Ben E Lou
03-23-2004, 11:15 AM
It isn't trolls.
It isn't the silly trout option on polls.
It isn't even "alot," "your" (for "you're"), or the other oft-used grammar errors.
It is this: It annoys me to *NO* end when I get a PM about something that could have been asked publicly.
Asking a question in private that could be posed to the board as a whole, where someone else could answer it just as well as I can, to me is very intrusive. I don't always have time to answer immediately, and I may forget to answer later on, but because you've asked the question via PM, no one else can help you out. If the question had been asked in the public forum, there are plenty of other people with just as much or more knowledge as me who could have answered the question. I'm not going to name names, but just glancing through a few PM's from the last few weeks, here are a few that really stand out:
SkyDog,
I seem to remember a thread last week that had a link to a 50% deal on all EA games for a brief period.
I can't find the thread now, has it been closed? Was it some kind of shady deal?
I'm just wondering since I rented MVP Baseball and am on the fence about purchasing it. 50% off would certainly make it a slam dunk.Even IF I had deleted the thread (or paid any attention to it whatsoever--which is doubtful if it had EA in the title), someone else could have told this person that. Surely it would have been noticed.
hey Ben,
I know you don't coach your games, but do you watch them or just sim them. I'm a big fan of at least watching if not coaching games and was wondering if FBCB will still be fun if I'm only watching the games.Well, considering that I said in my most recent post that I've only ever watched one single game from buzzer to buzzer, I'm not helpful. Post this one in public though, and you might get better answers.
Hi SkyDog,
I remember reading a thread about rosters (you're the thread starter perhaps?) but am unable to search it back up.
It's about roster distribution (ie. how many QB, RB, FB etc. to carry) during the regular season.Again, why rely on just my feeble brain? (Incidentally, I don't think I started this thread anyway, but I don't remember.) Someone else could help you out.
Ben, quick question. When I hit recommend on the Defensive gameplan screens, it tends to put agressive run defense in the 90s and pass defense in the 50-60s. Against a pass oriented team, what should those numbers be, roughly?What makes more sense--asking one man's opinion, or asking the whole board's opinion???
Do you know much about gameplaning in FOF? IM new to the game and we started a mutli league not to long ago and im strugling on setting up gameplans. I have looked at the threads but I dont understand them fully. Like the WCO thread he has run settings at 50/75/50/25 etc I understand that, but then he has passing precentages like 4/10/40 etc I dont get that.
Any help would really be apprecaited, im somewhat lost.I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
I'm not against using PM's. Most of the ones I get are definitely things that should be discussed privately. But, I think for the reasons listed above, I get annoyed to no end when I get a PM that could have been easily asked (and would have gotten a much better response) publicly. Just a request that folks think through what is being sent via PM.
It isn't the silly trout option on polls.
It isn't even "alot," "your" (for "you're"), or the other oft-used grammar errors.
It is this: It annoys me to *NO* end when I get a PM about something that could have been asked publicly.
Asking a question in private that could be posed to the board as a whole, where someone else could answer it just as well as I can, to me is very intrusive. I don't always have time to answer immediately, and I may forget to answer later on, but because you've asked the question via PM, no one else can help you out. If the question had been asked in the public forum, there are plenty of other people with just as much or more knowledge as me who could have answered the question. I'm not going to name names, but just glancing through a few PM's from the last few weeks, here are a few that really stand out:
SkyDog,
I seem to remember a thread last week that had a link to a 50% deal on all EA games for a brief period.
I can't find the thread now, has it been closed? Was it some kind of shady deal?
I'm just wondering since I rented MVP Baseball and am on the fence about purchasing it. 50% off would certainly make it a slam dunk.Even IF I had deleted the thread (or paid any attention to it whatsoever--which is doubtful if it had EA in the title), someone else could have told this person that. Surely it would have been noticed.
hey Ben,
I know you don't coach your games, but do you watch them or just sim them. I'm a big fan of at least watching if not coaching games and was wondering if FBCB will still be fun if I'm only watching the games.Well, considering that I said in my most recent post that I've only ever watched one single game from buzzer to buzzer, I'm not helpful. Post this one in public though, and you might get better answers.
Hi SkyDog,
I remember reading a thread about rosters (you're the thread starter perhaps?) but am unable to search it back up.
It's about roster distribution (ie. how many QB, RB, FB etc. to carry) during the regular season.Again, why rely on just my feeble brain? (Incidentally, I don't think I started this thread anyway, but I don't remember.) Someone else could help you out.
Ben, quick question. When I hit recommend on the Defensive gameplan screens, it tends to put agressive run defense in the 90s and pass defense in the 50-60s. Against a pass oriented team, what should those numbers be, roughly?What makes more sense--asking one man's opinion, or asking the whole board's opinion???
Do you know much about gameplaning in FOF? IM new to the game and we started a mutli league not to long ago and im strugling on setting up gameplans. I have looked at the threads but I dont understand them fully. Like the WCO thread he has run settings at 50/75/50/25 etc I understand that, but then he has passing precentages like 4/10/40 etc I dont get that.
Any help would really be apprecaited, im somewhat lost.I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
I'm not against using PM's. Most of the ones I get are definitely things that should be discussed privately. But, I think for the reasons listed above, I get annoyed to no end when I get a PM that could have been easily asked (and would have gotten a much better response) publicly. Just a request that folks think through what is being sent via PM.