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are LAW. Please don't think I'm gonna
budge. I didn't make this league to
compromise. I made this league because I
was sick of compromising. I do of
course want suggestions, but some of these
rules have zero tolerence.
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- League
Guidelines:
- "
Season 1 is made up of 12 teams, playing a
12 game schedule. You'll play every team
in the league once, and your "Grudge
Match" twice. I've tried to pick what
I think will be great games for your
grudge match.
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- " The
top 8 teams will advance to the playoffs.
The seedings and payout go as
follows:
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- The
money above indicates what you're assured
if you REACH that point, it doesn't keep
adding up. I could've made the
SuperBOL winner get a bit more - but I
feel it's better to share the wealth a
bit. It makes the league much more
competitive especially if there's someone
mid-season that looks like the obvious
SuperBOL winner.
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Team Payscales. To balance things a
bit, I've created a payscale so that in
order to get the powerhouses, you will
have to pay more. The powerhouses have a
MUCH better chance at getting far into the
playoffs, so basically - they'll just have
to go a bit further to do so. The payscale
is as follows:
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- The
Teams in red (1-10 average) are
$25.
- The
Teams in blue (10-15 average) are
$20.
- The
Teams in green (15-25 average) are
$15
- The Teams in black (25+
average) are $10.
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Overall
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Rush Off.
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Pass Off.
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Rush Def.
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Pass Def.
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Jets
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6
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2
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16
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4
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2
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Packers
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7
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7
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10
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7
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4
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Raiders
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7.75
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10
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2
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11
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8
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Rams
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8
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1
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1
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19
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11
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Patriots
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9
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12
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8
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13
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3
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Bears
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10.75
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5
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20
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2
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16
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Bucs
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10.75
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13
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14
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10
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6
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49ers
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12
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4
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6
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18
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20
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Dolphins
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12.25
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14
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21
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5
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9
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Redskins
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12.25
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15
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30
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3
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1
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Steelers
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12.5
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21
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15
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1
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13
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Seahawks
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12.75
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8
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24
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9
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10
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Eagles
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13.75
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24
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11
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15
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5
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Titans
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14.75
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6
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12
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24
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17
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Bengals
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15.25
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3
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27
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12
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19
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Cowboys
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15.5
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19
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23
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8
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12
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Broncos
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16.25
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16
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5
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21
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23
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Chargers
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16.25
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18
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26
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14
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7
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Saints
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17
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20
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18
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16
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14
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Colts
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17.5
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11
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4
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26
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29
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Chiefs
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17.75
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9
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9
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29
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24
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Browns
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18.75
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29
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25
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6
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15
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Giants
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19.25
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23
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19
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17
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18
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Bills
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20.5
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28
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7
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22
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25
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Vikings
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22.25
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31
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3
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27
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28
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Cardinals
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23
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32
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13
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25
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22
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Falcons
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23
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22
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29
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20
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21
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Jaguars
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24
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17
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17
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32
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30
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Panthers
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26
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25
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22
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30
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27
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Ravens
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26.75
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26
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32
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23
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26
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Texans
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28.5
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27
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28
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28
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31
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Lions
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31
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30
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31
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31
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32
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Emergencies. In the event of a
mid-season emergency that keeps you from
completing your season, you will lose your
money and everyone will get wins for the
entire year for the week they
played you. Team Rating points acquired
for the games you played will be erased.
Unfortunately this means some teams will
get a free win where others will not,
because you don't play the whole league in
the regular season. This is indeed unfair.
This is actually happened in Season 1 and
turned many curcial losses into wins,
reshuffling the playoff picture. When the
human element is involved in a league,
these things will happen. However, simply
quitting the last 3 weeks because your
"out of it" will get you MUCH heat. Be a
friggin' man and at least use those last 3
games for practice for the following
season.
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Unresponsiveness. In the event that a
team can't be contacted, or is blowing off
their appointments, a judgement will have
to be made. You can't just "skip" a week,
and pick back up. You can't just say:
"Well, give me 2 losses, and I'll continue
in week 8". Doesnt' work that way. You're
either in or out. It's not fair for some
teams to get team rating points against
you, and other teams not to. If you can't
be contacted for more than a week - you're
out. Don't join this league if you will be
unreachable for that amount of time.
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- Game
Guidelines:
- " There
will be no set "Schedule" of when you
have to play. You will need to get
ahold of your oppenents and set up a time.
We will work in 2 week increments, and I
will update accordingly. Realize that 2
weeks is not real-time. When everyone has
played their first 2 games, and I've
updated - you're all free to move on to
your next 2, etc. I will allow each team
to move ahead one 2 week increment while
waiting for the update, but no more.
Anything more than that, and it's a loss
of a testical. LOL. But seriously, be
patient guys - have fun.
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Game Set-up. The home team hosts
the game. Select "Scrimmage" and you
MUST keep "Pro-setting" and "5 Minute
Quarter" at the default setting. But now
the fun rule: change the
weather/time/precipitation however you
like. That's right, got Ricky Williams
coming to town and you want to make it a
sloppy field? Rain it is. Oakland thinks
they'll pass for 400 yards against you?
Not in the FOG bowl when it's 5
degrees outside. Realize of course the
home team has to play there too! You may
decide to keep everything perfect. The
other variables (game length/difficulty)
need to stay uniform across all games for
statistical reasons. If you think your
opponent changed something (like game
difficulty) you can check this in the
pause menu within the game. Most everyone
will be honest here though. Putting it on
All-Star doesn't really HELP anyone. If
your happen to have a "Dome" team, you may
pick a neutral field, or just accept that
you can only change the
temperature.
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- " It's
perfectly acceptable to use another team's
playbook. You hit "Y" on the team select
screen. I know a lot of you are bummed
because you can't have your team, but you
can certainly have your team's playbook.
Uniforms can be changed too, however
stadiums must stay as the home
team.
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Playing Off-line. A few matches are
off-line, and unfortunately NFL2K3 doesn't
offer a system link. How insanely stupid
is that? Anyway, select "Quick game" and
again, home team can change only the
weather and day/night conditions. Don't
load any new rosters, or import teams - a
straight up "Quick Game" and go from
there.
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problem of course is the other team can
see your plays. You can guard this by
hitting "A" on the play you want and
holding it down, while going through other
plays. I however don't like this
because I sometimes like to pick my plays
really quick. Where the hell's the
Dreamcast VMU when you need it? Anyway,
the most fair method of doing this, is
looking away when the other team is
picking their offensive plays. I've found
that holding a calendar in front of your
face is the easiest and fastest way to do
this, and re-assure your friend you aren't
looking. "Must touch the nose" is what we
always yell at each other. heh. If you
happen to have an actual
vinyl "album" these are perfect. Just
put it in between you and have 'em pick it
up while your opponent picks. Whatever
works.
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Statistics will be kept in all
games:
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- Precipitation
- Time - Degrees
FINAL
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4
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Rush
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Pass
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Total
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AWAY
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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HOME
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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- Yours/His
Longest Run
- Yours/His
Longest Pass
- Yours/His
Longest FG
- Yours/His
Longest Kick Return
- (personal
bests ONLY)
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read this very close, like 2 inches from
the screen: If every these stats are
not recorded after the game, the game will
not count. There is no wiggle room
here. Stats are intregal to this league,
and must be recorded. As you can see it's
pretty simple, should take an extra 45
seconds. Generally when the game ends, you
and your opponent will talk about the game
while looking through the stats. Winner is
responsible for the stats, although I'd
like it if both people did it just for
"argument"'s sake. The personal records
should only be written down if they're
actually a personal
best.
Also - at halftime of EVERY GAME. Get
the rushing and passing stats of each
team. This way if there is a disconnect -
you can start at halftime. This is CRUCIAL
and has saved many people a win. To submit
the form you can email me adam@4tvs.com
or Instant Message me
Adam4tvs.
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Excessive Lag. If lag is deemed
unplayable by BOTH players, of
course you can quit. Expect the guy
winning to whine a bit, but sometimes it's
just horrendous. Don't be a dick if you're
up. Wait for a bit, but if it's
unplayable, start up another game. Realize
that lag is going to be part of this. You
will have a play screwed up because of lag
at some point in this league, that's just
life. A game is bound to drop - don't
freak out. This is the world we live in
and it's unfair. As well the "Divergence"
screen is bound to come up and there's not
a damn thing you can do about it. Yes, you
have to do the entire game over. It sucks.
Go yell at Microsoft. Again, without the
stats being recorded - the game does
NOT count.
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Team Rating. Invariably at the end
of the season there will be teams with
identical records. The tie-breaker will
not be determined by head-to-head
matchups, but by your Team Rating
average for all 16 games. Your Team Rating
is based on how well you move the ball,
and how well you KEEP the other team from
moving the ball. A simple formula that is
more complicated to explain than to
understand. Basically:
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- (Points*10
+ total yards) - your opponent's
(Points*10 + total
yards)
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- For
example:
- Chicago
beats Pittsburgh 31-24, and 295-250 in
yards. That makes it 605-490, Chicago gets
+115, and Pittsburgh gets -115 for their
team rating that week.
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- Don't
worry, I'll be doing the ratings - you
don't have to think about it. What this
does is make every single yard and point
count. This is why stats are such a big
deal in this league. Even if you lose a
game, you will be rewarded for playing
well. In some cases, you may have a better
team rating than the winner. Take this for
example:
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- Minnesota
beats Green Bay 31-28 in a nail biter, but
Favre is a badass and throws for 350
yards. Green Bay's total yards are 372 to
Minnesota's 305. 652-615 in favor of Green
Bay giving them a +37, and Minnesota a -37
for their team rating. Now realize, that
Minnesota got the most important stat: the
win...but it wasn't a total loss for Green
Bay.
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the end, winning is still everything - but
this will keep people from quitting at the
end of the game. I friggin' HATE
that. Even in a blowout - you'll need to
keep trying until the last second. As
well, you may opt for the field goal at
the end of agame when you're down by 21,
just because it's a sure 30 Team Rating
points. You have to think of where you are
in the standings, and what your team
rating is.
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- Cheating:
- " I
know all of you, this will not be a
problem. But if something comes up here's
the company line: If you cheat, you're
kicked out of the league and lose your
money. An alternate for the following
season may take your place, or every team
gets a win for your entire 16 week
schedule. Period. Here are the examples of
cheating that are known so far. These will
be added to over time:
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- -Having
someone play as you or with you. You
have to play the exact same set-up each
time. You can't have your friends jump on
in the middle of the season, or have
someone else play your games. You must
also always play with the Xbox Gamertag
you give at the beginning of the league,
unless approved by me. There's just too
much suspicion otherwise. As far as
passing the controller to a friend,
there's nothing anyone can do to stop that
or catch you - but just don't. Play your
own game, it's your money - so win it or
lose it on your own merits.
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- -Quitting
a game. Each team is allowed 2
emergencies for the season. Shit happens,
and you don't deserve to be kicked out of
the league because your cat's dying and
you have to take him to the vet. But do
not use this because you're late for a
date or something. Allow a full hour to
play a game. You may quit a game if both
players agree to, but if you quit without
telling the person, or for a non-emergency
you will no longer be in the league.
Period. Of course I assume you could bribe
your opponent so he doesn't tell
me...
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- -Pulling
the plug. This is a judgement call, as
sometimes there are bad connections, but
there are some tell-tale signs on whether
it's connection related or on purpose.
Don't even think about it. You will be
kicked out instantly.
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- -Trigger-Pulling.
Holding the trigger to make the screen
zoom in and out, is fine for pulling
people offsides, but it is completely
illegal for field goals. Now my friends
and I will jokingly screw with each other
on point-after attempts - but it's not
something you pull with someone you don't
know. This will be taken very
seriously.
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- -Onside
Punters. For some teams, if you put
your punter in for an onside kick, you can
get it every time. It's a glitch in the
game, and is absolutely forbidden. Under
no circumstances can you EVER substitute
your kicker. If he gets injured, consider
yourself lucky - 'cause then you may be
able to pull this off - but otherwise -
NO, NO, NO.
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- -Offsides/Delay
of Game abusers. This one will get you
one big boot in the ass immediatley. In
order to make the other guy quit when
losing, many assholes prefer the "put the
controller down" method on offense, or the
"jam the controller into the couch
cushions so my defense goes offsides"
method to make the game go on infinitely,
and make the other player quit. If any of
you do this, you will not only be out of
the league - I will personally fly to your
city and punch you in the face. This
bullshit is why I started the league
in the first place.
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- -The
Asshole Rule. Also known as the Red
Season 1 Miami Rule. LOL. Constant trash
talking, and overall "Dick-headedness" is
perfectly legal...but you will not be
asked back for the following season. And
no, I won't only listen to a sore loser
say you're a dick, but if the majority of
your 16 games result in some sort of
complaint on your attitude - I will make
that judgement. I won't kick you out for
the current season as you'll have already
paid - but I simply won't accept your
money for next season. We don't need
you.
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I reserve the right to change these rules
even in the middle of the season if there
is some form of abuse through a loophole.
Just as I'm trusting you guys, you'll have
to trust me that what I'm doing is in the
best interest of the league. So in weeks
4-8, when the "All teams playing Chicago
get automatic losses Rule" kicks in -
no bitching.
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Meltdowns. If for any reason the
majority of you become non-responsive to
emails, and refuse to play games - you
forfeit your money. Many times in leagues,
people start to become inactive and then
figure they'll just get all their money
back. Not here. Once you're in - you're
in. No refunds.
- Enough
already - let's play
ball...
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