I used to really be into this game. Lots of clever stuff in the game planning and personnel management and such. And it was a vibrant community. Then, for some reason they decided to change the game. In my opinion, the game was too clever for some people and they bitched until the developer changed it into something else that was not nearly as fun. In the 4.5 version, I thought it was a fun, interesting football sim. Not perfect, but with great potential. Now, we have boring 1962 football where you cant pass and everyone left. Okay I am oversimplifying. I think most of the points made by Setherick are about right. Too bad.. I just wanted to express that..

CM

I've only been on the MFN platform for 3.5 years so I cannot speak to the history or the evolution of the game over a long period of time. However, as to the current game and the ability to pass the ball, I would say that it is possible to have a productive passing attack with the right personnel and play calling.

I participate in only three leagues, a small sample size, but here are my teams passing yards in their most recently completed seasons: (1) 5,266 yards, (2) 5,262 yards, and (3) 4,536 yards. This would be considered high end passing yardage in the NFL where teams have thrown for over 5,000 yards only 15 times in the history of the league. Having said that, we would all like to see long passing fixed in MFN so that the yards per pass attempt would increase, and so that total passing attempts needed to get to 5,000+ yards would decrease, making it more aligned with the NFL.

At any rate, I agree with CoconutsMigrate that there are many improvements that need to be made to MFN but mildly and respectfully disagree on the passing issue from my own anecdotal experience. Just my $.02 worth.

Sadly MFN is a dying platform. Only one page of active leagues left! When I joined several years ago there were nearly 10 pages. Too many consecutive missteps contributed to this. Enjoy it for what it is while it lasts.

...something is haywire with the listing of available teams. I think only page one is displaying. There are at least a few more teams on page two. For example, the "Elite Football League" is not listed but is still active. I will alert JDB.

Private leagues are hidden as far as I know?

...good point, but Elite Football League was always public unless it changed.

Pretty sure it got changed to Private due to some new players joining and not following the diversity rules.

The people that provided the most feedback in favor of what became 4.6 I don't think even play anymore.

But the game lost its excitement when you're reduced to 10 passing plays that work against most defenses and you can't vary your game plan per opponent. And if you get behind there is almost no way to pass your way back into the game like in 4.3 and 4.5.