My SS I created a little over a week ago got an award (3rd in FF). This is pretty good considering he had 2 FF in 4 games.

Our only chance is to put in LeCharles Darwin at QB. The guy is the pinnacle of football evolution!

I'm ready to anchor the D-line today. We've been stellar against the run the past few games.

Our *cough* starter might not agree with you. ;)


Yes. The defense has been fantastic. We haven't been scoring that much more more than usual, but we've been keeping the opposing offense under control. Everything will need to fall in place for us to pull out a win.

DMB, I my CB is a lvl 4 CB right now

I couldn't wait to get home from work today to see how the playoffs went:

To paraphrase the HNIC:

I noticed that I have a new DT along side me the last couple of games. Just curious why the change, it doesnt seem to have hurt us any but I also thought we had started doing well before the change too though.

The DT asked to be released.

Ahh bummer... thought things were meshing well there. Regardless, the defense has been rather dominant lately, lets keep it going!

For a while there I thought this thread was going to be nothing but spoiler tags.

Any FOFC'ers going to be free agents that aren't already on a FOFC team. I really depth on both lines and a good fullback.

Once again, my MLB for the Silverbacks, Robert DeMinas, is underperforming. What am I missing, and what should I be focusing training on? Here's his stats -- could someone more savvy in the game tell me what I'm screwing up on?

Physical Attributes			Football Skills
Strength:	25.82		Blocking:	12
Speed:	19		Tackling:	31.05
Agility:	18.65		Throwing:	10
Jumping:	12		Catching:	12
Stamina:	26		Carrying:	7
Vision:	23.65		Kicking:	9
Confidence:	16.65		Punting:	7

Hard Hitter
Snarl - 3
Aura of Int - 3
Diving Tackle - 3
Monster Hit - 2
Defense General - 3

Pass Rusher
Trash Talk -1
The Glare -1
Shed Block -2

Look at one of the best LBs in the game:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3...resultsos7.jpg

As you can see it's all about physical ratings, mainly speed and agility with some vision and tackling. As in real life, physical attributes are the most important ones at every position besides QB and some specialized ones.

I've focused a lot on speed. I'm level nine and have an enhanced speed of 30. I played all three LB slots over ten games and had 74 tackles and 4 ffum. In watching PbP I'm convinced my most important attribute is speed.

I'm convinced that there is potentially one single attribute in each position group that is king. OLine appears to be strength, LB appears to be speed.

Tim Harper said that he chose speed because he knew he couldn't out muscle the linemen, but that he recognized a LB needs more strength and tackling than his has. He did make the leaderboard for his conference in missed tackles.

I think one problem a MLB can face is a great blocking FB gets on you and you can't get past him. For that you either need better strength to fight through the block, or be so much faster and more agile that he can't catch up to you.

I think the MLBs priority should be figuring out how to neutralize a great FB and still make the tackle. That could mean pumping the strength up a bit, but not at the expense of everything else that's important. Because it's true you can't really get the strength to overpower anyone on the OL and still be an effective LB. (But that's why the NT needs to demand a double team.) Going the speed route could make sense, but for those of us who are already balanced, maybe going strength would be the faster alternative.

I think vision goes a long way as well.

It looks like we match up well against Fresno. They're better than us running the ball, but our run defense is better than theirs. Everywhere else (aside from kicking...where they have a significant advantage over us) we're even. Should be a fun game.

I hear that the Cowboys are going to win 13 games this season.

I've built a decent MLB that just made lvl 8. My key stats are:
tackling 31
strength 24
vision 24
speed 24

and he seems to be doing well with those, had 4 tackles in the first playoff game and he's only missed 1 tackle in the 9 games he's played. LB seems to be a hard one to balance though because I think each of those skills are needed to make a good all around LB.

I had ownership aspirations and needed to retire my guys to reach that goal, but I did. No no more Balhaire.

Congrats to the former team, though, you guys looks great.

I just noticed that my DE won an award for most sacks for the season. That's pretty funny considering I only had 7 and 4 of them were in one game.

AHah... well grats I guess! :)

Sacks are so hard to get in the current engine, so 7 is a good amount, congrats!

Special teams (DeMarcus Lott) getting it done.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1140165

Wait...is the Fresno QB an FOFCer? Charles U Farley? Chuck U Farley?!?!?

Yup, nice strip, it was nice to carry the rock fer a bit... 35 yards!

What a series by Richard Southwell:

Nice to see someone made Dean Houston.

Hey, that's me! Thanks for the acknowledgement.

FWIW this was the first game that I had noticed the diving tackle part of the PBP - probably because it was the first time I had pulled some off.

Awesome, they have added team chemistry now:

Here's how it works, and this is to reward teams who stay together for a while:

- For every day that you don't add or remove somebody from your offense, defense, or team in general, your chemistry in the appropriate bar goes up by 1. This will process at day change. This means you can gain up to 40 chemistry if you stay together for a whole season and don't make any changes.

- For every player that you drop or trade away, you lose 3 chemistry from the appropriate bars (1 if it's a CPU).

- For every player that you add to your team, you lose 2 chemistry from the appropriate bars.

- This means: if you make a trade of a player for a player, you lose 3-5 chemistry. If you make a trade of a player for cash, you lose 1-3 chemistry.

- Chemistry will work similar to morale and energy in that affects your team's performance on the field. It won't affect it nearly as much as energy or morale, but it will have an effect. A team with good chemistry will play better than a team with poor chemistry.

- The minimum chemistry you can have is 10. The max is 100.

- A player leaving due to an expiring contract does not affect chemistry.

- Chemistry will not affect teams during this season in the playoffs. It will start on day 1 of season 2. We will reset every team's chemistry to 70 before the first games of season 2 run. You will be able to make moves during the off season to prepare for the upcoming changes.

This might suck for me : I've got a QB who isn't progressing because he is the backup (no playing time at all) and still on the CPU team salary (relaxed training). I asked for a trade but it didn't happen because of the playoffs, with this new rules I might have to wait for the end of my contract...

For what it's worth, it appears chemistry may not currently be in effect.


Chemistry didn't increase last night.

It will be in effect with the start of the new season.

Still won't help him though. Can't make moves right now except to cut people. This won't stop me in the slightest way from cutting a pain in the ass or signing either a good player, or another FOFC'r that wants on a team.

I have a SS, Clint Flicker, who will be level 6 tomorrow and I will flex 3 more levels next week. Looking for a FOFC team willing to trade for him. He had 2 PD and 2 FF in 4 games last season.

Strength: 19.6
Speed: 22.94
Agility: 17.02
Jumping: 10.67
Stamina: 23.26
Vision: 19.6
Confidence: 12.67
Blocking: 10.67
Tackling: 21.28
Throwing: 9
Catching: 10.67
Carrying: 10.67
Kicking: 8
Punting: 8

Wow, huge game by my TE today in the playoffs game:

TE Big Hands Carrillo 6 catches 71.5 yards 11.9 ypc 2.4 yac 2 TD

He is a backup in that team but this performance should boost him as we won 14-10 with my 2 TD's. I'm boosting only his receiving abilities so he is more of a receiver than blocker.

Here is the final game winning TD in the 4th Q, huge mistake by the LB who left him alone.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1146989

Now is going to play in the championship game.

My FS is level 5, and I wouldn't mind a starting spot somewhere? :)

I just created SE Quicksilver Supersnatcher last night. I leveld him up to 4 and will do it again when the season turns over. If anyone is buying a team and needs a starting wr, let me know.

It says it begins Day 1, Season 2. So offseason moves after the playoffs don't have any effect.

SS, level 6, still looking for a team.

Strength: 20
Speed: 26.65
Agility: 18.19
Jumping: 10.84
Stamina: 23.66
Vision: 21
Confidence: 12.84
Blocking: 10.84
Tackling: 21.68
Throwing: 9
Catching: 10.84
Carrying: 10.84
Kicking: 8
Punting: 8

RA, I'm not sure if owners can sign players during this period of time or not. I think there might be a freeze until after the playoffs are over.

It won't let me sign or release anyone right now.

You are right, no signings or releases are possible until after 20th when the playoffs are over.

Thinking about making a TE and boosting him. Would anyone have interest in a good TE (pref focus on receiving)?

Thanks. I am just looking to see if there's a team out there to begin negotiations for a trade for my player so when the freeze is lifted, it can happen. Right now, I have another player in the same league and conference so it's somewhat of a conflict of interest. :)

Mitts Cruiser (level 4 receiving TE) is available for hire:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=177939

I'll bump up his stamina with eqp when he gets a contract.

Good stuff with the new energy changes, should reward teams with good depth and stop some of the abuses of the current xp system.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_...hread_id=79811

...and keep people spending cash to create solid backup players on their teams. ;) Now that tons of owners who had backup players have jumped ship and purchased their own teams so their guys can start, leaving teams with crappy/no/CPU backups, this is the logical next step. To remain competitive, people will spend a few bucks to create viable backups for teams that they are on or own. Smart move.

I like the change. Now the back-ups that are getting only special teams duty and some spot plays on the field will actually get some nice exp. Plus, this should help kickers/punters level up. As it stands now, punting is -woefully- under strength.

my fullback, bubba fender, was the starting fullback for the valencia billy goats. they just won the western europe pro league championship. whoot....

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...layer_id=50529

Just a bump for people to check out my TE. I will boost him in season 2 as well.

He's no Chuck Farley. :D

Chuck's a beast. Gives me something to strive for ;)

The owners gave everyone 100 flex points as a bonus! Another good move - the first hit is free, then they jack up the price!

Dola -

Well I think I am going to take the plunge and get a new team. If anyone out there has extra players looking for a home, I'm going to need a LOT of guys!

Any idea when we can boost for season 2?

Thx.

Cheers!

Damn, thought my contract would be up at the end of the season but see I have to wait until day 11 of season 2 to become a free agent. :(

Day 1 of Season 2 is when we can boost - should be a few days.

i got a lvl 4 CB named Hell Atlantic that my current owner keeps lowballing in renogotiations. contract is up midway through next season, unless you want to trade for him. i'm not going to resign cuz i can make more money as a FA lvl 4 than the lvl2 i signed my current deal with.

Well, we will try and trade to get you...

We're moving to the US this season, right?

I put in the request to move, yes. The thread with the requests is about a mile long, so I don't know how it will work out. I pm'd the admins to get a little attention. I have not received any word yet though.

Wow, the mood in the new teams thread on the game boards is insane, it's like a feeding frenzy with tons of people desperate for new teams.

What is he offering you

Ignore

I have a Level 5 RB that should be up for FA soon...I'll try to remeber to post it here or there or anywhere. speaking of contracts, where can I view my contract details? I guess I'm blind because I cant see it anywhere

Best way to see when your contract expires is to go to your team's roster page, it will show that. Your contract details in terms of money are on the lower left part of your character profile.

You still interested in signing Steve Remington? It'll be until day 11 that I'm a free agent and am currently a lvl 10 TE that's heavy on blocking.

Teams are crazy for players right now. My lackluster LB I posted earlier has 77 offers so far.

Yeah 1000+ teams released at once, this is insanity. I've sent out probably 100 offers so far and gotten only one accepted. Heh, I ended up giving up my new team. Life's too short and I just don't have the time to run all my slew of players and kill myself trying to put together a team in an atmosphere like this.

I've just been traded to the Chicago Mustangs. At level 9, I'm still only the 6th best receiver. Sure hope the rotation thing is working. :(

That is why I'm glad I'm on a team owned by a FOFC regular. I'm confident he won't trade my player into a situation that screws my player over. :)

Definitely - I wouldn't be playing unless I was on Icy's team.

***PLAYERS NEEDED***

ColtCrazy just purchased a team (Lexington Lynx - http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=1366 ). He's looking for players at most positions - shoot him a PM (ColtCrazy74 on GLB) if you'd be interested in joining a new squad with a quality, involved FOFCer owner.

(He'll post amplifying info later today - these forums are blocked for him at work.)

Thanks :)

750 new team needing probably 40 players for each combined with the new energy changes.

Probably open slots for what... 35,000 players.

I think if you own a team you almost need to have your own players.

I hate this...you know how many messages I received from players not from FOFC today saying...my buddy just got his team, will you trade me to him...

My response.....Sure...I need an equal ACTIVE human player in return....So far...only one has provided that offer.

Ever notice how fun tends to turn into work over time?

Thanks man. Just wanted to say publicly that without your help, I'm looking at a lot more CPU players on the roster. In hindsight, there's just too many teams for the players out there. I'm busting my butt searching for FAs and 1 in 4 might have been on the site in the last week. We'll get there though.

A shout out to Icy as well, your QB is going to come in mighty handy! :)

For everyone else, Irish is right. Got a new team, the Lexington Lynx, and much like Irish I'm looking to put together a team and have them grow together as the season progresses. I'm very happy with the core I have in place now, but I'm still in need of a lot of positions...pretty much everything defensively, and on offense I could use a FB, couple of WRs and a OT. After that, I'll worry about backups.


Mustang - you may be right. I didn't want to build a bunch of my own players to put on my team, but I may have to load a couple more in if I'm not able to fill out starting roles. I'll use lesser positions I figure, and keep CPUs as their backups to minimize grumblings in the ranks. We'll see how it goes.

In hindsight, I wonder if they should have just centered the game around teams and just gave everyone 40-50 players and retaining the concept of flex points and allow people to buy flex points to boost up players on their rosters and just skipped this whole individual player concept.

This offering 50 people contracts just to get 1 is what I would call - Not fun...

that'd be a lot more fun.

In my experience, once you have the majority of the roster filled out, you can usually get up to a half-dozen backups - willing backups at that - if you post on your team's private forums and ask for them.

I know of one team that had about a dozen humans and the owner started posting in his team forums his list of 20+ positions he wanted filled - through creation and buddy referral, he basically filled his roster with human-owned players.

To me, either of those is far preferrable to creating your own guys.

Once you do have a full core, replacing lost players becomes very easy in my experience. I lost two quality guys today (they asked to leave to get more PT elsewhere), posted that in my forums and within an hour, had two freshly-created lvl 4 (soon to be lvl 7 in season two if I want) guys to replace them.

It really is a neat dynamic once it gets rolling...

here's lvl 4 CB Hell Atlantic. if you can give him a starting job i'd ask my owner to trade me, otherwise i'm content to wait till my contract runs out this season and just play the market for a better situation. right now i'm the nickleback on my team.

I'd be happy to have you HA once your contract ends. I can give you a starting job if you want to see if your owner will let you go. Just let me know. Thanks.

Let's hope so. I'm sure it just seems different because of the mass of owners overpaying and begging for players. Our current C on the Lynx is just wanting a backup role, but he'll start until I can find another C. Time consuming, but I know it'll be worth it.

How I'd love to have you. I already have a FOFC at TE already, though not as high a level as you, he's a worthy starter. Additionally there are 2 active TE's behind him that are worth a damn (and actually post).

I truly wish there was a way to run a 2 or 3 TE set. It is the strongest position on my team.

I've been trying for a couple weeks to get back-up DT's and a FS. It is just ridiculous now. People are offering me trades for players asking for hundreds of thousands for lvl5-6 guys. It is just not sane. I can't even get a lowly lvl1 HB on the forums. I'll make 1 year deals, but I won't bust the bank for a guy that may or may not stay with the game, has already shown they're not boosting their own player, and wants celebrity treatment.

I'll run a quirky D-Line using DE's before I'll fall to extortion. Besides, it will just get all the players who have stuck with me beyond the first season even more playing time to level up.

I'm sure this thought has already crossed many of your minds, but I think this MMORPG/Football Sim would work really well for college football. You'd create a player that would get recruited by various universities and after four or five years they could simulate a draft and you'd start over.

Jim, are you working on this in your spare time? :)

cool, i asked to be released. since my contract fortunately ends mid-season i told my owner i have the chance to be a starter on another team and that i wouldn't be accepting any contract offers from him, so it'd be better for him to release me at this point rather than take the hit to his chemistry mid-season.

Sadly, there are owners out there who will hang onto guys like you out of spite. Best of luck with your situation...

that would be unfortunate if i was in a multi-year deal. i, fortunately, am free to leave halfway through the season. if there wasn't any hit to chemistry then i agree an owner coudl be spiteful, but knowing ahead of time i won't stick with his team will only delay him having to aquire a replacement and at that time the replacement most likely isn't going to be a lvl 5 CB who is willing to not start, he's gonna have to scramble for a lower lvl CB. a schrewd owner would understand to get a replacement in place now before the season starts.

no big deal either way.