RickLM30
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I roll 4 dice to determine the offense formation (pro set, strong T, balanced T, straight T, or I and whether slot or normal receiver set up, based on charts I have developed over the years. The dice are different colors, which I use to determine run or pass, based on the down, again using my own charts. I have stacks of 3x5 cards with running plays, pass plays, draws, and screens drawn up and maintained in separate stacks. Once I know it is a run or a pass, I can select one of the first three cards from the run stack, if a run, or the pass stack, if a pass. Before each game, I shuffle each stack to ensure variety of plays each game.
I also roll 4 dice to determine the defense formation, secondary coverage, and blitzes based on charts I have developed, if any. Again, the dice are different colors to determine what formation the defense will use (each team uses a base of either a 4-3 or a 3-4 plus 1 additional defense peculiar to that team) For instance, the Eagles use a 4-3 base defense, but their alternate defense is the 46.) The dice also determine blitzes and who is blitzing and what pass coverage will be used (man, strong side zone, weak side zone, cover 2, etc.
Also, each team has their own short yardage defense, which i have the option to use and ignore the dice roll defense in short yardage situations.
Not sure if this helps, but thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. 🙂
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Yup, I use the tight end side as the strong side, whether on the wide or short side of the field. Also, still the strong side if the tight end is split out, or if the team is in a slot formation with the WRs on the opposite side of the line from the tight end. I don't use overshifted lines (where the center is not between two guards and two tackles). I use split T, balanced T, strong T, straight T, and I formations, but that doesn't change what I count as strong side. Just the way I do things to keep things simple at my age. 🙂
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I agree with nefgm as far as what is the strong or weak side. On offense, I use a dice roll to decide whether the tight end is on the right or left, which results in strong side for both offense and defense, no matter which hash mark the ball is placed on. Also, I usually put trips to the wide side of the field, although on certain plays I might put it on the weak side to create more confusion for the defense as to who to cover.
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Excellent! Exhibit looks really good!!!
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Nice to see the old players are still around somewhere besides my solitaire league! 😀
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I'm a little late to this, but I'm with Capanther. I use my favorite players from each team, but if there is a conflict, I put the player on the team which he played the most years, the team he was best on, or just the team I think of when I see his name. As everyone here has said, whatever floats your boat - it's your league. Back when my high school team was in my league, I played some guys both ways because we did that back in the neanderthal days of leather helmets and small teams 😃...I usually used two different figures - one on offense and one on defense- for each guy.
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Eagles 60s home and away with the double shoulder and arm stripes!
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Yup, I've got OJ on my current Bills team. Couldn't make myself overlook the unbelievable halfback that OJ was. I was able to separate the plastic OJ from the real OJ...
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Being an Eagles fan, I have a soft spot in my heart for Nick Foles, the only quarterback to lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl win. I liked his attitude and he seemed to put it all together in that magical year. Also, don't forget, he had a season where he only threw 2 picks the whole season. That being said, on a strictly ability and talent basis, I think you have to go with Michael Vick. He had the wheels and the arm. He was the real deal, despite his attitude towards dogs in his early years.
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Usually about two to three weeks, sometimes longer if I have a lot of honeydoos! 😁 Since I play a 16 team, 16 game schedule plus playoffs, Super Bowl, and Pro Bowl, it takes me about 10 years to complete a season (including pre-season prep - renumbering, touching up paint, making new rosters, moving bases among players, etc.). I know that sounds crazy, but I enjoy playing the actual games, and letting the statistics accumulate over a full season for each player and team. I've got records of every player who has played in my league since 1966 over 7 seasons.
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I run 30 plays per quarter (which amounts to 30 seconds per play), not counting plays that would stop the clock (incomplete passes, running out of bounds, time outs, etc.) which count as half a play (15 seconds per play). Kick offs, punts, field goals count as a normal 30 second play.
I use a multi- stop system and allow adjustment around the front of the base for all players, whether engaged or not, to simulate reaction to the flow of the play and the position of the ball carrier.
On pass plays, the ball has to hit the receiver on the fly or it is an incomplete pass. The first player that the ball hits in the air catches it, whether receiver or defender as long as no other player is in contact with the player. If the ball hits a player in contact with another player the pass is incomplete.
Tackles can be made using any part of the defender's base on any part of the ball carrier's base, reasoning being that tackles in real football are sometimes made by players blocked or falling into ball carriers.
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I would also like to see new scoreboards or reprints of the old ones. Mine from past boards are falling apart due to age. (The scoreboards' age not mine!) 😁
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I also, prefer the pre-paints or doing my own painting. The Uni-Forms are just too much fiddling fro me. Still, whatever floats your boat, but I would like to see pre-painted figures, or at least unpainted figures that I can paint myself.
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When I first started playing with just 5 teams, I tried to use current rosters based on Pro Football Weekly, but as my league expanded and my seasons took longer, that was not possible. Now with 16 teams of 54 active players and 10 taxi squad players for each, I have gone to all star players for each team. I try to pick the best players who were actually on each team between 1960 and 2000, and in some cases just my favorite players on those teams. as well. I use Pro Football Reference to help me determine who should start, make the active roster, or be relegated to the taxi squad. I don't make trades between teams, because I like the players where they are. I keep career stats on each player, many who have been in all seven of my seasons over 57 years of playing EF
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On 10/16/2022 at 9:20 PM, Bob Davis said:
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Love the stat sheets. Very impressive. Even with just my rudimentary stats it takes 2 hours to complete a game which is why I don't go to a more sophisticated stat system because my guess is it would take considerably longer. How long does it take you to complete a game?
Bob, This is going to sound crazy, but it takes me about 2 weeks to play one game. I'm retired, but my spousal unit keeps me busy, so I only play a few hours at a time.😃 I use a play count of 30 plays a quarter (don't count plays that go out of bounds, penalties, incomplete passes, etc., which would stop the clock. They count for half a play.) I have a league of 16 teams (four divisions with four teams each) and play 16 games in a season. The last couple seasons took about 10 years per season and that looks like about right for my current season. I keep career statistics on every player in my league using the stats from the game sheets summarized on other worksheets that are linked to the game sheets. I'm on my 7th season since I started in 1966, but originally, I only had 5 teams, which slowly expanded to 16, so my earlier seasons were completed a lot faster. Being the statistics nerd I am, I like to review the players' career statistics over the years. It's not for everyone, but it works for me.
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On 10/15/2022 at 9:15 PM, Andre said:
Yeah I was headed in that route. The biggest challenge to overcome is the programming aspect. Did you look online to learn how to put it together?
Andre, I was a Department of Defense auditor for 39 years and used Excel for work and my football league for about 30 years, so I had a lot of practice! 🙂 There are a lot of tutorials out there to show you how to use it if you don't feel like experimenting with it.
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Well, with Excel, you can sort the info however you like. At the end of the season, I use the stats to select all pro teams for my pro bowl. I have summary sheets that track individual players season totals and career stats as well. Like I said, I'm kind of a statistics nerd. 😄
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Sample Packers Team Sheets.xlsxAndre,
I have been playing a solitaire league for about 57 years and have developed a spreadsheet system for tracking my players through the seasons. I'm kind of a statistics nerd, and the excel spreadsheet I developed works pretty well for me. I print the record for both teams for each game and write the results of the plays on the record (carries, yards, completions, receptions, tackles, sacks, etc). When the game is over I update the spreadsheets, so it is ready for the next game the team plays. I have 16 teams in my league, so I have separate spreadsheets for each one. Note the sample shows totals after the Packers first four games.
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Oops, finally figured out how to get you to the pictures.
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I also use use clear plastic bead storage boxes. They work great. I posted pictures in another topic, but it was awhile ago and I can't remember which one. Sorry.
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Yup, I agree. You often need to trim them, but they stick very well and yet come off easily when you need to change numbers.
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I never used the separator, because I thought it was too wide for my 620 board. Just did like zak99b5 and set the defense 1 yard of the LOS. I only play solitaire, so no one objected. 😄
I also would like tho see the return of the foam rubber footballs. I didn't use them for passing, but used put them under the arms of the ball carriers and receivers so I could remember who had the ball as I got older! 😁
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Looking good. Enjoy. Go Pack!
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Hi Andre. Welcome to the Forum. Your backstory of getting into electric football was really interesting and your board looks fantastic!
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How many people still paint your figures.
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I have bought painted figures and painted my own in the past. I have used the same 16 teams for the last 20 years, and painted the 6 teams I added to my league back then. Always had trouble with arm stripes and sock stripes, depending on the team and how much detail I tried to put in, such as five, three or two stripes. Nowadays, I'm usually just touching up where paint has chipped or worn off.