APF Players' Madden 10 League: Logistics

[grunt]

I would like to take the seahawks. I am waiting for the invite.

[grunt]

I am going away during the Thanksgiving holiday. Are we going with a hard deadline during the Thanksgiving holiday?

[The Autumn Wind]

Quote: Originally Posted by grunt

I am going away during the Thanksgiving holiday. Are we going with a hard deadline during the Thanksgiving holiday?

Good question. Let's all discuss. My inclination is to slow it down during the holiday and make it where we can play one game that week, if we're around.

I would also be just fine with taking the week off altogether if many of us will be traveling.

Let's gather some opinions.

[TheShizNo1]

I like having the whole week off. People aren't rushed to get the game in and it gives everyone a break to keep from burning out

[WeLLWeLL]

I'm down to have the week off or just to have one game scheduled for that week. I'll be around so it doesn't matter to me.

[Vegaskingpin]

Dudes, I want to play in your league so bad. I will take any team. I use to live in Ohio but live in Texas now after working on a cruise ship in Hawaii where i met my fiance two years ago. It's been almost three years since I played another Human being in madden or 2k5/8 football. I am a die hard 2kfootball series fan but slowly converted to madden ever since the exclusive deal by EA but I still love playing 2k8. I'm just a big football fan and love playing different styles. I hate cheesing even though I don't know the exact definition of such because i don't play the game to figure out how to cheat or glitch any system. When I played with my friends if certain aspects of my game would get shutdown i would try and adapt. We would have some great games, lots of turnarounds to win. When I play I like to figure out my opponents style and try to shut it down. If they like to swing pass I'll run more defensive Qb contains and Hard zones in the flats. Offensively, I like to play to setup other plays later in the drive or quarter such as runs up the middle, then when I see the defense stacking I run a PA pass for a big play. But if the run between the tackles is never established I try pitchouts and screens. Then when I notice the defense playing man or hard zones I try to watch for the deep one on one route or a corner. If I get blitzed often i try to use slants and swings. But if you guys think that is cheesing I don't want to be in your league. If i see the defense setup with a cover two I may run a hot route to the seam if I don't already have it setup as part of the play. I like to react to what I see from the defense and throw to who is open. This is how I play the game. I never quit. unless my damn connection drops me because of lag or whatever. I don't go for it on fourth down but if I'm down by two scores in the final quarter and I have a yard or two to go I will go for it. I play to be competitive and if I can't convert then I deserve to lose. I could care less about replays but I do like seeing them if my QB gets sacked on a pass play because I like to identify where my play broke down and how I can react next time I see it coming or if it's a really cool sideline catch in the endzone, whether or not if I'm the one doing the scoring. I will be willing to play lobby games with anyone in the league so you can judge for yourself. I would like that just for the fact that i don't know how reliable my online is. I'm running a mobile aircard and have to figure out how to get it with XBOX live. As to my availability to pla it's at anytime really because my women does all the working now and she makes more than enough for both of us so i stay at home with our 19 month old daughter. She runs around and plays in her playroom so pretty much I'm free all day, everyday. My job is to get my game on and give it good to my lady when she wants it. No need to give her a reason to go fishing when she's got the big tuna at home (wink, wink)
I can cook better than her but my cleaning skills need work. The best thing is she thinks I'm the most perfect man. She knows I'm not cheating when I'm home gaming all day.

All this basically means is that I would be an active and reliable member of your league if invited to join. I will take STL, I think I can work with them. I like building teams from the ground up anyway. I like their colors and helmet but I am a Browns fan even though they suck and Mangini is an idiot. I always wanted to be the Cleveland Jets, not...Still I hope you consider my offer but would love to schedule quick games with whoever is a part of the league to develop some street cred. I do have to say if you disagree with what I have described as my play style then maybe I'm not for you guys. I also only scramble if I get blitzed constantly and can't find the time to deliver a quick strike. I scramble just to get the play off not to buy time for deep routes. I HATE that. Don't mind if it works out every now and then for you, but if you scramble every play and go deep, I will HATE you. One more thing I like to use up the play clock not always but i do to give my opponent time to react to my formation or motion and any audibles i may call. Please consider my bid and thank you for your time. Will play 2k8 with anybody if they are willing too...

Vegaskingpin

I'm still confused about cheesing from reading other threads so please if I play you and I do something you may consider cheese let me know.

Will post my gamertag as soon as I finish hooking up online.

[The Autumn Wind]

Vegas, I appreciate your interest. I will keep you in mind, but before I can even consider allowing a new player into this group, I need to have someone vouch for you. Perhaps you could play some of our league mates in scrimmages for a while and if we get to know you and like your game we can talk further.

Hope you enjoy Madden, and thanks again for checking in.

[Vegaskingpin]

I'm sending friend requests out right now, I manage to connect to live woohoo! My gamertag is Vegaskinngpin. Right now I'm having problems with my madden 10 being too scratched to play so I will accept 2k8 invites from people in league right now. Sometimes the madden works, sometimes it doesn't, go figure. Attempting to download it to the Hard drive. Please anyone give me a chance to show you how I play..again thank you. I really need to test the lag on my line. Will give good feedback to those who accept me. Also trying to figure out how to sign in to messenger right now so we can PM for games online.

Thank you

Vegaskingpin

[The Autumn Wind]

Do we have any leads on potential owners for STL?

And is there any word on how Biff is doing?

I'm thinking about soliciting an owner from the OS Madden forums for STL, but I want the league's input on this. We're all APF guys and I don't want to stray from the type of owner we have here. But I do want this league to be full, if possible, to even out the competition and eliminate CPU games, which nobody likes to have to play.

Thoughts?

Also, please make sure your sheets are ready to go for the offseason. Adjust your contract lengths to the correct values using rotoworld. It takes 5-10 mins.

The offseason will be upon us quickly.

[TheShizNo1]

I've gotten the strange feeling of Deja Vu