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posted: 2022-04-14 04:25:59 (ID: 100166783) Report Abuse
Maybe this is a bug. I was scouting my next opponent, and found this play in the second quarter:

"9:04 Hamilton Alvim (P) punts the ball from opp 3 for -2, out of bounds." And as one would expect, the other team took over on their own 5

Anyone see something like this before?
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posted: 2022-04-14 05:03:26 (ID: 100166784) Report Abuse
A blocked punt?
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posted: 2022-04-14 05:20:26 (ID: 100166785) Report Abuse
ptdoc2017 wrote:
Maybe this is a bug. I was scouting my next opponent, and found this play in the second quarter:

"9:04 Hamilton Alvim (P) punts the ball from opp 3 for -2, out of bounds." And as one would expect, the other team took over on their own 5

Anyone see something like this before?


This looks like a calculation issue.

Just assumption: Normally you punt from say your own 40 yard line as line of scrimmage.
Snap say 10 yards back, so the kick from your own 30, then a calcuaton based on skills + a random factor. Say 60 yards kick, so effective from los 50 yards, then you have a line like 'punts the ball from own 40 for 50 yards'

Now you do that again on opponents 30 yard line and you need some sort of 'what do I do at the endzone and how do I simulate coffin corner punts (aiming for the corners between 5 yard line and goal line for a non returnable punt near the endszone)'

So you add some code based on skills like INT, PUN, VIS and random stuff for a touchback and coffin corner and you get lines like 'punts the ball from opp 30 for 25 yards out of bounds'

And now you kick from opp 3! The algorithm does run through and the random stuff kicks in and you get your original line, aimed for the coffin corner.

My 2 cents.
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posted: 2022-04-14 05:25:47 (ID: 100166786) Report Abuse
the major bug is in the playbook, to punt from the opponent 3 yard line
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posted: 2022-04-14 06:24:10 (ID: 100166787) Report Abuse
HH_KMN wrote:
the major bug is in the playbook, to punt from the opponent 3 yard line


It's the ultimate alpha play. I don't need to score here, I don't even need the ball. As long as you stare them straight in the eyes while you do it. Assert dominance.

Malones did it almost the same in the season 45 championship and now he's in cheese mode.
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posted: 2022-04-14 16:07:38 (ID: 100166794) Report Abuse
jack6 wrote:
My 2 cents.


Add mine, makes it 4
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posted: 2022-04-14 20:52:59 (ID: 100166806) Report Abuse
pete wrote:
jack6 wrote:
My 2 cents.


Add mine, makes it 4

Yeah! 100% profit!
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posted: 2022-04-14 22:18:25 (ID: 100166807) Report Abuse
HH_KMN wrote:
the major bug is in the playbook, to punt from the opponent 3 yard line


Maybe better off punting (or going for the TD). In our game today, he missed the FG attempt from the 1 moving the ball to the 20 instead of the 3 (assuming another negative 2 yard punt)
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posted: 2022-04-15 23:42:18 (ID: 100166811) Report Abuse
If the ball goes backwards, is it a punt or a bicycle kick?

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posted: 2022-04-16 08:36:28 (ID: 100166814) Report Abuse
Solana_Steve wrote:
If the ball goes backwards, is it a punt or a bicycle kick?

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afair there is no rule which forces a punt to go forwards.
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