(F14) League Discussion

Also I would like to say thank you to all the guys on here who have been very helpful and answered my questions. I see that I need to purchase Playstation Plus in order to play online...similar to Xbox Live?

I grew up in Coventry, loved watching Dion Dublin play and them Cobi Jones the American. I'm sure I won't be much of a competitor seeing how I'll be using The Sky Blues but oh well, they are my team.

Not sure how I feel about these "visual changes."

Did you get your cookie ?

Make sure you join EPL FANTASY game also.

Can someone explain to me the sports bra look the players are accepting? Keep seeing it everywhere.

I think it's a holster for the fitness trackers

I had kinda guessed that initially... just think it's tremendously fem. Europe...gaying it up since... well.. before time began?

LEAGUE CONTENT​

User-generated content is the foundation of this site, and by extension of our league. Content (and our sim gameplay) is what makes TFSerie unique among the hundreds of FIFA leagues out there. Content creation took a nosedive in the last couple seasons, and we are all to blame. That will undoubtedly change in the future with the introduction of Twitch streaming. With that said, here are our plans for Season 14 as it relates to content:

Goal of the Week
No longer are we restricted to 5-second videos of the highlights EA decided to save. Streaming (and archiving) games will allow us to create highlights not only of our finishing moves, but the build-up and key passes as well. As always, the final product comes down to you...make sure you submit your goals and vote every week on your favorite. Friz will take care of this feature for FIFA 15 and beyond.

Stream of the Week
This one was a no-brainer, as evident in your League Survey responses (if you haven't filled one out yet, shame on you...go do it). The management team will select one match to feature as the "Stream of the Week". This will likely include previews, social media promotion, extended highlights, and recaps based on the selected match. In addition to this content, extra scheduling efforts will need to be made in order for us to properly promote the match and allow the maximum number of live viewers. We realize this may not always be possible depending on schedules, but we must make the effort. Once again, the strength of this new feature will rely on your participation. If your match is selected, you'll need to do your part to make it stand out from the rest in the given match week. This will be a one-match thing to start, but expansion is certainly possible.

Social Media
Twitch is a very social-media friendly application, so it follows that Twitter will become more important to the league. If you haven't created a TFS-specific Twitter account, it would be wise to do so now (keep reading though). Link your Twitter account to Twitch and away you go (check here and here for great examples of what you can do with twitter).

We will make one minor change to the Twitter system in the upcoming season. Instead of naming your accounts @TFS_[team name], we would request you change your accounts to @TFS_[TSO user name]. This change is being made mainly because I'm tired of tracking people down when they change teams / leave the league.

TFS Newswire
TFSerie team pages have been around since the start of the league. They are a great outlet for users to get creative with team content and match reports (see here and here and here for great examples), but the time has come to retire them from use. Instead, we will create the TFS Newswire, a central thread for everyone to post their team-related content. This way everyone has one thread to follow for the latest team updates, and can post as much or as little (you better choose the former) as you please.

Content Award
Because everyone loves a little incentive, we have created the Content Award. Given at the end of each season, the winner of the Content Award will reserve rights to the number one overall selection in the TFS Team Draft for a period of two seasons. (i.e. if you don't use it the first time, you have to use it the second time or lose it). Everything will be considered when selecting the winner, from things as simple as board participation to twitter accounts to use of highlights to original league content generation...pretty much anything positive you add to the league is eligible.

All of the above is dependent on one thing: YOU. You are what makes this league special, and your content keeps everyone involved. Here's a list of all the things we've done in the past as it relates to original content:

Goal of the Week, Managers Poll, Who's Hot/Who's Not, Twitter, Podcast, All-TFS Best XI, MVP Award, Cup preview/recaps, Manager Rating Form, TFSerie Press Pass, Report Cards, Pro/Rel Update.​

Now we're not saying all of these things were successful, but if 50% of that content comes back for Season 14, we will have the best league on this site. If you're interested in reviving any of these things, or have an original idea of your own, please contact us and we'll help you get started. And if you have any questions about the above, please post them here. We are staring at the golden age of our league, but it's up to us to make it happen...

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In other news:

A Twitch FAQ will be created in time for the start of Season 14 to help everyone with highlights and streaming, so be on the lookout for that.

While we do not have an official commitment thread yet, please check your information in this thread to help us gauge numbers for the upcoming season. If your name is not on the list, post there and I'll get it added. An official commitment thread will be posted when the FIFA 15 demo is released.

Virtual Pro Clubs will be back for FIFA 15, so get your reps in with the FIFA 14 version of TF United here.

Reminder that a decision on controller scheme will not be made until we have a hard copy of the game and see what is available. In the meantime it would be in your best interest to at least try manual controls, in case we go that route in the new season.

Many of you have not yet joined the GroupMe chat. You can do so here: https://groupme.com/join_group/8619655/rUv6BV

You can join our EPL Fantasy League here. If you participated last season, you will be automatically entered when you create your team.

And follow @TFSerie on twitter.

I have a suggestion:
"Twitch onDEMAND" thread. To post links to archived full match streams for those crazy ones that want to watch full league games (if they didn't catch it live) before they check out results thread to be spoiled about it. This thread can be limited to posting only links and no comments to avoid spoilers and discussion for games can be held where it normally occurs. This will allow interested parties to expand their viewing pleasure beyond just a "match of the week" live stream.

I have a question regarding twitch. Yeah, the site is awesome for watching matches live. I plan on watching a ton of live matches on the ipad etc... However, does Twitch archive the streams. Can someone go watch my match a few days after the fact?

and.... I can't figure how this new Quote system works...

Yes, that will be covered in the FAQ

No plans for anything for us scrubs that aren't going to PS4?

Not at the moment, but it will be addressed when we get closer to launch

After you click on "Quote" in a post, you'll see in the bottom-left of of your typing area a box that says "Insert Quotes...". Click that.

Or you can just hit Reply instead of +Quote on the bottom right

OMG!! Where was this Content Award !!! Few Seasons back!!

It's all yours...you just need to come back and earn it

Testing highlights hedache

Looks no different to me, but... Here, EA; Take my money!

Anyone who is unfamiliar with Twitch or has questions about how to use it on PS4, please check out the Twitch FAQ here: http://traditionsportsonline.com/threads/twitch-faq.111643/

Here is an example " Game Summary"


Stoke City (BESHIKTAS) vs Sunderland (IJGator)
2 Goals 0
19 Shots 1
12 SOT 1
48 % Possession 52 %
24 Tackles 24
2 Fouls 0
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corners 0
63 % Shot Accuracy 100 %
73 % Pass Accuracy 67 %
35` S. IrelandG. Cameron
85` P. Crouch N/A

MOTM
(9.1) V. Mannone with 11 saves

Between these two TFS veterans it`s never an easy game to begin with. Going into the game both sides had 2 points head to head competitions .Stoke City wanted to take an early lead, and pushed forward to find a goal, but could not manage to do so. Crouch and his friends came very close to scoring a goal early in the first half , but Mannone had something say about it. Before the first half ended S. Ireland found the back of the net with a left foot shot from outside of the box, Monnone had nothing to do , but watch the ball go in. Arnautovic dribbled the ball in from Sunderland`s left side with couple of fancy moves, but could not complete the move with a goal. Most of the first half was dominated by Stoke City until the 45`. Sunderland came very close to scoring a goal by free-kick, but Begovic saved the ball on the goal-line by the post.
On 45` Sunderland thought it would not be fair to score a goal by taking advantage of a goal-keeper mistake made outside of the box, and kicked the ball out which was a top class move by IJGator. First half ended 1-0 in the favor of Stoke City.

In the end weakest link of Stoke City was A. Begovic with a rating of 7.0 even though he did not let a goal in, and had no threat to his goal other than a free kick shot. He might have gotten the lowest rate because of the stupid move he made in the end of the first half. On the other hand Sunderland`s weakest link was shared by 3 players and they were; S. Vergini, J.Colback and F. Borini with ratings of 6.4.

The only shot found the target by Sunderland came off the foot of J. Altidore. Stoke City found the target 19 times and Crouch had 4 of them who had the most among him and his friends.

Stoke City made excatly 102 passes, and 75 of them were successful passes, on the other hand Sunderland had 138 successful passes out of 191 passes which is pretty impressive to me.

Stoke City crossed the ball twicw and they were done by Arnautovic which one of them found the target only, but Sunderland had only 1 cross, and it was not on target.

When it comes to the tackles Stoke City`s Huth was the worst in the game, ha had 3 tackles and none of them was won.Most tackles won by R. Shawcross. The experienced CB won 6 tackles out of 7.

Stoke City once again entered the second half strong, but were not lucky enough to find a goal until late in the game. Stoke City`s second goal came by Crouch`s fancy-schmancy strange shot. The game ended 2-0, and Beshiktas moved up in the standings 3 points ahead of IJGator. Good game, and good luck with picking the right team for upcoming TFS Season brother. I am looking forward to playing you all.

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How did you create that highlight video?

And for you newcomers, this is an above-and-beyond example of what posting a match report looks like. By no means do we expect you to write an essay for every match you play.

We do, however, expect you to add some context to your reports with at least a short blurb on the events that transpired. Simply posting the stats is not enough