OS Sim League (formerly OS Crew) Season 2 Discussion Thread

[stewaat]

DO NOT PLAY AUBURNALUMNI (DREW). HE HAS PLAYED HIS 5 GAMES AND HE IS ACTING LIKE AN ADDICT.

AA: C'mon man, just 1 more. We have 7 guys online. Just one more man! DO IT MAN! I'LL KILL YOU! LET ME PLAY!

[Ncaiello2005]

5on5 play = best time ever.

[Bornindamecca]

Great playing with you guys in Team Up. It was fun stuff all around. Now I'm sorry I didn't catch your league before it started! Good times.

[stewaat]

Ok let's look at these 3 shot charts. If you think the first two are acceptable then you probably don't need to be in this league.

Here's a rules reminder:

Defense
1. You don't have to play on-ball defense at all times. HOWEVER, you can't control the PG and continuously try to steal every pass going to the PG. No playing passing lanes constantly. The CPU will do it for you if you have good defenders.
2. Do not abuse full court press defense, only use this in realistic situations

Offense
1. You may not average more than 50% of your points from the paint. The formula used: PiP - 2nd chance points - fast break points. The only possible way to average over 50% of you PiP is to force the ball into the paint. The formula gives fast break teams and those with great offensive rebounders to not worry about running the break or putting up an offensive board.
2. Do not hold turbo all the time on offense. If you get a defensive board and want to run, fine.
3. No fast breaks off made shots. The CPU is terrible at getting back for you and this is easily exploitable. You can still fast break of TO's & missed shots so play good D to get these opportunities!!!
4. Do not run around in circles/isomotion until you finally have the lane to drive.
5. Do not force your way into the paint for scores
6. No cherry picking
7. Do not abuse turbo in the half court offense. How many times do you see an NBA guy sprint in the half court with the ball? You can do a quick burst to get some separation for a shot but if you use it to run around until you find a lane that is unacceptable.
8. If you are down by a couple scores late in the game play realistically to get back in it! Do NOT go straight to the rim and abuse the exploits in the game!
9. Play everyone the way you wanted to be played. Don't run up the score late. Don't take jumpers when you can run out the shot clock for a victory. Play to win but have respect for your opponent.
10. You must have a mic! If you don't, you will not be in the league. I think everyone here has a mic though.


The blue highlights above sum it all up: don't use turbo in excess and try and do something legitimate when you get in a half court offense.

If you have a 1-on-2 when you're going down the court that's not a fast break. Any player to take it up would be reprimanded for the bad decision IRL. 2-on-1 fast breaks take them all day!

Play to have fun and if you can't do that if you happen to lose you need to find another league. If shot charts don't start to look better some people might need to go start another league if they want to play. This is the OS Sim league not OS "so-called" Sim league.

Take pride in how you play the game and show respect for your opponents.

[wxkid23]

Im going to be on tonight after 9 or 10pm CST until late... look forward to getting a game or two in.

[AuburnAlumni]

I'm taking offers for Ben Gordon. I want to trade a SG for a SG so if you're interested, let me know.

[bluengold34]

Let's just put this petty shot chart and playstyle bulls**t to rest now. I am tired of hearing about it, and we knew people's playing style going into to this league. I don't give a rats *** if certain people want to score 50 with Danny F'n Granger. Its my job to stop him and adjust my playstyle. I don't care if people love holding the turbo down all game,as long as they don't cheat or make the experience a non-enjoyable one.

This league seems to have some good people that are not only fun, but great to talk to during the game. If we are going to start posting shot charts and stats in the forums, than maybe we need to shut down the league now. If something is so bad, how about sending a pm first, and giving them a chance to explain first.

I am not calling anyone out right now at all, but I am not going to listen to people complain and degrade peoples playing style and take it this serious. It's a damn game people. Please remember that this is just a game, and the fact that we all get along, and have a good time should outweigh any GD shotchart bulls**t.

This is getting very old.....................

[AuburnAlumni]

You know what Jess,


You have managed to suck the fun out of this league in a New York minute.


I'm going to say this one time....


I don't care what a f***ing shot chart says.

I don't care if so and so has 57% of his points in the paint.

UNLESS AN ACTUAL OPPONENT WHO PLAYED THE GAME COMES TO YOU AND COMPLAINS THAT SOMEONE IS A "CHEESER", ETC......DON'T CALL SOMEONE OUT.

I was pretty damn furious last night at your constant attacks on my playing style, etc.

I'm pretty sure Mike will back me up and say that I wasn't dribbling around, isomotioning to death, and going through 8 guys for a dunk.

I shoot threes, I attack off of defensive rebounds, and I shoot plenty of jumpshots when they are open.

Dan is the Orlando Magic. He has DWIGHT FREAKING HOWARD AND GERALD FREAKING WALLACE. He SHOULD attack the hoop. He SHOULD slash with Wallace. I have no issue with it. Neither do any of the other folks who played him.

The only person who constantly attacks folks on here, who constantly harps on stupid PIP percentages etc. is you.

So now...instead of just playing a game and having fun, all of us are so damn paranoid and thinking to ourselves...

"Gee, I should probably take more 20 foot jumpshots from the far right corner so that Jess likes my shot chart."

As Bob has said, this PIP percentage bullsh** and personally attacking folks because they don't take 65 jumpshots like you do is extremely old and has already cost us one guy that is well respected by all of us.

[Bornindamecca]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34

Let's just put this petty shot chart and playstyle bulls**t to rest now. I am tired of hearing about it, and we knew people's playing style going into to this league. I don't give a rats *** if certain people want to score 50 with Danny F'n Granger. Its my job to stop him and adjust my playstyle. I don't care if people love holding the turbo down all game,as long as they don't cheat or make the experience a non-enjoyable one. This league seems to have some good people that are not only fun, but great to talk to during the game. If we are going to start posting shot charts and stats in the forums, than maybe we need to shut down the league now. If something is so bad, how about sending a pm first, and giving them a chance to explain first. I am not calling anyone out right now at all, but I am not going to listen to people complain and degrade peoples playing style and take it this serious. It's a damn game people. Please remember that this is just a game, and the fact that we all get along, and have a good time should outweigh any GD shotchart bulls**t. This is getting very old.....................

I think this is a good point for any sim league. Shot charts are useless if you don't know how they happened. San Antionio took 1200 out of 1950 shots in or just outside of the paint. With pick and rolls, penetrations, post ups, put backs and fast break points, this is easy to see why. If you look at how many threes they shoot, they take a fairly small amount of shots from the midrange area.

It's about how you get your shots, not how the shot chart looks at the end of it, unless it's an extreme scenario.

[stewaat]

Alright guys I apologize for harping on things. I will no longer worry about any rules or criticize anybody's playing style.

Bob summed everything up perfectly.

Well there will be one rule:
No exceeding 5 games played because I don't want folks getting left behind with games played. Also the trades won't take place until 5 games have been played.

Once again, I apologize. This mainly goes to Drew and Dan because I have been extremely critical of your gameplay styles.

I hope that we all can forgive, forget, and move on.