Commish Office 

To all,

Going forward advance time will be at 10pm et.  This will happen even if you are in the middle of a game.  This will happen even if there is 3 seconds left to go in your game.  My advice is to plan your game well in front of the advance deadline to avoid a sim.  I will not wait for any games to finish no matter the circumstance.  You need to plan for anything to happen such as disconnects, mid-game disputes, etc.  If you wait to start your game at 9pm on advance night then you leave absolutely no room for error and you could get a sim if your opponent so much as pauses.  This...

As u guys can tell, I haven't been very active recently...have a lot on my plate right now.  There is no doubt ...I'm staying as an owner in this eague forever...BUT I would like somebody to take over Commish duties from me and run with cabbage.

Text me if u have interest.  U gotta be somebody that is pretty active on GroupMe.

I'll still of course do all the website stuff.

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At 6am et Saturday morning (this morning) I will sim this game if not played.  We were supposed to advance past this game on Thurday night.  It is basically Saturday morning and the game is not played.  BBw you indicated in groupme that your game was being played at midnight cst, but the game has not been started.  The conference championships and SB is to be played by saturday night so I am done holding the show up for this game.  You have 4 hours from now to get it in.

Zee, I reviewed the video from the ending of your week 12 game against the Bucs and on both plays you ran a cover 3 and only rushed 2 which is against the rules.  I haven't reviewed other game film yet but i will be over the next couple days.  Due to this new violation and the multiple suspensions you have already incurred in the short half season this punishment is going to be a little different.  At this point I am suspending you from playing indefinitely.  I have already put your team on auto for the next few weeks while I decide if I'm going to let you continue in this league.  You have been...

It's crazy...2 of the owners you'd think you'd NEVER have a problem with replacing are going down.  It's simply because of other things these guys are doing.

Bull has work and will be away from home and with a newborn around.
Natty is hard at work with his Website...and is actually dropping out of his SGO leagues too.

So the show moves on!!!

Apollo is taking over Chiefs
PK is taking over the Packers (Yes PK left the Jags only a week earlier....but after speaking with him I think it's the right move).

Zeemen.  After reviewing your latest game against the Dolphins in week 7, I have decided to suspend WR Brandon Marshall for 8 games.  The suspension will begin after your week 9 bye week and will conclude at the end of the season after your week 17 game.  At no time will Brandon Marshall be allowed on the depth chart during this period.

The reason for this suspension is not for any one thing, but rather a series of events that lead to this.  First thing I noticed was prior to week 7 Marshall had a lot more catches than anyone in the league.  Now I don't have an issue with Brandon Marshall...

Only because he mentioned it in the fake scout i created for him...

Zeemen admitted to not doing them

Idk if others aren't either...maybe titanbrian should get busy

Bills
Lions
Rams

Not even a :03 video showing they tried

DBE,

HB Marshawn Lynch is suspended for your next 4 games due to your 4th down violation against the Redskins.  Please remove him from your depth chart immediately.  You've agreed in chat, but please agree here by replying.

Futhermore, you stated that you knew you were breaking a rule, but due to the circumstance in which the 4th down came about (bad spot) you decided that your were somehow justified in breaking this rule.  I am telling you right now that this is not the case.  If this would happen again the correct decision would be to punt or challenge the spot of the ball....

I hate to do this because we already have it set up...but having the "Kick Aiming Arc" ON is ridiculous.  Way too easy to corner punt and kick FG's.

So before we start Week 5, Turn OFF "Kick Aiming Arc."

SETTINGS you must have set up in BOTH CFM Settings and Main Menu settings:

Camera Settings: STANDARD
Defensive Graphics: NONE
Kick Aiming Arc: OFF
Previous Play Information: ON
Camera Toggle: OFF
Tutorial Popups: OFF

Official Statement by EA regarding Desync's:

It turns out this is a bug when two users in a CFM are using different graphical settings (ie kicking arch, tackle cone, etc) and play an online H2H game. The good news is, the team is working on the fix ASAP.

They can't fix on the server side, so would have to be included in a patch and leagues would have to restart.

So, this is a simple fix.  We are implementing UNIVERSAL settings for everybody to make sure they have, so all of our graphical settings are the...

Lions: TightJeanDad is gone, BigTuck70ea has taken over
Redskins: GA_Cerfitied is gone, we are currently deciding who is going to take over. Aragorn has taken over

One of the things we did this past madden off season is put in place a rule that everyone must stream and archive the stream to Twitch every game.  This is very important to the league for many reasons.  It allows the commish's to view game film from each and every game.  This helps us mediate disputes.  But not only that, this helps add realism by being able to watch your opponents games like teams do in the NFL.  It is a major scouting tool and overall just helps bring better competition to this league by your opponents being more educated on tendencies.....much like real life.  This feature...

Tight End : TE, (FB and LT,RT allowed only for #3 slots - or if subbed in must be in 3 TE formation)
*Only allowed to have a max of 6 OL in the game at one time
*The formations or automatic sub packages that ALLOW FB/OL to play the 2nd TE ARE ALLOWED, but you can only MANUALLY SUB them in if it's a 3 TE Set.



WR Corey Fuller is suspended 2 games.  Please removed him from TE#3 immediately and remove him from the depth chart for weeks 3 and 4.  Please agree by replying.  Thanks.

Under our rules only FS and SS and play at the safety position


This is a depth chart violation the needs to be fixed immedately.



CB Culliver is suspended 2 games.
Please remove CB Culliver from the starting FS spot immediately and remove him from your depth chart for your week 3 and 4 game.  Please agree by replying.  Thanks.

As much as I don't want to do this...we MUST move to All-Pro.  IMO, All-Madden is still the best option for leagues like this....but we cannot use it.

Guys CANNOT be losing to the CPU when they are deserving of a win...or when the other guy doesn't show up.  In a perfect world, would it be great to have the CPU be a challenge?  Fuck yeah.  But how is it fair for a team to lose to the CPU when they already beat the user in the game prior?....and they're only playing the CPU to get a win.

The CPU challenge should be for your own private franchise.

I...

We are NOT restarting the league.

There is a fix to this Desync Issue which is to make sure your camera view is set to Standard, and make sure Toggle Camera is set to OFF.

These two things mean absolutely NOTHING as it relates to our league play IMO.  Zoom only hurts your play.  Toggle I can see if you want to experiment with the user pass rush with that specific camera, but honestly will also hurt you if you use it.

So play on and make sure your settings are this way.

Worst Case Scenario:
If we DO decide to restart, then we will...

Alright so, here's a few things to know....

1. We are doing Coach Mode, with it being MANDATORY to "Create a Coach."

2. We have the Franchise Creation date as Tuesday night.  Trust me, the rosters will be on point with 75-man rosters....BUT please still use the "Request a Player" thread if you really want a guy.

3. We WILL do a 1 Round Free Agent draft going in the order of worst overall rated team to first (using the manual updates I did implement).  
***The FA Draft is scheduled for Wednesday night at 9 pm et on GroupMe....

..It's simple...do NOT CUT ANYBODY UNTIL AFTER FA DRAFT.  I said it a million times.

Raiders Suspension:
MLB Khalil Mack 4 games

Eagles Suspension:
OLB Mychal Kendricks 2 games

Ravens Suspension:
RB Ray Rice 2 games

Bears Suspension:
RB Matt Forte 2 games

Bengals Suspension:
RB Giovanni Bernard 2 games

Titans Suspension:
FS Michael Griffin 2 games


***Raider suspension is bigger because he cut his ENTIRE TEAM to 53 already.

The guys who I could not invite yet.....get connected ONLINE with M15 so these can be sent.

J_Bell12
Flybad
TitanBrian33
FireIce56
pkmnperales93
SDchargers373
tampamountaineer
bld314
zeemen
BBW6506
Mr_Ortiz_25
deathbyeagle
doubled187

...this is the thread in which we will use son teams can "claim" real life roster moves that madden doesn't have factored in on their stock rosters.

I don't know which roster see we will use yet ...but it will be a 75 man one.

So, check out the reg stock rosters...and reply to this message to remind me of anybody that u think should be on your team BC of a real life move.

I will obviously do these rosters manually for every team......but this thread is here to help me out a little, and allow for guys to express the guys they really care about claiming.

Alright guys we need some feedback. For those who've been here for awhile, you know we've been talking about this and thinking about implementing it for a while. What do you think about leaving injuries on during the preseason Sim?

Consider a few things:

--injuries in Madden are garbage. There are usually not enough, and when we turn the slider up to create more, it feels out of whack as there then becomes too many stoppages of play with little injuries. Very tough to find that "sweet spot" with the slider.

--as the salary cap is concerned...many guys use most...

Reply to THIS THREAD telling us you want to play MEFL FFL (Fantasy Football League).  NOT Fantasy Madden, but "Actual Fantasy Football."

Click this Link to Join MEFL FFL



*You should be able to join by clicking the link above.  If you have any issues let me know.

*The League IS already setup, and we will invite owners based on THIS THREAD ONLY, first come first serve.

OK so....there are 21 weeks in a season....BC we go thru 3 of them every one week of real life....that gets us thru 7 seasons at 49 weeks.  Figure the remaining 3 weeks will be our off season time.

So with this advance schedule....we are guaranteed to get thru 7 seasons.

Do I dare ask if we could do 48 hour advances?  I love the fixed advance schedule...everybody knows the nights of advance.

BUT 48 hour advances would easily get us thru 8 seasons....amd with around only 7 or 8 guys doing BOTH default and fantasy...it makes me think 48 hour advances are possible.

Here is a list of the guys who will be considered to join the MEFL Core Owner list...and get a profile on the site like this:

chrebet1024


***I know the list is long, but remember, this group has been together since M11, so there will be some names some of you don't recognize....and ALSO this is from BOTH default and fantasy don't forget.


***I envision a day where we have 30+ names on this...

Robar Award History

This is the first time we've handed out the Award before the season ends...but he is fully deserving.  Looking at all of the positive scouting reports on this guy and how he handles the day to day stuff with this league...it is obvious.

The lucky bastard gets to take over a talented 8-2 Browns team.

Owner info updated.  FireIce56, once you stream for the first time I'll embed you stream info.

Skyywalker quit before he was booted.

The reason was because of "multiple" rule infractions during one game.  Rushing less than 3 players at least 3 times during the game, and using a MLB at DT in a BASE DEFENSE.  Just crazy stuff and blatant rule violations.

Guys you know the deal, and what I've been preaching all season long...VIDEO EVIDENCE DOES WONDERS for our league.  Get on Twitch and have this evidence at your disposal at all times.

Also, think of the irony.  This guy just gets booted immediately after calling DoubleD a "Hater" because of a Poor Scouting...

Cleveland @ Tenn
No post

Atlanta @ Minn
No post

New Orleans (on AP) @ Chicago
No post from Chicago game was played and Saints on AP

Green Bay @ Detroit
No posting

Atlanta @ Tampa
No posting

Cleveland @ Buffalo
No posting

NYG @ New Orleans
No posting

Oakland @ Arizona
No posting

Minn @ Chi
No posting

Pitt @ Indy
No posting

Welcome in Fallen2244 as the Packers, Tony87Blue as the Raiders and x_yeah_dog_x as the Bills.

Everything on site is now updated.  Yeah Dog I still need your broadcast name.

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Jets LB Demario Davis suspended for 2 games
Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles suspended for 2 games

*I tried to pick the two most impactful guys on our teams.  I don't have a stud RB so felt Davis was the guy.  Could've went Wilkerson but I user Davis a ton.

I accept this suspension.  Zee please also accept this suspension.

In our "trading and free agency rules" it states that NO PLAYER can be resigned the same week he was cut.

https://elitemaddenleague.forumotion.com/t265-trading-and-free-agency-guidelines

For NOT Announcing Game Start Time and/or not Broadcasting....Russell Wilson will be suspended 1 game.

EVERYBODY needs to adhere to these rules of announcing when the game is starting.  Takes two seconds to do, even on your phone (as the crappy mobile version of the site is disabled).

retired due to not enough time.

So we now have Raiders and Bills as open teams.

CowboyMike70 picked his defensive play before I picked my offensive play on EVERY DOWN.  It's a blatant disregard of the rules.

Freaking guy...he was even on the "bad boy list" over at daddyleagues and we gave him a team.

.......by accident.

Due to a hectic week of several things going on (sleep not one of them), I accidentally thought advance was at 10 0clock tonight.  Not sure what I was thinking.  I do apologize.

Week 4 schedules are posted.

Here is a list of suspensions (or removals from league) for roster violations:

Bills 36 players 
--Due to repeated roster violations, TBlock has been booted from the league

Bucs 51 players
--WR Percy Harvin suspended 2 games, please take him off depth chart entirely

Eagles 52 players
--RB Lesean McCoy suspended 1 game, please take him off depth chart entirely

Jags 51 players
--WR Justin Blackmon suspended 1...

Bears: none

Bengals: cb at #3 FS,

Bills: cb at #3 ss

Broncos: hb at #2,3 FB
2 TE on depth chart
Cb at #3 fs

Browns: hb at #2,3 fb
Cb at #3 fs

Bucs hb at #2,3 fb
Starters backing up all over front 7 on defense

Cards 2 Qb's
Cb at #3 for fs and ss

Chargers NONE

Chiefs NONE

Colts NONE

Cowboys Hb at #2 fb
Cb at #3 ss

Dolphins NONE

Eagles starting ss at #3 fs

Falcons hb at #3 fb

49ers NONE

Giants Hb's...

As we are in the last season of M25, it is now time to implement MANDATORY SCOUTING REPORTS and remind everybody that following the broadcasting and roster guidelines are very important for the rest of the season.

We want to make this league more interactive, and clean up some gameplay concerns.  It will be very beneficial to get on board NOW as we enter M15.

Make sure your rosters and broadcasting is in order, and you start providing scouting reports after every game.

With the sad departure of out good friend lord Deniki, chicago needed a new owner. Stepping in is a veteren from fantasy.....Flybad. He's a championship winner so look out for da bears!!

Here is the list of teams NOT at the minimum of 53 players.  Remember, this is supposed to be DIFFICULT!!!!  As we enter season 5, the cap SHOULD BE TOUGH...and tough decisions need to be made.


You have until Sunday at 10 pm et to make everything correct, or suspensions will be handed down.


This INCLUDES Depth Chart violations that are NOT listed here.....




Teams Under 53 players:
Bears 49 players
Bills 36 
Broncos 52
Bucs 52
Cards 47
Dolphins 46
Eagles 41
Jags...

For the final season we have decided to allow players to be either owners or coaches.  This change will only be for the remainder of m25.

If you wish to make the change do the following:

1.) go to "manage roster" under the "team" tab and select retire.
 
2.)From there pick "change character" - DO NOT PICK "RETIRE FROM LEAGUE" - VERY IMPORTANT

3.) create your coach

Let me know if you have any questions.

Due to an auto piloting error during the playoffs, the following players were dropped into the Free Agent pool that should not have been.

CB - S.Commings 95 overall
CB - D. Moore 88 overall

No one is allowed to bid on these players with the exception of the Chiefs.

Chiefs/Zeemen the salary and bonus you pay the CB's must be approved by me prior to first free agent advance.

We're thinking for our last season to Sim the preseason with injuries ON.

What better opportunity to try this than right now.  It brings a whole new realistic approach to managing your team.  Let's be honest, we don't even come close to dealing with the injuries that the real league does.  To placebextra importance on the bottom third of the depth chart is angreta thing.  This way if guys sign cheapos to get around the salary cap.....this can come back to bite u in the ass if u get a couple key injuries in key positions.

What's everybody think?