ACQB M10 Franchise Game Discussion/Ish-Talking Thread

[RogueHominid]

I messaged Phobia, who was playing NCAA online dynasty at the time and told him to knock the game out.

If it's not done by the time I get up in the morning (which will be early), I'll do the temporary boot and let Paniro play at his earliest convenience.

We've really done a good job with getting the games in, and I'm inclined to allow Phobia a little bit of leeway here, but we will effectively advance "on time" if I do it as soon as I get up.

If folks want a hard and fast advance time, I can certainly do that. Speak up if that's your wish. Pappy, your vote has been counted in the affirmative.

[teambayern]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles

Did Phobia have something come up today? I see we haven't got our last game knocked out and I know Paniro's been on all evening. So there's no confusion in the future, I think we should set up a time schedule as well. If there is a game that hasn't been played or setup in the thread, the default time should be something like 9:00 PM EST on Wednesday/Saturday. If one person doesn't show up by 9:15, Autumn should just temporarily boot them out of the league so their opponent can play the computer. If both haven't shown up by that time, Autumn can just advance the week. Just a suggestion...

I misunderstood your post. I agree.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Quote: Originally Posted by teambayern

I don't know, I like the way it works now. Putting people down to one time for each wk of games seems unnecessarily restricting. I think we should just stick with our normal schedule and boot people when they don't get them in on time (and give them one of these)

What I'm talking about applies to games that haven't already been played by Wednesday or Saturday night. We have several days to get our games in. Unless two people have scheduled a late night session, the chances of them playing at 10:00 or 11:00 PM aren't very good. I feel that making a 9:15 EST deadline to be in the lobby would keep people from having to wait around for their opponents and hoping that they show up sometime before midnight.

Yesterday Paniro tried to schedule something in the thread but Phobia said he had some things to do. Today Paniro has been online since around 6 or 7 and hasn't signed off. Is it fair to him if the game is simmed and he takes a loss when he's been around to play? Having a deadline would eliminate that type of thing from happening.

I know stuff comes up in our lives all the time. If I have **** to do and I don't make it by the deadline I wouldn't be mad if my game was advanced. I doubt too many others would either, but maybe I'm wrong?

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles

What I'm talking about wouldn't change anything. You play your games whenever you can play them. What I'm talking about applies to games that haven't already been played by Wednesday or Saturday night. We have several days to get our games in. Unless two people have scheduled a late night session, the chances of them playing at 10:00 or 11:00 PM aren't very good. I feel like making a 9:15 EST deadline to be in the lobby would keep people from having to wait around for their opponents and hoping that they show up sometime before midnight. Yesterday Paniro tried to schedule something in the thread but Phobia said he had some things to do. Today Paniro has been online since around 6 or 7 something and hasn't signed off. Is it fair to him if the games are simmed and he takes a loss when he's been around to play? I feel like having some sort of deadline where you know you have to be there would eliminate that type of thing from happening. I know stuff comes up in our lives all the time. If I have **** to do and I don't make it by the deadline I wouldn't be mad if my game was advanced. I doubt too many others would either, but maybe I'm wrong?

Lol @ 9:15 Central. I'm more inclined to 9:23, but whatever .

Well, I certainly wouldn't sim the game; the less visible party would get the boot and the other guy could play. The only user game I simmed was a total accident and isn't part of my admin repertoire normally.

I'll go ahead and remove Phobia tonight and send an invite to rejoin tomorrow. If Paniro wants to play tonight, he can; if not, he can play tomorrow and we'll advance ASAP.

We'll say in the future that advance times will be 9:00 Central on Wednesday and noon on Saturday. If there are objections, please let me know now. If this carries, I'll post in the first post of the logistics thread for reference.

[Pappy Knuckles]

I forgot you're in the trash Central timezone. The extra 15 minutes was wiggle room!!!!

Oh yeah, Boxboy when are you usually available?

[boxboy99]

Usually evenings. Ill be free after about 7 est tonight. Friday and Saturday are pretty much out for me this week. Sunday after 6 est I will be free (if Saturday is the new dead line I know that doesn't work). Let me know what works.

[Phobia]

AW I don't know what you mean. I was not on at all last night. I don't even have NCAA.

For the record this is what I had come up. This is why I was not on. I would of been but this happened. I spent most the night trying to find him.
http://www.operationsports.com/forum...out-theif.html

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

AW I don't know what you mean. I was not on at all last night. I don't even have NCAA. For the record this is what I had come up. This is why I was not on. I would of been but this happened. I spent most the night trying to find him. http://www.operationsports.com/forum...out-theif.html

Wow, dude, that's terrible. I'm sorry to hear about that.

No malintent on my end--I looked twice once I heard from Paniro and could have sworn your tag was active. It may have been that I saw a game active for a person just above or below yours on my friends list, but I wouldn't make a misattribution like that intentionally. Do others play on your tag ever?

In any case, this was one of those situations where life happens and it's a good place to articulate a league scheduling policy. Since we play 16 games a year at least, what we'll do from here on out is do the temp. boot an hour before advance time on W/Sat so that users who are around can play and those that have issues can jump back on for the next week.

So sorry this created a little confusion, but thanks for putting us in the know. I sent a Live invite to rejoin, so hop back on and ride the wave of your Bills' big win vs. Car.

And as for kids, I don't trust any of 'em, not family, not strangers. I'm also getting old enough now where they just plain annoy me.