Hattrick is up again...

[The Afoci]

:D

[Vince]

I can't access it :(

[sony]

Oh yes!

[FrogMan]

But now, way too many people try to log on at once and it can't handle it... I keep getting a "HTTP Error 500-13 - Server too busy" message... keep... breathing... normally... everything... will... be... alright...

FrogMan.

[Masked]

According to the latest message it looks like it will be down until sometime tomorrow.

[damnMikeBrown]

Friggin withdrawl. I need to see a youth pull! I've been waiting 2 days to pull from the youth squad! I waited 48 hours for this! Give me my Youth PULL! I NEED MY YOUTH PULL!!

[cthomer5000]

Name: Hattrick Server
Age: 4 days
team: www.hattrick.org

storage: wretched
ability to handle traffic: disasterous
downtime: lots of it


opening bid: 0 US

[illinifan999]

Let's see I had to wake up at 7:00 AM, get on a train for three hours, go to the Home & Garden show at Navy Pier, take another train home for 2 hours. The whole time I am thinking about hattrick. Come home, log onto the internet. Type in hattrick.org.
Get sever down.

Want to cry. That is my day today. Now I am going to go back to crying. :(

[daedalus]

You can just see the FOFC Hattie contingent sitting by the computer with their limbs a-twitchin', foaming at the mouth and muttering, "c'mon . . . c'mon . . . "

Oh, wait. No, that was me.

[samifan24]

Me too :D

[Poli]

Think I'll write the hattrick guys and tell them I want a six cent refund :)

That or ask for a one day extension of my hattrick supporter:)

Maybe not

[sterlingice]

I think we might be overreacting a smidge. I've been playing a couple of months and this is the first significant unannounced downtime for a server with tens of thousands of people...

SI

[Poli]

I don't think I'm overreacting (not that you are accusing me sterling), but I do find it amusing how many people are addicted. :) Just trying to add some humor to the subject.

You're all welcome :)

[illinifan999]

Must..........play...........hattrick..............NOW!!!!!!!!

[AnalBumCover]

Ugh... didn't place my orders for today's game... and I'll not have Internet access the rest of the afternoon!

[daedalus]

You didn't have your, ummmm, alBum covered. :)

[JeeberD]

Wow, glad hattrick didn't sink it's hooks into me or I would be on the verge of beating the crap out of my computer like you guys! :)

[illinifan999]

I'm staring at what used to be a monitor, and typing on what had to have been a keyboard. Where did the enter button go? I threw it around here somewhere.

[bbor]

uhh... my team has no orders...i hope they delay games

[Qwikshot]

It's baaaack. (massive lag tho).

[Vince]

Huh...I got on long enough to enter my screenname and password, but then it disappeared again. I guess I can wait a while longer.

[daedalus]

I managed to get on long enough to do a youth pull. Even managed to get one with a pulse. I'm shocked! :)

[astralhaze]

Quit trying to log on guys, you are slowing me down.

[illinifan999]

I'm on, with massive lag, really slow, trying to pull a youth player............come on.........pressed the call up button, please be good. Still waiting.........waiting..........here he comes........here he goes. I can't get any luck with youth pulls anymore. The guys best stat was weak in defending. :(

Well, I can pray that the last place team will beat the third place team, so I can become the third place team assuming I can beat the team I am playing. I might actually have a chance. The two teams are roughly the same in talent, they are both pretty new.

[Qwikshot]

Won't even let me log in...I just get the main board.

[Superman=#54]

IT works, it works. I finally was able to log in and send in my match orders. I also had a youth pull.

Everyone go log in now, so we can crash the server again. :(

[The_herd]

I GOT MY 1ST DECENT YOUTH PULL!!

Lester Vogt
79 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities [Powerful]

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: disastrous
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

[illinifan999]

I hate you. ;)

[bbor]

I got a nice solid defender with passable passing :)

Unfortunatly i did'nt get my team orders in...and i am tied in 1st place...i may miss out on promotion now.....Grrrr..

[BishopMVP]

With my poor youth team I pulled a goalie. He was wretched at goalkeeping. Why did the previous owner have to slack off on youth team?

[Doug5984]

Originally posted by BishopMVP
With my poor youth team I pulled a goalie. He was wretched at goalkeeping. Why did the previous owner have to slack off on youth team?

I am pretty sure that everything resets when you get the team, all new players and everything.

Also- I pulled a goalie...and i was really close to keeping him, he was rated as weak and valued at around $50,000....I had to cut him:( Maybe next week I can get an inadequate)

[BishopMVP]

I thought I heard of a couple guys here starting at at least weak youth team. Mine was wretched last week and I pulled a poor goalie, so even a weak pull would look like an excellent to me :)

[illinifan999]

Solid youth team:

Paid off three times. Only one with a great player. The other times young trainees. Did get one of them to passable in about 4 weeks.

[FrogMan]

I beat you all in the worst pull of the week contest: a 22 year old WRETCHED keeper from my weak youth squad... :eek:

Can't give you more details like his name and anything else since he got fired right away. No place for feelings in this game :)

FrogMan.

[vex]

Well, I pulled a weak keeper from my solid squad, so there.

[FrogMan]

yeah, but mine was the Chris Weinke of Hattrick. :)
Sheesh, a 22 year old youth pull at only a week and half of the global aging process... Also, I realized just this morning that my youth squad is not weak anymore, it's up to indequate...

FrogMan

[Raven]

Anyone want to help me with my team?

Here is my roster. Im just not sure when to sell players, and how I should balance selling to make money vs keeping guys to win games.

Should I sell Lange, and how much do you think I'd get for him? Someone offered me 2000 Euros, but I have no clue what that is in american dollars.

Your 20 players

Alton Jackson
120 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: wretched Passing: passable
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: inadequate

Anthony Murillo
13 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable

Branko Lange
27 000 US$, 31 years, poor form
Has passable experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: passable

Calvin Berrios
17 000 US$, 26 years, weak form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous

Charles Gallagher
153 000 US$, 30 years, inadequate form
Has inadequate experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: inadequate Defending: passable
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: weak

Daniel Cerezo
21 000 US$, 21 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak

Demetrius Ezell
47 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: passable
Winger: disastrous Defending: poor
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: passable

Donnell Conklin
10 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: weak

Edwin Deleon My Solid Coach
0 US$, 42 years, wretched form
Has solid experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: wretched
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous

Harry Dudley
85 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: passable
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

Irving Cartwright
128 000 US$, 24 years, weak form
Has poor experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: weak

Irwin Coffman
1 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

Jason Smith 4
2 000 US$, 27 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

John Chan
52 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: disastrous

Matt Vega
37 000 US$, 28 years, passable form
Has inadequate experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: disastrous
Winger: solid Defending: wretched
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

Michael Cordova
41 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: disastrous Defending: passable
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable

Newton Quintana
6 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: wretched
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

Odell Haynes
31 000 US$, 18 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: poor Keeper: weak
Playmaking: wretched Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: inadequate

Phillip Blanchard
60 000 US$, 20 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: passable
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable

Will Boston
145 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Technical]

Stamina: poor Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: solid Passing: passable
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: passable

[Doug5984]

"Anyone want to help me with my team?"
sure- I have some time, I can give you a little help...

"Here is my roster. Im just not sure when to sell players, and how I should balance selling to make money vs keeping guys to win games."
I think its all preference when you start out, personally I sold almost every player the computer gave me....so that my team is now made of players that I bought, and like- they are 'my guys'
"should I sell Lange, and how much do you think I'd get for him? Someone offered me 2000 Euros, but I have no clue what that is in american dollars."
2000 euros is 2000 american dollars (when selling players the game does the exchange for you)....I would sell him, but I think you could get a little more from him, he has excellent stamina, passable scoring, but for form....Although he is also pretty old, I think you could get a little for him.

I am also pretty new to hattrick so I don't know how good my advice is....Also, people have said that right now is not a good time to sell players since this season is almost over, they say it is better to hold onto your players until the begginging of next season, if I were you I would decide what formation I want to run (and train with) and start looking for very young guys with passable in the key ratings...You might be able to find some guys really cheap right now if you look hard. I hope this helps a little, there are a bunch of hattrick help threads in the Dynasty forum, those should also give you some help.

[sterlingice]

GK: (Haynes)
DW: Blanchard (off)
DM: Dudley
WI: Cerezo, Vega
MI: Ezell, Cordova (def), Boston
FO: Jackson, Cartwright

SELL: (at beginning of next year when market picks up) Murillo, Lange, Jackson, Gallagher, Chan

Wow: shame Gallagher and Langhe and Jackson are old or you would have an awesome division V winning team next year! Most of your other guys are young and you have passables in most key positions. And you have a solid coach. You're either leaving a charmed life or have spent some cash. You have at least 5 passable scorers (even if 3 are old)!?!

You'll want a younger defensive middie (less than $20K) so you can sell Dudley. Also, you need the dreaded passable goalie, which will set you back between $65K and $85K (prices are really low right now so jump on them!) but that's for a 17-20yo. Younger is better. Haynes will serve as a nice backup if you don't want to throw down any cash for an inad (and you don't really need to).

You might be tempted to play Cordova at defender since he's young and could take Dudley's place but I think an unpredictable defender is just a scary proposition. I'm not entirely sure where to play Blanchard since he's good in a lot of spots but you have most of your holes filled except wing defender. Go put down a decent chunk of change on a

You have the most charmed roster I've seen so far. You can run a quality 3-5-2 with 23ish stars right off the bat. If you haven't spent any cash yet, go get yourself the wingback (pass def/inad wing or better) you need and your passable goalie.

Train midfield and then buy yourself a cheap second team of 17-19yo's with inad at playmaking and inad/passable at their key skills. If you haven't spent any cash and you have this team- you should be set for next year. Before you hit the market, watch it! Don't spend money until you know what you are doing or you will waste your good team advantage. Your team has a shot to really start up quick and possibly get promoted next year.

SI

[Raven]

Thanks, guys.

This is the team I started with, all I have done is these things...

1. bought Lange (for 15k though it looks like it was a waste)
2. pulled someone from my youth squad, but I forget who it was (coffman maybe?)
3. got a solid coach.
4. hired 2 keeper coaches, and 4 assistants
5. set training to 90% defending

I'll start looking for that goalie.

[sterlingice]

5. set training to 90% defending
Set that bad boy to playmaking. Considering your team makeup, it will do you a world of good.

SI