f13.net

I am shocked this hasn't been posted (and if it has, the search engine sucks balls).

Goal Line Blitz (http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=11164556)- browser-based football game with RPG elements. Players can create players, buy teams, etc. Games are played out every 2 days via cheesy graphics. I have been poking around for just a few minutes and it seems like fun. If you sign up through my link, I earn Flex Points (the currency of the game), and will buy a team and stock it with F13 folks when I acquire enough points.

I haven't even played 1 game yet, but I am excited to see how things work. My only player atm (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=372269).

Edit- List of F13 players so far-
Way AbvPar - (DT) - Level 3 (WAP)
* Olaf Facehammer - (HB) - Level 5 (Sauced)
* (Veredus' Player) - (DE) - Level 3 (Veredus)
* Hands Johnson - (WR) - Level 1 (Haemish)
* Lefteye Falconeer - (CB) - Level 13 (Falconeer)
* Ronnie Dobbs - (HB) - Level 4 (Threash)
* Stone Toombs - (FB) - Level 5 (Nazrat)
* Nazrat Jones - (LB) - Level 4 (Nazrat)
* Murdoc MacReady - (FS) - Level 2 (Murdoc)
* (Nebu's Player) - (?) - Level ? (Nebu)
*Trot Ski (LB)- Level ? (trotski)
Flex Pancaker (OT) - Level 4 -Bandit
Stretch McMillan (WR) - Level 4 (speccing as possesion WR)-Bandit
Jumbo Gapfiller (DT) - Level 4 (speccing for pure NT) 6'4" 332 :P-Bandit
Crush McStomp - SS 6'4" 209lbs- Sky
Robb Banks- TE- WAP
JP Rankin- QB- WAP

I'm on a CPU team this season, not quite sure what to make of it yet. 

I have a level 4 RB, will be a little higher at the end of the season, and will gladly accept any contract offers if you get a team started.

It actually is pretty fun. Owning a team will cost money though as there is some flex point upkeep cost every season so that's out for me. Although being the owner sounds like the most fun part. Also players can pay 100 flex points to boost (level) there players up to three times a season. 100 flex points = $1.00.

If you do get a team going I have a level 3 DE that is just a backup on another team that I would gladly bring over to your team. You would just need to trade for him with the team I am on atm. The owner is active and pretty nice so shouldn't be a problem.

I will probably invest a few bucks if/when I become an owner, but I want to see how things work first. I will definitely make some lopsided trades to get F13 folks on board though  :grin:

I signed up with a WR named Hands Johnson. Should I take an offer with a CPU team or wait on you to buy a team?

It HAS been! Twice!

Here (http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=11004.msg438750#msg438750) and here (http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=12684.msg443085#msg443085)

Owning a team costs 1000 flex points for 2 seasons which is 8 dollars for 2 months (each season is 40-45 days). Upkeep is 400 flex/season. And yes, owning a team, especially a team of friends which is my case, is the best fun. That is because for the most part as a player you are just involved in a football-themed Progress Quest in between EVE (you have to set your skill trainings) and Diablo (or any other RPG where you assign 5 points to skills when you level up). Which is incredibly addictive, but the best part is trying to build up a good team, trading players, braggin (or being bragged on) on the owner boards and scouting your next opponent for a match you are probably going to lose anyway.

The game is a winner on so many levels. Money-wise it's a cash-cow. They are making a scary amount of money, and the business model is so simple and SO effective on such an addictive kind of game. As I said, they are printing dollars right now. And that is in an obviously pre-beta phase. You can't even reorder your team by statistics, so setting up the depth chart is a pain. I don't even want to know what will happen when this will turn (as it is, slowly) into something more polished and refined. And they now have all the money to do it.

Here's my team and players (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=71451). As an expansion team, we suffered from missing the first season, which means 75% of our players missed 1 full season of XPing (Yes, the sooner you start, the better you'll be, for the first 10 seasons. Then older players will start retiring, careers lasting 10 years, and things will change in a very interesting way), but it's ok. We won 3 out of 7 and we are known as the "Expansion Heroes".  :awesome_for_real:

And Haemish (and everyone else), WAP can't buy a team until the end of this season (which is the end of May IIRC) because there are no more Teams available. There will be new ones before Season 3 start but they will be bought in a matter of hours (I had to stay awake late at night pummeling the refresh button to get mine). While being in a team is the only way to make good XP, I don't know how it works with CPU team and if you can be released from your contract whenever you want (well, worst case scenario WAP will have to pay your CPU team a fee for your services). Beware signing up with human teams! While that is the smartest thing to do if you don't have a friend-owned team, it can backfire if you sign a too long contract as your owner will probably blackmail WAP when he goes asking for you. That happened to me: I had to pay ridiculous money to free my friends from the teams they were in.

Being part of a human team though is 150% better than being in a CPU team. Part of the fun/meaning of the game is to change your player tactics according to your coach directions, cheering or frowning upon wins/loss on the boards and definitely trying to snag a good contract (lotsa money for a short time) from your human owner (you'll need money for stat enhancing equipment, at level 8 you need 10k for example) and a starting position for the best XP. To get into a human team your best bet is to post in the "Players looking for team" forum after making your stats visible to everyone (the dropdown menu on the lower right corner of the player page), but if you get a contract offer try to explain to your owner that you could want to be released at the end of the season to join your friends. Most of them are smarty jackhobs, but some are good guys.


P.S: Not many knows that there's a workaround to watch your matches "live", reading the "play by play" while it is being generated. It almost gave me a heartattack on our last match as we were leading 17-13 and fumbled with 3 minutes left and we all started howling and blaspheming over Teamspeak, but it gives the game a whole new level of involvement. I guess they are keeping it quiet until they can unleash the feature in a more polished fashion.


As I said in my other post: "I could be wrong, but this is going to be the best hidden next big thing (as much as a browser based game can be)"

Thanks for the info, Falconeer. I was almost sure I had read something about it on here, but couldn't find it via search.

H- join a CPU team and start earning XP. My first game was this morning- no stats, but I got a little more than halfway to my next level.

I made a running back called ronnie dobbs, i think im lvl 4 now.  I'd love to join a real team.

Oh yeah?  Well my RB just hit level 5!  So take that!

Olaf Facehammer will crush you.

f13 Team is greatly needed.
New purchasable teams should be available June 6th.

How to name it?
"RandomCityAcordingToTheLeagueWeFallIn" f13 Jackhobs?
"RandomCityAcordingToTheLeagueWeFallIn" f13 Useful Cynics?
"RandomCityAcordingToTheLeagueWeFallIn" f13 Terracotta Army?

I think this is bread for Schild's teeth. Or Signe's. Too bad Ironwood is not around.
Then we could have "official game jerseys" for sale on the f13 store.

FB Stone Toombs just signed up and is already on a human team.  Everyone needs a FB.  :)

LB Nazrat Jones is also on board.  G House Johnson is ready to road grade. 

I made a FS, Murdoc MacReady.

Dunno if you can view him, but here he is in all his John Lynchian glory Murdoc MacReady (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=373551)

I'd love to play ILB or SS if you have a need. 

Hands Johnson is now on the Oakland Pumas, and his team's first game is tomorrow against the Fresno Flames. Hopefully the fact that the team has a level 3 and level 4 wideout won't prevent me from getting some experience.

Good thing is you need a very few plays to get a good amount of XP, and on the other hand you won't get much benefit from playing over 40 plays.

Let's say that your first play give you lots of XP (I think as far as 300 XP at lower levels) while every single play after that gives you lot less.
There's not a huge XP difference between theplayer that gets into the field 15 times and the one who stays there for the whole match.

Then again, the higher your level, the less XP you get from playing and from training, so the gap between players will narrow eventually.

Took part in my 2nd game this morning, and finally got on the stat sheet with 1 whole tackle!

Keep the referrals coming! I will almost assuredly cover the remaining cost for Flex Points with cash, but it would be nice to mitigate it somewhat with filthy referral lucre.

I got 3 receptions for 22.5 yards in my first game today, with 535 XP. Phear the Hands.

Wow- my buddy made a WR and hasn't had a catch in two games yet. You must have chosen a better team.

I've had 2 18 carry 90 yard games, and was up against a shitty run defense.  Looking forward to my best game yet, I find myself benched, with 4 2nd half carries for 20 yards.

Boo!

I was benched :(

WAP, what about a list of the f13 players for eventual next year Bat Country team?

I'd do it (and I'll do it here), but I guess you have to put that (and edit it, and update it) on the OP.

* Way AbvPar - (DT) - Level 3 (WAP)
* Olaf Facehammer - (HB) - Level 5 (Sauced)
* (Veredus' Player) - (DE) - Level 3 (Veredus)
* Hands Johnson - (WR) - Level 1 (Haemish)
* Lefteye Falconeer - (CB) - Level 13 (Falconeer)
* Ronnie Dobbs - (HB) - Level 4 (Threash)
* Stone Toombs - (FB) - Level 5 (Nazrat)
* Nazrat Jones - (LB) - Level 4 (Nazrat)
* Murdoc MacReady - (FS) - Level 2 (Murdoc)
* (Nebu's Player) - (?) - Level ? (Nebu)

Love this thing.
My team is 5-5 now and we are going to face our arch-rivals in 2 days (We are Odessa Ajejes, they are Odessa Outlaws. We are both 5 - 5 with Playoff hopes)

Great find, I was looking for something like this.  I have also dabbled with Front Office football, but I think this maybe more my style.

Flex Pancaker (OT) - Level 4
Stretch McMillan (WR) - Level 4 (speccing as possesion WR)
Jumbo Gapfiller (DT) - Level 4 (speccing for pure NT) 6'4" 332 :P

Would love to join F13 team if we get it going.

My next game is in 20 minutes. Yay!

If you sign up through my referral link, make sure to make a player, and then log in every couple of days. Once it sees that you are playing and not just referral whoring, I get credit for the referral.

I just realized Threash named his RB Ronnie Dobbs. 

Can't a man control his bitch with violence?

Anyway, I finally read the faq, and learned a very important lesson.  Only 1/5th of points per level should go to a skill, the rest attributes.  My MMOG brain just did what seemed obvious (all points in Stiff Arm and Don't F'n Fumble!) I'm a little gimped stat-wise for a level 5, so I got 2nd string.  2 levels of "all training and 5 points in stamina" should fix it.

Yeah, I realized that stamina is uber-important AFTER I leveled a couple of times, so that is what I am training and what I will pour all my skill points in next level (909/1000 to 4th).

Yes, Stamina usually gives you more playtime, hence more XP.

I broke down and bought some Flex Points, and now have a level 1 QB and a level 1 TE. I managed to find teams that allowed them to start right away, so hopefully they will get some good experience. I have enough FP to buy a team when the time comes as well.

I just realized the importance of Stamina myself, so have all my guys training for it.  It seems at least 20 is sufficient in Stamina?  Also see lots of builds with "Vision" specced, anyone know if that is used at all positions.  I figured it was a QB thing.

Go to the forum, there is a "guild to building characters" thread.  It seems that Stamina is different for each position.  Running (with or without the ball), Tackling, and Getting Tackled apparently cause the most "damage" (Breath in game), reduced by higher stamina.  When you damage is low, you get put on the bench.  While on the bench, you regain Breath - regen rate based on Stamina. 

Your max Breath for a game is based on your Energy at kickoff, so watch your between-game training.

Watching some play by play of my teams last game, it's ridiculous how often the CPU changes QBs.  Every throw on one series was by a different guy.

Crush McStomp - SS 6'4" 209lbs

Looks like we need some more OTs, and maybe another WR and LB.

I have 200 points, I can make whatever.

Also, I trolled my CPU teams forum, and the Punter and PK owner wants to join us as long as he can be the uncontested starter(s).  Don't think that's a problem.  Should I send him over here?

I broke down and bought flex points.  This game is addicting.

Here is my list of players.

FB Stone Toombs  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=385813 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=385813)
He starts at the USA Pro level.

LB Nazrat Jones http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=386241 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=386241)

G House Johnson http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=387721
 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=387721)
HB Anvil Hammer  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=391199 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=391199)

G Biscuit Williams  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=406416 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=406416)

All except Biscuit are signed onto human teams and have been boosted. 

Let's give a couple of days to see if we get any more F13 folks before we outsource. If no one wants to go P/PK, we can definitely recruit outside.

New server tonight, so hopefully that will speed things up some.

Of course, of course.  Just putting it out there.

I have a level 2 kicker whos not getting any playing time in his computer team also.

Not a bad first game for Robb! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=30289)

Ok, I got way too much enjoyment out of watching the play by play for that.

This game is win.

And it's still so raw. Think about what it'll become in a few months. They are adding stuff almost daily.

EDIT: Nazrat, I can't believe you made it into USA Pro League. Gratz on that! There are kids all over the boards who'd KILL to just be hired by any USA AA League Team, let alone PRO (and this is all just because they feel it's not real/serious if it's not the US league). There was even a long thread about it, basically Players were massively refusing contracts from non-US teams screwing everyone. Funny thing is that Pro Leaguers were only hiring players level 8+ so it was an enjoyable standoff and a few popcorn-worth threads.

You know there's a Owners' Association (http://glbowners.myfreeforum.org/) which is kinda officially acknowledged (http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=37453)? GLB is the new EVE.

I Just signed up, DT Angus McHolefil.
If you need another DT we can run a 4-3 :) sign me up!

This game is like crack.  I have to fight to not check up on my players every 10 minutes while at work. 

As to the Pro League, I like to build characters that are rare.  FB is not a common position in the game while it is one of my favorite positions IRL.  So, I built a fireplug of a FB that can run and block.  Due to all of the years playing MMORPGs, I have learned how to navigate forums and filter out idiots.  (It is almost unfair to unleash all of us on this league as the meathead factor is very high).  I found an ad for a FB from a Pro league team.  So, I boosted to lvl 3 and PMed the owner.  He signed me to a 3 year contract.  I wasn't happy about the years or the salary but, as you said, it is Pro league. 

Little did I know that there was a rift between the owner and the level 10 FB.  So, I started my first game as a level 3 FB for a primarily passing team.  Not ideal but the other FB did not get a single snap.  He is now being traded and I am the only FB on the roster.  The team isn't great but it is the pro league and we aren't last. :)

I am serious about unleashing real MMORPG players on this game.  I am huge football fan.  However, the vast majority of the forums are filled with the meathead variety football fan who can't figure out how to level and what to level.  Basic football knowledge when combined with successful navigation of numerous prior RPGs makes for a deadly combination.

Of my 5 players, 4 are signed with human teams so three of their contracts don't expire until season 3 , day 16. 

I look forward to seeing what a full team of experienced RPG players could do. 

Thanks for the link to the forums.  They are much more useful than the official ones, as usual.

Right now the game only allows 4-3. Formations are in the next big update, at the end of the current Season (first week of June)

I am really looking forward to team management. How does the purchase work? Do I have to scout out a franchise ahead of time and spam the buy button at the end of the season?

There is not much scouting for purchasing a team going on right now.  There are no teams available.  The only way that a team comes open is by having an inactive owner for 2 weeks or by having personal contact with an owner who wants to sell.  Therefore, any team that comes open is immediately snatched up.  The league will not allow anyone to pay more than the base cost of 1000 Flex points for a team.  Therefore, there is no profit motive to sell a team.  Also, previous owners during the Alpha phase could own as many teams as they wanted.  Now, you can only own one team.  So, there are a lot of the old hands with 3-5 teams that they own while the newcomers like us have none.  It is a classic MMORPG conundrum. 

There is an expected release of new teams upon completion of this season but no one has published any numbers as to how many teams will become available. 

Finances are a huge portion of the ownership game.  Right now, some of the players that own multiple teams are being accused of taking out loans from the league, signing their players and their friends players to huge contracts, cutting them all and then selling the team.   

I signed on witha  cpu team and my first game is tomorrow. I as excited a I was when the Dolphins 3 day rookie camp started :)
Can a human owner offer me a contract mid season?

Yeah, you can take human offers anytime you are in a CPU team.

The best way to find a human team is to carefully search the team seeking players forum in general and for your position in particular.  I strongly advise that you carefully review the owner or GM's team to see what league it is in, the roster makeup, standings, etc. 

2 teams in each league move up and 2 teams move down based upon the standings much like soccer.  So, signing with the last place team in the top division will look good for one season but your team might be demoted. 

Also, look for the number of CPU players, inactive players, or whether the entire roster is made up of players created by the owner. 

I have always gotten a better response by PMing the owner in addition to, or in lieu of, responding in the forums. 

No scouting and lot of spamming.

Let me recall what happened last season:

1) The boards were at war because everyone EVERYONE wanted a team and they weren't available.
2) Bort (main Dev) stated that they would have added lots of leagues and some expansion teams to the existing leagues on a specific date (which was, I think, April 17th)
3) That day (night in Italy, as I said I had to stay awake very late to succeed) I kept spamming refresh on the announcements forum AND on the BUY TEAM (under the FLEX menu in your page).
When you click BUY TEAM you get (you can try that now) a list of the leagues and it lets you choose where you want to get your team. If you do that now you'll notice that once you choose a league the next menu is empty as there are no available teams. That night instead, if you kept refreshing the BUY TEAM and the leagues menus in it, sometimes, for a few seconds, a team appeared on a random league. You had to be fast and click on it and go "purchase". I had to repeat the operation like 5 times because even if I refreshed every 5 seconds, more than once the "just appeared" new team was "already owned" by the time I pressed "purchase".

So I really don't know how many teams they will add this time, it was 1024 last time, but there's a fair chance it will be a matter of dedication and fast clicking.


About what Nazrat says, and the phenomenon known as "gutting", I think it has been a major big deal especially for those who, blinded by the sheer desire of owning a team, purchased one of those gutted teams, because it will take them game-years to get out of the mess they are in.
But in all honesty my impression is that the gutting phenomenon affects like 1% of the game, and it's something that to a certain extent will be re-absorbed y the countermeasures the Devs have been taking against it.

I really hope someone can snag an f13 team. This is the perfect game to set up from work :)

My SS had an ok first game, we won 13-6. A couple tackles, couple passes deflected and a forced fumble. Not a lot of tackles, but forcing a turnover in my first game was cool.

The play by play and replay stuff is very cool.

I think we could fair a bit better than normal even with a gutted team if we can convince everyone to take a lower salary at first to help the team get better.

I am doing very good with a non-gutted team thanks to a bunch of real life friends. We set our own salary cap so we are doing great financial wise. Still, things are not so easy when you have to outsource because your players will want:

a) enough money to trade daily on "intense". And you will spend so much time explaining them that there's no way they can train on intense during the Season due to energy consumption. They are lucky if they'll be able to train on normal, as relaxed is the norm. Still they are clueless when they are noob (or just greedy when they are not noob anymore) so that's your problem n° 1.

b) enough money to upgrade their equipment at level 8. To do so you need 10k $. If an outsourced player doesn't have the money he'll probably ask for a new contract with a bonus on signing to get the equipment, lamenting that it would do good for the team (which is true ONLY IF they put the bonus points in the attributes you tell them).

And I am not even touching the matter of the starting positions or Players who were good at level 4 but then started developing their attributes in a messy way gimping themselves forever, not listening to advices and STILL expecting to be starters.

If you can't provide both the aforementioned things you'll get your players angry and bitchy. Many of them will blackmail you saying that they won't train or will messup their personal tactics just to hurt the team. This most of the time forces you to give em what they want or trade them away/release them from contract.

Still, blackmails aside, money are needed. With your original stadium you'll notice that your incomes are capped. You'll want to improve it but it's very expensive! So how to deal with demanding players and the need to be successful? This game starts off in a way that money aren't such a big deal, but things change fast. Especially if you consider that Level 16 equipment costs 12500 each piece (it's 50k per player) and that if, for any reason, your team should bankrupt, you'd lose it for good.

So, for all this reasons, the less we outsource, the most successful and healthy the team will be.

Ok, i know nothing about American Football, but i made a TE named Flint Strafebrick. Level 1 in a cpu team atm.

Just got an offer from a human-run team (unsolicited). They want me to play back up DT and special-teams. Salary is $1200 per day! I am probably going to reject it and wait for my own team, but that is fairly impressive that someone found me so fast (I made level 4 last night at midnight).

DT's are rare.  No one makes enough of them.  That is a smart owner using the search engine. 

I posted an ad for my DE at level one when I first made him and got 6 offers in 10 minutes. Certain positions are way easier to get spots on human teams. BTW player's name is Cain Toad and is now level 4.

Made a CB (Lightning Nightingale)

I don't know what I'm doing but weeeeee! regardless

Game 8 went okay, we beat the crappiest team in the league 13-7 to get to 10th place, and I dinged level 6.

Currently at 6th in the league in rushing.  Had a 8 car / 28 yard game with one 9 yard "highlight" (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=3158824).

Was in on 3rd and G from the 0.5 yard line and we passed incomplete, followed by a missed FG.  Nevermind what I said earlier about my teams kicker.  :mob:

FYI.

Yeah, just read that. Outer Mongolia F13ers coming right up!

My 2nd game netted me 1 reception for 6 yards, with two other passes thrown to me that were deflected. We lost 17-0. My team doth suck.

Just some advice for anyone else making new players- check out your offers carefully. See which teams have depth issues or level 1 or 2 players starting in your position. You can become an instant starter if you choose the right team, which will make you gain XP like crazy (don't forget to add in lots of stamina so you can stay in the game).

Also- I would suggest saving your 'boosts' for later levels, when it takes longer to level. I did one with my first character from level 1 to 2, which was a giant waste.

Recent updates:
- Number of teams available per league is now listed on the "buy team" page

Cool, needed and useful.

Just created Nebu Nagurski, LB.  Will see if I can figure this out.

Edit: Signed a contract with the Detroit Legion.  Looks like this could be fun.

I am up to 6 players now. I may have a problem. DT, FB, TE, QB, WR, and FS. I may do a kicker or punter next- the guys on the D teams are TERRIBLE.

It is THAT addictive.

I have 6 players AND a team.
My son has 2 players.
My friends range from 3 players each up to 16 (sixteen). And the addiction grows, and grows....

How does it do with multiple accounts? Do I just need another email address? I don't want to buy flex points yet, but wouldn't mind creating another player that isn't a kicker.

They threaten the ban stick for doing that, H, but we're probably below the radar.

Dogmeat Johnson, OG, joined the New Hampshire Wizards.
Tiny Lister, OT, joined the Honolulu Hares. 

Both guys are going for balanced builds with a slight lean to playing run, so RG and RT respectively.

My first attempt at OT, Noam Chomsky, had attrocious dice rolls, and had to be insta-retired.  Tiny, on the other hand, started with 15 in strength, blocking, agility, and vision.  A shit load of potential if I don't screw it up.

The ban stick REALLY hits you if you try to "refer" yourself with multiple accounts.
Other than that yes, below the radar I'd say (tested thoroughly).

Recent updates:

- Team leaders page added (players on the teams' stats)

Woot!

What determines who is the starter on a CPU team? I started the first game but then got bumped to second string by a 1st level player (I was level 1 at the time, I'm lvl 2 now). He's got 2 tackles, now I have 4 tackles, 1 FFum, 4 PD, and a fumble recovery, in 2 games (second game played as 2nd string). He's still the starter at level 1 :|

I'm thinking maybe I should have done the retirement/reroll thing a few times to get some better stats? Are these decent SS stats for level 2? I'm training tackling at a relaxed pace so I'm not too winded for games.

Strength:     14.4           Blocking:     10.17
Speed:    15.4         Tackling:    14.72
Agility:    10.17         Throwing:    9
Jumping:    10.17         Catching:    10.17
Stamina:    22.4         Carrying:    10.17
Vision:    14.4         Kicking:    10
Confidence:    10.17         Punting:    8

Ok, srsly. That douchebag Pure Talent is still the cpu team's starter. No tackles in the 2nd game. He's got a total of 2 tackles in 2 games, and nothing else. No bats, no turnovers, no recoveries. I got exp, so I must've played in the 3rd game but didn't get any action, either :|

On waiting lists for teams Bort (Main Dev/Programmer/God) posted this 2 days ago:


Discussion (http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=238124) going on with a few more answers by the Devs.

About Sky's situation, sorry I can't help: I've never been in a CPU team so I have no idea abou thow they choose the sarters.
For your build, these are simple but useful guidelines:


Run Stuffing SS

Key Physical Attributes: Vision, Tackling, Strength
Other Important Physical Attributes: Speed, Agility
Special Abilitites: Important - Focus on the Hard Hitter Tree
Other Advice: SSs are hard to build because they need to be a jack of all trades. It may take a little longer to see great results at this position. Focus on the Hard Hitter Tree, especially Diving Tackle. You need to have at least enough speed to catch most ball carriers and enough agility not to get juked out of your shoes by elusive RBs. Vision of course helps you diagnose plays quickly. Strength is the key to forcing fumbles so add to this before you pour points into Big Hit and Monster Hit. Tackling is essential. If you want to set his tackling style to aggressive or even balanced, you will need enough tackling to make sure you on't get a lot of missed and broken tackles.
Ideal Backup Position: ROLB, MLB - LOLB doesn't play that much and doesn't need much subbing.
Example of a Good Build: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=119988

Coverage SS

Key Physical Attributes: Speed, Vision
Other Important Physical Attributes: Agility, Tackling, Jumping
Special Abilitites: Important - Focus on the Coverage tree
Other Advice: SSs are hard to build because they need to be a jack of all trades. It may take a little longer to see great results at this position. Try to get his speed and vision way up that way they can fly around the field and clean up after other people. Focus on the Coverage tree, especially Super Vision, Swat Ball, and Closing Speed. Do not neglect Tackling entirely, but setting your Tackling style in your tactics to Wrap Up can make up for a lower Tackling number. I think Jumping can help you Swat Balls better but I am not 100% sure of this. I do know that jumping will make it easier to snag INTs.
Ideal Backup Position: FS
Example of a Good Build: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=26755

CPU teams are designed to give each player the same number of plays even if the players are not human.  Today is the last day to sign with a human team.  You might consider it to get better XP.  All of my players are on human teams.

I am staying on CPU teams since I think I get more plays on CPU teams. I am starting or primary backup with all my players and they get time. No guarantees on a human team, right?

I'm fine with the cpu team as far as xp goes, I guess. I'm not really interested in being on a human team unless it's Bat Country.

You can only stay in a cpu team until level 7 i think.

I generally get more xp on human teams as there are usually fewer backups and you play special teams.

CPU team's depth charts don't really matter.  The design is to get each player an equal number of plays.  The problem is that also includes the CPU players.

As long as you are getting 30+ plays, you are basically getting max XP.  There are diminishing XP returns over that number of plays. 

You can finish the season on a CPU even if over 7 but you will not be offered a D League contract.

What I will probably do is wait until the end of the season and see if I (or anyone else here) gets awarded a team to buy. If that doesn't work, I will sign my players with human teams for the season to earn more money and XP.

Agreed, WAP.

I think I've fought off the urge to Boost today.  I'm level 6, 900xp.  I could play todays game at 7, finish it at 8.  Sooooo tempting, but I think I'll pass.

Last game got me 11 carries, 55 yds, 1 td.  Looks like bumping stamina was the ticket.

It's growing, and growing...

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/GoalLine-Blitz-Radio

After leading my defense in tackles during this past game, I'm back as starter. Also, another human SS signed on. We got plowed, though. When a SS is leading the team in tackles, the defense is shitting the bed. Big holes in the line. NJ Lizards 2-2!

Waiting list for teams is now active. I got # 454  :cry:

Wow this looks great. Made an FS, Brock Smash. Browsing forums looking for how to do starting stats and suchlike.

Edit: Whoops, forgot to use WAP's link. Will i get b& if i make a new account?

Bastard! At least you can make me a GM!

I went back to check my number- it climbs every time I visit the page. I am assuming that is just the latest if you are joining the list from that point. If it keeps setting me back I will be very unhappy.

I've dropped back 20 spots.  Based on the 30 day rule, I guess I can expect to keep dropping back for 3 more days.

And you'll certainly be the GM - but don't get out of the queue just yet.  I might get impatient.

Actually, you should change your choice to USA League only, if you can stand to wait that long.  We'll get to practice in Europe or Asia for a few seasons before we dominate the Pro league.

That is not a bad idea.

He just added the ability to change it without dropping out and re-entering.

Woot! Level 4, caught 7 catches for 58.5 yards in my last game, and my CPU team has one two in a row. I'm starting to get the idea for where I should be putting my stats.

We should have a decent team of lowbies ready to go when season 3 starts. I took Sauced's advice and made my region choice America (FUCK YEAH) only, so I should be getting a team about when the sun goes dark.

My full stable so far (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=111645).

So, my guy has been coming along nicely, despite my complete lack of knowing wtf is going on. Even though he is getting very little playing time (another player-owned TE joined my team), he's been getting steady XP from the few plays he's been involved in. Last match, he recieved only one pass, but it was well worth (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=3834360) it. That single play put me half-way to level 5, with these (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=416234) stats. If you guys will have him, i'm very much looking forward to playing him on a non-cpu team.

If we ever get a team, I have a level 5 CB, level 3 guard, and level 2 TE that would like to join!

My LB just hit level 3 in my 3rd game as a starter.  I'm still getting used to what is used for what, but think that my years of playing Championship Manager has helped. 

I'd love to get in on a team if/when you all ever make one.  I'll happily play any position, but prefer defense. 

My name is Nazrat and I am an addict (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=115229).

The ever-growing gaggle of workhorses....and I picked up a punter and kicker.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=117036 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=117036)

I've got a DE that I would like to have on an F13 team if you guys get one.  Junkyard McNuggets

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821)

I'm hoping not to screw him up too bad, my last game wasn't bad and hopefully todays game will continue the trend of improvement.

FINALLY hit a big play with my WR- http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=3964828

Heh, you toasted the CB, he looked like a statue on that play.  What is your speed at? looked like no one had a chance at catching you (in a nickel defense even)

23.66 at level 3.

Like golf, it's the one sweet play that keeps you coming back for more.  

Nicely done.  

Recent updates:

- Players may now be "re-rolled" without having to do the "retirement" reroll. This should save about 4000 retired players being created every day.

Woot, hit level 5 with my last 5 catch game, and am now my CPU team's 2nd starting WR. Maybe I'll even catch a TD, if my team scores one that is.

My SS is still doing ok, not great. Here's why I see a lot of action:
End of a looong drive by the opposition, and I'm shutting it down...in the goddamned secondary. Rest of the team is missing tackles like mofos (though I have missed one in six games).

My open field tackle saving the TD: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=4189221

And the same goddamned CB missing ANOTHER tackle while our backup SS saves a TD (both missed tackles were on 3rd downs, too...): http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=4191190

Got winded enough chasing missed tackles and blown coverages that I ended up TWO POINTS from level 5 :|

Bah, you have your abilities hidden.  I wanted to see how you were allocating things. 

My guy scored his second touchdown (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=4283575) this morning. kek

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=410485

Ok, fixxorzed. Going for a balanced approach, focusing on speed and vision.

We ended up with three SS on the team, the first couple games I got a lot more snaps and most of my non-tackle stats. Last game (our 4th straight loss) the third string SS actually out-tackled me 2-4.

Does anyone have any idea what agility helps with?  I've been raising Agi and Str on my LB with the hope that it, speed, and vision would help me react to plays.

AGI helps you accelerating and turning faster, reducing the ice-skating aka lamppost effect.

Yeah, I'm trying to toss a few points into agi, I tend to forget. Safeties need quite a few skills to stay balanced.

My FS is level 6 and makes 1 tackle per game. I really have no idea what I am doing :( I should have paid more attention to what team I signed on with, but at the time I just went with the one that offered me the biggest contract.

I don't think he's gimped, but it's hard to tell when I only get into the game for a couple of plays.

Here's me: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=373551

Any advice or feedback? I'll take it at this point.

You spent way too many points on Skills.  Good ratio is 4 points into stats and 1 into skills per level, according to the FAQs I've read.

You should spend all 5 per level on stats pretty much forever.  You'll start catching up around level 10.

Murdoc, many veterans (I am supposed to be one too, but I don't feel like it at all) says you shouldn't spend too much into special abilities at lower levels. They are definitely important (although not equally for all roles) but they play a greater role when you grow up a little, and usually a couple of points are more than enough up to a certain point.
You gimped yourself a little for the moment, and that's probably why your "scouting" it's all in the red (the bars in the upper right corner). Special abilities don't count toward those values and I am pretty sure CPU team playtimes are based on that.

I'll go with speed and vision for your next level, but as I said it'll take longer for you to have a working build, meaning you won't be overlooked by the CPU coach.

Finally, the Devs stated more than once that at very low levels it pays more to just specialize on one or two things max (as in: spend all your points on them, like speed, or tackling, or vision, it depends on your role). They specifically said that we are supposed to be middle schoolers when we start so being balanced means being balanced in crappiness. With that in mind, try to stand out in at least one thing until you can start evening things out with a few point here and there and with equip upgrade at level 8 or custom gear (provided that you can pay for it).

Finally, get some inspiration for your FS here:

Run Stuffing FS

Key Physical Attributes: Vision, Tackling, Strength
Other Important Physical Attributes: Speed, Agility
Special Abilitites: Important - Focus on the Hard Hitter Tree
Other Advice: FSs are hard to build because they need to be a jack of all trades. It may take a little longer to see great results at this position. Focus on the Hard Hitter Tree, especially Diving Tackle, and Closing Speed. You need to have at least enough speed to catch most ball carriers and enough agility not to get juked out of your shoes by elusive RBs. Vision of course helps you diagnose plays quickly. Strength is the key to forcing fumbles so add to this before you pour points into Big Hit. Tackling is essential. If you want to set his tackling style to aggressive or even balanced, you will need enough tackling to make sure you on't get a lot of missed and broken tackles.
Ideal Backup Position: SS
Example of a Good Build: Example Needed!!!

Coverage FS

Key Physical Attributes: Speed, Vision
Other Important Physical Attributes: Agility, Tackling, Jumping
Special Abilitites: Important - Focus on the Coverage tree
Other Advice: FSs are hard to build because they need to be a jack of all trades. It may take a little longer to see great results at this position. Try to get his speed and vision way up that way they can fly around the field and clean up after other people. Focus on the Coverage tree, especially Super Vision, Swat Ball, and Shutdown Coverage. In man coverage against 5 WR sets the FS must defend a WR by himself so a coverage FS needs many of the same abilities (e.g. First Step, Change Direction) that a CB needs and similar physical abilities as well. Do not neglect Tackling entirely, but setting your Tackling style in your tactics to Wrap Up can make up for a lower Tackling number. I think Jumping can help you Swat Balls better but I am not 100% sure of this. I do know that jumping will make it easier to snag INTs.
Ideal Backup Position: CB, SS
Example of a Good Build: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=26755

Beauty, thanks guys. I knew I was doing something wrong, and dumping points into skills is definitely it. I'm thinking of buying some points and starting a new couple of guys from scratch, fixing the mistakes I've learned about with this first guy.

The ability to reroll without retiring is big for exactly that. 

Keep your guy active, update the stats when you level, it'll work itself out.  I did the same thing to my RB who is almost caught up at level 9, although I think the CPU leagues start diminishing PT for players over level 7 infavor of players that need more development.  Just a hunch, but my time has gone down since.

On the other hand, my OG and OT just hit level 5 this morning and are both awesome.

I wound up locked in at 504 in the queue.  Season will be over in less than 2 weeks, we'll see what the plan is for Season 3 by then I hope.

Did I read CPU teams have a level cap of 7? Since our season is in playoffs and my team had a rousing 4 game losing streak, I'm in limbo already. I'll burn through my cash in a couple days of medium training. Looked at some of the human team joining forums and decided I don't really want to get into a dick waving contest with people who are way too into this game, I have one player and I don't buy flex points. Kinda wish there were more extensive cpu options, I guess.

Or an f13 team!  :awesome_for_real:

If you are a free agent, you can no longer sign with a CPU team after level 7.  You don't get kicked off (although as I said, I think the CPU works in younger players more).  My RB will have to sign up with a human team unless I get an Africa league team this offseason.

If (when!) Sauced gets his team up and running, we will likely take it on the chin for a season or two while we get leveled properly. Having people who stay involved and work toward the common good will help. And it will be fun. But more fun when we win  :grin:

486!

I have plummeted to 1117, with USA only as my choice. I think the NFL will fold before I get a team.

Yay scrimmage games! Also got another SS on the team, so only got 20 snaps vs the other guys getting 25, 23 and 18 (the newest guy). Of course, as usual I beat all of them on tackling, but we used to get 30+ snaps each. There should be a limit to the depth and more weight to the first players signed, or at least the most productive player (since I'm both, heh).

Ah well, at least I'm not a QB. We've got 5 QBs, one got no snaps in the last game of the season.

From what I have gathered from the forums, even the Developmental teams are so clogged with QBs that new QBs are literally not getting any contract offers. I haven't tried myself (already have one), but it wouldn't surprise me.

God, I can't wait until the next season. Human controlled teams will make this game so much more fun.

I'm in the developmental league (I'M SPECIAL  :uhrr: ). And on a shitty team, and the QBs aren't getting paid shit. The SS who just signed on is making half what I got signed for 8 games ago, and there's four of us now.

As I said earlier, I'm not much for the human leagues (don't you want me, baby?) since I'm not exactly uber or whatever. But I think this will be a hell of a lot of fun when f13 finally gets a team. Lots of football fans and very casual-friendly game.

May I ask whey do you care so much about being in the US league?
90% of the players of this game are from the US anyway, and there's no naming policy so the US leagues are filled with teams like the Rio de Janeiro Clownshoes or Stratford-on-Avon Ice Creamers. Sometimes without capitalizations too ("stewart ballers").

Looks to me like you are just thinning out (read: vaporizing) your chances to ever get a team  :heartbreak:

Sauced gets F13 Guatamala going, then once we've been building that team up, Way will eventually get us a F13 US team.

Seems like Africa is the big target for the new expansion teams.

Need to be the Nigerian Bankers imo.

 :awesome_for_real:
Money.

:awesome_for_real:

My record is almost that bad.

Yay for last day of the season!
/crosses fingers for Sauced to get a team.

Assuming the new Africa leagues have at least 512 teams (they added 1024 last time), it's a matter of time.  Bort has said that they will start under CPU control, and then be added to the pool of available teams over season 3.  Who knows how many per day.  I'm back down to 453 - there have been about 5-10 existing teams changing owners every day.

edit: "added to the poor" Freudian slip.

I'm 'only' level 9, but I did cave in and buy some FPs. I only had enough for one boost, and felt it would be nice to maximize it for the season. Used the remainder to grab a piece of custom gear (Boots of Speed! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/equipment.pl?player_id=410485)).

It's funny watching my guy zip to the play, he's way faster than both the other SSs on my team. But his cornering blows, going to focus on agility for a while until I can make a decent cut, but at least he doesn't miss many tackles due to it (and his vision). Really wish the other guys had their stats visible.

Reeeeeally hoping we can get the Nigerian Bankers off the ground!  :drill: Running a guy on the cpu team is ok for levelling up a newbler, but I would actually give a shit about the game if I knew other players on the team. Win or lose, the way GLB is set up, watching cool plays (good or bad) will be fun. Here's the best play of my team's season, by our (non-scrambling) QB: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=3512653

My fingers are crossed for the Nigerian Bankers. My CPU team is a stinker, and I'm getting under 30 snaps a game, which leaves me stuck at level 6.

I'm down from high 30s to low 20s for snaps per game. And my scouting report and game stats blow away the other two guys, including the starter who got over 40 snaps in the last game. Annoying. Also seems there was low or no exp being given for the scrimmage games. I would also be level six, but I did the season-limit three boosts to get level 9.

I think that once the F13 team is up and running, I'll be ungimping my FS and starting from scratch.

Playoff/Scrimmage games give no xp so as not to punish teams that don't make it.  Teams that don't make it then have the slight advantage, if you want to look at it that way, of having the option to crank up their training more than players who need stamina for playoff games.  There are actually some awesome Mmotard vs. Meatball threads, where people who only care about maxing their players were ecstatic when their team missed the playoffs, so they could crank their Training and make themselves better.  Non-gamers were, as you could probably guess, nonplussed by this phenomenon.

I have a level 8 DT, Samson Kyzecki, if you ever have need if/when you get a F13 team going.  I'm currently with one of the CPU teams.  I don't think I've gimped myself, but I could be wrong. 

Also, has anyone else found that their stats are wonky?  My screen shows me as having no tackles or anything, though they still show as having occured if I look at the game by game stats. 

Scrimmage stats aren't persisted.  If your CPU team were in the playoffs, you'd see some.

Playoff stats are showing right now. Click regular season and your stats (except scrims) will show. Link yer DT so we can look at stats!

I've read a few of the 'yay we missed playoffs' posts, but I don't have any money to ratchet up training for a measly .06 points a day or whatever.

I've got the money to ratchet up training for about a week, I'll do that to get past level 6.

I just heard that the human team I am on is being sold back to GLB and that all the players are going to be released.  Should I be looking for another human team to sign with, or just wait and see if one of you gets an f13 team?  The player I have is a level 9 DE...which I could boost at the start of next season if needed.

Olaf is turning into a bruiser. (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=5407116)

Boosted to 12, bought some Androstenedione before the game.   Just time to cross fingers and we get a team sooner rather than later.

On the plus side, my really good OG and OT both finished at level 5, meaning they can stay on CPU control to start the season if need be.

ALSO:


Maybe the Bankers get the full season.

Stat sheet here:  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=421716 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=421716)


Not sure where one 'should' be at level 8, so if I've done something horribly wrong, let me know. 

Roster Update

I'm going to start putting together contracts / etc over the next week, so I need to update the roster.

If you want to play with us, please post again with your players you want on the team and whether they are under contract with another Human team.  We will be decidedly low on ammo for trades if the latter is the case, but if there's a way I'll give it a shot.  Players on CPU / D League teams can be signed whenever.

Please also specify your Main vs. Alts.  Want to try and let everyone have at least one starter, unless it'll gimp us.  :oh_i_see:

Here goes:
--------------------
Sauced (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=79417)
 - *Olaf Facehammer, Level 12 RB
 - Dogmeat Johnson, Level 5 OG (Specced for RG)
 - Tiny Lister, Level 5 OT (Specced for RT)

Mazakiel (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=421716)
 - *Samson Kyzecki, Level 8 DT

kidder (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821)
 - * Junkyard Mcnuggets, Level 9 DE  (under contract til mid-season 4)

Murdoc (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=373551)
 - * Murdoc MacReady - Level 6 FS

Heamish (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=112504)
 - * Hands Johnson Level 6 WR

Waiting on the Following From Page One:


Edit- List of F13 players so far-
Way AbvPar - (DT) - Level 3 (WAP)
* (Veredus' Player) - (DE) - Level 3 (Veredus)
* Lefteye Falconeer - (CB) - Level 13 (Falconeer)
* Ronnie Dobbs - (HB) - Level 4 (Threash)
* Stone Toombs - (FB) - Level 5 (Nazrat)
* Nazrat Jones - (LB) - Level 4 (Nazrat)
* (Nebu's Player) - (?) - Level ? (Nebu)
*Trot Ski (LB)- Level ? (trotski)
Flex Pancaker (OT) - Level 4 -Bandit
Stretch McMillan (WR) - Level 4 (speccing as possesion WR)-Bandit
Jumbo Gapfiller (DT) - Level 4 (speccing for pure NT) 6'4" 332 :P-Bandit
Crush McStomp - SS 6'4" 209lbs- Sky
Robb Banks- TE- WAP
JP Rankin- QB- WAP

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821)

Junkyard McNuggets 9 DE, this would be my "main".



**Edited to add: I'm under contract with a human team, but they are being sold back to GLB and the players released, probably today.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=373551

Murdoc MacReady - FS

On a CPU team at the moment, willing to retire this player and start again. Definitely want to stay in the defensive backfield if possible.

Hands Johnson (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=375818) - WR level 6

He's on a CPU team at the moment, under contract until Day 17 of the next season with the Oakland Pumas.

Flint Strafebrick - level 6 TE.

Snuffy Bandlylegs - Level 5 FS

The African Pro League:

1    Zimbabwe Devils     0-0-0     -
2    Congo Gorillas    0-0-0    -
3    Philadelphia KnickerBockers    0-0-0    -
4    Morocco Crushers    0-0-0    -
5    Cameroon Outlaws    0-0-0    -
6    Dar es Salaam Warrior Kings    0-0-0    -
7    Rwanda Royal Knights    0-0-0    -
8    Mogadishu on Khat    0-0-0    -
9    Burundi Scorpions    0-0-0    -
10    Rwanda Matadors    0-0-0    -
11    Barbary Coast Pirates    0-0-0    -
12    Wolfenstein Werewolves    0-0-0    -
13    Liberia Roosters    0-0-0    -
14    Mali Lizards    0-0-0    -
15    Ivory Coast Aftershocks    0-0-0    -
16    Guinea Sentinals    0-0-0    -
Elephant Conference Standings
     Team    Record    Streak
1    Durban Donkeys    0-0-0    -
2    Namibia Slugs    0-0-0    -
3    Sudan Chiefs    0-0-0    -
4    Togo Vampires    0-0-0    -
5    Mauritania Wolves    0-0-0    -
6    Central African Wolverines    0-0-0    -
7    Egypt Preachers    0-0-0    -
8    Conakry Coyotes    0-0-0    -
9    Tsavo Maneaters    0-0-0    -
10    Zambia Hawks    0-0-0    -
11    Ghana Bucks    0-0-0    -
12    West Coast Warriors    0-0-0    -
13    Angola Blood Diamonds    0-0-0    -
14    Libya Mob    0-0-0    -
15    Senegal Buckaroos    0-0-0    -
16    Equatorial Guinea Flyers    0-0-0    -


The names are win  :heart:

Crush McStomp (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=410485) - Level 9 SS

*phew* More leagues over the next few days, there's still a chance for this season.

What's your position in the queue now?

217

My main 3 guys are all under human contract till season 3, Day 28...but would jump at the chance to join an f13 club.

Jumbo Gapfiller Level 8 NT
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=392267 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=392267)

Flex Pancaker Level 8 OT
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=395311
 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=395311)
Stretch McMillan Level 8 WR
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=397194 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=397194)

All have custom equipment upgrade as well

I also have a few other players I have been messing with, if needed to fill out ranks

Mugsy Miller Level 6 C
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=467759 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=467759)

Shreddie Boourns Level 5 DE (pass rushing)
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=494891 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=494891)

Greenshoe Gonzales Level 4 WR/KR (speed, speed, speed)
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=509993 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=509993)

Barney Rumble Level 4 FB
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=515457 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=515457)

Long Snappa is a level 4 center I just created. I'd love to add him to the f13 cause.

My roster-

(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t11/wayabvpar/PlayerRosterJune5th2008.jpg)


I have already received and offer for my DT from a new African team to be a starter. I told him  I was waiting to see what would happen with Sauced first.

Heh- I am all the way down to 1051 on the list! Although I should drop further next week when my account goes over 30 days old, I will still be waiting for JUST a bit  :grin:

This thing is fun as hell.

My players --

Trot Ski -- LB
Level 7

Mosh Zilla -- FB  :ye_gods:
Level 4

Sandy Vag -- HB
Level 3

I've got a lvl 7 WR (Kamel Toez) that could really use a human team to play on.

This is me http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=306909, currently under contract but i hardly get any playing time, i think they just liked the name.

Cain Toad levle 8 DE

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=333223 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=333223)

I'm not updating my post anymore because it's a horrible pain in the ass.  Keep posting your guys though, we're down in the 190 area.

The GLB site being down all morning is putting me on life tilt.

They've been recovering from yesterday's DoS attack.  There is nothing going on anyways, I'm sure they are giving the lucky 128 new team owners the chance to sign all of the existing players before they open more single A leagues for us scrubs.

Yay! Sauced has a team now (in South America!).

Cochabamba Vipers! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=3024)

Who wants to move to Bolivia!  I guess we could change the name to something more cocaine related.  The rights to naming the stadium have been purchased by f13, who quickly renamed the small playing field to Bat Country.

Accepted Sauced's offer this afternoon.  Looks like Nebu Nagurski is a level 5 LB and a Viper. 

Sweetness, signed,  will definitely sign my other players up with the vipers this season. Any possibility of a GM position available?

Also signed, thanks Sauced!

Trot Ski is ready to sack quarterbacks in South America!

Anyone who wants to buy some FPs and boost their players, do it before the season starts (so the boosts count against S2 and not S3). I cranked up 3 of my players to make them more suitable for the league level.

Looks like we are pretty short on defensive players too. Anyone have some Level 7+ defensive players they are hiding? Also need a K and P if anyone has one. There are tons of those as FAs though, so we can get a non-F13 human player pretty easily.

All of my players are on CPU teams currently...feel free to sign any of them that you need.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=122033

Looks like your contacts expire mid season 3.  Looking forward to poaching your players!

Added WAP as a GM, I wouldn't be surprised if we need more help at some point.

As far as coaching is concerned, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to work it out.  Suffice to say, I want everyone to feel like they have a say.

Offers sent!  3 gaps we need in there.

Still need DE, LT, PK, P starters.  We're surplussing on FB and TE, and will use some of them as backup d and o linemen, so they should get plenty of snaps all over the place.  Any backups will be used this way as often as possible to get everyone on the field.

Also, I'm trying to make sure everyone get enough money that they can at least work level 8 gear upgrades over the first part of the season.  The money situation is weird and I'm being a little tight up front to make sure we can make salary and keep the team.  Once we have a better handle on finances we'll be renegotiating.  Single season contracts seem like the sanest option for a variety of reasons, not least of which is to make it easier to give everyone a nice raise at the end of the year if we can afford it.

Sauced, I'm not sure what you can do...but if you can somehow talk to my team about giving me up.  They are somehow stuck and say they can't release any players now...and they now havent decided if they are selling the team or what.  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821)

Let's see I have my level 8 equipment, so I really only need enough money to train in the off season.  My dude is 9 and i'll boost in season 3.

Send Long Snappa an offer, he's cheap! He can be a bakup center/OG.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/offers.pl?player_id=528097

Sweet, thanks Sauced. Bumped up my last couple pieces of gear with the lvl 8 upgrades. For season 3 I'll probably buy a few more FP to boost and get the last +1 on my custom piece of gear (SPEEED...Bort has figured out a nice microtransaction model). Not so worried about salary, unless the training boost for the upper levels of training get tweaked upwards, doesn't seem to be much benefit vs the cash drain. Pleasant saturday surpise!

Also, changed my stats to viewed by team only ;)

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=432386 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=432386)

Also, my cousin has a lvl 5 FS, he's a football nut and a MMO veteran...he'd be good to add if you could use him.  He is on a CPU team, so is able to sign asap.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547206 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547206)

Ok, decided to make another defensive player, so if I can't get the DE on the team at least I can have someone on the team.  I boosted him for season 2 and will again for season 3 to be as competitive as possible asap.  Now I gotta figure out how to spend the points.  :grin:

I'd love to have Junkyard, but he's under human contract til the end of season 4 and is a starter.  We don't really have the capital yet to make an equitable trade.

We're getting overloaded at Safety.

We need starters at:

LT
DT  (How did I forget Mazakiel?  I swear I sent an offer.)
RDE
ROLB
K (Screw it, I rolled and bumped a Kicker.  Senor Esteban Vihaio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSYBfnLpydw)!)
P We have a volunteer!

We also have a lot of people with multiple starters, which is why I was trying to get Main vs. Alt earlier, so we'd know where we could get more people starting.  Not sure how many players are used on Special Teams, but I've got all of the current backups on there, so theres anywhere from 3-15 extra snaps per game.

Renamed to the Chachapoyas, Warriors of the Clouds, ancient civilization destroyed by the Incas.

Special teams would be fine for my SS...unless you just want to use CPU for that stuff.  I'm still holding out hope that something will happen to get Junkyard off that other team.  Oh well.

Boy I must really want to be on your team.

Let's try this:  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547583 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547583)  Punter.  I'll boost him up too...it's cheap for these non-glamor positions. 

Until somebody better comes along.  Thanks!

If you want, I can retire and turn Long Snappa into an LT.

Ho boy!  Junkyards team is now owned by the cpu!  That makes him free now doesnt it?

Probably not.  Guessing the team is in the queue and will have a new Player owner in the morning.

I'm creating a LB right now for you guys.

Any idea on what stats and shit he should have? I'd really like to play with you guys if you'll have me. I'm a team player! :grin:


EDIT: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=548266 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=548266) Strazos Strovanov the LB created. Please to be having advice and playing on a real team?

Player's Guide:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=6371

I will play whatever position the team needs me to play.

Also, I don't mind taking on criticism, especially if I am screwing up my build.

That makes sense.  Oh well, at least I got someone on your team.  Thanks for that!

I have a DE for you.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=266281

It's one of my players. You probably have to put some cash in there because of the "fair trade" rule, but it should be a nice move anyway, even if you go for the minimum amount possible. Then you can sign the player on at minimum wage anyway, I don't care about the money and he's already equipped.

EDIT: If they didn't change stuff, you should receive 2.5M in Season Ticket sales in day 1 of Season 3, so be tight with the money but don't be afraid of going out of business too soon unless you give out crazy signing fees to unneeded players.

Should be able to pry you away for around $100K, which I think we should have available.

I know about the day one influx of season-ticket sale dollars, and am contemplating taking out a small loan to add on some seats before the season.

Unfortunately, we're in a rather poor city, so whatever projections you are familiar with... we're probably going to be on the low end, as far as what we get day one.

Also!  Please welcome Orson Welles, out new LT.  I pointed him over here, not sure if he'll stop buy, but thought you all should know I added a free agent.  We're all player controlled starters on offense!

Kick ASS, Sauced. I'll be purchasing some FP today to try and ungimp my FS a bit today, plus be able to start up another player. I'll take a look at the team and see what we need on defense.

Whatever is the lowest that you can offer for that player will do, Sauced.

Please consider that I am not trying to get money out of the f13 team for my "other" team. It's just that I can't give away a valuable asset for free without having to give explanations to my fellas.

Le awesome. Hands Johnson is now a Warrior of the Cloud. I take it they haven't released the schedule for this league yet.

Just another reminder- if anyone is planning to buy FPs and boost, do it before season 3 starts- you can boost 3x per season, and everything done in the offseason counts against season 2. I think the common wisdom is to save any boosts you might use for later in the season as a nice surprise for a particularly tough matchup.

Accepted the offer to Samson earlier, I'm now on the team. 

I upgraded most my gear, also.  Just let me know if I need to change tactics or anything leading up to the season. 

If you can boost, great.   I think Sky has a good run-stopping SS build going, so if you can focus on a FS that can cover it would help us out a lot.

I have an offer outstanding to a free agent DE, if he balks at that today I'll shell out to get Falconeer's guy, to cover the bases.

Currently trolling the site looking for a good 3rd down / speedy / good hands RB.

I'll be boosting right away for my center, since he is so low level currently (level 4). I should be able to have maxed out blocking (up to the point where it starts costing 2SP for one attribute increase), and be on my way to getting Strength up.

Bought some Flex Points.

DE: Freddie Murdoc http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=560924

FS: Gonna retire and start again, will keep the name and edit in the link when he's done. Just need Sauced to release him.

Spent some FPs on 2 levels and a piece of custom equipment. On my way to ungimping my FS

Can't release players within 6 days of signing a contract, so that will have to wait a bit.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=73112

This is the new owner of the team that my DE is on.  He said he would trade us to another team if we wanted.  You can see if he will trade for nothing.  Use Junkyard as a backup if you want to.  I'd rather have him on your team than on a gutted Pro team.  The new owner says that he is just going to use it as a farm team, since they are going to get clobbered.  (Farm team probably means he will try to gouge you...but it is worth a try)

If you are too busy to do anything that is fine too, no big deal.

It's a position of need, we want you on the team, but we have to consider our options:  Take out a loan, or potentially start the season with a CPU DE.

The Game dictates minimum trade value, so even if your owner was willing to give you away, it would still take $100k of our starting $500k, and we need to build more seats before season ticket sales happen.

No need to specify that, I'll boost. So think about my DE as a level 14  :awesome_for_real:

I wanted to add a corner section to help bring in more revenue this season, so I took out a loan had the luxury of ponying up for Mr. Smith, which will give us our All Human starting lineup.  Not sure if we're odd-day or not, we'll know soon enough.

There are some murderous teams in our league (one of them run by a load mouth WR from Olaf's D-League Team.  We've been talking smack already), and all of the developed teams had stadium construction, so we need to stay competitive.

We'll start game planning for game 1 on the GLB forum on Wednesday, as soon as we know who they are.  I'll link to the thread here in case people don't check there.

The games do actually start on Wednesday?

I just ponied up for a bunch of FP; I really like the idea of this game, and want to support it.

Hell, I think I like this game more than I like ACTUAL football. :grin:

Anyway, could use some suggestions on what to do with the points. I'm on AIM atm to talk to knowledgeable people, or just PM me.

EDIT: I'll even make another player to fill a position if needed. I also have the points to max-boost both players if necessary.

I'm clueless about the trading...my player isnt worth that for sure.  Definitely buy the stadium upgrades.  This game is just tons of fun.

Question: Do you stats go DOWN for any reason?

Not yet. No injuries.  The only way to be taken out of the game is for lack of breath due to lack of stamina.  After 10 seasons, your players will start to decline as he gets too old to improve. 

Sauced, I accepted the trade. Thanks for that and yay I'm in!

Question: is the actual name of the team the one you got by default or it's a personal choice? Aren't we going for Bat Country or something f13-ish after all?

I am cleaning the attic and turned out we have too many kickers/punters which are going on the Trading Block at the speed of light.


K - Demios Pantegana (lev. 7)
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=278073

Strength: 21.27 Blocking: 9
Speed: 11.01 Tackling: 21.4
Agility: 18.01 Throwing: 11.01
Jumping: 11.01 Catching: 9
Stamina: 10 Carrying: 10
Vision: 19.01 Kicking: 43
Confidence: 23 Punting: 9

SA: +2 +2 +3




P- Frank Dal Cigno (lev. 11) - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=116325

Strength: 34.41 Blocking: 8
Speed: 11.69 Tackling: 7
Agility: 11.69 Throwing: 11.69
Jumping: 11.69 Catching: 7
Stamina: 9 Carrying: 10
Vision: 11.69 Kicking: 10
Confidence: 35 Punting: 57.78

SA: +4 +4 +4


You can have them for a symbolic 15k plus whatever CPU player you like to even the minimum deal thing (I'll cut them as soon as they land in Odessa anyway), but given that the Chachapoyas already has human staters in those positions there's probably no need for this two fuckers. Especially since injuries aren't in yet apparently.

Yup.  We'll play either Wed. or Thurs.

DURRR.  We'll play either Thurs. or Fri.  Wed is when season tickets are processed and schedules are generated.

We're all set *starter* wise, and I've started bringing in the 2nd string with a level 9 RB to help carry the load offensively.

Read the front page change to XP.  Please wait to boost *over level 10* until we find out what "Max Level" our league is intended to be.  Right now I think it'll wind up as 20, maaaaybe 15, but I'd hate to see anyone penalized to trying to help the team.

We play in Bat Country Stadium.

Straz-
As far as spending your FPs- I would suggest making a couple of players and letting them play in the D league most of this season to get experience. Boosting at really low levels is really a waste of FPs (and money); you will level like every couple of games at first, so all you gain is a week or two. Once you get to level 8 (where you get to buy new equipment at 2.5k per), then you should try to move you players to a human controlled team. We definitely need backups at almost every position, so feel free to make anything at this point.

Sauced may have some more/contradicting advice too  :ye_gods:

That's actually a good strategy I think.  If you start the season on a D league team, you'll get a lot of snaps at first (hence Olaf's level 12), and will start to dwindle a bit as the season progresses.  Won't necessarily have to wait for level 8, but somewhere in the 6-8 area a player could definitely fill a backup role and play on special teams.

What would a good choice for an offensive second-stringer be? Been kicking around the idea of having a backup offensive player. Don't really care about the position.

Also, is anyone on the team faster than McStomp?  :awesome_for_real:

This season the CPU will most likely be taking snaps at QB ( :ye_gods: ).

I have Greenshoes Gonzales (WR) sitting at 48 speed at the moment, at the detriment to other skills...but was experimenting basically as primarily a KR/PR.

He's the PR at the moment.

I'm going through and cutting out CPU chaff from the roster.  Depending on how Stamina / Playtime works out I'm hoping we can get rid of some of them all together.

You still might want to consider McStomp as the primary returner for now, his skills are more rounded.  Although it might be interesting to see how raw speed affects returns.

I have some other players in development (yes I am hopelessly addicted) in addition to the players I hope to sign midseason.  In development (CPU team at the moment) LB, QB, FB.  Probably keep on CPU team till at least level 8, then maybe fill in some of those CPU spots.

I did something similar with a level 12 CB-as-primarily-KR/PR, and really, that much speed without vision and agility means you just run into the pack faster. It gains you maybe 2-3 extra yards per kick.

EDIT: As a result, I'll be boosting vision primarily now. My agility is low 30s, and I have kick return at 5.

I have decent vision, my third best stat behind speed and stamina. But my agility sucks at 17, it's the skill I'm working right now. I only missed one tackle out of eighteen in the regular season and fifteen in the scrims, though.

Be warned - only 18 str and 11 (!!) carrying. Not sure how that bears out, but it seems like Cough McBallup on returns...

My guy fumbled once in a half season of play on a return.

Please check out this thread, y'all:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=361374

I might offer some contracts tomorrow to replace some of the CPU backups with players as I can find them.  If you have players who might be options, if I've forgotten them... let me know.

I feel like I missed at least one FS from here, I thought we had a surplus but I've got TNT doing double backup duty at the moment.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547206

I made this SS if you needed a backup, just on a CPU team now...or i could just level up on the D team and see if you need him later in the season.

I've got an FS if you need a second. I'm on a player team atm but they plan on dropping me. Signed me then their inactive starter came back so I'm kinda useless. If you need me I can talk to the owner and get him to drop me.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=463275

If you guys need any other spot let me know, I've got some FP avail to roll a new char and I'd love to get on the team with you guys.

I rolled a backup QB: Steve Jung (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=566397). Going for pocket passer. Also rolled a WR: Barry Rice (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=566462), but I'd rather have the backup QB in. Finally, I rolled a CB: Cholly Woodson (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=566525).

And I won't roll no more!  :awesome_for_real:

All of those guys will be on the Chacha's by season's end Sky, but right now they would be both slowed in their advancement and a dagger in the Chacha's side for season 3.  I'm hoping we can get away with what we have so far.  I'll whine more about spending points on stamina if we don't.

We are getting rid of these guys.
If you want to get rid of CPUs it's a good chance. I don't want money, so you can just trade them for enough unwanted CPUs to balance the trade (otherwise the system won't permit it)


OFFENSE:

- Adriano di Fonzo (HB, liv. 8 ) - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=116307 -
- Enok Bukka (FB, liv. 7 ) - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=92608 -

DEFENSE:

- Frank Urloriz (LB, liv. 6 ) - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=293310 -

SPECIAL TEAMS:

K - Demios Pantegana (lev. 7) - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=278073



Remember that there's a HUGE difference between equal level CPUs and human so this is a great deal, even if it's only for 2nd or 3rd string.
I'd release them as free agent, but there's a chance the players get greedy and accept a better offer from a different owner so the trade way is to be preferred.
That said, I'll cut them anyway in a week.

I made a CB, Doc Mur (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=563768) who I added to a CPU team to get some levels and stats. If/when we need a CB, he can happily be poached from that team.

 Hello, new to the board. I'm a long time gamer with FPS and MMOs being my favs. I'm also playing GLB - For your enjoyment I have

Punter - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=528537


And/or

Kicker - http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=514511

If you can use either, I'd be glad to come aboard.

-ciao !

I went ahead and made a level 1 CB, since it looked like we had 2 CPU corners on the team. Ballz Slappin (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569100). Let me know if I need to put him on a CPU team or just wait for your offer.

New players should train up on CPU teams, we'll add them to the Chachas as the season progresses.

All right, Ballz Slappin is on a CPU team for now. What level should he be at when you sign him?

Depending on the league average level, I would say 6-8. He will level like crazy the first couple of weeks. If you are going to boost, do it after you get a few 'free' levels.

Yeah, I figured my guys would level up in the D-league, just wanted to give you a heads up and link 'em. Planning and whatnot. McStomp is probably due for a stamina bump soon anyway.

Also-
I updated my team purchasing preferences to AA, AAA and Pro in America. That will (eventually) give us another place to use high level players. Gonna be a while before I get there for sure.

rawr...

Hard hits...http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569834 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569834)

And my kicker http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569792 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569792)

Schedule is up!  We have our first game tomorrow!!  Bogota Snowmen.

Started a thread on the team forum to discuss game tactics. Let's keep player development and strategy talk there as well, at least for specific stuff. I am guessing our opponents could find this site and thread pretty easily in a Google search for Sauced + WayAbvPar (Owner and GM, which is how I would do it).

I only read the first page of this thread...

it got long while I forgot to try this out.  Sorry.  So anyways, I made a newb CB, do I join one of the 3 comp teams that are offering contracts for the first season or two or what?

Thx.

Read entire thread, found out I both put too many points into skills and went too well rounded.  Stuck my first player (CB) into a CPU team where currently I'm slated to start right away (hah!) so we'll see how that goes.

New questions that you guys have mere hours to answer..

1.  How do I make more guys.  I'll drop some cash I'm already excited and amused enough for this to be worth $10 or whatever the smallest flexbuck payment is.
2.  What gaps do you have the cloud chasers?
3.  Where are the best build threads?

Thx.

Tizor LaPor, OT
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=596393 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=596393)

Perinod VonSuvar, DT
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=596457 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=596457)

Both currently in the D League, and waiting for the chance to jump up to the F13 squad.

This leaves me with exactly the 600 FP needed to boost Strazos when needed this season.

Sauced, if you still need a DE I'll see if the team Cain Toad is on will release me.

1. You make more guys by dropping cash :)  Bort has been giving out 100FP as a season ending bonus, but that's it for the freebies.
2. Here's the roster (http://goallineblitz.com/game/roster.pl?team_id=3024).  Anything that says CPU should be replaced.  I've signed non-f13 players to back up positions at QB, HB, OG, OT, and DT.  Desperate for 2 CBs and 1 SS.
3. The Bible (http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=6371)

I'm sure one of the other f13'ers who is not yet on the team would love to make a backup for any of the spots you are desperate for 2CBs and 1SS.  But, if not, I still have the SS I made on a CPU team, if you want him, if not that is fine too, he'll be starting on the D league team.

In case you need him:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547206 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=547206)

Holler when you are level 7-8, otherwise I'm afraid you'll get run over / torched by level 10-14 players.

We just played. I won't give out spoilers here but go watch it yourself now!

Watching that game on the play-by-play was way more fun than reading one line of text at a time should be. This thing is fucking awesome.

Also, DING!  :awesome_for_real: I definitely have to work on being able to break tackles.

It is like crack. I read EVERY line for this game, since it was our dudes and not some randoms slapped together on a D league team. Very cool.

THE PAGE WON'T LOAD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


edit: Loaded and I need a cheat sheet about who is who, but this is goddamn awesome. Being on the F13 team has made this game soooo much more fun.

Game MVP - Lightning Nightingale imo

Very much so, yeah, but the whole secondary would be getting game balls if I could do such a thing.

Agreed, he had a MONSTER game. There was a couple series that were the Nightingale show.

That game would have been a lot worse without our D Line (Bruce Smith) and those DB's.

On offense, it seemed like we threw a lot in 2-receiver sets. Weren't we working on a more run-oriented game? I don't know if that's just the way the CPU picks the plays or what. My receiver seemed to always do best at short curl routes and in the slot on 3-receiver sets.

The runs during the first series failed, so the Sim abandoned it.  They worked better on our first series of the 2nd half, and we started running more.  I mentioned it on the forum there, but depending on the game we can adjust how schizo the Sim gets when your original plan appears to be failing.

Did I do something wrong on my settings, or was this just the way our D was set up? My ROLB seemed to be giving up a lot underneath, and also dropping back a LOT on pass plays.

Forgive me if I am way offbase; I love the concept of this game/sim, but Hockey is the sport I really know.

This is the first game where I actually know what the game plan was, and I think I saw some patterns.  What you are describing defensively is the "Middle Pass Defense".   The "Middle Pass Offense" is the 3 WR Set.  "Long Offense" is 5 WR, Short is 2 WR, TE, FB.

By the end of season 3 it's supposed to be much more complicated than that.

Sauced,

never ever use the "Automatically Adjust In-Game Strategy to What's Working and away from What's Not Working?" option.
That's the best way to NOT get a hold of your team.
First, it has been proven that it makes you lose 75% of the time. Second, seriously, you won't get an idea of what your team is good or not at with the thing /on. Just a suggestion.

That said, good game for an absolute debut! And yes, when you play with people you know the game shines and make you want to invest more money somehow. Good thing you can't boost more than 3 levels each year.

Haha, it's fun having a player of yours really rip it up.  I'll admit that some of his tackles were due to semi-poor coverage, but at the least he never let the WR get any YAC...

I was watching the replays and one of the tipped passes I got probably stole an interception from Nightingale, since he was RIGHT there as well.

Sorry if cross posting this is annoying but wanted to make sure everyone saw it:


I've already tweaked down the "auto-adjust" feature to almost nothing, and am trying to scout out tomorrow's game.

Ok, major emergency. 

Work figured out that GLB is a game.  SurfControl has now blocked it.  This is unacceptable as this requires me to work more and play less.

I need a way around SurfControl on a networked PC running Windows XP with no admin control. 

Damn, IT.

Ok, I figured out the IP address.  http://216.245.193.2

Should we be cranking back the playing intensity? I've got both my guys on Hard.

If you are going into the game with low stamina, playing on hard will just get you on the bench faster.  I've got the settings tweaked down to 45 as a default, and am setting some of the specific positions at different levels based on the 1st game.

Go relaxed training on both tonight.  Murdoc MacReady has a good backup and we just brought in a 4th DE, so Freddie can go full out when he's in since he's only backing up one side.

Started a FS and an SS. My SS kicked ass in his first game (1 interception, 2 good tackles) for being a level 1.

Gonna recreate my FS as something offensive, since the SS has a much better defensive setup. Maybe in a season or two I can play with teh big boyz!

My newb DT did...alright, but my OT shut down the side he was assigned to by the CPU. He even got 2 pancakes. :grin:

Mmm, sweet delicious pancakes... :awesome_for_real:

F13 having some newbie luck in the D-League! My 1st level QB got a TD on the first drive of his first game!

I think to min/max I needed to really pump the fuck outta Stamina on all my players, since who gives a fuck about playing well versus playing at all in the cpu d-league.  I'm working it up via training now. 

You really just need enough stamina to be able to play your share of the snaps. The CPU strategy is designed to get everyone mostly equal play in the D-leagues, or so I have been told. Mid 20s should be plenty. You will eventually need more, but that should carry you through the first few levels.

There is a post here (http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=6371) that breaks down about where stamina should be for each position/level. Lots of other goodies in it too.

1 hr and 51 minutes to gooooooooooooooooo.

I'm pretty sure I've contacted every free agent and CPU team CB there is to no avail.  Looks like some young F13 developmental players might be getting the call sooner rather than later!  SS is still a need as well.

Holy fuck. Watch our last game. We were completely outplayed. Every pass thrown to my guy not only was I covered like a blanket, EVERYBODY was. The CB facing off against me when I was in the slot was level 17, their FB was level 15. That game was a case of teh gank. We were a JV level team against the NFL or damn close. The fact that many of their top players also had the last name Felsing leads me to believe we got catassed.

 :ye_gods:

I put some thoughts on the board over there.  My last minute scouting of their D Line alone (They are Green-Level skill already)... well, let's just say I was getting mentally prepared to take my whoopin like a man.

Uhm, is there any actual limit on what level players can be in a particular league?

Bort seems to be working on it now. I don't think he understands mmogtards and is expecting everyone to play nice pretend football. But he's learning. And suprise, the catassii are bitching about Bort pointing out that having teams way too high level is BAD.

Fucking losers.

But honestly, it is a tough thing and voila, the shittiness of level-based pvp enters football. Either we keep all our guys in a tight level spread or eventually it will bite us. Or keep the level spread open and get your ass handed to you by a guy who owns a team full of his own catassed players.

Cool game, but I think this is the glaring flaw (including related issues like gutting etc).

edit Loss 0-48. WTF.

Ouch. That's the dark side of GLB. Massive suckage.

Wait, I'm not done. I don't mind getting beat fairly, but this was bullshit.

0-48. We had 85.5 TOTAL yds on offense (to their 525.5). We had a whopping 18 rushing yds and a stunning 67.5 passing yds.

I was the only highlighted player from our team, because of the massive 260 return yards on the EIGHT kickoffs I ran back (out of 9 total our team returned).

We got wtfpwned by this loser: http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=58390

Catasstastic. I posted some other thoughts on the GLB team forum as well. That was ugly.

I'm glad to hear that the dev is aware of this issue. I don't specifically mind the fact that we lost to a team like that, since it's perfectly fine according to the rules - but it just seemed odd to me that anyone who has nothing better to spend money on can offload $ for FP and boost his team way out of the average level of the league they are playing in.

Fuck, is there anybody on his team that ISN'T him?

Yeah, the passing was bad. If you watch any of the plays, every single receiver we have is just draped. No separation at all. And I can see why, facing a DB that is twice my level. Hell, their nickel back covering the slot was level 17.

I have a SS in a computer league I rolled up the other night, but he's only level 1.  But if you need him once he's levelled a bit, he's all yours. 

Otherwise, yeah, that game was pretty brutal. 

The next game doesnt look like it is going to be any easier than this one.  The one after that looks like a closer matchup.

Am I reading this right? I should have 25 stamina for my SS when he hits level 2? Considering he only has 13 now, there's no way ..

If you do not you will constantly be tired and forced to do unfocused/relaxed training

Of the things that drain stamina, running and hitting are the worst, and SS wind up doing a lot of both.  Since you won't be the only SS on the roster, you don't have to be *that* high.

I just bumped my stamina up since Saucy put me on KRs and with the teams we're getting matched against.....I'm getting winded just running returns   :awesome_for_real:

Aww, look at my little DT go, making the big play to stop a drive at the half.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=6186702 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=6186702)

More guys with higher levels, though not nearly as bad as before. My WR did decently against higher level CB's, and I hit the magic level 8, so my equipment is upgraded. Our rushing game is still getting stifled, but I'm betting that has as much to do with the lowest starting guy on their defensive front 7 was level 10 and our OL is levels 10-11.

Yeah, our OL got roughed up pretty good. QB is 2nd in the league in getting hurried, but only 1 INT and no sacks so far. If we can advance him and the receiving corps enough to start getting to some of those balls that are getting deflected, we should have a pretty decent passing attack.

I play the game, too. And I have to say that stamina is indeed important, but not THAT important. Just keep training it on relaxed and put a point in it every other level.
I have a lvl 20 FS and he plays his 70+ snaps with 37 stamina with no problems.

Given that I don't expect anyone to train anything other than on relaxed, it really is no proble to get to 95+ energy prior to every game.

 :oops:

I pumped Stamina, and now I'm worried that I wont have enough cash to afford all the intense training I can do...  find the balance you must.

BOOOOOO-YAAAAAAAA.  :drill:

Looks like the tweaks I made to Stamina Levels per position worked out fairly well.  Everyone reads the forum on GLB, right?

Looks like we need 2 things to keep this running:  People to train on Relaxed for the +15 if that's what it takes to get to 90+, and more Depth at DT and MLB (in addition to existing problem areas).

I'm going to go through the owners list and tally up players we have on D league teams.  I'll start a thread over there when I have potential candidates for an early call up.

We took our whooping from 3 teams that are, for now, a few steps better than us, but today has given me hope that against even teams we can compete, and should be in the mix for at *least* the 8th playoff spot.

Kickass.

Again, thanks for managing this team, Sauced. I have enough trouble keep up with my small stable of players, but am loving being on a F13 team where I actually care about wins/losses instead of just hoping I level up.

Ten years of MMOs, I've been an officer but managed to dodge GL til now.   And it's basically GL and Raid Leader in one.  I'm having a blast, and I just want everyone else to have fun as well.

And by fun, of course, I mean win.  :awesome_for_real:

Started a Call Up thread, please check it out!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=422753

If you want us noobs to see it, you'll have to move it out of your private forum.

Crap, sorry.  Basically, it's a thread for anyone with younger players on CPU teams to list them all so we know who to call up when we need depth.

How are your Safeties doing?

Dropped one of my safeties, I now have:

Ian Samson, FB, Level 3 (URL: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=603679)
Jackson Fife, SS, Level 3 (URL: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=600223)

Should be up above level 5 in a week or so. Can you see their stats with those URLs?

Sure can. Might try pumping attributes the next couple of levels and leave the special abilities where they are. The common wisdom says to use 4 points per level for attributes and 1 for special abilities. You can also buy custom gear (for FPs) at level 8 that gives a +1 to an entire special ability tree, so that could save you some points if you ever decide to buy FPs.

Sounds good, thanks. I had initially pumped those special abilities when I started my guys but haven't touched them since. Been pumping stamina but should be done with that with this next level.

Good to know about the equipment too, that's probably the best way to go.

Winning is so sweet.  :awesome_for_real:  Gratz everyone!

I can't see your sekret forum, can you PM me the revised Stamina figures??? You can view my newbie experiments here. (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=152699)  I think I'm content in the D-League for a season though figuring out what works and getting used to the game.  I really wish I could reorganize my players based on who has a game next though...  Where do I post a suggestion like that?

We have non-f13 depth at a lot of those positions, Hoax, keep up the training.  I'll always post in here if/when we need players.

I am on the waiting list for a team as well, so we will eventually have another roster to fill. I am 300th on the list for an America- only team, but might switch that up to other regions in the offseason. I don't mind waiting a season or two though- I am having a blast with the Chachapoyas.


Just something to keep in mind. There will be more than enough positions to fill eventually  :awesome_for_real:

You are waiting on AAA and Pro, though, right?  So we have a league to move up to?  I personally don't care where anymore.

Seems to me it'd almost be more fun to take a team from the lower leagues and make a run for promotion.  I really love that they decided to use that EU/Real football concept.

My man Crush is our starter, so I'll bite on this one. You seem to realize you've gone deep into abilities. Your change direction skill would probably go good with my SS :) No matter your focus, two of the best SS skills, especially at lower levels, are Wrap-Up and Super Vision. I dropped 2 into each, and one into the entire coverage tree. My custom gear gives me one in every skill on the hard hitter tree. At level 13, I'm Coverage 1-2-1-1-1 and Hard Hitter 3-2-2-1-1. I've been focusing on stamina the last couple levels, but I do need to bump up my Coverage skills soon (especially change direction).

Your stamina is perfect. That should be fine for the D-Leagues until you come up to the Chachas, and then just monitor your energy levels (Sauced will nag you :)). I'd work on vision, the safety is mostly covering the tight end, but a good vision and speed will let you get to almost any play in the middle or on your side in case of a missed tackle. You're the guy to protect over the top, make sure you can see where that is and get there quick. Speed and vision are my two favorites :)

Strength is important mostly against the run game, since I don't think many WRs are power runners. I'm trying to work agility right now to improve my turning, I'm fast as hell but get bogged down on cuts. Tackling is of course important, but my tackling is relatively low but I don't miss tackles. Set to Wrap-Up in tactics! Play Hard! You could probably work jumping and catching for INTs, but I like to leave that to the CBs and focus on being the last line of defense to stop the big plays.

Here's my stats at 13:

Strength:   19.8       Blocking:   12.02
Speed:   43.8       Tackling:   26.61
Agility:   22.55   Throwing:   9
Jumping:   12.02   Catching:   12.02
Stamina:   39.8       Carrying:   12.02
Vision:   33.2       Kicking:   10
Confidence: 12.02   Punting:   8

My custom gear is Boots of Speed, +6 to speed  :drill: (Sauced let me know if this is private info, I can delete after Viin reads it)

Sky - I don't know that matters, at least not yet. 

Hoax - That is the plan, we are going to dominate the South American Pro League some day.  Just not as soon as I thought.

Thanks Sky!

I'll work on vision and speed next, and I hadn't even looked at advanced tactics until now.. do you typically use balanced for everything except for Tackling?

Edit: I wish there was a 'notes' section for each player so I can write down my plan for this particular player - managing more than 2 would be a chore!

Aye, that is correct. Down to 298 now!  :uhrr:

A role player! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=432352)

My little OT is doing pretty well....didn't get outright beat even once in his last game, and only failed to keep a blocker away from a bad runner going through a too-small hole twice in about 50 plays. He just needs more pancakes.

I notice we only have 3 OTs...is that suitable depth at those 2 positions?

It seems to be working, actually, but the LT and 3rd Swing tackle are both guys I picked up off the street, so we'll need help there next season probably.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=548440
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=603983

My CB hit level 4, and had a decent game. 3 tackles, 2 deflected passes. He did get just absolutely burned by one level 8 wideout for a 19-yd. gain but came back to make the tackle.

All I have to say about our last game is... Strazos, you DA MAN. Good looking out, Dog.

oooofff... my first missed tackle and it was a BAD one: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=6955542

Me little DE is struggling too, missing a tackle TWICE in the same play: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=6956115


edit: two too it was bugging me.

I mentioned your double miss on the game's board...because I missed between your two misses.  :awesome_for_real:

My DE missed a tackle but scored two pancakes. WTF?
Oh, we won.. again. W00T!  :heart:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569834 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569834)
He had a great last game, hurried the QB twice, got 5 tackles. Couse it left him a bit..tired.

My FS isn't progressing quite as well.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=601787 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=601787)

Need to somehow fix that SS...far too many points in special skills....is that even un-gimp-able?

And my season is complete. See ya next season, folks.  :wink:

Not sure if anyone has a team that needs a QB. I have a lvl 10 QB who just got cut from the team he was on. He was 3rd string, so I guess it's okay.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=36489

Ballz Slappin got his first INT, and yet didn't level. I don't know if it's the CPU playcalling or something I have set up, but he appears to be playing guys 5 yards off the line in m2m. He's got the agility to play some press coverage.

Nightingale - Defensive MVP?

Yeah, I think so. Holy shit, he was all over the place.

Might want to tweak the run tendency down a little bit. 52 rushes? Of course, it worked so maybe not. I think my WR needs to work on his YAC. Breaking tackles or avoiding them seems to be a problem.

I think that we ran so much as a means to kill clock once we had the lead.  Though I may be giving the AI too much credit. 

Just a matter of having a lead over 21 in the 2nd half, which I can't control yet.

My farm team WR broke a good one today - http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=7683506

BURN!

My farm team CB hit level 5 today. I think I'm getting a handle on what both he and my wideout need.

tip for cb building:  super vision is awesome imo.  Everyone who can get it should get it.

I think vision and confidence are the two most underrated attributes.  A CB doesn't need confidence so much but definitely vision.

Well it looks as though my NG might turn into a real monster. Not sure what the hell is wrong with my SS though.

For the SS, if you put all your points into speed/agility/tackling until level 10, and then fill out some vision and strength, you should be pretty decent by about level 12.  You'll be gimp til then tho  : /

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=152699

If anyone sees anything very bad about any of the builds let me know, they should all be available to view.  I haven't invested too much time in my picks beyond a rough idea of what I'm going for and looking over the bible thread so far.  I'm going to take the lvl ups from here on out a bit more seriously, I've purposely left some key skills low so I could get "free" points training them while playing in the D leagues.

But if it looks like I'm way off I'd like to hear it.

Nice! Some serious cement shoes from the defenders, especially the SS. He couldn't even pass the LB that was chasing you!

Well. Crap. So much for trying to build a SS that makes sense. ;)

I was very effective at low levels in the d-league with my SS, I pumped vision and speed (and of course, stamina). I neglected agility until the last couple levels because I was slowing down on cuts. Tackling is good, but I have missed two tackles ever and I just bump it up a little now and again.

Super Vision is great for anyone in the secondary, sniffing out plays is so important.

For that SS...going to need stamina, some speed, agility and vision. Also need tackling up a bit. I don't have much strength and haven't seen a negative to it. In a few levels, around level 12 or so, drop another point into wrap-up and a couple into diving tackle. SS are effing hard to build.

The game just really punishes you for putting too many points in special abilities.  Stats are super important, especially early on.  Once your stats get up to par, whichever ones you want to focus on really, you'll be solid.  Definitely get your stamina to 25 asap, as you'll get more snaps and level faster on the cpu team, then I'd get your speed to 30 and then switch to vision.  You could just train agility for a while.

I always thought that vision and speed are the name of the game for virtually every D-position outside the d-line.
Then agility, then jumping (Pass deflections and diving tackles anyone?), and THEN tackling (set special tactics to "wrap up")

As for the D-Line: Agility, Speed, Strength with really equal importance.

I yet have to see the stats of an outstanding RB, but what I got it's mostly like agility, vision, speed, carrying. High Vision+ Agility makes you hit the hole hard, and gets you the first few yards, only then will you speed help you out and you don't want to lose a fumble after a 4+y run, do you?

WRs: Speed, Agility, Catching, (Confidence/vision?)

O-line: Blocking, Blocking, Strength

Stamina is obviously very important, too. Although it gets less important when you have decent backups sitting behind (which enables you to play on "hard"- which is saweed) and especially if you in fact ARE a backup.

Just my 2 cents on what I experienced during my 2 1/2 seasons.

Oh, and as for Special Abilities- 1- max 2 points per level are enough. Really. Most SA are only % modifiers to base stats anyway. But you can plan ahead and put EVERY single point from level 1-5 into SAs and THEN start to put in base skills. Some people do similar things as you are able to level pretty fast at those ranges and get to the modifiers quicker for later use.

My FS has also been doing Kickoff Returns on the CPU team.  He finally had a good game. It's been like 1 or 2 tackles a game and I was just about to delete him, (I think I've made him a bit too rounded, but he's starting to shine finally)....

Course - then again, he causes a fumble, then fumbles, luckily we got it.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8307407 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8307407)

1-2 tackles per game for a FS is just perfect and you should compliment you Defense to not let people get past them so you'd have to clean up.
Get youself into the Kickoff squad, you high vision and hopefully high speed is paying off there!

I have a sinking feeling I am the fastest guy on the team. The computer has me returning kickoffs.

Another win.
Are we on a roll or what?

6th place with 5-4. W00t!

That was an old-fashioned ass-beating. Our D-Line is the bomb, and both Olaf and Scarface broke tackles left and right.

And, of course, MY FIRST TD!!!! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8399872)

Oh, hello dere! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8398897)

I think my forced fumble at the end of the game was just being mean. Crush kicks puppies!

Somehow I am down to 19th on the wait list for a team. This means everyone who reads this needs to buy a couple of thousand FPs and start leveling up some new players to help me! I don't want to end up like one of those catasses with 25 of my own players on my team.

They just opened 8 Canada A leagues, so 256 people just got out of your way.

If you are still prioritizing AAA or Pro, what will happen is you will, by the end of season 3 playoffs probably, inherit an abandoned team with a full roster of people who will immediately spam you for their release.  FUN!

We can keep our starting quarterback for at least this season, right?

I am not planning on moving any of my starters off of the team we have now, at least not now. I am having too much fun playing with ya'll to do that!

Edit- I am almost thinking a new team would be more fun (and less of a headache), but I really want a foothold in the 'Big Leagues' to see what we can do against the experts.

Damn - and I just signed up both my players with Canadian teams.

I have a level 1 DE that's training up in the D-Leagues for you. Unless Sauced wants him.

BIDDING WAR!

BOO YA KA!!!! (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8756454)

Looks like those points I put into spin and juke might just be paying off.

Pretty sure that is our longest play in team history.

Probably!  I seem to remember a long kick return that may have been... 62 yards?  But as far as the offense goes, that's the longest by at least 30 yards.  :awesome_for_real:

What a move  :heart:
Teach 'em, Hands! 

Wow, our D smothered the poor babies, and our offense really ratcheted it up for this one.

And my little ROLB loves to shadow him some HBs :drill:

And check out Tom Magnum FLY across the line on this one. Do you think he was diving over the line to make the tackle?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8755303 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8755303)

Jeez. Your guys' D is looking pretty stout. I need one of my guys to bust into free agency to get in on some of this action.  :pedobear:

Did the season end? Suddenly I have a couple of free agents.

We're 9/16 through season 3.  Expired contracts, probably.

Anybody good?  :drill:

Links on the top of page 10. *shrug*

Your SS is pretty jacked up, might want to roll him over again. I don't know DT position builds, but he looks like he might be too far into SA's, too. He could sign with a CPU team to get exp, anyway.

Sticking with NT run stopper build is good on that guy, but Sky is right, stick with upping your Attributes for the next 5 levels or so, you'll catch back up.  We actually need another DT, he's almost there.

Kick return to TD: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=9006174 (Not my char).

Oh god, DT as KR.  Maybe I should have 55 STR Dogmeat return kicks and see if anyone can tackle him.  :uhrr:

A level 9 DT?!

Speaking of returns, this is from my team (not my char though) last week's match.

93.5 TD Punt Return, but look at the defense. I feel bad for them.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=8330225


P.S: Pay attention to what happens in the last 15 yards.

Was the PR, high-stepping at the end?  Nice replay!

Lvl 9 vs a bunch of lvl 1 characters. Might be something interesting in the code, but we should try it against an easy team :)

Had a recent game that made me feel bad for the other team....

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=64851 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=64851)

I have 3 players coming off contract in nine days (WR, DT/NT, OT).  Let me know if you want any of 'em, love to have them on CC obviously and they don't need to start...but just let me know what your thinking in that respect so I can find a home for them.  Still have been saving the 3-level boost on all of them (all sitting at level 13).

WTFCPU? 10 Chemistry, so must've been gutted and they're rebuilding it?

I bet it's more of a "hey owning a team would be cool!" then discovering. "It's the internet and I hate people!"

Is there a glossary/FAQ for all the acronyms used? Didn't see one in the forums anywhere.

Well, I am the proud new owner of the Niger Mambas, African AAA.  http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=9310634

The existing owner had real life time issues and asked me to take over as my WR is on the team.  Bort did the switch today.  So, I am the owner of a team over .500 in AAA with 2.4 million in the bank that wasn't gutted.  I was #33 on the waiting list so I was getting one soon anyway.

Obviously, the team has roster holes.  With the double chemistry hit and the playoffs approaching, we won't make too many moves until the offseason.  Please feel free to chime in on what I need to know, how to improve my team, or how your player is the next best thing to Brett Favre and John Madden.  :)

The f13 coalition is forming. :)

I am getting pretty low on the owner wait list as well, 50-something I think...although I put preferences on for b, bb, or bbb, (first choice S. America) to act as a farm system for our current team. 

I might have some players come available soon Nazrat, if we can't use them on our team.

Congrats!  My whole months worth of experience is probably worth very little, but if you have any questions feel free to ask.

I think we need to set up some kind of hierarchy with our F13 teams, to show the progression of our farm system.

Really, I don't want to have to choose between two f13 teams at a given skill level.

that's why I only setup, for B, BB, and BBB teams - to strictly have a farm or lower league system in place.  The difference between Pro, A, AA, AAA, and even D (CPU) isn't readily apparent right now, as they are only a few seasons in.  I am sure that will flesh out after a few more seasons.

I am down to 15th. AAA or Pro in America.

I also have a stable full of n00bs that are just starting to hit level 8 if any owners need backups.

Me too, my SS and FB are now level 8. (SS should hit 9 here in 8 hours). Also a DE at 7 and a TE at 6.

My WR is 8, should ding to 9 tomorrow. My QB is barely lvl 7. QBs level sooo slow.

I started a new QB a week ago and he has 700 XP. As in hasn't even taken a snap yet. Really should have checked the depth chart before I signed...

Heh.  I started one a week ago and he's already level 5.  Took the offer with the crappiest QB depth chart.  Little guy threw his first TD this morning.

I am trying to see the bright side- I am getting max bang for my training buck.

My OT and DT are both 8 or so.

My CB just hit 9.

Well, the Mambas missed the playoffs by one game.  We are retooling the roster now with most signings happening on day 40.  Our needs include WR, CB, SS, and FS and maybe OT.  Please let me know if you have a player in the teens that is ready for AAA. 

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=2720

ARGH!

My team, Odessa Ajejes in Eastern Europe AA#1, clinched a playoff spot for the second straight year as the 8th team (9-7). We faced the 1st seeded (15-1) and forced them to the OT in an incredible match. We were so close to pull an Elie on them and then we lost the coin toss and... we got that kick in the face and suddenly it's all over!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=72066

Can you imagine how does it feel? Maaan, I am thinking about quitting. It's to tough, my heart is trying to tell me things.  :heartbreak:

P.S: this game is unhealthy.

I really hope nothing like that happens today with the f13's Chachapoyas. If we have to lose then let's just lose by 100 points. The OT is too much..

Ouch, bro, tough loss.  Hate to see that.  Unfortunately, I'm going for the "keep it close" approach today as well.  I'm sure I know how you feel, I had similar thoughts after the CC lost to the crappy Sharks team 12-13 due to crappy kicking and bad luck.  We should be playing a 6 or 7 seed dammit!  I'm actually going to try to enjoy the game, be happy we got there, and hope for a miracle or two.

I have a level 6 DE (that I can boost to 9), if we have a use for him. He is completely unbuilt, so if we want a run-stopper/pass rusher/balanced, he can be any of them.

I just got my team (http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=56). I have no idea how many defections I am going to get, so I don't know where I will need help. There are several inactives on the roster however, so I will definitely be trimming those as I go along. If you have a player (or players) ~ 20th level that need a home, let me know!

Congrats!

Congrats on the team.  You have a good stadium so the money will come rolling in.  You just need players to give it to.  :)

If you need a CB, my level 10 had his last regular season game last night (2 INT's!).

10th level...that's like 20th level, right?  :awesome_for_real:

Maybe  :pedobear: would fit...

What does it take to get a team? my SS just hit level 10, with 4 tackles and an INT in the last game
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=548440

And my DT/Nose Guard is still scary as hell at level 8, although he needs to keep working on his stamina
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=603983

Reading is hard and what not.

Tough loss guys, but no big deal...they outleveled us...hard.

But one question...why is my ROLB doing crap like this?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=11232023 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=11232023)
http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=11232515 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=11232515)

It looks like I got assigned some shallow zone defense...but once the pitch went out, I just swung out the wrong way. Is this a vision problem, or the QB/HB doing tricks and making it work vs a lowbie?

And sorry, I personally got a bit burned on some of the plays I have watched so far...but a lot of people seemed to have had missed coverage all over the place. /shrug

Time to train on hard!  :drill:

EDIT: Also, my OT and DT could use new homes ASAP if anyone has a need for them. Around lvl 10. They can be built to your specs going forward.

Does anyone know what the "levels" are for various leagues?  I know there was talk of having a level limit for leagues, and that if you were higher than the target level there would be a penalty  to that player...it all seemed pretty gray on the details.

They are supposed to flag each league with a rating based on average level at the time they are run, but it really depends on how long they have been around.

In our South America AA league, the average level is 15, and having a team of level 15 players will leave you around 8-8.  We finished 9-7.

In WAP's USA AAA league, it looks like his 6-10 team averages around 20 for starters.

We need a single A team pronto!

If the tactics settings were what they actually used during the season, I think it is fair to say they underperformed.

I got bored and made a FB.

Nixel Hamhands (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=689254) :grin:

My players, they need team (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=152699)

Team didn't make playoffs decided to have fun with the scrims...

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=11475681 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=11475681) Rawr!!!

My guys will be available for teams once the playoffs are over.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=155585

Level 10 SS (almost 11)
Level 10 FB
Level 9 DE
Level 8 TE (almost 9)

Here is my DE: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=648954

I haven't spent an SP yet, so he can be just about any type of DE a team is looking for. I can also boost him for the current season to level 9.

Apparently you get jack crap for XP in playoff games - My SS made 7 (!!) tackles in 54 plays and only got 200 xp. Gah.

There is no xp in playoff or scrims (according to the sticky on the owner home page). XP is handled by total snaps you play, not performance.

Ah ha I didn't even notice the announcement had changed.

So we're just ignoring these scrims, right? Oh well...

Anyway, my OT made this nifty little play...helps that the RG is a lvl 1 cpu.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=12258450 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=12258450)

Massive announcement by Bort.  http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=630838&page=1

Very cool new stuff, especially the stuff for players, daily schedules and fame.

Fuuuck. Dude needs to put in respecs imo. My SS is so fucked right now. So is my CB. So is my WR.
Ohboy. See above. I mean, wrap-up /was/ too good. But most people knew that and have low tackling...should have a respec :) It is beta, after all!

Looks like it's time to change training focus...

Those were the first two things that struck me as well.  Fortunately, LB's go speed, vision, & agility so I'm not far behind.  I'll just have to start raising my tackling over the next few levels. 

Started a thread in the team forum.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=635826

Just an offseason note, I'm not whoring!  :grin:

If you want to hire either my 10 WR or 8 QB in the off-season, they'll work for absolute shit wages. But I also won't be boosting them nor buying them custom gear because I'm broke. Just an FYI if there's nobody with WR/QB positions that will be boosting/custom gearing.

The QB got shafted for xp in the d-league and now they'll both wallow in FA not getting xp because I'm not real interested in the game outside f13.

I NEED HELP!!!

Most of my free agents bailed when the owner left. Need Levels 20+ for starters, 17+ for backups. If/when that fails, I will just load up with F13 lowbies and take it in the ass for a season or two.

Way--

I'm not sure this is any help at all, I'm on a Canadian A league team with this player:  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=374821)

The owner of the team has pretty much jacked around all season, he got the team at a Pro team that had been gutted, he has had my DE playing all sides of the ball, I even got a pancake once.  My stats are horrible, I'm not even sure if the player is on the right track.  He is level 18, I'll boost in season 4 to get the tackling up and probably some in AGI to help adjust to the new rules.

Anyway, I've PM'd the team owner to ask him about releasing me, let me know if you are interested.  I guess I'll be 21 after boosting, I like playing on F13 teams, so backup would be fine.  Not sure how the owner of Borts Wrath is, seems like an ok guy, just goofing off.  All the GM's are freaking mods.  I think they are a Sekret Bort club full of insiders.

I am pretty sure we can put you to use. If you can get a release, that would be ideal.

Hey if you get desperate for CB's, mine is level 11.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=569100

I can boost my SS and FB to 14, but prolly not the best starters in a 20+ league.

Anyone know roughly what pay/league level ~L10 players should be looking for contract-wise for starter or backup positions?

The only thing I "know" is that the A leagues have a level 13 cap for free agents. "A" league is bottom floor for player owned leagues, first step up from the CPU D leagues.

So, I would assume you would want to be on one of the A league teams, you could probably be a starter.  They are adding another 1000 A league teams...so there should be a lot of job openings.

I'm pretty dumb about salary, the main thing you want is enough cash to get your equipment.  You should probably get that amount in a signing bonus.  Your daily salary should probably cover your training.  During the season it's pretty hard to train higher than relaxed and have enough energy to play in the games.

Edit:  I wouldn't sign a contract for longer than 1 season if you can help it.  You never know what will happen with the team, my first player got a bit hosed by signing a 2 year deal.  Owner gutted the team and then sold it back to GLB.  It's been a pain.

The rule of thumb is (level + 4) x 100 in daily salary.  I have no idea if anyone else bothers to renegotiate as often as I do.

I am TRYING to throw money at all sorts of free agents, but haven't signed a single new player yet (resigned a couple of my own FAs). The system for turning over existing teams to new owners is fucking clownshoes. I had a roster full of pissed off players with expiring contracts. Now I am going to have to sign a bunch of lowbies just to fill out the fucking roster, and that will piss off all the remaining high level players. Really REALLY not happy.

If you want to buy a team, insist on getting a B level or something equally low so you can sign dev players or just develop them yourself if need be. Trying to find high level free agents is a good way to develop an ulcer.

The Chiefs are in for a long year.   :?

The Chachapoyas, on the other hand, managed to resign everyone, even the backups.  Just noticed that the LT who never participates boosted up to 19, that was good news.

FYI, I have a 11 OT and 10 DT that need new homes. Will be trained to your specs, but I probably won't be boosting them.

If you want me to boost, I can. I've been holding onto my points in case another team needed players I could activate more on my account.  So far, I just have the LB active.

I tried talking to the owner of the team that my DE is on.  He said....let me quote him exactly:  "So your going to leave the team that gave you max xp everygame and also rebounded from winless to making it into the second round of the playoffs? I see the kind of person you are."

My DE is the highest level player on the team, I'm a backup at every D-line position, plus special teams, plus I got on offense a couple of times.  So I did get max playing time.  Anyway, he said to have you send him an max cash offer and he would do it.  So, you can try sending him a MINIMUM cash offer and see if he takes it.  Just fyi, about my player...he does not have his level 16 gear, but has 33,000 in cash to put towards it.  I'm fully boosted for season 3, and will boost for season 4 as well.  He got screwed with a gutted, pissed off Pro league team, he got lucky and Bort moved him to a canadian A league, so I don't blame him from trying to milk a trade for all its worth.

Sorry, I don't have anything better to offer.  Sorry you got a messed up team.

What's the 2nd set of equipment cost then?

At 16?  That'd be the standard 2000/day contract with a $50k signing bonus.  16 gear costs $10k a piece.

I'll fall back on the "I'll never ask anyone to spend real world $$$, but I *do* like winning, so, you know" team policy  :oh_i_see:.  We need Nebu to lead the team in tackles again!

OHHELLNO

It's CRUSHTIME!

 :awesome_for_real:

That fizzy sound you hear is a freshly opened can of whoop-ass.   :awesome_for_real:

I got put in the same situation WAP.  I got a BBB USA team.  The owner had gone AWOL, the team was at like -$300,000 and losing about $100,000 daily. Two wins on the season, and a roster full of discontents. Worst stadium in the league.  As soon as I got there, a thread had already started about everyone bitching and saying I am outta here and how they were being recruited by winning teams.  I said basically fuck this and sold back the team.  I don't mind a challenge, but that was really unfair.  I am satisfied with staying on CC for a while and contributing to a dynasty :p

I've gotten an offer for my lvl 10 DE to join a AA team (1600/day + 20k signing bonus) for 1 season - would this be a bad idea? I'm concerned that I won't get to play that much. It seems like a good team at 4th in their division last season, but it looks like there's a new owner. Would an A team for another season be a better bet?

Try batting down a pass once in a while, Nebuttsky.

(I think Doc Mur is going to whup us all next season)

I get pulled on every 3rd and long for the nickel and dime packages , so I don't get to see many passes my way.  As for Doc, I agree completely. 

***Inactive user***

Hey guys, I'm trying to get out of this other team I am on.  If I go inactive, is that not logging into the game for 3 days?  If I DO go inactive, can the team owner just cut me?  I don't know how that works, or is he basically stuck with me until my contract runs out.  I've pissed him off sufficiently that he'll probably just bench my player.

I think my player is about to hold a press conference in his driveway, do some situps and say stupid stuff to reporters.  He also bought stock in Sharpie.  He is a bad seed, but I think if he was on a different team he would be a star.   :grin:

You guys get so many tackles because teams are so scared to come to BBS's and my side with any sort of consistency.  :drill:

2nd string ftw!

I started a new job a little bit ago, so the offseason came at the right time, since I need to do some reading from the looks of it.

I'm ready for a new season dammit!

edit: Holy crap I need to start doing some proofreading before I press submit.

I'm going camping until tuesday tomorrow, if anyone wants to get my players onto teams that'd be cool.

el6t6one/g04llp4ss is the login/pass (its easy to remember..)

Wow - I'd be worried some lurker would retire my players.

 :uhrr:

Seeing no other options, I went into the FA market, and got flooded with offers on both my DT and OT.

I demanded 1-season deals, so they'll both be available for F13 teams next season if they're needed.

I was actually surprised at the offers I got....though I guess it was expected, as I was very specific in my adverts.


EDIT: Just for kicks, I'll see what I can do with Hoax's players. For his benefit, I changed his pw immediately. :drill:

Wow, putting all 12 or whatever of his players up on the block AT THE SAME TIME....

Not a good idea, lulz.  :ye_gods:

I need any and all players over level 10. I am giving up on even attempting to compete this season. The system is totally fucked for owners. Cute, since they are actually PAYING TO PLAY THE FUCKING GAME.

Please send me a PM on GLB with your player profiles so I can send you offers.

How is the system screwed? Just asking; I managed to get most of Hoax's players recruited easily enough.

I coulda boosted my guys over 10 (they are all at 10 now), but I just signed them to teams yesterday. :(

Yeah, I did all my signing yesterday too.  :oh_i_see:

My DT just got traded to some crappy...Oh wait. It's to WAP's team.

Signed my SS onto WAP's team.  I'll boost once the next season rolls over, so that'll help a little, probably.  As always, if you've got ideas on how you'd like me to level him, let me know. 

Edit:  I just noticed I'm the only SS.  If getting a different build of gear would help at all, let me know and I'll regear a bit. 

I just got a totally random trade offer for Robb Banks... if you want any of your players, you know you just have to ask.

My only non-CC player is a level 7 QB.  If you find yourself in any situations like we did with CB last season, let me know what you need and I'll roll up whatever for you in a D League this year.

We are going to need CBs and WRs the most. Will probably use your QB when he gets to level 10 or so. Hell, I will sign him now if you want, but I think you will get more XP/PT in the dev leagues. I will post a more comprehensive list in a few days once the prison raping known as the regular season begins.

Straz- the system is screwed because new owners are put into a completely random situation. I woke up one morning and was the owner of the team. No veto power- if I don't like the situation, I can sell it back for 1/2 what I paid for it. So new owners come in blind, and have to A) try to fill out a roster with free agents, and B) convince the players who are still stuck on the team to hang in there. How many sports franchise owners buy teams without even knowing the name of the team, the league, who is on it, etc?

You notice how many offers you got from teams? Hell, I got 10 or so for my baby CB. Each one of those teams NEEDED my player. I ended up signing him to the Chiefs because I literally could not get a single FA to sign. I have sent hundreds of offers and dozens of PMs in the past week. I made a few cash trades, but I can't afford to pay $200k for each of 20 slots I need to fill.

I hear about players getting 70+ offers. If you crossed Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning all into one hybrid super QB, he could only get 30 offers (and would probably only get 10 or so). It is a fucked system, and I don't see it getting better. I am going to have CPU players or lowbies getting serious minutes for a AAA team this season. That is just not right, and it is not my fault. Even cuter is that all my players will be taking XP hits since I have more than 3 of them on a team I own. Since Santa didn't leave me a full roster under the tree, I had no choice. And I get fucked for it.

Fucking over the owners is just shitty, since they are by definition people who are paying actual money to play your goddamned beta game. Adding 1000+ teams every season makes no sense. Everyone can't own a team unless everyone owns 40 players to keep the team/player ratio intact.

DO NOT BUY A TEAM HIGHER THAN BBB or so unless you like sleepless nights and ulcers. You will need 20+ friends to have players available to sign immediately or your team will fall apart and everyone on it will walk as soon as they can.

 :ye_gods:


I'm sorry I didn't know...I would have signed a few of my players, and Hoax's, to your team if I knew you were in such dire straits.

Yep, the FA market is a player's market right now.  I can't get a 4th LB to sign as everyone is throwing big money to LBs.  I am considering signing a DE or a SS and playing them at LB until the market calms down.

I'd certainly agree it's a players market right now. Everyone also wants to be on "The Winning Team". So you have a lot of intertia to work against if you were the bottom team in a league the season before.

I've got 8 offers on my WR, none on my QB. Sent both to WAP, even though the QB is a lowbie at 8.

CC's first game (regular season!) should be...interesting. 200-0? Defense is going to get shit for playtime :)

I have a level6 LB that your could have WAP. He hasn't been boosted yet so can do that so at least he'll be lvl 10ish quickly.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=646782

Wow, that was quick ;)

He's 9 now too.

HOLY FUCK I SIGNED A FREE AGENT! Level 14 center just signed. I am self-actualized.

We still need a starting punter and depth at SS, FS, LB, D-Line, O-line, HB, FB, and QB.

I've got a baby CB who hasn't taken a snap - I'd be happy to retire him and make something else.  I was also about to make a WR for the chiefs, since there are only 2 on the roster.

Hell, my CB got like 6 or 7 offers besides the one WAP made me. It's definitely a player's market. Maybe they shouldn't be selling as many teams (though since that's how they make the most money I can see why they do).

I just feel we're doing a disservice to WAP having our lowbies on his team. Will they demote the team to a lower division or something?

Too bad we don't have a B team for the lowbies, CC for the middlemen and the new CC for the higher players. Then we could have f13 for a player's entire career (with fair trades all the way up.

Well, that's always been the ideal, but I've asked if anyone is in the queue for an A or BBB team, and no one has responded.

And trust me, no one was listening to any offers I made, and I know WAP made about 3 times as many, to try and fill out the Chiefs roster.  It's either our lowbies or CPU at this point.

Next they need to put in player injuries and really make it a players market.  :ye_gods:

I would guess I made 300-400 offers to free agents, and got exactly 1 to sign (other than people from here, obv). I also made a few dozen cash trade offers, which were slightly more successful (5 of those or so). Current plan is to go 0-16 this season, get relegated, and then build from there. We will have a leg up on the lower division teams money wise, since we will have a bigger stadium (I assume).

Oh yeah, WRs. I can't believe I left that off the list. We need lots of them.

As it stands now, we need the following-

Starting punter
FB (level 14 or above would start, otherwise a backup)
backup QB
2 WRs (depending on level, starters or backups)
backup DE
backup LB (have a trade offer outstanding)
backup CB
backup FS

As soon as the rest of the team riots on me, I will need to fill their postions too, but there you have it. My free agent signings have now doubled to 2! We also got a shitload of money for tickets, so I paid off the loan for the new construction and still have 6M left. Will probably try to conserve that, since ticket sales will plummet later in the season and next year when we go 0-16. Should help us out when we get relegated though.

Just so you know how the powers that be @ GLB think- here is the response to my PM (you can see my original at the bottom). Are these guys SOE rejects?

Wow, yeah, that's pretty backhanded.

To be honest, WAP came off with a lot of 'tude in that PM, and the powers that be are making a decent amount of money from that broken system, so calling it bullshit might not be the best way to get your voice heard.

I agree with you completely WAP, I just don't know what else you expected in reply to that email.

My FS will be a FA in 17 days, I'll switch him then.

Perfect.

Sky- the reason I sent the email was to give the developers some perspective of how frustrating it is to be a new owner, especially one of a high level team. There is no real documentation on anything in the game- you have to dig through the forums (which of course aren't searchable) to learn anything. I didn't expect them to do anything for me in particular, but I was hoping that hearing from a paying customer might help them mold future versions of the game to make the process smoother and less painful. Lrn2play was what I got, which is just fucking unacceptable. These clowns can't even keep the admin accounts secure, for Christ's sake. I don't know what I was thinking.

They really do need thicker skin, complaints about their system should be taken by them as an indication on what they need to work on. 

Customer service is vital for customer retention.  There are 1000000 ways they could have addressed your concerns without being dicks about it.  It's sad that they took the low road. 

They're in a death spiral, I think. A couple coders and some forum mods stumbled onto a money hat. Unless they get bought out by a company with real CS, the rampant abuses, shitty CS and overall amateur hour stuff will kill this thing.

But it's beta lulz  :oh_i_see:

OMG - it is progress quest!

The four human teams I have players on all won, my QB still can't find a roster spot (no surprise, build is all sorts of screwed up).  May just retire him.

My QB is FA and neither of the f13 wants him. Orphaned :(

Put him on the marketplace, get on a team, and earn XP while you wait for a spot to open up on one of the teams.

So after reading all this, I rolled up a DT and joined a dev league team that is 4-0, and only has CPU characters at DT.

Player link here: ReShaun Williamson (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=794589).  Not sure what I want for spec atm, but it sounds like I mostly need to put points into stats for the time being.

That is a good plan. Dump points in his main attributes (STR, AGI,TACK, etc) and then start sprinkling in the specialties a bit later on.

In case you guys hadn't heard, there was a hacking/cheating scandal during the playoffs last season. The incriminating chat log can be found here (http://pastebin.com/m7a6b9f5f).

Seing CCC and "Sauce" in that chatlog is freaking me out.

Was that cheating stuff against us? I can't tell because it's like retard speak in there.

Just a coincidence, but it made me have to read it thoroughly, which I don't recommend to anyone.

Nah, that's not involving us...directly, anyway.

Brown Trout was one of the teams that got cheated, and many of the quoted forum posts were from members of that team. They are a team full of players from 2+2, the largest poker poker community (where I also read and post). They were part of the impetus to get things investigated and were eventually vindicated.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=722641

Crap.  My work's SurfControl finally blocked the direct IP link.  So, GLB is blocked both ways.  Any way to circumvent this?  I hate having to actually work.   :wink:

Set your home computer up as a relay?

Hey all!   I got a few players that may of be of service:

Punter, Free Safety, QB, Fullback, and Center I am currently making more players because I have 1800+ flex points and would love to help!  So please tell me how I could help the cause.

AIM: Pavarotti4

Stop making characters and save your FPs for boosts and custom gear.

Get all your players signed up with D League teams ASAP and start earning XP. Let me know when you hit double digits in levels.

Nobody biting on my lvl 9 QB. Too hard to compete with guys who will boost and have custom gear, I guess.

There are a ton of QBs. If you have a decent build and don't mind backing up, you should be able to find a gig eventually. Have you tried using the Marketplace and Players Looking For Teams forum?

Yep.

Also, I'll take a minute to thank WAP for hiring Barry. He's outperforming the higher level WR on the Chiefs :) Hell, he's leading the team. Given the opposition levels, I'm amazed at his output.

Also also, lulz: http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=56&team2=3024 f13 extreme cage match!

I have http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=648954 on a crap human team. If I could get on an f13 team, that'd be keen. Maybe he'd trade me? I'm a backup anyway.

Argh. I JUST signed (or traded for, can't remember) our 4th DE, so you would be like 5th on the chart and get crap for PT. If you are getting more than 20 plays on your team now, you are probably best of staying there. I have a shitload of expiring contracts early next season, so I will probably have room for you then. If you were a WR, I could use you NOW- still have a goddamned CPU reciever getting snaps.

Makes me want to roll up a WR or something.  :grin:

We could release either Greenshoes or Stretch from CC to the Chiefs, as they are getting very few snaps, and sign them for your team.  I have no problems with that, and as always I have no expectations to start, just hopefully get like 30 plays a game.

I should kill my QB and make a WR with his points.

I wouldn't want to jeopardize CC, since that is actually a decent team. However, if Sauced agrees, that would work for me. The more friendly faces on the Chiefs, the better chance I will have of quelling the eventual riot  :ye_gods:

Fuck those assholes. Bitching at you as if their buddy didn't fuck his team over.

WAP, do you want another WR if I ditch the QB? They seem to get decent snaps in D-league and I got a few human offers at the end of Barry's contract. Making a QB is awful unless you have a team at the end of the cpu contract, there's literally no way Steve is going to get hired by anyone but f13 teams. So no way he'll be hired at all, I guess.

I can make pretty much any position if you want, given the d-league lag time involved. How about a free safety  :why_so_serious:

I have another baby WR I started a couple of days ago, but WRs (especially ones with non-retarded builds) seem to be pretty scarce. Same for CBs. If your build is good at either position you will have no trouble finding work even if CC or CC can't use you immediately. It will only get worse if/when they add more teams (which will also give your QB a good shot, especially if he has a good build).

It just bums me out seeing him stuck at level 9 with no team and no prospect for a team (since I can't afford to boost or buy custom gear for him). That would be the problem with a CB or WR, too, even if Barry seems to get by ok so far. Also, I already have a WR and CB :)

Just throwing the offer on the table.

Have you done the Marketplace and/or posted in the Players Looking for Teams forum (or checked the opposite)? You might also scan the lowest level leagues and see if any team has a CPU backup at QB. Highly doubtful you will get a starting gig, but I would think there would be room for a backup somewhere.

I started a WR in the offseason, and until 2 days ago he was the only non-CPU WR on the team.  Needless to say, he is leveling fast.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=771372

I'd rather he kept getting 50+ snaps a game in a D-league than 10 for the Chiefs (the QB could have gotten another level or 2 before moving up to no play time), but he's there for you also.

Yeah, offensive backups aren't getting a lot of snaps for the Chiefs  :ye_gods:

We can put him on P/K coverage if you want to get a few more!

I'm trying very hard to not lash out at that bwoods guy who owns the FS. He refuses to understand how CC got fucked over and is outlevelled in the league. He keeps saying he's trying to help, but he posted one (pretty fucking basic) defensive setup. Sauced told him it did help. He bitched about management and made passive/aggressive remarks about his remaining contract time. Then I snapped (sorry) and made a snide remark about his bitching and he made another comment about his contract.

So I'm keeping my mouth shut in case you wanted to try and keep him for the levels, but personally, I'd rather lose without that douchebag than lose with him.

Of course it sucks losing every damned game. You guys aren't the problem here, though. Gah. Just had to vent about that.

I sent him a PM to STFU (but I was very polite). If he doesn't respond soon (he is online, so I know he read it), I will just revoke his forum access. If he is a dick about it I will take his player off the depth chart completely and he can go his 11 days without any game XP.

Amen, Brother.

Yeah. It's one thing to hate losing, it's another to piss and moan and talk about how your contract is up in 11 days. I'd be all for dropping him to the bench for those remaining 11 days if he doesn't up the shut fuck.

As backup freesafety, I fully support this!

Yeah bwoods is hard to take...but I didn't want to piss him off since I didnt know if you wanted him around.  He does have a good build IMO.

A cancer is a cancer...

Hey, I'm wondering...are there any character I could make today that one of our F13 teams would have a need for next season?

Any class at all. I might even boost them.  :grin:

(really, I just have an itch to make another toon).

Someone steal his build #'s for the f13 databanks...

I'll have a pair of DE's and OT's for f13 teams to look at if they want after this season, also a punter, who so far sucks.  I think I'm going to kill him off.  So far my experience with positions breaks down like this to about L15

OL = You have a big advantage versus even level DL, hard to fuck up.
DL = Your fucked.  You get burned out like a motherfucker and hardly can make an impact unless your up against a nub, cpu or bad build.
CB = The most fun position I've built, well rounded even works; get that 48 speed.  Also scouting, gameplanning and switching your advanced tactics is huge for the DB's.
P = Probably needs to be min/max'd in crazy ways at this point, because its so simple.  Will not make another.

My second generation of players will probably be small, I'm thinking 2 CB's a DT and possibly another OT.  Might not make them for another season or two, depends on how much pressure I feel to boost my existing players come playoff time this season.

WAP,

My level 10 WR is available.  I traded for him as his team had 7 WR so he needed a little more playing time than that.  I have him posted in the trade forums but I thought that he might be able to help you out.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=687337

Just let me know. 

Thanks.

Sent your owner a cash offer. Would love to shitcan the CPU receiver i am forced to use now.

You lot my want to check http://www.grid-iron.org as well. Though it's more of a management game than role playing ;)

I'll leave that link because it is topical. But please, this isn't a forum for you to pimp some other shit while people are talking about some other other shit.

So, anyone in need of a SS and a DT when free agency hits at the end of season 4? (Or looking to trade even?)

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=548440
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=603983

I could possibly use one or both. Don't sign with anyone in the offseason until I know for sure!  :drill:

My owner is going back to college and is letting his ownership lapse. If someone wants Tick N'Tiembom (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=162779), you could probably wrangle a trade or sign me after the season.

ReShaun (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=794589) is a lvl 6 DT, starting at NT for his D-league team.  Getting lots of plays there, but from the sounds of it once I get to 9 or so I'll get less?

Haven't put out an ad for free agency yet, just building him for next season, mostly.

bueno.

The owner of my newly boosted level 17 run-stopper DE is talking about drastic changes, including tradign lots of people. If anyone wants him, let me know, and I'll open him up to viewing.

The most successful and pretty chill forum-wise team I've got a player on has started offering long term contracts, I've got no clue how I should even begin to figure out what fair market value for my player is.  Beyond that we're currently in 1st in our A league so the chance of moving up, therefore meaning we'll need better starters seems possible.  I like the team ownership, but I'm worried about a 3 season committment.  Thoughts from you guys who own teams?

I'm pretty sure salary creep is linear, so you just need to guesstimate how much money you'll need for training in a few seasons, and add a bunch on top. Remember, no new contracts = no new bonus. You also might need to factor in gear upgrades.

Personally, I am fine with 1-year contracts. Keeps my options open.

If you trust the owner not to fuck the team over, long term contracts aren't bad. It really gives the owner an advantage over his counterparts in the FA market, since he doesn't need to worry about resigning his own players in addition to upgrading/filling holes. If the owner decides to gut the team and sell it, you are proper fucked.

I would say sign long term with Sauced or I, but be leery of people you don't know as well. If/when I decide to get out of the ownership business I will probably release all my players and force GLB to fold my team as a protest against how stupid their ownership tools are, so you wouldn't be stuck on a mostly CPU team.

I had a bad experience with signing a 2 year contract.  I signed RIGHT BEFORE the owner decided to gut and sell the team.  So, I was stuck on a gutted team, in a competitive Pro league, and I didn't get along with the new owner very well.  That owner traded me off to another team after the first awful season, without asking me.

It was only 2 seasons...but that is an eternity in this game...or at least it feels like it.  I can see how your owner would want to lock in the players who are 1st in the league, but 3 seasons seems like it would only be a good deal for the owner.  It's a bit risky, but if you feel good about the owners and teams it might be worth it.

Having been burnt once, I would be shy and probably only want 1 year contracts.

I've got 4 players that I'll pimp out to the f13 teams first, but I thought I'd give my two good owners a chance.  I just signed a so-so contract w/ one that goes until the end of Season 5, if I'm understanding what Season 5 Day 40 means...  In return I got a minor salary boost, that is comprable to the 8-10th best OLine at our league level.  Considering that this team will barely make the playoffs I figured that was fair.  I had them throw me a big bonus for the L16 gear + spending monies so I figured it wasn't a huge rip off.

The other team is 1st place, going places, and my CB plays a good game so far, above avg, if not better.  So I figured I'd like to see closer to competative pay versus high end A league CB's and backup AA CB's, which isn't what the offer was at all, they are getting back to me after taking out a loan to re-up a bunch of player contracts.  If I can stick with the team I'd love to but it'll depend on what this next offer is.

I have a young level 9 WR who will be seeking employment shortly.  He's agility based, goal for the future is 50 speed, 65 agility, lots of quick cut, head fake, and juke.  Hopefully would work as a KR as well.  Will boost and do custom equipment if he's really needed.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=772122

Don't neglect vision, jumping and strength. Gotta see the ball, get it over the defender and hold onto it once you have caught it. My WR on Way's team is doing pretty well against guys twice his level but gets no YAC. Actually, he's leading the team (http://goallineblitz.com/game/team_player_stats.pl?team_id=56&stat=receiving&playoffs=0) over guys 4-5 levels higher than him  :awesome_for_real:

Yeah, I'm definitely going to pump vision too eventually.  Hopefully jumping wont be needed as the idea for this character is to create separation in short routes and then maybe get some YAC.

I think that my CB went up against a WR like yours a few games back.  So frustrating, I was on him like glue but he caught every pass.  I've been working on jumping since then   ; )

How flexible is Raph's meatspace? I'd think with the creative people here and also the technical people here it might be possible to make a much better game than GLB :) Just a thought I had as we bitch about some stuff that's "OH HEY ITS BETA" in GLB....

I love this idea, but think people underestimate how incredibly complex simulations like these are.  Championship manager and Diamond Mind baseball have been out for years and still have loads of AI and gameplay issues.  The reason we haven't see a good american footbal sim is largely because the game is just too cumbersome to adequately simulate.  EA tried and failed MISERABLY... though that's hardly a benchmark. 

For F13 teams: I'll have a 16 OT and a 17 DT available for signing the first day of season 5 if anyone is interested.

I've got DE's and OT's up for grabs, possibly a CB as well.  My player link is earlier in this thread.

How did I not find this thread until recently I'll never know.  Very addicting game, just made 2 more players tonight. 

Here's my level 5 linebacker Zen Brown, averages around 4 tackles a game.  My last game was my best when I led the team with 8 tackles.... too bad the team sucks and we rode a 5 game losing streak to the end.  http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=833288

If anyone has a lowbie team let me know so I can ditch the cpu league.  Leaving my lvl 1s in cpu through next season to get them up some. 

Hey!!! What's going on here!!!!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=125146 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=125146)

I mentioned it on the GLB board.  It made sense at the time we scheduled it a month ago.   Now?  Not so much.  Also, it ran at 9 instead of 10 so my window of making some changes to tactics for the playoff game didn't happen.

I made top performers  :ye_gods:

FYI, I have a DE and CB (KR/PR specialist) that can be available to an f13 team.

Need help at DT, WR, CB, and FS. Also could use a LB. 22+ would be ideal.

I also have a 27 LB that wants a trade- http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=26791

Don't need cash, but any of the above positions would be dandy. Either two lower levels or one same level.

My CB is level 26.

Anyone need a 16 OT? If not, I have a 2-year offer with his current team, and that team is good so I don't mind leaving him there.

What is you GLB name? I could really use you!

olhado is the name. The player is Tick N'Tiembom. He is on the Philadelphia Wolves in USA A #6.

Cool- don't sign anything until I can get an offer to you after the season!

Just an FYI, he is built as a KR/PR specialist until recently. He's the 4rd CB on the current team. He could also use some signing bonus cash to upgrade 3 of his equipment, which would bring his speed to close to 75.

Let me know if you want me to open up his profile.

Ok I've got 2x ~L16 DE & OT's available if any f13 team wants them, backup is fine, I'm still fiddling with them.

I also have a level 18 DE, Knute Sack. He is specced toward run stopping.

I don't think that'll matter, considering he's level 26. He'd be replacing my level 17 CB, which in the league we've been playing in is just way underpowered.

We need a KR/PR too, so that would work well.

BTW, he's the 3rd CB, not "4rd".

I've got level 16's that can be boosted 3 times before next season: SS, DE, FB, and TE.

I'd like to see them all on the same team, as trying to keep up on each of the 4 teams' forums is a pain!

If you are interested in any, let me know. The only one I'm considering leaving on my existing team is my SS, so if you want him speak up. :)

It seems like the f13 teams are currently in much higher L2X leagues, lemme know what team(s) you end up on viin maybe I can have some of my players join you.

I just released all my players* and sold my team. I started working on the free agent market and realized I had neither the time nor the energy to deal with it. The team had no hope of competing the next few seasons- even the lower league (to which we should be relegated) had average starters like 28-31, which means we would have lost 15 or 16 games again.


I will try to help out with the Chiefs where I can. I am burned out atm, but should be ready to go by day 1 of season 5.




*Murdoc and HaemishM had just signed contracts, so it wouldn't let me release them. Hopefully the new owner will be kind. I also left the guy who threatened to sabotage his player's settings if I didn't trade him. Fuck him in his ear.

Ok, so my WR is now available for the Chachas, if needed. No custom gear, no boosts. I guess this is the official 'fuck GLB clownshoes' phase.

Sad to hear that, Way.  I was surprised to see my WR was cut and had to come see what happened.

Niger Mambas (http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=2720) are still alive and kicking.  I just purchased the rest of the lower bowl of the stadium.  If you have a player in the 20 level range, please feel free to let me know.  We keep finishing one game out of the playoffs and we want to break that trend this year.

We really need a top level HB, WR and OL.

Thanks.

Grrr.

See my post on the last page. I have level 19 runstop DE.

Thanks for the tip. I am more interested in your CB.  We have 4 CBs signed now and you would be the 2nd highest level CB. 

Unfortunately, we are full at DL.  It is one of the team strengths. 

I'll send you a contract and give you forum access.  I am about to be hit by Ike so I may not be on much after this afternoon for a while. 

Forum explains our equipment plans for next season. 

Thanks.

Some poor bastard bought the Chiefs. I can' believe those cocksuckers at GLB do that to people. That is fucking horseshit.


Also- I sent out renewals to all the folks on CC who expired on day 1 of next season. If anyone is planning on being inactive/quitting, please let me know so I can try to fill the roster spots. We are full at every position atm.

Well, I have about 9 guys that are all lvl 7-9......  I am willing to Boost... anyone willing to add me?  I have most of the unique guys, center, kicker, punter, FS, TE etc....

My level 15 DT is officially available: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=603983

Alright here are my guys ready to help!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=816244

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=818296

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=818411

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=821521

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=821860

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=824135

I'm willing to Boost, and buy Gear...  I also just started a kicker lvl 6 http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=831005

All others are level 10 ish....  hit me up.

So I log in today and have 10 messages and 53 alerts from tearms looking for my FS and DT. Talk about a players market.

Have a level 23 TE (no boosting) looking for a home as a starter. He is currently not on a team. Anyone need before I look for a new team?
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=45030
 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=45030)

ALl righty, I have an offer on my DT... any interest at all?

And my SS will be available tomorrow: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=548440

War Pigs is looking for a DT, if 18+. My FB is on that team. http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=3020

The team my TE plays on is looking for a G, CB or WR, also 18+. http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4782

Viin, I've got a lvl 16 WR (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=566462) who is just about to ding 17. No custom gear or boosting, though. I'm in the group of folks done spending money on GLB. So, in GLB terms, a loser  :oh_i_see:

I think deciding the game is fucked and not spending any more money on it makes you the opposite of a loser...

Viin is playing for the enemy!

I said in GLB terms, Felsing.

 :awesome_for_real:

ZING!!

I had a Felsing try to sign one of my players to his team. (not THE Felsing) That would have been a lively team forum.

For those of you getting disillusioned by GLB, the latest version of Football Mogul 2k9 (http://www.sportsmogul.com/games/football2k9.html) was just released.  It's not a lot better, but as a single player game you can get a lot more out of the sim aspects, particularly on the business side. 

My WR's new team with Viin....got Felsinged. (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=151749)

That's pretty funny. 0-98.

Shit, that's NOTHING. The team Way gave up... just got beat 3 times in a row 255-0 (http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=144714). My level 18 CB was actually being used as a wideout. He had 37 kick returns... IN ONE GAME.

Yep, fuck it. I'm done with GLB. That's not even remotely logical. That's like NFL teams being put up against Pop Warner.

Damn it! It looks like he released that asshole LB I left on the team purposely  :drill:

Ask the owner to release you. But before you do, send GLB admin/support a scathing email about how fucking broken their clownshoes game is.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=163478&pbp_id=6775573

 :awesome_for_real:

I can't even bother to pay attention anymore. The catasses have won...

It's like playing in Alterac Valley in Wow at lvl 53, vs 60s who have all sorts of purple gear - just silly and pointless. Also, painful.

I'm still having fun in African AAA.  Too many gutted teams in every league now but my team is finally winning so those balance out for me.  :)

Not sure if anyone still pays attention to our GLB team anymore, but we held the Felsings to a very low score, in line with the other two top three teams in our division. Yay defense!


Unless they were trying to throw this one to keep dominating the league, of course  :awesome_for_real:

Yeah, we are having a good run. I'm sorry about retiring my CB (Tick)... Even though he did get a sack last game :)

We just put in the 3-1-7 blitz.  Expect to get more sacks before you retire.  :heartbreak:

WAP/Sauced: Is anyone going to keep CC going next season?

I can't believe CC is 9th...running basically on autopilot.

The new training system is pretty nice...with the bonus token temp boost...you can strategize.  One of my other teams pulled off 3 upsets using the boosts.  Of course...I think we were upset a couple of times.

The game is still horribly broken.  The one really awesome team that I am on just had the player cap dropped.  It was a capped 21 league, and that made it pretty dang nice going against equal levels, especially when you have a superior build.  Now the cap is gone, so any damn level player can be signed.  Would have been much nicer to just raise the cap to what a player would average in levels plus 3 for boosts.  Would keep at least some of the leagues competitive.  Stupid money hats.

Well, yeah. The game is clownshoes. You won't find anyone to disagree. My WR is on a team with Viin where the GM is at least trying to do some stuff, and they could use my defensive guys, especially if CC is not renewing next season. I'm pretty sure neither WAP nor Sauced have the flex points to buy another season, so I was just looking for an official word so I could make that decision.

This game is a textbook example of how not to do RMT if you want to grow beyond a niche. Problem is, there are enough jackoffs dumping money into the system that it won't ever get fixed. Pay more money and directly affect the power differential? You just broke rule #1, son. Especially when the game is fundamentally broken. Thus, clownshoes.

But it's still something I like to have for a couple minutes a day, something to dick around with while I'm on hold or loading software.

Actually, I have 300 on me for some reason, and I have a QB and WR who don't even have teams that I will retire for more points.  I can keep the team up for another year or two.

Ok, I guess the question is more "Do you want to?" You've said you don't really want to be involved with setting up for each game, and as kidder said, it seems like CC is on autopilot.

Clownshoes festival!

We tested going for 100% passing game and our men stubbornly ran 33% of plays.

They got our money on a random generator football screensaver.

I handed over GM, OC, and DC duties before the season, so I did what I could to avoid autopilot.

Unless they've added a REFUND button I'm unaware of, the FP will just rot there if I don't use it to renew the team.  The offer stands!

Thanks for all of your efforts, Sauced. 

So much wasted potential in this game...   :heartbreak:

I did say autopilot...just because I haven't seen anything on the team forums about any kind of strategy.  I check my players before and after each game, but I'm not boosting anymore.  My other teams tell the players how to set their tactics for each game...one of them is actively recruiting players to upgrade all positions throughout the season.(which bothers me when they keep adding players at my position. LOL)  They bring in higher and higher level players...because there is no level cap at all, so you HAVE to get the highest level players with good builds to stay competitive.

I'll stay active on CC, but without boosting I think CC will just lose more and more games.

Sauced, I don't know how often you check your GLB mail anymore, but could you redo Long Snappa's contract to end on day 40 this season instead of Day 2 next season? There's another team interested in him.

Personally, I fooled around with some of the defensive stuff, adding odd blitzes and such, changing coverage here and there...

But, to do this game right just takes FAR more time than I am willing to put into it. I'd rather troll forums here, do my fantasy teams for a few minutes here and there, and use my 360 or play EQ2 with friends.

Oh, and DnD 4th ed takes up a lot of my time each week. I'm REALLY eating my words with that one. Thankfully, no one I play with has called me on it.

Ah, you're the reason my LB finally got a sack.  In his 4th season.  First sack.  Le sigh.

O rly?

I'll have to log in and see...that was one of my goals. I''ve seen it done in other leagues, so I was sick of our LBs doing not a whole lot in pass rushing.

Also, I tossed in a few corner/safety blitzes, because I think they're awesome fun. :drill:

Straz or whoever, can you please pm shadowmane (http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=180597) (a GM on the team Viin and I'm on)? He's interested in Crush and Cholly and wants to dump some players. They're only A and probably too low level, though. If you don't want to dick around with it, can you cut my two guys? Thanks. Want to squeeze a little more life out of this diversion.

Speaking of which, anyone want my account? I have 3 solid players, and some FP left.

I'm just hanging by a thread myself.  I've been updating and such just so I wouldn't drag the team down. 

Maybe it's time for someone to call the time of death for this game.  We can pull up the sheet and move on.

Sky, feel free to tell that guy make trade offers.

Thanks for taking the time to look at the offers. I hope this guy sticks with it for a bit, especially now that the team owner is back from Iraq. If not, I'm probably done with GLB, too. No interest in dicking around with the FA marketplace.

Realizing that the training points were capped at 14, and that even if I wanted to try all my players are gimped for their level because of it, put a fork in it for me.

Wait what? You can only accrue 14 training points, or you can only spend 14 training points per level? I haven't checked back much since then, so I'm sure my guys have at least that much training. Either way, it's  :uhrr:

If you don't spend them, it caps at 14, and you don't get anymore. 

As far as I can tell.

Brilliant mechanic... more clownshoes. 

I weep for the lost potential. 

What's the status of the trades to the Blood Knights? I think they could also use Strazos' LB.

I'll log in and check on that.  I'm not planning on reupping the team, so any thing you need from me make it fast.  I'm ready to wash my hands of it.

Ok, msg sent to Evo. Hopefully he'll get in touch and I can stop bugging you about this game :)

So, is the team dissolving after this season?  Should I be looking for another team?

I can't even bring myself to log in.

My guys are all moving over here (http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=4782), the team Viin mentioned for my WR earlier in the thread. They've got a couple active guys coaching and setting stuff up, so it's extending the thing a little while. Get in touch with the owner because they're working on trades right now. A few more guys from CC would make them a heck of a team.

Going to miss JP and Olaf, though. Power offense, we've been spoiled :)

I won't miss seeing my ROLB get hung up on a OT while he's also blocking our number 1 DE.

Actually, if anyone else wants strazos' account, lemme know. I'm done with GLB as of today.

I logged in to find out the team owner who had been all about building a great team, especially after I brought him 4 good players, was going to 'slow build' a team (start from lvl 1 and don't spend SPs till you hit the cap naturally). So he's trading everyone away for cash, found my WR on some shitball team.

Fuck that guy, and fuck this game. Done.

So this debacle (in a game I don't really even give a shit about) has restored my faith in the shittiness of humanity. Whenever I get involved in any non-f13 endeavour, it ends up like this. Now the guy isn't releasing players so they can find teams before next season, he's holding everyone hostage to make a few million bucks. And they'll be moved to whatever team he decides to deal with.

All is normal, I hate online people again.

I hope they get a good deal for my ROLB.  :grin:

And then go inactive, just to screw them.

I'd say that it's time to retire.

Yeah, way ahead of you, hoss :) But:

:(

Straz: they never picked up any of your guys.

Damn.... I guess it makes sense to keep that in game, but damn.

As soon as I get released, I think I'm going to call it.  The game was pretty fun the first few seasons.  I appreciate the effort you guys put into this and thank you for letting me tag along.

Yeah, thanks to the owners and GMs. Too bad the ultimate BiiF score is "Clownshoes."

Someone move this thread to the Graveyard.

One necromantic comment, because my guys have been sitting on a decent team with possibly the worst playcalling ever. I've been trying to see if these guys could turn it around and learn the system. Nice couple minutes worth of diversion every few days.

With the new season, people who boost boosted. I had a couple left in the tank, so I boosted one of my guys a couple. And this is where the utter genius (or shittiness) of the game comes out. Beyond the massive grief factor, of course. I know we've talked about it, but I just want to underscore for posterity: If you don't plan on spending money on this game, don't bother.

I finally did some numbers to it, and once you're xp capped per game (at 100, maybe level 30?), you earn 75xp/day and level 2.4 times per season. People who boost will earn 168.75xp/day for 5.4 levels/season. Add in people who game the system, and it's useless to bother. Even as a free diversion, the fun wore thin before this thread was over. For some reason I keep an eye on it, like that stupid KotOR2 mod that will never come out.

This thread is awesome.  I'd never heard of the game until I started reading it (which is weird. . multiplayer online football is right in my sweet spot), so it managed to compress the entire gaming disillusionment arc into a tidy 15 minutes.

 :drill:"What's this, a football MMO RPG?  I just had an orgasm!"
 :grin:"Wow, people are leveling up!  Playing with friends! The potential is incredible!"
 :awesome_for_real:"Oh, some catasses are kind of ruining it, but let's just ignore them"
 :oh_i_see:"Oh, there's a lot of catasses and you need to pay cash to be competitive.  Well, maybe you can just stay in lower leagues"
 :ye_gods:"Oh, they're fucking up all the leagues"
 :uhrr:"Oh, everyone is an idiot and the game is ruined"
 :sad:"I wasted my money on a stupid game"
 :cry:"I am hatred"

Indeed, what an enlightening read!  :-)