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Either gonna be really happy or annoyed at throwing away a golden opportunity At some point the AFC North will return to not being terrible. Probably...

Also I'd say create a new topic for summaries tbh so we have room to keep this topic bumped for a while

Yeah I think the only stat I saw which people might care about is deflected passes. But then when I realized you had to drill it down to the player view rather than just using team individual stats menu to see it I instantly knew why you didn't include it

Going to play some more today on my flight today. I was surprised that the game actually has more stats than we get but I quickly worked out why we don't get those stats. For some reason the game will give you additional stats when you open a player profile but when you look at team stats as a whole (which is the only sane way KCF could give people stats otherwise it would take an eternity to do even 1 team) it omits a lot of stats.

I haven't worked out how to do a lot of things like position swaps (its greyed out when I go to edit a player so I assume theres another way or it can only be done at certain times) or pull up more than the base stats it provides for a position (seems it displays up to 6 core stats for the position when you open a player profile). But I did only play around with it for like 15 minutes

Was also surprised to see that the cap so low in my first season. Was at like just over 80m.

Got my hands on a copy of Madden 06 just to see what the game is like. Good grief this thing is unwieldy. I knew you did a lot KCF but didn't realize it was this much!

Was gonna play around with it a little more but then my cat sat on my laptop

Also there seems to be quite a lot of parity in the league this year. Maybe it's always been like this and I just didn't notice but there seems to be a ton of teams clustered around the 4-6 win mark. There's 20 teams by my count that are in that range.

1. St. Louis Rams (9-0)
2. Green Bay Packers(8-1)
3. New York Jets (7-2)
4. Miami Dolphins (6-3)
Denver Broncos (6-3)
Jacksonville Jaguars (6-3)
Tennessee Titans (6-3)
8. Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3-1)
9. Oakland Raiders (5-4)
Columbus Pioneers (5-4)
Indianapolis Colts (5-4)
Washington Redskins (5-4)
Dallas Cowboys (5-4)
New York Giants (5-4)
Anaheim Lightning (5-4)
Atlanta Falcons (5-4)
Carolina Panthers (5-4)
18. Buffalo Bills (4-4-1)
19. Baltimore Ravens (4-5)
New England Patriots (4-5)
Seattle Seahawks (4-5)
San Francisco 49ers (4-5)
Minnesota Vikings (4-5)
24. Toronto Wildcats (3-5-1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5-1)
26. Washington Hawks (3-6)
27. Las Vegas Pumpkins (2-7)
Cincinnati Bengals (2-7)
Mexico City Browns (2-7)
Detroit Lions (2-7)
Los Angeles Bears (2-7)
32. Kansas City Chiefs (1-8)

Is RG3's 59.35% pass completion I have in my personal stats right and am I right in thinking that's abnormally high for a scrambling QB? I have that as higher than what Grossman (57.29%) and Cutler (57.73%) threw for me. That's assuming he hasn't played any snaps this year.

Too bad his TD/INT ratio is 1/5

Given how your defense dominated our first match up this season, you may not need Big Ben back. I haven't faced another defense as good as yours since. I guess the Lightning last week are the closest to it

Are they killing it on offense and defense rankings league wide too?

Well this week went about as well as I could have asked for with a win and the Ravens losing. Makes that game next week even more critical. A win and a 2.5 game cushion with 6 games to go would put me in a commanding position. Not that I'm known for holding composure with a division lead...

What an odd gameline though. Virtually no Steelers D stats yet no Lightning O players listed. Lots of Steelers O listed yet lots of Lightning D listed. I'm assuming the Lightning O/Steelers D was just evenly spread out though. Also Steelers being 28-10 down in the 3rd and then then scoring 28 unanswered is quirky too.

Have to say I'm impressed with Turner. Not for his statline which is probably middling for the league. But for his ability to eat 5-8 sacks a game (plus who knows how many other hits) and still remain healthy somehow. I'll get you an O-line next year buddy!

Probably!

Looking at my own improbable path to the playoffs and it almost seems like winning the AFC North might be easier than the wildcard race. That game against the Ravens in week 11 is critical though, if I win that then I likely only need to go 4-3 in the other 7 games (as the Ravens would have to go 6-1 in their other games to top that). 4 wins from @Lightning, Panthers, @Jags, Bengals, Pioneers, Raiders, Browns looks hard but is potentially doable considering 5 of those 7 are home games (so is the Ravens game).

If I lose that Ravens game then it suddenly looks a lot harder as I'd have to beat the Ravens record and on paper their run in looks slightly easier (Falcons, Lightning, @Panthers, @Bucs, Bengals, Browns, @Bengals) plus they have suffered worse injuries than me so far

I also wanted to keep him but I would have had to franchise him which seemed excessive for a backup. If he would have agreed to a normal contract I'd have for sure kept him

Jokes on me though, if I had franchised him he likely plays a large amount last year with Jamario injured and I possibly make the playoffs

350+ yards on offense for probably the first time this season, that was unexpected. Seems the defense is keeping tough too. Now I have the tricky decision of disrupting an effective defense. I either have to play a way lower rated OLB at MLB to maintain 3-4 or I can switch to a far higher rated 4-3 but it sounded like that worked awfully for Scare earlier this season.

That Chiefs / Broncos match has to be the most unexpected result of the year so far.

And Courtney Lewis performing so well doesn't surprise me but it does make me jealous. He averaged 4.5 YPC for me but I would have had to franchise him to keep him. He then performs well for KCF the next year. And now he is on fire for the Vikings. Meanwhile I've run the legs out from underneath Jamario Thomas to a career low YPC by a decent margin. I'm sure the O-line doesn't help either but still sad to see!

Game day hype. Will it be a live sim?

I think I see a reason for the lack of trades. Too many people cash strapped and most of the pieces I looked into trying get off people, I saw the dead money they would have to eat and didn't even bother asking. Seems like most people tied up the positions I'd be interested in to long term deals in the last 1-2 years along with those positions being pricey so have hefty signing bonuses

Even if I somehow win my next 2, I expect to have a losing record by the time week 14 rolls around.

I think best case scenario I end up with 7 wins, possibly 8 at a stretch, and even that might be being a shade generous.

Maybe the contest will bring in new users who join the league in the next offseason!

Amazed we have seen so few trades so far

Well my quest for LR Gohan has so far proved a waste of time. 3 multis and all I've gotten is

AGL Buu (Kid)
AGL SSJ2 Gohan (Youth)
TEQ SSJ3 Vegeta

All 3 are dupes

I am gonna be so pissed if Urban Meyer isn't our coach by the time I go to the game.

If more baseball games were like that or even like most of them had half that amount of hits I'd watch more. But it seems every time I passively catch games in a bar nothing happens for hours at a time and I wonder how people can enjoy watching it. Like I don't mind people not scoring but I want to actually see hits and not just complete misses or tons of deflected balls (fouls I guess) where nothing actually happens.

I haven't gotten anything useful from tickets yet. 1x Tapion I guess which I assume is good being the banner card

I got a STR SSJ2 Vegeta from it today but not the bulma one. Some older one. Art looks cool but doesn't look any good apart from that

I am also open for trades but when am I not!

I am looking to improve either on defense or o-line or WR. So basically everywhere

That being said, I would also be willing to shift Kwame Harris (98 OT) if it meant improving elsewhere

I had Bucs listed as 3-3-1 but they are actually 3-4-1. Must have misread it!

Also unofficial mid-season wildcard race standings (I obviously have no idea on tiebreakers)

AFC

1. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-1)
2. Miami Dolphins (6-2)
3. Denver Broncos (5-2)
4. Baltimore Favens (4-3)
5. New York Jets (5-2)
6. Oakland Raiders (4-3)
7. Tennessee Titans (4-3)
8. Buffalo Bills (3-3-1)
9. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-3-1)
10. New England Patriots (4-4)
11. Columbus Pioneers (4-4)
12. Indianapolis Colts (3-4)
13. Washington Hawks (2-5)
14. Cincinnato Bengals (2-5)
15. Mexico City Browns (2-5)
16. Kansas City Chiefs (0-7)

NFC

1. St Louis Rams (7-0)
2. Green Bay Packers (6-1)
3. Washington Redskins (5-2)
4. Anaheim Lightning (4-3)
5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3-1)
6. Seattle Seahawks (4-4)
7. Dallas Cowboys (4-4)
8. New York Giants (4-4)
9. Atlanta Falcons (4-4)
10. San Francisco 49ers (3-4)
11. Minnesota Vikings (3-4)
12. Carolina Panthers (3-4)
13. Toronto Wildcats (2-4-1)
14. Detroit Lions (2-5)
15. Las Vegas Pumpkins (2-5)
16. Los Angeles Bears (1-6)

The reason I'm a big Buckeyes fan is because when I emigrated to the US from the UK I didn't know anyone. I was transferring within the same company so the VP knew my situation and started inviting me out to watch Ohio State games with him. Ever since he invited me to that game, I've watched every Ohio State game. They are the reason I got into American Football at all.

This will be the 4th game I've attended since I started following them in 2013 (I emigrated to the US Dec 2012 after college season was over). Went to the Clemson 2014 bowl game, the 2015 Penn State game and the 2016 Michigan game. We were supposed to do the Oklahoma game last year but people couldn't go for some reason. Going to more than 1 game a year would be a stretch though since we all live in Florida.

I've been to a lot of sporting events and I'm not sure I will ever top that 2016 Michigan OT game for atmosphere plus getting on the field after the game. That game just means so much more to us than anything else and obviously that year it was way higher stakes than usual.

Not B8NFL related but it's football related.

Just bought tickets for the Ohio State / TCU game at the Cowboys stadium. Lower bowl row 12 at around the 35 yard line. So hyped.

It's pretty funny because all the TCU fans are whining about prices being way higher than usual for this game. And I'm over here like the fuck? These tickets are way cheaper than what I normally have to pay for Ohio State games. I got tickets on the 35 yard line lower bowl for $370. When I went to the Michigan game tickets were $800 for mid-bowl same position and restricted view. When I went to the Penn State game they were $200 for the absolute nosebleeds (they are like $70 for nosebleeds this game)

It's crazy how much more we have to pay for tickets than other teams. I can't believe that TCU fans get marquee games for way cheaper than this game.

Is that David Carr line right? He didn't throw a single incomplete pass? Against the Ravens D of all people too

So at a minimum just the 7 sacks allowed by my O-line lol. I bet one of those rookies is gonna have a block/sack ratio of under 1!

Also the fuck sort of FB runs for 100 yards. I don't get that out of my FB for the season!

Sorry for leaving whilst you were explaining stuff KCF! Wasn't being rude, my internet died and we had to leave like 10 minutes later

Is there anywhere I can get Kefla awakening medals outside of the universe 6 event?

I did 1 pull but got crap (AGL Super Vegeta). Kinda want to pull again but I want LR Gohan so should probably save for that

I'm pretty certain I said preseason that my O-line was okayish but ran the risk of getting terrible quickly if injuries hit. Thanks Madden for making that a reality at the soft part of my schedule where I have to win and now am way more likely to lose.

I don't have anywhere near as many O-line injuries as others but I also don't have any depth whatsoever at O-line (interior in particular). This is my projected O-line for my next game

LT Kwame Harris (98)
LG Anthony Castonzo (84 but at OT)
C Luke Bowanko (75 - 5th round rookie)
RG Glenn Castle (75 - 4th round rookie)
RT Mike Pearson (91)

Pray for Michael Turner guys!

That still relies on a lot of luck because most of the time I barely make it past the first fight with better teams than that

Oh wow at that Ravens score. Missed XP that late to lose the game?

Also amazed I got anything out of that Bills game. Looks like I got dominated and managed to scrape something anyway. Not sure how useful a tie will be but it's better than a loss I suppose!

I cant even do Extreme TEQ using LR Vegito. And I actually have stunners and def boosters / atk debuffers like Videl, Mai and Piccolo. I have no fucking idea how people complete SBRs outside trying over and over until RNG favors them.

Like the fuck are you supposed to do about getting double/tripled supered into LR Vegito and still taking 250k damage

Will be at the Orlando City game so won't be able to make the live sim.

Man, that 14 boss rush just took me 57 mins to complete. Never in risk of dying and didn't use any items. Just took goddamn forever due to how many enemies and forms there was

And why can't I feed my N Videl to SSR Videl for skill up purposes? They have the same name

Do we know if the LR banners will have any sort of initial discount?

I count almost 400 available to me right now that I can see Missions and Quest Clears (can ser up to area 17). I stopped at 376 but didn't count stones available in challenge levels

I assume theres probably 100-200 stones between area 17 and whatever the last area is too

Maybe I'm taking for granted the near endless stream of stones I have available right now due to anniversary plus quests. Like whenever I need stones I just grind quests and endlessly level up whilst not making a dent in the overall number of quests I have left.

I think I have fully cleared Areas 1-6 and then I've cleared on normal mode up to Area 17 or 18. With like 1 clear in Hard and Z-Hard each area for the bonus stones from missions

I thought the reason to pull on those banners is that you have a higher chance of getting an LR from one than from the LR banners? That's why I was pulling on them.

Got a STR SSJ Cabba from the STR Banner (along with a dupe Great Ape Raditz), it actually looks pretty solid as a support unit?

Not sure how people are clearing Z-battle using Potara teams. Like I'm already seeing closecalls in the high 20s so I can only imagine it's going to get worse and luck orientated fairly soon

Still gotta 100% the Gohan too. At like 88% now. That extra path seems to open up really infrequently. Like maybe 1 in 7-8 runs?

The only thing worse than the mid-season break is the offseason!

I am looking to acquire a highly rated WR via draft picks and probably shedding one of my WRs (for cap purposes).

I don't particularly mind if the WR is old or young and will pay accordingly. If someone on a down year wants to shed a WR at the end of their career for draft picks then I'd be totally fine with that too.

Wait did they have Reigns win or something?

I own someone elses 4th this year and I can't remember who. Is it the Chiefs?

I am disappointed. Pulled SSR Super Saiyan Gohan (Future). He has 2 arms. The fuck game!

Also thanks for that, that helps a lot. I know the Androids take forever to grind up to LR

Ah crap, it doesn't work like that apparently? I merged together 7 Pans, awakened her and fed her to an SSR Pan and it only gave 1 SA level instead of 7.

I thought it gave you all the SA levels of the lower card? Like for sure I remember reading somewhere to get 2 LR Androids at 10/20 and merge them together to get a 20/20

I could theoretically merge a load of SR's together, awaken that unit and roll the dice on the 50% getting lots of SA's or nothing right?