FM2014 Interactive Dynasty - Sign Up

[law90026]

Alright, it's been a while since I've done one of these so let's try to start one up.

All players will start at age 16 but please choose to have at least one nationality in the EU. Potential ability will be set at -10 unless you say otherwise. Sign-up format below:

Name:
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality (optional):
Position:
3 stats at 20:
3 stats at 15:
Others: (anything else you want here, such as favourite clubs, lower potential ability, specific requests)

The actual dynasty will probably start next week. Let's see how many sign-ups we get.

[britrock88]

Name: Jawouk Bafou
DOB: June 5
Nationality: Cameroonian
Second Nationality: French
Position: DM
Stats at 20: Anticipation, Decisions, Positioning
Stats at 15: First Touch, Marking, Stamina, Passing

If first touch doesn't make any sense for a DM, let me know and I could make it passing. But you can probably sense the kind of player I'm thinking about here.

[law90026]

Sorry about that! Stats for outfield players.

Technical Stats
Corners
Crossing
Dribbling
Finishing
First Touch
Free Kicks
Heading
Long Shots
Long Throws
Marking
Passing
Penalties
Tackling
Technique

Mental Stats
Aggression
Anticipation
Bravery
Composure
Concentration
Creativity
Decisions
Determination
Flair
Leadership
Off the Ball
Positioning
Teamwork
Work Rate

Physical Stats
Acceleration
Agility
Balance
Jumping
Natural Fitness
Pace
Stamina
Strength

Most of it is self-explanatory but let me know if you have any questions.

[law90026]

Stats for Goalkeepers

Goalkeeping
Aerial Ability
Command of Area
Communication
Eccentricity
First Touch
Free Kicks
Handling
Kicking
One on Ones
Penalty Taking
Reflexes
Rushing Out
Tendency to Punch
Throwing

Mental and Physical stats are the same for a GK.

[britrock88]

Cool, edited above.

[Travis]

Name: Jace Hunter
Date of Birth: March 29
Nationality: Canadian
Second Nationality: English
Position: GK
3 stats at 20: Reflexes, Anticipation, Agility
3 stats at 15: Handling, Command of Area, Aerial Ability

[korme]

I'll get mine in in the next 24 hours. What does potential ability set at -10 mean?

[Coffee Warlord]

Name: Rob Nielsen
Date of Birth: October 4
Nationality: USA
Second Nationality: Denmark
Position: ST

3 Stats at 20: Finishing, Composure, Technique
3 Stats at 15: Pace, First Touch, Heading

[AnalBumCover]

Name: Dex Morgan
Date of Birth: Feb 1
Nationality: USA
Second Nationality: Wales
Position: AMC

3 Stats at 20: Creativity, Passing, Technique
3 Stats at 15: Flair, First Touch, Decisions

[DavidCorperial]

Name: David Ginsberg
Date of Birth: October 15
Nationality: USA
Secondary Nationality: Israel
Position: DC
Footed: Left

3 stats at 20: Determination, Marking, and Tackling
3 stats at 15: Positioning, Decisions, and Anticipation

[Coffee Warlord]

Team USA should be unstoppable in a few years.

[BYU 14]

Name: Eddie Chilton
Date of Birth: March 9
Nationality: British
Second Nationality: USA
Position: AML/R (Inside forward role)
3 stats at 20: Pace, off the ball, passing
3 stats at 15: Finishing, crossing, flair

[mrtourette]

How does this work? Are all these players on the same team or are they just created and released into the FM universe and progress is tracked and reported as the game is simmed?

[ntndeacon]

Name: Deacon Palmieri
Date of Birth: Sept. 23
Nationality: Danish
Secondary Nationality: Belize
Position:MC
3 stats at 20: creativity, off the ball, acceleration
3 stats at 15: dribbling, first touch, composure

[law90026]

Fm2014 uses a scale of 1-200 for the players, with 1 being the worst player on the planet and 200 being the best. Someone like Messi for example is like a high 180s if I remember right.

Setting potential ability at -10 means that the player will have the potential to reach between 180+ in terms of ability. I find it makes the players more interesting to follow rather than completely randomising and having true journeyman players who may never have a real career. But this potential may never be fully tapped because it does depend on other factors and past dynasties show how different player career paths can be.

The other thing is that having a high general ability doesn't necessarily mean the player will have the right stats for his role, which is why everyone gets to pick a few stats to push up to a high level.

[law90026]

How does this work? Are all these players on the same team or are they just created and released into the FM universe and progress is tracked and reported as the game is simmed?

Created and then released into the world and progress is tracked.

[Ragone]

Name:Brian Bennett
Date of Birth:Nov. 12
Nationality:Usa
Second Nationality:German
Position:St
3 stats at 20:Finishing,Pace,First Touch
3 stats at 15:Acceleration,Dribbling,Off the ball

[bbgunn]

Name: Kuji Chagulia
Date of Birth: May 1
Nationality: Canada (I'm not Canadian in real life, but I like the country)
Secondary Nationality (optional): Barbados
Position: AMC
3 stats at 20: Determination, Decisions, Passing
3 stats at 15: Dribbling, Off the Ball, First Touch

[law90026]

Going to start running a test game to see if everything works.

[korme]

Name: Shane Christopher
Date of Birth: March 4
Nationality: South Africa
Secondary Nationality (optional):
Position: MC
3 stats at 20: Acceleration, Dribbling, Decisions
3 stats at 15: Off The Ball, Creativity, Passing

[law90026]

Still tweaking the settings. A few earlier runs failed because some of the players didn't get picked up. I've got a file now where everyone has been signed but the problem is that more than half have been signed by Turkish clubs.

Will continue tweaking.

[Breeze]

Name: Benton Gale
Date of Birth: April 4
Nationality: British
Secondary Nationality (optional): USA
Position: MC
3 stats at 20: Passing, Creativity, Decisions
3 stats at 15: Off The Ball, Dribbling, Acceleration

[mrtourette]

Created and then released into the world and progress is tracked.

Sounds awesome!

Name: Jake Chippin
Date of Birth: July 6
Nationality: British
Secondary Nationality (optional):
Position: DM
3 stats at 20: Passing, Tackling, Marking
3 stats at 15: Positioning, Teamwork, Workrate

[britrock88]

Yeah, seeing ^ convinces me that First Touch isn't as meaningful for a DM as Passing. Fix Jawouk! :D

[larrymcg421]

Name: Robbie Collins
Date of Birth: April 21
Nationality: Irish
Position: DC
3 Stats at 20: Marking, Tackling, Positioning
3 Stats at 15: Stamina, Strength, Determination

[law90026]

Latest sign-ups are in. Will probably close it soon, we are at 13 I think.

Next round of simulations with another round of tweaks.

Just as an update, in the last round of simming, the players all found clubs of varying sizes but more than half were with Turkish clubs. Jace Hunter was probably the biggest player after a couple of seasons (backup at Liverpool).

[bbgunn]

Wow, those Turkish clubs are all about giving us chances.

But that's okay, right? I mean, playing in Turkey could be a pathway to bigger leagues.

[law90026]

Wow, those Turkish clubs are all about giving us chances.

But that's okay, right? I mean, playing in Turkey could be a pathway to bigger leagues.

Still trying to figure that out. Issue with that sim was that all the guys in Turkish clubs would stay in the reserve squads for 2-3 seasons and not play much at all.

[bbgunn]

Still trying to figure that out. Issue with that sim was that all the guys in Turkish clubs would stay in the reserve squads for 2-3 seasons and not play much at all.
Ah I see. Yeah, definitely not good.

[mrtourette]

Seems realistic for 16 year-olds to sit in the reserves for two or three years, unless you make everyone wonderkids or try and get them signed by lower league teams.

[law90026]

It's been a mixed bag I think. Some players in that sim had more development largely because they were loaned out and played more compared to the guys just sitting in the reserve teams. Trying to find a balance so that the chance of a player having no career is reduced without guaranteeing that they will all have superstar careers.

I have to say it was easier to do this on older versions of FM, not entirely sure what has changed in relation to the scouting mechanics for AI teams.

[law90026]

Latest tweaks seem to be working relatively well. Everyone is at a club and showing some form of progress after a couple of seasons. Running another 3 seasons to see how it goes.

Highlights so far:
A few players in the reserve or U-21 teams of Premier League clubs
One in the PSG U-21 side
One starter for Aberdeen

[law90026]

So after 6 seasons in the trial run:

3 players have retired early (Jawouk, Dex and Kuji)
2 players valued over 20 million (Deacon and Eddie)
A mix of clubs, ranging from big clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal to mid-table Premier League sides and a couple of Turkish clubs

Let me know if you want to tweak any other stats before I start this next week.

[Breeze]

I'll tweak mine...

Name: Benton Gale
Date of Birth: April 4
Nationality: British
Secondary Nationality (optional): USA
Position: MC
3 stats at 20: Passing, Creativity, Off the Ball
3 stats at 15: Decisions, Dribbling, Acceleration

[mrtourette]

So after 6 seasons in the trial run:

3 players have retired early (Jawouk, Dex and Kuji)
2 players valued over 20 million (Deacon and Eddie)
A mix of clubs, ranging from big clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal to mid-table Premier League sides and a couple of Turkish clubs

Let me know if you want to tweak any other stats before I start this next week.

If that's the lowest level for a bunch of 22 year-olds then that's pretty good.

Do you recall if the three that retired did so through injury or due to not beigng able to find a club?

[britrock88]

Name: Jawouk Bafou
DOB: June 5
Nationality: Cameroonian
Second Nationality: French
Position: DM
Stats at 20: Anticipation, Decisions, Positioning
Stats at 15: First Touch, Marking, Stamina, Passing

If first touch doesn't make any sense for a DM, let me know and I could make it passing. But you can probably sense the kind of player I'm thinking about here.

Let's switch up the mental and technical/physical attributes...

Name: Jawouk Bafou
DOB: June 5
Nationality: Cameroonian
Second Nationality: French
Position: DM
Stats at 20: Marking, Stamina, Passing
Stats at 15: Anticipation, Decisions, Positioning

[law90026]

If that's the lowest level for a bunch of 22 year-olds then that's pretty good.

Do you recall if the three that retired did so through injury or due to not beigng able to find a club?

Heh sorry can't really tell because I left it on a 3 season sim while doing other things just to see how it would pan out. I normally would do 6 month blocks in the actual dynasty so that I can see what changes easily.

[flere-imsaho]

SWEET!!!



Name: Flere Imsaho
Date of Birth: August 13th
Nationality: United States
Secondary Nationality: Poland
Position: D (R), WB (R)
3 stats at 20: Tackling, Marking, Anticipation
3 stats at 15: Pace, Acceleration, Stamina
Favourite Club: Oxford United

[Zinto]

Name: Patrick Hutt
Date of Birth: March 17
Nationality: USA
Secondary Nationality (optional): German
Position: AMR
3 stats at 20: Acceleration, Pace, and Creativity
3 stats at 15: Off the Ball, Anticipation and Stamina

[Grover]

Name: Roger Berisha
Date of Birth: May 14
Nationality: Swiss
Secondary Nationality (optional): French
Position: Forward
3 stats at 20: Off the Ball, Anticipation, Flair
3 stats at 15: Pace, Finishing, Acceleration

[law90026]

New players in, going to start one last trial sim.

[thealmighty]

If it's not too late...

Name: Al Mighty
Date of Birth: Oct 31
Nationality: USA
Second Nationality: Italian
Position: GK
3 stats at 20: Reflexes, Positioning, Agility
3 stats at 15: Handling, Command of Area, Anticipation

[Brian Swartz]

Name: Michael Samuelle
DOB: June 25
Nationality: German
Second Nationality: Swiss
Position: MC
3 stats at 20: Bravery, Aggression, Work Rate
3 stats at 15: Strength, Determination, Tackling

[Sublime 2]

Name: Rohan Edwards
DOB: Sept 20
Nationality: Dutch
2nd: USA
Position: DC
20: Tackling, Marking, Heading
15: Strength, Leadership, Work Rate

[law90026]

And closed. Will start a new thread.