Let's face it.

This game is not good.

I really wish we could have kept you on our team.

i concur. i'm waiting for Deeproute to not be so friggin difficult. that's more of the game i'm looking for. sounds like the devs are looking to simplify the gameplanning process so i'm excited to hear that. woo.

Players that holdout in professional football are ass whites... What does that make players that want to hold out in a video game?

yup.

GLB is a great money maker. It's an intriguing social experiment to an extent. It may even be a semi-interesting MMORPG.

However, it is not a good football game.

I have to say, he probably would have been happier, but he didn't want to move up the ladder which would have happened quickly.

Our leader at INT's on the team is our #3 CB, #3 and #4 get in as much time as the starters do as well.

I feel for the situation he is in, but I have to say, he put himself there.

I have really started to lose interest. :( The fact that you can boost and still be on the losing end (by doing it too early) and a myriad of other things (in particular, discovering DeepRoute) have sapped most of my enjoyment.

it's quite all right, if we were restricted to just one player it'd be worse and i'd have simply have moved on from GLB. fortunately i have another player - a QB who starts - who i focus on.

i told the owner he'd have the upper hand if i only had that one CB, but since i don't and it's easy for me to completely disregard the player (and thus, not improve him even though he has a high salary) the owner was just wasting his time and money keeping him on the team.

but in real life both sides have some power. in GLB only the owners do. if a guy like TO wants to get off the Eagles - he gets off the team. or if Tampa Bay doesn't feel like Keyshawn is worth the problems, they suspend him from the team. too one-sided.

i also told the owner that me trying to find new ways to sabotage my player (and the team) was providing me with more entertainment than the game itself. i've since been banned from the team forum, so i'm trying other ways to get a hold of the gameplan to send to opposing teams. i can be a persistent S.O.B. when i want to.

and creative.

You can ban someone from the forum without cutting them? That is super lame.

I would actually complain to the admins about that. If they don't want you involved in the team, they should cut you.

Hmmm. I have a third-string QB who has never taken a snap. Yet somehow I have resisted the urge to become a total pain in the ass for my owner.

Exactly, and after looking, he is not even on the depth chart. They have a CPU player on there, but no HA...

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=2799

I wonder how much real money this guy has spent on the game.

Well, looks like around 42,700 in flex points and given that the 50,000 package is $275.00.. I'd say alot. (his custom equip alone is about 27,000)

I just don't get how someone gets a sense of accomplishment from basically buying the "success". It's really a game of who can spend the most. Which is why I decided not to spend anything after my initial $16 investment.

What if the creators have some plants. You know, guys that are given free flex points to give the illusion of a lot of people paying money for this?

Maybe, but I doubt it. I fully believe people would spend $300 to attempt to be the best team.

There seems to be some strategy in how you build your player, so that's at least mildly interesting.

it sucks. my CB has 10 skill points, and i stated i refuse to use those skill points to improve the player until he's off the team. the guy is just being a prick to spite me. so outside of not training my player so he doesn't get XP and not using skill points to improve him - there's nothing i/the player can do. point being there's little a player can do other than complain, whereas a real life player has some options at his disposal.

they can make it you can only hold out once per season, and for every game you miss you don't aquire any XP, can't boost your player and maybe lose .5 in various ratings (to simulate a player losing his "stuff" being out of action for so long).

one of the starting CBs on the team is a lvl 18 making $64K per year. my CB is lvl 11 making $63K per year. i told the owner it doesn't make financial sense to keep pumping money to my CB since i'm not going to improve him. if i was making a cheap salary i'd be out of luck, but he's only shooting himself in his foot, cutting off his arm to spite his hand. oh well. just a game.

I would say that you a being a prick to spite him, but that doesn't negate the fact that an owner should not be able to lock a player out of the forum.

i'm agree.

i don't doubt that - you give someone mega flex points, he makes an uber player that all other super competitive people want to beat or keep up with to be just as competitive. that's actually a great strategy from a business standpoint. creating the appearing of high demand.

I've cut off 1 or 2 guys from the forum before while I was working out trades with their players because they were acting like total asshats to everyone. Granted, it would have been easier to cut them, but I was trying to get something in return and not leave a gaping hole at a position. Most guys are gone within a few days anyways once they want out.

Locking a guy out of the forum is a completely valid strategy. It's akin to suspending a player from the team for detrimental conduct.

he should be locking me out, cuz i fully intend on copying and pasting the gameplan for the upcoming games and send them to the opposing team. he locked me out cuz i told him what i did. i don't know what else to do to entice him to get me off the team. i've taken to PMing the players listed as "inactive" who may not be aware of what's going on to send me the gameplan.

after a while this will get old and i'll simply stop playing the game.

Hard to predict this happening to you, in any event. :D

OK, then HA is just being a prick to spite his owner.

Bah. http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=68894

One team, 63 players. He did not start until the period between Season 1 and Season 2, so he's boosted all his players the max that he could.

Tons of guys must do that...

http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl?user_id=19423

Must be the same sense of satisfaction fans of the New York Yankees get.

On the other hand, I get a lot of satisfaction when the Yankees outspend everyone and still lose. :)

Agreed. I'm most interested in the strategy of player builds and what makes a player good at each position.

Amen, brother.
:D

Bernard Blaze goes yard again: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=4566550

As for the complaints about buying success, I don't quite agree. You can only buy an increase of 3 levels per season, which I think is a reasonable limit.

Yes, but that is a huge advantage over people who don't buy increases, especially over multiple seasons. Basically, the only way to stay competitive is to keep ponying up the dough. Which is a great situation for the programmers, but not so much for the players.

I'm starting to think that HA has become a caricature of himself.

All because you're not starting? I would do the same if I were the owner. You'd be inactive for however long your contract was for.

Looks like my wr will be looking for a new team come next season.
Brian Butts level 14 almost 15 speed wr(Contract expires season 3 day 7)

again, this isn't accomplishing anything. we aren't restricted to one player, so i can just move on to other players. there have been players kicked off teams for being inactive, there's no reason to keep a guy you know is actively trying to sabotage the team. my player maker too much money, so he's just sinking his money into a CB who will never increase his ratings or XP or use his skill points - that's even less than what cpu players do. my CB's ratings haven't increased at all since i've been on the team. i've stopped training completely. my CB isn't the model candidate for someone you want to include in your building plans. get him off the team. my player's salary is simply money that is going down the drain, literally.

also, this game shows there is little incentive to accept multi-year contracts. i've learned my lesson, if i stick with the game much longer i'll only accept 1 yr deals. there isn't ever a shortage of suitors once you become a free agent. all you do is lock yourself in with no way of changing your circumstances.

Particularly with no chance of injury and no decline until year 10. Around year 7 or 8 you might want to start looking at multi-year contracts.

Other than that fact that your antics (demanding to be cut without the team getting compensation for your, giving away gameplans, refusing to train), if they result in you getting cut, will be what others use if they want off the team. It sets a bad presedent.

How about this for an idea: you do your best to help the team, even from a backup position. Or going out and trying to find a decent trade with another player for your team?

As I said, had I been the owner on your team, I would make your player an example of how NOT to get off my team.

also, this game shows there is little incentive to accept multi-year contracts. i've learned my lesson, if i stick with the game much longer i'll only accept 1 yr deals. there isn't ever a shortage of suitors once you become a free agent. all you do is lock yourself in with no way of changing your circumstances.[/quote]

AND get a signing bonus everytime you go to a new team.

hey sweet-tits, i PMd him requesting to be traded or released. his reply was i was on contract for 3 years and he wasn't required to do anything. that, my friend, is bad precedent. now he's in a situation where he's throwing $63K down the drain instead of filling my spot on the roster with a cheaper player, or at least someone who plan on actively improving his player. every year i'm on the team the owner can automatically waive $63K goodbye, cuz it's going nowhere. if i'm still on the team by year 3 of my deal, he will have wasted a great sum of money. everyone else on the team, provided he keeps everyone, will have have improved, and he'll have this $63K hole on the roster that still has ratings from when he was 1st on the team 3 years prior.

he may think he's winning this, but he obviously didn't do good in math or business class. if you make a bad investment that doesn't pan out, you sell and try to regroup and replenish your assets. you don't hold on to it to be spiteful, you only hurt your bottom line.

So its good precedent to let every backup player get traded (because only the few who are not ass whites won't ask) when they send a PM?

Same here. Level 16 1/2 SS. Went ahead and made my skills viewable:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=88653

Prolly moving Nielsen over to West Bend, if they need a WR.

They've got first dibs, since Flamebeard is there, but if not...he'll be a FA at the beginning of the year.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=67166

The Richmond Razorbacks, who have had a fine season this year, going 15-1, are going to need some players next season. We're looking for a 4th WR and 4th CB -- those are hard to find, but some of you may have made extra players at these positions. Right now our 4th WR has avg. 29.5 snaps per game. Our 4th CB has avg. 29.1. These guys do not have to be high level, but I'm looking for 8+ here.

We also need a SS and could use another LB - certain to get ST time with these players as well as sub time. Our current backup SS has avg. 38.5 snaps a game, so that's not too bad. If the LB is lvl 16+ he can have the starting LOLB starting spot that my own player now holds and I'll slide back to backup.

EDIT: we'll also need a DT and another WR, who would be #3, so this is a great position.

Here's a link to the team:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=81

PM Tank Basterson, JAG, or HoldenCaul at GLB if you want to talk about getting on the team.

ALSO: I'd like players that have their custom equipment if I can get them, so if there are mulitple applicants we'll probably choose based on who has the gear and the better build.

It sucks, we have an FOFC owner and he seems to be inactive :(

:D

Lost our first round playoff game today :(

Eh, we were totally outclassed even if DMB was active.

I've made my attributes viewable as well.. save me! :)

Anyone in the market for a G? Level 8 coming off the 1st year?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=408584

Was on vacation last week. Should've made you buys OC & DC...

Hey, gottimd.. I'd be interested in your G. I don't have my team yet but I am in line on the waiting list and will be getting one to start next season; if you don't mind waiting a few more days. You'd be our best OG I think.

No worries, I'll wait around.

Eh, no worries really. Might have to convince the others though :)

My RB's contract is also up this year if anyone is interested...

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=397971

Anyone that is wanting in on an active team that is in the Canada Pro League, hit me in the game, or PurdueBrad so we can line you up.

We are the Victoria Admirals, and we made it to the playoffs this season and will be fighting for it for years to come.

Damn...lost again today. Had two tackles and a FF and still have only given up one TD against me

In a scrimmage between FOFC teams, Grand Junction beats Lowcountry 26-9.

Wish they'd award XP for playoff and scrimmage games. :(

Cheers!

Woot!

The Nova Scotia Whales, Canada AAA #1 come into the playoffs as the #8 seed and win the conference title and we're going pro baby!

Just a hell of a run that saw us go from borderline not in the playoffs to turning it on with some new gameplans that carried us to 3 wins to end the season, then beating the #1, 4 and 3 teams in the playoffs in that order to win it.

Owner is Stinky Pants over in the DFL here in FOF-land. A bunch of us in that league are on his team so that made it extra goodielicious.

Looking for a DE and OLB if anybody has one coming up for FA or is looking to create a new player. We have a very active team and should be past our struggles now. Send me a PM if interested.

Richmond Razorbacks in need of high level HB as of now

We're losing our top HB and will need a replacement. We have a great OL and had two backs who went over 1200 yds each last year. This year we intend to focus on one back and change our offense to a more balanced attack, so we want a HB that can do a little receiving out of the backfield.

Here's a link to our team page:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=81

Well, the Lynx got beat in the BBB3 Eastern Conference finals. Hard fought game, but the ball didn't bounce our way...literally. The other team fumbled 4 times, but managed to recover all of them. :confused: Oh well, the silver lining is that some relegated AAA team wants to move down to BBB to regroup, and we may swap places with them and be in AA next year. So, we might move up, 2 divisions, after all. We'll see.

Scrimmage? I know nothing about this.

Yeah, I don't understand why there are scrimmages, other than to keep people from being bored after their team gets eliminated.

Well, had I known about it I may have checked since we got knocked out of the playoffs.

A level 2 DE looking for a job.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=502413

I have a level 15 (almost 16...41 xp away) SS available:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=122801

I also have enough money to buy all of the level 16 equipment.

Mauboy, did you get a team?

I have a pretty good level 14 "speed" WR available:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=239755

I'd just like to be atleast the 3rd WR on a somewhat passing team and maybe the returner as well (52 speed, 32 agility, 38 catching, 3-4 on speedster specials).

offer sent.

Level 9 G(45 points away from level 10) looking for a new team.

Would prefer to start or at least be the main backup.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player...ayer_id=275724

I'm not interested in doing the team owner thing, even if this game turns out to be good. Dealing with AI-run players in text sims >>> dealing with human-owned players in GLB. I have some really talented players that I'm going to release from my team before i sell it. I train my guys and level them up and all, so they're useful to a team, I'm sure. Any FOFC teams need one of the following???

LEVEL 19 WR

LEVEL 18 RB

LEVEL 19 OT



There will also likely be other good players available from FOFC soon. I've given the FOFC guys 36 hours worth of notice before I sell the team.

I posted it over at GLB, but I'll post it here too. You can cut my two players, and I'll retire them after that. I've just plain lost interest in GLB.

Then I'll have the following:

Level 18 WR

Level 12 G

Level 14 LB

If anyone wants on an active FOFC team feel free to contact me in game...We are looking to build depth and get stronger.

Canadian Pro Team - Victoria Admirals

We lost in round 1 of the playoffs when we were picked to demote this past season.

I have a team, too. I could use some upgrades in the secondary and WR.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=515

I have a level 15 CB and a level 9 DT. I'm willing to go to a lesser team if it means I can start the CB.

Please Ben Release my level 19 DT Carrillo before selling the team.

Greg and other's, we are going to need a LB as we want to switch to 3-4 defense and also one of our LB's is inactive and will be cut.

We have an active forum (1700 posts) where we discuss tactics etc, some FOFCers like Subby, Breizmanu, Jeeber, and more. Past year we went 16-0 in the regular season, to end loosing in the Division Championship vs Irishand's team. This year we should compete again for the Western Europe AAA league championship to reach the pro level. The Western Europe League is fun with some estabilized rivalries and lots of trash talk in the forums.

Let me know if you want to join us.

Larry is on vacation, but I'm sure the Silverbacks would be glad to add people looking to switch teams. We have all FOFC members, and are a competitive team that has made the playoffs each of the first 2 years.

huh, was out of it for a few days and now see I was cut from my team...

anybody looking for a level 15 DE?
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=34426

I've received a couple of offers, one in USA BBB level and the other in Western Europe AA level, but I would certainly have more fun playing with FOFCer, granted I can start, or at least have some playing time...

FM

I just landed a team (a bit by surprise). If anyone has guys level 4-10+ and wants a starting job, just PM me in the game. Here's my team:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=3135

I'm adding people like crazy and should have level 10+ HB, OG and LB here shortly.

lvl 11 CB Hell Atlantic is stuck on a team that won't even put him on the depth chart. messy situation with the owner. if you want him, come and get him.

lvl 13 QB Dean Houston is looking good in preseason.

Sure, send me an offer and make sure I know it's you.

For each of these 3 guys, I'll probably take the first offer that comes from an FOFC team, just let me know who you are when you make the offer. And I'm not stuck on starting, that WR has been third WR / kick returner for Lowcountry and I'm fine with that.

Okay, checked PMs there as well, and it looks like Icy will be grabbing my LB and IronHand the WR. Buster the Guard is still available and more than willing to take a backup role. Just waiting on SkyDog to sign a bunch of CPU players so he can actually cut us...

As soon as I get out of my contract on Day 1, I'll be looking to move my lvl 15 CB and my lvl 9 DT

I would offer to save HA, but you wouldn't be a starter on our team, but you would get some snaps.

Oh yeah right, you lambasted me in our forums when I signed you originially...sorry.

that post was for Arles, sweet clit. i already tried it with you, and i wasn't happy with the experience. no thanks.

Eric Theodore Cartman, a Level 17 (100 pts away from Lvl. 18) nose tackle is looking for an FOFC-run team to join.

I'll probably be joining Arles team here soon Cartman, you should to. :)

Yeah, Cartman, we'd love to have you and Bug's DTs anchoring our DL. PM me on how to get you:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=3135

Man does word spread fast and are people looking for players. We'll see how many folks look up what "Front Office Football Central" is after the replies...

Nice, i'll send you an offer as soon as Ben releases your player.

OK. I think I released everyone who requested it, my RB among them.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=43697

Make sure if you send me an offer I know it's an FOFCer by the screen name, or by a post in here. I got so many offers and PMs about the other two that I didn't bother to read them if I didn't recognize the screen name.

My level 10 guard hit the market yesterday. By the morning my inbox was full and I had a dozen offers. I ended up with a 60,000 bonus and 2,000 per week. I'm in USA A 8 on Tulsa, a team that just got taken over after a hatchet job. The best part of this game is watching the market in action, so I'll enjoy following the signings.

Oh, and I just checked. The Gators are still CPU-owned. I would imagine that one of you can take them over.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=87