Season 13! Lucky for some ..

eoferrall

Season off to a win decent win, 54-7. and an unbelievably massive contentment rise of ONE:mad: FFS this contentment lark is bollix, one loss against a better team (JP!:() and i get hammered and now going to take all season to get it back up.:mad:

Side note, tasty profit from the match and bank account is looking healthier.

mar-z

eoferrall wrote: »

Season off to a win decent win, 54-7. and an unbelievably massive contentment rise of ONE:mad: FFS this contentment lark is bollix, one loss against a better team (JP!:() and i get hammered and now going to take all season to get it back up.:mad:

Side note, tasty profit from the match and bank account is looking healthier.

With relegation it makes it worse. Stupidly far ahead in ranking points of all but maybe 2 teams, and on sceptical. It means I essentially can't lose while waiting for contentment to rise on its own.

I really think its time to adjust the way contentment for relegation/struggling teams is done. Last season I had one of the worst teams in the division (not just my own league) and with the last lot of changes losing matches didn't hurt too much against the big boys. I perform at what has to be above expectations in the league and finish outside relegation zone. Then I lose the qualifier against a team at a similar level to me. Now I can see why losing the qualifier would be a dissapointment and I rightly should get nailed in contentment for that which I did (lost 32 points on that match). But then I get nailed with another 30 point drop in contentment when the league changes as I was relegated.

I understand that relegation would effect many fans contentment but when you are a minnow in the league it's frankly stupid that the fans wouldn't see it coming and would be hugely pissed off about it. So in essence if I through my last match of the season and got autorelegated I may well have ended up in better shape.

/rant

The good news is I have found out that I still make +100k on sceptical contentment so I wont end up bankrupt.

Oh and I won comfortably. The match engine seemed to do the whole easing off thing. I probably could have gone normal vs his tnt.

eoferrall

mar-z wrote: »

With relegation it makes it worse. Stupidly far ahead in ranking points of all but maybe 2 teams, and on sceptical. It means I essentially can't lose while waiting for contentment to rise on its own.

I really think its time to adjust the way contentment for relegation/struggling teams is done. Last season I had one of the worst teams in the division (not just my own league) and with the last lot of changes losing matches didn't hurt too much against the big boys. I perform at what has to be above expectations in the league and finish outside relegation zone. Then I lose the qualifier against a team at a similar level to me. Now I can see why losing the qualifier would be a dissapointment and I rightly should get nailed in contentment for that which I did (lost 32 points on that match). But then I get nailed with another 30 point drop in contentment when the league changes as I was relegated.

I understand that relegation would effect many fans contentment but when you are a minnow in the league it's frankly stupid that the fans wouldn't see it coming and would be hugely pissed off about it. So in essence if I through my last match of the season and got autorelegated I may well have ended up in better shape.

/rant

The good news is I have found out that I still make +100k on sceptical contentment so I wont end up bankrupt.

Oh and I won comfortably. The match engine seemed to do the whole easing off thing. I probably could have gone normal vs his tnt.

Well best be sure once I Promote then I don't slide back down again! Wonder how boardies will make it up next season? good few of us banging around the top of Div III

mar-z

eoferrall wrote: »

Well best be sure once I Promote then I don't slide back down again! Wonder how boardies will make it up next season? good few of us banging around the top of Div III

I'm not too pushed about promoting this season. 4 seasons in div II makes me appreciate being more competitive. Plus as I'll be setting tactics next week to last the season, it probably wont work out too well anyway.

FewFew

TheVoodoo wrote: »

Braybarians down into my league this year, 2 new teams up look beatable ( prepares to eat words ) Will again be aiming for a top 3 finish this season.

They're one funny team... on a good day they seem to be able to take anyone down, but they're terrible at underestimating weaker teams. I was in their league for two seasons, think they only beat me once. Of course when they actually had to beat me they absolutely slaughtered me... but if they think you're not a threat you could grab a nice surprise scalp.

Davyboy.

Re: fan contentment levels... I wonder is there a way to get "fan expectations" thing put into the system.

Take my club as eg. just promoted to DivII, so fan expectations should be to avoid relegation, not win the division, so the fans should expect us to lose to the better team. It works on Hattrick, so it should be possible

mar-z

Davyboy. wrote: »

Re: fan contentment levels... I wonder is there a way to get "fan expectations" thing put into the system.

Take my club as eg. just promoted to DivII, so fan expectations should be to avoid relegation, not win the division, so the fans should expect us to lose to the better team. It works on Hattrick, so it should be possible

They've partly inroduced it. You shouldn't lose much contentment at all by being beaten by better teams.

The problem comes when you actually get relegated even if you were by far the favourites for the drop. A start of season expectation where a completely outclassed team had a just happy to be here or similar could possibly work. But you'd have teams with higher expectations giving out about losing contentment for say coming 2nd if they were determined as faviourites.

TheJims

F*CK.... Just realised ive a guy from my Div. In the next round of the cup... N were playin this saturday in the league... he's way better then me.. Might WNWIM him Saturday n TNT him for the cup...

FewFew

TheJims wrote: »

F*CK.... Just realised ive a guy from my Div. In the next round of the cup... N were playin this saturday in the league... he's way better then me.. Might WNWIM him Saturday n TNT him for the cup...

That's the way to do it I reckon. If you can afford it looking ahead at the league.

TheJims

the guys in my league are so far ahead, and im playing the top 4 ranked teams first, so i kind of plan on wnwiming them, and trying to blitz the 2 teams ranked just above me, hoping to fool them somehow!

TheJims

so i changed my mind in work this morning.. figured.. he'd EXPECT me to wnwim today, and TNT the cup game.. sooo done the double dutch switcharoo.. :rolleyes:

TNT'ed him and picked up my first Div III win!

not bad beating the guy who came 2nd in the league last season, let him have his "silly" cup run lol

TheVoodoo

Fair play on your first III win!
What league are you in?


2 from 2 for me so far, nothing too taxing until week 7, 8 and 9 now.

Might try an beat round 7 in the cup!

TheJims

in Div III.3, just hoping i didnt show my cards to early on in the season, would love to stay up next season!

crisco10

New stadium opens tomorrow, excited to see what the funds look like after a mediocre cup game tomorrow. Contentment only at Buoyant, a one click team will give me a worst case scenario for a home game really. Then I can start doing sums to work out how far off L5 I am if I continue to "camp" in Div III.

Exciting times. well maybe "exciting" would be a better way to put it.

Davyboy.

Stadium upgrades coming on 25 Sept. I'm getting 7,500 attendance for cup games against Bots, but fan contentment levels are blissful at the moment. Shuold have a more realistic idea of where I'm at mid way thru the season after getting my ass kicked in Div II

Phonehead

Upgraded my stadium to a 13500 and it opened just at the end of last season, Level 5's on the way also. I am strongly considering moving abroad at the end of next season after I win the World Cup, a few seasons in Canada could be nice

Zagato

Phonehead wrote: »

Upgraded my stadium to a 13500 and it opened just at the end of last season, Level 5's on the way also. I am strongly considering moving abroad at the end of next season after I win the World Cup, a few seasons in Canada could be nice

Do all your members move with you, or how does that work

TheVoodoo

Phonehead wrote: »

Upgraded my stadium to a 13500 and it opened just at the end of last season, Level 5's on the way also. I am strongly considering moving abroad at the end of next season after I win the World Cup, a few seasons in Canada could be nice

Was considering the same myself actually, except, not with Canada!

Phonehead

Everything comes with you. The time difference is really taking away from my enjoyment so that's why Canada

bossa_nova

Its all going pear shaped for me so far, im TNT and still losing 17-0 and whats worse is that i have a better team and was hoping for the bonus point win:P

bossa_nova

bossa_nova wrote: »

Its all going pear shaped for me so far, im TNT and still losing 17-0 and whats worse is that i have a better team and was hoping for the bonus point win:P

:eek: They just scored a length of the pitch try right at the death to win it 24-22:(

TheVoodoo

bossa_nova wrote: »

:eek: They just scored a length of the pitch try right at the death to win it 24-22:(

Ugh, i hate when things like that happen... to me.

Won 47-0 today. Only 6 points conceded in 3 games. Will prob concede a decent amount in weeks 7,8&9 though.. but i'll take 6 weeks with <20 conceded! :P

satory

Jesus its been a tough few weeks in the league.. Playing against 3 teams that can easily, and have easily beaten me...


Not sure what to do this week though... I got Moonshine warriors in the cup, a Div 4 team that I could, and probably should beat, but I may need to LTNT it just to be sure.

Though I also have Braybarians in the league on Saturday who I really think I could take, if I had a relatively fit squad...


What to do?

crisco10

Not sure what I'd do Satory, you need to bear in mind losing a cup game "against the odds" kills your contentment massively. Need to be careful there. How big is your squad? Maybe rotate a few players out for the cup game and LTNT?

satory

I've only got a smallish squad, with 25 players, Will probably have to do that, and but It will mean 2 LTNTs in a week.

Might see whats on the TM on the cheap in an effort to try and rest a few more first teamers...

Zagato

As long as you're plenty tired on Thursday

satory

Zagato wrote: »

As long as you're plenty tired on Thursday

Damn you!!!!


Now I'm going to have work out how to get 3 wins out of 4 this week

Zagato

Just got a new back today, I think he would make a good scrum-half, but he's never played there before. He's got better handling, agility, and technique than my current scrum-half. The question is I've a big cup game tomorrow (which I will surely lose) but don't want to make a fool of myself. Should I chance my new guy for his first game at scrum-half, our just leave him at his usual wing position (where I have reasonable players already)?

FewFew

Zagato wrote: »

Just got a new back today, I think he would make a good scrum-half, but he's never played there before. He's got better handling, agility, and technique than my current scrum-half. The question is I've a big cup game tomorrow (which I will surely lose) but don't want to make a fool of myself. Should I chance my new guy for his first game at scrum-half, our just leave him at his usual wing position (where I have reasonable players already)?

Sure throw him in at scrumhalf and see how he gets on! What's his form like? I recently tried a lad that was destined to serve out his life in my 2nds, the fecker somehow played one match and is suddenly one of the top attackers in the league. Madness. I blame it all on the form.

seanand

Zagato wrote: »

Just got a new back today, I think he would make a good scrum-half, but he's never played there before. He's got better handling, agility, and technique than my current scrum-half. The question is I've a big cup game tomorrow (which I will surely lose) but don't want to make a fool of myself. Should I chance my new guy for his first game at scrum-half, our just leave him at his usual wing position (where I have reasonable players already)?

il play him a scrum half you'll fine alot of people put handling and agility down as the two most important attributes


edit: if anyone wants a good laugh i got ruff for my cup game tomorrow, heres to getting beat more than i would beat a bot

FewFew

seanand wrote: »

il play him a scrum half you'll fine alot of people put handling and agility down as the two most important attributes


edit: if anyone wants a good laugh i got ruff for my cup game tomorrow, heres to getting beat more than i would beat a bot

Just do something crazy, he'll never expect it!

eoferrall

Yeah I'm in for a bit of a hiding tmw if he goes for it. hoping for an intensity mismatch and maybe have a chance. also might throw around some crazy tactics!

seanand

Fewcifur wrote: »

Just do something crazy, he'll never expect it!

would love to forfeit the match could use the energy for sat

eoferrall

ugh, everytime I score a try to close gap, they score again to widen. cup run over now.

Now to get squad recovery in motion and start knocking the league out of the park!:rolleyes:

satory

15 points down... Changed too many players..

l3m0n5

Something kinda sadistic about watching your team get beaten 73 - 0. Can't keep my eyes off it. One score and I'd be happy. :D

FewFew

I felt bad for the newbie my 2nds destroyed... until I realised he had a tiny stadium and I'd gets no cash. Blub blub blub

seanand

l3m0n5 wrote: »

Something kinda sadistic about watching your team get beaten 73 - 0. Can't keep my eyes off it. One score and I'd be happy. :D

lost 101 nil not too bad i guess. over a hundred k in profit lvl4 defense trainer hired boooooom:D

FewFew

Darkside in the next round of the cup?! AH FOR F*CKSAKE! Now the eternal dilemma...

ormond lad

Made it to round 5 but have Cheinster.. Def going to lose that one

corny

Got it pretty handy so far in the cup. Another one click merchant in round 5.

eoferrall

corny wrote: »

Got it pretty handy so far in the cup. Another one click merchant in round 5.

Why do I never get runs like this? feels like I am always straight in with the human managers who actually play!

TheVoodoo

Knocked out last night, i only went normal and they went LTNT. Was 11-9 up until late in the game, ended up 25-9.

I prob' should have LTNT'd it...

Ah well, i can focus on the league fully now.

crisco10

Got Zurich in the next round.

Anybody know anything about these?

My gf got wex! tough break...

cclampett

knocked out too, for a while i thought maybe just maybe, but sending out some 8k CSR players on WNWIM just didnt cut it against an LTNT, beaten 29 - 24

TheVoodoo

crisco10 wrote: »

Got Zurich in the next round.

Anybody know anything about these?

My gf got wex! tough break...

I just played Zurich, If i had of LTNT, i would have fancied my chances. Was a ver close game, bar 2 runaway tries in the last few mins. Pick the right team and tactics and you should win no bother!

I just messed up.


BTW, his FB is an animal, 9.5 star a game kinda guy.

crisco10

TheVoodoo wrote: »

I just played Zurich, If i had of LTNT, i would have fancied my chances. Was a ver close game, bar 2 runaway tries in the last few mins. Pick the right team and tactics and you should win no bother!

I just messed up.


BTW, his FB is an animal, 9.5 star a game kinda guy.

Oh yeah, really should have spotted that! That full back will probably be the best player I have played against. 100% to touch so. lol

I reckon in an LTNT battle the prematch stars will be pretty even, HOPEFULLY I get a few minutes to scout him before Wednesday so I can get my tactics right. not looking likely at the moment tho...:-(

TheVoodoo

I'll send you across the tactics i used in a few mins via pm, might be of some help to see what worked / didn't work.

crisco10

TheVoodoo wrote: »

I'll send you across the tactics i used in a few mins via pm, might be of some help to see what worked / didn't work.

That would be epic!thanks.

This study part time/work full time thing has really got in the way of BR for me!

Davyboy.

I got beaten by north down deathdealers, Normal V Normal, 24-0 disaster