New season...new thread. I'll update the OP as we hammer out rule changes etc. But for now I'll post the list of particpants/teams.
GAF Name/XBL Tag
Name: GAF Season 7
Private: yes
Settings:
Hall of Fame
8 minute quarters
30 game season
16 team playoff
7 day interval
Best of 7 series throughout playoffs
Season 7 Divisions
Black Conference
Socom
Bobcats
Mavericks
Cavaliers
Pistons
Killzone
Nets
Lakers
Blazers
Nuggets
God of War
Suns
Bulls
Pacers
White Conference
Gears
Grizzlies
Hawks
Wolves
Heat
Halo
Spurs
Celtics
Hornets
Raptors
Fable
Magic
Jazz
Bucks
*Cornflakers are on a short leash this season. If I notice I'm having to sim a bunch of games of yours, I will probably say something to you. If it keeps up I'm booting people. Might as well save people the trouble of trying to contact you when I can just press the Loss button and be done with it. As most of us just know from last season...season 7 will probably run at max 3 months (including playoffs). I'm just letting everybody know now. Not trying to be an ass but if you're not going to play then I'm not wasting mine or anybody else's time.*
my post regarding potential rule changes
Just caught up with the posts from the last page.
2nd semester just started for me today, so my availability during early afternoon/morning may be a bit limited. Other than that I'll be around like I always am.
So...I see there was a healthy argument over the PIP rule. One thing I can say is that NO PIP rule at all is not an option. There needs to be some kind of regulation on PIP. Very rarely this past season was there an issue with people going over the PIP limit. As the season progressed everybody's game sort of adjusted to the rule, which is what it is supposed to do. I'm still weighing the option of static/dynamic so I don't want to say anything just yet. In fact, I'd like to test it out first before making any kind of big decision like that.
My next topic...manual defense. I feel pretty strongly about this. To me knowing that you're battling with your opponent straight up is an awesome feeling. Makes the game much more competitive IMO. When I see players letting the CPU do the work for them... takes a little bit away from the game. That's the whole point of a league. Kirby probably played the best manual defense I've encountered all season in our championship series, and I liked that. He was able to stay with me pretty consistently in our series. The only time I can see where the manual defense becomes tricky is when it comes to zone. Other than that this is probably issue #2 next to PIP for me personally.
I also want to mess around with the difficulty setting. We've always played on Hall of Fame in our leagues, but I'm wondering if that has a negative effect on the shooting. If it was to be changed it would only go down a notch to Superstar but again...I'd like to try this out first.
Trapping is another item I want to look at. Full court trapping is a no no, but I'm talking about half court. In a case like Beasley where he went off for 71, shouldn't the defense be able to do SOMETHING to try and stop him. As it is now, Kirby wasn't allowed to trap him if he wasn't on the block/in paint.
Trades...I think I'll leave it open as it was last season. Hopefully some of you see the consequences of trading away certain players or trying to achieve a certain play style, and will use that in season 7 to make better trades.
I believe I have the game speed/quickness sliders at 46 each. May raise those a little bit.
Umm...think that's about it unless you all have anything else to add?
GAF Name/XBL Tag
- Smokey (dboythagr8) -Bobcats
- Dcx (dcx gaf) - Lakers
- HEY LOW 2 - Magic
- Cloudy (cloud2k)- Hornets
- Airbrian (AirBrian) - Bulls
- CB3 (coldblooded33) - Nuggets
- Zep - Pistons
- Dmczaf (dmczaf) - Suns
- Barrage (minotarzan) - Spurs
- Diddybop (ussjme) - Raptors
- Mrbob (MrBob) - Heat
- Daw840 (darkQberto) - Celtics
- Truelize (truelize) - Cavs
- Hunter D (CharsAce) - Nets
- FrenchMovieTheme (frenchmov) Mavs
- Pheeniks (pheeniks) - Grizz
- Ecnal (slashdc5) - Hawks
- Cerrius (Cerrius) - Wolves
- Kirbybreezy (fivering) - Blazers
- Malleymal - Jazz (come on guys, more people are better!)
- birdman - Pacers
- chrisjames - bucks
Name: GAF Season 7
Private: yes
Settings:
Hall of Fame
8 minute quarters
30 game season
16 team playoff
7 day interval
Best of 7 series throughout playoffs
Season 7 Divisions
Black Conference
Socom
Bobcats
Mavericks
Cavaliers
Pistons
Killzone
Nets
Lakers
Blazers
Nuggets
God of War
Suns
Bulls
Pacers
White Conference
Gears
Grizzlies
Hawks
Wolves
Heat
Halo
Spurs
Celtics
Hornets
Raptors
Fable
Magic
Jazz
Bucks
*Cornflakers are on a short leash this season. If I notice I'm having to sim a bunch of games of yours, I will probably say something to you. If it keeps up I'm booting people. Might as well save people the trouble of trying to contact you when I can just press the Loss button and be done with it. As most of us just know from last season...season 7 will probably run at max 3 months (including playoffs). I'm just letting everybody know now. Not trying to be an ass but if you're not going to play then I'm not wasting mine or anybody else's time.*
my post regarding potential rule changes
Just caught up with the posts from the last page.
2nd semester just started for me today, so my availability during early afternoon/morning may be a bit limited. Other than that I'll be around like I always am.
So...I see there was a healthy argument over the PIP rule. One thing I can say is that NO PIP rule at all is not an option. There needs to be some kind of regulation on PIP. Very rarely this past season was there an issue with people going over the PIP limit. As the season progressed everybody's game sort of adjusted to the rule, which is what it is supposed to do. I'm still weighing the option of static/dynamic so I don't want to say anything just yet. In fact, I'd like to test it out first before making any kind of big decision like that.
My next topic...manual defense. I feel pretty strongly about this. To me knowing that you're battling with your opponent straight up is an awesome feeling. Makes the game much more competitive IMO. When I see players letting the CPU do the work for them... takes a little bit away from the game. That's the whole point of a league. Kirby probably played the best manual defense I've encountered all season in our championship series, and I liked that. He was able to stay with me pretty consistently in our series. The only time I can see where the manual defense becomes tricky is when it comes to zone. Other than that this is probably issue #2 next to PIP for me personally.
I also want to mess around with the difficulty setting. We've always played on Hall of Fame in our leagues, but I'm wondering if that has a negative effect on the shooting. If it was to be changed it would only go down a notch to Superstar but again...I'd like to try this out first.
Trapping is another item I want to look at. Full court trapping is a no no, but I'm talking about half court. In a case like Beasley where he went off for 71, shouldn't the defense be able to do SOMETHING to try and stop him. As it is now, Kirby wasn't allowed to trap him if he wasn't on the block/in paint.
Trades...I think I'll leave it open as it was last season. Hopefully some of you see the consequences of trading away certain players or trying to achieve a certain play style, and will use that in season 7 to make better trades.
I believe I have the game speed/quickness sliders at 46 each. May raise those a little bit.
Umm...think that's about it unless you all have anything else to add?
