I think that if you (as in anyone) try to beat the game more than anything, you miss the point of playing FOF. You jumped onto playing a game that simulates football and gives people a chance to play their self-designed and selg-built football teams head-to-head, but in stead you decide to forget about that and try to twist as much 1's and 0's to make the other 1's and 0's go your desired way. Sure, it makes sense that people search for flaws/exploits/whatever you call it. I know I looked at creative ways to beat the rest of the leagues I'm in. But at the same time, I try to keep a balance between realism and trying to outsmart the other players, realizing that my own 'how to win in FOF' strategy already exceeded the preset plan to 'play football my way'.
In the end, there will need to be some compromis, kinda like the good old single player house rules about what is permitted and what is not. Not every FOF league is the same, but the dozen or so I've seen more than just the name of, I think all take their playing serious and are always in trouble finding a way to get to the compromis between realism and exploiting the fact that FOF in the end is just a game, based on dixed numbers, random numbers and formulas to mix those two, meaning there will always be a way to go into extremes and finds ways to 'beat the remaining flaws'. And it's never easy, because the big mirror to all, the real NFL, does some interestic unrealistic things themselves.
Bottom line should be the fun factor, and not just for those who are winning are for yourself. When you join a multiplayer league, you become one of many. Together you fine tune what is and what isn't concidered football-like in the minds of the entire league, to make sure together you can have a fun experience. That has been my major influence in signing up with leagues, in both cases I was presented a list of people to play against and including a lot of people I'd love to play a game with, preferably with me winning.
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Originally Posted by SkyDog
I know I'm not really conquering Europe.
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Don't write yourself down now, you managed a respectable .500 last season to improve to .470 life time against Europeans.
