Hell Atlantic's Last Season

[tarcone]

Check out what happened to a GM in FFL. He was playing me this week by the way and I won 35-14. But now I think I know why.

okay I usually don't get mad too easily but WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY ROSTER????

when I exported for week 5's game i had 46 active guys and 53 men on the roster. now my fucking 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cornerbacks were moved to FS (barry legins, cedric newton, and tony ficek, one of my #1 picks) and one of them lost a lot of fucking points. and there were 2 mysterious cornerbacks signed in their place. so i only have 3 fucking CBs on my roster now. not to mention Tyrell Johnson, who was 82/82 at RCB, was inexplicably moved to LCB and is now 72/72. oh yeah, and my CB that i FRANCHISED and then gave a longterm contract to with a big bonus was FUCKING SSWITCHING TO SAFETY AND THEN RELEASED (rashad barksdate).


TransactionsWeek Transaction
Week 5 Ethan Sheldon (SLB) Released
Week 5 Tony Ficek Changed primary position to FS
Week 5 Rashad Barksdale Changed primary position to FS
Week 5 Barry Legins Changed primary position to FS
Week 5 Cedric Newton Changed primary position to FS

all for no reason at all. now i can't get Sheldon or Barksdale back because we're on "bad terms" after the release.


i fucking give up, this is absolute bullshit, i had everything perfect when i exported last night, i spent fucking 3 hours tweaking my game plan and making sure i had the right number of active players for each position.

in case you haven't noticed i'm really fucking pissed off :lol:

oh, and my 7th round pick SLB who was 25/50 was released for no reason at all. there is no excuse for any of this, i don't know what i wanna fucking do anymore. i'll probably just go back to single player.

This is the craziest thing I have ever seen. Turning 3 CBs into FSs? What? Why? That makes absolutely no sense. If this happened to me, it might be a deal breaker.
This new patch needs a new patch.

[JesterBlaze]

I think I would have to quit after something like that as well. Sad to say but even if I found out it was my fault. It's just too ridiculous a shakeup.

I would rather FOF just give me a forfeit for the games I screw up on than fuck with my players which lingers long term.

[Hell Atlantic]

Wait..my opponent just goes 4 wide and I don't put in another cb. I leave in my lb who i then ask to cover a wr or blitz, which he can't do? yes u do indeed know the game of football.

what about 5 wide? still stay in the base package? you sir are a regular bill parcells..remember when the pats had all those secondary injuries, you should have called belichek up..just leave in more lbs, those 250 lb guys will get her done.

you are exactly correct, but i'm talking about FOF football here. in real life you'd assume your nickle back or 4th CB in dime situations would be better to cover a WR. my point is in FOF if you have a 30 rated CB and a 50/60 rated 3rd LB (one of your starting LBs in a 4/3 front) - how much better off are you putting in that inferior DB than just leaving in your much better overall LB?

also, down, distance and most importantly field position would determine how much i used extra DBs. if i have you pinned on your 10 yard line, 1st and 5, and you're showing 4 WRs but you got a DH Singleton as your RB - go ahead, beat me with the throw. you're not gonna get that 1st down running it in and catching me off guard. if you're on my 1 yard line and it's 1st and ten, i don't care if you got 3 WRs or 4WRs - i'm still gonna be in a base defense. i'm not gonna have my crappy backup CBs on the field in those situations no matter how many WRs you bring out.

that's what my point is. i'm speaking in FOF terms - there's no audibles called at the line in FOF. in FOF that's a different story. also, in real life there's no way to know if you have a 40 rated CB and a 60 rated LB. the lines are blurred more. a coach doesn't look at a WLB and see a 63/69 LB. he can't say "this LB only has about 6 more pts in potential ability before he's maxed out."

[Hell Atlantic]

5th or 6th best in his position group in the draft would be impossible if you pick top ten.

BPA applies to premium positions, which is why we don't see full backs go routiney in the first round or guards in the top ten. You strive for realism in game...have a look at the amount of guards picked top ten in the last ten nfl drafts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ootball_drafts

The only guys playing guard now who were drafted that high, were tackles who busted. Basically you picked a guy with the upside of Robert Gallery now. A guy regarded as a failure, that is what you drafted knowing what he is. Next year go BPA and draft a FB, you hack.

no pick that doesn't result in a player who is a bust is a bad pick. my Guard is developing nicely, he's eventually gonna be among the best in his position. i didn't like the ratings of the numerous DEs that were available at the 9th pick. i needed a DE but i assumed, correctly so, that i could nab a suitable one with one of my 3 second round picks. which i did. there were a couple RBs that looked nice, but i already have Ohhhhh Snap!!! Chapman. all of the must have players were gone by selection 6, maybe pick 7. there were a lot of nice TE's, but i already have Juan McElroy - a 75 rated overall TE. certainly no must-have CBs. didn't need a WR cuz i have a great receiving corps. there was about 2 centers i liked, but weren't must have, at least no one worth cutting/trading my starting center for and messing up my cohesion further.

so i decided i could go for a sexy pick at a sexy position - but wind up w/ a guy who would be a backup for me in about 5-7 years - or i could pick the guy who i'll be starting his entire career. best player at his position, and i could probably be persuaded to say he was the best rated o-lineman in the draft factoring in talent, upside and ability to not be a bust. using jester's draft utility my Guard had excellent rated popularity which everyone knows affects the likelihood of a player panning out. i went for the sure thing. and it's not like i'm gonna suffer by retooling my O-line. i now have my starting LT and starting LG for the next 12 years. with more high round picks next year i should add to that line further, hopefully picking up 2 out of 3 remaining spots on my o-line. i'm not gonna just pick a good-but-not-great CB over that Guard just cuz CBs are a more important position. if i'm investing 1st round money in a player i want a guy who's gonna be my starter for 10 years and not bust on me. so no, i'm not taking a FB, K or Punter in the 1st round, or even 2nd or 3rd, but let's not pretend O-line isn't important. it's not like i don't have a power running back. if i can't jam it in the middle then what, i'm gonna have a power running back run outside my tackles? also, with QBs being turned into uber monsters, with the lowest rated starting QB not having a QB rating less than 75 in this league - i'm building up my O-line, you pick your mediocre DE or WR who'll be your backup by year 10 (if he's still on your team or even in the league by then) and i'll have a killer O-line to protect my uber QB to get his uber stats. this is why i'm a good GM. none of my 1st round picks have ever busted on me. and anyone i've picked in the 1st round is still on my team. i pick winners. that's what i do. :dancing:

[Hell Atlantic]

all right, i'm staying. i don't like Portland GMs. whether its jeff or JMO, there seems to always be a prob between me and Portland GMs. if all i ever do is go 2-14 forever, as long as those 2 wins are against Portland then i'll be happy. they get my tits all sharp and needle-like.

[Matt]

lol

[Matt]

I liked that G pick BTW. I just would've converted him to a T

[sovstar]

Check out what happened to a GM in FFL. He was playing me this week by the way and I won 35-14. But now I think I know why.



This is the craziest thing I have ever seen. Turning 3 CBs into FSs? What? Why? That makes absolutely no sense. If this happened to me, it might be a deal breaker.
This new patch needs a new patch.

Have to call bullshit on that. Absolutely no way the game would do all of that.

[BOSS]

Have to call bullshit on that. Absolutely no way the game would do all of that.

Yeah, i have to agree. The guy lost me when he said he was gameplanning for 3 hours lol. More like fucking around with his roster for 3 hours switching guys around position wise.

[Hell Atlantic]

yeah, the game won't switch a position on you. sounds like what Boss said - he probably was testing out switching his players around and instead of cancelling the moves he exported the file with his position changes.

[tarcone]

Doesnt the game screw around when you have 2 of the games open?
That was my initial thought on this, but wasnt sure.
So if he was switching positions with one gazme open and doing his actual GP on another game that is open it will pick up all your moves when you export?

[tarcone]

He had multiple copies of the game open and that screwed him over.

[JMO]

no pick that doesn't result in a player who is a bust is a bad pick

I don't agree. If you take a kicker in the first and he doesn't bust its still a bad pick.

my Guard is developing nicely, he's eventually gonna be among the best in his position. i didn't like the ratings of the numerous DEs that were available at the 9th pick

A DE with one of the best combines I've seen went at pick 7. He'll be a better player at a much more important position at guard.

so i decided i could go for a sexy pick at a sexy position - but wind up w/ a guy who would be a backup for me in about 5-7 years

There is no way in hell that DE or numerous LBs you could have taken would be back ups for you. This is the fallacy of your position. Theres no way that at pick 6 every other player would be a back up for you except a guard. You are picking at 6. You aren't loaded.

i'm not gonna just pick a good-but-not-great CB over that Guard just cuz CBs are a more important position

My CB was a risk although he did have pop in the 90s. This league as you say is stacked at QB. A guy who has a chance to be an elite CB down the road is way more valuable than a g. In fact IMO a nickel CB is more valuable. I play nickel a lot of the time, it is basically a starter position as is WR3.

Anyway the DE was the pick. You'll realise that in a few years and whine about it being because of the game in some way not being realistic.

this is why i'm a good GM. none of my 1st round picks have ever busted on me

Isn't the purpose of this thread to whine about how you are not a good gm?

[JMO]

all right, i'm staying. i don't like Portland GMs. whether its jeff or JMO, there seems to always be a prob between me and Portland GMs. if all i ever do is go 2-14 forever, as long as those 2 wins are against Portland then i'll be happy. they get my tits all sharp and needle-like.

Nice. Keep stocking that o-line buddy..

[Hell Atlantic]

Isn't the purpose of this thread to whine about how you are not a good gm?

i'm not a good gameplanner. i know how to build a team. take that to the bank and cash it.