15 minute quarters with 25 sec accelerated clock

[1ke]

It's not time yet. I'm starting it w/ opening day roster update.

Thank you sir....all I needed to know.

 

[adembroski]

What about 8 minutes with no run off? How long do you think that would take to play? Trying to find a setting that wont take over an hour but still has realistic stats.

Being that I have a hard time understanding why someone would not want to use accelerated clock if they're looking for realism, I haven't bothered testing without it.

 

[adembroski]

Tried to test at 25 second run off, but it doesn't seem to work.. still runs down to 15 seconds.

 

[adembroski]

Further testing and I'm seeing what people are talking about... maybe I was wrong. There's something inconsistent about it. I'm glad I came in this thread, or I might not have noticed. I'll have more news on it soon.

 

[Yawkey Way]

My broski Adem is playing with my head

 

[The Messenger]

Tried to test at 25 second run off, but it doesn't seem to work.. still runs down to 15 seconds.

40 seconds on the play clock with a 25 second run off = 15 seconds left.

I don't know if that's what you were talking about....

 

[j.hen]

My broski Adem is playing with my head

Same thing man, same thing.


I would love to know how long it would take to play a 10 minute game with 15 sec run off...

 

[Derrville]

Same thing man, same thing.


I would love to know how long it would take to play a 10 minute game with 15 sec run off...

Try playing one of the last gen maddens with that time or APF 2K8, see what happens

 

[adembroski]

OK, played a game at 14 minutes, accelerated clock threshold 15 seconds... way too many plays. 164 snaps is a fairly offensive game in which both QBs were hot. I'm getting off approximately 2.6 plays per minute when the accelerated clock is active, 3 when it's not... now there's a addendum to the last two minutes...

In the first half, when I had the ball a good portion of the time, 6 plays were run. In the second half, when my opponent was trying to catch up in the final 2, 12 plays were run. So the idea that we want to minimize the percentage of the game that the last 2 minutes represents is definitely valid, because it's too unpredictable and can throw stats off quite a bit.

Now, doing the math, with threshold at 15, the appropriate quarter length seems to be around 10-11 minutes. That means that the time spent without accelerated clock will represent around 10% of your game. I'd rather see that lower, so I'm going to play my next franchise game with the threshold set to 20 seconds and see what kind of numbers that gets me.

 

[adembroski]

My broski Adem is playing with my head

I misinterpreted what the threshold represented... I was under the impression that set to 15 seconds, the clock would run down to 15 seconds before the snap. The reality is that that's the number of seconds the clock runs off. I prefer the old way (last gen always ran down to 20 seconds), but this works I guess. I'm working on what the appropriate length is.

I prefer the most possible minutes total. This creates the most realistic game. So the idea is to find the appropriate minutes and accelerated clock combination that'll get you around 120-130 snaps. There are likely several combination that work, I want the one that gives you the longest quarters because it minimizes the amount of time you're NOT under accelerated clock (last two minutes of each half).

 

[Hitman]

i generally play 7-8 minutes with no acceleration.. games take a little under an hour and you get around 110-115 plays if you don't milk the clock.. i would think 10 minutes with a 15-20 second accelerated clock would yield the same results..

 

[T.Dot]

Get back to us Adem.
I'm still thinking of doing 15 and 25 only because that seems like the most realistic combo but I'm interested to see what Adem digs up, 11-12 minutes with 15 secs seems kinda short

 

[GridironWarrior]

I think 10 mins with 15 or 20 acc. clock will work.

 

[j.hen]

I might go 10 minutes 15 acc. clock... How long does that take?

 

[The Messenger]

I misinterpreted what the threshold represented... I was under the impression that set to 15 seconds, the clock would run down to 15 seconds before the snap. The reality is that that's the number of seconds the clock runs off. I prefer the old way (last gen always ran down to 20 seconds), but this works I guess. I'm working on what the appropriate length is.

I prefer the most possible minutes total. This creates the most realistic game. So the idea is to find the appropriate minutes and accelerated clock combination that'll get you around 120-130 snaps. There are likely several combination that work, I want the one that gives you the longest quarters because it minimizes the amount of time you're NOT under accelerated clock (last two minutes of each half).

Yeah that's what I assumed you were thinking.

Get back to us on this. If you find it out, I'd greatly appreciate it.

 

[T.Dot]

12 minutes with 15 second runoff is the best bet according to a lot of sources

 

[Deegeezy]

I dont understand the people who say they want realistic stats and don't want to play for over an hour so they'll stick to 7-8 minute quarters w/o acc. clock instead of going with 14-15 min quarters with it.

Shouldn't hypothetically, the same # of plays be run thus not affecting the real time of your game at all?

For the record, I am going 15 minutes with 20 second acc. clock. I may have to chew clock early in the game and snap it at 1 a good portion of the game but I think that's a small sacrifice and is actually more real.

 

[Deegeezy]

Tried to test at 25 second run off, but it doesn't seem to work.. still runs down to 15 seconds.

So even if you call your play with :35 seconds left, it goes down to :15 and not 10? If so, 15 minutes with 25 acc. clock is the way I'll go.

 

[adembroski]

It's looking very much like 13 minutes w/ 20 second runoff is pretty good. 14 minutes might work too. Understand that I pick plays very quickly, so results may very.

I don't like 25 second run off... you're ticking down on virtually every play. No time for adjustments. I think 15 minutes would be appropriate here though.

15 seconds results in too short a game... about 11 minute quarters... so amount of time spent without accelerated clock makes up too much of the game.

 

[MF Prime]

Still wanna know how long these games actually take, I mean I like that we are getting realistic results when it comes to plays called and T.O.P, but I still don't wanna be playing for an hour and a half. Really was set on the last gen model of 10min Qtrs with a 15-20s runoff being the key.