SoCal King---What was that??

[gdip]

I know he doesn't visit the boards a lot, but some of the things he was doing was very questionable. I don't even really know where to start.

-The first half he went for EVERY 4th down. they were usually about 4th and 4 or 5 around around his own 40yd line but they put him in a hole very quickly since he wasn't converting them. eventually when he was down by 35 he started punting (although he did go with a fake punt on 4th and 17)

-then came the good stuff.... he started running a punt block as his defense for a series or two in the second qtr. clearly this is against our rules and might i say very pathetic.

-finally, when down 38-0 with a minute left in the game he ran the punt block as his defense again. i threw the ball to an obviously wide open, unguarded reciever and as i get to the 10 yd. line he disconnects his internet. (not sure why you'd do that, as it does nothing to effect the outcome of the game)

sure enough 2 min. later he's back on playing GTA IV.

there are a few more issues, but i won't pile on.

look i understand some of the 4th down attempts as you probably understood you needed to score to keep up, but EVERY time was a bit much. but it's the punt block defense and the disconnect where i really question your sportsmanship.

i'm curious if this is just a one time thing with him, or if he's done it in other user v. user games.

what are your guys opinions? am i overreacting or is this something that needs to be addressed?

[fluffyjaguar619]

maybe he thought u were gonna punt all the time?

nah thats a little ridiculous pretty similar to when i recently played a madden game and the guy ran the goalline formation the entire way down the field.. his o-line (patriots) was better than my d line so i couldnt really do all that much.

virginias falling off the map as of late tho so i hope u guys stick through this so i can come back strong next year.

[gdip]

ok, so apparently nobody seems to mind.

i kinda thought this was worth discussing. i guess we can plan to see a flurry of cheese gameplay from here on out.

[rollreider5]

i mean he didnt kinda the same thing against me, but not nearly as bad as it was agaisnt you, someone should talk to him about it, he ran a lot of punt return stuff on every down, i dont think we will see anyone else using these nutsty tactics

[fluffyjaguar619]

i mean its definitely a factor.. but bottom line is our league is struggling to keep its members so bad.. to kick someone out right now would seem a little crazy.. of course if this gets out of hand we'll have no choice but to kick him out.

[gdip]

i don't think we should kick him out either. all i'm saying is he needs to play like we intended this league to play. everyone agreed on the rules, nobody said, 'wait a sec, i think we should allow punt blocks as a defensive strategy." my opinion is, he's just gotten frustrated with losing and is starting to 'give up'. this was best shown when he d/c with less than a minute to play in our game. as i said earlier, why he did this makes no sense, as it only legitimized the fact that he doesn't care about playing fairly. and let me make it clear there is no way his internet went out or anythig like that, he was promptly back on in 2 min playing GTA IV and didn't bother to send a msg to me that his internet d/c'd.

i'd even be willing to let him switch to a better team for season 2 if he hates playing with ISU, i don't want to see another person leave the league. apparently we just need to clarify some of our rules.

[rollreider5]

we need to pick up some new members if possible

[heuristics310]

He played pretty cheesy against me too...I think the commish needs to talk to him and I agree we need to start looking for new players

[SoCalk1ng1]

hahaha. you guys are getting way too worked up over an online dynasty. I was never informed of these rules. I'm not going to spend my day combing through the message board looking for topics about rules or anything. I was told some guys were trying to get a league together with the acc and big 12 with lower quality teams. I sign on and see TAMU, Maryland, Va Tech, Nebraska, Miami,CU.. what is that? Be Baylor, Ga Tech, BC or even Clemson. ISU doesn't have much pull in recruiting and their team stinks.

As for quiting.. yes.. i quit. My internet didnt dc.. i was down a lot, trying to run out the clock and he throws a bomb? take a knee, do the respectable thing.

This topic is lame.. i didnt do anything to compromise the outcome of our games.. all the defensive tactics i pulled were when the games was well out of reach..Dry your eyes. i know your wife is over weight, your kids are out of hand, your job sucks and this league is important to you. Crack open a beer, smoke some pot and enjoy the game. As long as i'm not doing anything to compromise the integrity of competition i see no harm.

[mrsc]

Okay guys, sorry for the delayed response, but I have been out of town for work the last couple days and been busy. I will address a couple things now.

1. I have tested socalking and asked him to respond here. I am not sure if he will or not, but I thought it would be good to get things in the open. I also am not sure if he plans on staying in the league past season 1. I know he is frustrated with ISU and he's also hard headed, meaning if he feels he has no chance he will do what he wants to just get through. The good thing is he has no more user games this season. I know this is not any solution yet, but we will figure things out and if all you want to move on without him I understand.

2. That kind of brings me to the next topic. I see you guys saying we need replacements and that may be true. I just want to throw this out there and ask you guys if you would rather have 8-9 strong committed players who move things along or replace the guys we lost and take a chance they will do the same. I am asking your guys opinion on this, so please let me know.

3. I will play my game today when I get home and advance if everyone else is done.

If there is any other issues you want to discuss, post it here.

[fluffyjaguar619]

i agree with socal king sort of but at the same time dude punt blocks? thats f**kin retarded... and stop being a little pregnant dog and quitting just cause ur losing.. like u said urself crack open a beer and roll up a blunt and take the loss like the man.. the bombs uncalled for but u cant really know his sportsmanship when ur going for it on ridiculous 4th downs before the game was out of reach. and uva and isu are probably pretty close in rating so stop pregnant doging and man up u chose them now live with it or change ur team. ive lost f**kin games to the cpu bc i just flat choked and i didnt quit.. man up a little dude

[fluffyjaguar619]

for the record.. this site automatically corrects everything lol i type f u c k i n and it put f**kin and i put b i t c h and it put pregnant dog... just so u know im like a queer who writes s h i t like that

[gdip]

first off i will say that i would probably rather keep 8/9 committed players than try and tweak with the league, unless however somebody knows of someone that would be willing to come into the second season and move things as quickly as we seem to. I don't really feel like throwing a message up on ign or somehwere else and just say "join our league" would work. I would much rather work with people we already know.

now onto socal, the first thing i said was "i knew he doesn't visit the boards a lot" so i knew that you probably weren't fully aware of our rules. however if you ask me thats no defense for running the b.s. punt block defense. you have to realize that is probably going to piss some people off.

however, as far as "do the respectable thing" wow, pot meet kettle, your black. you have to know that calling punt blocks as your defense cant be the respectable thing to do. Play the game, don't pull that b.s. and apparently this wasn't even the first or even the second time you've done that, (i'm guessing if everyone chimed in you've done it in every game).

and i suppose i could have run the ball there, (if you look at my stats for the game I threw 12 passes in the game so if you want next time, i'll throw it twice, would that make you happy) but by that point in the game after all your b.s. i decied to call an audible since nobody was lined up across from my reciever and threw a 10 yd route, that guess what, amazingly with a punt block Def. turned into a long bomb.

so dont give me this "do the respectable thing" crap. i did the respectable thing most of the game, i didn't high step into the endzone or do mascot celebrations when i scored, i just quickly kicked my XP and moved on. but at that point in the game I had no compassion for you and did what i did out of spite. sure not the best reason, but all you had to do was put a real D out there and i would have continued to run the ball.

personally I wanted you to stay in the league, I could use a 45-0 win every now and then. but after reading you post i don't think you belong in this league. defending your gameplay was a headscratcher, but then throwing out insults was a little much, don't you think.

[gdip]

ha, that pregnant dog thing is hilarious. i was wondering where you got that from. good to see we're censored on our own board.

[socalk1ng1]

first, my condolences on your teams scheduling. SC will destroy uva and probably ruin a lot of your recruiting hopes for years to come. Just to address some of your concerns..on the first drive i went for it on 4th down 3 times. the first of which was 4&1 from the 45..then on every 4th down after that from pass the 50. It was not until the score was 35-0 that i started going for it on 4th and 17. i quit the game with like 40 seconds left. Prior to punting the ball to him it was obvious that i was running the clock out. waiting for the play clock to run out and just running up the middle. the only reason i left the game was because he was trying to pour it on. If he was a crappy team/school/ student body like say douche... i mean puke.. sorry i meant duke.. and i was unc or even a high quality team like usc and he poured it on to "send a message".. ok, fine. But to throw a bomb against iowa state after i waved the white flag.. eff that and eff him. He has a inferiority complex. He's probably on his computer right now.. taking a quick break from ga y japanese anime po n to write a complaint to the makers of diet coke because the bubbles tickle his nose. My point is.. the guy is a whiner. I am embarrassed that i took time out of my busy work schedule to write these two responses, but I cant help but take a shot at this loser.