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360: NCAA Official Season 1 Thread of Stiff Arming and Spinning at the Same Time!
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Striker said:
Probably not, at least not at the beginning. I know I'm getting the PS3 league. I'll see how things turn out, maybe get a 360 copy from Gamefly as a "fill in" possibility down the road.
If someone does go with Bama, hopefully they'll do well enough to give me a good team to take over ;P
dammitmattt
Banned
Lonestar said:
You need to get into both leagues so Bama can lose twice!!!
I'm doing the opposite, actually. I'm definitely buying the 360 versions of Madden and NCAA because that's the only way to play with my real life friends, but I want to be in the GAF leagues so I'll probably be Gameflying the PS3 versions.
ha ha 
I seem to remember beating you more than losing to you, last time NCAA had a league
While the D ratings on my team blow (though probably accurate except for CB's), I somehow have the highest rated LT and RT in the game. My RG is in the top 20 for that position. Julio is also in the game. So is Star "I can run" Jackson
BTW: Why haven't you posted in the college football thread recently. I mean, come on, you should be blasting me on Jimmy John's Powder Adventure. WHAT GIVES?
I seem to remember beating you more than losing to you, last time NCAA had a league While the D ratings on my team blow (though probably accurate except for CB's), I somehow have the highest rated LT and RT in the game. My RG is in the top 20 for that position. Julio is also in the game. So is Star "I can run" Jackson
BTW: Why haven't you posted in the college football thread recently. I mean, come on, you should be blasting me on Jimmy John's Powder Adventure. WHAT GIVES?
I agree with you. I would also like to use a smaller, not-so-good school, and build them strong. However, with folks picking teams like USC and Florida, it'll be tough as shit to beat them. :lolbobbydigital said:
I'm still unsure who I'll pick. Right now, I am mostly leaning towards Rutgers, even though Ray Rice left!
It works out in the end, though. I'll likely be Ohio Bobcats or some 1-star prestige school in my single player, offline dynasty. I used SMU in last year's game and achieved the 1-star to 6-star achievement.
Vumpler,
You should update the first post about it being a season, and not a dynasty.
Dynasty ftw!
Re-quoted for the second page. I also edited my part.
Striker said:Vumpler,
You should update the first post about it being a season, and not a dynasty.
Dynasty ftw!
Thanks Striker
Done per requestvumpler said:League Commish: (undetermined) GCQuinton is more than likely going to be the driver, but we will leave it open for another week. If you have what it takes to lead this ship a-sail convince us why. Quinton has a pretty nice self deemed resume to compete with, so good luck!
(Stole most of this from FMT's thread.)
League supports 12 human players. So, lets get the 12 together!
This will only be a DYNASTY not just a season as I once suggested. CGQuinton enlightened us to some great aspects about a dynasty and it was a group choice.
1. I don't even know why I'm posting this since it should go without saying, but in case we end up with any new people in the season: play legit. no bullshit tactics etc. Reference the Madden season threads for a general understanding of what legit is.
3. probably have a 2-3 day time period in which you can play games. We are looking for a quicker season.
4. its true that vets will have priority in joining the league. hate to be a dick about it but we have to have dependable people!
5. Post your Gamertag followed by the team you want. Its not set in stone that we will be using the SEC exclusively so pick an SEC team as well as just any team you want.
interested? then post!
Vets List
SpoonKiIIah - Tennessee
bdosg - Texas Tech or Vanderbilt
pheeniks - Texas or Florida
Striker029 - Penn State, Rutgers, or UCLA (SEC - Arkansas)
BirdBomb - Texas or Middle Tennessee State University
Qbert420 - Kansas
GCQuinton - Mississippi State
Eric WK - USC or Georgia
DammitMatt - Auburn
Newer Comers List
KamikazePIPBoy - Illinois or Alabama
armubaba - Michigan or LSU
bobdigi33 - Ohio State or South Carolina
Cubanb49 - California Golden Bears
Bold denotes a known reliable player. Known reliable players get priority on teams over new comers. Its nothing against the first timers but we aren't 100% sure you won't just flake out.
Hopefully it's still $36 trade in at Gamestop/EB when you put it towards NCAA. It was last week and I banked on itStriker said:Thanks. Awesome.
I'm heading to work shortly, but before I go there, I'm dropping by the gaming store and trading in GTAIV and pre-ordering NCAA '09.
Not so far away from release!
I'm on the fence between North Carolina and Duke right now since I don't know how much of a challenge I want :lol
I was checking out the dynasty PDFs and it looks like only the commish can set the custom schedules, so we'll have to get that figured out when everyone gets the game. We can probably get the ball rolling on that once everyone's got their team chosen by starting to contact the other teams they want to play and starting the arrangements.
There's also an "autopilot" setting, where the commish can set a user's team to in the event they can't play their game a particular week (one example of this is dammitmatt's wedding week, congrats!). When it's set to that, the CPU will take over that week and sim it until the status is changed back.
Also, I haven't seen this anywhere I checked, but guys, be honest with your CPU games and play them like you would a human opponent (i.e. "straight", sim style). If you lose the CPU, don't play it over or try to sim a win. I don't know if I'll be able to monitor that stuff, but again, be honest about it.
NCAA officially kicks off the new season of games for me every year, so I can't wait for this one.
I was checking out the dynasty PDFs and it looks like only the commish can set the custom schedules, so we'll have to get that figured out when everyone gets the game. We can probably get the ball rolling on that once everyone's got their team chosen by starting to contact the other teams they want to play and starting the arrangements.
There's also an "autopilot" setting, where the commish can set a user's team to in the event they can't play their game a particular week (one example of this is dammitmatt's wedding week, congrats!). When it's set to that, the CPU will take over that week and sim it until the status is changed back.
Also, I haven't seen this anywhere I checked, but guys, be honest with your CPU games and play them like you would a human opponent (i.e. "straight", sim style). If you lose the CPU, don't play it over or try to sim a win. I don't know if I'll be able to monitor that stuff, but again, be honest about it.
NCAA officially kicks off the new season of games for me every year, so I can't wait for this one.
Lonestar said:
:lol
They used to try to throw that out to Leach when he first got here. He did have a doozy of a comeback.
"If B.J. is a product of the system, then he's not getting any of those touchdown passes and all those yards. That means our coaching staff is," Leach said. "That would also mean we could go down to 7-Eleven and get the clerk behind the counter and let him play quarterback." In Amarillo Globe News
bobbydigital
Member
Striker said:
Striker,
It will be tough at first but i think it may be worth it. Plus if we can recruit one more person to choose a MAC team(or other Mid Major Team) we will only have to a minimum of 2 non-conference human players. That will make it a little easier. But if you chose a MM Conference with no other human players in it that would be extremely difficult depending on your skill level. I'm seriously considering giving it a shot, as long as no one laughs at me the first couple of seasons.
Ah no I wouldn't laugh. I would desire to use a smaller school myself, but I can do that in my offline dynasty.bobbydigital said:
I am planning to play 10+ seasons in that.As for conferences... whoever can answer feel free. Have we decided how we're doing this, yet? Are we creating our own conference? I also wonder if we can move a CPU controlled team into our conference.
Striker said:Ah no I wouldn't laugh. I would desire to use a smaller school myself, but I can do that in my offline dynasty.
As for conferences... whoever can answer feel free. Have we decided how we're doing this, yet? Are we creating our own conference? I also wonder if we can move a CPU controlled team into our conference.
As soon as I'm confirmed as the commish, I'll go ahead and start another thread to start clearing this all up. If/when I do though, we're not going to create our own conference (already said why before on the first page of the thread), but I'll move stuff around enough to accomodate what everyone wants if we can shift the conferences around.
Regarding moving CPU teams into your conference, I won't be doing that just for the long-term viability of this. If I move a team for you and for whatever reason you're gone after a season or two, I can't change that back and we're all stuck with it.
Lonestar said:
Answered on the last page, but to expand on it, rosters will probably be out a few days before up to a few days after the game's out. For online dynasty, the file the commish uses will be the one all members of the dynasty will use.
bobbydigital
Member
Lonestar said:
Here is a little link that has some info about the rosters. IE How do you get them and such.
http://www.freencaa09rosters.com/
Holy shit we can do that and use them online!?!? That would be amazing!cubanb said:
I remember before I used to play online in the PS2 days there was a website you could mail in your memory card and $20 and he would give you the rosters with all the names. We did it every year. Was really worth it as many hours as we used to play.
I need to clarify that freencaaroster09.com site a bit. If you had College Hoops 2K8 it will work similar to that, except you go through your locker room.
The people at OS and some of the other sites (including known roster editors) get the game early. Last year the rosters were out right at launch or at most a couple days after release.
The way it works online is whatever rosters the Commish of the league has on his hard drive are the ones that are used in the online dynasty.
Or after reading QC's post, what he said about what I mentioned on the previous page.
:lol
The people at OS and some of the other sites (including known roster editors) get the game early. Last year the rosters were out right at launch or at most a couple days after release.
The way it works online is whatever rosters the Commish of the league has on his hard drive are the ones that are used in the online dynasty.
Or after reading QC's post, what he said about what I mentioned on the previous page.
:lol
One additional thing will need to be discussed.
Difficulty level and minutes played.
I think the two difficulty options to consider are the ones in bold. (Junior Varsity, Varsity, All-American, Heisman)
Before you laugh at playing on Varsity level you need to consider this. The lower the difficulty level in the game the more you have to rely on YOUR SKILLS. It really adds to the difficulty on defense as you have to rely on your skills, instead of the AI players.
That said since the game is going to be more open and most people play on All-American that would be the level I recommend. Otherwise there could be some serious shootouts on offense and very few defensive matchups.
Quarters - I always found 5 a little quick and would vote for 6. I play 8 minutes offline but that would be too much for an online game.
Just my 2 cents
Difficulty level and minutes played.
I think the two difficulty options to consider are the ones in bold. (Junior Varsity, Varsity, All-American, Heisman)
Before you laugh at playing on Varsity level you need to consider this. The lower the difficulty level in the game the more you have to rely on YOUR SKILLS. It really adds to the difficulty on defense as you have to rely on your skills, instead of the AI players.
That said since the game is going to be more open and most people play on All-American that would be the level I recommend. Otherwise there could be some serious shootouts on offense and very few defensive matchups.
Quarters - I always found 5 a little quick and would vote for 6. I play 8 minutes offline but that would be too much for an online game.
Just my 2 cents
bobbydigital
Member
cubanb said:
I actually did buy the Xchange and card for last years NCAA game and did the same for the Original Xbox versions but now im mad that i wasted the money buying it for last years game.
bobbydigital
Member
Striker said:
agreed
I got all excited when I saw this thread, because I'd really love to play with you guys... but then I noticed that vumpler has already staked claim to my beloved Vols. Name your price sir, how much will it take to pry them away? :lol
If needed, I'd be willing to roll with the Kentucky Mildcats (for SEC play and a challenge) or Louisville (if there is enough Big East competition). I also wouldn't be against choosing another conference if it needed more human players. Gamertag is Cereal IV
If needed, I'd be willing to roll with the Kentucky Mildcats (for SEC play and a challenge) or Louisville (if there is enough Big East competition). I also wouldn't be against choosing another conference if it needed more human players. Gamertag is Cereal IV
bobbydigital
Member
Striker said:
Accepted
