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Official Madden '18 PS4 Online League: Reunion Tour (without all original bandmates)
- Thread starter FrenchMovieTheme
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FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Maybe Tebow is a FA in the game?
Azwethinkweiz
Member
When are we picking teams?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Just waiting to hear from LJ and I will then finalize
Edit
Oh he's banned... Let me send him another PSN msg
He's an all star in my road to the show! Time to sign Kap.
Twins.
mastershake
Member
Yo I wanna play! I will be in the field 7 days out of every 14 and I can't play any games during then, but I'll still play more games than dm
Also.... smokes, time to build a nolongerpoor PC. Talk me out of a ryzen/vega box
Also.... smokes, time to build a nolongerpoor PC. Talk me out of a ryzen/vega box
Sorry leagues full.
mastershake
Member
Rbk_3
Member
What's turnover typically like? If I go ahead and order, a spot should open up eventually?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
I would be shocked if someone (dm) wasn't booted relatively fast. I'm just waiting to hear from LJ. I messaged him a few weeks ago but didn't get a response on if he's playing or not. Sent him another PSN yesterday so hopefully I know soon
Claude Dallas
Member
I'm openly lobbying for you to take fuckboi's spot already friend.
mastershake
Member
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
Lol do you actually want to play?
mastershake
Member
Yes, you fuck!
But I seriously can't play when I'm in the field. I guess I can be first backup for when you kick lilfukboi
Found this earlier. A moment in time that must not be forgotten. #WaitingForTheBoat
That looks cool what game is it?
Who are you?
Found this earlier. A moment in time that must not be forgotten. #WaitingForTheBoat
You seem familiar...
Oh right, you were that guy!
Found this earlier. A moment in time that must not be forgotten. #WaitingForTheBoat
Catapult TCOB!
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
LJ said he won't have time to play so he is out. Roster almost finalized:
Shake if you want in i will give you the final spot. But you not being able to play while in the field makes me think it's a DM situation!
Also, here are the current teams as I know them:
AFC East:
Pats - Sanjuro or Cola
Bills - Rinse?
Jets - ?
Dolphins - Bowser or drizz
AFC North:
Steelers - Ramirez
Browns - ?
Bengals - Splat
Ravens - ?
AFC South:
Colts - Luke
Texans - Smokey
Titans - Claude
Jags - ?
AFC West:
Raiders - Soka or pete
Broncos - ?
Chiefs - Crimson
Chargers - Nightz
NFC East:
Eagles - CB
Giants - Wellington
Redskins - ?
Cowboys - Somnia
NFC North:
Packers - Brent
Vikings - ?
Lions - ?
Bears - ?
NFC South:
Bucs - DM
Falcons - DCX
Panthers - ?
Saints - ?
NFC West:
49ers - FMT
Rams - ?
Cards - ?
Seahawks - Bluemax
Shake if you want in i will give you the final spot. But you not being able to play while in the field makes me think it's a DM situation!
Also, here are the current teams as I know them:
AFC East:
Pats - Sanjuro or Cola
Bills - Rinse?
Jets - ?
Dolphins - Bowser or drizz
AFC North:
Steelers - Ramirez
Browns - ?
Bengals - Splat
Ravens - ?
AFC South:
Colts - Luke
Texans - Smokey
Titans - Claude
Jags - ?
AFC West:
Raiders - Soka or pete
Broncos - ?
Chiefs - Crimson
Chargers - Nightz
NFC East:
Eagles - CB
Giants - Wellington
Redskins - ?
Cowboys - Somnia
NFC North:
Packers - Brent
Vikings - ?
Lions - ?
Bears - ?
NFC South:
Bucs - DM
Falcons - DCX
Panthers - ?
Saints - ?
NFC West:
49ers - FMT
Rams - ?
Cards - ?
Seahawks - Bluemax
mastershake
Member
fu
fu2
I mean, I will be 100% available 7 out of every 14 days. Is dm ever really available?
Also, I will keep playing even after CB kills the league half way thru season 2
Put me in, coach!
ScottSullivan
Member
Why are we locking you in as the 49ers FMT, I know you're commish but I think we deserve a chance to fight you for it!
I guess put me down for the vikings as a backup...
I guess put me down for the vikings as a backup...
IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ
So it was touched on for the most part before, but now seems like as pertinent a time as any to go into specifics on the things I will be looking to monitor and handle appropriately as judge, jury, and executioner this year. And again, this wont be that important to the vast majority of you that I know wont be any sort of problem or issue.
Im of the opinion that our league has been on a bit of a decline in the past few years. Ill attribute this to a few things. Here are some examples of where I think mistakes were made recently:
-A very select few members played in a cheesy manor (play calling, exploiting game mechanics, lack of defensive matchups leading to the classic slot cheese, ect.). And I think that poisoned the well to an extent and made a few more members play in a similar, specific way to counter cheese. I get why people do that, but its counter-intuitive to fixing the issue. However, some of that blame falls on...
-The commissioners, including (especially) myself. Personally speaking, I found it tough to balance cracking down on these things and being confident in setting strong examples. When it went past the warnings and benchings, it was hard to kick someone because we didnt have alot of reserves, and having a league that was not 32 human players was the worst case scenario in my mind. We had to let things slide more than we wanted to keep the league full. So this season, ive come to terms with having a few CPU teams if needed to preserve some sort of league integrity.
As mentioned, everyone will be getting a clean slate. DM ghosting in previous years will be ignored. TLBB being TLBB is getting a get out of jail free card. So on and so forth. Last year I tried "Hey, dont be a douchebag" as my rule of thumb and attempted to give alot of freedom without so many rules. It didnt work out so well. With that said, these are the things I will have a big problem with:
Myself and FMT watch a decent amount of the games on twitch so we'll see alot of the things first hand. If we arent there or the game isnt being streamed, remember that you can always clip a video using the share feature on PS4 if you feel like there is something that needs to be seen. There will be a certain grace period to start as everyone gets settled and understands this years game. Its easy to say something is cheesy in week 2 before everyone figures out the proper counters. Proper warnings and leeway will be given for most things, unless its something especially egregious. Repeated offenses and...
On our end, FMT will be the sole commissioner. I think there were mixed messages in the past with the 3-4 commissioner system and hopefully this helps that! Ill be able to advance the week if need be, though EA says they have an app for that now. Hopefully that all works out! I should also add that I have zero authority over the discord channel and any bans that may happen there. Talk to Brent or "Claude"! Aaaaaaaand all of this became alot longer than I expected it to be. Whoops!
TL;DR:You're desire to win at any cost is not stronger than my desire to keep things going smoothly. Dont try it!
So it was touched on for the most part before, but now seems like as pertinent a time as any to go into specifics on the things I will be looking to monitor and handle appropriately as judge, jury, and executioner this year. And again, this wont be that important to the vast majority of you that I know wont be any sort of problem or issue.
Im of the opinion that our league has been on a bit of a decline in the past few years. Ill attribute this to a few things. Here are some examples of where I think mistakes were made recently:
-A very select few members played in a cheesy manor (play calling, exploiting game mechanics, lack of defensive matchups leading to the classic slot cheese, ect.). And I think that poisoned the well to an extent and made a few more members play in a similar, specific way to counter cheese. I get why people do that, but its counter-intuitive to fixing the issue. However, some of that blame falls on...
-The commissioners, including (especially) myself. Personally speaking, I found it tough to balance cracking down on these things and being confident in setting strong examples. When it went past the warnings and benchings, it was hard to kick someone because we didnt have alot of reserves, and having a league that was not 32 human players was the worst case scenario in my mind. We had to let things slide more than we wanted to keep the league full. So this season, ive come to terms with having a few CPU teams if needed to preserve some sort of league integrity.
As mentioned, everyone will be getting a clean slate. DM ghosting in previous years will be ignored. TLBB being TLBB is getting a get out of jail free card. So on and so forth. Last year I tried "Hey, dont be a douchebag" as my rule of thumb and attempted to give alot of freedom without so many rules. It didnt work out so well. With that said, these are the things I will have a big problem with:
- General cheese. This is too hard to pin down without knowing what the game is like, but everyone will be aware within a few weeks of league play. Spamming certain playcalls, exploiting bugs, exploiting mechanics. If I can type a specific play people are having an issue with into google and the first result is sharkwaters, we're going to have problems. Slot cheese, TE Corners, Crossing routes all stand out in my mind as recent examples
- "The DM Rule". Should be pretty obvious. No one is going to catch any trouble missing a week here or there because of scheduling conflicts or for going on vacation. But if its a repeated issue, thats when ill have to step in. On a related topic, being hard to get ahold of on a week to week basis will be looked at in a similar way. Between this thread, PM's, Discord, Steam, even text message, there shouldnt be any big issue in taking 60 seconds to reach out or answer your opponent for the week to get a game going. If FMT is attempting to be the middle man in your scheduling, someone has fucked up.
- Stat Padding. No one gives a shit about your QB's touchdown throws in the 4th quarter of a blow out. Grow up.
- PJSalt. If you want to cry in the thread after the game, thats fine. Raging because you are losing so you keep running offsides before the play starts or throwing interceptions on purpose. Getting down 21 points at halftime so you start milking the clock at the start of the third. That mostly just flows into...
- Being a dick. You know when you're doing it. Stop.
Myself and FMT watch a decent amount of the games on twitch so we'll see alot of the things first hand. If we arent there or the game isnt being streamed, remember that you can always clip a video using the share feature on PS4 if you feel like there is something that needs to be seen. There will be a certain grace period to start as everyone gets settled and understands this years game. Its easy to say something is cheesy in week 2 before everyone figures out the proper counters. Proper warnings and leeway will be given for most things, unless its something especially egregious. Repeated offenses and...
On our end, FMT will be the sole commissioner. I think there were mixed messages in the past with the 3-4 commissioner system and hopefully this helps that! Ill be able to advance the week if need be, though EA says they have an app for that now. Hopefully that all works out! I should also add that I have zero authority over the discord channel and any bans that may happen there. Talk to Brent or "Claude"! Aaaaaaaand all of this became alot longer than I expected it to be. Whoops!
TL;DR:You're desire to win at any cost is not stronger than my desire to keep things going smoothly. Dont try it!
In before the golfing alcoholic and AT come in to make the
post ive come to expect.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
I'm interested in the Browns
Claude Dallas
Member
With great power comes great verbosity apparently.
I'll take the Vikings so I can play with my good friend Brent (and Joel Stave!!!)
I'll take the Vikings so I can play with my good friend Brent (and Joel Stave!!!)
Claude Dallas
Member
CB's first attempt at writing the initial draft of his treatise:
This is why I keep coming back
Claude Dallas
Member
You were a commish?
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ
So it was touched on for the most part before, but now seems like as pertinent a time as any to go into specifics on the things I will be looking to monitor and handle appropriately as judge, jury, and executioner this year. And again, this wont be that important to the vast majority of you that I know wont be any sort of problem or issue.
Im of the opinion that our league has been on a bit of a decline in the past few years. Ill attribute this to a few things. Here are some examples of where I think mistakes were made recently:
-A very select few members played in a cheesy manor (play calling, exploiting game mechanics, lack of defensive matchups leading to the classic slot cheese, ect.). And I think that poisoned the well to an extent and made a few more members play in a similar, specific way to counter cheese. I get why people do that, but its counter-intuitive to fixing the issue. However, some of that blame falls on...
-The commissioners, including (especially) myself. Personally speaking, I found it tough to balance cracking down on these things and being confident in setting strong examples. When it went past the warnings and benchings, it was hard to kick someone because we didnt have alot of reserves, and having a league that was not 32 human players was the worst case scenario in my mind. We had to let things slide more than we wanted to keep the league full. So this season, ive come to terms with having a few CPU teams if needed to preserve some sort of league integrity.
As mentioned, everyone will be getting a clean slate. DM ghosting in previous years will be ignored. TLBB being TLBB is getting a get out of jail free card. So on and so forth. Last year I tried "Hey, dont be a douchebag" as my rule of thumb and attempted to give alot of freedom without so many rules. It didnt work out so well. With that said, these are the things I will have a big problem with:
- General cheese. This is too hard to pin down without knowing what the game is like, but everyone will be aware within a few weeks of league play. Spamming certain playcalls, exploiting bugs, exploiting mechanics. If I can type a specific play people are having an issue with into google and the first result is sharkwaters, we're going to have problems. Slot cheese, TE Corners, Crossing routes all stand out in my mind as recent examples
- "The DM Rule". Should be pretty obvious. No one is going to catch any trouble missing a week here or there because of scheduling conflicts or for going on vacation. But if its a repeated issue, thats when ill have to step in. On a related topic, being hard to get ahold of on a week to week basis will be looked at in a similar way. Between this thread, PM's, Discord, Steam, even text message, there shouldnt be any big issue in taking 60 seconds to reach out or answer your opponent for the week to get a game going. If FMT is attempting to be the middle man in your scheduling, someone has fucked up.
- Stat Padding. No one gives a shit about your QB's touchdown throws in the 4th quarter of a blow out. Grow up.
- PJSalt. If you want to cry in the thread after the game, thats fine. Raging because you are losing so you keep running offsides before the play starts or throwing interceptions on purpose. Getting down 21 points at halftime so you start milking the clock at the start of the third. That mostly just flows into...
- Being a dick. You know when you're doing it. Stop.
Myself and FMT watch a decent amount of the games on twitch so we'll see alot of the things first hand. If we arent there or the game isnt being streamed, remember that you can always clip a video using the share feature on PS4 if you feel like there is something that needs to be seen. There will be a certain grace period to start as everyone gets settled and understands this years game. Its easy to say something is cheesy in week 2 before everyone figures out the proper counters. Proper warnings and leeway will be given for most things, unless its something especially egregious. Repeated offenses and...
On our end, FMT will be the sole commissioner. I think there were mixed messages in the past with the 3-4 commissioner system and hopefully this helps that! Ill be able to advance the week if need be, though EA says they have an app for that now. Hopefully that all works out! I should also add that I have zero authority over the discord channel and any bans that may happen there. Talk to Brent or "Claude"! Aaaaaaaand all of this became alot longer than I expected it to be. Whoops!
TL;DR:You're desire to win at any cost is not stronger than my desire to keep things going smoothly. Dont try it!
In before the golfing alcoholic and AT come in to make thepost ive come to expect.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
This should work
Vets get first choice
You expressed no interest!
Claude Dallas
Member
Sorry FMT missed that you gave me the titans again. Sometimes I forget my own name. Happy with that division!
HmI look forward to our upcoming games again CB and Wellie
Hmmm
Hmmmmmmm
DCX
DCX
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
I would love for you to be in the league but not being able to play 7 out of every 14 days sounds like it would cause a ton of cpu games
If you were in the league, I'd ban you for saying something like that...
Welp.
Hmmmmm
I look forward to our upcoming games again CB and Wellie
