FOFC - ESPN NFL 2k5 league

[SirFozzie]

2 Spots. Still Open

[RainRaven]

The leagues On live don't seem to want to load at the moment but I will be joining at some point tonight and I don't know what team yet since my Ravens are already taken Probably the Colts though no matter how much I hate them for leaving many moons ago.

[SirFozzie]

Teams taken:
Atl
Bal
Car
Cle
Dal
Den
GB
KC
NE
Phil
Pitt
SF
Sea
Ten

[RainRaven]

Nevermind... Just checked the league page and it says I am in as the Colts, I guess the error message I got on the Xbox was wrong

[SirFozzie]

1 Spot left.

*grrr...*

[RainRaven]

If anyone wants to play a game tonight let me know, It would be nice to take the Colts out for a test spin againist a human opponent without worrying about cheese tactics and such

[BigDPW]

Rain I will play... Only I will have to play soon... I can't play after about 9:00pm EST...

[RainRaven]

Okay, About 6:30 Est? or is another time better? My SN on Live is the same as here just to let you know as well.

[BigDPW]

I am ready to play now if you want raven... Look for dpw0419 on AIM or I will be on XB Live...

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

1 Spot left.

*grrr...*

Yup. Come on someone, grab it, anyone, please? Let's get this thing rolling...

And I was worried I should have created the league at 20 teams and wasn't going to have enough slots for everyone who wanted in...

[RainRaven]

DPW and me played a match for the hell of it and he won 21-6. It was a good game that was actually closer then the score suggests. He hit on acouple of big plays while my recievers had a case of the drops combined with me going away from the running game too early in the third quarter when down 14-6 at that point.

[Balldog]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Yup. Come on someone, grab it, anyone, please? Let's get this thing rolling...

And I was worried I should have created the league at 20 teams and wasn't going to have enough slots for everyone who wanted in...

Errr.....why must I be moving

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Balldog

Errr.....why must I be moving

My wife will tell you that every time we move, I'm a nutcase until the computers get hooked back up again. I don't care how much of a mess the rest of the house is, they're up and working within 4 or 5 days. It's one of my neuroses

So I feel your pain. I wish they'd let you sign up on the web site. But the spot is still open, so get that Xbox set up quick...

[Balldog]

I just found out today I will not be able to sign up until Aug. 3rd.

I am assuming the Skins are the only team left, if someone wants them go ahead and take them. I would hate to hold the league up.

[SirFozzie]

Any NFL team other then the ones on the list above and Ind is available

[RainRaven]

I took the Colts already Fozzie just to correct that

[SirFozzie]

Read my sentence again.. I refer to the list I typed up earlier AND Indianapolis

[CentralMassHokie]

Is there still a spot open? I just signed up with Xbox Live last night. I'm willing to give the league a go.

I'll probably check it out when I get home and see if I can join up. If I can, I'll probably be Detroit for no other reason than imported Kevin Jones was a stud for me in Madden 2004.

[RainRaven]

Don't mind me Fozzie I was not reading all that closely it seems

[Sun Tzu]

Ok well here's what I'm seeing so far. We have 15 of 16 teams claimed as of right now. I'm not 100% sure who exactly hasn't signed up. I know Sackattack didn't get his Ravens which, if I hadn't gotten my Niners, would have ticked me off a little bit too. When we get one more owner I will get in contact w/ gstl and work out how we are going to run the schedule and try to lay down a set of ground rules for the league.

Atlanta - Leondegrance
Baltimore - BigDPW
Carolina - KBear
Cleveland - Bearcat729
Dallas - MoneyG
Denver - Pumpy
Green Bay - Rincewind
Indianapolis - RainRaven

Kansas City - aqeofquarrel
New England - SirFozzie
Philadelphia - Eaglesfan27
Pittsburgh - knsmith
San Francisco - Katsumura
Seattle - MGadfly
Tennessee - JeeberD

[RainRaven]

If anyone wants to play a game tonight I would like to get some more practice in againist live opponents.

[RPI-Fan]

Originally Posted by RainRaven

If anyone wants to play a game tonight I would like to get some more practice in againist live opponents.

11:30-midnite-ish EDT?

[BigDPW]

Rain I am up for another game tonight if you want... I will be around most of the night... and I can play a little later tonight if you want instead of early like yesterday...

[RainRaven]

I'll take you up on that DPW, I'll be hanging around on AIM. That is a bit late for me RPI since I have to get up at 7 in the morning to go to work.

[Flasch186]

im trying to get in but when i go to DL leagues it wont DL anything...any clues?

[Flasch186]

im IN!!!!!!!!!! lets get this party started!!!

[gstelmack]

League full, schedule generated (was all automatic, I just had to say "generate schedule"). Check online on the Xbox or go to http://leagues.espnvideogames.com to view the league web page (we get a message board, newspostings, online stats, etc).

[Flasch186]

how do we work out when were supposed to play eachother?

[JeeberD]

Heh, this is starting at a really shitty time for me. Hopefully I can get my first game in before I go out of town on Tuesday. Hmmm, who's the Packers?

Edit: OK, that would be Sack. Ummm...would you be available to play Monday night, Josh?

[SackAttack]

Jeebs,

I can play after 11 pm Pacific on Monday night. My days off this week are Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday, if that matters/helps.

[JeeberD]

Cool. I might be able to play Sunday morning/early afternoon if my girlfriend doesn't make me help her paint her old room before she moves out. If not, Monday night it is...

[SackAttack]

Jeebs,

if Sunday looks promising, PM me tomorrow night so I know to get up at a decent hour instead of sleeping 'til 2 pm

[ageofquarrel]

Does anyone know how to make switches to the depth chart online. Are will I have to do it at the very beginning of every game I play. Also thanks Flasch, for finally taking the last spot.

Just so everyone knows I am good for anytime. execpt tuesday and thursdays after 9pm eastern.

[gstelmack]

To arrange matches, you can use the Xbox messaging feature (in the League Lobby, you can message anyone in the league by clicking the "A" button when on their name). I have no clue what happens if a game is not played by the deadline.

My typical schedule is available 8-10 Eastern during the week (as long as we start by 10, I'm probably okay), and can arrange times during the day on the weekends if we set it up ahead of time.

As for depth charts and the like, we'll just have to figure that out as we go. As I said earlier, it would not surprise me if we figured a bunch of things out in the first 2 weeks and decided we want to start over with what we've learned (and if not, great!)

[Eaglesfan27]

Hey Pumpy,

We are playing each other in the 1st week

I can play during the daytime today or tomorrow. Otherwise, I can play most evenings Monday through Thursday of this upcoming week. Drop me a PM or a line on here if you want to set up a specific time.

[gstelmack]

First game played today. For those unsure how to play the league match, go in to the league lobby, click on your opponent, and select the "Ready to Play" option. Your opponent then enters, clicks on you, and gets a "Challenge" option. Once you're both in, it will launch the game.

ageofquarrel's Chiefs beat my Panthers 24-17 in a tight battle decided late in the game when Tony Gonzalez got behind the defense and my LB missed the shoestring tackle. The game got off to a bang when Will Witherspoon (OLB) picked off an early Trent Green pass and returned it for a TD. Late in the game the Panthers had a hard time stopping Priest Holmes, and could not get Stephen Davis on track.

[ageofquarrel]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

First game played today. For those unsure how to play the league match, go in to the league lobby, click on your opponent, and select the "Ready to Play" option. Your opponent then enters, clicks on you, and gets a "Challenge" option. Once you're both in, it will launch the game.

ageofquarrel's Chiefs beat my Panthers 24-17 in a tight battle decided late in the game when Tony Gonzalez got behind the defense and my LB missed the shoestring tackle. The game got off to a bang when Will Witherspoon (OLB) picked off an early Trent Green pass and returned it for a TD. Late in the game the Panthers had a hard time stopping Priest Holmes, and could not get Stephen Davis on track.

Yeah, 2nd play of my 1st offensive drive, I throw a int returned for a TD. Then Priest Holmes got hurt and I am starting to worry. Luckily, Holmes was able to return. I think the best thing to happen for me on offense was when Mike Rucker got hurt. He was a beast and i think I got sacked at least 2 or 3 times by him. Plus your recievers dropped alot of passes.

[SirFozzie]

Don't recognize the name of the guy I'm going to play, but I'm on most nights after 6 (till 11), and on weekends, I can go late

[BigDPW]

RPI-Fan... Let me know when you want to play I am available most days 7:00 pm to about 9:30 EST. On the weekends I can play after about 2:00 pm most days... I can't play too late most of the time because my job requires me to be at work by 5:00 am so I gotta hit the sack early... Let me know... Hope to play soon...

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Hey Pumpy,

We are playing each other in the 1st week

I can play during the daytime today or tomorrow. Otherwise, I can play most evenings Monday through Thursday of this upcoming week. Drop me a PM or a line on here if you want to set up a specific time.

Let's play during the day on Sunday. I would say about 2pm or something like that. This'll be fun!

[Eaglesfan27]

I might not be home from work by 2:00 PM (one of my side jobs changes hours and I just found out I have to be there by 11:00 AM) but I probably will be home by 2:00 PM. It usually only takes me a few hours to round on patients. However, at the latest I should be home by 3:00 PM. So, I hope to see you to play tomorrow

[Flasch186]

playing right now and lagging horribly.....this sucks

[Flasch186]

love playing in slo mo....

[Flasch186]

im not very good but this makes it soooo much more difficult.....

[gstelmack]

I did not see much lag or slo mo in game with ageofquarrel earlier. How is your connection in other games? Or is it just a bad connection with your opponent?

[Flasch186]

dunno, but the key to playing D with Lag, is to not switch defenders when you think the lag is coming, otherwise youre screwed.

[SirFozzie]

Whew. Good game, Deion Branch was unstoppable. Pats win 24-14. Corey Dillon busted a 72 yarder on the first play from scrimmage

[SirFozzie]

(recap typed up and released.. does anyone else want me to write this kind of thing for their game?)

I copy it here for all to read..

New England Branches out in Victory

The New England Patriots only threw for 145 yards in game one of the FOFC NFL2K5 league. Thankfully, 141 of them were to Deion Branch, and the Patriots defeated the Browns, 24-14 in front of a sellout crowd at Gilette Stadium.

Corey Dillon showed why the Patriots had traded for him in the offseason, breaking one to the outside on the first play from scrimmage, a 72 yarder, and the Pats led 7-0.

However, on their next drive, Tom Brady (5-19, 145, 2 TD, 1 INT) found the wrong color jersey, and after a 48 yard interception return by Anthony Henry, the Browns were at the Patriot 10, and Garcia picked out Quincy Morgan on 3rd and goal to tie it up at 7.

However, most of the 2nd quarter was controlled by the Patriots, and they had three good drives, the first one stalling out, and Adam Vinatieri missed from 52 yards out, just under the cross bar, the Pats didn't lose out on their next two drives, as Vinatieri hit a 32 yarder, and Brady found Branch over the middle for a 33 yard touchdown, and it was 17-7 at the half.

Early in the 2nd half, the Patriots tried sending a blitz, with so many people rushing, that somehow, Kellen Winslow II was behind the defense, and the 55 yard touchdown was Garcia's one shining moment (7-27, 112, 2 TD, 2 INT), and they cut the lead to 17-14.

However, Brady found Branch again, this time from 35 yards out, in a near carbon copy of their first hook up, and the Pats had restored their 24-14 margin.

Most of the fourth quarter was eaten up by slow and steady gains on the ground, and Garcia was never allowed time to find the open area against the Pats zone, sacked numerous times.

Patriot Head Coach David Yellope was pleased, but not excited by the result. "Nice to get Corey Dillon (20 carries, 131 yards) into the offense, but sooner or later, they're going to blanket Deion, and we had too many drops from our other receiving core."

The Patriots will take on the Denver Broncos at Gilette in week 2, while the Browns will try to rebound against Kansas City, who defeated Carolina in week 1.

[Flasch186]

after 1 week, im already over it....if the lag is like this every week, ill have to bow out...he beat me fair and square but talk about more frustration than its worth

[Ironhead]

That lag was terrible. We even started over half way through the first game. I am *hoping* that this was simply because it is a Saturday night and there are a ton of people playing. But if the game is that laggy during league then it will be very frustrating. That was the first 2k5 online game I have played that had lag in it.

But good game Flasch. Look forward to playing you again in the future, hopefully under more hospitable circumstances.