The long, rigorous team-building process

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

lol, now that we got all of the players and their tiers out.... the process begins.

I've made a list of all positions, and took my favorite player from each position I wanted to draft out of each tier. Right now I have 30 possible players, and I need to round it down to 11... this is gonna take a while..

How are you guys deciding on your teams?

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

:( i forgot kicker... make the list a little longer..lol

[redbull75]

Trying to distribute legends evenly, basically, skewed a bit towards the way I like to run my offense and defense.
Once play starts I'll skew more depending on how much resposibility the generic players can handle in their various incarnations...(rush, coverage, pass, etc)

[thePLAGUE]

The list dosent include generic players yet right?...I have a pen, a notebook and a glass of wine and am doing what many 2k fanboys are doing tonight: scheming...

[ThBeNdS]

I tried to do that. All I can say is good luck. I have 5 different teams and trying tofigure out which is best now. I started just wanting one but there are so many combinations and decisions to make. UGH

[redbull75]

I tried to do that. All I can say is good luck. I have 5 different teams and trying tofigure out which is best now. I started just wanting one but there are so many combinations and decisions to make. UGH
Yep that's the problem...I've seen a bunch of teams that look really good on paper, but until we know if the generics are a bunch of total donkeys or not, we won't know really how to best distribute the legends....
And even after that, we still know it's gonna be the man behind the controller who makes the biggest difference...

[georgerogersheisman38]

I made my list (see sig) before I found out all the players abilities tonite, and now that i have all their abilities im going through and seeing wat silver players have bronze players that are better to free up more silver spots. Looking at getting okoye instead of campbell.

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

alright, well I think I figured out my gold picks. I still have to get rid of 3 silver players and 2 bronze players, but here's what I think my gold picks will be.

RB- Barry Sanders
OLB- Derrick Thomas

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

man, I got it down to 13.... NOW IT GETS TOUGH. Maybe you guys can help me?? Here's the 13 I got it down to.

Gold
HB- Barry Sanders
OLB- Derrick Thomas

Silver
QB- Randall Cunningham
WR- Don Maynard
CB- Lem Barney
ILB- Harry Carson
Tackle- Bob St. Clair

Bronze
WR- Rob Moore
Terry Mcdaniel
D-end- Clyde Simmons
C- Mike Tingelhoff
DT- Dan Saleaumunea
K- Jeff Jaeger

[chrishanson85]

Dude love the selection at running back


alright, well I think I figured out my gold picks. I still have to get rid of 3 silver players and 2 bronze players, but here's what I think my gold picks will be.

RB- Barry Sanders
OLB- Derrick Thomas

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

I don't have much patience.. lol, i'm about to make a thread... I can not finish this

[Hulk_Hogan]

Brother the game is not out yet!!!!!!You actually have time to sit down and write it down on paper. you are gonna be really dissapointed when my HULKAMANIACS stomp all over your "pre made" team brother!

watcha gonna the when the HULKAMANIACS come for you!!!!

[thePLAGUE]

Am pretty much done with my SIM team: no gold or silver QB or HB...maybe is the wine but boy that defence...lol...I will do the shoot out team later...peace

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

why does having a gold or silver QB or HB make a team unsim....??? Not trying to argue, but I don't really know what made you able to tell people who they can and can't pick to be sim

[Hulk_Hogan]

you are right brother dont pay attention to whats sim and what is...they are all unwritten rules made up by us fans!

[Prince_RIP4eVa]

I'm thinking about possibly dropping my silver WR and tackle... how is this??

Gold
HB- Barry Sanders
OLB- Derrick Thomas

Silver
QB- Randall Cunningham
CB- Lem Barney
ILB- Harry Carson

Bronze
WR- Rob Moore
CB- Terry Mcdaniel
D-end- Clyde Simmons
C- Mike Tingelhoff
DT- Dan Saleaumunea
K- Jeff Jaeger

[thePLAGUE]

why does having a gold or silver QB or HB make a team unsim....??? Not trying to argue, but I don't really know what made you able to tell people who they can and can't pick to be sim


Oh, i see how that could be taken the wrong way...my shoot out team will be for people who might become extremely skilled with the Gold RBS...In that case, if i cant beat them i shall join them for a high scoring match up...No pretence of a defence in that case

By Sim i really mearnt the chess/tactical type of football where the scoring isnt decided by player tier (Gold) or how fast you can mash the button or break tackles...A majority of players online will live and die by either the P.*** or the RUN - not a lot of scheming involved in that case...By relying on player tier i mean those who will run the ball 30 times in a role...

In summary i welcome all play styles or strategies. if i cant beat it, i will learn it or adjust to it...bring it all

[Street King85]

why does having a gold or silver QB or HB make a team unsim....??? Not trying to argue, but I don't really know what made you able to tell people who they can and can't pick to be sim

I THINK it's HIS sim, meaning it's not stacked on offense or defense, but then...there are 11 total players to pick outta 43..I think even if someone picks 11 offensive/defensive players the generic players are gonna make this game balanced...

I mean you cant put a definition of SIM on a game that isnt based on a real league...2K made it as balance laden as possible..so that if someone stacks their offense/defense, they damn well better be REALLY good at controlling players on the other side of the ball because they're gonna get taken advantage of...

But alas, this is 2K afterall, there is GONNA be someone who tries to determine what's SIM in a league that isn't even real... (not like there's high powered offenses/defenses in the NFL) but whatever....

The thought process that goes into making my team is (Besides not knowing how the generic players work..)

Having a GOLD QB/HB that are fast and can escape the pocket if my generic line doesnt hold up...having two BRONZE WRs..one that specializes in going long/speed/and acrobatics...and one that is possession/over the middle/ catch specialist.

My defense consist of a Silver LB, CB, and FS...a Bronze CB/LB on the other side...and 2 Bronze D-Linemen (DE, DT)...one line backer specializes in both run and pash rush, the other in run stopping...my linemen both specialize in run/stop stuffing...

[thePLAGUE]

I'm thinking about possibly dropping my silver WR and tackle... how is this??

man, I got it down to 13.... NOW IT GETS TOUGH. Maybe you guys can help me?? Here's the 13 I got it down to.

Gold
HB- Barry Sanders
OLB- Derrick Thomas

Silver
QB- Randall Cunningham
CB- Lem Barney
ILB- Harry Carson

Bronze
WR- Rob Moore
CB- Terry Mcdaniel
D-end- Clyde Simmons
C- Mike Tingelhoff
DT- Dan Saleaumunea
K- Jeff Jaeger


i will get an inside LB for Goldand replace that silver ILB with a safety...your team is similiar to mine to an extent

[masomenos85]

I'm thinking about possibly dropping my silver WR and tackle... how is this??

man, I got it down to 13.... NOW IT GETS TOUGH. Maybe you guys can help me?? Here's the 13 I got it down to.

Gold
HB- Barry Sanders
OLB- Derrick Thomas

Silver
QB- Randall Cunningham
CB- Lem Barney
ILB- Harry Carson

Bronze
WR- Rob Moore
CB- Terry Mcdaniel
D-end- Clyde Simmons
C- Mike Tingelhoff
DT- Dan Saleaumunea
K- Jeff Jaeger

Im very tempted to "draft" a bronze kicker, but I have to see how the generics hold up first.

[305nugga]

I think 4 starters you should drop the kicker....Ya offense looks high powered enough an while their a precious commoditte you gotta drop it down to 11 so drop kicker IMO...

[the decider13]

Um...someone name chrishanson at the bottem of the first page?? Yeah you have like 6 golds on your team

[Prime Time]

Um...someone name chrishanson at the bottem of the first page?? Yeah you have like 6 golds on your team
Yea, I was just looking at that too. Made me laugh.

[ATLFalcons13]

yeah i started to do my first rough draft as soon as i got a list of whos were