FOFC - ESPN NFL 2k5 league

Sun Tzu · 07-21-2004, 07:24 PM

When do you guys want to get the ball rolling? Here's the list, sound off if you have the game.

Sun Tzu - 49ers
SirFozzie - Patriots
Eaglesfan27 - Eagles
Pumpy Tudors - Broncos
Kingnebwsu - Bungles
ageofquarrel - Chefs
Bearcat729 - Browns
Hell Atlantic - Giants
gstelmack - Panthers
cartman - Cowboys
Ironhead - Falcons
RPI-Fan - Steelers
JeeberD - Titans
SackAttack - Ravens
Balldog - Redskins

I got my copy earlier today. Good stuff

Pumpy Tudors · 07-21-2004, 07:30 PM

Got the game.

RPI-Fan · 07-21-2004, 07:30 PM

RPI-Fan - Steelers.

Edit: Just bought the game.

Noop · 07-21-2004, 07:34 PM

Is this X-Box version?

Bearcat729 · 07-21-2004, 07:36 PM

Got the game

RPI-Fan · 07-21-2004, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

Is this X-Box version?

Yep (AFAIK).

Noop · 07-21-2004, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Yep (AFAIK).

AFAIK?

ageofquarrel · 07-21-2004, 07:46 PM

Yes I have the game, I just went out and bought xbox live. But I thought the cat5 cable I had at home was long enough to reach my xbox to the router. But it wasnt so I have to set it up tommorrow.

Comey · 07-21-2004, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

AFAIK?

As Far As I Know.

SirFozzie · 07-21-2004, 07:52 PM

got it

gstelmack · 07-21-2004, 07:58 PM

I've got it and am ready to get rolling at any time. I figure it will take a week or two for the league to get set up and get rolling, so we ought to create it soon and start figuring out the league stuff.

Eaglesfan27 · 07-21-2004, 08:34 PM

I've got the game. I can't play tonight as I actually just fell asleep playing a game. I'm awed by it, but very sleep deprived

Still, I just walked to the laptop which woke me up and I'm going to fool around with one more short exhibition game before I go to bed.

JeeberD · 07-21-2004, 10:21 PM

I might be interested, how often are you guys talking about playing?

I'll go ahead and reserve the Titans for now...

kingnebwsu · 07-22-2004, 01:00 AM

I'm in. Usually more available after 12:30 AM EST almost every day. Let me know! This is a blast!

SackAttack · 07-22-2004, 01:13 AM

I want the Ravens!

Darkiller · 07-22-2004, 03:09 AM

Sun Tzu - 49ers

YEAH, that's what I'm talking about

GO NINERS !

CleBrownsfan · 07-22-2004, 06:27 AM

I thought there was a feature that you can see your league posted on the internet? Anyone know about this feature??

Thanks

SirFozzie · 07-22-2004, 06:44 AM

The Xbox Live Online Leagues Website is
currently unavailble. You can continue to
join leagues and play games through your Xbox
and all your stats will be here when
it becomes available.

(through leagues.espnvideogames.com)

SirFozzie · 07-22-2004, 06:44 AM

A post on the ESPNVideogames board says it should be up later this week

CleBrownsfan · 07-22-2004, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

The Xbox Live Online Leagues Website is
currently unavailble. You can continue to
join leagues and play games through your Xbox
and all your stats will be here when
it becomes available.

(through leagues.espnvideogames.com)

Thanks for the reply Fozzie - will the PS2 have this feature also or just the XBOX?

SirFozzie · 07-22-2004, 06:48 AM

PS2's league interface is apparently live

CleBrownsfan · 07-22-2004, 06:57 AM

You have any clue how I can access my leagues site?

I'm in a PS2 online league but have no clue how the website works....

SirFozzie · 07-22-2004, 06:58 AM

Have you logged in with your PS2 name and password?

CleBrownsfan · 07-22-2004, 06:59 AM

Nevermind - I found it...

Balldog · 07-22-2004, 07:01 AM

I would like the Redskins.

gstelmack · 07-22-2004, 09:03 AM

It looks like we can either do a "Season" league or a "Tournament" (playoffs) league. I'm guessing with this crowd we want to do an entire season. I did not see an option for a career league with drafting and the like; did I miss it or is that what "season" is?

Ironhead · 07-22-2004, 10:55 AM

Got the game yesterday and didn't turn it off for 5 hours. Came to work bleary eyed this morning. Looking foward to playing some of you guys.

Joe Canadian · 07-22-2004, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

It looks like we can either do a "Season" league or a "Tournament" (playoffs) league. I'm guessing with this crowd we want to do an entire season. I did not see an option for a career league with drafting and the like; did I miss it or is that what "season" is?

I don't think you can play Franchise mode online...

Sun Tzu · 07-22-2004, 12:30 PM

I'm sure it would be possible to turn this into a franchise. If a couple guys are willing to do some work, we could age/progress the players, hold a draft, and start up another fresh season. I'm in an online franchise with Madden 2004 for the PC where we do all of the offseason stuff offline. We're currently in the 10th year and it's going extremely well.

ageofquarrel · 07-22-2004, 12:56 PM

Ok I got it hooked up and created an account - ageofquarrel

ageofquarrel · 07-22-2004, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I'm sure it would be possible to turn this into a franchise. If a couple guys are willing to do some work, we could age/progress the players, hold a draft, and start up another fresh season. I'm in an online franchise with Madden 2004 for the PC where we do all of the offseason stuff offline. We're currently in the 10th year and it's going extremely well.

Hmmm, but that was the pc. Are we sure yet, that we can edit players in an xbox league? If we can that would be awesome. I am good for pretty much most days except after 9 est on tuesday and thursdays. So i can play games pretty much whenever

Joe Canadian · 07-22-2004, 01:19 PM

Why isn't my name in the first post? I signed up for the Colts in the other thread..

Turd Ferguson · 07-22-2004, 01:38 PM

I'd like the Dolphins, but I still need to go out and get XBox live...

Joe Canadian · 07-22-2004, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson

I'd like the Dolphins, but I still need to go out and get XBox live...

The game comes with a 2 month subscription...

SackAttack · 07-22-2004, 02:30 PM

A PC game can do it, but the Xbox version, rosters are standardized for everybody as soon as you connect to Live. Online franchises are undoubtedly coming, but I don't think it's gonna be possible to do it that way this year.

cartman · 07-22-2004, 02:55 PM

I don't have the game yet. I'm out of town on a business trip, but I'll pick up a copy this weekend when I get back.

mgadfly · 07-23-2004, 03:12 AM

It depends on how often you are all planning to play. I would love to do a league where we played a game every weekend (once a week) or so... But I'm not sure I could handle playing 1 game per day or anything like that.

If it's once a week or less, I'd like the Seahawks (user name on XBox Live is MGadfly).

kingnebwsu · 07-23-2004, 05:23 AM

Once a week sounds like a good amount, plenty of time to schedule the play (then play other FOFC'ers in the time off

)

gstelmack · 07-23-2004, 07:53 AM

I don't have time to do more than one game a week either, so that sounds best.

If no one else has done so, I'll probably create a league tonight. Even if it only lasts through a week or two, I figure we ought to start one, try it, see what we don't like, and if necessary restart with tweaked settings.

I'm assuming we'd like to try a season league?

Sun Tzu · 07-23-2004, 10:30 AM

correct. I was actualy going to start the league, but I just haven't had any free time lately to get onto live and get things started. Keep us posted gstelmack.

gstelmack · 07-23-2004, 04:52 PM

Wow, looks like a nice big league. I count 17 entrants so far (I have the Colts and Dolphins late entries above that are not in the big list at the top). I'll create the league in a few hours, then post the details.

SirFozzie · 07-23-2004, 04:54 PM

Can we get an 18th team?

mgadfly · 07-23-2004, 06:05 PM

I think if you count me for the Seahawks, we do have 18.

cartman · 07-23-2004, 06:53 PM

And I jut picked up the game on the way home from the airport. Gonna be a night of NCAA 2005 and ESPN NFL 2K5

gstelmack · 07-23-2004, 07:30 PM

Okay, initial season league created. League size goes by 4, so since we don't have a commitment on 20 teams I had to go with 16 (tournaments are powers-of-2, so it's 16 or 32 there). Since this is our first league, it has a fair chance of being canned, so anyone who misses out shouldn't have to wait long (or we'll get a second league going in parallel for those who want to play more often). And maybe by then we'll have enough to go to 20 or 24.

Settings are:

- 16 players
- 8 make the playoffs
- 8 week season
- 7 days max between rounds
- All Pro
- 5 minute quarters
- Injuries on
- Challenges on
- Trading on
- Performance EQ off
- Random Weather on

Most of those settings can be tweaked while people are joining, so I'm open to suggestions.

Season name: FOFC
Password: elitist

Join up! I'll create the schedule once we hit 16.

SirFozzie · 07-23-2004, 07:49 PM

I'd prefer 8-10 minute quarters, but that works.

Sun Tzu · 07-23-2004, 08:04 PM

Agreed, I play with 6 minute quarters and get pretty accurate statistical results. I also think Performance EQ (isn't that where players get hot and cold?) should be turned on, otherwise it's like we're just playing a bunch of exhibition games strung together.

Pumpy Tudors · 07-23-2004, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Agreed, I play with 6 minute quarters and get pretty accurate statistical results. I also think Performance EQ (isn't that where players get hot and cold?) should be turned on, otherwise it's like we're just playing a bunch of exhibition games strung together.

I agree about 6 minute quarters, but I'll play with whatever. Performance EQ "equalizes" the teams ratings, so no team has a ratings advantage over another. It just puts every team on a level playing field.

Sun Tzu · 07-23-2004, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Performance EQ "equalizes" the teams ratings, so no team has a ratings advantage over another.

Oh, well nevermind then.

Pumpy Tudors · 07-23-2004, 08:31 PM

Is the league full already? I don't see it listed with the other available leagues.

07-21-2004, 07:30 PM	#2
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Got the game. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

07-21-2004, 07:30 PM	#3
RPI-Fan Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Troy, NY	RPI-Fan - Steelers. Edit: Just bought the game. __________________ Quis custodiets ipsos custodes? Last edited by RPI-Fan : 07-21-2004 at 07:30 PM.

07-21-2004, 07:34 PM	#4
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida	Is this X-Box version? __________________ Living in an Oligarchy.

07-21-2004, 07:52 PM	#10
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	got it __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-21-2004, 07:58 PM	#11
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I've got it and am ready to get rolling at any time. I figure it will take a week or two for the league to get set up and get rolling, so we ought to create it soon and start figuring out the league stuff. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-21-2004, 07:36 PM	#5
Bearcat729 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	Got the game

07-21-2004, 07:46 PM	#8
ageofquarrel H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2004	Yes I have the game, I just went out and bought xbox live. But I thought the cat5 cable I had at home was long enough to reach my xbox to the router. But it wasnt so I have to set it up tommorrow.

07-21-2004, 08:34 PM	#12
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I've got the game. I can't play tonight as I actually just fell asleep playing a game. I'm awed by it, but very sleep deprived Still, I just walked to the laptop which woke me up and I'm going to fool around with one more short exhibition game before I go to bed. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

07-21-2004, 10:21 PM	#13
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I might be interested, how often are you guys talking about playing? I'll go ahead and reserve the Titans for now... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-22-2004, 01:00 AM	#14
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	I'm in. Usually more available after 12:30 AM EST almost every day. Let me know! This is a blast!

07-22-2004, 01:13 AM	#15
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	I want the Ravens!

07-22-2004, 03:09 AM	#16
Darkiller FOF2 Guy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Paris, France	Sun Tzu - 49ers YEAH, that's what I'm talking about GO NINERS ! __________________ FOF2 lives on / Continue to support the best game ever ! - Owner of the San Francisco 49ers in FOF2 - Charter member of the IHOF and owner of the Paris Musketeers franchise (FOF2004) - Chairman of the IHOF Hall of Fame - Athletic Director of the Brigham Young Cougars in TCY FOF Legend: Hall of Fame QB Brock Sheriff #5, one of the most popular player in Front Office Football history.

07-22-2004, 06:27 AM	#17
CleBrownsfan Pro Rookie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: C-Town	I thought there was a feature that you can see your league posted on the internet? Anyone know about this feature?? Thanks __________________ *XBox Gamertag:* Pronk32 FOOL-X - Cleveland Naps FOOL - Cleveland Cyclones SLOP - Cuyahoga Spiders

07-22-2004, 06:44 AM	#18
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	The Xbox Live Online Leagues Website is currently unavailble. You can continue to join leagues and play games through your Xbox and all your stats will be here when it becomes available. (through leagues.espnvideogames.com) __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-22-2004, 06:48 AM	#21
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	PS2's league interface is apparently live __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-22-2004, 06:57 AM	#22
CleBrownsfan Pro Rookie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: C-Town	You have any clue how I can access my leagues site? I'm in a PS2 online league but have no clue how the website works.... __________________ *XBox Gamertag:* Pronk32 FOOL-X - Cleveland Naps FOOL - Cleveland Cyclones SLOP - Cuyahoga Spiders

07-22-2004, 06:58 AM	#23
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Have you logged in with your PS2 name and password? __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-22-2004, 06:59 AM	#24
CleBrownsfan Pro Rookie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: C-Town	Nevermind - I found it... __________________ *XBox Gamertag:* Pronk32 FOOL-X - Cleveland Naps FOOL - Cleveland Cyclones SLOP - Cuyahoga Spiders

07-22-2004, 07:01 AM	#25
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	I would like the Redskins.

07-22-2004, 09:03 AM	#26
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	It looks like we can either do a "Season" league or a "Tournament" (playoffs) league. I'm guessing with this crowd we want to do an entire season. I did not see an option for a career league with drafting and the like; did I miss it or is that what "season" is? __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-22-2004, 10:55 AM	#27
Ironhead College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Jersey	Got the game yesterday and didn't turn it off for 5 hours. Came to work bleary eyed this morning. Looking foward to playing some of you guys.

07-22-2004, 12:30 PM	#29
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	I'm sure it would be possible to turn this into a franchise. If a couple guys are willing to do some work, we could age/progress the players, hold a draft, and start up another fresh season. I'm in an online franchise with Madden 2004 for the PC where we do all of the offseason stuff offline. We're currently in the 10th year and it's going extremely well. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

07-22-2004, 12:56 PM	#30
ageofquarrel H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2004	Ok I got it hooked up and created an account - ageofquarrel

07-22-2004, 01:19 PM	#32
Joe Canadian College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada	Why isn't my name in the first post? I signed up for the Colts in the other thread..

07-22-2004, 01:38 PM	#33
Turd Ferguson Mascot Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: College Station, TX	I'd like the Dolphins, but I still need to go out and get XBox live...

07-22-2004, 02:30 PM	#35
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	A PC game can do it, but the Xbox version, rosters are standardized for everybody as soon as you connect to Live. Online franchises are undoubtedly coming, but I don't think it's gonna be possible to do it that way this year.

07-22-2004, 02:55 PM	#36
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I don't have the game yet. I'm out of town on a business trip, but I'll pick up a copy this weekend when I get back. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

07-23-2004, 03:12 AM	#37
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	It depends on how often you are all planning to play. I would love to do a league where we played a game every weekend (once a week) or so... But I'm not sure I could handle playing 1 game per day or anything like that. If it's once a week or less, I'd like the Seahawks (user name on XBox Live is MGadfly).

07-23-2004, 05:23 AM	#38
kingnebwsu College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ohio	Once a week sounds like a good amount, plenty of time to schedule the play (then play other FOFC'ers in the time off )

07-23-2004, 07:53 AM	#39
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	I don't have time to do more than one game a week either, so that sounds best. If no one else has done so, I'll probably create a league tonight. Even if it only lasts through a week or two, I figure we ought to start one, try it, see what we don't like, and if necessary restart with tweaked settings. I'm assuming we'd like to try a season league? __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-23-2004, 10:30 AM	#40
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	correct. I was actualy going to start the league, but I just haven't had any free time lately to get onto live and get things started. Keep us posted gstelmack. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

07-23-2004, 04:52 PM	#41
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Wow, looks like a nice big league. I count 17 entrants so far (I have the Colts and Dolphins late entries above that are not in the big list at the top). I'll create the league in a few hours, then post the details. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-23-2004, 04:54 PM	#42
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Can we get an 18th team? __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-23-2004, 06:05 PM	#43
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	I think if you count me for the Seahawks, we do have 18.

07-23-2004, 06:53 PM	#44
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	And I jut picked up the game on the way home from the airport. Gonna be a night of NCAA 2005 and ESPN NFL 2K5 __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint