It is at Bort's discretion, so it depends on what type of mood he is in.

240

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 17:19

You know I wouldn't mind getting free FP. I just spent some to fix custom EQ. And the down site is causing me to either work or look at my fantasy baseball team.

241

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 17:21

We get some anyhow as a thank you. He already posted. I'm assuming it's going to be 100 again per account.

242

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 17:24

Well I want 270. So I can fix another guys custom EQ for free.

243

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 17:45

astade, no problem. I like to see the non-rushing plays I'm in to, without having to hit them all, sometimes.

244

J
Leader
ID: 049346417
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 18:30

Goal Line Blitz is currently down for scheduled maintenance so we can improve our service. Please check back in a couple hours.

245

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 18:44

I have a feeling this is unscheduled "scheduled maintenance". They've done a good job at letting us know when there's going to be down time.

Anyone else think the addition of the Africa teams caused an overload on their servers?

246

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 19:41

Anyone else think the addition of the Africa teams caused an overload on their servers?

African West Nile Virus?

They lost all the PM's for the entire day.

We were hit by a DoS attack of some sort early this afternoon. The forum databases went crazy with new connections and while I was trying to get things running smoothly, somehow the forum/pm database got corrupted. We've had to restore to the most recent backup, which was from last night at around midnight or so. This is why we do backups!!!

Any forum posts, PM's, and support requests created since last night have unfortunately been lost from what I can tell. I'll keep working and see if I can dig the data out from the live backup I made or the binlogs, but mysql isn't easy to deal with when it thinks there is data corruption.

Thanks for your understanding.
- Bort

247

Tree
ID: 4524520
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 21:24

i know i had 2 PMs waiting in my box earlier, but didnt get to read them before they were lost.

so if anyone here sent me one after, say, 5 pm, well, might want to re-send. :o)

248

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 21:25

I think I had a muy importante PM from J and DH that I could see but unable to read.

249

astade
ID: 1533770
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 21:26

Level Avg by League

You may have already seen this, but it gives you a good baseline of the player levels. Granted the build is the more important aspect, but this is still useful. The logarithmic nature of levelling is pretty evident.

250

J
Leader
ID: 049346417
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 22:04

i resent one to you, don't remember exactly what it said originally, but I did the best I could :)

251

Jack Hammers
Donor
ID: 236482918
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 00:50

A Ring and Seven Million dollars in our Rookie season, What the hell just happened?

The LineBackers went out last night. They stayed very late Boozing at The Sanchez. Alot of players from around the Eastern League stopped by to thank our team for The Ring. Concho and Punk left with babes. Captain Wiggins, Smash and Ronnie pounded Bourbon for many hours. Talked about things they'd heard in the early season, Wont remember any of it tomorrow.

"Different Form of fantasy Football" (4/11 Wiggs starts a thread)

"..one Level 4, fatass OG" (4/15 J, intro for Jumbo Zaikov)

"I have no idea what is going on, but I made a guy for the WTF factor" (4/24 RSF. a perfect example of our early season strategy)

"he drinks too much and chases strippers around, but he's Big, Mean and Fast (4/21 intro to Ronnie Boozer)

"shouldn't be too hard, but need someone to spend about 15 minutes a day...." (Kyle 4/23 recruiting the coaches and scouts! Is 15 minutes a day about right Ref?)

"I'm just here to win some ballgames, I dont care what I get paid" (4/23 Seward Norse, the attitude that brought a Ring)

"I am very excited at how this defense is shaping up, if anything we will follow the Defense wins championships mold (4/22 Kyle)

"I like the attitude this team is bringing. Now if we can sign Ronnie Boozer, the alcoholic, steroid using monster, this team might be good. (4/23 Kyle) (Ronnie always liked working for a smart owner)

"The way I understand it, you can boost yourself three times a season, and Level as many times as you reach 1000 xp's" (C1-NRB. finally some clarity through the Mumbo jumbo)

"Quick Williams loves being Quick Williams on a day like this" (4/28 After we lost game 1, but you can always count on Quick for a solid soundbite)

"Care to comment on his 35,1 rating?" (4/27 JT Serb at Joe Roto's news conference after the loss)

"Quick Williams guarentees it" (4/28 Quick guarentees a game 2 win)

"3-0 us" (Punk 4/29 early in game 2, we won 33-10 and never looked back)

"and thats why you should
JUST THROW HIM THE DAMN BALL" (JTSerb 5/5, game 5 win. Record 4-1)

"Big win today boys. Lets hit a strip club and make it rain) (Wiggs 5/7. Record 5-1. I think they call this hitting your stride)(One of our first trips to The Dirty Sanchez)

"Wow 91-0" (our last regular season game. Running at a nice clip into the playoffs)

"Fk em, We're gonna kill em" (Ronnie Boozer, tired of hearing why we were going to lose our 1st playoff game)

And the greatest quote ever to come out of the Indy camp....
"Like the coaches always say,Peanut Butter with a 50 dollar bill is better than a slice of cheese" (Quick Williams)

Congrats all. Lets go do it again

252

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 09:40

JT- I sent you a pm.

253

Little M
ID: 381111416
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 09:41

It looks like Chesapeake has run off to Africa. Most of their defense and a lot of their offense is now CPU players. What a bunch of wimps.

254

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 09:57

Here's where they all went.

Rwandan Genocide

255

barilko6
ID: 26522510
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 10:27

Is anyone on another team within GLB that needs a LvL 14 RB?

I would love to have someone I know recommend a team for Bill Barilko's new location.

256

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 10:37

B6, I am looking for a home for Davey O'brien in the African leagues. If I can find a spot I'll recommend Bill to them.

257

Little M
ID: 381111416
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 10:40

b6, I have sent a query to the other team that I am on. The team is very similar to the Indy team, in that it finished third in the league and has good ownership and GM's. The forum is fairly active without any trash talking. I will let you know when I receive a reply.

258

barilko6
ID: 26522510
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 10:55

Sounds good guys, let me know. Most of the offers I am getting are high salaries, but look to be very weak teams.

259

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 10:58

Well the teams I'm looking at are African AA leagues, so they'd be weak too, but you'd be dominate! :)

260

Little M
ID: 381111416
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 13:14

b6, I exchanged PM's with the GM on my other team. The team is in BBB, but went 14-2 last year, before losing in the first round of playoffs. The league was very competitive last year.

The GM is interested in having you on the team, but it already has a level 14 HB and the team is very loyal to its existing players, which is one of the easons that I like the team. So it is unlikely that you would be starting at the beginning of the year. If you are interested in a back-up role and special teams, let me know and I will post the GM's PM address and you can discuss things with him.

261

barilko6
ID: 21518615
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 16:20

Thanks Little M. I decided to go with a rebuilding African League Team though, looking to try and get maximum playing time as I build my guy up.

Kyle, if you are looking to join a team, send me a PM and I can give word to my GM.

262

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 16:24

Thanks B6, but you're team has 3 QBs and they are all higher than my guy.

263

barilko6
ID: 21518615
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 16:26

Yeah, just noticed that....

Didn't realize you were looking to place a QB

264

Little M
ID: 381111416
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 16:36

Understood, b6.

265

Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 17:16

I got a starting job in the USA BBB #12. In 4 Years this team could possibly be in the same AAA as us. But it went 0-16 so that's probably pretty unlikely we'll be moving up while I am a member of this team.

266

JTSERB
Donor
ID: 481020120
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 17:24

Wiggs, PM sent

267

C1-NRB
ID: 551212915
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 10:47

Team website link now available from GLB team page. Check it out.

It looks great!

268

Promize
ID: 8857295
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 11:25

LOL

Haven't even played a full season yet and I'm already burned out by the politics of this game and league...

Email was sent asking for help...
So I did...
I even picked a non glamerous position...
Signed on to the site everyday...
Watched what my coaches told me to do on settings...

Now being told to spend money to stay as a starter....
So I did spend a little bit, but doesnt' seem to be enough...

So I am officially burnt out...
:(

2 more months till College football starts thank god.

269

Great One
ID: 2241519
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 11:50

Chris Hero is soon to be a highly coveted Level 13 free agent Tight End... Chris Hero

270

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 12:23

GO you could probably ask your owner to release you now in the offseason since you'e up after day 1.

271

JTSERB
Donor
ID: 481020120
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 19:38

Hey GO, Would Indy would love to have you, but we are 3 TE's deep already. Hopefully you find a good team to join!

JT

272

JTSERB
Donor
ID: 481020120
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 19:43

Team Indy made a few signings last couple of days. Check Team Thread for more info.

273

GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 22:39

Re 269,
GO, check with Weykool or Tree.
Berzerk only has 2 TE.

Cliff

274

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Sat, Jun 07, 2008, 23:15

We are set at the TE position for the time being.

276

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 03:15

Who the heck is our new short fat and less experienced QB? Non-gurupie?

Am I the only one worried about moving to a more experienced league with more "less experienced" guys?

Maybe I need to just concentrate on my youth football coaching and let other deal with the fake football coaching.

277

JTSERB
Donor
ID: 481020120
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 03:36

He is our new backup QB who is far better than our old backup QB and no he is not a gurupie.

278

weykool
ID: 2842717
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 11:03

Team Berzerk is in need of a defensive coordinator.
I could post in the team forum but my choice would be to let a Gurupie have first shot at it.
If you want to get more involved shoot me a PM via GLB.

279

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 11:57

As a note RSF, Blades our backup QB last season wasn't a Gurupie either. And you can't just look at players LVL's to determine if they are better or not. Our new backup isn't as leveled, but he has better #'s overall.

280

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 13:00

Actually Blades had horrible numebrs and was a lvl 8 and not a team player at all. Didn't even know what flex points are. I bet he had some as he never even boosted with teh free flex he had.

The new guy is not only a team-player with better numbers and is lvl 9 now, but he has full custom eq and will boost all three levels asap.

Right after I signed him, a lvl 11 got back to me. his numbers weren't as good but he was also a team player with custom and willing to do whatever it takes. We don't have a gurupie backup QB. If injuries come in this year, this is going to be critical. Even if it doesn't, it's good to give Roto a rest at times so he can catch breath and have ebtter stats. Thing is we don't need picks etc. so it's a fine line.

I think we only have three non-gurupies now. We had at least three last year with blades, inferno and ferl.

281

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 14:41

Actually 4 with this Erik character he only used one time on ST.

282

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 15:44

Erik! The god of the Defense!

283

Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Mon, Jun 09, 2008, 22:27

Well the off-season ends tomorrow (Tues) and a LOT of people still haven't gotten with me to get their contracts extended with their bonuses. There is a thread in the forum entitled New Contracts that details the procedure.

284

Buff
ID: 30718221
Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 22:18

So excited I found this article as it made things much qiucekr!

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