I just changed the homepage, so don't freak out. Just click "Play Now" and you will be taken to your team page.

Broken on mobile. I can’t scroll ... the video gets in the way.

Uh oh. What system are you on?

For the time being, go to https://sandboxsimulations.com/vBulletin/activity.php

I made some big changes to my gameplan. My team still blows but let's see if it helps

You'll get a good draft spot. Assuming my team doesn't keep suffering last-second losses.

I made some changes. Let me know if it is better.

It looks great on my phone now.

Ho ho ho, the Golden Mules play the Ermines tonight in a matchup of the Sandbox Founders. It's Jim Thorpe vs. George Halas.

Yes! Red Grange is available for me tonight!

Sims are running. They post as soon as they are finished.

The Anarchy get off the schneid. Huge effort by the defense.

Sims still broken there is absolutely no way in hell my team isn't better defensively. Especially against the run and my pass rush. Pass defense shouldn't be that great but come on man

I will check it in detail.

Just a head's up everyone. The old sudden death overtime rules are in place.

Danielle Hunter, deforest Buckner, jarran Reed and Robert nkemdiche combined for 3 sacks total, and haven't seen Darius Leonards name at all. I'm not mad just seems wild that my defense just gets destroyed

Some costly PF penalties allowed the Phoenix Diablos to get a FG in OT to stretch their record to 2-1. Great game to follow.

Sup, what's your record?

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The fans are blaming the defensive coordinator. Why'd you hire Bob Sutton?

Yeah, when I got to the end it felt like a hollow victory.

It felt like watching a Patriots game.


Denver is getting better.

We lost our first game on a touchdown yielded with 45 seconds left.

We lost our second game missing a last second field goal.

We lost our third game in a controversial overtime.


All trends are positive.

1-2

Oh well number one pick here we come

Orlando Scandrick has 5 picks? LMAO

This was a huge pair of sequences for Aberdeen in the third quarter. 14 points in 10 minutes.

Then, after a trade of punts.

Holy shit you suck!!!!!

Vail would've broken 60 points if they had hit on a field goal that went wide. They're killing James Conner as their only halfback on the roster for 15 of the 16 games, but it's working.

I don't want to brag, but I think I have the best 0-3 team in the league.

I am likely to go on an incredible run now, given my l33t Sandbox history.

After a very uncharacteristic choke from Drew Brees in Week 1, losing my RT in Week 2 against Von Miller seems to have been the only hiccup.

But he's back now.

We good.

I'm slightly mystified why my very productive D-line is 3rd worst in pressure percentage, however. Programming error most likely.

Lol I keep getting rat ****ed.

This ****er converted a ****ing 3rd and 25. That completely changed the game.

Also, had another time management gaffe. The sim called a timeout for me with 2 minutes remaining in the first half after failing to convert a 3rd down.

Drew Brees is known to rat ****. I was due after his last game in which he played a lot more like Mitchell Trubisky.

Welp, fourth place in my division with two losses by a total of 4 points. Bummer.

We've got the #1 defense but a bottom 3 offense. It's killing us.

See wtf my defense is way more stacked then yours and you have the number one defense

Thomas Davis is coming to the field for the first time in Denver. I'm debating whether to put him starting in place of Dante Fowler. We have to do something to stop long drives. I'm also going to bench Marcel Dareus for a game in favor of Maurice Hurst to generate more pass rush.

Damn, your defense is stacked af. You've got weak CBs though. I'm not going to spend time researching but maybe that's affecting the outcome?

Also, my defense looks good as far as volume is concerned because I designed it that way. My offense lacks firepower so I play a lot of small ball. Not going to bother checking into it either but I'd bet my defense has seen fewer plays than most others.

You know honestly that's probably it, my offense is so bad it makes my defense stay on the field.

My defense in Denver is middle of the road, as is the offense (despite Matt Stafford's best efforts). But I'm about to discover a gem on my bench in Charvarious Ward.

I hope that'll help. I've got a ton of big-name cornerbacks, but my third-down defense is atrocious. I blame Aqib Talib for that, so he's going to get benched.

Mobile is working now! Thanks guys.

So how does the playoff scenario work with a 24 team league?

I'd say Crown Point has the #1 defense by a fair bit right now (though their peripherals make it look like really good 3rd down luck that won't hold). Mine is clearly #2, IMO.

Ryan Fitzpatrick is gonna hold me back all year though. This team just cannot pull away because anytime they're up a score with the ball, he's throwing 2 incompletions and we're punting.

At 3-0 I still feel like I'm gonna have a dogfight for a playoff spot that will come down to some seriously heartbreaking losses.

Who's the hot chick doing the intro... ? great marketing

Did you watch the full video? I'm pretty proud of that. We hired a professional actress for it. I think she'll attract much more attention than if cdcox or I did the intro. (No offense to cdcox - he's a very handsome and charismatic man. But this actress is the new face of Sandbox.)

Didnt know we were swimming this week

Rain Man did a great job with the script, screening the talent, and managing the shoot. I wrote some decent html, css, and java script; although I' still struggling with getting the right font size for all devices. In contrast, the marketing video is phenomenal on all devices.

This is kind of a bonus season as we start up and get the league onto the permanent schedule. So we may be going slightly faster than normal.

Ahh nice.

Also o was down 17-0 scored a TD and went for 2? Lol

I had the same thing in my game. Inside their 35, soon as the 2 min warning came, we called time out after every play. Worse than Fat Andy. Kicked a FG with like 1:30 left, they drive down and score a FG with 3 sec left

With the Holiday, and shopping, and puking my guts out the last few days, I completely forgot we were simming this week. Didn't make any roster changes, don't know if anyone missed the game. But with that said...

The Crown Point Railsplitters continue to dominate a weak division... I was going to complain how Zeke looks like shit compared to Kenyan Drake in rush yards per attempt, but then late in the game Zeke broke off a couple of huge runs. I'm honestly shocked more than anyone how great my defense is. Without knowing any individual defensive player stats, I don't know what the key to success is. I just drafted to have a balanced team. I know Capt Kirk isn't going to throw 400 yards a game, so I game plan around that, and try to keep it simple for him. Maybe I should turn my resume in to the Minnesota Vikings...

Also, is the owner of the Canton Golden Norseman an active owner? They had a questionable game plan..

The video and the the way it was coded was brilliant. It definitely got my attention and nothing sells like a hot chick knowing what’s she’s talking about when it comes to sports.

I just want to reiterate what an excellent job you guys have done with this product, and getting it ready for mass release. Hoping it’s a hit for you guys.

Can I view my opponents depth chart somewhere or am I just limited to their entire roster over view?

My theory on your defense is TOP. Have you monitored that at all?

Seems to me like your offense is doing a lot to help your defense out. If you were losing I'd call it Hermball but as you're 3-0, we'll call it Martyball.

For now.

I'd still take my D over yours but your DC deserves a raise for sure.

I'm wondering if that's something we should add to the play by play outcomes going forward. I'll chat with cdcox about it. We currently don't have it shown anywhere.

How hard is it to get tackles bor tackles for loss? Seems like it would be a tough thing to get

I'm not sure how the magical black box sim works, to be honest. That's cdcox's baby. I suspect that something like this may arrive as a future improvement.

I’d like to know who’s making the tackles on defense or breaking up passes, or who’s (pressuring) the qb. That’s something I would think should be upgraded for retail version

Play D, Run the ball, win championships!

Heads up that the next round of sims is on Wednesday. Rosters are ready.

I checked all of the defense stats today. Your QB pressure rate (and other stats) is on track compared to other Sandbox teams, given your talent level. Your actual sacks will depend on: 1) who you are playing (OL and QB escapability), 2) how good your players are in converting pressure to sacks, and 3) luck.

We still have a small sample size so luck plays a big factor. You could still see better performances, especially when you start facing non-top-five offenses.

the 2nd league filled maybe i can do better in that one haha

I've found that my enjoyment is far higher if I have more than one team. It gives me more to mess with, and it's not do-or-die for every game.

I feel like we need to build this into the commercial model somehow, to better retain players.

I know I'm preaching to the choir a bit here, but I really think you can solve that with a bit more active gameplay.

Activate the trade-desk in-season so guys can address issues on their roster as the season progresses. Give some pre-season games so we can experiment with packages/formations/players to see what works.

And for the love of god, give us halftimes. It would double the amount of actual gameplay we get and adjustments we can make.

I believe there have already been several requests for a little more 'fog of war' be lifted. Thinks like knowing the formations on plays or who's bringing pressure and/or making a tackle.

There's just so little we know about what's going on in those games. I can't tell you if I'm running the ball well out of single back formations or with a FB on the field. I can't tell you if my spread packages are working or even 11 personnel apart from the times that my #3 WR gets the occasional catch. Which doesn't really mean much if that same package is opening up my #1 or #2 guys on the plays where THEY'RE making catches.

With so little actual 'gameday' decisions to make and even less that we can use to inform those decisions, it's kinda tough to really get yourself into the minutiae here. And the kind of person this will appeal to is someone that really wants to get bogged down in that stuff.

Otherwise just sim games on your Madden franchise.

Josh Gordon is BACK bitches!

And.....he’s suspended.... No one is worried about Josh Gordon

Coach Nut is trying to keep the squad focused on Miami this week with a MASSIVE divisional matchup vs. a dangerous 3-0 Vail squad coming in week 4.

Trap game vs. Tha Virus here, gents. Let's not go doing Fitzpatrick stuff, Fitzpatrick. With zero interceptions thrown through 3 weeks, we all know you're due for one of those 5 pick games in short order.

Pesky defense in Miami with an offense that clearly has some stuff to work on. A couple of aging power backs and limited weapons for a scattershot quarterback suggests that Miami shouldn't be able to put up more than 17 or so against this D, but maybe Lockett/Jeffery haul in some big plays and make things nastier than I'd like there.

He's playing this week. He played several weeks in 2018. Dynomite downfield threat.

Just realized I was taking Travis Kelce off the field half the time in my hurry up packages.

Terrible coaching. We should be 3-0.

#Martystuff

I've been keeping an eye on sandbox simulations because I think it's a really interesting idea... It seems like a lot of people are wanting this game to become more and more like the NFL Head Coach game EA put out years back. I wonder if CD/Rain Man really wanted to go in that direction or not.

Deep dive into the stats this week. Gameplanning hard for the #1 defense.

I'm just having visions of Rain Man and CD having the 'Mr. Skin' conversation from "Knocked Up" right now...

Its #1 by luck only. I don't even really know what I'm doing.

man why is league 2 draft starting tonight at 7?

Is that a problem? You can build your draft board and put it on autodraft if you need to.

i would just start it in the morning unless he needed to be off work in case of issues i guess didnt think about that. Also from webpage it wont let me move around my board

Sometimes it takes a while to get the click and drag to kick in. Not sure why. I thought mine wasn't working, but I moved one guy and held him for a while and he eventually dropped into the slot. Once the first one did, the others moved pretty fast after that.

yep just figured it out thanks man

My hunch is that the first guy requires the system to develop some sort of array, which bogs it down a bit.

cd: something i have been running into with multiple teams is I will be on my 2nd team and then go to click something like the initial draft and it will bug out thinking im clicking on the initial draft for my first team

I ‘m stuck at work, so I can’t run sims as scheduled. Maybe by midnight EST. Draft in league 2 should start fine. Sorry.

Will try to look at it in a day or two. Thanks for letting me know.