The Digital Football is a web based American Football Simulation by discord user gijoequ. As a player you choose a team to support and place bets using the game's own currency known as Tokens. These tokens can then be used to vote for various team decisions, bid for players and also buy collectable cards. Collectable cards also give a chance to drop items that can be given to players and coaches to use.
You can sign up at https://www.thedigitalfootball.com.
You can join the official discord.
You can support the development and upkeep of the game via KoFi.
Being a non-US resident I was drawn towards the Montreal Roundbirds (and also round birds are cool). They're a nice bunch and have grown quite a bit since we won our first Digital Bowl in Season 5.
A betting guide by discord user mangohabanero is available based on lots of nice data that I am not smart enough to explain. The guide is often referred to as The Oracle and usually has somewhere between a 60-70% success rate. The simple version of the betting guide is what I personally use and my strategy so far is:
Old items have been replaced with team items that teams can vote for up to 3 of to be active per game. It is possible to pick 3 of the same item and despite the tooltip they can be used once "each" per game.
🍎 Apple Crunch "Chance of Apple Crunch once per game. Increases offense power for one drive."
🍞 French Toast "Chance of French Toast once per game. Powers up defense for one drive."
🦞 Lobster Claw "Chance for Lobster Claw interception once per game."
👟 Feather Shoes "Chance for Feather Shoes once per game. Fly over opponents for +30 bonus yards."
🔥 Phoenix Feather "Chance for Phoenix Feather once per game. Preventing injury."
🎡 Win Spinner "Chance for Win Spinner once per game. Spins wheel and adds random amount of yards to play from -5 to +50.."
😲 Static Ball "Chance for Static Ball once per game to prevent interceptions. Can cancel out Lobster Claw."
I will leave this here until old Items are completely phased out.
Old items used to come as a drop chance from cards that you own. The drop chance triggers each time that card's corresponding team completes a game. Cards can be given to any player on any team by anyone (even supporters of other teams). Here's a little guide to items compiled by the Roundbird's very own strategic master Todd Bonzalez:
As of season 7, items are now split into Consumable and Passive categories:
Passive Items (P)
Consumable Items (C)
🍎 Apple (P) - This is only good on QBs!
⛏️ Big Dig (C) - RB, WR, TE
🚀 Class S Rocket (C) - QB, K, P
👟 Feather Shoes (C) - RB, WR, TE
🍞 French Toast (P) - Great for OL/DL. Less good (but still good) on RB, TE, LB, and P
⚙️ Gears (P) - K
🎲 Golden Dice (P) - Anyone
🐴 Horse (P)- QB, RB, WR, LB, DB and K. Maybe also TE
🦞 Lobster Claw (C) - Excellent on DBs for a free interception. Good on WR and TE for a free reception. Countered by Static Ball once per game. Use multiple.
🛒 Shopping Cart (P) - Statistically best for QB and KB. Then P. Then any position that uses Speed
⚡ Static Ball (C) - QB.
🍖 Well-Provisioned (P) - Give to a young player you want to improve
🎡 Win Spinner (C) - RB, WR, TE, QB
Protection Items:
🐦🔥 Phoenix Feather, 💰 Protection Money - Give to a player whose Age is greater than 31. Or a player you can't afford to have get hurt. ☔ Umbrella - Give to a player you want to protect from negative weather. Someone your team can't afford to lose.
Defense Effect Items:
🍕 Deep Dish Slice, 🌫️ Fog Machine, 👹 It's Ogre Now!, 🌀 Storm Surge, ⚡ Zeus - Give to any defender.
Relationship Items:
🌻 Small Town Charm, 😎 Sunglasses, 🩳 Surf Shorts - Give to a player whose relationships you care about. Best on younger players with 🥰 Loved chemistry.
Cleansing Items:
🐍 Antivenom, 🧻 Toilet Paper - Can be used to remove a negative status effect (Zeus, Damp, etc.) from a player.
Coach Items:
🤠 Cowboy Hat (P), 📋 Enchanted Clipboard (C), 🎧 Enchanted Headset (P), 🏔️ Mountain Views (P), 🌊 Sea Air (P), 📺 Teleprompter (C) - Head Coach