Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2005 I joined. I just did a search on it, by the name, and went from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2005 I'll sign up today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 2, 2005 There's still 9 spots remaining for all those who'd want any teams besides the Bills, Packers, and Niners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 So, how many have actually joined this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2005 Can we call dibs on teams in advance if we haven't been able to join yet but expect to be able to soon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 5, 2005 How soon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2005 That depends on my stepdad. He's supposedly looking into broadband providers, but he's a Walgreens manager and works long hours so a lot of the time, things like that slip his mind since he's got more important things to take care of. If he keeps jerking around about it, I'm going to just sign up for Adelphia myself in about 2 weeks, since that's when I'll be able to afford it, and I'll be getting Live immediately. I'd like to be able to ensure that I have a team that I want to play as, but as long as I actually get into the league I'll be happy. However, I do realize that you have to accomodate everyone and that it would be stupid and unfair to hold up proceedings over one person, so do what you have to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2005 How much longer will it be, until they shut down the online servers for this game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 6, 2005 Well if it's just us 3 and possibly Matt Young, I'll give it about a week or so before starting up the league and making it public so we can fill a few other spots as well. I'm disappointed in the turnout for this. I thought there were more Live users that had ESPN 2k5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BifEverchad 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2005 I'm all for the PS2 League, in about a week or two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 13, 2005 Vitamin X- Thanks again for waiting. I don't know if you've gone ahead and started already or not. You said you'd give it a week and it's been 8 days. If you haven't, I would like to confirm my ability to participate. I'll finally have broadband access soon after signing up for SBC Yahoo DSL this morning. My package is supposed to arrive in 3-5 days and I'll be picking up an Xbox Live starter kit when I receive that, if not before. Anyway, just let me know if the league's still got a spot open for me. I'm going to go practice now so I don't get whipped too badly... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 15, 2005 I'll be making the league public tommorrow, so you can still sign up if there's any spots left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2005 All right. Tomorrow's the 3rd day since I ordered, so I'm hoping my DSL equipment will arrive at that time rather than taking the full 5 days. I'm not sure where it was shipped from, though. I'll be sure to check for an open spot first thing after I get Live up and running. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UseTheSledgehammerUh 0 Report post Posted January 17, 2005 I just won the Super Bowl in my first season with the Philadelphia Eagles, edging the Oakland Raiders 20-13. However, wanna hear something fucked up? Instead of kneeling the ball at the end of the game, I decided to pad Buckhalter's stats a bit. Westbrook already was out of the game with a hyperextended elbow. So I run Buckhalter with 8 seconds left, they have no timeouts. There's a MAN DOWN. It's Terrell Owens. The report: a lower leg hairline fracture. 8 weeks. Sound FAMILIAR? Into the offseason, Owens decides that with an injury and a title already won, he'll RETIRE. Ridiculous. I don't have the cap room to make him a ridiculous offer to stay. He won't unretire. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaMarka 0 Report post Posted January 17, 2005 I think you learned a hilarious lesson on why not to pad stats. Good times. Since this has already gone somewhat off-topic, I need new sliders. Right now, I have the computer at "legend" (125% of the all-pro sliders) while I kept all the human stuff at all-pro level. In my 3rd or 4th season with the Titans, I absolutely clobbered the Browns 72-3. How can I make the computer better without them being cheap? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2005 Anybody wanna get in on an NBA 2K5 League? PM me or post here if interested - I hope to set up at least 8 users from TSM. Post your Live! tag for me for reference - mine's "claytronovich". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2005 I have barely played NBA 2K5 and I suck balls at it, but I'll still join anyway. I'll finally be getting my broadband and Live working tomorrow after putting up with SBC's bullshit for an entire week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 20, 2005 UPDATE: Apparently I can't change the league from private to public, so I'll have to delete it and have everyone join the public one I'll make under Thesmartmarks later on today. I'll kick any non-TSMers out if someone on here is trying to join but can't because the league is full. I'd also very much be interested in joining an NBA2k5 league. My gamertag is OpiateNightmare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2005 I tried to join the public league, but apparently you didn't make it yet. I joined the private league as San Diego, though, since you obviously have the Packers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2005 NBA 2K5, NFL 2K5... I'll join both. NinerFan1983 is my gamertag. For NFL 2K5, wouldn't they be shutting down the online play for this game around March or April? (Since it would be about 30 days after the end of the season, not counting the Pro Bowl, either) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2005 I hope not. I know there won't be a 2K6, but they can at least keep the online servers up until the next batch of football titles... well, EA's games... are released. Dammit, I'm having too much fun for them to shut it down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 23, 2005 OK, old league deleted new one created. If anyone's interested it's a public league now, though who knows how many people will want to sign up under a league named "Thesmartmarks".. I hope at least 12 other people do. Leagues are more fun when they're bigger. So join up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2005 RE: NBA2K5 League on XBL... At this point, I have 5 confirmed and a possible sixth. If you know of any players interested in this, I'll be happy to get them into the league. These are the settings I'm fiddling with, but I'm not sure of the amount of players we will have. Season Name: TheSmartMarks League Password: Smark Number of Players: 10 Playoff Teams: 4 Round Interval: 5 days Season Length: 12 games Difficulty: Superstar Quarter Length: 6 minutes. Injuries: On Trading: On Series Length: Best of 3. At the end, the most games a player would play is 18. Multiply that by 5 day periods (18 x 5 = 90) and you get about 3 months of play. I'll create the league this Friday, so if you have changes to make to the settings, let me know beforehand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 26, 2005 I prefer longer quarters and an easier setting. At least like 8 minutes or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2005 I don't care about the quarter length, but as I said in my response to your PM, I have barely played this game and I'd probably get thrashed anyway, but I'd have no chance on Superstar. VX- Are you going to be back on Live tonight? I saw you on NFL earlier, but you were busy crushing the Ravens 28-3 in the 4th quarter. I'd like to play a game against you sometime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2005 I just played the best game online. My first few games were a 56-7 loss, a 23-0 win, and a 46-17 victory. I never had a good close game. Tonight I played some guy who used the Broncos and the game was an awesome back and forth battle. I took the lead 24-21 with about 4:00 left in the game, but then he drove the length of the field thanks to some good running and a 38 yard pass play and took the lead 28-24. I lost the ball on my next possession but then forced him to punt (after using all my timeouts to stop the clock) with 43 seconds left. I starte at my own 37 and finally got down to the 17. I got a pas off that Donald Driver dropped with 3 seconds left. Man, was I pissed. I couldn't kick a FG, so I had one last shot at the end zone. I tossed a screen pass to Javon Walker, who made it to the 1 yard line before falling short as time expired. Final score: Broncos 28, Packers 24. It sucks that I lost, but that was the most fun I've had in a video game in a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 27, 2005 I forgot to ask... Can someone explain the "play style" and "votes" features on Live? I know what play style is, but how is it determined? I have played 4 games and have a play style of "average", but some people have played a ton of games and are listed as "n/a". As for votes, I have no idea either. I have 10/11. I've never seen any sort of voting option. Neither feature is explained in the manual or the game itself from what I've seen, so I was just curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 27, 2005 We should play sometime then, Matt. I'll probably be on later today between 1-7pm eastern time before I go to work. I had an amazing game yesterday as well. Was up on the Vikings 10-0 at halftime over some guy that was ranked 160 or something and used Maximum Passing (two main keys in seeing if someone has way too much experience playing the game) but decided to try it anyways to get my ass kicked and see if I learned any tricks or whatever from playing someone who was that good. Before you know it, he started picking on my shitty secondary and Moss had a TAD, and at the beginning of the 4th it was 14-13 Vikes. I scored a TD with 3 minutes or so left, failed on the 2 point conversion, I was up 19-15. He then drove the field and scored a TD with just over a minute left, and then the idiot decided to kick the FG instead of going for 2. Folks, a 1 point or 2 point lead is worthless when the game could come down to a FG. So I drove up the field and kicked the FG with :02 left, and won, 22-21. Serves him right. He should have beaten me with how well he played in the second half, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted January 28, 2005 Yeah, we should definitely play. I unfortunately did not see this post until after you had gone to work. I lost another 4 point heartbreaker today. I'll spare you most of the PBP from the beginning since it was just a few basic drives and a big pass play for a TD on each end. Basically, I scored first, then the other guy (Bengals) went up 14-7. I tied the game, but then he got a TD and a FG to take a 24-14 lead at the half. He got the ball on the 2nd half kickoff and drove the length of the field. I figured I was doomed, but I stopped him at 4th & goal from the 1 and forced Kittna to fumble. On the ensuing play, Ahman Green broke out a huge run to reach midfield. Early in the 4th, I capped off the drive with a rushing TD from Green to make it 24-21 Bengals. On the next drive, about 3 plays in, Kittna threw an interception to Sharper. I was on, I believe, the 35 of Cincinnati. I was stopped but got a quick field goal to tie it up at 24. After a run for a first down and a couple more short runs to kill time, Kittna tossed another INT. I figured to score a TD and at least guarantee OT. However, Donald Driver blew it on 3rd down from the 21. The motherfucker dropped an easily catchable pass! I had to settle for the field goal which gave me a 27-24 lead with 1:30-something left after being down 14-24. The Bengals kept executing the run for short gains and consistent first down that drained the clock before busting out a lucky 30 yard toss to get inside my 20. I thought I had them stopped and could send it to overtime if I allowed them a field goal, but with 5 seconds left, they got through my secondary for the touchdown and the 31-27 lead. Needless to say, my hail mary attempt at the end resulted in an INT, and the Packers' online record under Matt Young dropped to 2-3. I suck. but at least I'm having a lot of fun while losing. At this rate, though, I'll be losing my hair as along with the games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted January 31, 2005 Where did the interest for the NFL2k5 league go? I made thesmartmarks as a public league and had a ton of non-TSMers join and fill up the league unfortunately. Anyways I deleted that and recreated the league with a larger roster, so hopefully we'll see everyone who promised to join in this thread join up. Sorry to make this such a pain in the ass for y'all. League name: Thesmartmarks It's a public league, so take the spots while they're still available. 28 spots, well 27 technically as I've taken the Packers already (naturally). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
