FBCB Multiplayer League Recruiting

[Radii]

Its June of 2048 in our multiplayer FBCB league, we're entering our 46th season and have been going strong for 8+ years now. For those of you who were around towards the end of the first version when the only way to win was to recruit teams that steal the ball 20+ times a game... those days are gone in this version, things are much more balanced and many different strategies look to be able to win. We've had 7 different teams win national titles in the last 10 years.

We've been making conference changes as they've been confirmed in the real world, so Notre Dame and Louisville are in the ACC, Maryland and Rutgers in the Big 10, etc.

We're in scheduling now, and the all-important recruiting stages for our new season will begin on Thursday, the perfect time to join or rejoin!

FBCB-FOFC.com • Index page (http://fbcb-fofc.com/forums) to register
http://fbcb-fofc.com/league for the league HTML

the main site sucks, so don't look at that!

Important registration note - I have to manually approve all forum registrations, so if you end up signing up for a forum account, please reply here to let me know your account name and I'll approve it.

[britrock88]

Join! :)

[Marmel]

What happened in 2035 when South Carolina won the title vs.....nobody???

[cuervo72]

What happened in 2035 when South Carolina won the title vs.....nobody???

NCAA violations. ;)

[Young Drachma]

Fun league!

[henry296]

I might be interested. How long does one year take? Do you email files?

[Radii]

What happened in 2035 when South Carolina won the title vs.....nobody???

Last year in the old version/first year in the new version I think caused things to record weirdly/not record that season.

[Radii]

I might be interested. How long does one year take? Do you email files?

A season takes 7-8 weeks. During assistant hiring and during the postseason we sim 5 days a week (Sunday-Thursday). For the rest of the season we sim 3 days a week, sunday/tuesday/thursday. The sims are generally scheduled for 3pm eastern but I'd be lying if I didn't say that i am very bad about keeping any reliability in my schedule (for the league or for real life!) so in reality the sims run between 3pm-7pm depending on what my schedule looks that day.

I don't e-mail files out, the league file zip is ~20 meg at its largest and play by play the way I do those zip files get up to 20 MB at their peak as well.

[Izulde]

This is a really fun league to be in. I actually lasted a few seasons here. :D

[henry296]

How do I submit my file for the sim?

[Radii]

How do I submit my file for the sim?

There's an export to server button in the game client, it automatically ftp's your submission to the league's server. No extra work needed on that side.

When new files are posted after a sim is run, they are posted as zip files (one for the core league files and, during the regular season, one containing all the play by play files), you download those and unzip them into the directory for the league.

[Julio Riddols]

I had no idea multiplayer was even an option.

You'll be hearing from my people.

[cartman]

You come at the king, you best not miss.

Been in the league since the very beginning, and just won my first title this past season.

[Groundhog]

I've been in and out of this league more than Lohan has rehab. So very tempting to jump back in...

[Radii]

I've been in and out of this league more than Lohan has rehab. So very tempting to jump back in...

Syracuse is available! And in the ACC now.

[Groundhog]

Syracuse is available! And in the ACC now.

Why not eh! Syracuse me up... I'll post on the forums tonight with coach details etc.

[Julio Riddols]

Oh, and my account name is Julio Riddols.

[Radii]

Oh, and my account name is Julio Riddols.

you're activated. You want to pick a team (Human Coaches (http://fbcb-fofc.com/league/humancoaches.htm) - current list of human run teams, all other teams available), and sign up in this thread: FBCB-FOFC.com • View topic - New Coach Signups - REOPENED (5/14/10 update) (http://fbcb-fofc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=143). I have a doctors appointment this afternoon so the sim will run late, if you're able to do this before 6pm or so I'll get you in today.

Woohoo new people :)

[dave731]

Signing up...I have been meaning to join you guys for some time now. Never got around to it tho...

The game (FBCB 2010) is the reason I signed up for this board oddly enough...

Is Kansas available?

[Lathum]

What happens if you miss a sim?

[Radii]

Signing up...I have been meaning to join you guys for some time now.

Let me know the username you register as so I can approve your registration.

Is Kansas available?

Yup, and cartman will be at Texas forever so you have that rivalry going for you :D


What happens if you miss a sim?

FBCB is much lower maintenance and more forgiving than the other big text sims in MP. You really want to get all your recruiting in if you can (4 sims in a row at one point during the offseason, and then once per in game month until you've filled all your scholarships). Outside of that, there is not much that would leave you seriously regretting missing any one sim. CPU can be set to hire assistants, schedule, and will manage your lineup if you have an injury. Presumably you can do all these things more effectively, but if you miss something, its not a big deal.

Some people just do recruiting and then set their lineups and that's about it. That's fine too, though I definitely find it more fun to be more involved than that :)

[Groundhog]

I'll have my first export in in a few hours once I get home from work.

[rjolley]

I've been thinking about rejoining and I think I will in the next few days.

Any conferences want 2 easy wins per year? :)

[Johnny93g]

I've been thinking about rejoining and I think I will in the next few days.

Any conferences want 2 easy wins per year? :)

Join the new look big Ten!

Great league guys. Radii does an amazing job. Play by play of the final four and championship. Join up!

[dave731]

Signed up as dave731 at the forums

[Lathum]

OK, I'll dip my toe in the water. Will sign up in a bity at the FBCB forum. I'll claim Ohio State.

Would love wo be Washington, but think it will be more fun playing in a conference with other real players.

[Izulde]

Heh. That figures. The season I went to Florida State and then dropped out, I made the Final Four.

[Lathum]

Radii- I am already a member over there, apparently I was in a MP league in 2008.

So what now? Do I have to wait for you to assign TOSU to me?

[henry296]

I submitted my registration. I'm going to take Pitt

[Radii]

Signed up as dave731 at the forums

I submitted my registration. I'm going to take Pitt

Both of you are now activated.


Radii- I am already a member over there, apparently I was in a MP league in 2008.

So what now? Do I have to wait for you to assign TOSU to me?


I don't think your coach is in the system anymore.



All three of you want to go to FBCB-FOFC.com • View topic - New Coach Signups - REOPENED (5/14/10 update) (http://fbcb-fofc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=143) and create a coach and claim your team. I'll add you all during the next sim tomorrow.

[Lathum]

So do we download the league file after the sim tomorrow?

[Johnny93g]

So do we download the league file after the sim tomorrow?

You can do that now and take a look at your team, and the recruits, and whatever....but you won't be able to do anything or export until radii adds you to the file next sim.

[Lathum]

so does that mean we miss out on the first recruiting period? IIRC he said that starts Thursday?

[saldana]

i will join up...i created my account on the board, user name is saldana there as well.

can i have Michigan?

[Johnny93g]

so does that mean we miss out on the first recruiting period? IIRC he said that starts Thursday?

Recruiting did start with yesterday's sim. Not sure if Radii could get the new guys in before, of if it will screw things up.

Nobody commits for a while though. I believe we're 2-3 more sims before that starts happening. Basically, the only thing your missing right now is setting call lists and evaluating talent. You can't really do any recruiting tell after Thursdays sim.

[Johnny93g]

i will join up...i created my account on the board, user name is saldana there as well.

can i have Michigan?

I do believe Michigan is available. Another human member of the Big Ten, AWESOME!!

[britrock88]

i will join up...i created my account on the board, user name is saldana there as well.

can i have Michigan?

Argh. That was my probable landing spot if/when I move on from Princeton. But I'll be rooting for you!

[Radii]

i will join up...i created my account on the board, user name is saldana there as well.

can i have Michigan?

I activated you, and yeah Michigan is available. The ACC/Big 10 Challenge is certainly getting more interesting :)

so does that mean we miss out on the first recruiting period? IIRC he said that starts Thursday?

I went ahead and added you, henry and dave to the game and uploaded a new file. If you're able to get recruiting in by tomorrow, cool, if not, CPU recruiting for the first round isn't too bad and you can build off the targets the AI goes after.

[Radii]

I went ahead and added Saldana to the league file as well so you can go ahead and do recruiting for michigan.

I created a generic coach and will edit all the information/ratings to what you specify when you register for the team.

[saldana]

coach created

[Comey]

I'm still debating...I do Bracketology for WWCB and love it. Just wondering if I have time for another league. I'm not sure if I'd want Penn State, Bucknell, or UConn though.

[saldana]

i think i did my recruiting and export, but i also possibly ruined the entire league, lol...let me know if i did it right

[saldana]

I'm still debating...I do Bracketology for WWCB and love it. Just wondering if I have time for another league. I'm not sure if I'd want Penn State, Bucknell, or UConn though.

penn state is taken if it helps your decision

[Radii]

i think i did my recruiting and export, but i also possibly ruined the entire league, lol...let me know if i did it right

You did. I imported it and I can see that you've used up your recruiting budget, looks good. I checked the other new teams that have exported so far as well (Sac State, Duke, Syracuse). All look right.

[britrock88]

I'm still debating...I do Bracketology for WWCB and love it. Just wondering if I have time for another league. I'm not sure if I'd want Penn State, Bucknell, or UConn though.

And the Big East hasn't splintered quite yet.

[Lathum]

do I download the full leage file in the first post from the FBCB forum or the one in Radiis sig from there?

[Radii]

do I download the full leage file in the first post from the FBCB forum or the one in Radiis sig from there?

you download the full file once to set up the league directory structure. After that you never have to do that again.

Then you download the file in my sig to get the most updated data files.

[rjolley]

Penn State is gone? What about Illinois, GT, or Georgia? Anyone in the ACC or SEC besides Radii?

[Lathum]

you download the full file once to set up the league directory structure. After that you never have to do that again.

Then you download the file in my sig to get the most updated data files.

Where do I export that file to?

[britrock88]

Penn State is gone? What about Illinois, GT, or Georgia? Anyone in the ACC or SEC besides Radii?

Illinois, Georgia Tech, and Georgia are all available.

Human coaches...

Big Ten: Penn State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Indiana
ACC: Louisville, North Carolina, Boston College
SEC: South Carolina, Texas A&M

[britrock88]

Where do I export that file to?

In-game, go to the "SETUP" tab and see if there aren't some specifics listed there. From that screen, you can export to FTP.

[Lathum]

In-game, go to the "SETUP" tab and see if there aren't some specifics listed there. From that screen, you can export to FTP.

err, got a runtime error and the game crashed

[Lathum]

so I did my recruiting, saved, then went to setup and export files to FTP and got a runtime error 429 active X component cant create object

[Radii]

Where do I export that file to?

exports are handled in the game client (similar to ootp). When you've done all your recruiting orders, go to the "setup" screen for your team and click "export team file to FTP".

Once you've done that you can check: FOFC FBCB Export Tracker (http://fbcb-fofc.com/exports.php), and you should see Ohio State listed there.

[Radii]

dola, sorry, i'm behind. I think we've seen people with that problem before, I forget the solution though. First thing I can think of to try is to run the game in Administrator mode.

I'll look around and see if I can't find what the fix was for that in the past.

[Lathum]

Already running in Admin mode.

I saved it before exporting, am I supposed to do that?

[Radii]

so I did my recruiting, saved, then went to setup and export files to FTP and got a runtime error 429 active X component cant create object

double dola, in the meantime you can go into set up and click "Export team settings to file".

That will create an OhioState.exp file in C:\Users\Public\Documents\GDS\Fast Break College Basketball 2010\leaguedata\FOFC FBCB\teamfiles

E-mail that file to me rdixon AT gmail DOT com. That way I'll have your export so we don't have to worry if we can't figure this problem out immediately.

I have some errands I need to run, when I get back I'll see what I can figure out.

[Lathum]

done, I think I did it right

[henry296]

I can't seem to find where to export after I did my recruiting.

[henry296]

Sorry, didn't see page 2 when I posted. My file should be uploaded.

[murrayyyyy]

I'm still debating...I do Bracketology for WWCB and love it. Just wondering if I have time for another league. I'm not sure if I'd want Penn State, Bucknell, or UConn though.

Radii runs a pretty laid back league. I was in it for a pretty good amount of time and had a horrible record but I took over Central Arkansas when they had all walk-ons. Thinking I might take the plunge with one of the 2 team added again.

[murrayyyyy]

Eh, screw it. Put me back in Radii (my coach is still active Mike Murray). I'll take Incarnate Word since I love horrible teams in the Southland. Do they have a roster? Web page shows they don't.

[Radii]

Eh, screw it. Put me back in Radii (my coach is still active Mike Murray). I'll take Incarnate Word since I love horrible teams in the Southland. Do they have a roster? Web page shows they don't.

woohoo! I added you and uploaded a new file, you're ready to roll.

They have a roster, yup, I think they were a new addition this year, the last time I generated HTML was probably just after they got added before I simmed to the point that a roster gets created.

[saldana]

there is a thread in the league forums that tells you how to fix the 429 error...i will see if i can find it again

[saldana]

:: View topic - First FBCB 2010 File (http://fbcb-fofc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=21489)

its one of the posts near the top from Wahoomac

[britrock88]

Wow. Reading that post from the old forum makes me realize how many old coaches I would have recognized from this forum, if I had only been on this forum at the time!

(Duh, this is the _FOFC_ FBCB league, after all...)

[cmp]

I've been playing this game a lot lately and this league looks like a lot of fun. Just signed up for the forums.

I think I'd like to start out at a mid-major. I'd like Central Michigan.

[Radii]

I've been playing this game a lot lately and this league looks like a lot of fun. Just signed up for the forums.

I think I'd like to start out at a mid-major. I'd like Central Michigan.


you're activated on the forums. I won't be able to get you added in game tonight though. I'll do it during the day and if you're able to get recruiting in tomorrow any time I can delay the sim until later in the evening.

[cmp]

you're activated on the forums. I won't be able to get you added in game tonight though. I'll do it during the day and if you're able to get recruiting in tomorrow any time I can delay the sim until later in the evening.

Sounds great. I just added my coach info to the signup thread on the forums.

[Radii]

Sounds great. I just added my coach info to the signup thread on the forums.

I added you, I can wait til later tonight to run the sim if you're able to get something in today.

[cmp]

I added you, I can wait til later tonight to run the sim if you're able to get something in today.

I should be all set. The export seems to work correctly. Let me know if anything is wrong with it.

[britrock88]

Radii -- posted over at the SimNation forum for the WWCB league about this league. Hope we'll see something over the weekend.

[Radii]

:: View topic - First FBCB 2010 File (http://fbcb-fofc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=21489)

its one of the posts near the top from Wahoomac

Lathum,

were you able to get this working? The post saldana was referring to:


Solved the problem, here's how (in case someone else is having the same problem):

I did a little searching online and came to the conclusion that a .dll file wasn't registering correctly. So I opened up a command prompt with "run as administrator" privileges. In Windows 7, if you search for 'cmd' from the start menu, you can then right-click on the result of the search and choose "run as administrator". Once the command prompt opened, I navigated to the game folder (in my case, "c:\games\fast break college basketball 2010"). In that directory I noticed a file called "ChilkatFTP.dll". So I typed "regsvr32 chilkatftp.dll" and hit enter. The result said something like "ChilkatFTP.dll registered successfully". Now when I go back into the game, the FTP part worked just like it should, uploading my export.

[TargetPractice6]

I played in this league for a couple seasons way back in the day. Been feeling the itch to fire up the game again, so figured I'd give it another go. Just signed up for the forum as EvilLincoln.

[Radii]

I played in this league for a couple seasons way back in the day. Been feeling the itch to fire up the game again, so figured I'd give it another go. Just signed up for the forum as EvilLincoln.

activated!

[Lathum]

Lathum,

were you able to get this working? The post saldana was referring to:

Haven't yet. I currently can't get to fofc from my hi e network so haven't been on much. Just download the sim. Gonna look into it tonight.

[Lathum]

Got it.

[Lathum]

How do the in season sims work in game time ? A week, month,etc.

[britrock88]

1 month per 3 sims (2 sims for November). Then things slow down in March with postseason tournaments afoot.

[Lathum]

Shit. My senior leading scorer just went down for 44 days

[Johnny93g]

With the tourney going on, i figured I'd bump this thread, and see if anyone else is interesting in joining.

Final 4 sim happening very soon. Unbeaten Michigan St is taking on North Carolina!

Offseason right around the corner. Perfect time to join!

[britrock88]

Offseason right around the corner. Perfect time to join!

Witness the drama of my annual "Will I stay or leave Princeton" posts! :lol:

[Johnny93g]

Bump, offseason starting, join up. More owners, the better.

Notre Dame is available. In our world, the have become an elite program always challenging for final four's and conference championships(ACC Now!)

Big Ten could also use more owners too!