NCAA 07 32 Team 2X Elimination Tourney

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:25 pm

jondiehl wrote:
Bill_Abner wrote: The idea is to play like real football and not take advantage of the game's bad secondary AI by taking the snap, and immiediately sprinting with all gusto out of the pocket and throwing on the run play in and play out.
The only time where it might seem like a team is doing this is on many of the play action passes. Alot of times, the QB's animation after the fake handoff will take his momentum one way or the other for a designed rollout.

Which is perfectly acceptable.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:38 pm

I only had a few questions re: the scrambling rule. (Yankeefan4444, who is a buddy of mine, failed to grasp this rule Wink

This is basically just a common sense house rule. The idea is to play like real football and not take advantage of the game's bad secondary AI by taking the snap, and immiediately sprinting with all gusto out of the pocket and throwing on the run play in and play out. It makes passing incredibly easy because the secondary, particularly on default settings, gets lost when the QB starts to move.

*This does NOT mean you cannot run with your QB. You can.

*This does also not mean you cannot rollout with your QB on designed plays. You can do that too.

*Finally, this also does not mean you cannot run out of the pocket to avoid the rush and still pass the ball to whomever you wish.

The only time that a red flag is raised is if you see a QB take the snap with the sole purpose of running like a madman out of the tackle boxes just to gain an advantage on shoddy default level programming.

Like I said this isn't coming up much at all (and Badgun beat the tar out of Joel despite him doing this) but I just wanted to throw the reminder out there for everyone to keep it clean. Smile If we could alter sliders online this wouldn't be such an issue.

I might point out that Yankeefan4444 was a super nice guy and I really don't think he was aware that he was exploiting a flaw in the game. He was simply doing something that he had discovered that worked with quite a degree of success. I eventually just started blitzing my corner from that side and was able to get quite a few sacks on him as well as a pick. Again, he was a really nice guy and I would never label him a cheeser, but I felt it was worth mentioning to Bill since it clearly states at the bottom of the bracket that this was a no-no.

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:00 pm

I have extended an invite to Brando to take over UCLA for the mysterious Kobe8, which no one can seem to find.

grtwhtsk · Post by **grtwhtsk** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:20 pm

Brando - Let me know if you can play tonight (and if so what time). My gamertag is grtwhtsk1.

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:05 pm

Well, heh, Brando had to pass but turns out this is a good thing as Kobe8 emailed me today looking for Steve. lol. Steve I PMed you Kobe's email address so hopefully you two can hook up ASAP.

grtwhtsk · Post by **grtwhtsk** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:34 pm

Bill_Abner wrote:Well, heh, Brando had to pass but turns out this is a good thing as Kobe8 emailed me today looking for Steve. lol. Steve I PMed you Kobe's email address so hopefully you two can hook up ASAP.

Thanks Bill...I'm on it!

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:42 pm

Hey Msteelers,

I added you on Live, sent a PM, and made a reply on this thread to just cover my bases...

So whenever you got time and want to schedule a game, let me know. I'm pretty flexible after 5:00 PM.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:19 pm

Yeah, thanks for the invite guys, but I'm lagging on the NCAA league as it is and need to catch up with that. Plus I think my limit for brutal beatings in NCAA is two per week

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:59 pm

Steve has had to withdraw from the tourney so we really need someone to play with Purdue (or another B- team not already taken) ASAP. If you guys know of anyone, send them my way. I'll post to OS as well.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:47 pm

Utah over Missouri, 38-28. Great, great game!

jondiehl · Post by **jondiehl** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:06 am

Slumberland wrote:Utah over Missouri, 38-28. Great, great game!

Yes, excellent game, close the whole way. It came down to the 4th quarter, down 31-28 and Mizzou forced a punt with a few minutes left but Utah held us down.... I used a timeout and forced another punt, but once again couldn't work the ball into FG range and was forced to attempt a long 4th down conversion deep in my own zone. I failed, and Utah easily put the game away on the next play with under a minute left on a TD run up the middle. Still, with some time left a timeout or two, we went bombs away and finally got into FG range but couldn't get it done in the end. Fantastic game though.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:06 am

Bill_Abner wrote:Steve has had to withdraw from the tourney so we really need someone to play with Purdue (or another B- team not already taken) ASAP. If you guys know of anyone, send them my way. I'll post to OS as well.

i will if i can actually schedule a game...

unc open?

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:09 am

Nope.

Check the brackets to see the teams that are in. Purdue is there..they aren't bad for a B lvl team.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:12 am

i'll be them.

i don't like that guy's chicken though.

hoosier4974 · Post by **hoosier4974** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:42 am

Rallymonkey, I added you to my friends list. We are scheduled to play (Ohio U. vs Fresno State) in the losers bracket.

When are you available???

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:56 am

hoosier4974 wrote:Rallymonkey, I added you to my friends list. We are scheduled to play (Ohio U. vs Fresno State) in the losers bracket.

When are you available???

In the spirit of keeping the last shred of self esteem I have around how about we refer to it as the last chance bracket from now on?

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:42 pm

Zeppo,
I need to play between now and Friday. I'm leaving Saturday for Disney World for a week.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:30 pm

Badgun wrote:Zeppo,
I need to play between now and Friday. I'm leaving Saturday for Disney World for a week.

Sounds good. Tomorrow night should work well for me; really that's the only choice, either that or maybe tonight after 10 could work too. Friday night won't work as I won't be home until likely 4AM or so.

I'll hop on XBL tonight if I can when I get back. If that doesn't work we can nail down a time for tomorrow.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:01 pm

Zeppo wrote:. Friday night won't work as I won't be home until likely 4AM or so.

slut

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:22 am

Rob -- I heard a nasty rumor that UTEP gave up 28 4th quarter points to lose 52-42 last night.

Say it ain't so..

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:01 pm

Bill_Abner wrote:Rob -- I heard a nasty rumor that UTEP gave up 28 4th quarter points to lose 52-42 last night.

Say it ain't so..

I hate this f'in game!

I threw one lousy INT that got returned for a TD, which pegged the damn momentum meter and turned my DB's into wax figures. He threw at least two balls into 2x coverage that were just floating and his WR snatched them above multiple defenders. Then I was plagued by more drops than a Dez White highlight reel.

On a more serious note, this is like my 4th straight game that was plagued by heinous lag and slowdown. I don't know if I've been playing people with poorer connections or if it's a server thing, but it's getting really frustrating. Flatus scored one TD on a cross-field pass that took about 30 seconds to go from QB to receiver, with me unable to assume control of the closest DB. Tired of playing games in molasses.

Other than that, the tourney was a dream come true for me. Thanks, Bill

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:00 pm

RobVarak wrote:On a more serious note, this is like my 4th straight game that was plagued by heinous lag and slowdown. I don't know if I've been playing people with poorer connections or if it's a server thing, but it's getting really frustrating.

I havent had any real lag yet but 3 of my game between this tourney and the league have frozen...

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:59 pm

Bill, When is Todd coming back again?

Rainey · Post by **Rainey** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:00 pm

UCF and USM are playing at 6:00 PM central tonight...

Bill_Abner · Post by **Bill_Abner** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:14 pm

Danimal wrote:Bill, When is Todd coming back again?

I think Friday..maybe Sat.