# Fun Text-Based Football Sim **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-text-based-football-sim/496674 "2009-05-16T19:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-text-based-football-sim/496674/1 "2009-05-16T19:45:25Z")
I’ve been playing this game, [Goal Line Blitz,](http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=30143776) for a few months now, and I think some of my fellow dopers might enjoy it. It’s a text-based football MMORPG where you create your own American-style football player and manage every aspect of his career. Most of the game is free (I haven’t paid a dime yet), but purchasing your own team costs money from having to buy “Flex Points”. Anyways, I think it’s a cool game, and I think some of my fellow football fanatics would probably enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-text-based-football-sim/496674/2 "2009-05-16T19:48:58Z")
No, you will not get referral points from me. … You should get them from me instead! [LINK](http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=1767872) ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-text-based-football-sim/496674/3 "2009-05-16T22:30:36Z")
It sounded like a great idea to me, but I’m actually a little bitter about missing out on my chance to get in on the ground floor, and I don’t want to spend a bunch of money to catch up. I may still start messing around with it at some point. For now, though, I’ll stick to my single player text based football management sim, [Front Office Football](http://www.solecismic.com/fof/index.php). On a dollars-spent/hours-played basis, it’s by the far the best value of any game I’ve ever purchased. And, of course, there are a bunch of thriving multi-player leagues, which are a huge amount of fun. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-text-based-football-sim/496674/4 "2009-05-17T04:51:21Z")
Varlos, I hardly got in on the ground floor, and I haven’t spent any money to date playing. There are guys who have spent thousands of dollars on the game, but I don’t intend to be one of them! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-text-based-football-sim/496674/5 "2009-05-17T06:09:15Z")
I ran one of these threads a while ago. I’d toss in my link, but I’m on an iPod so I can’t paste it in. But I’ve spent some cash on it after getting in for season 2, and can toss in advice for any who want it