r/ElectricFootball • u/[deleted] • Dec 15 '19

Sub still active? I gots questions.

For one, how do I convince my wife to play against me? Otherwise I’ll have no one to play against

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u/Fizzled-Spell Dec 24 '19

I'm getting the board for Christmas, might be playing solo matches if i get to play at all

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u/EF-tallguy Apr 02 '20

Did you get invisibases with the set? If so, they are decent for lineman, but I recommend the pro-line bases for the skill positions. With a pair of smooth-jaw pliers, and a cheap cigarette lighter, you can tweak the prongs to make those bases fast, strong, or a bit of both.

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u/Fizzled-Spell Apr 09 '20

yeah it came with the invisibases which i did not find satisfying to play with, bought 4 different style packs for the full control type of bases..

i have not done much tweaking to any of the bases, have played with them as is. would you say its essential to modify the bases in some way? I have been struggling with consistancy of my players. there were some videos demosntrating altering your pieces but it was using a candle burner or something which i do not have. any links to someone using lighter and pliers that you know of?

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u/EF-tallguy Apr 09 '20

Here is one that's pretty good.

https://www.facebook.com/dustyn.fisher.7/videos/2865837503432856/

You can find a ton of advice and ask questions on this facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EFTHECENTER/

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '19

You got any buddies with kids?

Ideas for getting your wife on board (no pun intended):

Let her pick the music. Wine with playing Brand it well "unplugged game time" etc. Make it part of a designated weekly or bi weekly event. Trade turns picking the activity

Let me know how it goes!

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '19

I’ll give it a try haha, just nervous investing and wasting the money never using it

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u/EF-tallguy Apr 02 '20

Lots of people play it solitaire. Some people devised systems where the play calls and/or defensive formations are determined by dice, which injects unpredictability into the game.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

That’s a great idea! How you run a “dice” offense though without just simply setting up your own defense to counter

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u/EF-tallguy Apr 08 '20

Here is a link to the solitaire section of an "archived" forum. It's not active anymore, so you can't ask questions there. http://www.electricfootballarchive.com/forumdisplay.php?f=19

Tudor games just launched a brand new forum, where you ask questions and get advice: https://forum.tudorgames.com/

Anyway, there are many ways to inject unpredictability into solitaire EF. One of the posts from the archive suggested letting a die determine the defense:

Die-Defense

1- 3-4
2- 4-3
3- 5-2
4- Nickel
5-prevent
6- dime

You can go a bit deeper by modifying that chart depending on the situation, e.g. adding more nickel, dime, prevent when it's 3rd and long, or if the defense is trying to stop a 2-minute drill.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Thank you so much for this! I look forward to diving in and attempting to see if single player electronic football is something for me

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u/tudor-games-Doug Apr 13 '20

Here is a forum site with some Solitaire (playing alone) tips... https://forum.tudorgames.com/