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- THE BEST ONLINE LEAGUE NEWSLETTER 2.06
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- Tuesday, March 4th, 2003
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- Y'all just don't get it. I won't fail here. This
league will never, ever fold. This will always be the
Best Online League. Your petty dramas won't stop that.
There are appropriate ways to deal with every
situation, and no matter how fast they come at me - I
will deal with them. The rules will be changed
accordingly and we will move on.
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- As you may have guessed, there was another
incident. Amazingly, somehow the day after the Evo
debacle something that damn near tops it.
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- First and foremost, our new member, "Dance with
Bob" doesn't like the headset. This is a problem. I
don't expect you to talk if you don't want to, but
you're all gonna need to wear the headset. Because if
emergencies happen, the other person needs to
communicate with you. As well, an entire fiasco
could've been avoided with a few simple words.
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- Bob's Bucs were playing Andrew's Packers and
beating their assssss when a divergence happened in
the 3rd Quarter. They had to have a rematch the
following night. The Packers were determined not to
get slammed so hard, so they ran the clock for the
rematch. This is absolutely, 100% legal. In an effort
to cut down on the possessions of another team, you
can run the clock. That's what the play clock is for.
In fact, it's rather smart to do that if you're
overmatched. It's the only way the Texans pulled out
victories last season. It may not be pretty, but this
is a serious league, with serious money - so you need
to play with strategy.
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- Well this pissed Bob off pretty bad. He wanted a
good rating. So when he had the ball, he didn't punt
it away. He went for it on every 4th down. He knew
giving it to the Packers meant a whole half-a-quarter
would be gone. In this situation, that is NOT a dick
move whatsoever. It's a chess match. He also kicked
onside kicks every time (he didn't get ANY of
them) but he shortened the Packers field that kept
them from amassing yards. I don't really see the point
in this strategy but it certainly isn't illegal or
even a dick move. It's all a reaction to the Packers
holding the ball.
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- The problem? No one was talking. Had Andrew
explained that he would be holding the ball for fear
of getting RAPED, it would've pissed Bob off a little
less. Conversely, had Bob explained to Andrew that to
counteract that - he would NOT be punting it back
to him, that he'd be taking his chances on 4th, Andrew
wouldn't have gotten so pissed that he inevitably
QUIT THE LEAGUE.
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- Talk about stupid miscommunications. And on top of
ALL OF THIS. The game was diconnected by
Andrew in the 4th Quarter. He openly admits this.
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- Wait? Isn't that an automatic-ban?
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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.
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- Andrew had to leave and guess what, he
couldn't tell Bob because he wasn't wearing his
headset. (sigh). See the problem? You have to wear
your headset. If you don't want to talk, or be talked
to, just ask the other guy to mute himself out. And
please people, if a guy requests that you mute
yourself, please fuggin' do it. Be courteous. We need
to all be friends here. Then if there is an emergency,
or they need to tell you something - they can. Fair
enough? Fair enough.
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- As far as Andrew quitting...talk about quitting
before you're fired. LOL. Because he said it was an
emergency and had no way of communicating with Bob, I
can't kick him out. It's obviously suspicious with as
pissed off as he was, but without the headset - it's a
loophole. As well, he calmed down a bit when
I explained Bob's side and will continue. He
still thinks it's a total dick move to go for it every
4th down (and in most cases it is), but someday he'll
see that it was in response to HIS holding the
ball.
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- And also - some crazy shit has been happening.
Things that if they happened to me - I'd want to rip
my xbox out of the wall, but guess what: most of us
have been mature enough to deal with it. The Rams had
Ricky Williams run for 437 yards against him in a
63-21 ROUTE. Dude used Ricky every play. Either
throwing to him or running with him. Over, and over,
and over. Rams just took it. Yes, he was fucking
irate. But he didn't pull any shit. Firstly, because
it's a goddamn videogame, and secondly - because he's
a good sport. And no it's not illegal to use one guy
every play, nor is that a dick move. If Anthony Thomas
was blowin' up for 200 yards in a half, you better
believe I'm gonna set the league record. Stop using
excuses when people outplay you.
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- And also - going for it on 4th down...is a RISK.
If your offense is running so well that you think you
can pull it off...good for you! Yeah it's frustrating
as a defense, but if you can't stop them and you've
proven that every time, why on earth would they kick
it back to you?
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- Also to be addressed: this ever-present "uhm, I'm
gonna be away for 2 weeks, can I play up to week 10
now?" LOL. We now have 4 people with this and it's
getting a little crazy. I'm trying to update to week 4
people. Calm the hell down. We cannot do what we did
last season. It took all the drama out of the league.
We have to stick with the schedule. Right now you're
allowed to go to week 6. The Rams, and the Niners are
allowed to go ahead to week 8 as they will be gone for
a week, but no one else. As it is The Chiefs are now
gonna be out of town for another week and a half,
leaving him stuck at week 5. The other 17 teams need
to just do weeks 3-6 and slow down. I'll be working on
the Blue League Recruiting tonight and that'll be up
and going so we have a couple more games a week.
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- And finally - some of these games are amazing. The
standings are looking crazy. As of right now, only the
Saints are undefeated - and looking at their schedule,
I don't see that ever ending. Everyone else has at
least 1 loss. It's gonna be an amazingly close race
for the 12 playoff spots. This will be very, very
epic.
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- Now stop all your pussy teenage drama and play
ball.
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- League Founder,
- Adam Kontras
- The Chicago Bears
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