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tworoosters

I'll take it - EFL Wildcard game

February 23, 2012 at 05:25PM View BBCode

Seven first downs, only 155 yards in offense and less than 25 minutes of possession but I'll take the final result, [url=http://footballbeta.simdynasty.com/boxscore.jsp?boxscoreid=13179]San Francisco 13 Hamilton 9[/url].

Three fumbles lost and the decision to kick the field goal when trailing 13-6 on our one yard line with less than four minutes to play spell defeat for the Hamiltonians in a game we had no right to win.

Rookie QB [url=http://footballbeta.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?displaytab=stats&id=325969&statsyear=0&statstype=post&statsmode=pass&statsloc=all&statsweather=-1]Hose Manning[/url] is efficient in his first playoff start and we head off to Tampa for the Conference final.
redcped

February 23, 2012 at 06:13PM View BBCode

The NY-BR game was nothing pretty either. We each turned it over 4 times playing in heavy snow.

But the Scenicruisers' bid for 3 straight SB titles is still alive. Next stop: Tulsa. We were the only team to beat the Toasters this year, so let's see if we can do it again.
lancereisen

February 23, 2012 at 10:56PM View BBCode

Twigs n Berries getting crushed [again], let out a little wine.:rolleyes:
redcped

February 23, 2012 at 11:52PM View formatted

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Mack the Great puts up another monster SB game: 32/38, 512 yards, 4 TD.

He couldn't quite match the 45-51-530 he put up against the T&B last year, but it was another virtuoso performance.

Three straight for the Scenicruisers!
Hamilton2

February 24, 2012 at 12:28AM View BBCode

Why on earth did we kick the FG there? Argh ....
tworoosters

February 24, 2012 at 12:32AM View BBCode

It is totally illogical, even after kicking the field goal you still have to score another touchdown to take the lead.

Our defense was opportunistic though, which has been the secret to this team's success. If anyone needs a good Sim defensive coordinator I'm your guy.
Admin

February 24, 2012 at 03:46AM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2
Why on earth did we kick the FG there? Argh ....


Good question... Was it settings or an error? What are your settings in that situation?

Chris
Admin

February 24, 2012 at 03:57AM View BBCode

The second fourth down rule on the kicking page would be the one to apply here, and the game did follow your settings.

The default for that rule is to go for it if there are 2:30 or less left to play and the play in question happened at 3:50. The default should probably be 4 or 5 minutes. Thoughts?

Chris
Hamilton2

February 24, 2012 at 04:20AM View BBCode

You are probably right. Once again, the plethora of minute details and decision making combinations has resulted in an illogical result. Why would that be governed by "kicking" settings anyway? I thought that by setting my "two-minute offense" to start earlier than the 2 minute mark, I could encourage more risk taking near the end. (I think my 2-minute offense goes into effect with 5 or 6 minutes to play in each half.)
Admin

February 24, 2012 at 07:09AM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2
You are probably right. Once again, the plethora of minute details and decision making combinations has resulted in an illogical result. Why would that be governed by "kicking" settings anyway? I thought that by setting my "two-minute offense" to start earlier than the 2 minute mark, I could encourage more risk taking near the end. (I think my 2-minute offense goes into effect with 5 or 6 minutes to play in each half.)


Kicking has always been controlled separately because it's too complicated to integrate into the individual strategy pages. I don't think this is a case of a "plethora of minor details" so much as just a poorly chosen default value.

--Chris
Hamilton2

February 25, 2012 at 04:04AM View BBCode

You're right. Poor choice of words on my part, coming from my bitter defeat. :)

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