FOFC - ESPN NFL 2k5 league - Page 2

ageofquarrel · 07-23-2004, 08:48 PM

if you hit the black button pumpy you can search by name.

JeeberD · 07-23-2004, 08:58 PM

Hmmm...to steal the Cowboys from cartman or not...

Eaglesfan27 · 07-23-2004, 10:41 PM

I just got my new network and as a result X-Box live finally working. I now have a consistent "excellent" rated connection with speeds of 54 Mbps listed by my X-Box, so hopefully I will continue to connect smoothly now

Anyway, I'm about to head out to the French Quarter, but I'll be joining the league in the game tomorrow

mgadfly · 07-24-2004, 01:13 AM

How do you check how well you are connected?

Eaglesfan27 · 07-24-2004, 02:23 AM

I'm doing it by going to network settings on the X-box virtual dashboard, then clicking advanced, then clicking wireless. It then gives me a listing of my network SSID, the channel, the speed, and the strength of the connection.

gstelmack · 07-24-2004, 07:13 AM

The league web page is up. Go to http://leagues.espnvideogames.com/login.php to log in, and you can view the leagues you've joined. If anyone wants access to post news articles, etc, just let me know. Since Sun Tzu has helped organize this, I'll probably give him co-commissioner powers on everything it will let me, but there are other permissions I can give to people like posting articles on the news page, etc.

Sun Tzu · 07-24-2004, 08:53 AM

Gstelmack, I'm wondering if we should switch the quarters from fives minutes, to six or seven minutes. Is it possible to just scrap/recreate the league with the same name and registration info? Perhaps we should take a poll of how many minutes each person would prefer to play on, and then go from there.

By the way, thanks for the co-commissioner...commission

. I will PM each person that is listed as having reserved a team also, just to be sure everything gets rolling.

gstelmack · 07-24-2004, 09:35 AM

I'm going to see if I can just change the setup. There was some indication last night that I could, but I have not verified. I don't want to go much over 6 minutes, though, as then people like me with a family may have a hard time finding enough time for a game (I'd like to see the total time for a game take about an hour of real time).

If I can't change it, I'd still like to see us run a week or two to see if anything else doesn't match up, then scrap and recreate with all the settings we like. It would not surprise me if we find other things in the setup that need tweaking.

gstelmack · 07-24-2004, 10:40 AM

OKay, I can change most of the league settings, and have set the quarter length to 6 minutes. We currently have 5 of the 16 spots spoken for.

SirFozzie · 07-24-2004, 11:59 AM

Played my first game today.. while the player I was playing was a bit sack happy, I learned from his mistakes (he had one key receiver, which I double teamed throughout the 2nd half), and I broke one of his blitzes for a 60 yard Corey Dillon Run, and won 17-3. I'm willing to take anybody on, NFL2K5 or NCAA2005

mgadfly · 07-24-2004, 01:41 PM

I played my second online game. I won 21-19 (Seahawks vs. Steelers). It was another great experience. I tried to meet a friend online to play last night, but we couldn't get a connection.

Anyone else having problems playing games sometimes?

Eaglesfan27 · 07-24-2004, 01:44 PM

Right now I've scrolled through about 400 leagues looking for ours. Is there a better way to find it?

EDIT: Never mind, a help item just popped up saying hit the black button to search by league name. Joining now.

mgadfly · 07-24-2004, 01:45 PM

I also had a question for those of you with headsets. How well do they work? Are they worth it?

My friend and I just talked on our cell phones (we have headsets) last night when we were trying to get a game going.

mgadfly · 07-24-2004, 01:47 PM

How do we get the league password so that we can join?

SirFozzie · 07-24-2004, 01:56 PM

quotung gstelmack post#45

Season name: FOFC
Password: elitist

mgadfly · 07-24-2004, 02:00 PM

Thanks SirFozzie, I tried to type you a message on LIVE. I wrote:
I have to go help a friend move. How do I get the password to join the league?

I see by your post that I missed it, but the message system wouldn't let me send the you the message because it had inappropriate language. ???

SirFozzie · 07-24-2004, 02:05 PM

had ass in it i bet

mgadfly · 07-24-2004, 02:10 PM

I actually kept deleting one word at a time until it would let me send it. I got all the way back to I have before I just decided to delete everything and write "cant"

I suck at the game, but if you are still around when I get back from helping my friends move, lets try to set one up.

gstelmack · 07-24-2004, 06:24 PM

10 people have signed up for the league. Need 6 more. Including Sun Tzu ;-)

I've got interest from at least one person not in the original list, so sign up quick if you want to keep your spot.

Sun Tzu · 07-24-2004, 07:11 PM

Yeah I am going to sign up, but I haven't had time to play the game in the last two days at all. I'll see if I can get myself set up in the league before tommorow.

gstelmack · 07-24-2004, 08:54 PM

It only takes about 5 minutes to sign up for the league in the game.

SirFozzie · 07-24-2004, 10:54 PM

Woohoo! Beat RPI in Double OT (6 minute quarters) Fair Warning.. you WILL have to have someone spying on Vick EVERY. SINGLE. Play

Eaglesfan27 · 07-24-2004, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Woohoo! Beat RPI in Double OT (6 minute quarters) Fair Warning.. you WILL have to have someone spying on Vick EVERY. SINGLE. Play

I'll remember that

SackAttack · 07-24-2004, 11:59 PM

He ran wild on you with Vick too, huh? Ask him about the 8 times I sacked Vick.

Terps · 07-25-2004, 03:45 AM

I'll join if you still have open teams.

BigDPW · 07-25-2004, 09:45 AM

Just Joined as the Ravens...

Balldog · 07-25-2004, 09:51 AM

I'd still like the Redskins, bear with me I am in the process of moving.

BigDPW · 07-25-2004, 09:59 AM

I just realized that SackAttack wanted the Ravens on page one... Let me know if you want me to switch or if I can even do that now... SORRY SACK! :-(

cartman · 07-25-2004, 03:53 PM

I just tried to join (after finally getting my Xbox live account moved from Italy). But it appears that the servers are down because I couldn't pull up a league list. Anyone else having problems?

Oh, and JeeberD, if you steal the Cowboys from me, I'll kick you squah in the nuts

BTW, my Xbox live ID is MoneyG

cartman · 07-25-2004, 05:18 PM

Dola,

The service came back, and I'm now signed up. Looks like we need 3 more coaches to sign up.

gstelmack · 07-25-2004, 07:00 PM

Yup, 3 more slots. I'd say if you're interested but are holding back for other coaches who spoke up sooner, go ahead and register (registrations have been open for 48 hours). I'd like to get this filled and started so we can find out all the things we don't like about the setup so we can restart if necessary with a lot of momentum (and if we do restart, looks like I'll have to up the league size given all the interest).

SackAttack · 07-25-2004, 07:16 PM

BigDPW, damn you, you took my team. Did you not fucking pay attention to the signup list?

SackAttack · 07-25-2004, 07:18 PM

Sigh. Guess I'm the Packers.

SackAttack · 07-25-2004, 07:19 PM

Dammit, it would have been a much better idea to fucking PM THE LEAGUE INFO to those who've signed up already, and THEN let the rest of the board at large know, if we had needed anymore spots. Sorry, but I'm really pissed about this.

Eaglesfan27 · 07-25-2004, 07:26 PM

Why not have BigDPW and you SackAttack both leave the league, and then you rejoin as your rightful team SackAttack?

I believe a player can leave the league by pressing Y after hitting my leagues and with the FOFC league highlighted.

SackAttack · 07-25-2004, 07:33 PM

Eagles, I leave for work shortly. So let's say BigDPW does leave to free up the Ravens, and somebody else swoops in and snags not the team, necessarily, but the league spot, and BigDPW ends up on the outside looking in. How is that fair to him when he made what seems to be an honest mistake?

And frankly, I'm not willing to risk that happening to me by leaving the league shortly before going to work. So it's the quintessential rock and a hard palce.

Just leave it the way it is, I'll deal with being the Packers. But I did (and do) want it known that I'm not happy with the way league signups were handled.

gstelmack · 07-25-2004, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Dammit, it would have been a much better idea to fucking PM THE LEAGUE INFO to those who've signed up already, and THEN let the rest of the board at large know, if we had needed anymore spots. Sorry, but I'm really pissed about this.

Sorry, I just did not have the time to send that many PMs. As excited as people were, I never expected to hit Sunday night and still have teams not signed up yet...

SackAttack · 07-25-2004, 07:39 PM

It's not War and Peace, gstel, we're talking about four words:

League: FOFC
password: elitist

Boom. PM sent. move to the next name on the list.

Not hard.

gstelmack · 07-25-2004, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SackAttack

It's not War and Peace, gstel, we're talking about four words:

League: FOFC
password: elitist

Boom. PM sent. move to the next name on the list.

Not hard.

No it ain't, but it's 17 of them. Never even occurred to me that this would be an issue, given how many people wanted in and how quickly people grabbed teams in the forums. I reiterate, we're 48 hours after signups began, over a weekend, and we still don't have all 16 slots full.

Sun Tzu · 07-25-2004, 07:44 PM

What teams are still open? I'm off all day tommorow (finaly!!!), and I'll handle the PM's, as well as straightening out any team mix ups.

gstelmack · 07-25-2004, 07:46 PM

Current list of signees is at: http://leagues.espnvideogames.com/t/...ngs.php?l=5351

Balldog · 07-25-2004, 08:05 PM

Not sure when but sometime this week I will get signed up.

SirFozzie · 07-25-2004, 08:46 PM

2 Openings left.

SackAttack · 07-26-2004, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

No it ain't, but it's 17 of them. Never even occurred to me that this would be an issue, given how many people wanted in and how quickly people grabbed teams in the forums. I reiterate, we're 48 hours after signups began, over a weekend, and we still don't have all 16 slots full.

I'm not going to argue about it anymore. We're 48 hours after signups, and we're, what, maybe 96 hours since the game came out? And you didn't think that there might be a second wave of folks while things got sorted out?

More importantly, you thought people would actually go back to read an entire thread once signup info was posted?

Maybe I'm just a cynical bastard, but I think you're putting entirely too much faith in human beings to assume that there wouldn't be screwups like this.

Balldog · 07-26-2004, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

You can take the 2 minutes it takes to post this message here, but can't take the 3 minutes to sign up for real?

Ummm...I'm in the process of moving and my XBOX is in a box somewhere.

RPI-Fan · 07-26-2004, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balldog

Ummm...I'm in the process of moving and my XBOX is in a box somewhere.

Sorry - bad mood - Monday morning.

BigDPW · 07-26-2004, 06:22 PM

Sack... I will be glad to back out as the Ravens... It is an honest mistake... Sorry I got the team you wanted... Let me know if you want and I will go on an back out of the league so you can have them... I am pretty busy at work so I will have to do it between about 7 and 9pm one night this week... If it is a big deal to you I will just back out tonight and let you pick them up anytime... If I end up not in the league that is cool I will try again next time we organize...

Again Sorry...

SackAttack · 07-27-2004, 01:12 AM

Big, don't worry about it. I know it was an honest mistake. I'm not going to have the time this week to sit and pounce even if I were so inclined as to 'force' you out of Baltimore, and I'd really rather not see either of us get aced out of a slot in the league over something so ultimately trivial. Keep the Ravens. There'll be another time.

Sun Tzu · 07-27-2004, 10:17 AM

Sorry, scratch that whole having the day off yesterday...and today. Wednesday I'm not scheduled to come in.

*cries*

RainRaven · 07-27-2004, 04:35 PM

Any teams still open?

07-23-2004, 08:58 PM	#52
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Hmmm...to steal the Cowboys from cartman or not... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-23-2004, 10:41 PM	#53
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I just got my new network and as a result X-Box live finally working. I now have a consistent "excellent" rated connection with speeds of 54 Mbps listed by my X-Box, so hopefully I will continue to connect smoothly now Anyway, I'm about to head out to the French Quarter, but I'll be joining the league in the game tomorrow __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

07-24-2004, 02:23 AM	#55
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I'm doing it by going to network settings on the X-box virtual dashboard, then clicking advanced, then clicking wireless. It then gives me a listing of my network SSID, the channel, the speed, and the strength of the connection. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

07-24-2004, 07:13 AM	#56
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	The league web page is up. Go to http://leagues.espnvideogames.com/login.php to log in, and you can view the leagues you've joined. If anyone wants access to post news articles, etc, just let me know. Since Sun Tzu has helped organize this, I'll probably give him co-commissioner powers on everything it will let me, but there are other permissions I can give to people like posting articles on the news page, etc. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-24-2004, 08:53 AM	#57
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	Gstelmack, I'm wondering if we should switch the quarters from fives minutes, to six or seven minutes. Is it possible to just scrap/recreate the league with the same name and registration info? Perhaps we should take a poll of how many minutes each person would prefer to play on, and then go from there. By the way, thanks for the co-commissioner...commission . I will PM each person that is listed as having reserved a team also, just to be sure everything gets rolling. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon. Last edited by Sun Tzu : 07-24-2004 at 08:53 AM.

07-24-2004, 01:13 AM	#54
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	How do you check how well you are connected?

07-24-2004, 09:35 AM	#58
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I'm going to see if I can just change the setup. There was some indication last night that I could, but I have not verified. I don't want to go much over 6 minutes, though, as then people like me with a family may have a hard time finding enough time for a game (I'd like to see the total time for a game take about an hour of real time). If I can't change it, I'd still like to see us run a week or two to see if anything else doesn't match up, then scrap and recreate with all the settings we like. It would not surprise me if we find other things in the setup that need tweaking. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-24-2004, 10:40 AM	#59
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	OKay, I can change most of the league settings, and have set the quarter length to 6 minutes. We currently have 5 of the 16 spots spoken for. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-24-2004, 11:59 AM	#60
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Played my first game today.. while the player I was playing was a bit sack happy, I learned from his mistakes (he had one key receiver, which I double teamed throughout the 2nd half), and I broke one of his blitzes for a 60 yard Corey Dillon Run, and won 17-3. I'm willing to take anybody on, NFL2K5 or NCAA2005 __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-24-2004, 01:41 PM	#61
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	I played my second online game. I won 21-19 (Seahawks vs. Steelers). It was another great experience. I tried to meet a friend online to play last night, but we couldn't get a connection. Anyone else having problems playing games sometimes?

07-24-2004, 01:44 PM	#62
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Right now I've scrolled through about 400 leagues looking for ours. Is there a better way to find it? EDIT: Never mind, a help item just popped up saying hit the black button to search by league name. Joining now. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen. Last edited by Eaglesfan27 : 07-24-2004 at 01:45 PM.

07-24-2004, 01:45 PM	#63
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	I also had a question for those of you with headsets. How well do they work? Are they worth it? My friend and I just talked on our cell phones (we have headsets) last night when we were trying to get a game going.

07-24-2004, 01:47 PM	#64
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	How do we get the league password so that we can join?

07-24-2004, 01:56 PM	#65
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	quotung gstelmack post#45 Season name: FOFC Password: elitist __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-24-2004, 02:00 PM	#66
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	Thanks SirFozzie, I tried to type you a message on LIVE. I wrote: I have to go help a friend move. How do I get the password to join the league? I see by your post that I missed it, but the message system wouldn't let me send the you the message because it had inappropriate language. ???

07-24-2004, 02:05 PM	#67
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	had ass in it i bet __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-24-2004, 02:10 PM	#68
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	I actually kept deleting one word at a time until it would let me send it. I got all the way back to I have before I just decided to delete everything and write "cant" I suck at the game, but if you are still around when I get back from helping my friends move, lets try to set one up.

07-24-2004, 06:24 PM	#69
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	10 people have signed up for the league. Need 6 more. Including Sun Tzu ;-) I've got interest from at least one person not in the original list, so sign up quick if you want to keep your spot. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-24-2004, 07:11 PM	#70
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	Yeah I am going to sign up, but I haven't had time to play the game in the last two days at all. I'll see if I can get myself set up in the league before tommorow. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

07-24-2004, 08:54 PM	#71
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	It only takes about 5 minutes to sign up for the league in the game. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-24-2004, 10:54 PM	#72
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Woohoo! Beat RPI in Double OT (6 minute quarters) Fair Warning.. you WILL have to have someone spying on Vick EVERY. SINGLE. Play __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-24-2004, 11:59 PM	#74
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	He ran wild on you with Vick too, huh? Ask him about the 8 times I sacked Vick.

07-25-2004, 03:45 AM	#75
Terps College Prospect Join Date: Jul 2001	I'll join if you still have open teams.

07-25-2004, 09:45 AM	#76
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	Just Joined as the Ravens...

07-25-2004, 09:51 AM	#77
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	I'd still like the Redskins, bear with me I am in the process of moving.

07-25-2004, 09:59 AM	#78
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	I just realized that SackAttack wanted the Ravens on page one... Let me know if you want me to switch or if I can even do that now... SORRY SACK! :-(

07-25-2004, 03:53 PM	#79
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I just tried to join (after finally getting my Xbox live account moved from Italy). But it appears that the servers are down because I couldn't pull up a league list. Anyone else having problems? Oh, and JeeberD, if you steal the Cowboys from me, I'll kick you squah in the nuts BTW, my Xbox live ID is MoneyG __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-25-2004, 05:18 PM	#80
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Dola, The service came back, and I'm now signed up. Looks like we need 3 more coaches to sign up. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-25-2004, 07:00 PM	#81
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Yup, 3 more slots. I'd say if you're interested but are holding back for other coaches who spoke up sooner, go ahead and register (registrations have been open for 48 hours). I'd like to get this filled and started so we can find out all the things we don't like about the setup so we can restart if necessary with a lot of momentum (and if we do restart, looks like I'll have to up the league size given all the interest). __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-25-2004, 07:16 PM	#82
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	BigDPW, damn you, you took my team. Did you not fucking pay attention to the signup list? Last edited by SackAttack : 07-25-2004 at 07:19 PM.

07-25-2004, 07:18 PM	#83
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Sigh. Guess I'm the Packers.

07-25-2004, 07:19 PM	#84
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Dammit, it would have been a much better idea to fucking PM THE LEAGUE INFO to those who've signed up already, and THEN let the rest of the board at large know, if we had needed anymore spots. Sorry, but I'm really pissed about this.

07-25-2004, 07:26 PM	#85
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Why not have BigDPW and you SackAttack both leave the league, and then you rejoin as your rightful team SackAttack? I believe a player can leave the league by pressing Y after hitting my leagues and with the FOFC league highlighted. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

07-25-2004, 07:33 PM	#86
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Eagles, I leave for work shortly. So let's say BigDPW does leave to free up the Ravens, and somebody else swoops in and snags not the team, necessarily, but the league spot, and BigDPW ends up on the outside looking in. How is that fair to him when he made what seems to be an honest mistake? And frankly, I'm not willing to risk that happening to me by leaving the league shortly before going to work. So it's the quintessential rock and a hard palce. Just leave it the way it is, I'll deal with being the Packers. But I did (and do) want it known that I'm not happy with the way league signups were handled.

07-25-2004, 07:39 PM	#88
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	It's not War and Peace, gstel, we're talking about four words: League: FOFC password: elitist Boom. PM sent. move to the next name on the list. Not hard.