GWJ Madden League 2.0 (XBox 360): Season II Week 3

LEAGUE RULES

TRADE/FREE AGENT RULES:

1) Trades: Both teams must post the agreed trade in the weekly thread. I will then examine the trade, and if I think it is an unfair trade, I will veto. If both teams would like to "challenge" my veto, we will hold a league vote, and I will need 2/3 majority to overturn my veto by the end of the sim period. If I am involved in a trade, Zellbridge will act as commissioner, and examine the trade, and we will follow the same path. If Zell and I trade, it will automatically be put to league vote. If a trade is approved by the league, it will be processed directly after the league is simmed. Week 6 trades, it will be processed right before the sim, since that is the deadline.

PROPER TRADE REQUEST FORMAT:
Team: (Your Team Name)
Request: Trade with (Team you are trading with)
(Team) Gets:
Player A- Position, Rating
Player B- Position, Rating
Player C- Position, Rating

(Team) Gets:
Player A- Position, Rating
Player B- Position, Rating
Player C- Position, Rating

In the situation of a Human/CPU trade the league will decide if the trade is fair. All that is needed to pass a trade is 5 votes for Yes.

During the Season Free Agency Will Look Like this:

Free Agent Pickups: Any player who is out for 3 or more weeks, may be replaced by a free agent. You must pick up a free agent from the same position. Only exceptions are if the free agent would be used in another capacity, and please explain that in your FA request post (IE- Your tight end gets hurt, but you want to replace him with a WR, because he is your 4th string WR, then you may pick up a WR). ZelbrigeN will gather and evaluate all free agent requests, and on about the last day of the sim period, he will send me a PM with all free agent requests. After the week gets simmed, I will process all free agent pickups, so NO ONE should be touching the free agents, regardless of the situation.

PROPER FREE AGENT REQUEST FORMAT:
Team: (Your Team Name)
Request: Free Agent Pickup
Injured Player: (Name- Position, Injury Length)
Adding Player: (Name- Position)
Dropping Player: (Name- Position)

Up til week one you will have the opportunity to balance your team through FA. Pick up people where you need depth or where you want to. You are in Control. Now this is something also I would like to throw out there. You don't need to replace the position with the position lost. Hence you are happy with your back ups for the position lost but still feel like you need to drop a player. Or better yet just want to drop a player due to lack of production.

5 Day schedule to get in Regular Season Games from when the league is rolled. The League Roll Date is the Date the Forum is Created for the Next Week. If there are games yet to be played after the 5 day period those players will have a 24 hour window to get games completed. Now I will make exceptions if both parties are trying to get it together and its just not happening. If you aren't playing a Human opponent there really isn't an excuse why you would be the last player to play

Lions hold off the Raiders.

The week will roll Friday unless otherwise notified...the schedule will be u as soon as I get home. There are 2 human v human games this week I know of...bills v ravens and texans v titans. All others either have bye weeks or are playing the CPU.

Leroyog wrote:

Lions hold off the Raiders.

Did you have any trouble?

Tons. I was reminded that my O-Line is terrible. Couldn't run so I had to throw a lot which led to some hits on Stafford and ints. Defense came up with some turnovers for me as well.

Yea raiders are more difficult that I thought to

I would probably have lost if McFadden was in their lineup.

see he was in my game and they were running the two back all the time until he went out...i totally had to play catch up

awh sad day....

Ravens....playoff avenged.

On a sad note....You sir...killed my one and only FB!!! 7 weeks!!!

did i lose in the playoffs already?

ZellbrigeN26 wrote:

On a sad note....You sir...killed my one and only FB!!! 7 weeks!!!

ha

Of all the players you could knock out for 7 weeks, you knock out the least important one! Couldn't take out the QB or his star WR, no the Bills injury the Fullback

Game played, sorry for the delay. Got back late last night.

onewild wrote:

Of all the players you could knock out for 7 weeks, you knock out the least important one! Couldn't take out the QB or his star WR, no the Bills injury the Fullback

the fullback is missed...I run a lot and he is a primary blocker for my run lanes...so, yeah..he helped you.

Oh trust me I wish I knocked out the full back when he sprung the back for 85 yards at the beginning of the game...as you can see I lost by only a touchdown so it is very sad...granted he knocks out Merriman on the "final" play with a fractured arm...only out for the week though...gotta love high injury recovery

any word on when the Texans and Titans will play? Remember league rolls Friday

Let me say that i dont know who the owner of the texans is. But at this moment and time i havent gotten any kind of friend request sent to me so that we can arrange to play our game. But there is still time and i do hope that we will be able to get our game in before the week rolls over. Peace ALC

StarkMeat is the Texans owner...unless i hear from him or otherwise i will give you the ok at noon tomorrow to play the game so it doesn't have to be simmed. keep an eye on the forum

I left him a msg to tell me when he could play...i will post when he responds

it is 4 pm est thursday and still no word from Zell or Stark...BraveStarr Feel free to Play your game. You have til tomorrow morning.

Game play comish sorry for the delay Titans will be ready to roll when the week roll tomorrow
final score Titans 38 to Texans 14 Peace ALC

Indiana0210 wrote:

it is 4 pm est thursday and still no word from Zell or Stark...BraveStarr Feel free to Play your game. You have til tomorrow morning.

ok really? look...its 4pm est...I am not in est...I still at work at 4est...Now, I was to understand that we had until FRIDAY!!!..both Stark and I work for the Government and it is difficult to get scheduling done with a fluid schedule like ours. I know its aggravating to be the last to play, but hell, if you give us 5 days, then give us 5 days...dont pull the plug early. Thats rude...exp since you have my personal number Indiana...you could text me and I would have let you known what was up. >-<

ZellbrigeN26 wrote:
Indiana0210 wrote:

it is 4 pm est thursday and still no word from Zell or Stark...BraveStarr Feel free to Play your game. You have til tomorrow morning.

ok really? look...its 4pm est...I am not in est...I still at work at 4est...Now, I was to understand that we had until FRIDAY!!!..both Stark and I work for the Government and it is difficult to get scheduling done with a fluid schedule like ours. I know its aggravating to be the last to play, but hell, if you give us 5 days, then give us 5 days...dont pull the plug early. Thats rude...exp since you have my personal number Indiana...you could text me and I would have let you known what was up. >-<

Z,

I can't speak for the commish, but from my POV:
1) I work for the Govt, I spend more time at work than I do at home. I also have a wife, 2 kids, and a dog and still can find the time to post and play.
2) I make it a point to get in and post early to try to coordinate schedules with my opponent because of the limited time.
3) The forums are supposed to be where all players are supposed to come to coordinate, not one post from any of the two new players since we started. Party foul.
4) All GWJ league players are supposed to be members, even if it is just to post in the Madden threads. Another party foul.
5) 4 days into a 5 day rotation and ALC hasn't heard a word, that's just inconsiderate. His time and effort is just as important as anyone else's. Maybe he has plans on Friday, should the game be simmed or the league delayed because of one person who can't even be bothered to give some idea of his availability?

Waiting to the last minute is a pain, waiting to the last minute without any info at all is just bad form. No intention to offend, but my .02.

Indiana210 wrote:

StarkMeat is the Texans owner...unless i hear from him or otherwise i will give you the ok at noon tomorrow to play the game so it doesn't have to be simmed. keep an eye on the forum

I had previously put it out there to give me a heads up on whats happening or I will give the Titans the ok to play at noon...

The only thing that was said:

ZellbrigeN26 wrote:

I left him a msg to tell me when he could play...i will post when he responds

There was still no information on if he wanted to play this week...and all I see is that he still didn't re register his team. BraveStarr was on about 4 different times since noon checking on the status or was just on madden. If there was a team to boot I would have waited a little longer but there wasn't.

Have you heard anything as of yet Zell because if you did you could also have texted me and let me know what the deal is. I really don't want this to become an issue but communication with everyone is the key...Yes we don't have members that always set thier games up on here but they still get their games in (B I G Sergio for instance) All Im asking is to keep me informed at least. Sunday-Thursday was the scheduled time before things were simmed, but look at it this way it is Thursday and The Titans were still facing a computer...so in my eyes he could have played it at any time but decided to wait. It wasn't until about 6pm est (4pm mnt) Before he actually started the game if I had gotten any info on the game while he was playing I could have stopped him but there wasn't.

Yes I made the decision to allow him to play so The Blame is on me but after the long scheduled week last week I made the call.

I rolled the league in anticipation that he would still want the Texans.

Human Games:
Texans play the Ravens; Titans play the Colts this week and the New Forum Will be up within the hour. League is already rolled...

Well...as I have told you before commish, He has to travel a lot with his work...he is also a member on here spy, I set his account up in april. On top of that, He isnt that computer savvy and has trouble getting to the forum. Now I know he does the best he can and like I said, I apologize for the time it takes to get it in...but he too, has a lot of responsibility outside of the game...I am trying to help out because he knows the game, but not how to get through the menus and how to navigate this site. So, just try to be patient. If we cant be...then...

just keep me informed