Ben E Lou
09-15-2012, 01:56 PM
EDIT: Ready to jump in immediately without reading all of this? Just jump straight to the league's forum and sign up for a team: Current Openings, Updated mid-September 2012 (http://www.fof-bfl.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1098))
The BFL (Balanced Football League) has some openings, and we'd like to fill 'em up. I can guarantee that if you join the BFL, you'll have an experience different from any other FOF MP league you may have joined before now. We do things differently than any other league in existence. Here are some reasons you might like it:
1. The BFL uses well-tested custom draft classes (not FOF-generated ones) with QBs and WRs nerfed to radically change the balance of the game. The developer of FOF himself, Jim Gindin, has recently publicly acknowledged the imbalance that exists in FOF:Now, my underlying argument is that the power of the WR-WR-QB position group is, in the game's current incarnation, just too heavily weighted.I'm almost embarrassed to admit the level of truth of the statement above.To address this issue, the BFL uses the FOF Draft File Generator to create random draft classes with the same talent levels of FOF overall, but with the talent of the QB and WR positions greatly reduced. You'll never see absurd QB Ratings (http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/ihof/ben/playercard.php?playerid=24969) like in other leagues. The BFL's top five QB Ratings after seven seasons?
114.2
106.9
102.0
101.1
97.8
This of course changes the game radically and allows for many different styles of team-building to succeed, unlike the One True Powerful style of standard FOF MP. We're consistently seeing different styles of play earn bye weeks in the BFL.
2. Better competitive balance than other leagues. In seven seasons, we've had seven champs. Only one team has made the playoffs all seven years.
3. The custom draft classes contain realistic player types that don't exist so much in standard FOF. You'll consistently find guys in the later rounds who are good at a particular skill, such as a receiving RB, cover-only corner, possession WR, West Coast QB ,coverage LBs, etc. You'll have fun building your system and acquiring players who work well in it. Sure, some players like this show up in standard FOF, but they are intentionally created in realistic distributions in the BFL.
4. We use a custom utility to reduce all teams' salary caps, making free agency FAR more vibrant and interesting than in other leagues. Join now, and you can rebuild VERY quickly from a strong FA class.
5. We move at a brisk pace, allowing rebuilding projects to be faster. An entire offseason and regular season are completed in roughly 6 1/2 weeks usually. Here's the schedule for the upcoming season. (Note that we're taking a week off for recruiting new owners.)
BFL SCHEDULE AND FILES (http://www.fof-bfl.com/schedule.php)
6. Pick the right team, and you can make an immediate impact with a high pick in the first round! The draft class is strong, and some of the open teams have very good picks.
7. Low injuries. Afraid that fast sim schedule is too difficult to manage? Naaaaah. With our injury setting of only 75, you get very few annoying injuries, meaning you can set your game plan for the regular season and cruise most of the way if you'd like.
8. Web bells and whistles. Lots of web and forum stuff that no other league but the CCFL has, and we're frequently building new toys.
9. High-Activity Trade Market. The combination of the cap crunch and a group of active owners makes the trade market a ton of fun every season and offseason.
10. Very active owner base. We may have some openings, but that doesn't mean the league is anywhere near dead. There's always activity at the BFL.
Interested? Give us a shout. Sign up in the forums, and post in this thread: Current Openings, Updated mid-September 2012 (http://www.fof-bfl.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1098)
The BFL (Balanced Football League) has some openings, and we'd like to fill 'em up. I can guarantee that if you join the BFL, you'll have an experience different from any other FOF MP league you may have joined before now. We do things differently than any other league in existence. Here are some reasons you might like it:
1. The BFL uses well-tested custom draft classes (not FOF-generated ones) with QBs and WRs nerfed to radically change the balance of the game. The developer of FOF himself, Jim Gindin, has recently publicly acknowledged the imbalance that exists in FOF:Now, my underlying argument is that the power of the WR-WR-QB position group is, in the game's current incarnation, just too heavily weighted.I'm almost embarrassed to admit the level of truth of the statement above.To address this issue, the BFL uses the FOF Draft File Generator to create random draft classes with the same talent levels of FOF overall, but with the talent of the QB and WR positions greatly reduced. You'll never see absurd QB Ratings (http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/ihof/ben/playercard.php?playerid=24969) like in other leagues. The BFL's top five QB Ratings after seven seasons?
114.2
106.9
102.0
101.1
97.8
This of course changes the game radically and allows for many different styles of team-building to succeed, unlike the One True Powerful style of standard FOF MP. We're consistently seeing different styles of play earn bye weeks in the BFL.
2. Better competitive balance than other leagues. In seven seasons, we've had seven champs. Only one team has made the playoffs all seven years.
3. The custom draft classes contain realistic player types that don't exist so much in standard FOF. You'll consistently find guys in the later rounds who are good at a particular skill, such as a receiving RB, cover-only corner, possession WR, West Coast QB ,coverage LBs, etc. You'll have fun building your system and acquiring players who work well in it. Sure, some players like this show up in standard FOF, but they are intentionally created in realistic distributions in the BFL.
4. We use a custom utility to reduce all teams' salary caps, making free agency FAR more vibrant and interesting than in other leagues. Join now, and you can rebuild VERY quickly from a strong FA class.
5. We move at a brisk pace, allowing rebuilding projects to be faster. An entire offseason and regular season are completed in roughly 6 1/2 weeks usually. Here's the schedule for the upcoming season. (Note that we're taking a week off for recruiting new owners.)
BFL SCHEDULE AND FILES (http://www.fof-bfl.com/schedule.php)
6. Pick the right team, and you can make an immediate impact with a high pick in the first round! The draft class is strong, and some of the open teams have very good picks.
7. Low injuries. Afraid that fast sim schedule is too difficult to manage? Naaaaah. With our injury setting of only 75, you get very few annoying injuries, meaning you can set your game plan for the regular season and cruise most of the way if you'd like.
8. Web bells and whistles. Lots of web and forum stuff that no other league but the CCFL has, and we're frequently building new toys.
9. High-Activity Trade Market. The combination of the cap crunch and a group of active owners makes the trade market a ton of fun every season and offseason.
10. Very active owner base. We may have some openings, but that doesn't mean the league is anywhere near dead. There's always activity at the BFL.
Interested? Give us a shout. Sign up in the forums, and post in this thread: Current Openings, Updated mid-September 2012 (http://www.fof-bfl.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1098)