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Re: Team tampering?

By Kosmic28
7/05/2024 8:08 am
Has there been any issues with team tampering in this league in the past? I believe my team has been tampered two time, once last year and once this year. Please advise. Thanks!
Last edited at 7/05/2024 8:14 am

Re: Team tampering

By martinwarnett
7/05/2024 10:15 am
To expand, this was in chat.

"Kosmic28 (LAR) : Last year someone messed with my lineups at least 1 time. Last nights game it happened again. I write down what players will be starting at each position. My 2 main rb's, 2 linemn, a fb and a te were missing from my starting depth chart. This had a huge effect on what happened during the game last night. Who is the Commish and how can I get a hold of him? Thanks."

Were they active and present in the depth chart at all?

Were any overrides used?

Might you have accessed the game whilst, say, drunk? (would be amazed, American beer is **** weak)

Does anybody have access to your phone / computer and *may* know your password? If so, change it immediately. In fact, just change it now - won't help if there's a keylogger installed on your system, but to be brutally honest, the game simply isn't big enough for hackers to attack.

(Incredibly low change this is the case) Have you tried anything with gameplanning, ie fatigue levels which would switch in/out? I genuinely don't think this would be the issue in this case.

Now, I've never heard of similar - if it was an endemic problem, I think that more people would've reported it.

Gustoon is the commissioner of this league, but he's not going to have access to any toolset able to look into your account to see when logins have occurred / where those logins originate.

If you message jdavidbakr (game owner and creator) then he may be able to assist in this as he should have access to the relevant information. Bearing in mind this game isn't his full time job (at the moment), he may not be able to get back to you instantly, and may not even have the support tools available.

In terms of effect, well, it's pre-season so that mitigates any effect tbh.
Last edited at 7/05/2024 10:23 am

Re: Team tampering

By Gustoon
7/05/2024 11:12 am
Kosmic28 wrote:
Has there been any issues with team tampering in this league in the past? I believe my team has been tampered two time, once last year and once this year. Please advise. Thanks!


Is this just happening in preseason ? If it is it will be the AI subbing players in .

I cannot access your account but to be on the safe side change your password.

Re: Team tampering

By raidergreg69
7/05/2024 3:20 pm
The only way for a commish (I run USFL) to change your lineup is to log in as you. I can't access other people's teams at all for any reason. A commish can't change lineups, rosters, etc.

Re: Team tampering

By Kosmic28
7/05/2024 5:00 pm
Thanks all for your help with this. No drinking involved when I do this sim league. I've been in a few MFN leagues and never had a problem with tampering until I got into this league. Again, I keep very clear, descriptive notes regarding my game plan, who's starting, who's in/out, who I switched out with another starter because of poor performance, what game plan I use, all the misc settings, and have a log for each game stats so I can use them when I play that team again. I love this league, the Commish is awesome, the owners have helped me so much, that's why I shake my head in disbelief that anyone would do something like this. I'll keep all of you posted. Thanks again for all of your help. GL this season!!!

Re: Team tampering

By martinwarnett
7/05/2024 5:38 pm
In the long history of the game, there have been zero reports of this, to the best of my knowledge.

Are you sure nobody in your house, with access to your stuff could be messing around as a prank? That's the most likely thing.

Re: Team tampering

By Gustoon
7/05/2024 11:42 pm
Kosmic28 wrote:
Thanks all for your help with this. No drinking involved when I do this sim league. I've been in a few MFN leagues and never had a problem with tampering until I got into this league. Again, I keep very clear, descriptive notes regarding my game plan, who's starting, who's in/out, who I switched out with another starter because of poor performance, what game plan I use, all the misc settings, and have a log for each game stats so I can use them when I play that team again. I love this league, the Commish is awesome, the owners have helped me so much, that's why I shake my head in disbelief that anyone would do something like this. I'll keep all of you posted. Thanks again for all of your help. GL this season!!!


I would contact JDB as he will 100% be able to tell you where a log in came from (IP)

Re: Team tampering

By Gustoon
7/05/2024 11:43 pm
martinwarnett wrote:
In the long history of the game, there have been zero reports of this, to the best of my knowledge.

Are you sure nobody in your house, with access to your stuff could be messing around as a prank? That's the most likely thing.


This did used to happen in the past , but it was mainly in preseason. It would be something silly like fatigue settings that would cause the AI to sub players in an hour.