Rolling lockout BS... Time for a better system

[The Woodman]

Follow Superfooty and Fantasy Freako on Twitter. Very, very useful for easily keeping track of things.

[North Melbournes Finest]

If the person who wins the 50k has to spend a few hours each weekend adjusting their team i'm sure they'd cop it on the chin. Most of us that are keen enough to join and post on a forum are also keen enough to follow the games and changes throughout the year. Deal with it I reckon!

I'm keen enough to log onto a forum, but I also like playing football on a Saturday and have my own life. From 10-4 I rarely get to see who the subs are, and any late outs. This is a heavy disadvantage for me and I would have lost 100's of points in supercoach this year because of it, should I be this disadvantaged because I like to do things on the weekend?

Get rid of subs, get rid of the rolling lockout. Make people have to choose in supercoach if they want to play Clarke over Tarrant, bring a bit of skill back into the game and get rid of the double chances of captains because of the loophole. Supercoach was so much better back in the day.

[Grazz]

Yeh im for scrapping the Rolling Lockout , i have more time than a lot of people on the weekends but dislike having to be on or near the laptop or phone for fear of loosing points to a late out or a sub etc as i still like to do other things. From day one i disliked the advantage i had over Dudge (kicking my @rse this year but thats another sad sad story) or other mates etc. I feel for those that work or have other priorities on weekends because if your as competetive i am it would be very frustrating dropping buckets of points every other weekend.

Loopholing Captains has progressed to having non playing rooks to use to sub in scores from the bench, all within the rules as they stand now but even though i do it regularly myself im not a fan of this either. Means i need as someone said to be checking half hour before games to see how my bench is performing compared to what my onfield players may score.

I know i have the right to choose not to be attached to a media device all weekend but because im a competetive tool it's tough not to pick these devices up to make sure im not going to miss out on something that may cost points. Sometimes when we go away camping or fishing with no access to the net etc it's such a pleasant relief not to be thinking about my teams because a game is about to start but when home i can't fight the urge to see whats going on haha. Scrap it and let me feel that relief of Friday night lockout everyone in the same boat feeling again please, help me to help myself. :P

Would like to see the Sub rule disappear along side it which looks like it may happen in 2016 or atleast there's been talk of it going hope this gathers momentum and eventuates.

[AaronKirk]

This weekend just gone I was out and about on Saturday and Sunday (first time this year I had been out all day on both weekend days) and had no problems quickly checking twitter about 10-15 mins before a game started to see if there were any late changes. There were no late changes so I had no issues.

From my personal perspective you need to have a plan around VC loophole before Friday and a way to execute that plan if you are out and about. If there is a late out make sure your emergencies are set.

[The_Captain]

If the person who wins the 50k has to spend a few hours each weekend adjusting their team i'm sure they'd cop it on the chin. Most of us that are keen enough to join and post on a forum are also keen enough to follow the games and changes throughout the year. Deal with it I reckon!

I'm keen enough to log onto a forum, but I also like playing football on a Saturday and have my own life. From 10-4 I rarely get to see who the subs are, and any late outs. This is a heavy disadvantage for me and I would have lost 100's of points in supercoach this year because of it, should I be this disadvantaged because I like to do things on the weekend?

Get rid of subs, get rid of the rolling lockout. Make people have to choose in supercoach if they want to play Clarke over Tarrant, bring a bit of skill back into the game and get rid of the double chances of captains because of the loophole. Supercoach was so much better back in the day.

Yep... If you play the game on a Saturday its a killer to your sc scores. Not only vc loophole but, late changes subs etc. can't take out an iPhone on a football ground with you...

[timtim]

Keep it easy

a) Keep rolling lock outs
b) You pick 22... but take your best 18 scores (like how the byes work)

No VC or C shower... just a C for double points

If you really want you can log in and adjust your best 22... but for those who are time poor you're not going to be stung by a late out or unexpected substitution

[Typhoon]

Full lockout Friday Night...

Set your C, VC and your Emergencies... and let it roll...

no one has any more advantage of the other...

[Grufflez]

Agree, their greed in wanting as many hits to the website as possible for advertising dollars has probably cost them many players over the years, when something you enjoy actually becomes a bit of a task because it's on your mind too often it becomes annoying and a real inconvenience to your real life.

Scrap rolling lockout, bring back full weekend lockouts before first game night and we can all relax and enjoy our footy & SC more.

[nas]

Full lockout Friday Night...

Set your C, VC and your Emergencies... and let it roll...

no one has any more advantage of the other...

Rolling Lockout when a Thursday Game is played. then Full Lockout applies on the Friday Night.

[Dudge]

Full lockout Friday Night...

Set your C, VC and your Emergencies... and let it roll...

no one has any more advantage of the other...

Rolling Lockout when a Thursday Game is played. then Full Lockout applies on the Friday Night.

Agree nas, that's my preferred option

[kilbluff1985]

i wouldnt mind scrapping rolling lockout

scrap emergencies make it you just auto get the highest scoring player on the bench

it's bad you cant have 2 emergencies selected to be safe in fear of getting the lowest score

[GoLions]

i wouldnt mind scrapping rolling lockout

scrap emergencies make it you just auto get the highest scoring player on the bench

it's bad you cant have 2 emergencies selected to be safe in fear of getting the lowest score

Isn't that the whole point?

If the AFL scraps the sub rule, then I'd expect rolling lockout to be scrapped in SC as well. That's one of the main reasons it's there tbh. Late outs can be replaced by emergencies, subs are an absolute dog.

[kilbluff1985]

yeah but you get the lowest score now to avoid so much loopholing

if they scrap rolling lockout you should just get the highest scoring player on your bench no emergencies needed

cause if you get 2 late outs in the mids but cant cover it cause you cant move an E from another pos it would be BS

AF and DT should be doing this already imo

[GoLions]

I don't really understand your point. The whole point of them giving you the lowest scoring player if you select 2 emergencies is that otherwise it's too easy to get the highest score possible from your team in the event of late outs. Basically forcing you to only pick one gives you the opportunity of making an educated prediction of which rookie will score higher in the event of a late out, which I think is a really good aspect of SC (and also AF/RDT).

If you get two late outs then bad luck IMO. Usually you will hear rumours anyway so can have 2 emergencies if you want, but it's a risk. And those types of risks make the game more enjoyable.

[Big Mac]

i wouldnt mind scrapping rolling lockout

scrap emergencies make it you just auto get the highest scoring player on the bench

it's bad you cant have 2 emergencies selected to be safe in fear of getting the lowest score

Isn't that the whole point?

If the AFL scraps the sub rule, then I'd expect rolling lockout to be scrapped in SC as well. That's one of the main reasons it's there tbh. Late outs can be replaced by emergencies, subs are an absolute dog.

Isn't the rolling lockout there so that more people visit the site? More clicks = more ad revenue