PS5 Online Dynasty WJA

[mchance13]

WELCOME COACH

It's been a while since we've been able to have online dynasties on console, but here we are. Now that the dust has settled a bit, I think it's time for me to be part of an online dynasty...so I'm starting one. I was an active member of Tradition Sports Online back during the '14 era, posting all sorts of media, stories, highlight clips, etc. Things have surely changed for most all of us who were playing back then. I'm just excited to have college football back on the gaming menu and hope some like-minded folks can get in on/help create the fun. If you can't have fun and lose, this isn't going to be for you. This is a program building OD that is starting with weak schools. If you win every game, something is definitely wrong.

I want to have an easy-going dynasty using AA difficulty and sliders. This will be low pressure and understanding of IRL commitments. A number of game issues are being patched, but I think it's about time to start an OD that can run for a good number of seasons. The name of the game for me has always been building a program and being the coach who makes a difference at a school. If you like some semi-realistic football, recruiting/program building, and friendly banter, then come and join in.


What's in a Name?

The last great league I was in was Second to None. If anyone on here happens to be from TSO or that specific league, hi old friends. This league name is dedicated to my coworker, whose wife will not let him buy a PS5. WheresJerryAt is the league name. Maybe he can grace us with his presence one day.

Starting Scenario

Congratulations on your contract. You are the new coach of *insert school <80 OVR and =<2 stars*. Your mission is to lead the team to greatness. As the coach, you are expected to run all aspects of your team. Will you focus on developing your talent in-house as a motivator, bringing talent in as a top recruiter, or through getting the most of your X's and O's as a tactician?

Rules:

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• First and foremost is HAVE FUN. If you can't have fun, then don't play the game.

• Be respectful of others.

• Please stream user games. This is not a requirement, but is something to shoot for in all user games. It promotes engagement and can help if you are accused or are the victim of really bad cheese.

• Scheduling game times is user responsibility. Whoever makes first contact has priority. If the other party does not respond within 24h of the planned advance, they will be set to auto. Users can both agree to a sim if there is no way to schedule a game. If anyone disconnects, the other is expected to finish the game out. There's really no good way to handle legitimate disconnects and the "would've, should've, could've" that comes with them. This is the one that can be abused the least.

• Please stay with the default uniform colors or very close. I'm fine with light gray over white or black over navy, but you must be distinguishable from the other team AND the field (no all green on a green field).

• No glitches or abuses of mechanics.

• Sim playcalling, please. Don't cheese, especially against another user. I had playcall cooldowns strictly enforced, but that was messing people up on D and no-huddle situations. It is being adjusted based on member feedback.

• Schedule at least one top 25 in your OOC scheduling at the beginning of the year. Until you are ranked in the top 25, that should be an away game UNLESS it is a conference rival that switches sites yearly. Michigan isn't coming to play at Miami of Ohio week 2 just so your score for brand exposure can increase and you hope to take advantage of the home crowd.

• No 5* recruits until you are a 3* program. I'm hoping the patches help remedy this, but I don't have that much faith. I'm guessing we'll need a cap on 5* recruits at some point, but I'm going to take a wait and see approach.

• Advancing twice per week is the current plan. This will most likely be Sunday and Wednesday nights. When there are no user games, we will advance 3x per week, roughly.

• Position Changes: DO feel free to make reasonable changes. E.g. This game doesn't properly use the backs in flexbone formation. Moving a HB to FB, even without blocking skill, is completely reasonable because they would be the B back. Also, moving WR to HB to play the A back is completely reasonable, given their position on the line and the focus on speed, sweeps, and route running. DON'T try to game the system by putting DBs on the line, players in unreasonable positions, or moving players to a different position during a redshirt season to artificially boost your recruiting at a position.

• There's no set number of disconnects or missed weeks to bring out the boot yet. That will really depends on the feel of the league as it goes. That being said...
• No restarts. If you stream and archive, you can show proof that you played the game and won. I can then force win. Losses are going to happen. You gotta keep moving forward in a rebuild.

• Pick a team from the list near the bottom or this thread or you can let RNG decide.

• Stay with your team until you're fired OR offered a coaching job with lower prestige/overall you'd rather have. The goal is to program build, but if you're at the upper echelon and it is getting stale or you just enjoy the lower tier grind you can always take on a new challenge.

Conference Realignment current and future:

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I'm not opposed to promotion/relegation, but we will put that to a vote during the offseason. That would be handled based on geography and would be rare (once per 5 years per team, max). Due to the bugs I've seen reported with scheduling and the issues with the PAC-2, teams were extracted from their default conferences and returned to the PAC.

PAC in this OD...
Arizona
Arizona State
Cal
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Washington
Washington St

This gave enough teams in all conferences to enforce 8 conference games per year. If we see this creates new issues, we can adjust.

League Settings:

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Commissioner Settings:
Skill Level - All-American
Coach Firing - On
Coach XP Speed Setting - Normal (will see how this plays out)
Player Edit Permission - None. You can change player appearances, but no weight, height, or stat changes.
Injury - On
Wear and Tear - On
Playcall Cooldown - off
Playcall Limit - 15 - provides you a way to track the number of times you call a play in game.


Clock Management:
Quarter Length - 10 minutes
Accelerated Clock - On
Minimum Play Clock Time - 17

User Team Help:
Season Experience - Full Control
League Advancement - Manual

Team Settings:
Auto Recruiting - Off
User Coach Auto-Progression - Off

Online Commissioner Settings:
Public/Private - Private

Team Setting Overrides:
Ball Hawk - Off
Heat Seeker - Off
Switch Assist - Keep individual

XP Sliders:

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QB - 110
HB - 108
TE- 112
WR - 102
FB - 100
OT - 94
OG - 88
C - 90

DE - 94
DT - 108
MLB - 94
OLB - 96
CB - 116
FS - 120
SS - 126

K - 100
P - 100

Gameplay Sliders (modified from the averaged slider set and will be tweaked with updates):

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Player skill
QB accuracy - 30
Pass Blocking - 55
WR Catching - 45
Run Blocking - 50 (adjusted up after low user averages from 40)
Fumbles - 50 (adjusted up from 45, will adjust down because this seems to be backwards)
Pass Def Rxn Time - 55
Ints - 35
Pass Coverage - 65
Tackling - 45

CPU skill
QB accuracy - 25
Pass Blocking - 50
WR Catching - 45
Run Blocking - 60
Fumbles - 40
Pass Def Rxn Time - 50
Ints - 30
Pass Coverage - 55
Tackling - 50

Special Teams
FG Power - 50
FG Accuracy - 50
Punt Power - 55
Punt Accuracy - 50
Kickoff Power - 50

Game Options:

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Injuries - 25
Fatigue - 50
Min Player Speed Threshold - 50

Penalties
Offside - 55
False Start - 60
Holding - 55
Face Mask - 65
Def. PI - 75
Off. PI - On
Kick Catch Interference - On
Illegal Block in the Back - 55
Intentional Grounding - On
Roughing the Passer - 50
Roughing the Kicker - Off
Running into the Kicker - On
Illegal Contact - On

Eligible teams remaining:

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**2024 Preseason
**
Air Force Falcons - 74 OVR
Akron Zips - 74 OVR
Ball State Cardinals - 71 OVR
Bowling Green Falcons - 75 OVR
Central Michigan Chippewas - 75 OVR
Charlotte 49ers - 78 OVR
Colorado St. Rams - 79 OVR
Georgia Southern Eagles - 76 OVR
Georgia State Panthers - 76 OVR
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors - 76 OVR
Jacksonville State Gamecocks - 75 OVR
James Madison Dukes - 74 OVR
Kennesaw State Owls - 71 OVR
Kent State Golden Flashes - 75 OVR
Marshall Thundering Herd - 77 OVR
Miami Ohio Redhawks - 77 OVR
New Mexico Lobos - 74 OVR
New Mexico St. Aggies - 75 OVR
NIU Huskies - 75 OVR
Old Dominion Monarchs - 74 OVR
Sam Houston Bearkats - 76 OVR
Southern Miss Golden Eagles - 78 OVR
Temple Owls - 79 OVR
Toledo Rockets - 79 OVR
Troy Trojans - 76 OVR
Tulsa Golden Hurricane - 77 OVR
UAB Blazers - 78 OVR
UConn Huskies - 78 OVR
UL Monroe Warhawks - 71 OVR
UMass Minutemen - 77 OVR
UTEP Miners - 75 OVR
Wyoming Cowboys - 78 OVR

Current User Teams: Appalachian St, Arkansas St, Buffalo, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, FIU, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, MTSU, Navy, Nevada, Rice, South Alabama, Texas St, Western Kentucky, Western Michigan

Reply to this thread and I can send an invite to the league and Discord server (OS or Discord can be used to communicate withe other users for scheduling). OD has started and is in the early part of the 2024 season still. With relatively few user games, advances are moving quickly (typically 24-48h). 72h is the target to complete any weeks with user matchups. I'd like to stick near that, but lots of user matchups in one week could push that out.


I'm open to suggestions and am relatively flexible. We haven't drifted much from where we started on settings and expectations.

Google Sheet for OD: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

PSN: CashmanJenkins

[gamerguy98]

I am interested in joining if you can send the discord.

Thank you

Quote: Originally Posted by mchance13

WELCOME COACH It's been a while since we've been able to have online dynasties on console, but here we are. Now that the dust has settled a bit, I think it's time for me to be part of an online dynasty...so I'm starting one. I was an active member of Tradition Sports Online back during the '14 era, posting all sorts of media, stories, highlight clips, etc. Things have surely changed for most all of us who were playing back then. I'm just excited to have college football back on the gaming menu and hope some like-minded folks can get in on/help create the fun. If you can't have fun and lose, this isn't going to be for you. This is a program building OD that is starting with weak schools. If you win every game, something is definitely wrong. I want to have an easy-going dynasty using AA difficulty and sliders. This will be low pressure and understanding of IRL commitments. A number of game issues are being patched, but I think it's about time to start an OD that can run for a good number of seasons. The name of the game for me has always been building a program and being the coach who makes a difference at a school. If you like some semi-realistic football, recruiting/program building, and friendly banter, then come and join in. What's in a Name? The last great league I was in was Second to None. If anyone on here happens to be from TSO or that specific league, hi old friends. This league name is dedicated to my coworker, whose wife will not let him buy a PS5. WheresJerryAt is the league name. Maybe he can grace us with his presence one day. Starting Scenario Congratulations on your contract. You are the new coach of *insert school <80 OVR and =<2 stars*. Your mission is to lead the team to greatness. As the coach, you are expected to run all aspects of your team. Will you focus on developing your talent in-house as a motivator, bringing talent in as a top recruiter, or through getting the most of your X's and O's as a tactician? Rules: First and foremost is HAVE FUN. If you can't have fun, then don't play the game. Be respectful of others. Stream all games, please. This is new to me, but seems to be a requirement for every sim league anymore. If someone has significant network impact messing up your games, I'd consider dropping it. Scheduling game times is user responsibility. Whoever makes first contact has priority. If the other party does not respond within 24h of the planned advance, they will be set to auto. Users can both agree to a sim if there is no way to schedule a game. If anyone disconnects, the other is expected to finish the game out. There's really no good way to handle legitimate disconnects and the "would've, should've, could've" that comes with them. This is the one that can be abused the least. Please stay with the default uniform colors or very close. I'm fine with light gray over white or black over navy, but you must be distinguishable from the other team AND the field (no all green on a green field). No glitches or abuses of mechanics. Sim playcalling, please. Don't cheese, especially against another user. Schedule at least one top 25 in your OOC scheduling at the beginning of the year. Until you are ranked in the top 25, that should be an away game UNLESS it is a conference rival that switches sites yearly. Michigan isn't coming to play at Miami of Ohio week 2 just so your score for brand exposure can increase and you hope to take advantage of the home crowd. No 5* recruits until you are a 3* program. I'm hoping the patches help remedy this, but I don't have that much faith. I'm guessing we'll need a cap on 5* recruits at some point, but I'm going to take a wait and see approach. Advancing twice per week is the current plan. This will most likely be Sunday and Wednesday nights. Position Changes: DO feel free to make reasonable changes. E.g. This game doesn't properly use the backs in flexbone formation. Moving a HB to FB, even without blocking skill, is completely reasonable because they would be the B back. Also, moving WR to HB to play the A back is completely reasonable, given their position on the line and the focus on speed, sweeps, and route running. DON'T try to game the system by putting DBs on the line, players in unreasonable positions, or moving players to a different position during a redshirt season to artificially boost your recruiting at a position. There's no set number of disconnects or missed weeks to bring out the boot yet. That will really depends on the feel of the league as it goes. Pick a team from the list near the bottom or this thread or you can let RNG decide. Stay with your team until you're fired OR offered a coaching job with lower prestige/overall you'd rather have. The goal is to program build, but if you're at the upper echelon and it is getting stale or you just enjoy the lower tier grind you can always take on a new challenge. Conference Realignment current and future: Spoiler I'm not opposed to promotion/relegation if a team is constantly dominating a weak conference. That would be handled based on geography and would be rare (once per 5 years per team, max). Due to the bugs I've seen reported with scheduling and the issues with the PAC-2, teams were extracted from their default conferences and returned to the PAC. PAC in this OD... Arizona Arizona State Cal Oregon Oregon State Stanford UCLA USC Washington Washington St This gave enough teams in all conferences to enforce 8 conference games per year. If we see this creates new issues, we can adjust. League Settings: Spoiler Commissioner Settings: Skill Level - All-American (although it keeps changing itself to Heisman. Let me know if it's set incorrectly) Coach Firing - On Coach XP Speed Setting - Normal (will see how this plays out) Player Edit Permission - Any Player (Feel free to edit names and appearance, just don't change weights) Injury - On Wear and Tear - On Playcall Cooldown - 3 (may increase if needed) Playcall Limit - 6 (may lower if necessary) Clock Management: Quarter Length - 10 minutes Accelerated Clock - On Minimum Play Clock Time - 17 User Team Help: Season Experience - Full Control League Advancement - Manual Team Settings: Auto Recruiting - Off User Coach Auto-Progression - Off Online Commissioner Settings: Public/Private - Private Team Setting Overrides: Ball Hawk - Off Heat Seeker - Off Switch Assist - Keep individual XP Sliders: Spoiler QB - 110 HB - 108 TE- 112 WR - 102 FB - 100 OT - 94 OG - 88 C - 90 DE - 94 DT - 108 MLB - 94 OLB - 96 CB - 116 FS - 120 SS - 126 K - 100 P - 100 Gameplay Sliders (modified from the averaged slider set and will be tweaked with updates): Spoiler Player skill QB accuracy - 30 Pass Blocking - 55 WR Catching - 45 Run Blocking - 40 Fumbles - 45 Pass Def Rxn Time - 55 Ints - 30 Pass Coverage - 65 Tackling - 45 CPU skill QB accuracy - 25 Pass Blocking - 50 WR Catching - 45 Run Blocking - 60 Fumbles - 40 Pass Def Rxn Time - 50 Ints - 30 Pass Coverage - 55 Tackling - 50 Special Teams FG Power - 50 FG Accuracy - 50 Punt Power - 50 Punt Accuracy - 50 Kickoff Power - 55 Game Options: Spoiler Injuries - 25 Fatigue - 50 Min Player Speed Threshold - 50 Penalties Offside - 55 False Start - 60 Holding - 55 Face Mask - 65 Def. PI - 75 Off. PI - On Kick Catch Interference - On Illegal Block in the Back - 55 Intentional Grounding - On Roughing the Passer - 50 Roughing the Kicker - On Running into the Kicker - On Illegal Contact - On Eligible teams remaining: Spoiler Air Force Falcons - 74 OVR Akron Zips - 74 OVR Appalachian State Mountaineers - 79 OVR Arkansas St. Red Wolves - 79 OVR Ball State Cardinals - 71 OVR Bowling Green Falcons - 75 OVR Buffalo Bulls - 73 OVR Central Michigan Chippewas - 75 OVR Charlotte 49ers - 78 OVR Coastal Carolina Chanticleers - 75 OVR Colorado St. Rams - 79 OVR East Carolina Pirates - 78 OVR Eastern Michigan Eagles - 75 OVR FIU Panthers - 78 OVR Georgia Southern Eagles - 76 OVR Georgia State Panthers - 76 OVR Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors - 76 OVR Jacksonville State Gamecocks - 75 OVR James Madison Dukes - 74 OVR Kennesaw State Owls - 71 OVR Kent State Golden Flashes - 75 OVR Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns - 79 OVR Louisiana Tech Bulldogs - 78 OVR Marshall Thundering Herd - 77 OVR Miami Ohio Redhawks - 77 OVR Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders - 76 OVR Navy Midshipmen - 75 OVR Nevada Wolf Pack - 79 OVR New Mexico Lobos - 74 OVR New Mexico St. Aggies - 75 OVR NIU Huskies - 75 OVR Ohio Bobcats - 73 OVR Old Dominion Monarchs - 74 OVR Sam Houston Bearkats - 76 OVR South Alabama Jaguars - 78 OVR Southern Miss Golden Eagles - 78 OVR Temple Owls - 79 OVR Texas State Bobcats - 79 OVR Toledo Rockets - 79 OVR Troy Trojans - 76 OVR Tulsa Golden Hurricane - 77 OVR UAB Blazers - 79 OVR UConn Huskies - 78 OVR UL Monroe Warhawks - 71 OVR UMass Minutemen - 77 OVR UTEP Miners - 75 OVR Western Michigan Broncos - 76 OVR Wyoming Cowboys - 77 OVR Current User Teams: Rice, Western Kentucky Reply to this thread and I can send an invite to the league and Discord server (OS or Discord can be used to communicate withe other users for scheduling). The planned start date is Sunday, August 25th. Advances in off-season/preseason stages will take place at 24h intervals if there is user input. If the OD roster remains small, we will up the pace in weeks without user matchups. Anything more than 16 members seems like it could be too much. I'm open to suggestions and am relatively flexible, but the above are the initial settings. PSN: CashmanJenkins

[downing11]

I’m interested in the Ragin Cajuns.

PS ID is Downing11

[redsfan4life]

I'm interested my PSN is Maserati_Bryan17

[mchance13]

Sounds good, @redsfan4life, @downing11, and @gamerguy98. I'm setting up the discord now and will send details and invites when I get finished.

[jasonck]

Hey, I would be interested in joining! Not sure which team yet but wanted to at least express initial interest. PSN: FutureBuckeye11

[mchance13]

Quote: Originally Posted by jasonck

Hey, I would be interested in joining! Not sure which team yet but wanted to at least express initial interest. PSN: FutureBuckeye11

I can send an invite when I get off of work tonight. That may be late this evening. Discord is going to be the easiest way to keep up comms. If you have that, send me your ID via PSN message and I'll send the discord invite directly.

[Bamafan47]

I would love to join. I would like to have Eastern Michigan if they are still open.
PSN:Kelley325