How do you play FOF?

keeks · 11-25-2016, 10:03 PM

Do you playcall every play or simulate games/seasons at a time or what?

What do yall do?

SlyBelle1 · 11-26-2016, 02:21 AM

Never have played a game with any version....always just manage and sim.

xcom44dan · 11-26-2016, 05:40 AM

I've always played by manually playcalling the offense, and letting the coach call the defensive plays.

Honestly, I'm not at all comfortable with the new playcalling. I don't have access to every play, only plays for a given situation. I understand the principle... For now I'll persevere and see how I feel in a few season's time.

Bradley · 11-26-2016, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by xcom44dan

I've always played by manually playcalling the offense, and letting the coach call the defensive plays.

Honestly, I'm not at all comfortable with the new playcalling. I don't have access to every play, only plays for a given situation. I understand the principle... For now I'll persevere and see how I feel in a few season's time.

Controls-->Edit Single Player Options-->Limit Play Choices when Calling Every Play. Select "NO" on this option.

perez24 · 11-26-2016, 07:44 AM

SP. Make all personnel decisions. Ask coaches reccos for lineups. Sim game until/if it gets interesting or I want to sub people.

xcom44dan · 11-26-2016, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Bradley

Controls-->Edit Single Player Options-->Limit Play Choices when Calling Every Play. Select "NO" on this option.

Aha! Thank you!

corbes · 11-26-2016, 09:12 AM

In the FOF2004 era, before joining the multiplayer community, I manually playcalled offense for every game. It was just how I enjoyed the game.

Later, after I started playing multiplayer, I eventually figured out how to enter the numbers in the boxes to somewhat approximate the offensive rhythms I had developed from calling plays. I didn't call plays much, if at all, in FOF2007 or FOF7.

Now, the new playbook and gameplanning mechanisms allow a much more precise implementation of those rhythms. I find myself calling plays again to relearn how I want to create game plans. I highly recommend doing at least some playcalling to get a feel for what plays you want to call in certain situations and then working with your playbook and gameplan to achieve that result.

MizzouRah · 11-26-2016, 09:19 AM

GM, mostly sim but once I get my team in order, I sit up in the press box and watch the games.

11-26-2016, 02:21 AM	#2
SlyBelle1 High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2005	Never have played a game with any version....always just manage and sim.

11-26-2016, 05:40 AM	#3
xcom44dan n00b Join Date: Jan 2010	I've always played by manually playcalling the offense, and letting the coach call the defensive plays. Honestly, I'm not at all comfortable with the new playcalling. I don't have access to every play, only plays for a given situation. I understand the principle... For now I'll persevere and see how I feel in a few season's time.

11-26-2016, 07:44 AM	#5
perez24 Mascot Join Date: Oct 2000	SP. Make all personnel decisions. Ask coaches reccos for lineups. Sim game until/if it gets interesting or I want to sub people.

11-26-2016, 09:12 AM	#7
corbes College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	In the FOF2004 era, before joining the multiplayer community, I manually playcalled offense for every game. It was just how I enjoyed the game. Later, after I started playing multiplayer, I eventually figured out how to enter the numbers in the boxes to somewhat approximate the offensive rhythms I had developed from calling plays. I didn't call plays much, if at all, in FOF2007 or FOF7. Now, the new playbook and gameplanning mechanisms allow a much more precise implementation of those rhythms. I find myself calling plays again to relearn how I want to create game plans. I highly recommend doing at least some playcalling to get a feel for what plays you want to call in certain situations and then working with your playbook and gameplan to achieve that result.

11-26-2016, 09:19 AM	#8
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	GM, mostly sim but once I get my team in order, I sit up in the press box and watch the games.

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