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Going for it on 4th down

By Wolfkill
5/25/2015 6:53 am
With a a 3 point lead at my 20, this is what my team did instead of punting.
Almost cost me the game! What happened here? I'm sure in the real would I wouldn't have done this, lol.
http://cust14.myfootballnow.com/watch/398#76515

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
5/25/2015 7:23 am
Do you have any rules that might have fired to do that? Thy AI shouldn't do for it on 4th down unless you are behind and in hurry up, but if you don't have a rule I'll look into why it might have happened.

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By Wolfkill
5/25/2015 7:24 am
I do not have any rules set.

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By dmcc1
5/25/2015 8:16 am
Have you taken over an existing team? This happened to me and when I checked there were lots of rules still in place from the previous owner which I had to delete.

It may be an idea to reset the rules when an owner leaves..

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By Gustoon
5/25/2015 8:21 am
dmcc1 wrote:
Have you taken over an existing team? This happened to me and when I checked there were lots of rules still in place from the previous owner which I had to delete.

It may be an idea to reset the rules when an owner leaves..


+1

and cap room

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
5/25/2015 10:11 am
Wolfkill wrote:
I do not have any rules set.


This looks like it may have been from the last timeout patch (so it wasn't everyone punting but this is an example of why I normally don't do this level of a patch midseason) - I believe it's been fixed, let me know if it happens again in any future games.

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By Wolfkill
5/25/2015 11:08 am
jdavidbakr wrote:
Wolfkill wrote:
I do not have any rules set.


This looks like it may have been from the last timeout patch (so it wasn't everyone punting but this is an example of why I normally don't do this level of a patch midseason) - I believe it's been fixed, let me know if it happens again in any future games.


Thanks, JD

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By WarEagle
5/25/2015 3:41 pm
jdavidbakr wrote:


... this is an example of why I normally don't do this level of a patch midseason) - I believe it's been fixed, let me know if it happens again in any future games.


For the record, I think it's a good idea to test any new patches, etc., in MFN-1. But, once it is determined that it works as expected, I see no reason to wait until a new season begins to implement it in other leagues.

Such as the new player generation. I have no idea why a complete season would need to be run before this could have been added to current leagues.

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By Sardean
5/25/2015 7:01 pm
i would expect it is because players are only generated for each draft, therefore a season needs to run to get to the draft.

Re: Going for it on 4th down

By WarEagle
5/25/2015 8:52 pm
Right, but they are generated once the playoffs begin. We had to wait until the end of the NEXT regular season. So, two full seasons.