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nmleague -> 1959 NFL league project (3/6/2006 7:04:06 PM)
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Ever have a knee jerk reaction? When the game first came out we all have these expectations and as we jump into the game not reading the manual and not really knowing what we are doing, we find somethings that dont seem to work, things we expected to find not there, and things we cant figure out. Im not a fan boy, but I have high hopes for this game. After spending more time with the game, finally figuring out alot of things with the PDS, and after playing some quick games, Im realizing that alot of my first reactions were knee jerk. After months of toiling to help make FPS 99 work, I can say that this game is so much better at this point and as David patches some of the little problems it will be fine within in its limitations. There are things that need to be upgraded, but I think David realizes that, if he stays with it this game will evolve into something great.
With that out of the way, I realized that at the moment this game should work very well with early era or college games. Its great to see a game that actually allows you to have a running game. I think the game data needs to be tweaked for player ratings, have done some of it already and seen good results. I dont think the game is ready for offenses with alot of motion and 3-4 WR formations. But after working with the PDS I think that an offensive style similar to NFL late 50's early 60's could work very well with the game. Im still struggling with the defense.
My plan is to develope a playbook for this period.
1. Limited to 3-4 formations, none 3-4 WR sets, no motion.
2. created about 12 plays for each formation, I havent read the manual yet on fliping formations, if it is possible, double the possible plays for each formation.
3. Set 3-4 audibles for each formation.
4. Basicly focus on 43 defense, and possibly a few other defenses of that period, as well as goalline.
Im not going to try to reproduce history so will not worry about accurate player rosters for that time period.
I have already created the uniforms for the 12 NFL teams of this era. So far I have about 8 plays done for the Pro split T type formation, and havent really tackled the defense yet.
If anyone is interested in helping with the playbooks your welcome. Just contact me so we could discuss which formations and defenses you would like to work on. Also I can send out the uniforms, although they should be up on a host site today. You can message me here or my email is "nmlcom@comcast.net"
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