Guidebook

This page explains everything about the game and the roleplay and is copied from the Operation Sports topic.

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Basic info

- You play as a owner and control your staff also. - Storm is the current commissioner, and one other commissioner will be appointed. The two will decide on the rules and can veto things like impossible scores and super-players. - The week advances every three days or after everyone has posted their game writeup. - For things like ticket sales and anything else off the field, there are no rules but you have to be realistic or your stats can be nerfed by the commish. - No more then two teams in each city! No exceptions unless approved by both commissioners. - Uniforms will be provided by Storm by request - Writing off the field stories about your players is encouraged - Members can use the ASFL wiki that will be created to post scores, stories, and team information and the league database will be there. - The league will start with a maximum of eight players.

Playing games

- Games will be determined by the skill of the players on each team. For example,  if your team is classified as a bottom feeder, you can’t expect more then four wins in a season. I’m not making players use a simming engine but your results should reflect your players. For example, if you have a franchise QB, you should pass for a lot but if your QB is a low draft pick with little skills, having a lot of yards can get your results vetoed. - Games between users can either be decided by the two users or the commissioners can decide if both players want that or they can’t decide by the end of the game week. - Injuries are part of the game and the system for them is that every week, you pick one player from your roster to be injured in training and one starter from your roster after a game to be injured. It doesn’t have to be a star player but having a star injured provides good storylines.

League Info

- The season lasts for 20 weeks and each team gets one bye week before the playoffs start, so you will play a minimum of 20 games and more if you make the playoffs. - There is a farm system and at the end of the year, players from your MidMajor team can be promoted to your ASFL team and players from your LowMajor team can be promoted to your MidMajor team. - The Mid and Low Major games are decided by Storm, as is the success of the players in the farm system. - All players will be fictional. No real players, no exceptions, but your player can be a relative of a real player. - There is no salary cap, and the team budget is just like in soccer. Budgets are decided by the player and range from fifty to one hundred million.

Free Agency

- Free agents are created by Storm, the secondary Commissioner, and users, and put into a pool. If you choose to play the game as a player, you can start as a free agent. - Free agents can be signed to a contract by the first team who gets them during the season. During the offseason, bidding is done and the highest bidder after three days is the winner and can sign the recruit to the amount they bidded.

Playoffs

-There are 16 playoff teams and no byes. The round of sixteen is held after week 20 and then the round of eight and the ASFL Final Four. The championship game is called the Major Bowl and is held in a different location every year.

Draft

-The ASFL Draft is held right after the Major Bowl and is where college players enter the league. You create prospects and do scouting reports with the rule of a weakness for two strengths.