Botn

[itsbeenpickedup]

Back of the net is back.

I know that pretty much nobody reads this forum, but I also know that two or three of our long term members at BOTN did read about it when I made a thread here years ago, so it was definitely worth posting back then. Therefore I'm going to post now.

www.thenewbotn.com

BOTN has been around since 2004. It's an ESMS game and has something that very few ESMS games have: History. This means that when you chose your team you can be sure that the game wont vanish in a few months and waste your efforts, which happens to so many other games. Newer games are always likely to close.

We use real teams and players from the EPL and CCC. We were closed for a while due to several problems, specifically losing our original website. We once had 3 divisions but this closure has lost us managers. However, many of the more important core managers have remained. Now is an excellent time to join BOTN. Check it out. Once you've learned what it's about it can take you half an hour a week or as long as you want. I've always enjoyed the long term aspect meaning you can build up your team over time.

[itsbeenpickedup]

One more thing - site looks better with Firefox than IE. But then again we all know IE sucks.

[Tom]

Can i just say, if that's your page, i'd be careful advertising it since the photo on your main page is from USM '98, and hence, copywrited.

Just so you know. Somehow I doubt Sierra would be happy.

[itsbeenpickedup]

Well spotted and thanks for the warning, but in my opinion it's a very small scale, non-profit community and given the age of USM and it's probable lack of profit I'd be very suprised if they cared. I also think I once downloaded the game from an abandonware page, which it claimed was legally free (I'm not sure it's true but if it is true it further implies they wouldn't care). I only put the picture there because I think USM rules and when anyone asks I tell them where it's from and that it's a good game. So if anything I've benefitted USM's reputation, although that could be a claim too far...

To be honest I'd be more concerned that the F.A would stop us using real player names, given they do seem to care about every little thing and are generally wankers.

I'm sure in either case though the maximum action would be asking me to remove it, which I would. Hopefully we will soon be changing the homepage to show current news and whatnot anyway.

[Tom]

Fair enough, just thought i'd let you know