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Originally posted by silverandblackattack
Originally posted by Spar10sby13

Now I have to send out an apology to all. Earlier I had posted a quick post in almost every thread on the USA A#1 forum. I apologize for doin that, but Trykhan had posted in the "Eastern Conference Playoff Prediction" thread that we hadn't boosted yet, which we hadn't. I was just hoping no one would notice before the first playoff game.

So in a moment of gamesmenship I tried to bury the thread. So my apologies to everyone who posted something about me doing that. Just wanted to clear up why that was done.

Everyone knew you hadn't boosted. I was just hoping you were all poor. Thanks for not boosting before your Sphere game. I like easy victories.


Was no point in boosting before the sphere game, it was a meaningless game

Very impressive site CoachZ!

Yea you were'nt kidding about taking this shit seriously lol

Originally posted by CoachZ
Why we lost today...

Ah, I've come to the conclusion, it was because I've spent most of the past 7 weeks working on our own independent site. I see some teams have their own sites, but I wanted the premiere one for my gang. So, I built Zamboni Hall, which I thought I'd share a little info with y'all about.

http://www.zambonihall.com/

It's a full blown, database driven CMS, using Joomla on the front end, and phpBB3 forums on the back end. Our forums blow anything GLB has out of the water.

Each member gets his own profile page, sort of like a myspace page, where he can put photos, a blog, create a buddies list with members from the other teams in Z Hall, PM and keep track of any forum posts he has.

There is a live chat system, with a regular chat room, and then chat rooms for each specific team for any last minute strategy discussions.

We have our own film room. I noticed that Bort doesn't delete the games played, just the links to them after each season. So, I have a database of each team in the league with links to their games. Pretty handy if new teams or your teams move into different leagues, and you know nothing about your opponent. We missed season one, but all seasons from this point forward will be archived. If a team changes it's name, all I have to do is make that name change in the database, the data for it remains constant.

tpaterniti, who is a MOD here, has 6 teams, GM's 9 more and contributes volumes of articles in the GLB forums, has a player on one of my teams and we're compiling a game guide, player build guide and other info that is scattered across hundreds of forums into one central repository from his input.

We have a Flash Game Arcade. I try and stick a new game in it every day. Some of the games have global scoring, so a lot of the guys get into heated battles of one-upmanship when they log on and see another player has beaten his score. We'll probably be having mini golf tournaments now that our season is over.

News module. Each team can write a news story and submit it, and it goes into the cue on the front page, much like how blogs and other CMS work.

There will probably be about 6-8 teams using it for next season. I have a tremendous amount of loyalty from my guys. When the new teams were created this past season, I was one of the few owners that didn't get decimated with mass player losses. I only lost 2 players out of three teams. My guys kept there players with me, and rostered their own teams separately. As a reward for this loyalty, I'm allowing them to bring their new teams and members into our complex and use the resources.

I still have some work to do on it...the forums have to be templated to match the front end, they're still in the standard phpBB default blue template, and there's some other things I have to tweak here and there, but it's finished now since Sat. and the gang has been moving in all week.



Yes...some of us really are a wee bit obsessive about this game, but as an owner in here, all I have to say is, "eat that Jerry Jones"...lol



Catch y'all later and good luck to those still in the hunt. Maybe next season, with all the resources we now have, I won't be one and done...again.

coach that site kicks ass

Originally posted by BlitzAce1981
Meanwhile, in one of the matches that doesn't matter in the slightest, the LA Sharks FINALLY came good... about 14 games too late. Seriously though, 20-9 against a side that wasn't TOO much weaker? If we had faced them during the regular season, you can guarantee that it would be the other way around... Ah well, hopefully we'll be able to carry this form through scrimmage, and into next season.

(Although I somehow doubt it. )

I don't doubt it - I think we've managed to figure out a few things, and the recent streak of better play will continue into next season. BIG test tomorrow night against a team that nearly made the playoffs...

Originally posted by bob_tomato
Originally posted by BlitzAce1981

Meanwhile, in one of the matches that doesn't matter in the slightest, the LA Sharks FINALLY came good... about 14 games too late. Seriously though, 20-9 against a side that wasn't TOO much weaker? If we had faced them during the regular season, you can guarantee that it would be the other way around... Ah well, hopefully we'll be able to carry this form through scrimmage, and into next season.

(Although I somehow doubt it. )

I don't doubt it - I think we've managed to figure out a few things, and the recent streak of better play will continue into next season. BIG test tomorrow night against a team that nearly made the playoffs...



Actually, now that's I've looked at the match-up, they're not much stronger than us... if we play like we did in the last two games, I think we could actually pinch it... I noticed that most of our offense were being alternated play-by-play - I just wonder if that confused the opposition's defense, only getting one play against the guy they're trying to intercept, before finding themselves chasing a different guy the next play. Of course, that assumes that there's a deep AI system within the simulations that allows for such tactics to work...

Originally posted by Spar10sby13
Now I have to send out an apology to all. Earlier I had posted a quick post in almost every thread on the USA A#1 forum. I apologize for doin that, but Trykhan had posted in the "Eastern Conference Playoff Prediction" thread that we hadn't boosted yet, which we hadn't. I was just hoping no one would notice before the first playoff game.

So in a moment of gamesmenship I tried to bury the thread. So my apologies to everyone who posted something about me doing that. Just wanted to clear up why that was done.

Rofl, I wondered why noone responded to that, I remembered reading you guys hadnt earlier and figured you would boost an hour or 2 b4 1st playoff game.

Originally posted by Trykhan
Originally posted by Spar10sby13

Now I have to send out an apology to all. Earlier I had posted a quick post in almost every thread on the USA A#1 forum. I apologize for doin that, but Trykhan had posted in the "Eastern Conference Playoff Prediction" thread that we hadn't boosted yet, which we hadn't. I was just hoping no one would notice before the first playoff game.

So in a moment of gamesmenship I tried to bury the thread. So my apologies to everyone who posted something about me doing that. Just wanted to clear up why that was done.

Rofl, I wondered why noone responded to that, I remembered reading you guys hadnt earlier and figured you would boost an hour or 2 b4 1st playoff game.



Yea I figured, eh, if they know they know. But why leave a red flag sittin there that makes sure they know. But the Drillers were on top of it all season so I'm sure they were scouting properly, which they were. Blackplague made a comment a few hours before the game...lol

I wish my thread talked half as much as you guys! Just dropping by to say hi to my old (and much more fun) league.

Btw GO SPHERE!!

Let me get this straight. The Drillers don't move up to the AA league because they lost in the playoffs? Even though they were #2 seed?

If this is the case it sucks, because the same can happen to us. So, I can be the #8 seed and get to the game before the championship title game and get to move? It should be the #1 and #2 seed move up due to their record.

I don't like this because you can have one bad game in the playoffs and you can't move up even though you had a great season.

Originally posted by claystone
Let me get this straight. The Drillers don't move up to the AA league because they lost in the playoffs? Even though they were #2 seed?

If this is the case it sucks, because the same can happen to us. So, I can be the #8 seed and get to the game before the championship title game and get to move? It should be the #1 and #2 seed move up due to their record.

I don't like this because you can have one bad game in the playoffs and you can't move up even though you had a great season.

The point of the season is to know where to rank the teams during the playoffs. If your a high seed, you get an "easier road" to the championship. Come playoff time, you no longer playing crappy teams. The best of the best go at it, and if you can't win the games against the good teams in that league, why should you deserve to move up in leagues?

Originally posted by claystone
Let me get this straight. The Drillers don't move up to the AA league because they lost in the playoffs? Even though they were #2 seed?

If this is the case it sucks, because the same can happen to us. So, I can be the #8 seed and get to the game before the championship title game and get to move? It should be the #1 and #2 seed move up due to their record.

I don't like this because you can have one bad game in the playoffs and you can't move up even though you had a great season.

This is what happened last year. The regular season shouldn't count for all that much. So much can depend on when you catch a team. So many things can change between the 2nd week of the season and 15th. People boost later, sign players, make trades, etc.

It's not that I can't see your point, but for the most part the best teams are going to win in the playoffs.

Originally posted by CWD40
Originally posted by claystone

Let me get this straight. The Drillers don't move up to the AA league because they lost in the playoffs? Even though they were #2 seed?

If this is the case it sucks, because the same can happen to us. So, I can be the #8 seed and get to the game before the championship title game and get to move? It should be the #1 and #2 seed move up due to their record.

I don't like this because you can have one bad game in the playoffs and you can't move up even though you had a great season.

This is what happened last year. The regular season shouldn't count for all that much. So much can depend on when you catch a team. So many things can change between the 2nd week of the season and 15th. People boost later, sign players, make trades, etc.

It's not that I can't see your point, but for the most part the best teams are going to win in the playoffs.



Listen i agree, but one bad game and it's down the drain.

Thats the beauty of the playoffs ....And I def. understand your point. We are the #1 seed currently, but we still have to win in the playoffs or we don't deserve to move up.

Originally posted by claystone
Let me get this straight. The Drillers don't move up to the AA league because they lost in the playoffs? Even though they were #2 seed?

If this is the case it sucks, because the same can happen to us. So, I can be the #8 seed and get to the game before the championship title game and get to move? It should be the #1 and #2 seed move up due to their record.

I don't like this because you can have one bad game in the playoffs and you can't move up even though you had a great season.

So New England shouldn't have even had to bother playing the Super Bowl last season?