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[tobias funke]

i dont think that a bad idea...

but will it affect stamina? which will affect game performance in the playoffs?

maybe we wait until after the postseason?

and ill check my tactics...they are quite similar to those

We were both in on 74 plays this game, so we're pretty much interchangeable in that regard.

 

[ALP]

btw...last tiem i checked...cason didnt have any points in return spec.


but if u want him to have a go, go ahead

i would rather trust a wr or maroney more though (cuz my carrying skill isnt very high, and i may fumble more easily)

 

[BradyFTW!]

BradyFTW, I don't mean I like losing... I just mean that if we have to lose, I like that it is now and not our next game. I still don't understand why points scored is the 2nd tiebreaker, but it is what it is.

As far as HFA, we had to sweep all three games to get it. Did you expect it to happen before we played the Bandits? It sucks but at least we have one home game.

Hahah, I know, sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I definitely agree with you though, that points scored is a ****ty second tiebreaker. Should be point differential, or strength of schedule (basically, how good the interconference team you played was. We'd win that tiebreaker in a landslide).

What really bugs me, I guess, is that we went from first to fourth basically on the fact that we had a way harder interconference than the people near us.

 

[BradyFTW!]

btw...last tiem i checked...cason didnt have any points in return spec.


but if u want him to have a go, go ahead

i would rather trust a wr or maroney more though (cuz my carrying skill isnt very high, and i may fumble more easily)

You definitely do have one point in return spec, but I do agree with you about putting a RB or receiver in there. SOmeone with ighh carrying skill. Vernon definitely needs some rest tho, his energy is hurting

 

[fnordcircle]

Sigh. That's all, just sigh.

I think I'm done putting points into anything but stamina until I get it up to 48 with Maroney. I'm training nothing right now so I can be at 97 energy for the game.

 

[ALP]

lets not get too depressed over this loss guys

it was one of those games, where u should have won, but everything except the scoreboard got the message

i hate the loss just as much as the next guy, but better today then in two days or four or eight....

so we had a great reg season, only losing 2 games all year, and i think were as ready and able to get that trophy as the next team

the money is all we wont get, but the trophy will make up for it



LETS GO KICK SOME ASS

 

[VJCPatriot]

Emerald City Monkeys are no pushovers. Their defense has pitched 7 shutouts this season.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=544

On thing that's odd though, their starting HB Junior Diggs has his stats showing.

Player Attributes
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 24.88 Blocking: 12.4
Speed: 36.96 Tackling: 7
Agility: 29.44 Throwing: 12.4
Jumping: 12.4 Catching: 12.4
Stamina: 41.75 Carrying: 14.96
Vision: 32.53 Kicking: 7
Confidence: 24.96 Punting: 9

He's got 1,000+ yards and 16 TDs along with a 4.7 ypc so apparently this build gets some results. But the low carrying stat might indicate that he might be prone to fumbling the football.

We should be able to beat them with the right gameplan. Time to earn your money OC and DC!!

 

[fnordcircle]

Yeah, seems like vision really does a lot for backs. I'm going to be pumping points into that right after I get stamina up on Maroney now that he's > 48 SP.

I have a screenshot of builds by some of the top players at various positions in another league if anyone is interested I can post them. I got it off of another website, I'm not an awesome internet spy or anything.

 

[fnordcircle]

Oh...hm... 1.1m in ticket sales for that one playoff game, that'll come in handy. Maybe we can hope to get another one.... :singing:

Still, that'll let us build another section so we'll have 3 sections built this offseason for sure. Right now we have 15k seats. Those 3 construction projects will give us an immediate 6K+ with the ability to add I'd guess another 6k in additional seating as the season wears on. So hopefully we're still ahead of the ball on salaries because I really...really don't want to have to take out a loan and risk having the team taken from me.

 

[apple strudel]

I have a screenshot of builds by some of the top players at various positions in another league if anyone is interested I can post them. I got it off of another website, I'm not an awesome internet spy or anything.

I, for one, would love to see this.

 

[DaBruinz]

Oh...hm... 1.1m in ticket sales for that one playoff game, that'll come in handy. Maybe we can hope to get another one.... :singing:

Still, that'll let us build another section so we'll have 3 sections built this offseason for sure. Right now we have 15k seats. Those 3 construction projects will give us an immediate 6K+ with the ability to add I'd guess another 6k in additional seating as the season wears on. So hopefully we're still ahead of the ball on salaries because I really...really don't want to have to take out a loan and risk having the team taken from me.

FNord - last season, I took out the loan and it allowed me to be able to build out both endzones. With the money from season ticket sales and normal sales, I was able to pay off the load prior to game 1, so no interest. I was also just about able to fully expand both sidelines AND the endzones.

The loan is something you might want to consider doing since you are able to pay the money back rather quickly.

Also, whichever sections you put in, I would expand them by 50% on Day 1 of the new season after the the ticket money has come in. Do out the math and you may be able to expand them 100% on day 1 so you get the full benefit of the seating all year long. This will increase concession sales as well.

My stadium currently had 17420 seats. I'll be adding all 4 corners this off-season after taking out the loan. On day 1 last year, I brought in 3.4 million in ticket sales. Day 2 brought me another 1.1 million. So, I paid off the loan and, at one point, had over 6 million in cash. Spent 3.7 of it to expand the seating I had, recouping 1.08 million in sales immediately. All this was with a team that finished 5-11. I finished 9-7 this year and just out of the play-off picture. So I am expecting even more sales since I will have damn near 25K in seating on Day 1 of the season.

 

[BradyFTW!]

I'd love to see that, definitely.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Yeah, seems like vision really does a lot for backs. I'm going to be pumping points into that right after I get stamina up on Maroney now that he's > 48 SP.

I have a screenshot of builds by some of the top players at various positions in another league if anyone is interested I can post them. I got it off of another website, I'm not an awesome internet spy or anything.

I'm always interested in seeing other WR builds. I talked to a 1,900 yard WR the other day. Very interesting insight that gave me.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Posted some strategic ideas on the team forum. Reposting them here:

Also, they are backing up all four defensive line positions with one level 17 DT. If we commit to the run early and smash them in the mouth, their DL will wear out in a hurry, and they won't be able to effectively sub out more than one spot at a time (their next highest sub is level 8).

They also don't have very much depth at WR (at least not nearly as much as we have in our secondary).

Their OL depth, however, is strong. They have 3 level 16s and an 18 at guard/center, and a 17 and 2 14s at tackle. At any given time, they can sub out 40% of their starting offensive line with little to no dropoff. Also, their backup HB is higher level (15) than the starter (13). Given that, and our secondary depth, I'm thinking that, if they gameplan well, they may go right after our DL from the beginning of the game, and refuse to let up. We may need to get some quality snaps out of Sneed, Coker, and Goldsmith. As long as Tank and AD Train can stay in as anchors though, with their respective d-line/defensive generals, hopefully our starters can stand tall and buy us time. If they go at us on the ground, and the starters stand strong and keep their stamina up, I think we can run away with this game. We will win the field position battle that way, while Brady Jr. > Welker > Steamer > Welsh tear them apart in the air.

Also, I've put Pietro in at KR/PR, since he has a point in return spec and is the only CB who will be starting this upcoming game at 100 energy. Hopefully we can reduce the wear and tear on Barkley this way, and have him at 100 energy and back at KR/PR for Brisbane. Pete has the STA to do the job, and his speed and agility should make him effective. His carry is low (14), but Barkley's is only 16, and he hasn't fumbled much at all, so hopefully that won't be a big deal. He definitely won't be as good as Vernon, though, so don't hope for too much.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Ok, whatever it takes to win. Let's get this done!

Another thing to keep in mind is that we have played this team before and escaped with a narrow 13-6 win.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=14592
Perhaps you can compare the gameplan used for that game, factor in their roster turnover, and calculate what strategy would be most effective against them the second time around.

 

[cavtroop]

Yeah, seems like vision really does a lot for backs. I'm going to be pumping points into that right after I get stamina up on Maroney now that he's > 48 SP.

I have a screenshot of builds by some of the top players at various positions in another league if anyone is interested I can post them. I got it off of another website, I'm not an awesome internet spy or anything.

I'd love to see some good LB builds. I like Cav the way he is, but I'm basically building him with little input from better players at the position - it seems people like to play their cards close to their chests, so as not to give the opposition a helping hand.

 

[ALP]

some input on CB and Safety builds would be nice if u have tehm

 

[fnordcircle]

It's interesting but I'm not sure how much of a bible for player builds this should be. For the RB, for example, it's just a matter of the player pumping everything into SP that he can and then speed upgrades for equipment and the speed skill tree. It works because people haven't caught onto how to build characters yet so overloading a stat like speed will have really noticeable effects right up until the point that everyone else starts realizing that they need to dump stats into speed on defense too.

I dunno, I'm not an expert at this game but I don't like some of these builds.

 

[ALP]

i understand what u mean

a lot of DB's right now are really good b/c they have high speed and agility

 

[BradyFTW!]

i understand what u mean

a lot of DB's right now are really good b/c they have high speed and agility

Right now, Maximoff is all speed, agility, and stamina, with some points in shutdown corner. I'm going to level up tonight, and when I do I'm putting 1 in swat ball and 4 in sticky hands, so that I can start hauling in more interceptions. Pretty much everything that I've read, though, says that speed, agility, and stamina are the big CB stats, and that CBs should generally concentrate first and foremost on their physical attributes. Vision is always important, but moreso for safeties, I assume.