Message to the current SFA participants from the tragic that got you all into this mess ...

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Hi folks, I'll start with some comments about the recent Sweet FA history questions/discussion that have surfaced, and then get onto what I really want to say.

This is some brilliant discussion! You guys are pretty with it ... imagine being a footy history tragic FOR AN IMAGINARY TEAM! :eek::D:thumbsu:

A couple of things, the original Titans folks may no longer be around, that was a team started as "Team Kournikova" by "Mags" a pies fan who fell out with Bigfooty. I think another poster called "QT" was a major player in that league, too. The inagural leading goalkicker and equal B&F, AlfAndrews, I believe his real name WAS Alf ANdrews (another pies fan), he actually got a paper on footy published, got a doctorate, and can most likely be found over at Nick's Collingwood Board.

The "Bigfooty Dragons": They called themselves "Bigfooty Dragons" once or twice in their formative stages, but from then on were just the "Dragons". I, as admin at the time, and having a personal bias against teams having only a nickname for a name, continued to refer to them as "Bigfooty Dragons". So that's probably later caused confusion. Yes, same team, and yes, I believe its also the same team that merged with the Sharks.

The Dingoes and the Razors links were fairly flimsy, Dingoes finished last in 2001, and didn't have much activity, they folded, and new club Razors offered a place for the few active folks, the connection was about as relevant as when North Melbourne advertised for Roys fans to come join them in 1997. But it could be said there was a link of sorts.

I have fallen out of the loop on the fantasy footy, due mainly to severe personal reasons. I do have (somewhere) a huge Excel database of all results, with an obsessive level of reportability options in it. It was so data intensive I actually needed 3 spreadsheets - not tabs, not worksheets, but spreadsheets - to manage it; one for scores, one for player details, and I can't even remember what the other was for! If I knew SQL or serious database management, it would have warranted it. If you want, I can attempt to locate it all for yers.

Also, somewhere on this forum, there will be a thread called "Results Hub", which was a rundown of every match, with (from memory) many of them having links to the match threads. I can try to hunt that down for yers, too.

Re rookie v vet matches, state of origin, etc, there were no such comps in early years. In the first 2 or 3 years there was only a preseason knockout, and a standard H&A season plus finals series. There WAS an "All-Bigfooty" team announced, at least in the first season.

I have basically lost ability to host my own webspace, but I did once have a full website on Qooty (the sim used to run the matches) which had the rundown of seasons that the link someone posted earlier draws from. The website ALSO had references to other leagues, both at Bigfooty (BRLFFFL) and elsewhere (TFFL, Bombertalk FFL, ********* FFL, etc). One day.I'll attempt to get all this back online.

For now, its wonderful to see Sweet FA ( I was so proud of myself for thinking that league name up :D ) so solid and potent. Originally, when I started it, I wasn't even thinking about posting activity being such a major component. I was just happy to grab people's nicknames and produce gunk for them to read and chuckle over. After 3 or 5 seasons, the importance of active participation has come to the fore, these days often being used as selection criteria for team selectors. That's brilliant, something I'd not considered, and is probably the biggest true evolution of the simulation fantasy footy concept. The game of course runs on random numbers, but you guys have worked out a way that you can affect some part of it through your own actions, being posting a lot of good stuff in return for getting a guernsey for your team! Again, that's brilliant, and makes me feel all moist down there :eek:

So, as you lot bring towards a close the NINTH Sweet FA season, I'd like to thank everyone over those 9 years for making it such a success, indeed such a social and entertaining entity, that I started on a whim with only personal gratification in mind. Every now and then I stick "Qooty sim" into Google, just to see how a bit of stuffing about with QBasic on my part has evolved into a solid web presence.

Next year will be the TENTH anniversary of the Sweet FA, and, as Michael Veitch used to say on Fast Forward: "I think there's something special about that. Don't you?"

Good luck for those teams still in the finals, and when the anxiety gets high, the blood rushes and the goose bumps present themselves, just repeat to yourself: "Its only a sim ... only a sim ... only a sim"

ALL I WANT IS FOOTBALL
ALL I NEED IS FOOTBALL
ALL I LOVE IS FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL IS ALL

Back to it, lads.

Regards,
Kev
 

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Great sim, and i guess we all should be thanking you for creating it. I was wondering if you had any future plans in developing the game further? I am assuming you are well educated in computer science as one would have to be to create such a game.

I was wondering if it was possible to create stats in this sim footy like those on a video game. Players would than have 10 stat points and they would use them to have a greater influence on the game. Although i would assume it would be very difficult just wanted to know if it was actually possible to do such a thing?

So instead of leaving the sim footy to randomising some things would influence the game such has height and weight. By having these stat points to be used on skill, pace, tackle, strength, marking ect.

Im not asking you in any way to develop such a game just wanted to know if it was possible to add those things in a game like yours? and how difficult would it be? Just interested thats all.

Once again thanks for the Sim :):):)
 

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Yes it probably could be done, but I preferred to leave it up to chance.

However, no I am no computer science alumni, just a nerd that got a Commodore 64 as a present once and loves making stuff. The programming language I used is totally out of date and I honestly hardly even know how to use a mobile phone :D ... all current technology is way over my head!

Here's links for the historical stuff I was talking about:
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75728 <--- this was originally the FAQ page
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=327751 <--- this was where I was putting together match results with thread links
 

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The amount of hours I have spent scanning match threads instead of doing a uni assignment is huge, but all worth it considering this is as close as I'll get to being a decent football player.

I don't think you realise just how big your sim has gotten, you probably never would have imagined it being used by so many people. I guess thats why so many people are unfit :D

Anyway, thanks for hours and hours and entertainment, and I hope all that personal stuff you were going through with your wife is going alright. You can have my money whenever you want, and you can have my babies too :D
 

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Yes it probably could be done, but I preferred to leave it up to chance...and loves making stuff.
Well if you ever get bored and feel like a challenge,i would love to see a type of sim created. I believe it would go off the wall, not saying this one doesn't but I would like to see a sim footy which has some sort of influence on the game.

Cheers for tyhe links i will be looking into those as a new member i want to find out as much as i can about the history of sweet FA and the man behind the sim:thumbsu:

Take it easy:cool:
 

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Mobbers! You're making me feel old! Names like Mags, QT, AlfAndrews...wow the sweet fa has changed a bit since the beginning!

I am still enjoying this competition as much as I did in the first season so I too must thank you for starting this monster! Of course now I have all these new whipper snappers running around along side of me but hey, times changes!

Hopefully the Wonders can win this season and take us back to season 1:D

Hoping your home situation is on the improve.

EKA
 

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I can picture it now Mobben, the new developed game. Having my 20 stat points. Skill 3, Marking 3, Stength 2, Tackle 2, Pace 10 :D, But in real life i would have 10's on every attribute ;)

Height 175cm Weight 70kg
 

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Sorry did i miss a full stop or 2? Did a Uni lecturer take marks off you for missing a fullstop in an assignment???
 

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Next year will be the TENTH anniversary of the Sweet FA, and, as Michael Veitch used to say on Fast Forward: "I think there's something special about that. Don't you?"
sorry, meant to say is next season the 10th season of the SFA or the 10th year of it being run?
 

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massive effort, would need a team of selectors the check out everygame for stats and ask the experienced selectors if they can remember if they were big posted of not? A criteria would need to be in place so we dont just see all of todays players getting selected.
 

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What about a Vics vs All Stars game. Pick two sides made out of the best players in the league on posting and on field performance's. The SFA 10th Anniversary Tribute Match. Like The AFL'S 150 Year Tribute Match.
 

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Oh ok well I was assuming it had been one season per year, and therefore a 10th anniversary for both. In early years, it was one season per year. If that's changed then yeah, it might cause a right kerfuffle.
 

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What about a Vics vs All Stars game. Pick two sides made out of the best players in the league on posting and on field performance's. The SFA 10th Anniversary Tribute Match. Like The AFL'S 150 Year Tribute Match.
Thats a bit original Tim, I was thinking we could come up with something different. Example West vs East. West (WA,SA,NT) East (VIC,NSW/ACT, QLD,TAS). But then i guess the overseas players wouldnt be too happy about it ( a whole 4 or them)

Something a tad different than a state side vs the rest
 

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Thats a bit original Tim, I was thinking we could come up with something different. Example West vs East. West (WA,SA,NT) East (VIC,NSW/ACT, QLD,TAS). But then i guess the overseas players wouldnt be too happy about it ( a whole 4 or them)

Something a tad different than a state side vs the rest
As in weer people live or were thre teams are based if that is the case Baghdad, Mod Squad and the Furies may be in strife :eek:.
 
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