Will go here after Ive had my lunch. Yes people its my predictions time again so get fucking excited. After all last season I called three of the top four teams....
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Ok Im going to split the division up into four leagues and rank them from worst to best:
National League: Saints, Shakedown, Hitmen Veterans
These teams are along for the ride. All have serious deficiencies whether it be in game planning, lack of depth or inactivity. Im sure the Shakedown guys will argue that they should be higher than 13th but the preseason exposed some serious flaws in their team. Their one good game was against the Mountaineers who were taking the preseason so seriously that the Bucks put 63 on them running the same play all game. The rest will be in A next season.
American League West: Captains, Steelers, Knights, Farmers
The Captains will no doubt already be scouting and planning for the one game of the season any of them care about - their week four hosting of Haiphong. The rest of the season theyll be their usual shitty selves. The Steelers have talent but no depth and will struggle to hold teams to under 50. The Knights have impressively bounced right back up but need a while more to compete - keep them in mind for next season. The Farmers will flirt with the playoffs due to their impressive game planning but ultimately miss out.
American League Central: RBacks, Ligers, Tsunami, Pirates
The RBacks are one of only two Season 3 teams remaining in AA4 (and 5 in all of SEA) and return to the league with the same core of players who have made them a nightmare for me over the seasons. If their game planning issues are fixed they should be ok to make the playoffs. The Ligers have dropped down after a premature promotion and may struggle as better gameplanners stifle their offense with the DPC. The Tsunami look good on paper but an unimpressive preseason (including a loss to the pit of fail that is Ack Attack) means they slide in my estimate slightly. The final team in this group will make a big push for the fourth slot and if one of the top four teams slip up are more than good enough to take advantage.
American League East: Phooeys, Bucks, Monsoon, Beatdown
Hong Kong will win this division by some distance. The question is do they go 16-0? Bangalore faltered last season after a 5-0 start and ended up 8th. This season they seem to have strengthened the team and have an impressive preseason to show for it. My worry for them is that they showed their hand early instead of using the preseason to test some new things. Bangkok were the biggest let down of last season. They have a good squad but gameplanning may be their Achilles heel. Theyve had a decent preseason but havent been tested. Can they live up to their potential and more importantly will Zheerwagen fulfill his early promise as favourite to be the next HOF inductee? Finally we come to the Bucks. After two seasons of rebuilding the Bucks finally have the team to challenge for promotion and are maybe the only team who pose a threat to Hong Kong. Weve had an excellent preseason where we have tested everything we needed to (the two losses were down purely and utterly to the fact that we had individual AIs for each quarter and some of those AIs were 21 point disasters). Their biggest hurdle ironically may well be our famed game planning. With the season starting on the final week of term for most universities worldwide it stretches our GM team thin with dissertations being due on the same week as the first four games. If Haiphong come through the first four games at 3-1 then second place should be locked up. If not then Davao City may well snatch away our place in the top 4.
National League: Saints, Shakedown, Hitmen Veterans
These teams are along for the ride. All have serious deficiencies whether it be in game planning, lack of depth or inactivity. Im sure the Shakedown guys will argue that they should be higher than 13th but the preseason exposed some serious flaws in their team. Their one good game was against the Mountaineers who were taking the preseason so seriously that the Bucks put 63 on them running the same play all game. The rest will be in A next season.
American League West: Captains, Steelers, Knights, Farmers
The Captains will no doubt already be scouting and planning for the one game of the season any of them care about - their week four hosting of Haiphong. The rest of the season theyll be their usual shitty selves. The Steelers have talent but no depth and will struggle to hold teams to under 50. The Knights have impressively bounced right back up but need a while more to compete - keep them in mind for next season. The Farmers will flirt with the playoffs due to their impressive game planning but ultimately miss out.
American League Central: RBacks, Ligers, Tsunami, Pirates
The RBacks are one of only two Season 3 teams remaining in AA4 (and 5 in all of SEA) and return to the league with the same core of players who have made them a nightmare for me over the seasons. If their game planning issues are fixed they should be ok to make the playoffs. The Ligers have dropped down after a premature promotion and may struggle as better gameplanners stifle their offense with the DPC. The Tsunami look good on paper but an unimpressive preseason (including a loss to the pit of fail that is Ack Attack) means they slide in my estimate slightly. The final team in this group will make a big push for the fourth slot and if one of the top four teams slip up are more than good enough to take advantage.
American League East: Phooeys, Bucks, Monsoon, Beatdown
Hong Kong will win this division by some distance. The question is do they go 16-0? Bangalore faltered last season after a 5-0 start and ended up 8th. This season they seem to have strengthened the team and have an impressive preseason to show for it. My worry for them is that they showed their hand early instead of using the preseason to test some new things. Bangkok were the biggest let down of last season. They have a good squad but gameplanning may be their Achilles heel. Theyve had a decent preseason but havent been tested. Can they live up to their potential and more importantly will Zheerwagen fulfill his early promise as favourite to be the next HOF inductee? Finally we come to the Bucks. After two seasons of rebuilding the Bucks finally have the team to challenge for promotion and are maybe the only team who pose a threat to Hong Kong. Weve had an excellent preseason where we have tested everything we needed to (the two losses were down purely and utterly to the fact that we had individual AIs for each quarter and some of those AIs were 21 point disasters). Their biggest hurdle ironically may well be our famed game planning. With the season starting on the final week of term for most universities worldwide it stretches our GM team thin with dissertations being due on the same week as the first four games. If Haiphong come through the first four games at 3-1 then second place should be locked up. If not then Davao City may well snatch away our place in the top 4.
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Well i appreciate the confidence in Bangalore but to be honest we didn't game plan or anything for the scrimmage games. I know you might think we tipped our cap, but all we did was let the basic settings go and thats how the games turned out. Good write up though and for the most part i concur with your opinion on the league this season.
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Phooeys will beat the Bucks in the championship match, edge goes to the more balanced team. Bangalore should be 13-3 this season after losing 3 teams to AAA that game them fits last season.
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Well Bayside has never said were gonna be top 4 seed in playoffs or even get there 
We are very aware that we are in for a though ride and will have a hard time.
But we will give it our best in every game and we will be here next season.
We hope to make some surprises along the way tough.
Lets say that we take this season to "grow" in this new league after the promotion.
So basically agree with your predictions, altough i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
We are very aware that we are in for a though ride and will have a hard time.
But we will give it our best in every game and we will be here next season.
We hope to make some surprises along the way tough.
Lets say that we take this season to "grow" in this new league after the promotion.
So basically agree with your predictions, altough i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
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Originally posted by HalfordLFC
i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
Its not really the results Ive taken into consideration but the tactics I saw in each game. Yes Ive watched pretty much every snap of every game involving a team I see as a contender. Im on dissertation time so two hours sleep a night gives you plenty of time to watch every game play by play. Ive been looking for teams that either have some nice custom D plays or just solid tactics with nothing spectacular that might be successful.
We all know the final scores in scrimmage games dont matter but the results down by down and even quarter by quarter can tell you a lot.
i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
Its not really the results Ive taken into consideration but the tactics I saw in each game. Yes Ive watched pretty much every snap of every game involving a team I see as a contender. Im on dissertation time so two hours sleep a night gives you plenty of time to watch every game play by play. Ive been looking for teams that either have some nice custom D plays or just solid tactics with nothing spectacular that might be successful.
We all know the final scores in scrimmage games dont matter but the results down by down and even quarter by quarter can tell you a lot.
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Originally posted by EmpYllek
Originally posted by HalfordLFC
i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
Its not really the results Ive taken into consideration but the tactics I saw in each game. Yes Ive watched pretty much every snap of every game involving a team I see as a contender. Im on dissertation time so two hours sleep a night gives you plenty of time to watch every game play by play. Ive been looking for teams that either have some nice custom D plays or just solid tactics with nothing spectacular that might be successful.
We all know the final scores in scrimmage games dont matter but the results down by down and even quarter by quarter can tell you a lot.
They tell you fuck-all about teams that have their AI disabled because they're only bullshit scrimmages.
Doubtless a fucking Brainiac like you already thought of that.
Originally posted by HalfordLFC
i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
Its not really the results Ive taken into consideration but the tactics I saw in each game. Yes Ive watched pretty much every snap of every game involving a team I see as a contender. Im on dissertation time so two hours sleep a night gives you plenty of time to watch every game play by play. Ive been looking for teams that either have some nice custom D plays or just solid tactics with nothing spectacular that might be successful.
We all know the final scores in scrimmage games dont matter but the results down by down and even quarter by quarter can tell you a lot.
They tell you fuck-all about teams that have their AI disabled because they're only bullshit scrimmages.
Doubtless a fucking Brainiac like you already thought of that.
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I'd rather not watch every snap of all of these scrimmages and sleep 5 hours per night.
EmpYllek
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Originally posted by gocincinnati
They tell you fuck-all about teams that have their AI disabled because they're only bullshit scrimmages.
Doubtless a fucking Brainiac like you already thought of that.
Any contender that had their AI off this preseason likely wont be a contender at all. Scrimmages are only bullshit if you look at the score not the tactics.
As for the sleep - Ill sleep a week on Monday when my dissertation is handed in and the parties celebrating that fact have finished.
Also : Emp for mod
They tell you fuck-all about teams that have their AI disabled because they're only bullshit scrimmages.
Doubtless a fucking Brainiac like you already thought of that.
Any contender that had their AI off this preseason likely wont be a contender at all. Scrimmages are only bullshit if you look at the score not the tactics.
As for the sleep - Ill sleep a week on Monday when my dissertation is handed in and the parties celebrating that fact have finished.
Also : Emp for mod
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HalfordLFC
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Originally posted by EmpYllek
Originally posted by HalfordLFC
i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
Its not really the results Ive taken into consideration but the tactics I saw in each game. Yes Ive watched pretty much every snap of every game involving a team I see as a contender. Im on dissertation time so two hours sleep a night gives you plenty of time to watch every game play by play. Ive been looking for teams that either have some nice custom D plays or just solid tactics with nothing spectacular that might be successful.
We all know the final scores in scrimmage games dont matter but the results down by down and even quarter by quarter can tell you a lot.
I hear you but its still the same...i know from past experience that teams like to test things etc in preseason....pre-season gives an indication but wont give you the truth.
Thats my only point.
Originally posted by HalfordLFC
i think you have taken pre-season games little ro much in consideration.
Its not really the results Ive taken into consideration but the tactics I saw in each game. Yes Ive watched pretty much every snap of every game involving a team I see as a contender. Im on dissertation time so two hours sleep a night gives you plenty of time to watch every game play by play. Ive been looking for teams that either have some nice custom D plays or just solid tactics with nothing spectacular that might be successful.
We all know the final scores in scrimmage games dont matter but the results down by down and even quarter by quarter can tell you a lot.
I hear you but its still the same...i know from past experience that teams like to test things etc in preseason....pre-season gives an indication but wont give you the truth.
Thats my only point.
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