Tons of questions about this, so figured I'd try and put a FAQ together. Had my first one today (8/14) and everything works as advertised.
I'm sure there will be some questions I missed, let me know and I'll add them.
1. What is a 'friendly challenge'?
-----a. It's a game that team owners (not GMs) can schedule against any other team, for fun.
2. How do you schedule a friendly?
-----a. The team owner goes to a teams profile page that they want to challenge, there is a button near the top that says 'Friendly Challenge'.
3. What does this do to our players or teams?
-----a. Nothing, it's just for fun. Friendly matches have no effect on energy, XP, morale, fan support, win/loss streak, concessions, ticket sales, or anything else. It does show up on the 'matchup' screen (like the pre-season games are) but that's probably a bug. It definitely doesn't change the win/loss streak.
-----b. Players start with 100 energy for the scrimmage, but their 'real' energy is still there for the next game or nightly processing.
-----c. Paraphrased from Bort: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2289&page=238#6231041
4. How much does a friendly cost?
-----a. The first two are free, after that it's 25 FP for both teams. Looks like it's two free friendlies per season.
-----b. I assume the team owner pays, which is why they are the only ones that can schedule friendlies.
-----c. Both teams pay, including using up the free ones.
-----d. Borts answer to this: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=811396#6247923
5. How many friendlies can we schedule?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2289&page=238#6230701
Originally posted by Bort
You can only schedule 3 at a time to keep teams from monopolizing all the slots.
-----b. At the moment there are teams with 10+ friendlies scheduled, so I'm not sure if that is a bug or what. Trying to get confirmation.
-----c. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=838692&page=2#6494347
Originally posted by Jed
Yup, that's how it is currently working. It's been reported as a bug on the Mod Forum, so if Bort didn't intend to have the system work like that, he'll fix it. But for now, as long as you're challenged, you can have more than 3.
6. When are they scheduled?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=811511&page=last#6248049
Originally posted by Bort
You choose the day/time. Just go challenge a team and you can see all the options.
7. What time zone are scrimmages set in?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2289&page=239#6246501
Originally posted by Bort
Same TZ as the game (MST).
8. Where can we place ads looking for friendlies?
-----a. An official forum for friendlies has been added: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread_list.pl?forum_id=279
9. How will we know if we have been challenged?
-----a. The team owner will get an alert.
10. What happens if we are challenged to a friendly on the same day we already have a proper league game? Can we play 2 games in one day?
-----a. From farther down the page.
Originally posted by Bort
You can play 2 games the same day. Games cannot be scheduled within 2 hours of a "regular" game, in order to allow you to update tactics and such.
11. What are some of the messages a team owner sees when setting up/accepting challenges? (might not have them all)
-----a. Challenge another team to a friendly scrimmage game by sending your request here. Friendlies may not be scheduled within 2 hours of an already scheduled game, must be scheduled at least 2 days in advance, and you may only schedule one per day, in order to avoid conflicts with setting tactics. You may also only schedule up to 3 friendly matches at a time.
Scheduling a friendly scrimmage costs 25 Flex Points, which will be deducted when the other team accepts your offer. You are allowed up to two free friendly scrimmages per team per season.
Once a friendly scrimmage game has been agreed to by the other party, it is LOCKED IN for the day and time you have specified.
-----b. Dear Owner Name, This is an automated message. Your team, the Team Name, has just received an offer from the Team Name to play a friendly scrimmage match on day X at TimeHere. You can view and accept or reject this offer by going to the proposed scrimmage match's status page. If you do not respond within 5 days, or by the day of the match, the match will be automatically rejected. If you would like to send a message to the owner of the Team Name you may simply reply to this message.
12. How will we know if there is a friendly game scheduled?
-----a. It will show up on your teams profile page, listed under 'Scrimmage Games'. It's in military time, Mountain time zone. For example, if it says 'at 16:00' that means 4 PM, MST. If it says 'at 7:00', that means 7 AM, MST.
-----b. In the future the results might be viewable only by the teams involved, but not yet. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2262&page=last#6229323
13. Will GMs ever have the power to schedule friendly matches (using their own flex points)?
-----a. From farther down the thread.
Originally posted by Bort
Maybe, but not right now.
14. I'm a GM and I see the 'Friendly Challenge' button. What happens if I click it?
-----a. At the moment, nothing. It just kicks you back to your home page.
15. I own two teams and it won't let me schedule a friendly between them, why?
-----a. I don't know, either something that was overlooked (because not many people own more than one team) or it was done on purpose. Will need official clarification on this.
16. Is there any way to get the team matchup screen before accepting a friendly?
-----a. Yes. Get both team IDs, and plug them into here (where the underlined 'number' is) and put that into your browsers address bar:
goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=number&team2=number
17. Is there a limit to how many friendlies a team can have per season? How many friendlies can there be per day for all teams?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=838692&page=last#6499594
Originally posted by Bort
There's a total of 10240 slots in the season (256 per day) at the moment. There's also a limit of only one per team per day, so there's a technical limit of 40 scrims per season.
18. Can we schedule friendlies during the off-season?
-----a. Post-season (during playoffs) yes. Off-season and pre-season, no. Basically day 1 through day 40 only.
I'm sure there will be some questions I missed, let me know and I'll add them.
1. What is a 'friendly challenge'?
-----a. It's a game that team owners (not GMs) can schedule against any other team, for fun.
2. How do you schedule a friendly?
-----a. The team owner goes to a teams profile page that they want to challenge, there is a button near the top that says 'Friendly Challenge'.
3. What does this do to our players or teams?
-----a. Nothing, it's just for fun. Friendly matches have no effect on energy, XP, morale, fan support, win/loss streak, concessions, ticket sales, or anything else. It does show up on the 'matchup' screen (like the pre-season games are) but that's probably a bug. It definitely doesn't change the win/loss streak.
-----b. Players start with 100 energy for the scrimmage, but their 'real' energy is still there for the next game or nightly processing.
-----c. Paraphrased from Bort: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2289&page=238#6231041
4. How much does a friendly cost?
-----a. The first two are free, after that it's 25 FP for both teams. Looks like it's two free friendlies per season.
-----b. I assume the team owner pays, which is why they are the only ones that can schedule friendlies.
-----c. Both teams pay, including using up the free ones.
-----d. Borts answer to this: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=811396#6247923
5. How many friendlies can we schedule?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2289&page=238#6230701
Originally posted by Bort
You can only schedule 3 at a time to keep teams from monopolizing all the slots.
-----b. At the moment there are teams with 10+ friendlies scheduled, so I'm not sure if that is a bug or what. Trying to get confirmation.
-----c. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=838692&page=2#6494347
Originally posted by Jed
Yup, that's how it is currently working. It's been reported as a bug on the Mod Forum, so if Bort didn't intend to have the system work like that, he'll fix it. But for now, as long as you're challenged, you can have more than 3.
6. When are they scheduled?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=811511&page=last#6248049
Originally posted by Bort
You choose the day/time. Just go challenge a team and you can see all the options.
7. What time zone are scrimmages set in?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2289&page=239#6246501
Originally posted by Bort
Same TZ as the game (MST).
8. Where can we place ads looking for friendlies?
-----a. An official forum for friendlies has been added: http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread_list.pl?forum_id=279
9. How will we know if we have been challenged?
-----a. The team owner will get an alert.
10. What happens if we are challenged to a friendly on the same day we already have a proper league game? Can we play 2 games in one day?
-----a. From farther down the page.
Originally posted by Bort
You can play 2 games the same day. Games cannot be scheduled within 2 hours of a "regular" game, in order to allow you to update tactics and such.
11. What are some of the messages a team owner sees when setting up/accepting challenges? (might not have them all)
-----a. Challenge another team to a friendly scrimmage game by sending your request here. Friendlies may not be scheduled within 2 hours of an already scheduled game, must be scheduled at least 2 days in advance, and you may only schedule one per day, in order to avoid conflicts with setting tactics. You may also only schedule up to 3 friendly matches at a time.
Scheduling a friendly scrimmage costs 25 Flex Points, which will be deducted when the other team accepts your offer. You are allowed up to two free friendly scrimmages per team per season.
Once a friendly scrimmage game has been agreed to by the other party, it is LOCKED IN for the day and time you have specified.
-----b. Dear Owner Name, This is an automated message. Your team, the Team Name, has just received an offer from the Team Name to play a friendly scrimmage match on day X at TimeHere. You can view and accept or reject this offer by going to the proposed scrimmage match's status page. If you do not respond within 5 days, or by the day of the match, the match will be automatically rejected. If you would like to send a message to the owner of the Team Name you may simply reply to this message.
12. How will we know if there is a friendly game scheduled?
-----a. It will show up on your teams profile page, listed under 'Scrimmage Games'. It's in military time, Mountain time zone. For example, if it says 'at 16:00' that means 4 PM, MST. If it says 'at 7:00', that means 7 AM, MST.
-----b. In the future the results might be viewable only by the teams involved, but not yet. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2262&page=last#6229323
13. Will GMs ever have the power to schedule friendly matches (using their own flex points)?
-----a. From farther down the thread.
Originally posted by Bort
Maybe, but not right now.
14. I'm a GM and I see the 'Friendly Challenge' button. What happens if I click it?
-----a. At the moment, nothing. It just kicks you back to your home page.
15. I own two teams and it won't let me schedule a friendly between them, why?
-----a. I don't know, either something that was overlooked (because not many people own more than one team) or it was done on purpose. Will need official clarification on this.
16. Is there any way to get the team matchup screen before accepting a friendly?
-----a. Yes. Get both team IDs, and plug them into here (where the underlined 'number' is) and put that into your browsers address bar:
goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=number&team2=number
17. Is there a limit to how many friendlies a team can have per season? How many friendlies can there be per day for all teams?
-----a. http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=838692&page=last#6499594
Originally posted by Bort
There's a total of 10240 slots in the season (256 per day) at the moment. There's also a limit of only one per team per day, so there's a technical limit of 40 scrims per season.
18. Can we schedule friendlies during the off-season?
-----a. Post-season (during playoffs) yes. Off-season and pre-season, no. Basically day 1 through day 40 only.
Last edited Aug 15, 2008 10:49:03
