# Is there a good American football game online? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790 "2010-06-11T13:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/1 "2010-06-11T13:08:46Z")
That’s the question. Is there a good American football game online? I have played Tecmo Bowl, but I can always beat it. Then there are the QB games where one throws the ball to receivers. pretty boring. I would just like to play a straight up football game. Doesn’t have to be Madden, just something fun. I have looked on the internet with little success. I live outside the United States in a country where they do not play or watch the game. I want to play football! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/2 "2010-06-15T05:31:04Z")
Giving you a bump because this is something that I am curious about as well. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/3 "2010-06-15T09:42:27Z")
I know Quick Hits stinks. It’s a micropay system geared towards collecting money. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/4 "2010-06-15T13:30:19Z")
Tecmo Bowl = not good. Madden is the only game in town, quite literally, now. EA has exclusive publishing rights to use NFL teams and players. Also, EA opted to not release Madden for the PC starting two years ago. [Here’s](http://www.ea.com/games/madden-nfl-08)the most recent one. Of course, there’s [All-Pro 2K8](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Pro_Football_2K8) which uses historical players, because they’re not gobbled up by EA’s exclusive rights and also the NCAA football series that’s in the collegiate ranks. Of course, you say you want it “online”, which means what, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/5 "2010-06-15T13:35:51Z")
Stupid edit window. If you just want the NFL coaching experience, there’s [this](http://www.ea.com/games/nfl-head-coach). ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/6 "2010-06-15T15:33:58Z")
I play goalline blitz. Create players, own teams, strategize. It’s fun, but takes some money to get the full potential out of your dots (players), definitely possible to enjoy it for free though. [http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=7143952](http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=7143952) - my referral link, I’d like the free money, but don’t feel like you need to use it. If you join up, let me know and I’ll do what I can to help you get started. ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/7 "2010-06-15T15:56:44Z")
Check out [www.solecismic.com](http://www.solecismic.com) You don’t actually play a game of football, but instead act as a GM and/or coach. You build your team through free agency, trading and drafts, etc… There are a whole bunch of online leagues running as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/8 "2010-06-15T17:23:54Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > I play goalline blitz. Create players, own teams, strategize. It’s fun, but takes some money to get the full potential out of your dots (players), definitely possible to enjoy it for free though. > > [Goal Line Blitz - American Football MMORPG](http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=7143952) - my referral link, I’d like the free money, but don’t feel like you need to use it. If you join up, let me know and I’ll do what I can to help you get started. I’ve played GLB since season 1. I really enjoy it - but it’s not so much a football game. It’s a strategy game, about football. It’s not for someone who just wants to control some players since there’s no live action. It’s all strategy - building players, teams, controlling offensive or defensive strategies, that type of thing. But come game time, all you can do is watch dots move around on the screen and hope you strategized right. Don’t get me wrong - I really enjoy it. But it’s not the typical on-line sports game. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/9 "2010-06-15T17:43:16Z")
True. Love me some dotball though. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-american-football-game-online/542790/10 "2010-06-16T01:54:51Z")
Clearly I was answering a question that wasn’t being asked. Carry on, people.