the league is up. before i post the information, read the following sentence:
WHEN YOU LOG IN YOU NEED TO CREATE A NEW COACH! DO NOT USE AN EXISTING COACH!
WHEN YOU LOG IN YOU NEED TO CREATE A NEW COACH! DO NOT USE AN EXISTING COACH!
IF YOU USE AN EXISTING COACH AND I HAVE TO BOOT YOU FROM THE LEAGUE THERE IS POTENTIALLY AN ISSUE WITH CCM WHICH MAY NOT LET YOU BACK INTO THE LEAGUE AS THE SAME TEAM. IF THIS HAPPENS THEN THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO EXCEPT GIVE YOUR SPOT TO THE NEXT PERSON ON THE WAIT LIST
READ THE ABOVE AGAIN
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now that that's done, go to Connected Career:
League name: neogaffe1
password: niners
login as the team given, CREATE A NEW COACH! YOURSELF OR WHATEVER FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU WANT SO LONG AS IT IS NEW!, and then i can start it once everyone is logged in (which will take some days).
in the meantime, YOU WILL NEED TO CUT YOUR ROSTER DOWN TO 53 PLAYERS YOURSELF. MOST OF US HAVE 70+ PLAYERS CURRENTLY ON THE ROSTER SO DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
we won't be playing the pre-season games (you can play the week 1 preseason game if you want, i don't care). as soon as all 32 people are logged in, i am advancing to the regular season.
Difficulty: All-Madden
Quarter length: 7 minutes
Accelerated clock: Yes
Sliders: Some minor sliders will be used but I don't know what they are yet.
Q: When does the league start?
A: September 2nd (assuming there are no technical issues preventing that from happening).
Q: What are the advance period?
A: 72 hours from previous advance or whenever all games are completed, whichever comes first! THERE WILL BE EXTENDED ADVANCE PERIODS DURING NATIONAL HOLIDAYS!
Q: We doing owner mode?
A: No. It was really annoying last year.
Q: Will there be a trade council that has to approve trades?
A: Yes. The 4 commissioners. Majority rules so if a trade approval has 3 votes it's good. If it's 2-2 then I'll consult our tie breaker (an unbiased party). Not sure who that will be yet!
Q: Who is running this show?
A: Luke, CB3, pheeniks, FMT.
LEAGUE RULES/GUIDELINES:
1. This is a sim league... to the best of our abilities. Madden is not a very realistic football sim when you get down to it but we have to make the best of it. You are expected to be a willing participant in the league.
2. RUN DIFFERENT PLAYS! This goes for both offense AND defense. If you are running the same 4-5 plays ALL GAME that is a problem. Run up the middle, run to the outside, passing deep, passing short, screens, drags, posts.... they're all there for you! Use them! I get that this is more difficult on defense because there are teams in the NFL that actually run 2 deep safety man for a good part of the game. But even those teams ACTUALLY throw in some zone defense, some blitzing, some other packages at the other team. Just try to mix it up.
3. Fourth down rules. This is a tough one that i'm hoping doesn't need to be spelled out more specifically but basically if you have a 4th and very short (1 yard or less) in your opponents territory I see no issue with going for it. Another scenario where I see no issues is when you are on the cusp of fg range. Lets say you have a 4th and 5 from your opponents 37 yard line. Is that ok to go for it? I would say yes.
Obviously if you are losing late in the game on your last drive you can go for it in any circumstance. DO NOT go for it on 4th down in your own territory outside of the previous instance.
4. I had previously posted a few people who had contingencies and they are still there but this really goes for everyone in the league. It was a mistake to make these things public and I will make sure that those issues are communicated privately. SCHEDULE YOUR GAME IMMEDIATELY ONCE YOU SEE IT IS ADVANCED! this game is not your job but we are all putting time into the league and it's tough to swallow when you are working on a tight deadline but your opponent isn't really communicating to work with you. There is nothing wrong with playing your game on the last day but there is something wrong with not bothering to schedule ANYTHING until day 3 and then everyone else is delayed because of it.
5. GET AIM OR PSN PHONE MESSENGER! This is huge because communication is so important. If you have AIM, please post your AIM username and I will add it to this post so people know how to contact you. Contact is key so PM your opponent, AIM them, PSN them. This will help to guarantee that the game is scheduled timely!
6. YOU WILL GET BUTTHURT! There are going to be games where you get a bullshit call or a bullshit play or your opponent gets completely lucky. If you can't deal with this type of thing then let us know now so we can get someone in here that wants to play.
7. DON'T RUN UP THE SCORE! DON'T STAT PAD! This should go without saying but it still must be said. If you are thrashing your opponent, just run the ball and run the clock out. There is no need to embarrass your opponent further or fling the ball all around the field, prolonging a game that for all intents and purposes is over. Just be respectful of your opponent. I can't really come up with a number for every scenario that is "blowout status" but just use common sense. For instance, if you are up 40 points at the start of the 4th quarter... that is a blowout. If you are up 10 points with 4 minutes left, that is NOT a blowout. I want people to be respectful but I don't want someone to let their foot off the gas early in the 4th and then someone gets a TD + an onside kick + a TD to cost them the game. Use common sense!
8. Disconnect issues. This will happen at some point or another. If the game disconnects in the first half, under any circumstance, you'll have to replay the game. Sorry! If the game is in the 2nd half and absolutely out of reach, the team losing should set themselves to Auto Pilot and the team winning can beat up on the CPU. Again hard to come up with a number. If you and your opponent have this issue and disagree then consult with the commish group so we can decide what needs to happen. Hopefully you can work it out amongst yourselves in a civil manner.
9. NO MANUAL CATCHING ON OFFENSE! It's still overpowered even with ballhawk.
10. DO NOT RUN NO HUDDLE OUTSIDE OF A 2 MINUTE DRILL SITUATION OR UNLESS THE SITUATION ABSOLUTELY DICTATES IT! I'm not going to point out EVERY POSSIBLE scenario where no huddle would be acceptable but if it's a relatively close games outside of a 2 minute situation DONT RUN NO HUDDLE! if you were down 28 points early in the 3rd quarter or something then that is acceptable. But short of something outrageous like that just don't do it. It's going to cause a lot of drama and it's not worth it.
League owners:
AFC East:
Patriots - Colasante
Bills - Rinse
Jets - ferny
Dolphins - Pheeniks
AFC North:
Ravens - GQman2121
Steelers - llai86
Bengals - Splat
Browns - Brent
AFC South:
Texans - Smokey
Colts - DJ Bowser
Titans - Soka
Jags - Greg
AFC West:
Raiders - Pistolpete
Broncos - Drizzler
Chiefs - Crimson
Chargers - Nightz
NFC East:
Cowboys - Somnia
Eagles - CB3
Giants - Wellington
Redskins - Mcneily
NFC North:
Packers - Eznark
Bears - mrbob
Vikings - sanjuro
Lions - Trasher
NFC South:
Bucs - DMczaf
Panthers - Jabee
Saints - Sickboy
Falcons - dcx
NFC West:
Seahawks - Az
Cardinals - Johhny Park
Rams - LJ
49ers - FMT
*Teams aren't set in stone, just adding everyone randomly to the list
wait list (in no particular order):
reneruiz
ocelott
got the shakes
fixed1979
apatheticone
bukafax
blacksnakeball
Still waiting on the boat
