Tier 2 - Task 8 Examine your team.
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Kansas City Coyotes won 6 games and lost 8, ranked as the 3rd in this NFC North division, and around 5-7th in DSFL. KCC scored 301 points and lost 305 points, and both were ranked as the third in DSFL. This provides a high-level picture: we have strong offense but weak defense. Tijuana Luchadores, ranking the first in DSFL, scored 303 points and lost 267. Our weakness is on the defense side.
KCC QB Covington III is the top 2nd-3rd QB of the league based on his completion, percentage of successful passing, and overall rating. The only caveat is the interceptions allowed by the other team, being the second worst out of the 14 teams. Our offensive line is quite aggressive with the highest number of pancakes. Our passing play is fantastic. The WR Campbell is just impressive, singlehandedly providing 7 TDs and have 15 yards/run. The other two WRs are also good. However, our rushing play seems problematic, with the average rushing distance ranked as 7th out of 8 teams. The stats suggest that KCC overly relies on the passing play. It is fine since our WRs are fantastic, but it costs us too many interceptions when every play is a passing. The best way to improve is to work on our rushing plays. KCC may need to consider signing stronger FB/RB, or design better strategies for the rushing plays. A more diversified strategy can help to become less predictive in our scoring approaches and reduce the number of interceptions. Otherwise, the only Covington-Campbell connection seems to reduce the 11 offense players to only two.
KCC defensive line needs more improvement. Had we been able to reduce our lost points by 50, our record would look the same as the top team Luchadores. In terms of stats, the KCC has 13 interceptions, which are the best among all the team. Our main problem is a very small number of sacks. Only 14 sacks happened on the whole season, and it is only 1/3 of the highest number (48) by London Royals. Shit, this is why we lost to the Royals in the last game. We scored zero defensive TD. Well, I understand that the defensive TDs can never be planned, but it can always be facilitated when the defensive line can provide more forced fumbles. In the next season, KCC needs to sign better defensive players, like some agile and strong muscles, on LB and CB positions, particularly since our star CB Peter Patterson will be drafted to ISFL. Force more fumbles and sacks. KCC will be in a great position in the next season.
Tier 2 - Task 13 Rookie Experience
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I joined the league about two weeks ago, so I am an S26 rookie. My experience is great so far, partially because I was invited by a close friend slate. Slate is very active in the league, personable, telegenic, and responsive to my questions. Had I been left exploring things by myself, I might be drowned in the forum and feel helpless. Suppose a rookie just joining the league without any more experienced friend, the simplest things, like creating a player and updating the progress of the player’s development, can be confusing. But maybe most of the rookies are invited by some friends to join the league, so we all have some point person to reach out to. Overall it is great, but let me vent a bit to get things out of my system.
Does the forum provide any systematic overview of accumulating TPEs? I just like a structured way to approach everything, so I feel bad when I feel that some TPEs are sneaking away without being noticed. I really appreciate the TPE channel in Kansas City Coyotes, which provides real-time information about the TPEs. Maybe this TPE channel exists in all the teams’ locker rooms, so it might not be an issue.
The second thing is about football. Well, I am pretty sure it is just me. I guess most of the people here are American, so people are familiar with the terms in football games. But I am not. I did not play football before. Maybe everyone knows the meaning of QB, FB, RB, WR, TE, SS, FS, CB, LB, DT, DE, TD, etc. But if you step back and just stare at these words, don’t they look very similar??? I love to decipher the meaning of the team/player stats, but the acronyms (Comp, Att, Pct, Lg, etc.) can look confusing to me. After two weeks’ google, it is not an issue now, since I am a genius in learning to play sports (with Slate’s helps). I also understand that the forum is not supposed to provide basic guidance about American football itself. I am just whiny and vent for fun. ; )
Some writing pieces can be challenging to the rookies. For example, a lot of topics in this week are about the best player, the best team, etc., which require a lot of knowledge about the league. I hope more writing topics can be designed for rookies, so that we can contribute within the limit of our capacity.
Otherwise, things are going well. Discord is a great tool to meet people. Sometimes it is hard to follow the chats there, but the information there is valuable. I am glad that the league is designed to encourage to use active players rather than just strong (but inactive) players. The approaches of earning TPEs and money are reasonable and equitable. The simulation results are cool, and I am just curious whether the league plan to upgrade the simulation animation from 2D to 3D. I understand that it might take a lot of effort and money, but a 3D body just looks more similar to a real football player than the moving circles.
436 words
Kansas City Coyotes won 6 games and lost 8, ranked as the 3rd in this NFC North division, and around 5-7th in DSFL. KCC scored 301 points and lost 305 points, and both were ranked as the third in DSFL. This provides a high-level picture: we have strong offense but weak defense. Tijuana Luchadores, ranking the first in DSFL, scored 303 points and lost 267. Our weakness is on the defense side.
KCC QB Covington III is the top 2nd-3rd QB of the league based on his completion, percentage of successful passing, and overall rating. The only caveat is the interceptions allowed by the other team, being the second worst out of the 14 teams. Our offensive line is quite aggressive with the highest number of pancakes. Our passing play is fantastic. The WR Campbell is just impressive, singlehandedly providing 7 TDs and have 15 yards/run. The other two WRs are also good. However, our rushing play seems problematic, with the average rushing distance ranked as 7th out of 8 teams. The stats suggest that KCC overly relies on the passing play. It is fine since our WRs are fantastic, but it costs us too many interceptions when every play is a passing. The best way to improve is to work on our rushing plays. KCC may need to consider signing stronger FB/RB, or design better strategies for the rushing plays. A more diversified strategy can help to become less predictive in our scoring approaches and reduce the number of interceptions. Otherwise, the only Covington-Campbell connection seems to reduce the 11 offense players to only two.
KCC defensive line needs more improvement. Had we been able to reduce our lost points by 50, our record would look the same as the top team Luchadores. In terms of stats, the KCC has 13 interceptions, which are the best among all the team. Our main problem is a very small number of sacks. Only 14 sacks happened on the whole season, and it is only 1/3 of the highest number (48) by London Royals. Shit, this is why we lost to the Royals in the last game. We scored zero defensive TD. Well, I understand that the defensive TDs can never be planned, but it can always be facilitated when the defensive line can provide more forced fumbles. In the next season, KCC needs to sign better defensive players, like some agile and strong muscles, on LB and CB positions, particularly since our star CB Peter Patterson will be drafted to ISFL. Force more fumbles and sacks. KCC will be in a great position in the next season.
Tier 2 - Task 13 Rookie Experience
526 words
I joined the league about two weeks ago, so I am an S26 rookie. My experience is great so far, partially because I was invited by a close friend slate. Slate is very active in the league, personable, telegenic, and responsive to my questions. Had I been left exploring things by myself, I might be drowned in the forum and feel helpless. Suppose a rookie just joining the league without any more experienced friend, the simplest things, like creating a player and updating the progress of the player’s development, can be confusing. But maybe most of the rookies are invited by some friends to join the league, so we all have some point person to reach out to. Overall it is great, but let me vent a bit to get things out of my system.
Does the forum provide any systematic overview of accumulating TPEs? I just like a structured way to approach everything, so I feel bad when I feel that some TPEs are sneaking away without being noticed. I really appreciate the TPE channel in Kansas City Coyotes, which provides real-time information about the TPEs. Maybe this TPE channel exists in all the teams’ locker rooms, so it might not be an issue.
The second thing is about football. Well, I am pretty sure it is just me. I guess most of the people here are American, so people are familiar with the terms in football games. But I am not. I did not play football before. Maybe everyone knows the meaning of QB, FB, RB, WR, TE, SS, FS, CB, LB, DT, DE, TD, etc. But if you step back and just stare at these words, don’t they look very similar??? I love to decipher the meaning of the team/player stats, but the acronyms (Comp, Att, Pct, Lg, etc.) can look confusing to me. After two weeks’ google, it is not an issue now, since I am a genius in learning to play sports (with Slate’s helps). I also understand that the forum is not supposed to provide basic guidance about American football itself. I am just whiny and vent for fun. ; )
Some writing pieces can be challenging to the rookies. For example, a lot of topics in this week are about the best player, the best team, etc., which require a lot of knowledge about the league. I hope more writing topics can be designed for rookies, so that we can contribute within the limit of our capacity.
Otherwise, things are going well. Discord is a great tool to meet people. Sometimes it is hard to follow the chats there, but the information there is valuable. I am glad that the league is designed to encourage to use active players rather than just strong (but inactive) players. The approaches of earning TPEs and money are reasonable and equitable. The simulation results are cool, and I am just curious whether the league plan to upgrade the simulation animation from 2D to 3D. I understand that it might take a lot of effort and money, but a 3D body just looks more similar to a real football player than the moving circles.