PowerHouse - NFL GM Sim

[Senator]

I will be the first to admit, my search the forum skills are poor at best, but was clicking through Kickstarter and saw this:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/105434595/think-you-could-be-an-nfl-general-manager-youre-hi?ref=live

It's a NFL GM Sim, and they already have a website.


http://content.powerhousegm.com/powerhouse-home-nl

Anyone have any experience or research on this already?

[Senator]

This comes from the website:


"I'm a PowerHouse addict."
- Matt Miller, Founder of New Era Scouting and Lead Draft Writer for Bleacher Report
"I was a personnel executive in pro football for 25 years, and this is the most realistic simulation I’ve seen. You can be your own GM and run a team following all the same rules the real GMs have to follow."
- Bill Kuharich, former VP of Player Personnel, KC Chiefs
"My initial reaction was I would probably quit fantasy and just play this."
- Rick Serritella, Founder & Publisher, The NFL Draft Bible
"When fantasy football just isn't enough anymore, the smart football fan will turn to PowerHouse for their fix."
- Ross Miles, IDP Fantasy Editor, Pro Football Focus

[gstelmack]

From reading the site, it looks like Fantasy on steroids:

Don't Just Follow the NFL...
Now you can be the GM of a real team, 52 weeks a year.


Sign Free Agents in March
Draft along with the NFL Draft in April
Cut your roster to 53 in September
Find replacements for injured players during the season
Play a 16-game schedule against the real teamsThat sounds like Fantasy (real players on the regular NFL schedule), but with the full NFL economic model: salaries, bonuses, roster limits, etc. Not sure how the fantasy bit will run or deal with, say, O-Linemen, but it sure sounds like 1 season per year.

[Matthean]

I know the kettle is black on this due to playing MMOs, but $100 for a year sub as the starting option seems rather foolish right now.

[mckerney]

For $50 they'll thank me on their website. Neato!

[Ben E Lou]

...but it sure sounds like 1 season per year...Yup.

[/interest]

[kcchief19]

It sounds like a spreadsheet game ... you're taking players based on their real-life contracts, draft positions and results. It's the kind of thing I bet most of us did back in the day before fantasy football, FPS and FOF. $100? Ouch.

But for $1,500 I can get on a conference call with someone who may or may not be Bill Kuharich? Neato indeed.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

such a void in the marketplace. every other month i vow to learn programming to make a gm sim

[digamma]

I'm still sort of confused about how this works, but count me in the crowd that enjoys a text sim's ability to move faster than real life.

[gstelmack]

It's not a text sim, it's fantasy football on steroids. Don't think of it as an FOF replacement, think of it as vastly expanding the offseason for auction fantasy leagues.

[cuervo72]

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