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I think it would be nice if we can set a line-up for games before booking a SC or for PO or Relegation. Example, we could see the SC (Player vs - or ??) before setting one. And Same for the play-offs, it would make it easier for future planning. If the player fails to confirm a SC, nothing happens, the player misses the training minutes and everything else that comes with a SC.
Why would I ask for something like that to happen? My job dictates that I travel a lot and it is more convenient for me to set my line-ups one week, sometimes 2 weeks, prior to the games.
I dont think it's hard to implement and I dont see a setback for doing something like that in regards to the GE or the dynamics of the game.
Your thoughts are highly appreciated.

Do you have a crystal ball??

How do you know what you are going to play and what players to use without knowing who ur opponent is going to be, what ??

In terms of scrimmages, you would not be able to book your scrimmage till the week the scrimmage is on in either case. I.e you can book a scrimmage within 5 minutes and then set what you want to play right after.

I fail to see how this is going to work for playoffs given that the playoff schedule will ONLY be generated when the season finishes. Until it is at that point, there is no way in the system for it to know who you will play and if you will even be playing anyone at all. Trying to set a lineup before a match is even scheduled is simply illogical.

I dont need to have a crystal ball for setting a SC lineup. I set a lineup that I feel I would want to use. Now, whether this is the optimum lineup or not is not the case. Some play the SC to win, others to train, others for a different reason. Whatever the reason is, I think it would be beneficial to set up the lineup beforehand regardless of who ur opponent is rather than risk not setting a lineup at all.
for Playoffs and relegation, you might have missed my point. I;m not suggesting to see something like this in the schedule: Team A vs Team B... what I mean is to see something like that: Team A (my team) vs --- or ??? or ... to indicate that I might have a PO or a Relegation at this date with the ability to set the lineup. Now, lets assume you dont reach the PO or Relegation, the game would discard anything you had already set up for that day. Same applies to the Cup games.

In a nutshell, you are able to set ur lineup for the whole season (league games) while your not able to pre-set your lineup for the Cup, SC, and PO/R. Why cant we set a hypothetical line up for these games!? If you set a lineup 2 weeks prior to the date of a SC and you end up not booking a SC then nothing happens you dont play with that lineup at that day. On the other hand, lets say you have set your lineup 2 weeks prior and you reach the Cup on that, you play with the pre-set lineup that you did 2 weeks ago.
Of course there are disadvantages to setting a lineup before hand like choosing the right tactics/players against the team your playing but thats better than not choosing anything at all. Like I said, I travel a lot and therefore I cant edit my team from my Blackberry. It might be just me but im sure there are many other people who feel the same.

Last edited by Jadoo at 12/21/2010 7:44:50 PM

You can't set a scrimmage though without logging in. If you are planning to just put out like max number of offers on Sat. and hopes someone bites that might work.

i think he don't want automatic scrimmage, but lets say you challenge your scrimmages and you aren't online anymore when one is accepted. And for this case he likes to makes his lineup before.

What you are suggesting is a solution, a viable one, but not very practical.
My problem is I can log in from my phone however i cant edit the lineups and other java script options. I can accept/reject a SC, I can browse the website but it is like a "Read Me" page. My suggestion will enable me to pre-plan my lineups before hand and at the same time every other manager will know what kind of matches he's awaiting. It is not hard to implement and it is not a damaging, game changing idea'; it is only cosmetics to the game.

I understand what you are saying but his suggestion is a good one. You can set your league lineups many weeks in advance and if nothing goes wrong then you can leave them. For the scrimmages I tend to have a very similar lineup, 3 backup players who need more minutes for GS and 2 trainees who want 48+ for training. You could just make this your standard lineup as suggested, then as long as everything goes according to plan during the week you can leave it and that is what will happen in the scrimmage. I can't see how that is much different from setting your scrimmage lineup for a specific game you haven't booked yet a week in advance anyway.

also for this po match it would be intresting, especially for teams who have no scrimmage yet(or don't want one).

Your games are just a list. It should be relatively easy to sort in a number of ways. You should be able to specify more than one season or even them all. Just show league games. Just show cup games. Just show private league games. Just show playoff games etc. It is just a sort feature and should be trivial to code. As always I guess it comes down to priorities. Would we rather the BBs be working on this or something else?

And before, as usual, everyone hacks on me and says, "don't you go saying what is easy and hard to code, you know nothing," I have taught IT and two of my best friends (I had dinner with them last night and we have written a computer game together) are computer programmers. I spent months discussing what sort of things are "trivial" and what sort of things are "brutal". They are both fairly high level too, having lectured at university, worked internationally including rather good companies like NASA, and both earning around the $200,000 PA mark.

Last edited by yodabig at 12/27/2010 3:10:04 PM