This is the home of the North American Xor Football League or NAXFL for
short. It is a simulation of a pro football league with teams ranging
from Dawson and Thunder Bay in Canada through the U.S.A to Durango in
Mexico.
Participants take the part of the general manager/executive coach of a
football team, acquiring talent through drafts and building a team that
will hopefully perform well on game day. As GM
you make the draft picks and set up a plan to build a roster that can
get your team into the playoffs, all the while staying under the "cap".
As "coach" you select the starting
lineup and choose the options for the computer coach (aggressive,
balanced or conservative on both offense and/or defense). Once the
season starts your required participation is only minutes a month,
answering e-mails about injury replacements, lineup or coaching
changes. However, you can get more deeply into the game if you wish,
studying your team's (and others') results and learning how to tweak
your lineup to achieve ultimate results. Something as simple as
switching a couple
linebackers around may be what it takes to put your team over the top
or you may have to make wholesale changes in your team's philosophy to
reverse a losing streak. The trick, of course, is to figure it all out
just in time to qualify for the playoffs. If you want to participate
more fully there is
discussion about the game and how it works, rules to formulate and
discuss, etc. You
are free of
course to experiment as much as you like on your own and incorporate
your findings into your team.
The league consists of teams
initially created equal from a template. Some teams went for the wins
at the start, others opted for a longer range building plan. Franchise
fortunes will rise and fall as they do in the NFL. A good draft can
elevate a team to a playoff run while a bad draft or a wrong personnel
decisions can cause a team to struggle for several seasons.
The games themselves are played
using the old PC football simulator created by the Xor Corporation
called NFL Challenge. It is freely available and despite the fact it is
nearly 30 years old it is still one of the best football simulators
ever created. The idea is to understand how to make your team match
what works well with the game. Once the teams are set up each week the
computer
runs the games. There are 20 "pro" teams and 8 "college" teams.
Each GM/Coach manages a pro team. The college teams are there to
provide talent for the pro teams.
The league is into its fourth
season. We always welcome inquiries
from
potential new participants. There are no more openings for new teams
but there are at least ten
teams that can be taken over by anyone willing. You can even take over
a team in the middle of the season. There is no cost and no personal
information (other than your e-mail address) is required. I do it
mostly because I enjoy sports stats. I like watching the stats races in
each category, I like watching and seeing how the games play out and
what the end results are. I have a vision of a long running league with
its own history, its own Hall of Fame, its own dynasties and record
books and so on.
The
teams currently include the Las Vegas Villains, Katahdin Heroes, New
York Nads, Grand Rapids Strikers, Thunder Bay Giants, Wichita Falls
Average,
Topeka Evil, Washington Leaders, New Jersey Jints, San Antonio Psychos,
Chicago Blues, Durango Diablos, Madison Minds, Texas Rednecks,
Berkeley Thought, Dawson Huskies, Death Valley 49ers, Philadelphia
Brawlers, Daytona Beach Bums and the Milwaukee Beers.
This is a free, strictly for fun activity so the
game times are somewhat erratic depending on my schedule. Download the general rules
and check it
out. The rules are constantly evolving as the league is still
relatively in its infancy. I strive to keep things fair while adding
new features to increase the realism of the results. You can contact me
using the e-mail at the bottom of the page.
A note to any of the game's
creators, on the unlikely chance that one of them should stumble upon
this page. I would dearly love to see the source code made available so
the game can once again undergo development. I would pay for this but
not being wealthy could not pay a lot. Not, I'm sure, what it is worth.
Also, I don't have the coding skills to do much more than some tuning
to the code. Obviously, all of the NFL licensed stuff would have to be
removed. I am thinking more in the lines of a Sourceforge project. I believe it would attract a lot of attention.
There are a lot of people out there that remember this game and a lot
of them are from the days when computer users also learned to code. In
any case, I would appreciate any information anyone has on what became
of the original source code or who has the rights to it.
We
occasionally do IRC "broadcasts" of league action. I try to announce
this as far ahead of time as possible by e-mail and Twitter. The
playoffs are done this way and occasionally highlights are given during
regular season games. All are invited and encouraged to participate. - See bottom of
page for information on how to find us.
Season One Pro Results
Season One College Results
Season Two Pro Results
Season Two College Results
Season Three Pro Results
Season Three College Results
CURRENT
SEASON
PRO
Pro Stats (through Game 7) - Change
Log
Preseason Games
Pro Game 1
Pro Game 8
Pro Game 2
Pro Game 9
Pro Game 3
Pro Game 10
Pro Game 4
Pro Game 11
Pro Game 5
Pro Game 12
Pro Game 6
Pro Game 13
Pro Game 7
Pro Game 14

Last Season
Playoffs
Round 1 - Pro Game 15
Bailey Rule Playoff Game
- (9) Madison Minds @ (8) New
York Nads Madison 24,
New York 20 IRC Log
Round 2 - Pro Game 16
(5)
Berkeley Thought @ (4)
Washington Leaders Berkeley 47, Washington 41
IRC Log
(6)
Las Vegas Villains @ (3)
Death Valley 49ers Death Valley 27, Las Vegas 26
IRC Log
(7)
Chicago Bears @ (2) San
Antonio Psychos San
Antonio 43, Chicago 26 IRC Log
(9)
Madison Minds @ (1)
Katahdin
Heroes Madison
13, Katahdin 10 IRC
Log
Round 3 - Semi-Finals - Pro
Game 17
(5) Berkeley Thought @ (3) Death Valley 49ers
Berkeley 50, Death Valley 16
IRC Log
(9)
Madison Minds @ (2) San Antonio Psychos
Madison 30, San Antonio 17
IRC Log
Round 4 - NAXFL Championship -
Pro Game 18
(9) Madison Minds @ (5) Berkeley Thought
Madison 23, Berkeley 17
IRC Log
COLLEGE
College Stats (through Game 8)
College Game 1
College Game 2
College Game 3
College Game 4
College Game 5
College Game 6
College Game 7
College Game 8
College Game 9
College Game 10
College Playoffs Round 1
College Championship
You can also join us in the NAXFL IRC chat room for the Playoffs even
if you don't have a team in the league. I give the play by play
and everyone else adds the color
commentary. Again, the
schedule may be erratic but the times will be posted as far in advance
in possible.
If you use
Firefox or Seamonkey you can get the Chatzilla add-on for free but any
IRC
client will work. IM Clients such as Pidgin also allow you to access
IRC channels. You should be able to connect through Meebo as well.
To connect start your IRC client.
Type:
/server irc.freenode.net
This should connect you to the server. Then type:
/join #NAXFL
You'll be in the chat room with us!
NEXT
BROADCAST AT: ???
To e-mail me with any
comments, questions
or suggestions send an
e-mail to

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