BTS: Frequently Asked Questions - Page 22

Francis Cole · 05-19-2014, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Cpdaly

Is it safe to assume there will be a Mac version for v1?

Yes.

24Rocks · 05-19-2014, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

It's customizable in the sense you be able to have the teams/players who are called the same as the real CFL players/teams. But the CFL is really a different sport so it won't be exactly the same.
It's like presuming as OOTP is fully customizable you will be able to 100% duplicate a Softball league.

That I can understand as long I can try to make it like the CFL im happy but my biggest question so there will be a option to make the game 3 downs, the rest for me is not really important if its like the NFL so be it.

Francis Cole · 05-19-2014, 10:10 AM

Unfortunately I can't make any guarantees on if downs will be customizable for V1 yet.

24Rocks · 05-19-2014, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

Unfortunately I can't make any guarantees on if downs will be customizable for V1 yet.

Thank you for your quick reply and I didn't expect it to be in there but it would be an nice feature eventually.

beezer2434 · 05-19-2014, 11:22 AM

Will there be any screenshots released soon?

Francis Cole · 05-19-2014, 11:31 AM

Probably not for few months yet. Sorry to disappoint!

beezer2434 · 05-19-2014, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

Probably not for few months yet. Sorry to disappoint!

No worries! I was just curious

Le Grande Orange · 05-19-2014, 11:00 PM

Okay, so the first iteration of BTS won't have true historical leagues in that the way the game of football (i.e. the plays, statistical environment, etc.) was played in earlier years was too different from its current state and thus would require a lot of research and coding to get correct.

I'm perfectly okay with that.

However, might it be possible to have what might be called "pseudo" historical leagues? That is, these leagues would use the contemporary brand of football in terms of its plays, statistical environment, salary cap rules, etc., and rosters of fictional players, but would otherwise emulate the past NFL in terms of member cities, league alignment, season length, schedules, and playoff formats? That would at least offer a first approximation of historical leagues (much in the way an approximation of the CFL could be rendered). Yes, they'd be fictional players within a historically-themed universe, but such fictional-historical league combinations can be fun do to. It's a sort of "what if" recreation.

If nothing else this would get the team/league-level aspect of historical leagues out of the way, leaving the (presumably much) harder aspect of the on-the-field historical football to be handled later.

By the way, I think Mr. Cole's nickname on the board should be "Cole Train" in honour of Augustus "Cole Train" Cole, thrashball player extraordinaire and exuberant COG soldier from the Gears of War series of games.

Avindian · 05-20-2014, 01:25 PM

Do you anticipate problems with the NFL, as Markus is beginning to have with MLB?

Francis Cole · 05-20-2014, 04:01 PM

We should be okay with the player names/stats due to the court case.

If we ever had to remove the real nicknames, I think maybe it would be better to have none and say "Dallas@New England"
rather than make up something like "Dallas Razorbacks @ New England Wildcats"

Because the first would still be fairly realistic, but the second one obviously removes any semblance of reality.

ChiefWahoo · 05-20-2014, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

I'm not too sure yet what the player name list will look like, however it certainly won't be the same which is used for OOTP because your average NFL name is totally different to your average MLB name (cultural reasons etc). Currently the name is list I use is all the names that have been in the NFL for past 2 decades or so.
I also have the far more difficult task compared to OOTP in that in the NFL there is still a certain stereotype with certain positions and the ethnicity of the players.Which I also realise may be a sensitive topic to some.

Yeah, I totally understand where you're coming from. But let me say, that as someone who has come up around a culture that may been linked with those stereotypical names and positions, I see no problem with accurately depicting and implementing this as it occurs in real life. And likewise, I wouldn't fault you at all if there weren't many kickers or punters with these distinct ethnic names you might see with a tailback or receiver. This stuff shouldn't be offensive, really we should celebrate our differences and embrace our similarities. That's what sports are about, really, imo.

Le Grande Orange · 05-20-2014, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

If we ever had to remove the real nicknames, I think maybe it would be better to have none and say "Dallas@New England"
rather than make up something like "Dallas Razorbacks @ New England Wildcats"

What do you do with the Giants and Jets? (Or Cardinals and Bears, for those who remember Chicago's two-team days.) New York @ New York might be a little confusing.

james17 · 05-21-2014, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

We should be okay with the player names/stats due to the court case.

If we ever had to remove the real nicknames, I think maybe it would be better to have none and say "Dallas@New England"
rather than make up something like "Dallas Razorbacks @ New England Wildcats"

Because the first would still be fairly realistic, but the second one obviously removes any semblance of reality.

I really like that solution.

Francis Cole · 05-21-2014, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

What do you do with the Giants and Jets? (Or Cardinals and Bears, for those who remember Chicago's two-team days.) New York @ New York might be a little confusing.

We will have to think what to do for the those exceptions (even if it's the dreaded New York @ New Jersey), but I think in general it's much better to have "Dallas @ New England" rather than make up some nicknames which everyone know will be false and look stupid.

Le Grande Orange · 05-21-2014, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

We will have to think what to do for the those exceptions, but I think in general it's much better to have "Dallas @ New England" rather than make up some nicknames which everyone know will be false and look stupid.

I agree, actually. One way to differentiate would be New York (A) and New York (N) with the (A) and (N) standing for American and National conference, respectively.

(I prefer the city names for showing match-ups rather than team nicknames in any event, so I'd always prefer to see Dallas @ New England instead of Cowboys @ Patriots. I personally find it easier to read and follow using the city part of the names.)

colourmebrad · 05-21-2014, 08:49 AM

Are you proposing having no team nicknames at all? If I'm choosing to run a custom league with the New England Wildcats, I'd hate the game to hide that... Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

Francis Cole · 05-21-2014, 09:10 AM

Hopefully the NFL won't care about your custom league, so we can have nicknames for those.

searmh · 05-21-2014, 10:15 AM

Hi so excited about the new game, wondering..and sorry if it has been asked in the previous 22 pages, but will the college players have statistics for their college careers, even though we cant control them? So prior to draft we can view their college stats as well as combine stuff?

Francis Cole · 05-21-2014, 10:22 AM

real players/stats - if we can get the research in time.
The generated players - 99.99% Yes.

redfox000 · 05-21-2014, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

We will have to think what to do for the those exceptions (even if it's the dreaded New York @ New Jersey), but I think in general it's much better to have "Dallas @ New England" rather than make up some nicknames which everyone know will be false and look stupid.

Would you provide the option to add/edit the nicknames? That way we as the user can just rename them to the proper names?

05-21-2014, 09:10 AM	#437
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	Hopefully the NFL won't care about your custom league, so we can have nicknames for those. Last edited by Francis Cole; 05-21-2014 at 09:15 AM.

05-19-2014, 10:10 AM	#423
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	Unfortunately I can't make any guarantees on if downs will be customizable for V1 yet.

05-19-2014, 11:22 AM	#425
beezer2434 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 254	Will there be any screenshots released soon?

05-19-2014, 11:31 AM	#426
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	Probably not for few months yet. Sorry to disappoint!

05-19-2014, 11:00 PM	#428
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	Okay, so the first iteration of BTS won't have true historical leagues in that the way the game of football (i.e. the plays, statistical environment, etc.) was played in earlier years was too different from its current state and thus would require a lot of research and coding to get correct. I'm perfectly okay with that. However, might it be possible to have what might be called "pseudo" historical leagues? That is, these leagues would use the contemporary brand of football in terms of its plays, statistical environment, salary cap rules, etc., and rosters of fictional players, but would otherwise emulate the past NFL in terms of member cities, league alignment, season length, schedules, and playoff formats? That would at least offer a first approximation of historical leagues (much in the way an approximation of the CFL could be rendered). Yes, they'd be fictional players within a historically-themed universe, but such fictional-historical league combinations can be fun do to. It's a sort of "what if" recreation. If nothing else this would get the team/league-level aspect of historical leagues out of the way, leaving the (presumably much) harder aspect of the on-the-field historical football to be handled later. By the way, I think Mr. Cole's nickname on the board should be "Cole Train" in honour of Augustus "Cole Train" Cole, thrashball player extraordinaire and exuberant COG soldier from the Gears of War series of games.

05-20-2014, 01:25 PM	#429
Avindian Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 274	Do you anticipate problems with the NFL, as Markus is beginning to have with MLB?

05-20-2014, 04:01 PM	#430
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	We should be okay with the player names/stats due to the court case. If we ever had to remove the real nicknames, I think maybe it would be better to have none and say "Dallas@New England" rather than make up something like "Dallas Razorbacks @ New England Wildcats" Because the first would still be fairly realistic, but the second one obviously removes any semblance of reality.

05-21-2014, 08:49 AM	#436
colourmebrad Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 107	Are you proposing having no team nicknames at all? If I'm choosing to run a custom league with the New England Wildcats, I'd hate the game to hide that... Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

05-21-2014, 10:15 AM	#438
searmh Bat Boy Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 3	Hi so excited about the new game, wondering..and sorry if it has been asked in the previous 22 pages, but will the college players have statistics for their college careers, even though we cant control them? So prior to draft we can view their college stats as well as combine stuff?

05-21-2014, 10:22 AM	#439
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	real players/stats - if we can get the research in time. The generated players - 99.99% Yes.