Season XIII End of Season
10/02/2012 09:00:00
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Bugs
I think something is wrong. What do I do?
09/10/2011
Could it be me?
09/10/2011
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09/10/2011
How quickly will the bug be fixed?
21/10/2007
Other things to consider
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My Account
How do I register a change of e-mail address?
24/12/2010
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23/10/2011
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11/12/2011
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General Principles
Why do the rules change? What rules will change?
11/02/2007
Can I coach more than one franchise or college programme?
27/07/2009
What is the subscription policy?
15/01/2012
Is it against the Rules to deliberately lose a game?
24/12/2010
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Web Site
Are the rules available in formats other than PDF?
02/11/2005
Why is the web site behaving oddly or slow?
01/11/2009
Why is the game plan or draft shortlist screen misbehaving?
09/02/2006
Can I keep one page in view while I look at another?
03/06/2009
Why hasn't the page changed? What is caching?
13/10/2006
Images are missing! Why?
14/03/2006
Why did my session expire?
15/01/2012
How do I find out about changes to the game?
12/10/2005
Sportswriter won't let me upload my article. Why?
09/04/2006
Are pages or reports available as PDFs?
02/11/2005
What is .ics?
27/07/2008
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Deadlines
Do deadlines vary between leagues?
02/03/2008
Do deadlines times vary between turns?
02/03/2008
How can I find out the deadline?
02/03/2008
What does the status bar message mean
17/05/2008
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New Coaches
What should I be doing as a new coach each turn?
03/05/2009
Previews - predicting results
26/03/2009
Predicting the Superbowl
21/03/2009
Getting a mentor to help me
09/05/2010
Why cant I trade as a new coach
28/02/2011
I am a new coach and I cant see myself on the predictions report
19/06/2011
Can I change my team name?
21/07/2010
What it means to be a mentor
05/06/2011
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New Leagues
I am already playing Gridiron - can I join a new League
18/01/2009
Are there free agents in the first season of a new league?
02/03/2008
How do new teams get allocated and how do gamefees work?
25/04/2011
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Team Building
What are QST categories?
07/02/2009
Quarterback
16/01/2008
Running Back
16/01/2008
Wide Receiver
29/01/2008
Center
29/01/2008
Offensive Guard
29/01/2008
Offensive Tackle
29/01/2008
Tight End
29/01/2008
Defensive Tackle
29/01/2008
Defensive End
29/01/2008
Inside Linebacker
29/01/2008
Outside Linebacker
29/01/2008
Safety
02/02/2008
Cornerback
02/02/2008
Kicker
02/02/2008
Punter
02/02/2008
Returner
07/02/2009
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Established Leagues
Can coaches move between pro leagues?
17/02/2011
How do coaches move up to the GFL?
27/07/2009
What is the XFL?
27/07/2009
What is involved in joining the XFL?
27/07/2009
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The Draft
Online Drafts and Live Drafts
25/07/2010
How is the Draft Order Calculated?
14/06/2008
When is the draft published?
21/01/2012
How many rounds will there be?
08/02/2006
Online drafts: How do they work?
09/02/2009
How many rookies should I shortlist?
25/07/2010
What happens if I run out of players on my draft shortlist?
25/07/2010
How do I use the assignment lists on shortlists?
25/07/2010
Will my shortlist be deleted each round?
25/07/2010
When and how do I name and number the rookies I pick?
02/03/2006
Can I trade picks during the draft?
07/02/2010
Why do we have a Live Draft?
25/07/2010
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Players
Can I change the name of a player?
31/10/2011
Are players levels capped?
22/05/2011
Can two players have the same name?
11/09/2005
What is the "third QST"?
06/03/2011
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Staff
Why can't I create staff for my team?
06/09/2009
When can I assign or reassign staff roles?
12/01/2008
On what turns are new staff available for hire?
12/01/2008
Can I revise my contract offers to staff?
12/01/2008
Where have my staff gone?
22/09/2007
Can I make a contract offer conditional?
18/03/2007
In what order are contract offers resolved?
19/04/2011
What happens if I don't have enough MPs left for an offer?
16/11/2008
Why does the staff recruitment report show contract offers of less than the minimum?
06/06/2010
What happened to my contract offers?
06/06/2010
Can I poach a coach from another team?
30/01/2011
Can I trade staff?
06/06/2010
How does Staff Ageing work?
19/09/2010
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Coaching
If I allocate multiple points to a play, is the chance of a rise the same for each?
20/04/2008
Do you only get a understudy quarterback gain chance on offensive plays?
11/09/2005
Will only one QB benefit from understudy QB bonuses?
11/09/2005
How do I specify my understudy Quarterback?
11/09/2005
Does playing on special teams count as having played for the purposes of coaching chances?
29/09/2005
How does coaching in the playoffs work?
14/10/2005
How do bonus CPs work?
24/04/2010
How can I coach the QB Draw Play?
19/04/2007
Does experience influence the levels of quarterbacks for the purposes of understudy coaching?
13/10/2006
Do understudy level gains count towards the maximum of 4 per season?
19/06/2006
Can a player be improved by more than one level in a week?
14/10/2005
What is the First Win Incentive?
07/01/2012
When do you check whether a QB is an understudy?
05/04/2007
Is there a minimum number of plays needed to quality for a coaching bonus?
05/04/2007
General Information - coaching
15/04/2011
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Formations and Stances
What is the Pro-Set (or Twin Set) offense?
09/04/2006
What are the offensive line positions?
09/04/2006
What are Split Ends and Flankers?
09/04/2006
What is the I-Formation offense?
09/03/2006
How can a 4-4-S formation be in Cover-4?
14/11/2009
Why cant I use Medium Pass in the Goal Line Offense?
19/07/2007
When is the Default Stance selected
29/11/2009
How does the start of game period work?
07/04/2009
What is the Ace formation?
09/04/2006
What is the Shotgun?
09/04/2006
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Game Plan
When should I complete my Gameplan?
14/05/2006
Why aren't my game plan changes saved?
14/05/2006
How can I be sure my game plan is legal?
14/05/2006
What are the icons next to the Game Plan on my roster home page?
27/09/2006
How can I order when I am on holiday?
14/05/2006
Using shotgun option on playcard
28/05/2010
What happens if I run out of players in a position?
11/09/2005
How do I set 100% Blitzing on the gameplan?
09/10/2005
Can I use decimal points when setting 2nd & Eight or 3rd and Eight?
20/06/2006
Can a leader play out of position
08/01/2009
How do I switch off the Long8?
09/05/2010
Can I influence fair catches
14/05/2011
Is it possible to active both pass prevent and rush defense Eights?
13/04/2009
How do I change the plays on my game plan?
11/09/2005
What formation does my team use for 4th down?
11/09/2005
How do I choose the QB Draw play?
11/09/2005
I don't understand how my defense formation can be changed!
13/09/2005
Can I change my players for each different play?
11/09/2005
Can I have the same formation using both Ace and Pro-Set?
11/09/2005
Can I have a single formation use shotgun on only some of its plays?
14/05/2006
Does the position on the screen matter when I choose my plays?
09/04/2006
How do I put my injured players in surgery?
14/05/2006
When is a player benched or rested?
29/09/2005
Why is my Returner not available to play on Offense (or Defense)?
31/10/2010
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Playbooks and designer plays
Why can't I design any plays?
03/04/2007
How is direction set if a play is not a designer play
11/04/2007
How does my team detect offensive play direction?
11/04/2007
Can my defense detect bias even when the offense does not use designer plays?
11/04/2007
One of my designer plays in missing
07/05/2007
Can I change the formation for my designer play?
09/04/2007
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Games
Questions on Fatigue
12/10/2008
Goal Line Stands (the red zone)
23/10/2011
Who is dropped from the special teams on kickoff returns?
06/11/2005
Why does my player suffer from "first game" jitters twice?
02/05/2009
The tackle weightings for defensive players do not add up to 100 - is this right?
09/10/2006
How do standings work?
31/05/2008
How does direction get determined?
20/03/2008
Minimum yardage for passes close to the endzone
25/02/2006
For the Draw, does the P value start the game at 0
25/02/2006
Can I use a QB Draw and the Dive option
02/05/2007
How is a player level calculated - and what is the minimum level allowed
29/05/2011
How does excitement work?
07/06/2009
Can I work out a players QST from his height and/or weight?
11/09/2005
Why does a team flop when it could score?
02/05/2009
Why am I getting a lot of blocked punts?
16/05/2010
What are all of the effects of home advantage?
15/04/2009
What happens to a center technique when he plays out of position
21/02/2010
Does the Set 8 Optimiser make its calculation before or after Blitz effects?
11/11/2005
My team was badly injured by an opponent - why are they not know a rival?
27/12/2007
I dont understand how rivalries work
23/10/2010
Does my rivalries change when there is a change of coach and how?
10/05/2009
The Offensive Optimizer - how it works
07/06/2010
How does the Defensive Optimiser work?
08/03/2008
The Defensive Optimizer - how it works (audibles)
08/03/2009
What do the Gold Stars mean? What are gameTags?
31/05/2011
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Game Reports and My Team
How does time work on play by play?
22/12/2010
More on the subject of time - including Field Goals
22/12/2010
What does redacted mean when I see it in a game report
09/01/2012
Preview - how is big injury determined
28/05/2007
How does rounding work in play by play
25/03/2007
My opponent has statistics for two quarterbacks. Is this possible in one game?
11/09/2005
Coverage too Good - what does it mean?
24/09/2005
Why did my team take a FG when I wanted to go for it on 4th down?
04/11/2007
Why didn't my Kicker go for a field goal on 4th down?
04/11/2007
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Penalties
Why did my defense decline a penalty?
22/10/2006
Why did my defense decline a penalty when he would be 3rd and very long?
22/10/2006
Does the no penalty clause apply to both fatigue and down, or only to down?
22/10/2006
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Experience
Do special teams get experience
04/03/2008
Do special teams suffer from loss of levels
09/10/2006
Why does my playing time not add up to my formation time
14/10/2006
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Injuries
What happens to injuries at the end of the Season?
30/10/2005
My player appears on my injury report as both fully recovered and injured. Why?
29/05/2006
Can I play a player who is badly injured?
01/07/2006
What counts as playing in a game when considering a players status (rested, in surgery etc.)
09/10/2005
Grade A Injuries. What are they?
29/09/2005
My player is shown as injured but this was not shown on the play by play report - is he injured?
05/05/2007
Can I play a player who is badly injured?
13/12/2005
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Injured Reserve
I can't move one of my players to the Injured Reserve. Why?
16/10/2008
Does a player have to be injured to be placed on the injured reserve?
02/04/2006
If both injured reserve and active roster are full, can you still move players between them?
15/10/2008
How do understudy rules work with players on injured reserve?
02/04/2006
Why isn't the injured reserve limited to injured players?
15/10/2008
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Trades
When can I trade?
06/01/2012
Why are trade windows resticted?
06/01/2012
What is a Trade Window?
30/01/2011
What is a breach of trade policy
06/01/2012
How do I find out which players or picks have been traded?
06/01/2012
If I create a trade can I cancel it?
08/05/2008
Why can't I include the player or pick I want in a trade?
08/10/2006
What is the difference between creating a trade and accepting one?
08/10/2006
Do I have to do anything after trading a player out?
15/10/2005
Can I loose 2 levels if a player is traded twice?
24/03/2006
When do traded players join or leave my team?
13/07/2008
Why isn't my newly traded player available?
15/10/2005
During trading, do I have to make room for incoming trades?
30/01/2011
Can players on Injured Reserve be traded out?
10/05/2008
Why does a withdrawn trade still count as a created trade?
11/05/2008
Why is in-season trading restricted?
26/02/2009
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Trade Board
What is the Trade Board?
18/03/2008
When is the Trade Board available?
18/03/2008
Is there a link between the Trade Board and Trade Constructor?
18/03/2008
What happens if I want to give more details about some players than others?
18/03/2008
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Free Agents
What are free agents?
08/05/2008
Why can't I pick free agents immediately after the deadline?
05/10/2009
Does my Free Agent get experience
13/12/2008
Why did my scouting give me different levels to what scouting told another team?
11/05/2008
Why are free agents hired the way they are?
11/05/2008
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Roster Cutting
Why can't I cut players mid-season?
24/10/2009
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The Schedule
Overview of the Schedule
29/12/2007
How does the schedule work?
08/01/2012
Why am I playing the same team from another division two years in a row?
13/05/2008
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The Pre-Season
Is there coaching in the pre-season?
11/09/2005
If I suffer an injury in a pre-season game does this carry on into the regular season?
01/04/2007
Do players playing in the pre-season gain benefit when they are coached in week1?
11/09/2005
What happens to pre-season records?
11/09/2005
How do Exhibition Games work?
19/07/2010
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The Post-Season
How does the Post-Season work
14/06/2008
Can the two wildcards come from the same division
15/11/2005
What happens after the Superbowl
13/07/2008
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Tie-breaking
What is "tie-breaking"?
14/06/2008
What tie-breaking procedures are used in Gridiron?
14/06/2008
Why doesn't Gridiron use head-to-head (and other NFL rules) for tie-breaking?
15/06/2008
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The Probowl
How is a player (or coach) nominated for the Probowl?
07/01/2012
Why are there less than nominees at some assignments than others?
07/01/2012
How does Probowl voting work?
07/01/2012
How do MVP awards influence Probowl Voting?
07/01/2012
How are tie-breaks resolved for Probowl selection?
05/07/2008
How does a Probowl Coach submit a game plan?
08/08/2009
What formations are legal in a Probowl?
08/08/2009
What is the Probowl Deadline?
15/07/2010
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Game Design
Changes to Game Formulae season by season
27/06/2010
Does the game design generate realistic scorelines?
30/05/2008
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GMs Questions and Answers
College Design Considerations 1 - The Head Coach
05/04/2010
Stances (April 2009)
02/05/2009
Free Agents (April 2009)
02/05/2009
The College Game (April 2009)
02/05/2009
What are caretaker coaches
20/01/2012
What happens when the yellow bar goes down on gameday?
16/04/2010
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