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Universal Simulation Style Madden League

Posted on August 24, 2011 at 05:13 PM.

League Website - http://ussml.forumotion.ca/
Team Applications - http://ussml.forumotion.ca/f5-team-applications

_This League is not for the average Madden player. The goal of the USSML is to have a long lasting and successful life span. In order to achieve this goal we need to have, not only dedicated owners, but also owners who can be respectful to others and responsible for their actions. If you're that type of person then USSML welcomes you to the fold.

_We will be using League Manager to complement our league activities. Those of you who don't know what it is can find out some information about it at this link http://myleaguemanager.net/faq.cfm All owners are required to sign up at the site.

_I thought long and hard about this one, but the USSML will indeed have a cash payout to the following three owners.
Superbowl Winner - $25.00
Superbowl Loser - $15.00.
Worst Record (min. 14 games played) - $10.00 - simply because that person will personify the type of owners the USSML want to have in the league.
My reasons for going with the cash payout are simple. One is to show how committed I am to the league. And two is that it's not a lot of money, so people aren't going to go all nuts and start glitching and crap. But it's enough for someone to say that he got paid for doing something he enjoys.

Please Note: Winnings will be paid out at the end of each season via PayPal, email or even regular mail.

_The USSML will have a strict three strike policy. Basically, if someone is found breaking the rules and has the same complaint filed against them, in three separate games, by three different owners, they will be removed from the league. Complaints are to be filed by private message to the commissioner only. Owners are not allowed to use the forum to as a means of complaining.

_Communication and game scheduling are an important part of being a successful Franchise. Using PSN and whatever other means to communicate and schedule games are encouraged, but owners will be required to use the Game Scheduling thread to schedule their weekly games. This is so that we can keep track of the people who aren't making an effort to schedule their games and whose games are getting simmed. If an owner fails to schedule their game three times in a row and the games are simmed or played by the CPU. That owner will be removed. Furthermore, if an owner fails to schedule their games and has them simmed or played by the CPU a total of seven times in a season that owner stands a good chance of being
removed from the League.

_I would like to start the League soon after the 2012 Regular NFL season begins. So I'll be advertising it on every Madden website that allows me to. The goal is to have all 32 teams filled and we wont start until we have at least 26 teams taken.
The reason for the delayed start is simple. Every Madden release comes with surprises. When I say surprises, I mean anything from franchise breaking glitches like last years early inability for users to connect to each other and also game play glitches that we would need rules for and against. I think the saying "patience is a virtue" applies here. Which leads me to my next point.

_I'll be setting up a USSML Madden Community for us as well. It won't be a necessary requirement for all USSML team owners to join, but any potential owners on the waiting list and and anyone else interested will be more than welcome to be a part of it. This should help the wait for the franchise to begin be a little easier. The community will act as sort of a preseason for us, where owners can hone their skill against each other. Reading about Madden Communities and all it has to offer, I think it's gonna be pretty cool. Obviously I wish EA worked on online franchise additions instead of Communities but it is what it is, so we should just go with it and try to make the most of it.

_Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement about when the free agency and trading period will be opened. It will be before week one of the franchise's inaugural season.

_After playing the crap out of the demo and seeing some good things I've never seen in Madden before, I'm excited. I think Madden 12 is gonna be damn good.