Description: The Vitals page of the front office gives you much of the information and options you need to control your front office at a glance.
Topics
Team City
Team Nickname
Owner
Username
Email Address
Password
Season Record
Division Record
Conference Record
Points For
Points Against
Fame Rank
Home Record
Away Record
Career Record
Playoff Record
Stadium Name
Stadium Type
Stadium Capacity
Stadium Upgrades
Last Attendance
Cash
Bank
Cap Excess Penalty Remaining
Ticket Price
Subscription Status
Subscription Expiration
Team Logo
Team Web Site
Team Colors
Team Jersey
Related Topics
Team City: The city of your team is listed in the title of the front office vitals screen. At any point in time you may choose to move your team to a new city. This move, however, may impact your raw fame. If you are a subscribed user, there is about a 40% chance that your team will lose approximately 15% of its fame when you relocate your team (there is a 60% chance you will not lose ANY fame). If you are a non-subscriber, you will lose 30-40% of your fame by relocating your team.
Team Nickname: The nickname of your team is listed in the title of the front office vitals screen. You may elect to change the nickname of your team. This change (if made) could effect your fame. If you are a subscribed user, there is about a 40% chance that your team will lose approximately 10% of its fame when you relocate your team (there is a 60% chance you will not lose ANY fame). If you are a non-subscriber, you will lose 30-40% of your fame by relocating your team.
Owner: Your name (or the one that you signed up for the game with) is displayed on the front office vitals page. This field is not editable within the game. If you need to change your name, please contact support.
Username: Like the owner name, the username is also chosen at signup and displayed at the top of the front office vitals screen. It is also not editable. The username is a unique identifier that you select to refer to this account. You may not change your username.
Email Address: Similar to the owner and usernames, the email address is also specified at signup. Unlike these two fields, however, the email address may be changed. Franchise Football sends out important information via email and it is important to always have a valid email address listed. Please make sure that your email provider does not filter Simgalaxy.com email into the trash or bulk mail folders. Several providers including hotmail and MSN have been found to do so, and have therefore had to be eliminated as valid hosts to signup for simgalaxy teams. To change your email address, select the "Change Email" button to go to the change email page, enter the new email address, following any instructions, and click on the "Change" button. The new address should immediately be reflected. Simgalaxy does not sell, publish or otherwise divulge your email address. The email address is only used for Simgalaxy's purposes of communicating game and site related information to you.
Password: To prevent signups using fraudulent and invalid email addresses we have to send a system generated password to your email address at signup. This password is often cryptic and difficult to remember (often forcing a copy paste directly from the email into the password field). You may change your password at any time. To do so, there is a link on the Franchise Football login page titled, "Change Password". It will prompt you for your username, current password and two instances of your new password. After that, however, your password will be changed. This must be performed while you are logged out for security reasons. Likewise, your password is not displayed on the front office vitals screen for the same security concerns.
Season Record: This displays your team's current season record. It is the main record that determines your seeding and league standing. The three fields are for wins-losses-ties.
Division Record: This displays your team's current record against opponents from your division. It is used as the first tie breaker in determining playoff seeding and eligibility in the event your team has the same season record as someone else.
Conference Record: This displays your team's current record against opponents from your conference. It is used as the second tie breaker in determining playoff seeding and eligibility in the event your team has the same season and division record as someone else. It is important to note that this includes your divisional record.
Points For: This field shows how many points your team has scored in all games combined. The difference between points for and points against is used as the 4th tie breaker when determining playoff seeding and eligibility if your team has the same season record, division record and conference record as another team.
Points Against: This field shows how many points your team has allowed in all games combined. The difference between points for and points against is used as the 4th tie breaker when determining playoff seeding and eligibility if your team has the same season record, division record and conference record as another team.
Home Record: This shows a team's record at home this season.
Away Record: This shows a team's record on the road this season.
Career Record: This item shows your career record as the owner of this franchise. When you take over the team, this record is zeroed out.
Playoff Record: This field shows your career record in the playoffs. The record is zeroed out when you take over a team.
Stadium Name: The stadium name is a name that you give your stadium. An initial name is given to the stadium when you signup for a team, but, you may change it at any time by clicking on "Stadium Name". When you enter the Change Stadium Name screen, simply type a new name and click on "Change". Unlike moving cities and/or changing a nickname, changing your stadium name has no effect on your team's fame. Please note that the game automatically inserts the type of stadium you have, so, it is not necessary to include the "Arena" or "Field" after your name, the game will do that for you. In fact, including it could display oddly in places.
Stadium Type: This shows the current stadium type that your team is playing in. The stadium type also determines the maximum capacity of your stadium. It is strongly suggested that you upgrade stadiums when you feel that you have out grown the capacity of your current venue. To purchase a new stadium (or just look at what is available) click on the "Stadium" button. This takes you to the "Upgrade Stadium" screen. There is a drop down list with all the stadiums available to you, their price and approximate capacity. Non-subscribed users may only upgrade to the "Small Field" with a capacity of 15,000 seats. Subscribers may upgrade all the way to the 110,000 seat Coliseum. There are 8 additional stadiums available to subscribed users. To buy a new stadium, select it from the drop down list and click on "Buy". If you have enough cash your stadium and capacity will be upgraded. Please note that you cannot downgrade your stadium.
Stadium Upgrades: Stadium upgrades are upgrades that may be done to whatever stadium you happen to own at the time. Each one gives your team a certain bonus or bonuses. The exact impact of each upgrade varies. It is up to you to ferret out the impact. Suffice it to say that some of the impacts may include increases to merchandise and concession revenue, increased stadium seating, increased attendance, the price you may charge for tickets and even how your team performs at home. These are not going to be game breakers, so, don't expect your team to go from 0-16 to Galaxy Bowl contender because you buy a stadium upgrade. Likewise, don't expect to add 50,000 seats and be able to charge $500 per ticket because you buy a couple of upgrades. As a general rule, upgrades are designed to help your team, but, the time it takes to realize a profit from an upgrade or upgrades may be multiple seasons.
It is very important to note that when you buy a new stadium ALL UPGRADES ARE LOST. So, please don't buy an upgrade two days before you purchase a new stadium, that upgrade will be lost when you buy the new stadium.
Stadium Capacity: This is the maximum number of people that your stadium can hold. Any people in excess of this who wish to come to the game will be turned away. You can increase capacity by buying a new stadium.
Last Attendance: This is the attendance for your last home game. By analyzing the attendance and trends in attendance you can gauge if you are charging too much for tickets, perhaps need some promotions or maybe even a new stadium.
Cash: This is the money that you currently have in your pocket. In many circumstances, only cash may be spent on items. There are some places like training where money may be taken out of either the bank or cash.
Bank: This is the money that you currently have stored in your bank account. Only money stored in the bank will earn interest each night. Money in the bank is also protected from accidental spending on several large ticket items including stadiums, concession contracts and merchandise contracts. To put cash in the bank or withdraw cash from the bank, click on "Bank". Here you may follow the on-screen instructions to deposit or withdraw money, or there are useful buttons for "Withdraw All" and "Deposit All" options.
Ticket Price: This is how much you are currently charging fans to come to your games. Ticket Price may be adjusted by clicking on the "Tickets" button and entering a new price followed by clicking on "Change" on the "Change Ticket Prices" screen. Ticket prices both positively and negatively effect attendance. If your prices are too high, fans will stay away, if they are too low, you will fill your stadium and lose vital revenue that you could have made from ticket sales. You may change ticket prices each game.
Team Logo: The Franchise Football game allows users to enter a link to their very own team logo (which will be displayed when others scout their team). This is a 100x100 graphic that can be in any of the major internet graphic formats (gif, jpg, etc). No profane or suggestive pictures may be used, doing so may result in team deletion and a forfeit of subscription. To enter a team logo URL, click on the "Team Logo" button, follow the instructions on the "Change Logo URL" page, entering your URL in the space provided. When finished, click "Change".
Team Website: The Franchise Football game also allows users to enter a link to their own team website (which will be displayed when others scout their team). No profane or suggestive pictures may be used on the resulting site, doing so may result in team deletion and a forfeit of subscription. To enter a team website URL, click on the "Team Website"button, follow the instructions on the "Change Website URL" page, entering your URL in the space provided. When finished, click "Change".
Team Colors: To add flavor to your team and the game, you may choose your team colors. The colors are visible when a team jersey is selected on the scouting screen. To select team colors, click on "Change Colors", you will be presented with a screen to select the primary, secondary and highlight colors for your team. Using the radio buttons before the colors make your selections. You can also choose from various color schemes for your home and away jerseys at the bottom of the color chart. When you are done, you can click on "Change". The combination of team jerseys and team colors on the scouting screen uses advanced HTML commands that may not be available in all browsers. Internet Explorer 6.0+ does have the capability. If you are having trouble seeing the colors and jerseys, you may wish to try upgrading or changing your browser.
Team Jerseys: In addition to being able to choose colors for your team, there are a number of jersey styles which you may also choose. The jerseys are visible when a team is selected on the scouting screen. To select a jersey style, click on "Change Jersey", you will be presented with a screen to select the type of jersey for your team. Using the radio buttons under the jerseys make your selections. When you are done, you can click on "Change". The combination of team jerseys and team colors on the scouting screen uses advanced HTML commands that may not be available in all browsers. Internet Explorer 6.0+ does have the capability. If you are having trouble seeing the colors and jerseys, you may wish to try upgrading or changing your browser.
