Sometimes it's fine to take a thread to a different path, like in the good game thread or whenever the situation warrants. However, when the topic is about a possible rule, I ask that all replies be kept on the topic at hand.

If one question makes you think of a different question, that different question should be either a separate thread, a PM, or a question in league chat. Otherwise the discussion goes down a path never intended, things get lost in translation and people get mad.

I don't mind if anyone has a proposed rule or question they want to bring up, I actually encourage that sort of thing so long as it doesn't devolve into something bad.

I'm just thankful I don't get everyone's best shot every game. It's the benefit of not being the best...everyone doesn't try harder against you and I get their 2nd or 3rd best shot.

It makes me wonder how many owners have regular gameplans saved plus Smirt gameplans used only versus him.

It's strange to me because I use the same gameplan versus all opponents and if someone actually had a #1 gameplan to be used versus Smirt, why wouldn't that just be their every game gameplan?

Just thoughts I have when Smirt says he gets everyone's best shot...not sure what that entails and maybe he does but since Smirt rarely loses it doesn't seem to be working.

Maybe the fear of playing Smirt forces owners to make major changes to their normal gameplans and it backfires on them...just a thought...I for one use the same gameplan for everyone and rarely (postseason) look at who I'm actually playing.

Just my opinion on gameplanning in general....if you are winning with a gameplan then why make major changes based on opponent?

The only thing I do different in the postseason is look for tendencies that my opponent may have and try to attack those through rules. I play way too many games to do that during the regular season so a saved gameplan is the way I go with minimal adjustments over the course of a season.

I just think you can have a great gameplan and get unlucky and lose or have a crappy gameplan get lucky and win but once you have used the same gameplan for at least 4-8 games....you get a better understanding of the positives and negatives in that gameplan. Ideally you want 32 games of data to draw from but version 4.6 is new and not enough games have been played for that yet.

The Sitting Bull is one strategy and can be used one of either 2 ways:

a) dig in for the game vs. me and try to figure me out to every minute grain of salt detail and use it against me - the deep peer-ers I'll call it. Hard to call it right here in the moment but Tarquin, HHH and currently my discord defending buds is holding fort in Big Data to try and clown me. lol

b) the copy cats. Plop down on a league page and try to mimic my strategies moving forward. Current day example. The vocal battlers like Blondie :) are definitely apt to dig into what I'm doing to try and take me down - better themselves - etc. I know it when I see it and HHH copped to peering in to make himself ALL ELITE and I eventually respected his skill level.

Ideally we'd all have 40-50 plays we like and can build a game plan for each opponent but who has that many plays they like? Defensively my rules are set based on opponent but they're easily manipulated so it takes very little time. Offensively, I just self scout and switch plays, but it's usually a 1 for 1, take out 1 short pass for another, etc. I like to keep it simple.

I never saw the point of copying what someone else was doing...first I'm too lazy for that and second just because a play works for someone else doesn't mean it will work the same for me....too many variables like roster, overrides and rules.

I simply find what works for me and fine tune those plays over the course of a season...adding or subtracting individual plays each week. I don't make many changes game to game...just 1-2 plays at most on offense or defense.

I just don't care what my opponent is doing when it comes to my offense and rules for my defense are general until the playoffs where I have 16 games of data to scout prior to each game.

I have never given anyone my best in this game. I win some and I lose some. I have some great battles in between. This game is for my enjoyment. If it ever stops giving me a welcome escape from the real world, then I'll leave.

I'm not out to be the best in MFN. It doesn't matter that much to me. (Shrugs)