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Re: Smirt's shack

By raidergreg69
2/12/2023 6:48 am
I thought that douchebag GDB took his Chargers gear and went home?

Re: Smirt's shack

By Bruno77
2/12/2023 6:51 am
raidergreg69 wrote:
I thought that douchebag GDB took his Chargers gear and went home?


Specifically thought he was doing some government project and didn't have time for this anymore

Re: Smirt's shack

By raidergreg69
2/12/2023 7:03 am
Bruno77 wrote:
raidergreg69 wrote:
I thought that douchebag GDB took his Chargers gear and went home?


Specifically thought he was doing some government project and didn't have time for this anymore


I have heard that Jesus was coming back one day, didn't know they meant MFN Jesus.

Re: Smirt's shack

By raidergreg69
2/12/2023 7:04 am
GDB coming to save us from our MFN sins. Praise be.

Re: Smirt's shack

By Big Poppa
2/12/2023 8:29 am
raidergreg69 wrote:
I thought that douchebag GDB took his Chargers gear and went home?


You can't spell douche bag without GDB.

Re: Smirt's shack

By Cjfred68 - League Admin
2/12/2023 8:40 am
I understand your concerns about the 40/30 but think about it!!!

He mandates 40 offensive plays be selected so you pick your same outside, inside, short & medium that you currently use then select every long pass play as most play books have 20+ long pass plays.

Then you use the exact same play matrix where you never call any long passes...problem solved.

If he removes overrides then I will do what I do in the majority of my leagues and just put a WR as TE1 in my depth chart with 100 run block.

If he forces players to be only the position listed in the depth chart then I will be doing a ton of position changes before & after every game.

My point, it really doesn't matter what JDB does because in the end, we will always find a way around it.

Smirt, 4.6 was designed to limit passing and you are breaking 10,000 yards passing in D&D.

My advice, don't worry about GDB and his antics and don't worry about what JDB might do to the game. You can't control either and in the end it's just a new test which we have always passed in the end.

Re: Smirt's shack

By Cjfred68 - League Admin
2/12/2023 8:51 am
If I was JDB, and he wants to fix certain plays from being overused then he should put a cap on times they are called each game at 5!

Even then, a typical game will have 50-70 offensive & defensive snaps. That means you could still use between 10-14 offensive & defensive plays per game.

If you are Smirt, and you have 100 offensive snaps & 50 defensive snaps then it's 20 offensive & 10 defensive plays used.

Re: Smirt's shack

By Cjfred68 - League Admin
2/12/2023 8:59 am
Honestly, if both GDB & Grandad_of_Anton want play diversity and fairness then they should play roster only and enjoy all the 6-6 ties!!

Re: Smirt's shack

By Waitwut
2/12/2023 11:12 am
This is funny to me because this game is always so limited with its plays. It is not like a new play rolls into playbook every couple of seasons. GDB is essentially asking for something that has a cap to further have a cap. Why does this guy think every one should act the same?

How does he even begin to believe that is how any type of football (or any competitive sport) is played? From madden to peewee, D1 to D3, XFL to NFL and so on, every team/player/coach is looking for an advantage. That is why it is a copy cat league - chasing the next big thing or scheme.

I just cannot stand how upside down GDBs logic is. I think I’m going to go ahead and boycott anyone who shares a GDB dystopian idealism (essentially anyone who shares league with him). To sit idly by and be a part of anything GDB is equivalent to watching a policy enforcer zap an old lady while you eat corn dogs at the fair. Be a real ally and cancel GDB.

Re: Smirt's shack

By Waitwut
2/12/2023 11:42 am
GrandadB wrote:
Grandson_of_Anton wrote:
Almost hate to ask, because I won't like the answer. But...

It seems like this league is okay with teams just running one play on defense, is that right? (You all know the play).

I guess you all probably don't care but if a team wins a championship in this league by just running one defensive play, I am out.


No, the league is not "okay" with a one play defense. We were the first league to rule against the FB Dive and 43 Flat Zone defense, if you remember. Im also not okay with exaggeration. If you are referring to your game vs Oklahoma, there was more than one defense used, but .... there were only 5-6 different defensive plays used, which is based on the "narrow window" of what works best in 4.6 defense. That was posted in the Community Help Forum, by Armored Girrafe. This is going to be an ongoing situation until JDB puts controls in for minimum and maximum play use, same as is done for roster control. When you have more players than max, the Ai steps in and cuts players, and it should be the same for play diversity, instead of overuse penalty, which is not much of a penalty. Same for play selection and use, there should be a full 40/30 play active, with a 1 time used minimum, controlled by the Ai. There are those in this game who prefer having an advantage using a minimal play approach, Im not one of them, I prefer variety and diversity. I will PM JDB about it, again, and hope that he does something about it, we have been losing players over the past year and that is one of the reasons. In the meantime, if you want to compete, you need to use the same or very similar gameplan for defense, and all you need is to note the plays that were used in that game, and use rules and defense settings to ensure that they are used the most. Hopefully, there will be changes made in the game code to address this in the very near future.


This logic is flawed from the top as GDB attempts to equate roster limits to play minimums. Roster limits are very essential and real in football making all teams agree to play by the same rules; plays and play call are in the eye of the beholder or coaching staff (in this case the owner).

I agree with CJ point also. We will all just manipulate based on sliders. Unless they take that too, then we are all playing roster only? What’s the point?

Hot garbage flows from this guys mind to his fingertip’s.
Last edited at 2/12/2023 11:44 am