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Is there a FOFC network game? If not, seems like something that would be fun if we could get it going.
MikeVick7
08-17-2006, 03:40 PM
We kinda went down that road to no avail...
http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=44323&highlight=mls
Well, I'd love to join one if someone starts it:)
SirFozzie
08-17-2006, 04:22 PM
AOL (me too)
Passacaglia
08-17-2006, 11:05 PM
me three
Ragone
08-18-2006, 01:50 AM
I wouldn't mind say a once a week sunday game where we pound out 6 months to a year..
Passacaglia
08-18-2006, 08:43 AM
How long would it take to play 6 months in a net game?
Router Help
08-18-2006, 09:20 AM
I'd certainly be in for this.
Katon
08-18-2006, 10:33 AM
I'd be interested.
condors
08-18-2006, 10:55 AM
i would be into it as well
Coffee Warlord
08-18-2006, 11:23 AM
How long would it take to play 6 months in a net game?
Longer than people think, I would imagine.
But I'd be down for it.
tanglewood
08-18-2006, 11:30 AM
I'd be interested. The problem is we need someone to voluenteer to host it.
Of course, I won't voluenteer. :)
Passacaglia
08-18-2006, 12:20 PM
Longer than people think, I would imagine.
But I'd be down for it.
Didn't you volunteer to host a while back, CW?
As long as the time commitment isn't too intense, I think it would be cool.
Coffee Warlord
08-19-2006, 12:36 AM
Didn't you volunteer to host a while back, CW?
As long as the time commitment isn't too intense, I think it would be cool.
I believe I did. And I'd consider hosting again if 1) it works on my box (pretty good machine) and 2) we get enough serious people to play.
Butter
08-21-2006, 07:56 AM
How long would it take to play 6 months in a net game?
47 years.
Passacaglia
08-21-2006, 09:02 AM
I believe I did. And I'd consider hosting again if 1) it works on my box (pretty good machine) and 2) we get enough serious people to play.
Damn. I'll play, but I'm a pretty funny guy.
How many people do we want/need? Looks like we have 9 or so interested atm.
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 01:16 PM
Damn. I'll play, but I'm a pretty funny guy.
Funny lookin'
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 01:17 PM
So if we did this, whaddya wanna do? MLS is prolly the best bet, since it would kind of suck to be promoted/relegated out of the league.
Passacaglia
08-22-2006, 01:20 PM
So if we did this, whaddya wanna do? MLS is prolly the best bet, since it would kind of suck to be promoted/relegated out of the league.
Why not Conference North or South? Then we have nowhere to go but up. And if new members join, we'll have a spot for them.
tanglewood
08-22-2006, 01:23 PM
So if we did this, whaddya wanna do? MLS is prolly the best bet, since it would kind of suck to be promoted/relegated out of the league.
No way, that's the whole point!
I'd say pick a medium rung division in an established European league. League 1 in England or something along those lines.
I also concur with the suggestion of Sunday afternoon as a good playing time, mabe something along the lines of 2-4 hours each week? That would get us through around one month per session I'd imagine. Leave an extra session or two for the intense summer break and that would be about 3 months to one season.
I think Conference North/South or C2/C in Italy or something along those lines would be the best. But I have no xp with this, so whata I know:)
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 01:35 PM
So how low you wanna go?
Conference? League Two?
SirFozzie
08-22-2006, 01:48 PM
I'd prefer conference, that way I can take my Cambridge United :D
Passacaglia
08-22-2006, 02:03 PM
No way, that's the whole point!
I'd say pick a medium rung division in an established European league. League 1 in England or something along those lines.
I also concur with the suggestion of Sunday afternoon as a good playing time, mabe something along the lines of 2-4 hours each week? That would get us through around one month per session I'd imagine. Leave an extra session or two for the intense summer break and that would be about 3 months to one season.
That sounds good to me. How important is it to be there for every session? Can you miss one, and it's not a huge deal?
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 02:11 PM
Anyway. I wanted to do this last time, I still wanna do it. So I suppose I'll try and spearhead this.
The settings I propose...
- English Conference National
- Fictional Players
- Fog of War On
- Large DB (XL just takes too bloody long)
I'll load all players from the USA, and a few other European nations into the DB as well.
- Clubs...either we do a quick "draft" after an initial signup, first come first serve, or it's a random draw.
Passacaglia
08-22-2006, 02:22 PM
Perfect. I think a draft is the best way to go.
Katon
08-22-2006, 02:33 PM
Sounds good to me too (and I vote for draft as well)
George
08-22-2006, 02:35 PM
I'd be interested as well.
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 02:36 PM
Sign Your Punk Ass Up Here - Don't sign up if you don't want to/can't commit a couple hours a week.
Kindly post a "Sign My Punk Ass Up" note if you are in. While it's hardly binding yet, I'd rather keep people backing out to a minimum.
1) Coffee Warlord
2) Passacaglia
3) Conflaguration
4) Katon
5) Tanglewood
6) raf105
7) Vex
8) Stevew
finketr
08-22-2006, 02:36 PM
what is "Fog of War"?
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 02:37 PM
what is "Fog of War"?
Scouting thing. Most attributes for players that aren't yours are hidden until you scout them, or play their club.
Passacaglia
08-22-2006, 02:40 PM
2) Passacaglia
finketr
08-22-2006, 02:42 PM
intersting...
i thinki had that on in my fm2k5 game
Passacaglia
08-22-2006, 02:47 PM
Oh, and I might suggest Sunday morning as a better playing time.
FrogMan
08-22-2006, 02:50 PM
intersting...
i thinki had that on in my fm2k5 game
you probably had it, it's usually set to be on by default. I think it might also be called "attribute masking" or something like that.
As for an online game, I find it a very interesting idea, but I just can't commit any frozen period of time to playing. I get my playing time whenever I can, so instead of signing up and letting my assistant run things for most of the time, I'd rather not sign up for anything. Good luck with it!
FM
tanglewood
08-22-2006, 02:52 PM
If the rough hours of play could be confirmed I'll sign up to this for definite.
Conflaguration
08-22-2006, 02:57 PM
If the rough hours of play could be confirmed I'll sign up to this for definite.
In in in in in.
Katon
08-22-2006, 03:02 PM
3) Katon
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 03:08 PM
If the rough hours of play could be confirmed I'll sign up to this for definite.
Hmm. How does 10am - 12 central time sundays sound for people? I'd like to avoid overlapping with the NFL if at all possible.
tanglewood
08-22-2006, 03:10 PM
That would be fine for me.
4) Tanglewood.
George
08-22-2006, 03:11 PM
That should work for me as well.
5) raf105
Katon
08-22-2006, 03:27 PM
10-12 central works for me.
10-12 should work for me most weeks.
6)vex
EDIT: Though late nights would really be the best.
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 04:06 PM
EDIT: Though late nights would really be the best.
I concur there. My guess is we can take a quick poll every week to see if people wanna do an evening session on Whatever Day. (Sunday nights would be not bad at all)
Vinatieri for Prez
08-22-2006, 04:07 PM
I may be in. How does it work exactly. Are you online all at once scouting, making offers, etc. and then games run at same time?
stevew
08-22-2006, 04:07 PM
If i can use WWSM, I will fit it into my busy schedule. A ton of it depends on when the games are actually played though, i work 8pm-8am 3 to 4 days a week.
7)Steve
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 04:12 PM
I may be in. How does it work exactly. Are you online all at once scouting, making offers, etc. and then games run at same time?
No idea, never done this before. :)
I *think* you can scout and stuff on your own time. At least I hope so, otherwise this is gonna take freakin' FOREVER.
SirFozzie
08-22-2006, 04:27 PM
You make offers all at the same time, usually you can set things like "Once 50 or 75 or some % of users are ready to continue, give anyone left 10 seconds to finish up what they're doing, and then force continue"
Passacaglia
08-22-2006, 04:28 PM
10 to 12 sounds great!
MrBigglesworth
08-22-2006, 04:30 PM
How are games run? Do you not have any control and they are just simmed through?
SirFozzie
08-22-2006, 04:31 PM
Games are run just like normal, except everyone plays at the same time, so you may see goal updates from other human games (and if you're not playing you can watch one of the games in progress)
Vinatieri for Prez
08-22-2006, 05:01 PM
Ok, I will give it a try. But not if we do MLS. I would like to go a little higher than the conference league. This will take awhile, and I would rather us not spend the first year (real time) down there. That's fine for SP, but in a network game, I would prefer championship conference, or no lower than 1st in England.
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 05:38 PM
Problem with that is there's far less parity in the upper leagues, and I kinda like the idea of us getting started on a relatively equal footing.
stevew
08-22-2006, 05:46 PM
Can you play national teams only? Not to suggest it here, it might be fun to play towards a world cup every month or two real time.
SirFozzie
08-22-2006, 05:48 PM
We can always run two divisions each with six or so..
Championship and Conference..
sovereignstar
08-22-2006, 05:49 PM
Is it safe to assume that any league wouldn't be compatible with FM 07?
SirFozzie
08-22-2006, 06:42 PM
Correct, save games are never compatible from version to version
Coffee Warlord
08-22-2006, 07:36 PM
Hmm. I'm not dead set against it, but I still think it would be far more amusing to get us all in the same level, at least to start.
edit: Although there is definately something to be said about having at least a little cash to try and mold your squad a little more in a MP game.
Scholes
08-22-2006, 09:36 PM
I would be in if we could do it on Sunday nights, say, 8 or 9 central time.
Edit: Oh, and if it would work with WWSM.
10-12 is pretty rough. Unless you are just trying to leave out those of us who go to church round about that time :)
SirFozzie
08-22-2006, 09:45 PM
10-12 is pretty rough. Unless you are just trying to leave out those of us who go to church round about that time :)
Um, I think he meant 10-12 players :)
Hmm. How does 10am - 12 central time sundays sound for people? I'd like to avoid overlapping with the NFL if at all possible.
Doesn't sound like it to me.
tanglewood
08-22-2006, 09:54 PM
10-12 is pretty rough. Unless you are just trying to leave out those of us who go to church round about that time :)
I'm sure God would understand.
condors
08-23-2006, 04:58 AM
I am in, as far as league preferance i am good with the mls otherwise maybe we could do the EPL but nobody is allowed to be manutd, liverpool, chelsea or arsenal. I do think that we should all be in the same league though.
I'm sure God would understand.
Yeah he might understand if I bring my laptop to the service and leech the church wireless network during the service.
:D
Coffee Warlord
08-23-2006, 08:27 AM
Well. How do people feel about Sunday nights around 8ish? Frankly, it works better for me anyway.
FrogMan
08-23-2006, 08:40 AM
Well. How do people feel about Sunday nights around 8ish? Frankly, it works better for me anyway.
are you talking about central time again? This is more tempting to me now... 9pm eastern, kids are in bed and I could probably join the group and let my assistant run things for times when I could not be there...
IF you go with reasonable Sunday evening time, I'd sign in. Can't commit to playing around 11 or midnight though...
FM
Coffee Warlord
08-23-2006, 08:41 AM
are you talking about central time again? This is more tempting to me now... 9pm eastern, kids are in bed and I could probably join the group and let my assistant run things for times when I could not be there...
IF you go with reasonable Sunday evening time, I'd sign in. Can't commit to playing around 11 or midnight though...
FM
Yeah. 8pm central time to...10, 11ish tops. Work comes too early to play any longer than that.
tanglewood
08-23-2006, 08:47 AM
If it was in the evening I wouldn't be able to play.
FrogMan
08-23-2006, 08:48 AM
Yeah. 8pm central time to...10, 11ish tops. Work comes too early to play any longer than that.
I see you are growing old, young man ;)
8 to 11 central would be about the only time of the week that would work for me so sign me up if that's what is chosen by the majority. The wife watches Grey's Anatomy during that time anyway and I usually play my owngame starting at about 8:30.
FM
condors
08-23-2006, 08:59 AM
If it is in the evenings i am out as well
Coffee Warlord
08-23-2006, 09:04 AM
I see you are growing old, young man ;)
Shit, I think I hit "old" at 22. :)
3 years and a couple months to the big 3-0. God help me.
FrogMan
08-23-2006, 09:08 AM
Shit, I think I hit "old" at 22. :)
3 years and a couple months to the big 3-0. God help me.
nah, at 22, I was pulling all nighters in college :)
And you will survive the big 3-0, just as I and many others did. Now, get babies in the picture and that's a different story all together. :D
FM
Coffee Warlord
08-23-2006, 09:20 AM
nah, at 22, I was pulling all nighters in college :)
And you will survive the big 3-0, just as I and many others did. Now, get babies in the picture and that's a different story all together. :D
At 22, I was already fully employed for over a year. My 21st was spent with friends...and coworkers. (Who, bless them, informed me flat out that I was not coming to work the next day.) :)
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