Wild card games completed, Divisional games Sunday 5 pm eastern at the latest

[Sharkn20]

CHI

If all participants post that they are ready I will SIM earlier!

[Guest]

GG Rokiu.

Spoiler

Holy shit, what a back and forth game... so many ups and downs. Threw a pick six, following drive stalled, gave up a 90+ yard touchdown... but battled back to tie it up at halftime. This game had incredibly narrow margins, just like our regular season meeting. Preston and Saucier were clutch in the second half to keep us in it for overtime. Also I have no fucking idea what this was:

1-10-GAI36 (4Q: 00:10) Kaden Bensen pass completed to TE Cole Sheldon for 48 yards. Tackled by CB Brendan Peterson. Sheldon gained 38 yards after the catch. PENALTY: DE Carlos Glenn of Hawaii was called for Offsides. The penalty was declined.

1-10-HAW16 (4Q: 00:10) Kaden Bensen pass completed to RB Daryl Garner for 11 yards. Tackled by DE Darius Kaplan. Garner gained 6 yards after the catch.

What the fuck, game? On the one hand, if they were able to run a play, why not spike it and kick the field goal to win? On the other hand, how did a 48 yard catch and run take zero seconds off the clock?

[Guest]

GG Rokiu.

Spoiler

Holy shit, what a back and forth game... so many ups and downs. Threw a pick six, following drive stalled, gave up a 90+ yard touchdown... but battled back to tie it up at halftime. This game had incredibly narrow margins, just like our regular season meeting. Preston and Saucier were clutch in the second half to keep us in it for overtime. Also I have no fucking idea what this was:

1-10-GAI36 (4Q: 00:10) Kaden Bensen pass completed to TE Cole Sheldon for 48 yards. Tackled by CB Brendan Peterson. Sheldon gained 38 yards after the catch. PENALTY: DE Carlos Glenn of Hawaii was called for Offsides. The penalty was declined.

1-10-HAW16 (4Q: 00:10) Kaden Bensen pass completed to RB Daryl Garner for 11 yards. Tackled by DE Darius Kaplan. Garner gained 6 yards after the catch.

What the fuck, game? On the one hand, if they were able to run a play, why not spike it and kick the field goal to win? On the other hand, how did a 48 yard catch and run take zero seconds off the clock?

GG, i dont know man, im a bit bitter about that one lol. I'll blame the match engine and move on ;)

[Sharkn20]

GG Rokiu.

Spoiler

Holy shit, what a back and forth game... so many ups and downs. Threw a pick six, following drive stalled, gave up a 90+ yard touchdown... but battled back to tie it up at halftime. This game had incredibly narrow margins, just like our regular season meeting. Preston and Saucier were clutch in the second half to keep us in it for overtime. Also I have no fucking idea what this was:

1-10-GAI36 (4Q: 00:10) Kaden Bensen pass completed to TE Cole Sheldon for 48 yards. Tackled by CB Brendan Peterson. Sheldon gained 38 yards after the catch. PENALTY: DE Carlos Glenn of Hawaii was called for Offsides. The penalty was declined.

1-10-HAW16 (4Q: 00:10) Kaden Bensen pass completed to RB Daryl Garner for 11 yards. Tackled by DE Darius Kaplan. Garner gained 6 yards after the catch.

What the fuck, game? On the one hand, if they were able to run a play, why not spike it and kick the field goal to win? On the other hand, how did a 48 yard catch and run take zero seconds off the clock?

I think that should be reported to Jim... That's clearly a bug...

[Guest]

Yeah that is defiantly a weird time clock glitch. Especially considering he gained 35 yards after the catch.

Has anyone actually emailed Jim about this? I am interested to hear what happens.

[Guest]

I have to inquire- why did we sim early???

I just spent about an hour on a gameplan for my wildcard game, only to come to the forum and see that it has already been simmed.

Isn't our normal sim schedule Saturday 9 am - Monday 5 pm - Wedneday 5 pm? It seems to me as though Week 17 was simmed Wednesday afternoon, so the playoffs would be Saturday morning.

Where did I go wrong in my calculations? This is really confusing, like finding out you slept in through Christmas.

[Sharkn20]

I have to inquire- why did we sim early???

I just spent about an hour on a gameplan for my wildcard game, only to come to the forum and see that it has already been simmed.

Isn't our normal sim schedule Saturday 9 am - Monday 5 pm - Wedneday 5 pm? It seems to me as though Week 17 was simmed Wednesday afternoon, so the playoffs would be Saturday morning.

Where did I go wrong in my calculations? This is really confusing, like finding out you slept in through Christmas.

As during the playoffs there are less GMs involved I try to SIM them every 48 hours tops. You also have the next SIM in every thread. It says clearly Wild card games Friday at 5 pm eastern after the Midweek on Thursday.

You won regardless lol.

next SIM Divisional game on Sunday at 5 pm eastern, if more time is needed please let me know.

[Guest]

As during the playoffs there are less GMs involved I try to SIM them every 48 hours tops. You also have the next SIM in every thread. It says clearly Wild card games Friday at 5 pm eastern after the Midweek on Thursday.

This 100% should be stated in the Week 17 thread if this is your intention. GMs should not be able to expect a change in the league schedule without prior knowledge. Midweeks are optional, I did not visit the Internet on Thursday or Friday to receive that information. I downloaded the Week 17 file on Wednesday and expected to have a sim on Saturday. Nothing when I downloaded week 17 told me that Wildcard weekend would be early.

For a league of many individuals, it is important that we are all on the same page. This is a part time league for fun, not a full time job. GMs should not be able to check the forum every day.

I propose that if there is a change to the schedule, it should be announced 2 sims in advance. If there is a change to the usual Saturday sim, we should know by Monday.

The reason I say 2 sims in advance is because of the following: if a GM is accustomed to the M-W-Sa schedule, they will expect that after the Wednesday sim, they will have until Saturday morning to download that sim and do their gameplan for the next week. So maybe that GM checks the forum Tuesday when downloading the Monday file, then they know they have to adjust their plans for the changed sim date.

I assume many GMs have a routine of when they fit files into their busy lives. FOF takes time, a luxury that most of us don't have enough of. I don't think it's a good idea to expect GMs to check the forum every day. People should not be expected to be plugged into the Internet every day. It's 2018, internet dependency is already a huge problem of society. It sucks to think that if I have a couple of days off Thursday Friday, go hiking in a beautiful forest disconnected from the cloud, head back home Friday evening in excitement of doing a gameplan for the big playoff game Saturday, then the Commissioner might do a surprise sim without me knowing.

Routine and regularity is important for human beings, FOF8 gameplanning is a time sink, and we really should have advance warning if we need to switch our schedule around. Especially for the playoffs, which are the most important games of the year, obviously.

GG Utah.

[Sharkn20]

This 100% should be stated in the Week 17 thread if this is your intention. GMs should not be able to expect a change in the league schedule without prior knowledge. Midweeks are optional, I did not visit the Internet on Thursday or Friday to receive that information. I downloaded the Week 17 file on Wednesday and expected to have a sim on Saturday. Nothing when I downloaded week 17 told me that Wildcard weekend would be early.

For a league of many individuals, it is important that we are all on the same page. This is a part time league for fun, not a full time job. GMs should not be able to check the forum every day.

I propose that if there is a change to the schedule, it should be announced 2 sims in advance. If there is a change to the usual Saturday sim, we should know by Monday.

The reason I say 2 sims in advance is because of the following: if a GM is accustomed to the M-W-Sa schedule, they will expect that after the Wednesday sim, they will have until Saturday morning to download that sim and do their gameplan for the next week. So maybe that GM checks the forum Tuesday when downloading the Monday file, then they know they have to adjust their plans for the changed sim date.

I assume many GMs have a routine of when they fit files into their busy lives. FOF takes time, a luxury that most of us don't have enough of. I don't think it's a good idea to expect GMs to check the forum every day. People should not be expected to be plugged into the Internet every day. It's 2018, internet dependency is already a huge problem of society. It sucks to think that if I have a couple of days off Thursday Friday, go hiking in a beautiful forest disconnected from the cloud, head back home Friday evening in excitement of doing a gameplan for the big playoff game Saturday, then the Commissioner might do a surprise sim without me knowing.

Routine and regularity is important for human beings, FOF8 gameplanning is a time sink, and we really should have advance warning if we need to switch our schedule around. Especially for the playoffs, which are the most important games of the year, obviously.

GG Utah.

Ok, I am taking note of it, your file for the Divisional game midweek was wrong, so ensure you have the divisional game file ready and exported for tomorrow at 5 pm eastern as stated in this thread yesterday.