Front Office football Nine is here

thefatcat · 10-08-2023, 04:06 AM

BEN EDIT: Game documentation may be found here http://www.solecismic.com/documentat...u.php?id=start

NEW FEATURE LIST

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Originally Posted by Solecismic.com

New Features for Front Office Football Nine

Front Office Football Nine was built on an entirely new code base, designed for simulation speed, growth and flexibility. The list of new features is extensive:

An intuitive interface, redesigned from the moment you enter a new career. The emphasis is on clear, quick navigation to the information you want to see.
Flexible league sizes and structures. Front Office Football Nine ships with 17 different league configurations, ranging from nine teams to 32. Each configuration has a designated schedule rotation ensuring teams play a fair schedule each season. Franchises can be based in default cities or randomly assigned when you start a new universe.
Calendar-based actions. Each year has a month/day calendar, with important dates highlighted. A Team Management screen is always available, with links and descriptions of everything you can do for your team on that day. You can simulate to any date on the calendar (up to 10,000 days at a time).
Play-Calling Interface. A brand new full-screen play-calling interface allows you to call your team's plays during a game, make substitutions, view updated individual and team statistics.
Historical Quarterbacks. With any league, you have the option of including a selection of starting quarterbacks from the past. These quarterbacks are rated in far more detail than in a player file.
The "Video" Podcast. Each week, the league puts together an overview of all the games played, highlighting the most important plays.
Comprehensive weather system. Every day, the weather is calculated for each of the metropolitan areas modeled in the game. Each metropolitan area has a climate. You can "see" storm fronts move across countries.
Foreign franchises. Front Office Football models 1,171 metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Cities in 322 of these areas can host franchises.
Compensation Picks. Each season, teams will receive compensatory draft picks for free agents they lost the previous year.
Team and League Overview screens. Among nearly 200 screens in Front Office Football Nine are the new Team Overview and League Overview screens, which act as front pages for your universe.
Fan Allegiance. Each franchise has a fan base, based on the television markets defined in major metropolitan areas. Teams can improve their following by winning games and championships. Teams with a bigger fan base have a more valuable brand and earn more money each season.
Expanded Almanac. The Almanac contains leaderboards, award lists, sections for each franchise and for each season. It's a comprehensive and greatly expanded history of your universe.
Player Index. A searchable record of every player who has been drafted and/or has played in a game in your universe.
Milestones. A list of the greatest individual performances, plus season and career thresholds, tracked by date.
Game Books. An all-inclusive record of each game played during your universe, including a Game Flow that constantly tracks the likelihood a team wins a game and marks the most important plays of the game.
Game Recaps. For any game played in your universe, you can enter the recap and see all the play diagrams and updated statistics.
Modern New Statistics. For quarterbacks and receivers, the game tracks air yards and yards after catch. Learn who is really testing the defense. See how quarterbacks fare against the blitz. Learn which running backs have the highest percentage of successful runs.
Player Finances. Learn which players have the highest career earnings and sell the most jerseys. Players who are both stars on the field and popular with the fans sell more jerseys, which means more team revenue.
Injury Models. Players are rated for and can develop increase susceptibility to injuries in several areas of the body.
Revamped Chemistry. Chemistry is now defined only between quarterbacks and wide receivers. It's possible your new free agent star wideout simply doesn't work well with your quarterback.
Fifth-Year Contracts. Three years after the amateur draft, you'll have the opportunity to extend the contracts of players you drafted in the first round for a guaranteed fifth year.
New Defensive Play-Calling System. A more intuitive and expansive defensive play system based on setting up one of 16 pass coverages along with double-team, spy, blitzing choices.

Those are only the highlights of all the new features in Front Office Football Nine. Thanks for considering the game.

Front Office Football: A Windows PC Football Simulation.

Alas no MP by the looks of things.

MIJB#19 · 10-08-2023, 07:06 AM

Well how about that!

MizzouRah · 10-08-2023, 08:02 AM

Exciting!!!

SlyBelle1 · 10-08-2023, 08:11 AM

Very cool, can’t wait to learn the specific release date

SegRat · 10-08-2023, 09:07 AM

Looking for advice. I have an older MAC, 2015. I haven't played any games in a long time. However, I need to figure something out as I want to play the new game. What is the best option for my MAC? Im willing to pay for a program if it works well. I also see these steam decks, are they worth it?

Thanks for any tips.

QuikSand · 10-08-2023, 10:05 AM

fascinating

tzach · 10-08-2023, 10:28 AM

wow, that's exciting -- congratulations jim, this is a huge achievement

@segRat -- if you are willing to pay, Parallels is likely your best choice. Oracle Virtualbox is not bad either (i've run fof8 for over 3 yrs on that). lately i switched to amazon ec2 instance. the free tier is enough for running the game at an acceptable speed and it's free for 12 months.

albionmoonlight · 10-08-2023, 11:11 AM

Wow. Did not see this coming.

Exciting times!

Ben E Lou · 10-08-2023, 12:00 PM

Excellent!

NawlinsFan · 10-08-2023, 01:07 PM

Hopefully MP will be integrated once this is fielded and the bugs are tweaked.

Ben E Lou · 10-08-2023, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by NawlinsFan

Hopefully MP will be integrated once this is fielded and the bugs are tweaked.

It certainly appears that MP would be a potential feature for FOF10 if it happens, but not for any update to FOF9.

faq [Front Office Football Nine Documentation]

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Can I join a multi-player league or play “hot-seat” with more than one team controlled?

Front Office Football Nine only allows control over one designated team, which doesn't change after a new universe is formed. Its possible future products will feature a multi-player option, but no control-changing mechanism was developed for Front Office Football Nine. Adding one, along with multi-player features designed to work with the game's database, would require several months. It's not something that could be considered for an update.

NawlinsFan · 10-08-2023, 01:54 PM

Thanks Ben, in my excitement I missed that.

beatle · 10-08-2023, 02:41 PM

It sounds like you can't do historical play in this game. No draft files allowed in this game. Not sure on the roster files. I really enjoyed the historical play in the series.

INDalltheway · 10-08-2023, 03:37 PM

Holy shit - just saw this on Steam!!! Great day!

From Steam:

• Front Office Football Nine was built on an entirely new code base, designed for simulation speed, growth and flexibility. The list of new features is extensive:

• An intuitive interface, redesigned from the moment you enter a new career. The emphasis is on clear, quick navigation to the information you want to see.

• Flexible league sizes and structures. Front Office Football Nine ships with 17 different league configurations, ranging from nine teams to 32. Each configuration has a designated schedule rotation ensuring teams play a fair schedule each season. Franchises can be based in default cities or randomly assigned when you start a new universe.

• Calendar-based actions. Each year has a month/day calendar, with important dates highlighted. A Team Management screen is always available, with links and descriptions of everything you can do for your team on that day. You can simulate to any date on the calendar (up to 10,000 days at a time).

• Play-Calling Interface. A brand new full-screen play-calling interface allows you to call your team's plays during a game, make substitutions, view updated individual and team statistics.

• Historical Quarterbacks. With any league, you have the option of including a selection of starting quarterbacks from the past. These quarterbacks are rated in far more detail than in a player file.

• The "Video" Podcast. Each week, the league puts together an overview of all the games played, highlighting the most important plays.

• Comprehensive weather system. Every day, the weather is calculated for each of the metropolitan areas modeled in the game. Each metropolitan area has a climate. You can "see" storm fronts move across countries.

• Foreign franchises. Front Office Football models 1,171 metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Cities in 322 of these areas can host franchises.

• Compensation Picks. Each season, teams will receive compensatory draft picks for free agents they lost the previous year.

• Team and League Overview screens. Among nearly 200 screens in Front Office Football Nine are the new Team Overview and League Overview screens, which act as front pages for your universe.

• Fan Allegiance. Each franchise has a fan base, based on the television markets defined in major metropolitan areas. Teams can improve their following by winning games and championships. Teams with a bigger fan base have a more valuable brand and earn more money each season.

• Expanded Almanac. The Almanac contains leaderboards, award lists, sections for each franchise and for each season. It's a comprehensive and greatly expanded history of your universe.

• Player Index. A searchable record of every player who has been drafted and/or has played in a game in your universe.

• Milestones. A list of the greatest individual performances, plus season and career thresholds, tracked by date.

• Game Books. An all-inclusive record of each game played during your universe, including a Game Flow that constantly tracks the likelihood a team wins a game and marks the most important plays of the game.

• Game Recaps. For any game played in your universe, you can enter the recap and see all the play diagrams and updated statistics.

• Modern New Statistics. For quarterbacks and receivers, the game tracks air yards and yards after catch. Learn who is really testing the defense. See how quarterbacks fare against the blitz. Learn which running backs have the highest percentage of successful runs.

• Player Finances. Learn which players have the highest career earnings and sell the most jerseys. Players who are both stars on the field and popular with the fans sell more jerseys, which means more team revenue.

• Injury Models. Players are rated for and can develop increase susceptibility to injuries in several areas of the body.

• Revamped Chemistry. Chemistry is now defined only between quarterbacks and wide receivers. It's possible your new free agent star wideout simply doesn't work well with your quarterback.

• Fifth-Year Contracts. Three years after the amateur draft, you'll have the opportunity to extend the contracts of players you drafted in the first round for a guaranteed fifth year.

• New Defensive Play-Calling System. A more intuitive and expansive defensive play system based on setting up one of 16 pass coverages along with double-team, spy, blitzing choices.

• Those are only the highlights of all the new features in Front Office Football Nine. Thanks for considering the game.

LastWhiteSoxFanStanding · 10-08-2023, 03:53 PM

Early observations based on the screenshots:

1. You can definitely see OOTP's influence on the UI.

2. Unfortunately, you can also definitely still see Jim's influence on the UI. Lots of empty space.

3. The main player page does not show the player's stats. You have to go to a different tab for that. Hopefully, a patch changes this. In my opinion, there is enough space on that page to include player stat's and I think it is best practice to have stats on the main player page.

4. Stats- On the team history page that tracks passing leaders, there are 8 seasons of over 4,000 yards passing out of 34 seasons. Two seasons over 4,800 yards. None over 5,000. Worth noting considering the controversy over passing yards in the previous version

5. The 2058 leaders screenshot includes individual league leader performances of 4,620 passing yards, 39 passing tds, 1950 rushing yards.Best team defense gives up 18.9 points per game.

6. The defensive changes look most promising and I am hopeful if deployed correctly, it is possible to create some monster defenses that give up around 14 points per game and really enforce their will on the other team.

Overall, super excited about this. Day one purchase for me.

RD · 10-08-2023, 05:51 PM

no multiplayer is a deal breaker for me.

Mota · 10-08-2023, 06:10 PM

Always a day 1 purchase. Welcome back, Jim!

Kodos · 10-08-2023, 06:35 PM

Congratulations on launching another iteration, Jim!

Young Drachma · 10-08-2023, 07:45 PM

I never thought I'd see the day. Congrats to Jim. Day 1 purchase for me.

korme · 10-09-2023, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by beatle

It sounds like you can't do historical play in this game. No draft files allowed in this game. Not sure on the roster files. I really enjoyed the historical play in the series.

Major bummer. At least he kept the historical clip art graphics.

sovereignstar v2 · 10-09-2023, 08:56 AM

This is great news!

tanner_the_taco · 10-09-2023, 10:05 AM

Hopefully they will add the ability to import custom draft classes in a future update. Starting in the 80s and redoing NFL history was my favorite way to play FOF8.

tald · 10-09-2023, 10:46 AM

Great News!....I cannot wait!

Dutch · 10-09-2023, 12:56 PM

Pleasantly shocked! Jim Gindin is the master of the slow
roll.

Looking forward to this one, will buy immediately as always.

dubb93 · 10-09-2023, 03:00 PM

Awesome news.

What popped out to me in the screenshots was the playoff bracket. That is not the NFL's current playoff bracket. I'm wondering if that is a sign of more customization than we are used to or if it is a sign that the game isn't necessarily interested in simulating the current day NFL.

sovereignstar v2 · 10-09-2023, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dubb93

Awesome news.

What popped out to me in the screenshots was the playoff bracket. That is not the NFL's current playoff bracket. I'm wondering if that is a sign of more customization than we are used to or if it is a sign that the game isn't necessarily interested in simulating the current day NFL.

Probably one of the of the other "17 different league configurations" right?

dubb93 · 10-09-2023, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

Probably one of the of the other "17 different league configurations" right?

Yup that would certainly cover it.

Jops · 10-09-2023, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

Early observations based on the screenshots:

1. You can definitely see OOTP's influence on the UI.

2. Unfortunately, you can also definitely still see Jim's influence on the UI. Lots of empty space.

3. The main player page does not show the player's stats. You have to go to a different tab for that. Hopefully, a patch changes this. In my opinion, there is enough space on that page to include player stat's and I think it is best practice to have stats on the main player page.

4. Stats- On the team history page that tracks passing leaders, there are 8 seasons of over 4,000 yards passing out of 34 seasons. Two seasons over 4,800 yards. None over 5,000. Worth noting considering the controversy over passing yards in the previous version

5. The 2058 leaders screenshot includes individual league leader performances of 4,620 passing yards, 39 passing tds, 1950 rushing yards.Best team defense gives up 18.9 points per game.

6. The defensive changes look most promising and I am hopeful if deployed correctly, it is possible to create some monster defenses that give up around 14 points per game and really enforce their will on the other team.

Overall, super excited about this. Day one purchase for me.

Read this earlier and on seeing the screenshots RE: 3, completely agree there is space to add the stats there, no need for the extra clicks really.

Overall though, incredibly excited after I thought FOF8 was the last

NawlinsFan · 10-09-2023, 05:14 PM

Also wondering if you start with a smaller league setting can you have an "expansion" ramping up to a larger setting later?

Antmeister · 10-09-2023, 05:36 PM

Oh damn.....had to come back to FOFC to comment and celebrate this. Realized I haven't been on here for a while. Freaking excited about this.

Marmel · 10-09-2023, 06:30 PM

Wow, what great news! Day 1 purchase as always. Congrats Jim!

Edward64 · 10-09-2023, 06:50 PM

Congrats Jim.

Ksyrup · 10-09-2023, 08:43 PM

I think I missed this announcement about a dozen times since yesterday. Great news though - congrats Jim!

Sweed · 10-09-2023, 10:19 PM

Great news.

SlyBelle1 · 10-10-2023, 06:58 AM

Noticed someone on Steam posted link to FOF9 documentation page, which you can see more details about features and such in the new game.

getting_started [Front Office Football Nine Documentation]

Gauss · 10-10-2023, 09:13 AM

FOF has been out of my life for so long . . . looking forward to welcoming it back in!

Capital · 10-10-2023, 10:10 AM

Exciting news - thought this is a cruel joke at first.

Definitely came out of nowhere but a very pleasant surprise!

cupofjoe · 10-10-2023, 11:50 AM

Ha, I called it!

Reason I hope for FOF9 - Front Office Football Central

But please tell me the coach draft is gone. For some reason that’s the top of my wishlist

xcom44dan · 10-10-2023, 04:56 PM

Amazing news! The documentation is looking really exciting

r00k · 10-10-2023, 10:50 PM

Exciting for sure ... MP would be the icing on the cake!

Fidatelo · 10-11-2023, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Gauss

FOF has been out of my life for so long . . . looking forward to welcoming it back in!

+1! I can't remember the last version I played (maybe 6?) but it has been a loooooong time. I'm ready for 9!

Noop · 10-11-2023, 09:29 AM

Is Expansion in the game if we start with less than 32 teams?

NawlinsFan · 10-11-2023, 09:36 AM

Now that it has been listed on Steam are those that signed NDA's allowed to answer questions?

Example:

Does it allow for a league expansion once you create a "universe"? Say I start a 16 team league can I move up to a 24 team league after a few seasons? I read that the format has to have a positive number of teams and no more than 2 conferences of 4 divisions. Just didn't see anything regarding expansion. Did anyone try it during testing? (I doubt it.)

I know, impatient. I just need the damn game to be released.

dubb93 · 10-11-2023, 08:37 PM

How do we get the word out to those who are in the target audience but have stopped showing up to FOFC? I feel like I need FOF9 to be successful so we get FOF10 with multiplayer. Any ideas?

thefatcat · 10-12-2023, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dubb93

How do we get the word out to those who are in the target audience but have stopped showing up to FOFC? I feel like I need FOF9 to be successful so we get FOF10 with multiplayer. Any ideas?

Didn't the MP world really push to get Jim on Steam. Kind of feels like we've been forgotten about after helping big time.

Edward64 · 10-12-2023, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dubb93

How do we get the word out to those who are in the target audience but have stopped showing up to FOFC? I feel like I need FOF9 to be successful so we get FOF10 with multiplayer. Any ideas?

Yeah, I've been thinking about that also.

Is there a way to do a mass email of FOFC posters? Maybe anyone that has posted in the past 2-4 years?

Also, I'd think actively using reddit would be better for more visibility than here. We'd lose a lot of historical stuff, but better for Jim and the game.

cupofjoe · 10-12-2023, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dubb93

How do we get the word out to those who are in the target audience but have stopped showing up to FOFC? I feel like I need FOF9 to be successful so we get FOF10 with multiplayer. Any ideas?

It’s challenging because there’s a newer college football sim which is actually really good (Football Coach: College Dynasty). I’ve used it to fill my FOF void but I’m very excited for FOF9. Hopefully the players of that game have an itch for an NFL game

HansMellman · 10-12-2023, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

Yeah, I've been thinking about that also.

Is there a way to do a mass email of FOFC posters? Maybe anyone that has posted in the past 2-4 years?

Also, I'd think actively using reddit would be better for more visibility than here. We'd lose a lot of historical stuff, but better for Jim and the game.

I was going to say I know that in the past the guys from Franchise Hockey Manager have sought permission and posted a launch Q+A/AMA in the r/NHL and I know that DumbMatter of BasketballGM (as well as several other GM games) has done the same in r/NBA - this is a great way to garner a huge amount of eyes on the game.

I'm not sure if anyone has a presence in the NFL subreddit or contact with Jim in order to formulate something of that sort? It could help to redirect some old eyes and draw in a ton more of new eyes. Just an idea.

Edward64 · 10-12-2023, 12:25 PM

TBH I was thinking of Blocked (see r/frontofficefootball)

No surprise that sub is dead right now. But once the game comes out, we can try grow that community by actively participating with Q&A, tips, dynasty reports etc. (instead of using FOFC here).

Arguably it may be better for us to do this in Steam Discussions vs reddit. But Steam is for people that have already found FOF9. Reddit is for people that may be looking or just doing general searches.

HansMellman · 10-12-2023, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

TBH I was thinking of Blocked (see r/frontofficefootball)

No surprise that sub is dead right now. But once the game comes out, we can try grow that community by actively participating with Q&A, tips, dynasty reports etc. (instead of using FOFC here).

Arguably it may be better for us to do this in Steam Discussions vs reddit. But Steam is for people that have already found FOF9. Reddit is for people that may be looking or just doing general searches.

Yeah the subreddit is dead, occasionally questions crop up in there which I try to answer and I know of one other person from the MP community who contributes plus a few straggler posts but I can't see anyone finding that sub or caring about it who doesn't already know about the game.

Sorry, I was referencing this subreddit which also seems to exist for the game for some reason - https://www.reddit.com/r/Front_Office_Football/

10-08-2023, 07:06 AM	#2
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	Well how about that! __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

10-08-2023, 09:07 AM	#5
SegRat High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Oshkosh, WI	Looking for advice. I have an older MAC, 2015. I haven't played any games in a long time. However, I need to figure something out as I want to play the new game. What is the best option for my MAC? Im willing to pay for a program if it works well. I also see these steam decks, are they worth it? Thanks for any tips. __________________ USFL: Charlotte Fightn' Squirrels

10-08-2023, 12:00 PM	#9
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Excellent! __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

10-08-2023, 01:07 PM	#10
NawlinsFan High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland - For Now!	Hopefully MP will be integrated once this is fielded and the bugs are tweaked. Last edited by NawlinsFan : 10-08-2023 at 01:09 PM.

10-08-2023, 03:37 PM	#14
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	Holy shit - just saw this on Steam!!! Great day! From Steam: • Front Office Football Nine was built on an entirely new code base, designed for simulation speed, growth and flexibility. The list of new features is extensive: • An intuitive interface, redesigned from the moment you enter a new career. The emphasis is on clear, quick navigation to the information you want to see. • Flexible league sizes and structures. Front Office Football Nine ships with 17 different league configurations, ranging from nine teams to 32. Each configuration has a designated schedule rotation ensuring teams play a fair schedule each season. Franchises can be based in default cities or randomly assigned when you start a new universe. • Calendar-based actions. Each year has a month/day calendar, with important dates highlighted. A Team Management screen is always available, with links and descriptions of everything you can do for your team on that day. You can simulate to any date on the calendar (up to 10,000 days at a time). • Play-Calling Interface. A brand new full-screen play-calling interface allows you to call your team's plays during a game, make substitutions, view updated individual and team statistics. • Historical Quarterbacks. With any league, you have the option of including a selection of starting quarterbacks from the past. These quarterbacks are rated in far more detail than in a player file. • The "Video" Podcast. Each week, the league puts together an overview of all the games played, highlighting the most important plays. • Comprehensive weather system. Every day, the weather is calculated for each of the metropolitan areas modeled in the game. Each metropolitan area has a climate. You can "see" storm fronts move across countries. • Foreign franchises. Front Office Football models 1,171 metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Cities in 322 of these areas can host franchises. • Compensation Picks. Each season, teams will receive compensatory draft picks for free agents they lost the previous year. • Team and League Overview screens. Among nearly 200 screens in Front Office Football Nine are the new Team Overview and League Overview screens, which act as front pages for your universe. • Fan Allegiance. Each franchise has a fan base, based on the television markets defined in major metropolitan areas. Teams can improve their following by winning games and championships. Teams with a bigger fan base have a more valuable brand and earn more money each season. • Expanded Almanac. The Almanac contains leaderboards, award lists, sections for each franchise and for each season. It's a comprehensive and greatly expanded history of your universe. • Player Index. A searchable record of every player who has been drafted and/or has played in a game in your universe. • Milestones. A list of the greatest individual performances, plus season and career thresholds, tracked by date. • Game Books. An all-inclusive record of each game played during your universe, including a Game Flow that constantly tracks the likelihood a team wins a game and marks the most important plays of the game. • Game Recaps. For any game played in your universe, you can enter the recap and see all the play diagrams and updated statistics. • Modern New Statistics. For quarterbacks and receivers, the game tracks air yards and yards after catch. Learn who is really testing the defense. See how quarterbacks fare against the blitz. Learn which running backs have the highest percentage of successful runs. • Player Finances. Learn which players have the highest career earnings and sell the most jerseys. Players who are both stars on the field and popular with the fans sell more jerseys, which means more team revenue. • Injury Models. Players are rated for and can develop increase susceptibility to injuries in several areas of the body. • Revamped Chemistry. Chemistry is now defined only between quarterbacks and wide receivers. It's possible your new free agent star wideout simply doesn't work well with your quarterback. • Fifth-Year Contracts. Three years after the amateur draft, you'll have the opportunity to extend the contracts of players you drafted in the first round for a guaranteed fifth year. • New Defensive Play-Calling System. A more intuitive and expansive defensive play system based on setting up one of 16 pass coverages along with double-team, spy, blitzing choices. • Those are only the highlights of all the new features in Front Office Football Nine. Thanks for considering the game. Last edited by INDalltheway : 10-08-2023 at 04:08 PM.

10-08-2023, 08:02 AM	#3
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Exciting!!!

10-08-2023, 08:11 AM	#4
SlyBelle1 High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2005	Very cool, can’t wait to learn the specific release date

10-08-2023, 10:05 AM	#6
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	fascinating

10-08-2023, 10:28 AM	#7
tzach High School JV Join Date: Mar 2015	wow, that's exciting -- congratulations jim, this is a huge achievement @segRat -- if you are willing to pay, Parallels is likely your best choice. Oracle Virtualbox is not bad either (i've run fof8 for over 3 yrs on that). lately i switched to amazon ec2 instance. the free tier is enough for running the game at an acceptable speed and it's free for 12 months.

10-08-2023, 11:11 AM	#8
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Wow. Did not see this coming. Exciting times!

10-08-2023, 01:54 PM	#12
NawlinsFan High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland - For Now!	Thanks Ben, in my excitement I missed that.

10-08-2023, 02:41 PM	#13
beatle H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jan 2003	It sounds like you can't do historical play in this game. No draft files allowed in this game. Not sure on the roster files. I really enjoyed the historical play in the series.

10-08-2023, 03:53 PM	#15
LastWhiteSoxFanStanding College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003	Early observations based on the screenshots: 1. You can definitely see OOTP's influence on the UI. 2. Unfortunately, you can also definitely still see Jim's influence on the UI. Lots of empty space. 3. The main player page does not show the player's stats. You have to go to a different tab for that. Hopefully, a patch changes this. In my opinion, there is enough space on that page to include player stat's and I think it is best practice to have stats on the main player page. 4. Stats- On the team history page that tracks passing leaders, there are 8 seasons of over 4,000 yards passing out of 34 seasons. Two seasons over 4,800 yards. None over 5,000. Worth noting considering the controversy over passing yards in the previous version 5. The 2058 leaders screenshot includes individual league leader performances of 4,620 passing yards, 39 passing tds, 1950 rushing yards.Best team defense gives up 18.9 points per game. 6. The defensive changes look most promising and I am hopeful if deployed correctly, it is possible to create some monster defenses that give up around 14 points per game and really enforce their will on the other team. Overall, super excited about this. Day one purchase for me. Last edited by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding : 10-08-2023 at 03:57 PM.

10-08-2023, 05:51 PM	#16
RD n00b Join Date: Sep 2010	no multiplayer is a deal breaker for me. Last edited by RD : 10-08-2023 at 05:51 PM.

10-08-2023, 06:10 PM	#17
Mota College Starter Join Date: Jan 2001	Always a day 1 purchase. Welcome back, Jim!

10-08-2023, 06:35 PM	#18
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Congratulations on launching another iteration, Jim! __________________ Indiana Hoosiers Football - 2025-26 National Champs The FOFC Ladder History thread

10-08-2023, 07:45 PM	#19
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I never thought I'd see the day. Congrats to Jim. Day 1 purchase for me.

10-09-2023, 08:56 AM	#21
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	This is great news!

10-09-2023, 10:05 AM	#22
tanner_the_taco n00b Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Oregon	Hopefully they will add the ability to import custom draft classes in a future update. Starting in the 80s and redoing NFL history was my favorite way to play FOF8.

10-09-2023, 10:46 AM	#23
tald n00b Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Knoxville, Tn.	Great News!....I cannot wait!

10-09-2023, 12:56 PM	#24
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	Pleasantly shocked! Jim Gindin is the master of the slow roll. Looking forward to this one, will buy immediately as always.

10-09-2023, 05:14 PM	#29
NawlinsFan High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland - For Now!	Also wondering if you start with a smaller league setting can you have an "expansion" ramping up to a larger setting later?

10-09-2023, 05:36 PM	#30
Antmeister Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue	Oh damn.....had to come back to FOFC to comment and celebrate this. Realized I haven't been on here for a while. Freaking excited about this. __________________ "I'm ready to bury the hatchet, but don't fuck with me" - Schmidty "Box me once, shame on Skydog. Box me twice. Shame on me. Box me 3 times, just fucking ban my ass...." - stevew

10-09-2023, 06:30 PM	#31
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	Wow, what great news! Day 1 purchase as always. Congrats Jim! __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

10-09-2023, 06:50 PM	#32
Edward64 General Manager Join Date: Oct 2005	Congrats Jim.

10-09-2023, 08:43 PM	#33
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I think I missed this announcement about a dozen times since yesterday. Great news though - congrats Jim! __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-09-2023, 10:19 PM	#34
Sweed College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2003	Great news.

10-10-2023, 06:58 AM	#35
SlyBelle1 High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2005	Noticed someone on Steam posted link to FOF9 documentation page, which you can see more details about features and such in the new game. getting_started [Front Office Football Nine Documentation]

10-10-2023, 09:13 AM	#36
Gauss n00b Join Date: Aug 2015	FOF has been out of my life for so long . . . looking forward to welcoming it back in!

10-10-2023, 10:10 AM	#37
Capital High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000	Exciting news - thought this is a cruel joke at first. Definitely came out of nowhere but a very pleasant surprise!

10-10-2023, 11:50 AM	#38
cupofjoe n00b Join Date: Dec 2021	Ha, I called it! Reason I hope for FOF9 - Front Office Football Central But please tell me the coach draft is gone. For some reason that’s the top of my wishlist

10-10-2023, 04:56 PM	#39
xcom44dan n00b Join Date: Jan 2010	Amazing news! The documentation is looking really exciting

10-10-2023, 10:50 PM	#40
r00k n00b Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Slidell, LA	Exciting for sure ... MP would be the icing on the cake!

10-11-2023, 09:29 AM	#42
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida	Is Expansion in the game if we start with less than 32 teams? __________________ Living in an Oligarchy.

10-11-2023, 09:36 AM	#43
NawlinsFan High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland - For Now!	Questions Now that it has been listed on Steam are those that signed NDA's allowed to answer questions? Example: Does it allow for a league expansion once you create a "universe"? Say I start a 16 team league can I move up to a 24 team league after a few seasons? I read that the format has to have a positive number of teams and no more than 2 conferences of 4 divisions. Just didn't see anything regarding expansion. Did anyone try it during testing? (I doubt it.) I know, impatient. I just need the damn game to be released.