- Difficulty: All-Madden
- Time: 7 minutes per quarter
- Slider settings: Some are lighter than others
- Start Date: Season 3!
- 2012-2013 Commisioners: FMT, LukeSmith
THE LAW
1. SIM LEAGUE DON'T BE A FUCKER
Don't go for it every 4th down, don't run no-huddle all game, no abuse of whatever exploit this years game has. Play the game like you want to be played against.
2. 3 DAY ADVANCE WINDOW.
So if we started the league on monday, september 10th @ 6 pm pst, then i'm going to advance to the next week on thursday, september 13th @ 6 pm pst. Games will be simmed or if someone is particularly unavailable, they can be placed on autopilot and then the CPU gets handled for you. (Ramirez never gets to play the CPU, though, because he's a manbaby and can't resist cheesing for stats to text a cell phone pic of to his girlfriend on whatever phone rednecks are using these days.)
3. DON'T BE A QUITTER.
If you are easily angered and feel that losing may cause you to quit, then don't bother joining. we all lose. we all get screwed out of a win we deserved somehow. a guy gets lucky, your guy gets hurt, the madden AI gods decide to make your guys fumble or blow coverages or whatever. dealwithit.gif. venting is fine, but if you're going to throw a fit and quit every other week it's just not worth it to put yourself through that kind of situation! AND FOR FUCKS SAKE DONT PAUSE THE FUCKING GAME TO TYPE OUT A MESSAGE ON XBL TELLING SOMEONE HOW DISSATISFIED YOU WERE WITH THE LAST PLAY.
4. FORGO YOUR SOCIAL LIFE!
The online franchise offseason will take a bit of your time. why? because we have the draft, we have free agency, there will be a cap to manage, scouting, etc. it is a definite time commitment. make sure you're up for it!
5. DON'T PLAY LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO WIN SOME FUCKING MONEY TOURNAMENT WITH A BUNCH OF MOUTHBREATHERS IN ILL-FITTING JERSEYS AND 'SIDEWAYS FITTEDS'
Regarding 4th downs, just be realistic guys. Don't make me spell out every possible situation, but use these as guidelines:
a. do not go for it on 4th down if you are winning.
b. do not go for it in 4th down in your own territory unless it is the 4th quarter and you are down by 2 scores or more OR it is your "final" drive
c. if you have a 4th down and you are on the cusp of FG range, it is ok to go for it so long as it's a 4th and 5 or less. example: 4th and 3 at your opponents 39 yard line. unless you have the raiders or packers this is a difficult FG and probably not going to go through. i have no problem with a 4th down in this scenario.
d. NO GOING FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN OF A GAME THAT YOU ARE WINNING OR TIED AND YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN TERRITORY
just use common sense and try to be realistic.
7. THE BLUEMAX CLAUSE
If you have broke the league rules and fucked your league bros, accept your punishment. You have to take the penis for fucking your bros. Your punishment for breaking the rules will be decided by one of the commishes (myself, FMT) with possible input from league members depending on severity
8. IT'S LIKE THE NBA FOR FAT PEOPLE
We monitor and vote on Trades, because DCX can't help but trade away his beloved Falcons players every fucking year.
The gloves come off during the Online Draft, where you idiots are free to blow up your teams on your way to another season where you win 4 games and wonder why, because you had 3 of the top 5 picks the year before.
Some guidelines:
THE LEVIOUS WAY aka don't be a fucking asshole
- if you are up by 3 scores or more (17 points) with 3 minutes or left in the game, you shouldn't be throwing the ball deep. you can throw the ball but just chucking it up for the remainder of the game is a no-no. you should just be running the ball and running the playclock down to 1 second.
- if you are trying to run the clock out and your opponent is taking timeouts to stop the clock, it doesn't give you free reign to start throwing deep to "teach them a lesson". run the fucking clock out.
- if you are trying to kneel the ball to run the clock out, and your opponent takes a timeout, you can run regular plays (run or pass) but again, you don't need to start chucking up bombs. run the ball or throw a short pass and continue running the clock.
- different situations are going to call for different things. i'm not going to spell out EVERY.SINGLE.POSSIBLE.SITUATION. and what should be done but i shouldn't have to. we aren't fucking idiots here. if the game is (for all intents and purposes) over, then there is no need to pile it on. it's tempting for XP but just don't.
- IF you break these rules, you will have a player (which will be picked depending on his value to your team) suspended for 4 games. if you continue to do this, then Shawnhann or someone else will have your spot in the league before long! this shouldn't happen again. this shouldn't even be a discussion but apparently it has to be.
STARTING LINEUPS
Also, if you want to play i will put you on the waiting list. i know there were quite a few people from the other thread but to be honest i didn't write them down and don't feel like digging through the thread. if you are truly interested then you'll find your way to this thread! i'll put the people that i know of for sure:
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Waiting list (in no particular order):
- lonestar
- albatross
- dark faze
- eekthecat
- ramocalypse
- chrisjames
- ricka
THE LEGACY
The most successful league of its kind on GAF. Where Smokey's shitty fucking 2k basketball league turns into him and DCX in an ouroboros of shitty and shady trades, and that baseball game never has functional Online, Madden - despite its immeasurable annual flaws - keeps us coming back.
All-Time Superbowl Tally:
1. FMT - 5
2. Rors - 3
3. BigAT - 3
4. Crow - 2
4. BigAT - 2
5. Ramirez - 2*
6. DMczaf - 2
7. Wellington - 2**
8. Mrbob - 1***
9. Smokey - 1
10. Malleymal - 1****
11. CB, Luke, Livewire*****
UPDATE:
There are now trade rules! In order to complete any trade, you need to have majority approval (5 out of 8) from the following reps:
Each Division has a Trade Council Rep:
- AFC South - Luke
- AFC North - Ram
- AFC East - LJ
- AFC West - Rors
- NFC North - Bob
- NFC South - DM
- NFC East - CB
- NFC West - Wellington
You cannot get a vote from anyone in your division or the division of the person you're trading with. For instance, if the Chargers traded Phillip Rivers to the Cardinals, neither Crow nor Rors would be able to vote on the trade.
- * Actual non-cheese Super Bowl Victories: 0
- ** Number of Super Bowls in the Modern Era (AKA Madden 10+) = 0
- *** Number of Super Bowls this console cycle: 0
- **** Number of Super Bowls that anyone cares about: 0
- ***** Actually fucking pathetic
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