Welcome To AGS Madden 18 Edition - PS4
COMMISSIONERS
PSN - Team - OS Name
M00seB0yJ - Colts - mooseboyj
TheShaqtus32 - Giants - keyshawn19b
DaffyNY - Jets - mannyt55
FlashSithLord - Niners - thinkjoey
Airfaron23 - Chiefs - Airfaron23
GAMEPLAY RULES
1) Users must play in a sim style at all times. No abusing AI lapses or running plays that are super effective ie: Madden 10 HB Off Tackle in Goal line.
2) No Switch is the law of the land. You will maintain control of one player from the snap to the whistle. If the game switches you to a player, like a HB dive, that is allowed. Manually switching is against the rules on offense and defense. If you start the play at FS maintain control of that guy through out the play. You may use the RAC, Aggressive catch, AND Possession catch.
3) Play Calling needs to be varied. Do not use suggested play calls. EVER. We don't want to hear you're running the same plays all game. NFL Playbooks are complex and consist of more than 7 plays I promise you. This applies to defense too. Don't run cover 3 all day or just man to man. MIX IT UP. You must run a minimum of 25% man/25% zone. What this means is that if you wanna be a man to man team and all that. That's fine. We expect at least 25% of you calls to be zone. If you wanna run zone scheme D that's fine. At least 25% of your calls must be man. End of story
FRANCHISE RULES
1) All users will create a coach
2) Custom Playbooks will be addressed at the start of season 2. We want to give good sim players more creativity but not all users deserve that privilege.
3) League Settings/Team Settings/Fill Roster - OFF
OFFENSE
1) No quick snapping. Defense must be set at least 3 seconds. This can be flexed if cause is given ie: 1 second left on the clock Hail Mary to win.
2) You are allowed 1 hot route per play on offense. You're not Peyton Manning. You don't get up there and re-write the whole play.
3) Minimum rush attempt per game - Users must run the ball on 33% of their offensive plays. For example, if you have 30 total offensive plays and pass the ball 20 times, you must have at least 10 rushing attempts per game. We don't want to see you passing the ball 50 times and having only 8 rushing attempts.
4) Any play with 4 recievers running vertical routes are BANNED and is an autoboot. This includes FOUR VERTICALS, TE ATTACK, some SEATTLE plays, etc.
5) QB SCRAMBLING. This has become an issue as the days of pure pocket guys are declining and the dawn of the mobile QB is here. You can not scramble if there is no immediate pressure or it is a non-designed QB run play with no regard for reading routes. IF you do scramble it should happen on QB Rollouts when passing is unavailable, designed QB runs, or the pocket collapses.
6) No Zig/Zag running after the catch or while controlling the HB. You wanna run funky you use the right stick. That's what it's there for.
7) No FB Dives on 3rd or 4th with under 2 yards to go
8) A user may run a total of 3 rb screens AND 3 wr/te screens per game for a total of 6. That does not mean you can run 6 rb screens.
9) QB's MUST THROW to the intended target on screen plays OR throw it away
10) 4 HB Tosses a game and you may only run it once inside the 10
11) No play action inside 2 minutes
12) If you run a play action on a 3rd and 5 or more expect a boot
13) HB Carries are limited to 25. That is a stretch but it is a video game. Please share the load. There are punishments for violation of the rule. 1st will be a 1 game suspension. 2nd is a 3 game suspension. 3rd is 10 weeks. There will not be a 4th.
14) 4TH DOWN RULE IS THIS. You can not go for it on 4th down AT ALL unless down 2 possessions or more in the 4th.
15) No Huddle is allowed in the last 2 minutes of each half or when down 2 or more possessions with 5 or less left in the game. It may be used as a change of pace but no more than once in a row. Use it sparingly.
16) Goal line formation will only be used inside the 5 yard line
17) DO NOT run up the score. Do not outscore a CPU by more than 30. If your opponent has given up on the game, that can only occur in the 4th with under 6 minutes to go. Be a good sport and chew clock and kick FGs. If he gets the ball back and throws a hail mary after telling you he's given up you are free to play as if he is trying 100%. In that case please move the ball however works for you as your opponent has indicated the game is still within their reach. DO NOT SCORE ON BIG PLAYS but be sure to put it out of their reach. IF you tell an opponent you have given up then please chew clock. If you throw a bomb and then turn and complain to us he was running it up YOU will be subject to punishment for lying to me. I hate liars.
18) You may put a FB at HB but NOT VICE VERSA. A FB or TE must be TE3
19) You ARE allowed 2 fake FG or Punts in a Season. That's 1 FG and 1 Punt or 2FG's or 2 Punts. NOT 2 OF EACH. You may use your 2 fakes whenever you want during the season. We will be keeping track.
20) We are doing a 4:1 ratio for rb carries. For every 4 carries by your starter, a backup running back must have 1 carry. Ex: starter has 20 carries, backup must have 5
DEFENSE
1) Only 2 defensive adjustments per play
2) No manually dropping D-linemen into coverage. D-linemen can only play assigned zones.
3) Run Commit will only be used inside the 5 yard line
4) You must run a minimum of 25% man/25% zone
5) On defense, you are not allowed to user a defensive lineman or edge rusher three plays in a row, this is a SIM league, give your opponent different looks with different user controlled defenders
TRADES
1) All trades must be submitted to the commissioners and given 1 Madden week to hear a verdict. We will strive to make it within a few hours but life happens.
2) All new members, meaning you weren't here for last season, will not be able to trade until week 5 regular season to make sure your here for the long haul.
3) You are allowed 2 in-season trades and 3 off-season trades
4) No trading with CPU at all
5) You CAN NOT trade rookies
6) Players in year 1 of their deals can not be dealt either as this will eliminate sign and trades
7) Pick for Pick trades do not count towards your limit unless a player is involved
RESIGNS
3+1 rule. You may sign 3 guys and MUST franchise tag the 4th. You are not required to use the tag, so you could just resign 3 players or less. This is to keep FA stocked and bad teams a fighting chance to improve. ie: you need to resign 10 guys only 3 get long term deals and 1 gets tagged. 6 hit the market. IF you break this rule you will have to release a signed player, that we choose, and will be docked 1 signing next year. So if you break it you only get a 2+1 next year. 2 violations of this rule will result in league removal.
CONTRACTS
Contracts work the same way for resigns and when signing Free Agents during the offseason.
Below on the left is years of deal. Right is required bonus
1 yr - 0
2 yrs - Any amount greater than 0
3 yrs - at least 30% of YEARLY SALARY
4 yrs - at least 40% of YEARLY SALARY
5 yrs - at least 50% of YEARLY SALARY
6 yrs - at least 60% of YEARLY SALARY
7 yrs - at least 70% of YEARLY SALARY
EXAMPLE A: Leveon Bell wants $60 Million total over 5 years. Since its a 5 year deal, 50% of his contract will come in the form of bonus money. His salary will be $6 million per year, bonus will be $6 million per year, totaling $12 mil per year. ($60 mil divided by 5 years is $12 mil)
EXAMPLE B: Mike Evans wants $50 Million total over 4 years. He gets $12.5 mil total per year. 40% of 12.5 is 5. The remaining is 7.5. So, he gets a salary of $7.5 mil and a bonus of $5 mil per year.
You are allowed to give the player more than the minimum amount of bonus money. The percentages listed above are just the minimum required.
You are not allowed to release guys and pick them up in FA for a reduced pricetag. You will be removed from the league immediately.
WAIVERS
1) Waiver bids will begin after the draft and will continue for 24 hours with bidding officially ending after 20-22 hours. This gives us at least 2 hours to get out a list of claimed players and prevents sniping players. You will have 9 "points" to bid with and once your bid is placed you CAN NOT change it unless you have been outbid by another user.
2) You will also have three 0 point bids to use to get scrubs you want that you don't wanna miss.
3) Waiver wire is determined by draft order.
4) Once you claim a guy, you move down the list. ie: Browns have 1st pick so they are at the top of the food chain. Both Browns and Patriots want the same guy but because Browns have top priority they get the player. After this they move all the way to the bottom and will lose any other player they contest with another team because of lower priority. Make sure the guy you want is 1st on your list.
Format: Team, Point bid, Position, Player name
5) When a player is released he will be placed in the Waiver Wire thread and will remain in FA until claimed.
6) Claims must be posted in the Waiver Wire thread. You will be informed by the commissioners office when a player is won.
7) Once all initial waiver claims are done in the waiver claim thread, free agents 69 and under are free to sign. All free agents 70 and over will require a waiver claim to be placed, we do not use "points" for these waiver claims. Once 24 hours passes and of no other team with a higher waiver order than you claims that same player, then you are free to sign him.
8) At the beginning of each season, the commish's will tell everyone when they are free to sign FA's. Do not start signing FA's until given the go ahead to do so. Check in the groupme chat for details.
SCHEDULING
1) We will advance every 72 hours at 9pm ET
2) Users have 24 hours to contact their opponent via GroupMe. If you have not heard back from your opponent within those 24 hours they will be auto'd. If a user doesn't show up to a game they agreed to play, they will be put on auto if no valid reason is given ie: falling asleep.
3) If you must leave for an extended period of time please notify the office so we may put you on auto and reduce confusion.
COMPLAINTS
If you feel your opponent is breaking the rules do the following action. Pause the game and send him a PSN message to remind him of the rule you believe he is breaking. Do it courteously. If it persist's finish your game out and do the following. Pull up your Twitch. Re-watch the instances of the alleged offences. MARK THE TIME OF THE STREAM if you feel it is a rule break. Send the link to the Twitch Archive along with the list of rule breaks and times they occured to the
PR Director. Example...
Hi this is Optimus Prime. During my match with Megatron I believe he broke the no-switch policy. His Twitch stream is located at Twitch.tv/OptimusSucksMonkeyDong.com and the times of the breakage is at 4:46 in the stream and again at 39:56 in the stream. Thanks for looking into this matter for me!
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE do you post in the group chat about the issue. We will handle it. Don't be a whiner. If you send us a message regarding this issue after every game you become just as annoying as the rule breaker and will subject yourself to punishment. It is disruptive and extremely unsportsmanlike. Away team MUST STREAM.
MISC.
1) Substitutions are legal when it is an R3 sub OR R1 sub with players at the same position. ie: Putting speedy HBs at WR is not allowed as is putting speedy WR at HB.
2) No player is allowed to play outside his designated position on the depth chart ie: WR as a TE. IF you would like to play a player outside his position like say a aging corner at safety you must obtain permission from the office and will have to change him to that position the following year. ie: You play a guy at SS when he is listed as a CB. Next year he will be a SS playing SS.
3) You are not allowed to Change Teams once we start. End of story. If you join later in the Madden Cycle and your teams cap is screwed up all we will tell you is to suck it up. People inherit cap holes in real life every year. Make the best with what ya got.
4) ALL GAMES MUST BE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED by using Twitch. I REPEAT ALL GAMES. ALL. EVEN VS CPU. Stream may be cut during user vs user contests where the additional stress of streaming is causing DC's and horrible lag with Commish approval. All stream links must be posted in GroupMe chat when the game is commenced. ***Make sure you set your streams to archive. This is done by logging into your Twitch account on a computer web browser and going to your account settings. At this time, there is no way to set streams to archive via the Twitch app***
5) If you quit vs an opponent we will give your opponent the W, via sim a win, and you will subject yourself to punishment as the office best see's fit.
6) If you wish to recruit our current members to another league you participate in, we ask that you maintain good standing in AGS for at least 6 played games before recruiting. Please contact any commish so we are aware before doing so.
7) Buyout rule - Where any player 30 or older who has been on team more than 5 years you can do a buyout on the contract and cut them by paying 50% of the normal penalty. You can only use it once during a madden cycle though and you cannot resign the player ever. Contact the commishes before doing so.
8) Home team choses jersey color first and the away team is require to wear the opposite, if home wears color, away team wears white and vice versa. However away team may wear color as well so long as they have home teams consent.
9) You must carry a full 53 man roster.
Failure to adhere to the rules will result in player suspensions, player release, coach suspensions, or league removal to name some possible punishments.
08-07-2014, 11:48 PM
