BTS: Frequently Asked Questions - Page 26

Cap Heresy · 09-29-2014, 05:58 PM

As long as we get Font Size and CSV, it's ok if web pages are limited, because I can make csv data as big a font as I want.

I will probably not buy the game until MP is included. Not trying to put pressure on you, that's just a fact of (my) life.

TGH-Adfabre · 09-30-2014, 12:26 AM

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I know some of that may not be what you were hoping to here, but I hope you will understand

As a business owner and a manager dealing directly with customers I have overvalued my abilities and mishandled customer expectations. Some lessons are learned painfully. I am happy to see that you provide clear expectations when you are discussing your product. It is far easier to accept "probably not", "I doubt it" and "no" now than have incorrect product expectations that are unfulfilled later.

I am looking forward to this product. I actually found OOTP looking for a BTS type game in 2007.

Keep up the good expectation management, I would rather hear an accurate No than an incorrect yes.

Orioles1966 · 10-08-2014, 05:16 PM

Any updated info on the following:
a.) Max amount of teams per league
b.) Max amount of leagues per Universe
c.) can NFL divisions(w/32 teams) be changed to a 5-5-6 line-up per Conference
d.) will trades be available between leagues
e.) when playing one league-do other leagues sit idle or will games be played at the same time(aka OOTP).
f.) can schedules be edited
g.) will schedules contain real dates and not Week #1,#2 etc

thanks for any info

Francis Cole · 10-08-2014, 05:39 PM

a)36 teams in one league. however you can't exceed 46 in one nation due to the colleges
b)As long as you stick to the 46 teams per nation I guess you could have as many different countries as you want. I have not tested yet at what point things start to get very slow though if people go crazy and have 46 teams per nation in 100s of nations!!
d)At the moment: Players yes, picks no
e)When you press continue to advance the world all nations/leagues advance at the same rate.
f)Probably not
g)Not entirely sure what you mean, sorry. Week #1 of the 2015 season will be on Sunday 13th Sept (with one Monday game on the 14th). Week #2 is one game on Thursday 17th Sept, the Sunday games on 20th, and one Monday game on the 21st.

Orioles1966 · 10-08-2014, 05:58 PM

g) you answered correctly. Some football games only mention Week #.

Orioles1966 · 10-09-2014, 09:26 AM

Will there be an option for tie games rather than play overtime during the regular season?

ohv · 10-10-2014, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Orioles1966

Will there be an option for tie games rather than play overtime during the regular season?

It would be nice if the actual NFL would do this. Overtimes in regular season does not make really any sense too much luck involved etc (I guess those are played because american people are not used to ties in sport). And anyways it would make the standings more interesting in the end of the season.

Marinersfan51 · 10-10-2014, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ohv

It would be nice if the actual NFL would do this. Overtimes in regular season does not make really any sense too much luck involved etc (I guess those are played because american people are not used to ties in sport). And anyways it would make the standings more interesting in the end of the season.

There are regular season tie games in the NFL, if at the end of the first overtime period it is still tied, the game is a tie. It happened a couple years ago with the 49ers and Rams, the players didn't even know it could happen.

damientheomen3 · 10-13-2014, 02:40 AM

Speak of the devil...

I absolutely despise ties in sports, so I hope we have the option to eradicate them completely.

Orioles1966 · 10-14-2014, 12:37 PM

Will be able to clone players(or something)?

baseballonly · 10-18-2014, 08:30 PM

Sure this has been asked, but will the game move one week at at time or one day at a time?

Also, Is there any way we could get online play. You already have it could OOTP couldn't you just do it the same way. This seems like it will be such a more in-depth and realistic game than PFS but honestly I don't see much reason to buy it without the aspect of playing against other real people.

Francis Cole · 10-19-2014, 05:36 AM

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Will be able to clone players(or something)?

You can't clone someone in the OOTP sense (there isn't a clone button), but there is an editor so you are free to edit the name/attributes etc so you have two players which are the same.

Francis Cole · 10-19-2014, 05:39 AM

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Sure this has been asked, but will the game move one week at at time or one day at a time?

It's usually a week, but if for any reason it needs to stop (e.g. the draft, or a game) it will stop.

baseballonly · 10-19-2014, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Francis Cole

It's usually a week, but if for any reason it needs to stop (e.g. the draft, or a game) it will stop.

So we won't be able to get update on the injury status of our players throughout the week?

Francis Cole · 10-19-2014, 01:52 PM

In reality it's less than a week. because it's going to stop for various events in a week.

And of course you can press esc to stop the processing at any time.

However no, it's not going to stop every single day to update you about injured players.

beezer2434 · 10-24-2014, 09:51 AM

Will there be a road to release like OOTP does and FHM 15 started to?

Francis Cole · 10-24-2014, 10:01 AM

At some point I hope to have some sort of developer blog, which I guess will be similar.

dumbrabbit · 10-24-2014, 12:01 PM

In one of those blogs, I suggest that you tell us how to build the best teams. Tell us how to build dynasties. :-)

Orioles1966 · 10-24-2014, 05:17 PM

Will NFL (or Fictional Leagues) QBs in BTS be exempt from being suspended for PED use,just like they do in the real NFL?

As far as I know-only one QB in NFL History has been suspended for PEDs(Jim Miller). That's unbelievable.

Francis Cole · 10-24-2014, 06:18 PM

There's nothing in the CBA, nor the NFL Drugs policy as far as I am aware which specifically has different rules for different positions.
So in that regards no they are not exempt, as they (to my knowledge) are not exempt from those rules in real life.

What I presume you are asking is if the likelihood of a QB being suspended is less than other positions. In which case yes, we use real life data of ratios of suspensions per position.

Character concerns (which does not just include drugs) is a very different subject when talking about the NFL compared to the MLB, so as you can imagine BTS differs a lot to OOTP in this; While it it will modeled as accurately as possible in BTS, it may not have the comicality people may be used to from OOTP (though I'm not saying OOTP parodies the subject!).

Thanks,
Francis

10-08-2014, 05:39 PM	#504
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	a)36 teams in one league. however you can't exceed 46 in one nation due to the colleges b)As long as you stick to the 46 teams per nation I guess you could have as many different countries as you want. I have not tested yet at what point things start to get very slow though if people go crazy and have 46 teams per nation in 100s of nations!! d)At the moment: Players yes, picks no e)When you press continue to advance the world all nations/leagues advance at the same rate. f)Probably not g)Not entirely sure what you mean, sorry. Week #1 of the 2015 season will be on Sunday 13th Sept (with one Monday game on the 14th). Week #2 is one game on Thursday 17th Sept, the Sunday games on 20th, and one Monday game on the 21st. Last edited by Francis Cole; 10-08-2014 at 05:40 PM.

10-18-2014, 08:30 PM	#511
baseballonly All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 806	Sure this has been asked, but will the game move one week at at time or one day at a time? Also, Is there any way we could get online play. You already have it could OOTP couldn't you just do it the same way. This seems like it will be such a more in-depth and realistic game than PFS but honestly I don't see much reason to buy it without the aspect of playing against other real people. __________________ Former OOTP Leagues: CBL-Admirals (2016-17 Champs) MMB-Phillies

10-19-2014, 01:52 PM	#515
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	In reality it's less than a week. because it's going to stop for various events in a week. And of course you can press esc to stop the processing at any time. However no, it's not going to stop every single day to update you about injured players. Last edited by Francis Cole; 10-19-2014 at 05:26 PM.

10-24-2014, 06:18 PM	#520
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	There's nothing in the CBA, nor the NFL Drugs policy as far as I am aware which specifically has different rules for different positions. So in that regards no they are not exempt, as they (to my knowledge) are not exempt from those rules in real life. What I presume you are asking is if the likelihood of a QB being suspended is less than other positions. In which case yes, we use real life data of ratios of suspensions per position. Character concerns (which does not just include drugs) is a very different subject when talking about the NFL compared to the MLB, so as you can imagine BTS differs a lot to OOTP in this; While it it will modeled as accurately as possible in BTS, it may not have the comicality people may be used to from OOTP (though I'm not saying OOTP parodies the subject!). Thanks, Francis Last edited by Francis Cole; 10-24-2014 at 06:22 PM.

09-29-2014, 05:58 PM	#501
Cap Heresy Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 65	As long as we get Font Size and CSV, it's ok if web pages are limited, because I can make csv data as big a font as I want. I will probably not buy the game until MP is included. Not trying to put pressure on you, that's just a fact of (my) life.

10-08-2014, 05:16 PM	#503
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Any updated info on the following: a.) Max amount of teams per league b.) Max amount of leagues per Universe c.) can NFL divisions(w/32 teams) be changed to a 5-5-6 line-up per Conference d.) will trades be available between leagues e.) when playing one league-do other leagues sit idle or will games be played at the same time(aka OOTP). f.) can schedules be edited g.) will schedules contain real dates and not Week #1,#2 etc thanks for any info

10-08-2014, 05:58 PM	#505
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	g) you answered correctly. Some football games only mention Week #.

10-09-2014, 09:26 AM	#506
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Will there be an option for tie games rather than play overtime during the regular season?

10-14-2014, 12:37 PM	#510
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Will be able to clone players(or something)?

10-24-2014, 09:51 AM	#516
beezer2434 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 254	Will there be a road to release like OOTP does and FHM 15 started to?

10-24-2014, 10:01 AM	#517
Francis Cole Lead Developer for BTS Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 854	At some point I hope to have some sort of developer blog, which I guess will be similar.

10-24-2014, 12:01 PM	#518
dumbrabbit All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 827	In one of those blogs, I suggest that you tell us how to build the best teams. Tell us how to build dynasties. :-)

10-24-2014, 05:17 PM	#519
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Will NFL (or Fictional Leagues) QBs in BTS be exempt from being suspended for PED use,just like they do in the real NFL? As far as I know-only one QB in NFL History has been suspended for PEDs(Jim Miller). That's unbelievable.