they are 14, or maybe 13. right sox and nerd

DUDE...WTF ? I thought you weren't simming till Late sunday or monday?

At 11:05 AM on Saturday

SoxNats08 wrote:

never mind, sim isnt today

At 1:34 PM on Saturday

BarackObama4Prez wrote:

I'm having a sleepover at Sox's house so we are actually going to do the sim tonight.

At 5:25 PM on Saturday

eaglesfan90 wrote:

Ruskie89 wrote: SoxNats08 wrote: never mind, sim isnt today uh, ok lol I'll still try to send in my d/c today, and when I get word of Wayne, I'll send in my sliders. Can you send them in ASAP so I can get them to Sox to input them before the sim?, also, I think we maybe should sim late Sunday or Monday, seeing as, pending the problem trades, I have no idea what my team looks like:bball:

As we can see, there was conflitcting information going back and forth between Sox and Nerd, and the final post in this regard was made by Nerd at 1:34 PM. EF90, an ADMIN on this site, specifically requested that the date be pushed back to late Sunday or Monday.

Guess what. Neither Sox nor Barack replied in this regard since that post at 1:34 PM.

And also guess what?

You'd figure, after that Pre-season fuckup, that we would make a huge announcement and such as to when the season would be simmed (and Sox, I vividly remember requesting at least 24 hour notice prior).

Guess what people. Sox did post it, and guess where it was?

Under a thread titled: "Bills, Fins, Bucs"

Because of course we'll all assume that vital information pertaining to the simulation was made in a thread regarding 3 GMless teams...

Now, granted, I did post my Depth Chart prior to the "simulation" (my post was at 5:10 PM) and I sent my sliders to both Sox and EF90. Now, I got a response from Sox pertaining to Wayne and if he was going to be cloned or not, and then I responded with which sliders I desired.

I personally managed to avoid a situation that some GMs, such as EF90, were in, where they were unsure of their depth chart and as a result unsure of their sliders

I also noticed that Sox autosigned the necessary player to fill depth charts and sim week 1, and he also processed all FA signings. He also approved or denied the problem trades. I find this a good part that he did.

My question is this: First off, Captains. Some might say "that's nothing", but actually, Madden awards a slight awareness bonus to Captains. Inputting Captains would take 1 hour at most, and we've had those listed for how long? 1-2 weeks? Surely one hour could have been used to post them?

Secondly, none of the posted "depth charts" had anything that suggested Sox confirmed them or saw a problem with them (i.e. someone doesn't have such and such player, someone can't switch to this and that position, etc.)

Third, Sox did NOT post ANYTHING in regards to position change, except for this one thing:

At 11:33 PM on Saturday:

SoxNats08 wrote:

PatsDynasty wrote: Travelle Wharton LT to RT Anthony Weaver LE to RE ROLB #15 ROLB to LOLB Will Bartee SS to FS If the rating changes (i think only bartee's will), can u post it? also post if there is no change thanks Wharton - approved Weaver - approved 15 - approved Bartee - approved

1 Fucking team got their position changes approved or denied. No one else had their recent position changes confirmed, denied, or acknowledged, period.

For example, check out the Cowboys:

*Last post in their position changes*
On Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:27 am

cav_fan2 wrote:

cav_fan2 wrote: SoxNats08 wrote: cav_fan2 wrote: Tommy Kelly 82 DE to DT Bobby Carpenter 80 ILB to ROLB David Harris 77 ILB to ROLB Jonathan Hefney 78 FS to SS Lamont Thompson 78 FS to SS If possible, would you check and see what Hefney and Rashad Baker's ratings look like at CB...I appreciate it a ton Sox kelly - approved, 81 DT carpenter - processed, 87 ROLB harris - approved, 83 ROLB hefney - approved, 75 SS thompson - approved, 74 SS Can you try this for me Sox? Carpenter 80 MLB to LOLB Brandon Chillar 82 LOLB to MLB Chris Canty 78 RE to LE Thanks a ton man! Any word on this one Sox? Just wondering if I could get an answer before week 1...Thanks man

No acknowledgment, no nothing. The only fucking team to have their position changes confirmed or denied was the Panthers. What about all the other teams? Are they not important?





I am personally shocked that we've essentially repeated the same god-damn steps that brought about a great wave of anger and shock from the pre-season. Rather then publicly and noticeably post the time the simulation would occur, we have conflicting posts in a thread NOT pertaining at ALL to simulation, then have an ADMIN make a request, yet have no response. In addition, Sox was unavailable on AIM for most of the day, which means we, the GMs, could NOT contact him and engage in active conversation.

Also, the lack of response in terms of depth chart and player position changes (except one team) is simply astounding. When I inquired over AIM about this, this is how the conversation went:

Ruskie989 (12:47:17 AM): Question
Ruskie989 (12:47:28 AM): did you use the depth charts and position changes we posted?
randomdude228 (12:49:21 AM): yea
randomdude228 signed off at 12:49:33 AM.
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randomdude228 went away at 12:49:44 AM.
Ruskie989 (12:49:54 AM):oh
Ruskie989 (12:50:06 AM): cuz you didn't post processed position changes
randomdude228 signed off at 12:50:06 AM.
randomdude228 is offline and will receive your IMs when signing back in.

Great to know that the communication is flowing between the GMs and the Head Admin (this of course, can be traced back to "Bills, Fins, Bucs")

Granted, one might accuse that I am doing this because I lost, but honestly, I want to know: Did I lose the first week game because I got beat, or because I potentially had a 70 LE instead of 80 LE and 71 MLB instead of 89ish MLB starting (going back to position changes). Because there is a huge god damn difference between those two ratings and players.

Now, I sent my sliders in, and Sox, while he responded to Wayne didn't directly respond to the sliders, but I reconfirmed which ones I wanted and I think he got them. However, what about all those other GMs who didn't have time to send in sliders and depth charts? Hell, EF90, an ADMIN, was waiting for confirmation about trades before he would know for sure about his depth chart and sliders. Many other GMs were probably even less aware.

I think that it is also very unfair that Sox only posted player position changes for only one team; we don't know about the rest, and we don't know if our depth charts were valid and correlated to that which was on Sox's PS2. After all, even EF90 said that pending the problem trades, he doesn't even know what his depth chart looks like! It would be great information to know prior to a sim, wouldn't it!

Basically, GMs for the most part were unaware of the simulation, most GMs didn't have time to send in sliders, and the fact that depth charts were not confirmed, as well as no acknowledgment of player position changes (which would have GREATLY influenced the game) make this another screwup for the league.

You would have thought after the Pre-season fuckup, that steps would be taken to prevent a similar occurance (aka proper warning ahead of time, everything (depth charts and position changes) confirmed, acknowledgment of sliders, communication between GMs and Admins, and even Admins and Admins).

Apparently, I was mistaken.

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Also, as Ruskie pointed out... look at the name of this thread... HOW is this a relevant place for a "warning to sim week 1"?