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Liking the current random matchup system, here's my game today (68556251)

I was unlucky to run into an old div I team. But I was lucky in everything else :)
-He played his 100k at backup, GE gave him only 11 mins, he also played with backups mainly
-His 190k star got injured after 3 mins(my team is 144k total)
-I guessed fast, inside, and played 2-3 zone. He did play LI :)
-He missed outside gdp
-I did well to play normal, it was just enough(I was thinking TIE)

This was probably the most exciting game for this season, other than Fridays :)

Great win.

From a Div 1 perspective you have to be on your toes in the cup as some of the Div 3 teams will CT you.

Random draw is not only good for the cup, but it also adds a huge dynamic to the league games.

Really empasises the need to be able to anticipate an opponents lineups and enthusiam that they will play with.

Some scoundrals give their best players 60 or so minutes in the 2 league games to make you think they will play their scrubs in the cup game and the hit you with their best lineup and a CT as happenned to me 1st round in the cup this season.

Lucky i "read them"

How about this for a spin on the cup?

The draw continues to be random for all rounds of the cup except the 3rd and 6th rounds.

In the 3rd and 6th rounds you draw a team from the same Division level as your own team (or as near as possible)

Give more hope to those in the lower Divisions and also make them more dangerous when you do play them because they have more hope if they could just get passed you.


Perhaps make prize money in these "Same Division" rounds higher.

Maybe even make these rounds (the 3rd and 6th rounds) worth double the normal prize money as an added inducement to all concerned.

Whilst you may argue that this is not fair for the Division one teams, I will counter that they will go harder at the cup because they would know if they could get to round 7, there wont be as many fellow Div 1 teams left in the tournament


Last edited by Sid Vicious at 1/10/2014 7:51:46 PM

Anyone notice that the numbers are actually up this month?

I think that it is basketball season helps though.

Anyone notice that the numbers are actually up this month?

I think that it is basketball season helps though

Christmas holiday period & start of a new season, I would be disappointed if numbers werent uo

Well I joined up yesterday and I must say I am very excited to be getting stuck into it!

So far I have been very impressed with the game.

Taffy

Great! Good luck :-)

Yes to a second team, allow me to coach a team in a different region, I'd like to try success in a passionate country for basketball such as Serbia, Croatia or Bosnia, that would be nuts.

No to a more condensed schedule, I love the way it is now, more games in a week would be too much in my opinion, very easy to grow tired of it. No thanks.

No to a more condensed schedule, I love the way it is now, more games in a week would be too much in my opinion, very easy to grow tired of it. No thanks.

I'm not so worried about getting tired of it; I'm more worried about not having enough time for my real job! Seriously though, I think upping the number of games a week risks taking out the casual players and those of us that can't log in every day to set line ups.

One possible solution would be to have multiple game-worlds: one with the current schedule and one with an accelerated schedule. However, I have no idea how much free resources the current servers have. Also, it might split up the user base even more and make it less fun.

I'm glad to see some positive posts from new users. While I'm always appreciative of the efforts to keep improving the game, I think the offseason changes before this season have been perhaps the most dramatic in terms of really addressing some of the biggest issues the longer-term managers have had. I am sure we'll see more effort at training players instead of counting on the Transfer List for roster upgrades, which is good for long-term strategy and the excitement of waiting for skill pops. I suspect the TL market will be more under control so that newer (and less wealthy) teams can actually afford to go shopping. (I assume there will probably need to be some more adjustments made once there's a good handle on the actual affects on the TL, now that young players are commanding an even bigger premium than before and veteran and untrainable players have lost even more value... but that's for a different thread.) And a big dent has been put in the old Look Inside every single game strategy.

In short, I really believe that the developers have demonstrated with these changes that they are still fully invested in this game and the numbers won't go down without a fight.

(Now if we can finally do something about SF training, which has been debated for so long in the Suggestions Forum... but that's for a different thread.)