FM Network Game - League Poll & New Signup

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 08:23 AM

As per the last poll, the official time for these will be Sunday evenings, starting at about 8pm CST.

The vote is now exactly which league we want to play. Even if you don't care strongly any way, please vote on what you would most prefer. And, please send another post this way to confirm you still want to play, as I remember some people can't do Sunday evenings.

Official Sign Up Sheet

1) Coffee Warlord
2) Vex
3) FrogMan
4) SirFozzie
5) Katon
6) Butter of 69
7) Blade, aka Relegated

8) Scholes
9) St Cronin
10) Desnudo
11) MattJones4Heisman
12) Pumpy
13) Vina For Prez
14) Neq
15) Fouts

vex · 08-25-2006, 08:24 AM

2)vex

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 08:29 AM

3) FrogMan

Warhammer · 08-25-2006, 08:39 AM

How does this stuff work via a network? Do you do a week at a time?

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 10:00 AM

4) The Foz

Warhammer: Everyone connects to a central server, and it's like single player, except the game doesn't advance until everyone's ready (you can set a time out once a certain amount of folks are ready, everyone has 10 seconds to wrap up what they were doing)

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 10:04 AM

Hey Foz. Does all scouting/scouring for players have to be done whilst connected to the server?

Butter · 08-25-2006, 10:07 AM

When is the expected start date for this? And what happens if you have to miss a week?

Butter · 08-25-2006, 10:08 AM

Also, how does watching the games work?

Butter · 08-25-2006, 10:09 AM

Is AI any good? I can't buy if AI no good.

Sorry, I channeled the magic man there for a sec.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

When is the expected start date for this? And what happens if you have to miss a week?

Your assistant manager gets the honor of managing for you.

Really, missing a week here and there shouldn't be that big of deal. Yeah, you might wind up with a non-ideal player starting a match, but how often do you REALLY change up things once you're set?

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 10:11 AM

Yes, scouring and all that has to be done while connected

Butter: If you have to miss a weekend, your Assistant Manager will control the team.

Butter: come game day, each coach takes care of their game normally, with coaches who don't have a game or finish their games before other coaches can watch the other games in progress.

Butter · 08-25-2006, 10:12 AM

I'm in.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Yes, scouring and all that has to be done while connected

Butter: If you have to miss a weekend, your Assistant Manager will control the team.

Butter: come game day, each coach takes care of their game normally, with coaches who don't have a game or finish their games before other coaches can watch the other games in progress.

Hmm. Wonder if I can make the save game available for download, so people can scour during downtime.

vex · 08-25-2006, 10:16 AM

Can you pause games? and what about match speed/highlights?

Katon · 08-25-2006, 10:17 AM

Count me in.

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

come game day, each coach takes care of their game normally, with coaches who don't have a game or finish their games before other coaches can watch the other games in progress.

okay, this intrigues me very much. What happens when it's a human-vs-human game? Do you get to see the other team go through tactical changes and such.

Seriously, this has me really excited. Looking forward to the fun of it

FM

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 10:17 AM

yes you can pause and select match speed/highlites (I think.. I know you can pause to make substitutions and the like

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

okay, this intrigues me very much. What happens when it's a human-vs-human game? Do you get to see the other team go through tactical changes and such.

Seriously, this has me really excited. Looking forward to the fun of it

FM

If the other coach is making changes, the game is paused with a note "Human coach making tactical changes"

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Hmm. Wonder if I can make the save game available for download, so people can scour during downtime.

Bad idea, CW. Especially at this level, the pool will not require intensive searching, what can't be handled live can be handled by scouts. And you know how big the save games are.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Bad idea, CW. Especially at this level, the pool will not require intensive searching, what can't be handled live can be handled by scouts. And you know how big the save games are.

Very true there. We'll see how it works out as normal.

Blade6119 · 08-25-2006, 10:23 AM

WHY ENGLAND!!! I HATE PLAYING IN THAT LEAGUE...this is a tough decision

Butter · 08-25-2006, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

I'm in.

Don't make me quote myself again.

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 10:26 AM

then, if that happens...

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

If the other coach is making changes, the game is paused with a note "Human coach making tactical changes"

then would doing this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

yes you can pause and select match speed/highlites (I think.. I know you can pause to make substitutions and the like

then would the game pause in both screen? Or I guess we could wait and see how it happens when it happens

FM

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

WHY ENGLAND!!! I HATE PLAYING IN THAT LEAGUE...this is a tough decision

that's a couple hours a week, you can still play your single player game in Norway or Ukraine or Belgium if you want

FM

Blade6119 · 08-25-2006, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

that's a couple hours a week, you can still play your single player game in Norway or Ukraine or Belgium if you want

FM

Im a little afraid im going to get dominated, as england is the one league i never do well in, but ill sign up. Maybe in the process i can pick up some strats by watching you guys. I have a feeling im going to suck, but every league needs a bottom feeder

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Im a little afraid im going to get dominated, as england is the one league i never do well in, but ill sign up. Maybe in the process i can pick up some strats by watching you guys. I have a feeling im going to suck, but every league needs a bottom feeder

if that's what you're afraid of, I could be the one who gets his ass kicked if we go much lower than League One as I always play with a Championship team. Dealing with lower transfers and such isn't always my forte... We'll see

FM

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

I'm in.

trying to spare the man the insult of quoting himself once more

FM

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

if that's what you're afraid of, I could be the one who gets his ass kicked if we go much lower than League One as I always play with a Championship team. Dealing with lower transfers and such isn't always my forte... We'll see

FM

Wouldn't worry. No matter where we play, I intend to run my system. Which takes at least a full season to get the proper players in, and get them acclimated. So year 1 is gonna be uggggggly.

Scholes · 08-25-2006, 11:06 AM

I'm in... I've never done a network game but have always wanted to. Pretty excited about it too.

st.cronin · 08-25-2006, 11:20 AM

Sunday nights, I can play, firewall permitting.

Scholes · 08-25-2006, 11:31 AM

Oh, I forgot to ask, this is big. Can I play with WWSM??? That's the version I have.

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 11:33 AM

Yes, WWSM/FM can interact with each other.

Desnudo · 08-25-2006, 11:37 AM

I'll give this a go. Although it's been a while since I last played a game below the EPL. How is the team selection going to work?

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desnudo

I'll give this a go. Although it's been a while since I last played a game below the EPL. How is the team selection going to work?

I'll randomize the players and we'll have a draft.

MJ4H · 08-25-2006, 12:25 PM

I'm in. The early poll numbers look like League One is it (yay).

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

I'll randomize the players and we'll have a draft.

I'm confused. You mean, random players and a draft to know who gets which team or a full draft, player by player?

I just don't know what's possible with the game...

FM

Pumpy Tudors · 08-25-2006, 12:39 PM

I'm going to give this some really strong thought about whether I'll be playing, so I'm going to hold back my vote for a few hours. I would love to get into this, and it's just a matter of knowing about how much time we'd be spending in the game each week. Two hours? Three hours? I'm just looking for an approximation.

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I'm going to give this some really strong thought about whether I'll be playing, so I'm going to hold back my vote for a few hours. I would love to get into this, and it's just a matter of knowing about how much time we'd be spending in the game each week. Two hours? Three hours? I'm just looking for an approximation.

the old man CW seemed to be talking about a couple of hours every Sunday evening, not sure what everybody had in mind, but that's what sold me on it. 2-2.5 hours is just nice enough for me...

FM

Pumpy Tudors · 08-25-2006, 12:50 PM

Sounds cool. By 9pm on Sunday, I'm usually just sitting at home playing video games or watching TV anyway. I guess the only issue that might be a problem for some people is that this will be happening during Sunday Night Football on NBC. I have a TV right next to the computer, so it's no big deal for me. It's just something that occurred to me a moment ago.

FrogMan · 08-25-2006, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Sounds cool. By 9pm on Sunday, I'm usually just sitting at home playing video games or watching TV anyway. I guess the only issue that might be a problem for some people is that this will be happening during Sunday Night Football on NBC. I have a TV right next to the computer, so it's no big deal for me. It's just something that occurred to me a moment ago.

yeah, but Sunday Night Football games usually sucks anyway so...

Can't wait to move my computer to the basement with a TV next to it though. With the wood stove in the corner, that'll be a killer setup

FM

Scholes · 08-25-2006, 01:05 PM

2-2.5 hours sounds great to me, and I'm not even really into the NFL. Fox Soccer Channel is where it's at. I'm confused about the draft statement as well. Are we drafting teams or players?

Katon · 08-25-2006, 01:35 PM

I think the way the draft works is that CW puts everyone who's playing in a random order and then, in that order, we pick which team in League One (judging from the poll) we would like to manage.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katon

I think the way the draft works is that CW puts everyone who's playing in a random order and then, in that order, we pick which team in League One (judging from the poll) we would like to manage.

Correct.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

the old man CW seemed to be talking about a couple of hours every Sunday evening, not sure what everybody had in mind, but that's what sold me on it. 2-2.5 hours is just nice enough for me...

FM

Old man CW says this is also correct.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 03:16 PM

I'll run the randomizer for the draft order this evening. People can still sign up, but after the initial picks it'll be first come, first serve.

What I think I'm going to do is provide the initial save game file in a couple of days for people to look through. That way, people can spend a solid week (I'm busy this sunday, so start time is next week) looking through their club and prepping.

Pumpy Tudors · 08-25-2006, 03:41 PM

OK, sign me up, please. I wouldn't mind having something fun to do on Sunday nights.

Vinatieri for Prez · 08-25-2006, 04:04 PM

I am in.

Coffee Warlord · 08-25-2006, 05:59 PM

30 minutes till I do the "draft" order. (Which will be in a new thread)

The teams that are in League One, since it's pretty bloody obvious what the choice is, are as follows:

Barnsley
Blackpool
Bournemouth
Bradford City
Brentford
Bristol
Chesterfield
Colchester
Doncaster
Gillingham
Hartlepool
Huddersfield
MK Dons
Nottingham Forest
Oldham
Port Vale
Rotherham
Scunthorpe
Southend
Swansea
Swindon
Tranmere
Walsall
Yeovil

Neuqua · 08-25-2006, 06:06 PM

Real or fictional players?

SirFozzie · 08-25-2006, 06:06 PM

I'd really prefer real, but either I can do.

View Poll Results: Which league shall we start in?
Conference National	1	7.69%
League Two	2	15.38%
League One	7	53.85%
Championship	3	23.08%
Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll

08-25-2006, 08:29 AM	#3
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	3) FrogMan __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

08-25-2006, 10:00 AM	#5
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	4) The Foz Warhammer: Everyone connects to a central server, and it's like single player, except the game doesn't advance until everyone's ready (you can set a time out once a certain amount of folks are ready, everyone has 10 seconds to wrap up what they were doing) __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-25-2006, 10:07 AM	#7
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	When is the expected start date for this? And what happens if you have to miss a week? __________________ My listening habits Last edited by Butter : 08-25-2006 at 10:07 AM.

08-25-2006, 10:08 AM	#8
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Also, how does watching the games work? __________________ My listening habits

08-25-2006, 08:24 AM	#2
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	2)vex

08-25-2006, 08:39 AM	#4
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	How does this stuff work via a network? Do you do a week at a time?

08-25-2006, 10:04 AM	#6
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Hey Foz. Does all scouting/scouring for players have to be done whilst connected to the server?

08-25-2006, 10:09 AM	#9
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Is AI any good? I can't buy if AI no good. Sorry, I channeled the magic man there for a sec. __________________ My listening habits

08-25-2006, 10:11 AM	#11
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Yes, scouring and all that has to be done while connected Butter: If you have to miss a weekend, your Assistant Manager will control the team. Butter: come game day, each coach takes care of their game normally, with coaches who don't have a game or finish their games before other coaches can watch the other games in progress. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-25-2006, 10:12 AM	#12
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I'm in. __________________ My listening habits

08-25-2006, 10:16 AM	#14
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Can you pause games? and what about match speed/highlights?

08-25-2006, 10:17 AM	#15
Katon College Benchwarmer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Providence, RI	Count me in.

08-25-2006, 10:23 AM	#21
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	WHY ENGLAND!!! I HATE PLAYING IN THAT LEAGUE...this is a tough decision __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

08-25-2006, 11:06 AM	#29
Scholes High School Varsity Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN	I'm in... I've never done a network game but have always wanted to. Pretty excited about it too.

08-25-2006, 11:20 AM	#30
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Sunday nights, I can play, firewall permitting. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

08-25-2006, 11:31 AM	#31
Scholes High School Varsity Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN	Oh, I forgot to ask, this is big. Can I play with WWSM??? That's the version I have.

08-25-2006, 11:33 AM	#32
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Yes, WWSM/FM can interact with each other. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-25-2006, 11:37 AM	#33
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	I'll give this a go. Although it's been a while since I last played a game below the EPL. How is the team selection going to work?

08-25-2006, 12:25 PM	#35
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I'm in. The early poll numbers look like League One is it (yay).

08-25-2006, 12:39 PM	#37
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	I'm going to give this some really strong thought about whether I'll be playing, so I'm going to hold back my vote for a few hours. I would love to get into this, and it's just a matter of knowing about how much time we'd be spending in the game each week. Two hours? Three hours? I'm just looking for an approximation. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor. Last edited by Pumpy Tudors : 08-25-2006 at 12:39 PM.

08-25-2006, 12:50 PM	#39
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Sounds cool. By 9pm on Sunday, I'm usually just sitting at home playing video games or watching TV anyway. I guess the only issue that might be a problem for some people is that this will be happening during Sunday Night Football on NBC. I have a TV right next to the computer, so it's no big deal for me. It's just something that occurred to me a moment ago. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

08-25-2006, 01:05 PM	#41
Scholes High School Varsity Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN	2-2.5 hours sounds great to me, and I'm not even really into the NFL. Fox Soccer Channel is where it's at. I'm confused about the draft statement as well. Are we drafting teams or players?

08-25-2006, 01:35 PM	#42
Katon College Benchwarmer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Providence, RI	I think the way the draft works is that CW puts everyone who's playing in a random order and then, in that order, we pick which team in League One (judging from the poll) we would like to manage.

08-25-2006, 03:16 PM	#45
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	I'll run the randomizer for the draft order this evening. People can still sign up, but after the initial picks it'll be first come, first serve. What I think I'm going to do is provide the initial save game file in a couple of days for people to look through. That way, people can spend a solid week (I'm busy this sunday, so start time is next week) looking through their club and prepping.

08-25-2006, 03:41 PM	#46
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	OK, sign me up, please. I wouldn't mind having something fun to do on Sunday nights. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

08-25-2006, 04:04 PM	#47
Vinatieri for Prez College Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle	I am in.

08-25-2006, 05:59 PM	#48
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	30 minutes till I do the "draft" order. (Which will be in a new thread) The teams that are in League One, since it's pretty bloody obvious what the choice is, are as follows: Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Chesterfield Colchester Doncaster Gillingham Hartlepool Huddersfield MK Dons Nottingham Forest Oldham Port Vale Rotherham Scunthorpe Southend Swansea Swindon Tranmere Walsall Yeovil

08-25-2006, 06:06 PM	#49
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Real or fictional players? __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

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