Official GLB Q & A

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Accounts

Topic	# QA	Who	Last Question Asked	Date
Change Log	3	Bort	The Changelog->Current Projects is at least a season out of date. Can we get an update as to what the Current Projects are and what is On the radar?	February 6, 2011, 12:10 am
Flex Points	9	Catch22	Do you think you guys might have set times in or throughout the seasons posted on incoming flex sales.	February 9, 2011, 11:00 am
General	25	Catch22	When does Catch's contract run out?	July 29, 2011, 2:36 pm
Support	12	Bort	Is support backlog one of the biggest things that is keeping offseason lengths so long? If so, what can support do besides put in more time to solve these floods? If not, what else is being done to ensure shorter offseason lengths?	February 19, 2010, 11:47 am

Game Mechanics

Topic	# QA	Who	Last Question Asked	Date
Cruise Control	1	Bort	I know that teams that win by 70+ in a blowout get max XP, do teams that also lose by 70+ get the max XP for a game also?	February 7, 2010, 10:01 am
Friendly Challenges	3	Bort	Do QB's throw to where WR's are going to be? or where WR's should be? In conjunction- Does ballhawk add on to the lead the QB gives WR's?	April 11, 2010, 7:09 pm
Game Simulation	220	Bort	Other than Vision, a higher open man slider setting and an investment in the Quick Read SA, are there other factors which can contribute to the rate at which at QB will move through his progressions? If so, what are they?	January 22, 2012, 10:27 am
General	46	Bort	http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4671217&page=1#42793278 why is that? why isn't there a set max? seems really strange to me.	July 29, 2011, 3:01 pm
Offseason	1	Bort	With the change-a-thon coming this offseason, how long do you think the offseason will be this time? Are we possibly looking at like Day 54 before rollover?	March 12, 2010, 3:18 pm
Penalties	2	Catch22	why haven't the out of position penalties ever been made public?	February 9, 2011, 11:44 am
Season Length and Structure	1	Catch22	Can we expand to an 18 game season and shorten the boring pre-season?	February 10, 2011, 10:37 am

League Play

Topic	# QA	Who	Last Question Asked	Date
General	20	Catch22	Do you have any solutions regarding the low number of players in the Player Market and the competition to recruit between teams?	July 29, 2011, 2:42 pm
League Restructuring	59	Bort	With the reduction in Pee Wee leagues, will there be a new promotion/demotion structure between the leagues? If so, what will it be? Both conference winners advancing from Silver to Gold?	January 22, 2012, 9:44 am
Level Caps	11	Catch22	Are there any plans to add another level of age cap so that level 59 teams that promote from National Semi-Pro into regional pro dont have to play against teams 10-15 levels higher? Say maybe a 300-340 age cap? Or possibly adding an additional 20 or so days so that the levels arent so far apart and have a more "loosened" cap	July 29, 2011, 2:43 pm
Playoff Revenue Sharing	1	Catch22	How does playoff revenue work?	September 12, 2010, 6:59 pm
Playoff Seeding and Tiebreakers	3	Bort	First round bye in Playoffs for #1 and #2 seeds? .. has this ever been proposed?	February 19, 2010, 11:39 am
Promotion and Relegation	15	Bort	Here's a question about team promotions... I've done an analysis of the National Semi Pro, National Minor, Regional Minor and Local Minor leagues and identified all of the teams that were in the Bottom tier last season that skipped Competitive and were promoted straight up to Elite #1 or Elite #2 this season -- 40 such teams total. And how are these 40 teams doing after being promoted straight up from Bottom to Elite? (EDIT: updated as of 7/28 at 7:30pm Eastern Time, after 10 games for all teams) - Combined record: 72-328 (.180 winning percentage out of 400 games total). - 206 of those 400 games -- over half -- resulted in triple-digit losses. - Only 3 teams out of 40 -- less than 10% -- have a winning record. - 31 teams out of 40 -- over three-fourths -- have lost at least one game by triple-digits. - 26 teams out of 40 -- nearly two-thirds -- have either 0 wins or just 1 win. - 8 teams have lost all of their games by triple-digits. Can you please explain why these teams weren't promoted to Competitive instead of being pushed all the way up into Elite? Do you and Bort really believe that a Bottom-promotee that currently has 9 triple-digit losses is a better fit in Elite than, say, a team that finished #10 in the Elite standings last season and got demoted to Competitive to make room for the Bottom-promotee?	July 29, 2011, 4:46 pm

Player Information

Topic	# QA	Who	Last Question Asked	Date
Ability Softcaps	4	Catch22	What is the logic behind shutting off Clever Instincts VA in plateau?	February 10, 2011, 10:30 am
Advanced Equipment	41	Bort	What exactly does pass distance% AE do?	January 22, 2012, 10:12 am
Age	2	Catch22	I would like to add on to this question. What if you are hanging on well after decline and your skills are diminished. Currently you have the option to sign and play in AA ball but with age based leagues I assume you will still be forced to play in the highest leagues? Won't this pretty much force retirement because no one wants to keep a dot around that is getting rolled and can't get a contract.	February 9, 2011, 6:17 pm
Archetype	41	Catch22	This is actually a reasonable question. I don't know whether folks just aren't quite figuring out how to build pass blocker well (very possible) but it does appear to me that the Pass Blocker archetype leads one down a path that does not create a terribly effective pass blocker. Do we need to fix our builds,or is there an issue here?	July 29, 2011, 2:39 pm
Attributes	61	Bort	Does a CB's carrying attributes play any roll in the ability of a CB to secure an interception?	January 22, 2012, 10:09 am
Boosting	5	Catch22	What are your thoughts on "boost or GTFO"?	February 10, 2011, 10:29 am
Custom Equipment	2	Catch22	Does eyepaint equipment give you a boost to vision, compared to a do-rag? That would be awesome!	February 6, 2011, 7:10 am
Endorsements	7	Catch22	I have a KR/PR that was his Pro League's ST MVP. He lead the league in PR TDs, PR Avg and PR Total Yards, yet no MVP gear was awarded. I'd like to know more details about the selection process and how such a dominant season could go unnoticed.	February 9, 2011, 5:25 pm
Energy	4	Bort	Does the second digit in a players breath/energy matter or is it broken into chunks of 10? For example, is there a difference between 95 energy and 99 energy or does the penalty not show up until you drop below 90?	June 1, 2011, 8:04 pm
Experience	3	Catch22	Is there serious plans to abolish XP's and go "even-steven" with game experience across the board?	April 2, 2011, 9:58 am
Fame	8	Catch22	Is it cool with GLB that people just Nicki Minaj'd all over the MVP formula, and the HOF by manipulating regional pro leagues, and CPU defensive units?	July 29, 2011, 2:53 pm
General	51	Bort	Since peeps will be able to boost to over Lvl 75 with the new system. Will the ELs recalculate? I know they have to have an adequate amount of data to compare to, but what if 80% of the first 3-4 seasons of dots could boost over 75 would we see the EL for LVL 76 or even 77 be calculated?	July 29, 2011, 4:45 pm
GLB Money	9	Bort	Will there be any uses for player salaries in the upcoming future?	July 29, 2011, 2:56 pm
Height & Weight	11	Bort	Does height factor in the break block roll? Does height or lack there of (both for blocker and blockee) affect the hold block roll?	November 25, 2011, 4:49 pm
Leveling	7	Bort	why does EL stop at 75?	July 29, 2011, 4:50 pm
Morale	8	Catch22	How effective is the moral boost from higher contracts.?	February 10, 2011, 10:31 am
Player Building Techniques	22	Catch22	Are there any plans to simplify player creation? The number of options is pretty large and just gives inexperienced players more ways to fall behind.	April 2, 2011, 9:53 am
Player Tactics	13	Bort	Other than what's needed for the firing of certain VAs, how would you define the effect of moving up and down the running style slider?	January 22, 2012, 10:14 am
Retiring Players	6	Bort	When will we be able to retire our younger dots for the enhanced refund? Will this happen immediately on day 40/41, or will there be a wait before the enhanced refund is rolled out?	March 13, 2010, 8:40 pm
Special Abilities	219	Bort	Does Zone Focus work against the run? If so what is the cut-off point.	January 22, 2012, 10:34 am
Training	20	Bort	I'm trying to figure out the correct formula to predict training gains, but I can't seem to get it right. I'm taking the formula 1.6*75*EXP(-0.038*(ATTVALUE-1)) and rounding it. Then I'm multiplying by the 1.2 intense modifier and rounding again Then I'm multiplying by the enhancement and multiplying again by the multitrain multiplier. Those numbers don't seem to come out correct. Do you know what I am doing wrong?	January 22, 2012, 10:37 am
Veteran Abilities	113	Bort	Does the Pulling Lineman VA trigger on screens?	January 22, 2012, 10:19 am

Team Ownership

Topic	# QA	Who	Last Question Asked	Date
Buying/Selling a Team	23	Catch22	Why can't we use reward points to extend team ownership?	February 9, 2011, 11:45 am
Contracts	4	Catch22	How do we sign the new CPU players?	September 12, 2010, 7:09 pm
Defensive AI	27	Bort	Does the depth a defender is placed at in the DPC have any effect on how big of a cushion is given? http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=1772442&pbp_id=1192684 This TE is set at -.5, yet he holds the same 4 yard cushion that he starts with on the TE.	October 1, 2011, 4:40 pm
Depth Chart	8	Bort	Does setting up a field goal team affect kicks in any way?	January 22, 2012, 10:04 am
Finances	17	Catch22	Why do some teams get to keep their stadium/money/and I assume fan support (Can't see this part) and others lose it when they request demotion? Example http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=997 this team didn't lose any money or stadium yet they cut every player from the season prior and signed all new players? Disclaimer: I don't care that they got to keep their stadium and cash, just curious too what makes them special? Especially when the FAQ says all teams requesting demotion lose their stadium/cash/fan support? P.S. I see the FAQ for team demotion got changed recently.	July 29, 2011, 2:40 pm
General	28	Bort	I have suggested before the idea that just as you can look at a team's history that it would be cool to look at a league's history. For example, it would be great to be able to pull up the final standings and stats from Season 12 of OPL. Does GLB store that information somewhere? Is this idea possible from a technical standpoint? i.e. does the data (original team names, league leaders) still exist	July 29, 2011, 2:55 pm
Offensive AI	34	Bort	Does an incomplete pass figure as a "bad" result for auto adjust?	October 1, 2011, 4:50 pm
Recruiting	11	Catch22	It's becoming increasingly difficult to recruit at lower levels. As in 4 cap, 14 cap, 18 cap = sometimes = ZERO players in market place. Once upon a time there used to be 2-4 pages to recruit from in every cap. Is this being looked into/cared about at all, or is end game leagues the complete focus like it seems? Understandable since thats where the majority of flex comes from, but, since there are so few players being created.....long-term isnt looking so good. And lower leagues are getting mighty boring. (used to be a blast)	February 9, 2011, 11:14 am
Stadium Construction	3	Bort	Concerning losing stadium sections when demoting: I worked long and hard building it, sacrificed my own players to help build sections, and now I have to tear it all down?	February 24, 2010, 11:37 am
Team Chemistry	5	Bort	If chemistry is not in effect for scrimmages and tournament games, then why do players on low chemistry teams hit exactly the same marks for top speed in those games as they do in regular season games?	June 1, 2011, 8:01 pm
Team Tactics	20	Bort	Whats considered a reasonable "speed" that Auto adjust is run at? I can't see any statistical conclusion that 25% and 75% AA makes any difference and i've been reading scouted game stats and watching replays alot lately!	January 22, 2012, 10:03 am
Ticket Pricing	2	Catch22	How much money do you get for away playoff games? 0.5x expected prices?	February 6, 2011, 6:54 am
Trade and Cut Rules	2	Catch22	Will trades every come back again (cash) and if they do when.?	February 9, 2011, 10:59 am

Website

Topic	# QA	Who	Last Question Asked	Date
Announcements	5	Catch22	Why are there no edit dates and times on Announcements? We know that they get steath changed, but rarely are we ever told that they have actually changed.	February 11, 2011, 10:15 am
Forum Rules	2	Catch22	there has been suggestions of lolmods to be able to issue bans for posters in their particular forums instead of having a normal mod have to come in to do that, is this being considered?	February 6, 2010, 11:02 pm
Free Agents Looking for Teams	2	Catch22	Will the PLFT/TLFP Forums have an age sortable function? If so how soon?	February 9, 2011, 10:59 am
General	72	Bort	Hm, I'll at least try and do a "my survivor picks" page for now; I don't think that would be too hard. I'll see what we can do on the other ideas. An alert when your pick has been played is probably not too hard to add well. Is this a next season thing at best?	July 29, 2011, 4:47 pm
Marketplace	3	Bort	For # of players signing and block over signing: Say for the DE position we have 3 guys and want one more. We set # of players signing to 1 (not 4) correct? Then if block over signing is on, then after one signs the rest of the offers will be deleted?	September 12, 2010, 4:08 pm
Private Forums	3	Catch22	Why is there a maximum limit of 5 sub-forums you can buy in a PF? I have a suggestion up about removing the max limit, but I was wondering if there's some sort of server load issue with adding more sub-forums or whether it was just arbitrarily decided on.	February 6, 2011, 7:16 am
Search	3	Bort	Any update to the forum updates that bort mentioned a long time ago, where we would be able to search through google to find things?	July 29, 2011, 2:58 pm