TSO - How are we doing?

1) How are we doing so far? How would you rate your experience here?

I enjoy the TSO experience. I have to admit, initially I was skeptical to spend $12 for a "free website". That was a few years ago and now I know it was a wise choice. I play Xbox to relieve real world stress and to get away from the real world. Some people drink to relieve stress, some play video games..I do both and TSO makes them enjoyable.

2) What would you change about the site?

Less Baron ! Seriously - I think the continuity of a league of 32 folks is a challenge. I don't know what the solution and there are many real life priorities that can impact this.

3) What do you like most about TSO?

The camaraderie and the Chat box. Regulated and monitored game play is also enjoyable. You know you will get a pleasurable gaming experience at TSO.

4) What new features or amenities would you like to see us add in the future?

Being able to access the CB via iphone. TapTalk is great for forums but the CB is difficult to see/use on a phone browser. Not a huge deal though.

1) How are we doing so far? How would you rate your experience here?

I love this site. The forums work very well, other than the occasional browser/server issue. There is a great air of maturity in nearly every league/thread i've viewed, and I have a feeling of belonging here. Great job on bringing this community to life.

2) What would you change about the site?

Not much. If I find something I dislike, I'll let you know.

3) What do you like most about TSO?

The competitive players within the community, who have become friends as well.

4) What new features or amenities would you like to see us add in the future?

I was thinking about this the other day. Maybe you already have this. A cross-league, TSO sponsored tournament. Oh, and featured members on the main forum page. That'd be cool to get to know some of the more prestigious members, getting to know the people who make this community special.

So needy! I was actually writing up a nice detailed report, then somehow you tagged me again and I lost it. Jk ill finish the report later

1) How are we doing so far? How would you rate your experience here?

No problems with the site, I am sorta sad and honestly worried about the lack of an upcoming NCAA game for which the site was originally created for. I know it has grown a ton from its beginnings and has all sorts of games and such going on...

I rate my experience here high, allot of the original guys that I started gaming with here day 1 are gone now or don't / cant spend as much time at the site, but hey that's life. I have met and gotten to know other gamers and have enjoyed it overall...

2) What would you change about the site?

Not much, at this point what can you do really? I think TSO needs to start some more Next Gen stuff, leagues and such...cause that is where most will be soon....Not saying kill the PS3 and Xbox 360 leagues..but add more next gen "stuff".

Tired of the sim talk...by now most everyone here knows what sim gaming is and what the expectation of the game play will be like...Just because someone your playing isnt playing your style or something you can easily figure out or beat doesn't mean it isnt fair or not sim...I get the need to teach the new...but can the other bitching and moaning when guys are losing just stop? Your sim isnt the only one....just sayin..

More other types of leagues get more exposure, NHL, Golf and such...with no NCAA game coming were going to need other games and leagues to play in....yea I know no Tiger either right? WTF EA?

3) What do you like most about TSO?

Playing Online NCAA dynasty with other freaks like me about the game.. Other then that just the ability to always find a good game online of any sport game I want, find some online War to jump into because of the site like COD or BF games..Try new games like the season I played in the FIFA league, hey I lost every single game and was terrible overall but those 3 goals I scored that season where sweet....smh

4) What new features or amenities would you like to see us add in the future?

Just grow and stay alive, I don't know what more you can do, we / you are reliant and the games we have to play and the quality of experience those games can offer...

I would like to see the ability to create some of our own sub forums / folders for our LG. To have a little customization and put things in order of what we might like.

Also the application processes. I brought in a lot of people from my LG and some had a hard time getting approved since their answers were only 8 words long and not the minimum 10 words or what not. As someone new not in a LG i can understand being more strict, but when the commish tags/tells their members to sign up. There was a long lag in tryign to get everyone approved and having them jump through hoops since someone didnt like their answers or their answers where too short. This delayed us on draft and other things as it took weeks to get everyone on.

speaking on accounts i think we still have a member with account issues kingcounty he tried to make kingcounty1 but that account wasnt approved yet.... maybe now? he did the password reset and still had issues.

Maybe the committee that approved New members can send them links to Open LGs that might match their interest. Or not sure if its kosher that someone in the LG post on their Member App or PMs them right away to let them know about some LG openings or if that would be frowned upon. I know there was a post awhile about checking in on how full LGs where.

Oh i guess now maybe PS4 forums for those people...

just confirmed with kingcounty he still cant access the site....

We only allow one account. kingcounty is a valid username.

Honestly, if it takes weeks to get people to write a few sentences about themselves...that's no a TSO problem, that's a people applying problem, IMO. Just because a guy was in your league off site doesn't mean he will be a good fit here. We've seen that many, many times.

As far as creating your own subforums...we created the standard setup because it is hard on the server to create/remove forums constantly, and requires a LOT of work from staff. You only are worried about 1 league, we've had hundreds of leagues going at once...

My 1-1 tie with abolishthefed in FIFA is still my shining moment I've won many times at other games, but that tie made me feel like a king. Everything before that in FIFA was tremendously ugly. It was my only goal of the season and only my second shot on goal, so I spent every other game being destroyed. I'll always have my tie though.

How are we doing so far? How would you rate your experience here?
Overall, I've enjoyed my experience. A lot of guys were extremely helpful when I first came to the site. I've had a couple of issues with certain people, but I chalk that up to personality clashes. The only place you can ever go to where everyone gets along is a cult, and there's eventually some kool-aid drinking involved in the end.

What would you change about the site?
1. I think the site needs to show more love to both systems this gen. Understandably, the 360 received more love, but it was the more popular system among sports gamers. I think at the very least for this gen, they will be even if not the reverse.
2. Needs to be more content on the home page. The home page stays the same for months it seems, with no new content. This could keep outsiders from realizing all the great things within the site, b/c it can give the impression that there's not a lot going on at the site.
3. Forum needs a sub forum for sports talk and games. Under the sports talk, you can have threads such as NFL, NBA, etc... where us sports gamers can talk about what's going on. I know we can do that in the Locker Room, but I think it would be better with a dedicated subforum. For games just have the systems listed, PS4, X1, etc, and people can make threads about specific games outside of sports.
4. Implement more non-sports games content. There are other places to go for that kind of content, but being we at TSO are all sports gamers at heart, I believe our interests towards other genres of games are a lot more alike than at other sites.
5. Everyone here needs to take advantage of live streaming on the new consoles. I can't speak for X1, but it is extremely easy on PS4. League games should always be broadcast with TSO in the title. This should bring new people to the site. The streaming thing is going to be huge this generation. Have a TSO game of the week that's available on Twitch.
6. I agree with BRUCE80 about sim. Teaching new guys is one thing, but a lot of the discord that occurs at TSO is over people's perception of sim. The next time you don't think someone's sim, play a couple of random online opponents and get some perspective.

The best part of the site is definitely the community. It's the best place online to play or just shoot the shit. Hell, even the guys I've had disagreements with in games, are great guys to talk to outside of that.

I do have a question for the head honchos around here. What are your visions for the future of TSO?

Idea :

TSO sponsored clans. So if I'm correct, I believe we tried a pickup league with FIFA in which groups of three could play one another? I think! Well, it'd be kind of neat to do the same thing with other games if we wanted to. For games like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Titanfall upcoming, or even Sports titles for the pickup games on NBA(if that's how it works still, I'm not so certain,) NHL or Madden.

ie: Baseline might consist of a few gaming 'cliques,' but not in a negative way of course. Could recruit new members and what not.

The question, really, is going to be how strong will Baron team of 1 be?

Stronger than if you combined yourself, Cheez and fuzzyl0gic all into one clan.

Well, that's only because marty is holding Fuzzy and I back. Fuzzy and I on our own would be better off.

Don't let him turn us against one another. That's what he wants.

1) How are we doing so far? How would you rate your experience here?

I love my TSO and spend most of my web browsing time here, not only have I enjoyed the leagues but the chit chat with other guys. I've also had a good time hanging out with a few member (Keller , Shaun Mason ) .... and had to keep one member from getting his face punched in at the bar (MoonBBad ) lol. Home away from I guess


2) What would you change about the site?

Hmm couple of ideas, not sure how realistic they are.... I would like to be able to block/ignore people who are staff , at least temporarily so I can avoid my own hot headed shortcomings lol. I really , really , really think we should have kind of universal slider set for some of our leagues. Way back when I was in two OD's that had very different sliders and that was hard to manage. I have always thought it would be a cool idea to have league members who have disputes settled by management from an outside league, no prejuduces or hurt feelings before or after. Not sure who wants to sign up for that last idea however.


3) What do you like most about TSO?

I like the application process and management structure. I think this helps to keep leagues from getting rogue guys in who will mess leagues up, keep the riffraff out

I do hope down the road we have some more staff to add, I know a good portion of the staff members have been really busy with real life things going on.


4) What new features or amenities would you like to see us add in the future?

I think in a year or two the streaming aspects of the next gen games will be really fun , I am not sure what or how we could help implement those things into our leagues. I also liked when we have had Twitter feeds for leagues but I know that has nothing to do with the site really. Mostly I wish it was somehow easier to post photos in the chat box from mobile devices (iOS, Windows, BB, etc. )

I don't give Baron that kind of credit because I dont think he is capable of thinking ahead enough to devise a battle plan as such. I see him as having more of a hamster running on a wheel 18 hours a day type of mindset.

As mentioned above, I agree that the forums could be consolidated to reduce clutter. Taking FIFA as an example, there are two spaces in which to post general threads: under the TSO Leagues space, and under the Sports Gaming space. Often times this leads to duplicate threads, and in most instances discussion dies very quickly.

I think a setup similar to OS would be beneficial; each sport has a forum, with everything (leagues, game discussion, general discussion) under it. So if I'm looking for Stadium assignments or the week's match schedule, I'm only looking in one place.

i agree w/ this

Notice that football is like this already...there is no discussion space in the league hub.

Right but there's still the "sports gaming" piece as well that is separate.

What I'm saying is have a Football forum and put everything football inside it. Have a Basketball forum and put everything basketball inside it, etc.

I understand. The point of the current setup was so that new members (who aren't league approved) have a place to post but can't muddy up the leagues.

Oh gotcha

1) I've been with this community for over three years, and I think you do a great job. Your tolerance for buffoonery is quite high, and your swift responses to bad circumstances in on point. I'd give it a 9 out of 10 on the ole' experience o meter.

2) As others have said, stability is the biggest issue. It does seem to have improved vastly in the past few weeks. When you harbor leagues, invite friends, etc. down time is a killer.

3) The CB is probably the best feature. I can shoot the shit with lots of people I've become virtual friends with, and meet new people as well.

4) Maybe reach out to the PC master race. How can you make that better? Maybe more mumble servers and clans for FPS as others have said, there is a huge community out there for gamers outside of the console world. Keller could attest to this.

Keep on being great guys, I love this community.

Dear god yes. I'd love to see Sim City, Europa Universalis IV, or any title get a following on here. My PC games get stagnant quick because of no friends playing them.

He created a 2nd account since the password reset on his account wasnt working and was getting no help. he still can not access TSO