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Sorry, Im not usually one to bitch or publicly rant. But I was pretty disappointed with the effort GLB puts into keeping competitive leagues at the top.

Ive loved the banter and the competiveness that's existed amongst this group of teams as weve all promoted together and had rivalries amongst each other with great teams like Detroit, Texas, ABD, Boulder, QCB, Lisbon, Yaksmen, DotRT, LA and others. But I basically lost all interest in this season during preseason knowing that in all reality, none of us were going to do anything except wallow in futility with teams that had already proven they could go 16-0 at this level as level 73's and now were in the same level with a huge plateau advantage vs younger teams. FBG and some others managed to beg their way out, but GLB still could not be bothered to simply do a proper promotion, and still left the league with well run, and well built level 79 rosters.

The argument that 73's can beat 79's is a little ridiculous. Yea, it can be done, typically when those level 79's are actually in decline and while it says 79, theyre actually less than 73 due to deteriorating skills at decline. Or, if its a horrid 79 team, with no real leadership or coordination, but when you have a team of 79's with solid tactics, and builds, just bend over, grab your ankles, and kiss your ass goodbye.

Im done whining now

Now onto Natty Pro!!! Where we are all level 79's! Cant wait for GLB to give us our first CPU opponent! And watch a 16-0 monster clean up in Regional Pro next year while we all take our turns with the CPU stat padder!

Originally posted by MD
Why is Palm Bay not on that list then?

We were originally relegated to Regional Pro Competitive #3, which was complete, utter, 100% bullshit.

Long story short, Support refused to move us to National Pro, so at the last minute I switched my request to just move us back to Regional Pro Elite #1, which they agreed to do. There's WAY more to the story, but I think I've repeated it six previous times already in this thread, so feel free to look back in the thread.

Originally posted by gambrinus843
They weren't even in Reg. Pro Elite.... after GLB did all their hard work for us, the customers, to provide a competitive and enjoyable season, they left a WL caliber team in Elite #1, and a team that could dominate Elite #1 in one of the lower "competive 37's" or whatever... And both had to take it upon themselves to beg GLB to do their jobs for a minute, and even then, they still left it so that teams were wasting 40 days of their lives wallowing in futility.

Pmuch sums it up.

Originally posted by gambrinus843
The argument that 73's can beat 79's is a little ridiculous. Yea, it can be done, typically when those level 79's are actually in decline and while it says 79, theyre actually less than 73 due to deteriorating skills at decline. Or, if its a horrid 79 team, with no real leadership or coordination, but when you have a team of 79's with solid tactics, and builds, just bend over, grab your ankles, and kiss your ass goodbye.

Eh, Boulder didn't bend over, grab their ankles or kiss their ass goodbye, and this happened in the GLB Tourney:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2531566

Seriously, our offense isn't that hard to slow down if you put some effort into it. Boulder did so, and it paid off. Continues to amaze me how few teams are willing to put in the work it takes to beat us.

But that debate is played out already, and I fully agree with your broader point: GLB1 could make the placement of teams in the top leagues make a lot more sense if they would just -- here's that phrase again -- put some effort into it. But they refuse to do so, and they won't even let someone like me do it for them, which I once volunteered to do for free only to be told flatly, "No thanks."

And that's the biggest shame of all.

Originally posted by Novus
Eh, Boulder didn't bend over, grab their ankles or kiss their ass goodbye, and this happened in the GLB Tourney:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2531566

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No offense here, as I know some guys take the tourney seriously, and this is just my personal opinion/stance on the tourneys, but we don't really give 2 craps about them lol. We enroll most seasons unless I forget (which happens a few times) but we don't really put any time into it, and just like to consider them a few more scrims we don't have to pay for honestly. So, while you can read into them if you like, not everyone puts effort into the game, and especialy when its at the expense of tipping your hat vs a league opponent you will be fighting for a championship soon, so that's where I stand there. Plus, theres no option for promotions, which play a factor in league games where the title is at stake. So, yea its a more evenly matched game in that respect, but if promotions are a part of the league title outcomes, then they have to be considered.

So, while you can cite the tourney game, here are the league results:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2510462

Palm Bay 63- 14


Queen City did a masterful job keeping it close in the CC, but including that game, Palm bay allowed 2 TD's in 2 games out of 19 thus far, and the Queen City game was the only game in which your margin of victory was less than 21 pts out of 19 games. And the game in which you only won by 21 was your only home game that a promotion was not used.

Again, Im not blaming you here, you did what you could, its on GLB. Im just saying, they drop the ball consistently, don't care about it after they do, wont change it in the future, and we are all left to sit here and take it, bc really the only other option is to not play at all, and none of us want that.

Originally posted by gambrinus843
So, while you can cite the tourney game, here are the league results:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2510462

Palm Bay 63- 14

We actually tried harder in the Tourney game than in the regular season game, for what it's worth, because there was a little more at stake for us in the Tourney game. In both games, we used the same defense, no changes. For the regular season game, I tweaked our O a bit based on what Boulder showed on D in the Tourney game, but I held some ideas back because we didn't need that win and I assumed we'd be facing Boulder again in the playoffs and didn't want to show all our cards.

I was expecting Boulder to make some changes to their D as well which would negate the tweaks I'd made to our O, but surprisingly, Boulder ran the exact same D in the second game -- I'm guessing because they made the same calculations we did and decided they didn't need that win either. As a result, the tweaks I made to our offense overwhelmed the unchanged weak points in their defense.

Had Boulder tried more on defense in that second game, I'm certain the result would've been far closer. And if we had met in the playoffs, I'm certain they would've fought us every bit as closely as in the Tourney game.

Again, I think it shows what a difference effort makes in this game. In the first game, Boulder drew up a brand new defense specifically just to stop us, and it worked brilliantly. Second game, they put no effort at all into their D, and it worked horribly. I don't think that's a coincidence -- just as it wasn't a coincidence that the teams we stomped this season either re-used the same D they also use against passing/normal teams for us, or tried to use the same rushing-QB defense they use against any team with a rushing-QB without tailoring anything for our specific offense. The teams that put no effort into their D got shredded. The teams that actually drew up something special just for us are the teams that gave us a fight.

Not saying that effort overcomes all, of course, or else the try-hards would be dominant right now. But a little effort goes a long way in this game, while no effort goes nowhere.

.....

But I understand you're not blaming us for the situation in this league. I'm just saying, it didn't have to be this dire, and if more DCs had taken a better shot at us this season, even with their Level 72/73 dots, our ride through this league would've been a bit rougher.

Unfortunately, I have to go through this Regional Pro fun next season again season with my other team. But, we will just do the best we can once we see what teams we will face.

As for this level 73 group of teams, it's been a pleasure playing with you all over the last few seasons. I have enjoyed the rivalries and great games. Boulder is always up for scrims next season as you are getting ready for your Natty Pro leagues. Also, if any of you are starting rookie teams next season, look for the Gunbarrel Blitz if you ever want to scrim.

Best of luck to the two teams in the championship game!

Originally posted by rebelscum
Unfortunately, I have to go through this Regional Pro fun next season again season with my other team. But, we will just do the best we can once we see what teams we will face.

As for this level 73 group of teams, it's been a pleasure playing with you all over the last few seasons. I have enjoyed the rivalries and great games. Boulder is always up for scrims next season as you are getting ready for your Natty Pro leagues. Also, if any of you are starting rookie tams next season, look for the Gunbarrel Blitz if you ever want to scrim.

Best of luck to the two teams in the championship game!

Gj BOulder was fun playing with you guys for the last 7 or 8 seasons. Great organization and classy owner.
Could say the same about a lot of team of our age bracket. We had a blast during the last few seasons.

Big thanks to all the teams

Anyone on a team that is folding (or otherwise), Detroit is looking for 2 run-stopping LBers, a CB, a C, and a WR for next season. Send me a pm if interested.

Originally posted by gambrinus843

So, while you can cite the tourney game, here are the league results:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2510462

Palm Bay 63- 14







Apparently you didn't watch that sim or you would have realized that Boulder didn't put forth our best effort\gameplan

so that lolgame is not valid to the argument

Good luck today, AquaBats!

I hope you got that FB coverage issued fixed in your defense. You'll need that fixed for today for sure.

By the way, for anyone who wants to wear out their F5 key today waiting for the Championship Game to sim, here's the game link:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2537210

Game will sim later today between 1pm and 2pm New York time.

Originally posted by Novus
By the way, for anyone who wants to wear out their F5 key today waiting for the Championship Game to sim, here's the game link:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=2537210

Game will sim later today between 1pm and 2pm New York time.

new york time eastern?

Originally posted by ProfessionalKop
new york time eastern?

Correctamente, senor.

Originally posted by Novus
Good luck today, AquaBats!

I hope you got that FB coverage issued fixed in your defense. You'll need that fixed for today for sure.

GL to you guys as well Novus!!

It's fixed and I guarantee you don't complete one Pass to the FB!!

EDIT: The Pass to the FB is the only prediction I'm comfortable making about the game today!!