If a player's waiver period expires, he becomes a Free Agent and may be claimed by any team immediately. Passes in cold temperatures and wet conditions are harder to catch. If you traded a player away, only the stats he accrued while on your team will show up here. If you have a credit card, checking account, or any other type of banking account, you can use PayPal to send in a payment. The 2 minute set, near the end of the game or 1st half; you can set the time left in a half when this set becomes active. Although each player has an assigned position, any player can play in any position. Throw Accuracy, Throw Power, Execution, Carrying, Hands, Agility, Speed, Break Tackle. Baseball Simulation Game The preseason consists of four games in which preseason statistics are kept but standings are not. The next snap after a touchback is at the 20 yard line. Most players will start each game at 95% of their top physical condition, although a few hard workers with good Attitudes may be higher than that. The Formation Preview will show exactly which players will be assigned to a given formation and how they got there. Although the number and severity of injuries has been reduced in Sim Dynasty compared to reality, you may still see key players unavailable for long periods of time. For more information, see the developers privacy policy. Run Blocking, Strength, Carrying, Pass Blocking, Speed, Break Tackle, Agility, Catching, Execution. In addition to specifying players, each depth chart has substitution settings determining when players are removed from the game or returned to the game due to fatigue. You can set the number of yards seep into the endzone the kick has to be to force the kickoff return man to kneel and down the ball for a touchback. If there are no players on a specific Depth Chart, the corresponding parent chart is used instead. The higher the letter grade, the better that player is in that skill area. If the clock is stopped, there will be a period after the time; otherwise, the clock is running. These may be referred to as "Penalties", although technically "Penalty" refers to the resulting action against the team committing the foul and not the foul itself. Before the snap, a defensive player illegally crosses the line of scrimmage and makes contact with an opponent or has a clear path to the quarterback. Just some suggestions that I think would improve an already fantastic game. If it has not yet struck the ground, a Loose Ball is In Flight. In the Wild Card round, the division winner will be the home team. IMPORTANT: You MUST cancel your PayPal subscription to prevent unwanted payments. This is a combination of muscular strength and physical mass/inertia. Very enjoyable and easy to understand. The rating penalty is a percentage drop in all ratings based on their current energy level, as follows: As players fatigue, they will be substituted out based on the "substitute out" rating on the Depth Chart at that position. The punt formations are Punt Tight Protect, Punt Tight Wing, and Punt Spread Wing, which range from a very safe punt formation with limited downfield punt coverage against a return (Tight Protect) to a spread formation in which the risk for a punt block is a little higher, but the downfield coverage is better. google_ad_width = 728; Shaken Up - Players who are listed as "shaken up" have taken (or delivered) a hard hit or have a potential injury and are being checked out on the sideline by the trainer. Note that the direction indicated is the direction in which the wind is blowing toward, rather than the traditional weather reporting standard of the direction the wind is coming from. You can add any players to the Watch List, whether they are on your team or not, including college players and players in other leagues. If you find another team's player names offensive, please report that team so the issue can be resolved. At the end of a Single Season league, you may opt to stay in the league for another season; if you stay, you will retain your city and team name and strategy settings but all of your players will retire. This is the best place to go if you don't want to know the results of the game until you watch it in Dynasty Vision. Football players spend the week prior to a game training and getting in proper condition, both mentally and physically, to play. The two special teams positions on the draft grid, Kick Returner (KR) and Holder (H) may be a variety of positions as there is no native positions for these roles. The default Depth Chart Qualification Chart is visible here and the chart for the league you are currently logged into is visible here. Any player may train in any position or role; however, if you are training a player in a role or position that is not connected to that player's natural position, Execution improvements cannot be earned. It is a factor in improvements, salary, and conditioning after injury. Includes unnecessary roughness, such as hitting a ball carrier after he is already out of bounds, "piling on" a ball carrier who is already down, violent contact with an opponent who is away from and out of the play, and other Attitude-related violations. (Under the "Games" tab). Of course, in the real world salaries go up from year to year due to inflation, and a player's Player Card will show his salary in actual dollar figures for that year, but for simplicity's sake salary is shown on most pages as a number of "salary units" that is effectively equal to thousands of dollars in 2009 dollars. After the end of the season, your team's slot in the league will be made available to another team. Players on the field expend energy during Time In, players off the field recover energy. Premium leagues may have custom rules different from the standard single-season game; in general, they have somewhat higher injury rates and do not have a day off before the Sim Bowl, but other customizations are possible. Finally, if you don't have any kind of bank account or credit card, you can mail in a personal check or money order to us. Pushing or hitting a player on offense in the head or helmet. Send your Commish a U2U asking him or her to post your team for sale. We encourage you to sound off on the Message Boards. Punters with high Accuracy can increase hang time. For example, a given player's card might read "4825 ($156K/1960 $)" for his salary, which translates as 4825 salary units, or 4.825 million dollars in 2009 dollars, which is about $156,000 in 1960 dollars. Under the default settings, this will pull from the Goal Line 4th and Short strategy, but if your definition of "short" is less than 2 yards for the Goal Line zone, it will pull from 4th and Medium. Single Season leagues will only have an Initial Draft; owners in multi-season leagues will refresh their teams each year with drafts from the college system. The Sam and Will linebackers blitz, rest of the D plays Man to Man. For our pay leagues, we use PayPal as the method to receive payments. Kick Accuracy determines how well a player can get the ball to go where he wants it to; in addition, it also determines how closely a kicker can get a kick to the desired angle. Players with better Attitudes work harder and get more improvement chances; players with low Attitudes may draw personal fouls on the field. It is the same in Sim Dynasty Football; a single converted improvement in a skill that a player has a D- or F in may be worth 2 to 3 points; an improvement for a player who is already an A or A+ in a skill may only net half a point or less. A Placekick is a kick made by a player while the ball is in a fixed position on the ground. His primary responsibility is to block for the Kick Returner, but he should have some Kick Return skills in case of a shorter kick. A Loose Ball is considered to be in possession of the team (offense) whose player kicked, passed, or fumbled it. 11.4% Defensive linemen 2) Add a call back all option in recruiting. That being said, the logic in this game was made in an alternate universe. This process can occasionally result in large changes to the makeup of a team, so it is recommended to stay within the roster limits at all times. Player improvements occur during the week before a game, based on each player's individual training plan. The league enforces a "minimum wage" based on a player's Service Years: When a player is cut or traded, you are immediately off the hook for his salary. Most of these are players who actually play that position, although a few may be players at other positions that qualify for the position being ranked. The Kick Returner is positioned at the far end of the field during kickoffs to return the kick. However, this comes at a penalty, both in a player's abilities not likely being suited to the alternate position and in the form of severely reduced Execution (75% lower) while playing at the alternate position. To rank your players for the draft, simply drag and drop them into your preferred order or enter the position numbers in the fields to the right. The ball, after an onside kick, is first touched by a member of the kicking team prior to traveling 10 yards. Otherwise, the game is good and helps fill the void left by the NCAA football games. Free agents can be claimed immediately by any team without a waiting period. Kick Return, Speed, Break Tackle, Agility, Catching, Carrying, Execution. In order to appear on the depth chart at a given role, the player must either play the "master" position for that role natively or hold at least a C+ rating in a position appropriate to that role. Defensive Backs still protect a zone, although the zones are deeper downfield, keying on long passes; usually set in a Nickel formation. Single Season Leagues are 16-team leagues that draft a completely new team each season. E-checks can take up to 4 business days to clear, and you will not see the credits hit your Sim Dynasty account until then. The Line of Scrimmage (LOS) is the vertical plane of the yard line that passes through the forward point of the ball after it has been made ready for play. We have considered removing e-checks as a payment option, because of the confusion they cause, but many of our players only have checking accounts, and we don't want to prevent them from playing. During the regular season, your team is limited to 53 players. Catching, Agility, Speed, Execution, Carrying, Break Tackle, Jumping.

Kick Power, Kick Accuracy, Execution, Hands, Throw Accuracy, Throw Power. Position Training trains a player in areas that are important to a particular position or role. Each position is rated on four skills necessary for that position. An extra Free Safety, usually seen at one end of the line on kickoffs. Seniors graduate to the NFL. A Dead Ball is one that is not in play. Temperature effects that primarily affect the ball use the actual game temperature; temperature effects that primarily affect the players include wind chill. In four-linebacker sets, the Weak-Side Inner Linebacker lines up on the weak side (usually the right side) and the Middle Linebacker lines up on the strong side. A Safety who acts in the same capacity as a Strong Safety but on the weak side. The chance of converting an Improvement is based on a player's age and Potential, so players with a higher Potential will convert more improvements over time. All measurements on the Field are measured to the nearest 3.6 inches (1/10th of a yard); each 1/10th of a yard is referred to here as a "field unit" (or "unit" for short). The offense fails to snap the ball before the play clock reaches zero. Execution also can be thought of as "consistency" and "playmaking ability", as higher Execution players may occasionally get short-term bonuses that allow them to briefly play beyond their abilities. However, if a trade is accepted when you are offline, you may find yourself without time to make the appropriate moves yourself. A player with low Stamina may underperform compared to his skills, as a player's skills deteriorate as he tires. In addition, this is the primary skill of a center (along with blocking) and for the holder during a place kick. Waived Players (denoted with the word "Waivers" next to their name). If there is a period after the the time listed for a play, the clock is stopped. Finally, special teams units may have specialized roles such as the Holder that holds the ball for placekicks, or a Kick Returner which is normally filled by a wide receiver, running back or cornerback. Multiple Fouls and Double Fouls will not occur in Sim Dynasty. The play area is 999 of these units wide, with unit 0 and unit 1000 representing the goal lines. Throwing Accuracy improves best in the mid-20's and can improve into the early 30's. Average improvement sizes are larger for low grades and smaller for high grades. This is distinguished from the Owner, who is a user of the site controlling a team of Players. Players received in a trade after the trade deadline are not eligible for postseason play. You are allowed to carry up to 80 players on your roster in preseason weeks 1 and 2, and up to 65 players in weeks 3 and 4. The default drill is A, which means "All-Around". If a team has more players than the current roster limit, or the team is over the salary cap, players will automatically be waived to get down to the limit. The Chain may be brought onto the field to measure whether the ball has crossed the Line to Gain. If you are in the middle of a game and all of your Quarterbacks are injured, it is recommended to temporarily shift to a running offense if your team is using a heavy or balanced passing offense.