XTREME-PLAYOFF FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION

XTREME-PLAYOFF FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION

XTREME-PLAYOFF FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION

 

2. Play Pool Rules

2a. XFBS PLAY POOL:

Coaches may use the XFBS play pool for the XFBS only. All of the plays in that play pool are considered legal when used "as is" from their designated directories. Custom plays for CPU teams will be made available in this play pool.

 

The XFBS play pool ZIP file can be found here: http://www.xfbsfootball.net/files/playpool.zip

 

Make sure you unzip them so the plays show up in the proper C:/sierra/fbpro98/xfbs directory as follows:

  • Offense: C:/sierra/fbpro98/xfbs/playpool/Offense (should have folders for each play type)
  • Defense: C:/sierra/fbpro98/xfbs/playpool/Defense (should have folders for each play type)
  • Special Teams: C:/sierra/fbpro98/xfbs/playpool/Special

 

Please use plays 'as is' from the XFBS play pool's directories. If you load these plays in your gameplan 'as is,' it will show up automatically in your gameplan and on the commish's computer when games are run.

 

The commish reviews game plans each week and will notify coaches when he discovers any 'play not found' gaps in the game plans. If you don't fix it, he will either remove the gap if there are sufficient plays in the category already or fill it with a random play to ensure the game plan meets the category minimum.

 

2b. SUBMITTING CUSTOM PLAYS TO THE XFBS PLAY POOL:

Custom Play submission is based on the whim of the commissioner. Normally it is 4 per week on each side of the ball during regular season. A limit of 50 per off-season will also be accepted. All of this is subject to change.

 

  • Basic guidelines:
    • You must name the play properly according to our play naming standards and you must tell the commish what play directory you believe it is supposed to be placed in.
    • Unlike in the PNFL, new additions and tweaks to your existing custom plays are accepted in the playoffs.
    • Unlike the PNFL, this league will accept custom Special teams plays, but only in the offseason and they count toward your 50 play limit.
    • If too many coaches submit their max allowed number of custom plays between game weeks, the commish reserves the right to postpone game play to give himself time to review all of them.

 

  • Plays submitted before week 1 (as part of the offseason submission): 
    • A limit of 50 per off-season will also be accepted.
    • All of these will be made visible to ALL coaches in the league in the XFBS play pool before week 1 games. Sorry, you can't blindside your week 1 opponent with a plan full of custom plays no one has ever seen. We are trying to keep things transparent.

 

  • During the regular season:
    • Up to 8 custom plays can be submitted (4 offensive & 4 defensive) can be submitted.
    • They must be submitted by Thursday (overnight is okay - I do sleep) to give the commish at least Friday and Saturday to review them with you.
    • These plays will be made available for use only to the coach who is planning to use them for the upcoming week. For example, if you submit 8 custom plays before week 2 games, you will be able to use them for your week 2 games; no one else will see them. After week 2 games, anyone will be able to use them as they will become available through an update to the league play pool.
    • CPU team custom plays are only edited or added to the pool by the commish during the offseason. The commish will fix CPU team custom plays in the regular season if legality issues are discovered.

 

2c. PNFL PLAY POOL:

Coaches may use the PNFL play pool for the XFBS. All of the plays in that play pool are considered legal when used "as is" from their designated directories.

 

PNFL play pool ZIP files can be found here: http://www.pnfl.biz/files.html

 

Make sure you check that page often as the PNFL tends to add more custom plays to their play pool after each week's games. The XFBS commish will always keep his play pool updated to reflect these submissions made in the PNFL.

 

When you use the PNFL play pool, you have two choices:

  • Use their plays 'as is' from the PNFL directories. If you load their plays in your gameplan 'as is,' it will show up automatically in your gameplan on the commishes computer when games are run.
  • EDIT their plays (i.e. edit the logic, substitutions or the type of play). If you do this, you must rename it, and submit it to the XFBS commish for addition to the XFBS play pool. Even if it is legal in the PNFL, it will be rejected if it is found to be illegal per our rules (e.g. unlike the PNFL, we don't allow custom rollouts where the QB moves toward the LOS).

 

Make sure you unzip them so the plays show up in the proper C:/sierra/fbpro98/pnfl directory as follows:

  • Offense: C:/sierra/fbpro98/pnfl/Offense
  • Defense: C:/sierra/fbpro98/pnfl/Defense
  • Special Teams: C:/sierra/fbpro98/pnfl/Special

 

NOTE: If you are in the PNFL and you submit custom plays to the PNFL commish, and you want to use those plays in the XFBS in the same week, you must send them to me by Saturday night with proof that they were approved by the PNFL commissioner for use in the PNFL. I will then add them to my copy of the PNFL play pool on my machine for your use in the XFBS that week. Plays submitted to the PNFL do not count against the XFBS weekly limit.