Towel Boy Basketball Returns!

[Anthony]

HAHAHAHA, i'm so happy i accepted the challenge from Fargo, turns out it was sovereignstar.

i mean, "tovereignstar". hahaha i love that kid.

[k0ruptr]

City College of Honolulu Loco Mocos has joined.

[Tasan]

Hey I posted this in the suggestions thread on there, but I'll post here as well. Is there any way you could put the full roster, maybe by position, at the bottom of the lineup page? I would be nice to have a full view in order to make your choices.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

hey CW, anyway to make it so that we can change our team names? i think i like the Dean Houston University Violators much much better. i was at work when i did my team so i did it really quickly during my lunch break. or can you do a one-time name change, as annoying as that might be.

also, congrats on making a very simple but fun game. it could be the start of something. if you would like me to make logos or something let me know, i like doing anything that increases the eye candy element of something.

I, and my as-yet-to-be-appointed GM's can change names.

And if anyone wants to design some artwork around the interface, I'd be thrilled. I'm by no means a designer.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Tasan

Hey I posted this in the suggestions thread on there, but I'll post here as well. Is there any way you could put the full roster, maybe by position, at the bottom of the lineup page? I would be nice to have a full view in order to make your choices.

I'm hesitant to do that, for one reason. The lineup page is by FAR the most processor-intense page, and despite the fact that throwing the rosters on there is not exactly a resource hog, I'm not sure I wanna put anything else that increases the load on that page.

edit: So I'll just do it a different way!

[vex]

Originally Posted by Antmeister

Thanks Coffee Warlord for the numeric definition of the skill descriptions. Helps out a lot.

Grrr, after I printed my roster out and wrote the value to each rating myself.. Damn you CW!

[Coffee Warlord]

Added a little javascript thing on the lineup page to pop up players.

edit: And in case anyone didn't notice, you can view an opponent's full schedule via a link on their team overview page.

[Ryno]

It looks like I have my work cut out for me. My team currently has the lowest total skills and only one scholarship available for recruiting. It should be interesting.

[Voo]

Giving this a go, and I've already made an error and that was just on spelling the short name. Recruiting here I come.

[vex]

Does weight matter atm?

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by wade moore

I'll check this out now, thanks! I was just using a VLOOKUP to change them to 1-20, so it wasn't a huge problem for me on the numbers vs. text .

heh, me too

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Works like a charm...

Now if we can only convince you to work something up for recruits ...

yes, please

[JeeberD]

The mighty Jeebidy Gump University Dolaposting Miners are ready to dominate the Erik Flamebeard Ten.

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Frick! My amazing stat is gone!!!

My starting center has Godlike strength!

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Ooh, and I have a 7'1" freshman. I don't care what his ratings are -- he's a 7'1" freshman!

I have a 6'11" 313lb freshman SF!

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

The mighty Jeebidy Gump University Dolaposting Miners are ready to dominate the Erik Flamebeard Ten.





My starting center has Godlike strength!



I have a 6'11" 313lb freshman SF!

I have a 6'11" 286 lb SG - so there!

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by vex

Does weight matter atm?

Nope. Total fluff stat.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by wade moore

I have a 6'11" 286 lb SG - so there!

I have a 6'11" SG, but he's only 226 pounds. The way it's looking, my starting C will be the 3rd tallest player in the starting roster (my 7'0" and 7'1" Cs will probably be backups).

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm in the Sectoid Conference. I just set up my training schedules. Anything else that needs to be done today?

[Coffee Warlord]

Nah, training is the only thing that you REALLY need to worry about today.

Just make sure you've got lineups ready by sunday, and recruits pimped by monday.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

The mighty Jeebidy Gump University Dolaposting Miners are ready to dominate the Erik Flamebeard Ten.

My starting center has Godlike strength!

BOOO!

[MikeVic]

I noticed that some players already have scholarship offers? Would anyone care to share the reasoning behind that? Should we all be offering a scholarship to the players we REALLY want?

[Coffee Warlord]

I'm fairly certain it's pretty much impossible to get a week 1 commit. It's I think theoretically possible after that, though bloody unlikely.

That said, I put a couple offers out for people I really want, and save my last one after the first week gauge feedback.

[Coffee Warlord]

Okay. I take that back. It's mathmatically possible to get a week 1 letter of intent. It's statistically very very very very unlikely.

I just ran several tests of the commit code. Exactly 1 of the 200ish players being recruited signed in 30 run-throughs on week 1. You have to match both the player's desires perfectly, you have to have a perfect roll of the dice, and you have to hope that recruit is one of the ones more apt to sign in the first place.

Week 6-7ish is roughly when the signings will really pick up steam, and I lower the difficulty at Week 12.

[Anthony]

i just want to show the recruits just how serious the Violators of Dean Houston University are by offering scholarships right away. we put our balls on the table when it's time to do business.

[Coffee Warlord]

Yeah, but who wants to be a Violator when you can be a Fighting Trout?

[MikeVic]

Who wants to be either, when you can be the star Bison of The California University of Manitoba

[SnDvls]

South University Chander Kollege Ondats or S.U.C.K. Ondats

is in

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Who wants to be either, when you can be the star Bison of The California University of Manitoba

hahahaa, that's like saying Los Angeles State U of North Dakota

[MikeVic]

Believe me, people will want to play here!!

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Believe me, people will want to play here!!

Judging from the Useless Stats Department, they all suck though.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Judging from the Useless Stats Department, they all suck though.

They're just a bit overweight, that's all. And future players will come here so they could be the ones to say they turned this titanic ship around.

[Anthony]

"Come to the beautiful Honolulu College of Aeronautics, located in sunny Hoboken, NJ".

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

"Come to the beautiful Honolulu College of Aeronautics, located in sunny Hoboken, NJ".

You get to say you're in Honololu College, but get to stay in the wonderful New Jersey!

[TargetPractice6]

Will there eventually be some way to balance our rosters aside from just not using all of our available scholarships for a season?

For instance I current have 6 graduating seniors, half my team. I'd like to work it out so I have 2-4 players in every class. Is my only option to save a couple of scholarships for next year's recruits? Will we eventually be able to cut or redshirt players?

[korme]

Give me some of your seniors! Talk about a way to be bored my first year, no recruiting for me!

[TargetPractice6]

I bet it won't be quite as exciting next season after I lose every SG, SF, and PF on my roster.

[korme]

Yea BUT LOOK AT ALL THOSE JUICILY SKILLED PROSPECTS, of which I will get my little hands on none of them.

[MikeVic]

I have three seniors. Can you imagine how crappy my team will be next year? Two seniors are by far the best players on my team. And I'm already one of the ten worst teams in the league.

[MikeVic]

When we get PMs about the recruiting results, will we be told if we meet their desires and stuff?

[Coffee Warlord]

You will get a little blurb that illustrates their deepest feelings and innermost secrets.

As for the issue about it being kind of static / year as far as how many scholarships you can offer, I want to do redshirting down the road. I don't wanna implement something like that till things have been running smoothly for a few seasons, however.

[the_meanstrosity]

The Kansas City Kansas University Analrapists have joined the Sectoid Conference. Hail to good ol' KCKU.

[Antmeister]

Mr. Coffee Warlord, something is going on with my scheduling. For some reason, I have a Non Conference game scheduled with the Dean Houston Violaters. The only problem is that he is also in my Conference. Also, how many non conference games can you schedule because I apparently have a game open and I don't see an accept button. Help me!

[Coffee Warlord]

You can accept Non Conference games with anyone who challenges you (I didn't put any conference restrictions, despite the name - they don't count toward league records, however).

The accept button only appears over games you can accept. Either you or the other person has a conflict, or they're the ones who have to accept.

[MikeVic]

Mr. Coffee Warlord, can you give me a couple of colossal players? kthx.

[rjolley]

Will the computer accept challenges?

[Coffee Warlord]

And if you mean you need to schedule your last game, start clicking on other non-bot teams and, in their detail area, you'll have the option to offer a game.

Bots will not accept challenges.

Non-Con games matter for 3 reasons, basically.

1) Bragging rights with teams you wouldn't ordinarily play.
2) Tie breakers and poll points for national rankings / tourney bids.
3) Extra playing time for your players, thus a little extra training.

[Antmeister]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Dola: And if you mean you need to schedule your last game, start clicking on other non-bot teams and, in their detail area, you'll have the option to offer a game.

Mr. Coffee Warlord, someone already sent me a challenge and I don't see an accept button even though we are both open. And is there any way to decline challenges as well.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Antmeister

Mr. Coffee Warlord, someone already sent me a challenge and I don't see an accept button even though we are both open. And is there any way to decline challenges as well.

I'll take a gander when I get home from work.

And no. Just ignore them, I should put a delete in there though.

Just a warning: I'll be logging in as you to check it out, and thusly will have to change your password. I'll PM you your temporary password after I check it out.

[Antmeister]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

I'll take a gander when I get home from work.

And no. Just ignore them, I should put a delete in there though.

Okay, looks like someone accepted my issued challenge instead. However I still have the issue of having a non-conference game with a conference opponent (the dastardly Dean Houstoun Violaters).

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Antmeister

Okay, looks like someone accepted my issued challenge instead. However I still have the issue of having a non-conference game with a conference opponent (the dastardly Dean Houstoun Violaters).

That you get to live with this season.

I'll put a fix for that in when I can, but I'd rather not get into the habit of mucking with games already scheduled, as it's a pain to remove.

[Antmeister]

Okay I will live with it. No biggie. Hopefully I can roast him 3 times this season.