Welcome to the start of the 2018 KRFL Regular Season, KRFL's 18th season. There is some VERY IMPORTANT information in this message. PLEASE READ this ENTIRE MESSAGE.
Coach's Files I did not receive Coach's Files for the following teams: SAL - Jeff needs to send a file to BOTH me and their week #1 opponent, Warrington, BEFORE playing the game TEN - Don needs to send a file to BOTH me and their week #1 opponent, Edison, BEFORE playing the game. WAR & EDI need to import these files when received. Import them by saving them on your computer, and in the game use Utilities, Import Coaches.
Game Version Before you play any games, please verify you have the 8-9-2018 version of the game. In the game go to Help, About. If yours is not this version, go to http://www.dksports.com/service.htm, download and install that version.
Week #1 League File The Week #1 League file can be found in the League Files section of the website. Results are due Tuesday, September 11 at 10pm Eastern. If all results are in before that, the week #2 will be released early. Submitting Game Results Send the games results and box score (the “.xbx” file generated by the game and the “.htm” game box score) to BOTH the commissioner AND to the KRFL Google Group e-mail (KRFL@googlegroups.com). A game summary/write-up would be appreciated and adds to the fun of the league.
Weekly Reporting Deadline The deadline for reporting game results is normally TUESDAY evenings at 10PM EASTERN USA time again this season. THIS DEADLINE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. I do NOT want to have to sim games, but I will if any game is not submitted by this deadline. With this Tuesday deadline, the new league files should be released no later than 10am Eastern Wednesday morning, and will most like be available by 1am Eastern Wednesday.
Protocol for Scheduling Games Please see Rule 15 in the League Rules, a summary of which is: Since the weekly schedule is available both on the website and in the game, initial contact between members for the upcoming week's games should be made prior to midnight Thursday of the current week. Game times should be agreed upon and scheduled by midnight Friday to be considered as good faith attempts to schedule a game. Good faith attempts at scheduling require two emails and a minimum of three possible suggested game times. Note: When contacting an opponent, please use private email so that your message isn't sent to the entire league. E-mail addresses are readily available in the game file.
If you've emailed your opponent twice with a minimum of three suggested game times, AND you haven't received ANY reply, you may seek a substitute by posting on the league website or by posting an email via the KRFL Google group. This leaves a public record available to the Commissioner in case of disputes. If a member seeking a substitute gets multiple offers to sub, they should sort volunteers accordingly: a. First choice should be a player from another conference. b. Second choice should be a player from another division in the same conference. c. Last choice should be a player from the same division.
Game Play Just a reminder of some of our KRFL rules for games: • No limits on onside kicks, hurry up, or slow down offenses. • No Play Clock. • We follow 2017 NFL rules. All games are to be played head-to-head over the internet. The home team typically will host the game but that is not required. The hosting team is required to submit the game results to the Commissioner.
Hamachi DK Sports has created a Hamachi "League Lobby" for KRFL. To log on, use the following in Hamachi: Network Name: Knute Rockne Football League Network Id: 338-199-859 Password: krfl
Users will need the HamachiLogMeIn client installed on their computer to use the networks. This is a free download: https://www.vpn.net/ The free Hamachi client allows users to connect with up to 5 others users. Free Agent Claims Post free agent claims at http://aaroncraneinstitute.com/football/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?36 . Players signed as free agent are NOT retained after the season, they will have a 2018 salary of $0.5 million and the salary of the player you release continues to count against your salary cap. All waiver claim free agent must meet the Tuesday at 10pm Eastern game reporting deadline to be considered valid for the next week's games. Trading Period Open The Trading Period is now open and will remain open until the Week #4 Reporting Deadline (October 2, 2018). Team Logo’s, Home Fields and Coach's pictures I have posted the 2018 team logo file and 2018 team fields files and the 2018 Coach's pictures files in the "Misc. Files" link on the home page. You can find the link in the upper left hand corner of the home page and/or http://www.aaroncraneinstitute.com/football/miscfiles/ Save each file to your computer, then: Team Logos File - Extract the contents of the file, just as you would the weekly league file, to your dksports\football\TeamLogos folder Team Fields File - Extract the contents of the file, just as you would the weekly league file, to your dksports\football\Stadiums folder Coach's Pictures File - Extract the contents of the file, just as you would the weekly league file, to your dksports\football\PlayerPhotos folder
------------------------------ Lets have another fun and enjoyable season. If you have any questions, please post it in the forums on the league website or send me an email.
