01-22-2020, 06:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-26-2020, 01:48 PM by caltroit_red_flames.)
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Ready to grade
2 years and 1000 posts later and we still aren't getting fair rubs. Ask me questions about literally anything.
(01-22-2020, 06:41 PM)FleshBagSoup Wrote:How do you like your rubs?
Fair. It's too bad that because of an HO and GM group that hates offensive lineman we won't have fair rubs for a long time. These old timers don't see the position for what it is. But we've started our movement, hopefully more will join us. We've picked up some great people in the past two seasons.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:Oh man here we go, OL time babyTyron Smith, the guy is brick wall.
Whose your favorite NFL Lineman
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:Why do you like playing OL in the NSFLWhen I first joined I wanted to be an offensive lineman but people told me to make something else and I didn't know why. So now that I can finally be the position I wanted to be in the first place I'm loving it. I feel like I'm really helping my team.
I also kind of enjoy blazing trails in these leagues. Finding new ways to be successful and building a group of people that join along. See PBE with my walks and steals build. Kckolbe was someone who started it but I think the name and the stick-to-itness that I've shown to my build has gotten more people to be speed demons over there. I think our fair rub movement is doing the same thing here.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:If you had to play OL in real life in the pros, which position would you beOne of the tackles, probably RT. I don't want to be the one going up against the nose tackle and I think I'd be quick enough to defend against the pass rush.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:How is Rubbe's career looking? HoF ?I have no idea what a HoF level career would look like for an offensive lineman in the NSFL because there isn't really any context for it. I'd have to go back and take a look at the seasons that TC's and Muford's OL player had and the ones Beaver and you have been having. At this point I think it mostly depends on how many Ultimus' he wins. Or maybe longevity. I'll be with him till nobody takes him I think.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:What type of DL do you not like going up against (NSFL or theoretical IRL)IRL I'd definitely not want to go against someone like JJ Watt. The guy will make anyone look like a total fool on the line. What an absolute defensive freak.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:Why do you think OL goes so under appreciated, albeit being the most important position group besides qb?I think it goes under appreciated because it's not a flashy position. You don't touch the ball ever. You're not the one bringing it into the end zone or getting sacks or deflecting it, you're indirectly allowing your teammates to do all of that stuff. Now that's the real life reason. The reason it goes under appreciated on NSFL is because of two things. 1. The sim doesn't show you doing anything at all, and 2. because the only two stats in the index are pancakes and sacks allowed. One of those is a negative thing that you don't want to change and the other doesn't directly seem to impact what the team does. But if you look at the differences in rushing yards per carry for teams with good or bad offensive linemen you'll see the effects.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:Pass blocking or Run blocking?Depends on the league. DSFL run blocking, NSFL it's up to you. Personally I'd go with run blocking because I think you can more easily see the impact of your blocks on a running play.
(01-22-2020, 07:09 PM)PaytonM34 Wrote:Will you recreate as an OL?Hell yeah. I'm going to keep making offensive linemen. There'll likely come a point where I don't want to be too serious about the NSFL anymore and when that comes I'll still be an OL that just doesn't buy equipment or something like that.
(01-22-2020, 09:16 PM)IsaStarcrossed Wrote:You have been in this league for a long, long time. What keeps you coming back to it?Honestly it depends on what's happening at the time. My pal @Blastmeaway is gone from the league which makes me sad so it's not that anymore. At the beginning of Rubbe's career it was spite because fuck anyone and everyone that says OL isn't a good position, I'm here with the boys proving you wrong. Now I have the fair rub club and Rubbe's legacy keeping me here.
(01-22-2020, 09:16 PM)IsaStarcrossed Wrote:What do you think could change in either the sim or our community to make OL a more enjoyable experience for users who want to get into it?The easy thing to change in my opinion is the community aspect. Treat offensive line the same way that other positions are treated. Stop asking people to position switch and I think it's that simple. Things that are out of my control though? A better visual sim. We don't really see what the OL does right now cause they're just little circles. If we could see the pancakes and blocks in action it'd be way better.
(01-22-2020, 09:16 PM)IsaStarcrossed Wrote:If you could brand your own NSFL team, what would it be?Oof that's a tough one. I'd go with Grand Rapids, MI. I don't really like anywhere else much. I'm not a city person at all so that pretty much removes all of the good locations. Grand Rapids is Beer City, USA officially so despite my sobriety I suppose that'd be the most sensible route to go. The Grand Rapids Growlers with the mascot being a big ass brown growler. Call em the jug heads lol