Got my hattrick team... now im confussd!

Havok · 03-12-2003, 01:11 PM

My team has 1 point in league standings and has been outscored 41- 3. Looks like i have my work cut out for me!!

Pretty much everyone on my team sucks big time. Should i invest in a youth club??? Upgrade my Arena?? Go on a player shopping spree??

Any tips you guys have on getting started would be a H U G E help.

Vince · 03-12-2003, 01:17 PM

Well, I'd say the first order of business is to go looking through the rules section of the Hattrick site. Go to Hattrick, and on the menu on the left, click "About Hattrick." Then click on "Rules" and you'll find a bunch of pages that will help.

Then go check out the Dynasty threads in the Dynasty forum. I've found many a good tip from there.

I'd also immediately turn your youth club spending up to 20,000...one of the best ways to make money in the game is to call up good youth players and then sell them, so the 20,000 a week will eventually start to pay for itself.

Also, here are two links that helped me when I was first starting (last week

):

This is hattricks, a great help page that fleshes out the rules a little more.

This is mybestteam.tk, if you input your players (by cutting and pasting from your roster screen), it will provide you with a solid starting lineup. It's not foolproof, but it's pretty good.

Good luck! What's your team name and what country/region/series/league are you in?

EDIT: Typos

Havok · 03-12-2003, 01:23 PM

Thanx for the advice Vince.

My Team name is Manical Misfitz/USA/Florida Series V.253

Vince · 03-12-2003, 01:27 PM

Cool...you might want to post in the Dynasty Forum under "Officialish Hattrick List version 3.0" or something like that. They keep a tally of FOFC controlled teams, and we hold a Cup...if you aren't on the list, you might get overlooked. Good luck!

Havok · 03-12-2003, 01:28 PM

Should i hire at least 1 Goal Keeper coach, Assistant coach, Sport Psychologists, Spokesman, Economists, Doctor and Physiotherapist??

As of right now i have none.

Vince · 03-12-2003, 01:33 PM

I'd stay away from Doctors and Economists. Economists are only good if you are WAY in debt or have a ton of money. Spokesmen are cool because they convince sponsors to pay you more...

Assistant Coaches and Goal Keeper Coaches help with the training of your players. You need to decide what you are going to train, and that will dictate which kind you need more of. You can only have 10 total Keeper and Assistant Coaches...if you're going to train Keepers, you want to end up with about 8 keeper coaches and 2 assistants. Vice-versa if you are training outfielders (any position other than keeper). However, now your team seems to be pretty terrible, so you can probably get by with 1 or 2 of each, if even that many.

Psychologists are good for improving the mood of your team...I'm not sure about the total impact of that yet, so I haven't bought any myself. And physiotherapists are cool because they help you avoid injuries. From what I've heard, you want to hire one for every one percent of training intensity over 90% you set it at.

Radii · 03-12-2003, 01:34 PM

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/for...&threadid=6195

That's the thread I got when I asked for some advice when I started my team up about 2 weeks ago

Some of it is specific to me because I posted all my players, etc but a lot of it was good general advice.

Being very very careful with money seems to be very prominant advice

I've bought one player so far in 2 weeks and am trying to pick up another 2 or 3 pretty soon for cheap(I've also been a bit slow to get really hooked, I haven't been trying daily or anything).

Vince · 03-12-2003, 01:36 PM

Yeah, warning: the transfer market can be addicting. I started with $300,000, but now I'm at just over $40,000. Be careful about buying...it's pretty easy to accidentally click on the make a bid button...I've bought two guys that way, and they cost me $22,500 for crappy players.

Doug5984 · 03-12-2003, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vince
Yeah, warning: the transfer market can be addicting. I started with $300,000, but now I'm at just over $40,000. Be careful about buying...

Yes it is very very addicting.....but at the same time it is good to just look at what players are selling for, it gives you a good idea of what prices you should be looking for when going after a player...

Vince · 03-12-2003, 01:45 PM

Yeah, I'm kind of happy with my most recent purchase...Passable keeper with Passable form for $89,000.

Another tip: Don't just look at the transfer market in the USA. If you click the dropdown menu in the upper left, you can go to different countries and (potentially) find better deals. It's good to shop around once you know what you are looking for.

Havok · 03-12-2003, 01:50 PM

My crap ass team

Your 18 players

Alexander Blanco
59 000 US$, 26 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities [Head]

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

Blaine Dent
13 000 US$, 22 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Charles Eddy
39 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

Chip Fontaine
60 000 US$, 26 years, poor form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

Chip Vogt
14 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Dusty Williams
3 000 US$, 24 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Elmer Ball
55 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

Glen Spencer
6 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Hector Browning
20 000 US$, 21 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]

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

Hung Looney
11 000 US$, 20 years, wretched form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

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

Ignacio Ceballos
38 000 US$, 23 years, poor form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

Jack Hamm
27 000 US$, 27 years, poor form
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Jerome Hidalgo
18 000 US$, 25 years, wretched form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

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

Leo Dugan
10 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

Ossie Montoya
13 000 US$, 18 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities [Technical]

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

Seth Ortega
92 000 US$, 24 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Sonny Castaneda
7 000 US$, 27 years, wretched form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

Tracy Hyatt (coach)
0 US$, 50 years, poor form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities

A poor coach who prefers a strong defensive game
A controversial person who is calm and righteous.
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities.

Pretty bad

Vince · 03-12-2003, 02:01 PM

Damn...well, first off you want to do a couple of things. Your coach sucks ass. So you want to fire him. You want one of three types of coach: Inadequate, Passable or Solid.

Beware, it costs you 10,000 to fire a coach, and the next one you get is completely random. A coach that goes all out is good, but not that important, as is a coach's leadership ability.

Second off, you want a keeper better than Weak. You can probably find an inadequate one for around 10,000 if you shop around, and a passable one for between 80,000-100,000. Just depends upon how much money you have/want to spend.

You are allowed to go into debt, but as soon as you do, you are charged interest each week. I believe you can still buy players even when in debt, until you get to 200,000 in debt. Then, after that, if you pass 500,000 in debt, you have 5 logins to get out of debt or you lose your team.

dacman · 03-12-2003, 02:28 PM

Top 3 items:

1) New coach, shoot for passable, solid is the best, you may have to settle for an inadaquate. $10K per try on a new coach and its supposidly random.

2) 2 new keepers, shoot for one passable ($80-100K), and one inadaquate ($20-25K). If you can find them cheaper, great.

3) start with 4 assistants, 1 GK assistant, 1 spokesperson, 1 psychologist, 3 physios and 95% training. Work up to more as you can afford it. The 1 physio to each 1% above 90 training is a bit of overkill, IMHO.

OK, OK a 4) Your team's overall form is pretty weak, you may want to train general for the next week or two.

Fontaine and Ortega are pretty good players, IMHO.

Havok · 03-12-2003, 03:56 PM

ok, newbie question time.

How do you fire the head coach???

Vince · 03-12-2003, 04:03 PM

Go to Training, then hit the fire coach button on the right. It is random, and while a Solid coach is the best you can get, I've heard many stories of people blowing well over 1 million, and still having to settle for a passable coach.

Havok · 03-12-2003, 04:08 PM

ok cool

after 3 trys i got this guy

Cory Pullen (8794312)
46 years, disastrous form, healthy
A inadequate coach who goes all out
A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has outstanding experience and passable leadership abilities.

He's not bad right?

Havok · 03-12-2003, 04:11 PM

Should i upgrade my arena some??? Its pretty small right now. Or should i wait till i can put some butts in the seats before i worry about that?

dacman · 03-12-2003, 04:19 PM

Eehhh...that coach is OK. He'll do for now if you don't want to blow any more money.

Don't mess with your stadium until you get a feel for how full it gets, how much money you'll have after getting some decent players, etc.

moriarty · 03-12-2003, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dacman

2) 2 new keepers, shoot for one passable ($80-100K), and one inadaquate ($20-25K). If you can find them cheaper, great.

3) start with 4 assistants, 1 GK assistant, 1 spokesperson, 1 psychologist, 3 physios and 95% training. Work up to more as you can afford it. The 1 physio to each 1% above 90 training is a bit of overkill, IMHO.

This is pretty subjective, but since your team is going to struggle for a while, I would only get one goalkeeper (preferably passable). No point paying for two, since if your primary goalkeeper gets hurt you can always buy another to fill in as needed.

I also wouldn't worry about the extra physios. You probably wont' be challanging for the league title for a while so if your players get hurt it won't be devistating (other than missed training).

Instead I would save the money on these two areas for now and invest in a couple of young quality players whom you can train (you'll probably want to train stamina/general for a few weeks and then focus in on a training strategy). As your team becomes more competitive you can invest in these areas later.

Again, this is just my opinion - everyone has different tactics.

Havok · 03-12-2003, 06:00 PM

yeah... i only bought one Keeper so far. A 19 year old Inadequate. Im gonna hold off on getting a passable for now.

Just picked up a 17 year old passable scorer also. Hopefully i can shape him into a goal scoring machine one day.

illinifan999 · 03-12-2003, 06:24 PM

List of countries I have found to look at first when buying players:
Oceania
Poland
Eesti
Denmark
Italy sometimes

Countries to look at last:
Sweden
England
USA sometimes

I have an imaginary house built in Oceania since that is where I spend most of my time on the market. DOn't worry about going into debt too much. Don't be like me, and get 250,000 in the hole and then pray for a good youth pull. And try to make more money on weeks that you have a home game, than the week you don't.

Example:
Right now I don't have enogh money to upgrade my stadium, and have 7005 seats. On weeks with home games I can make a profit of 7,000. But on weeks taht I don't have a home game, I lose around 29,000 unless I sell someone. So after a while taht is gonna take its toll. That is why I can't wait for next season to start so I can sell these two guys and make enough to cover the cost of the stadium,

Coffee Warlord · 03-12-2003, 06:27 PM

Dammit Illini! Stay the hell out of Oceania! That's my minor leage zone!

illinifan999 · 03-12-2003, 09:52 PM

I was there when you was still on the waiting list buddy. Oceania is my place! Besides you don't have a mansion built there yet!

Raven · 03-12-2003, 10:56 PM

I just got my team about a week ago. Been following these threads a little, but no nothing about soccer.

Just spent about 100k before getting a solid coach.

Code:

 Coach
Edwin Deleon (8805798) 42 years, disastrous form, healthy 
A solid coach who prefers a strong defensive game
A popular guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has solid experience and passable leadership abilities.
Nationality: 	USA 
Assessed value: 	0  US$ 
Wage: 	500 US$/week 
Owner: 	Baltimore Blast 
Warnings: 	0 

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

Career Goals:  	0  
Career Hattricks:  	0  
League goals this season:  	0  
Cup goals this season:  	0

Does the coaches stamina, playmaking, scoring mean anything or is that just him as a player?

Code:

Michael Cordova 
35 000 US$, 21 years, weak 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

This is one of my better players (I guess) as he has passable in a couple of categories. Can someone explain what set pieces and winger skills are for, and what skills are best for each position. Thanks.

Easy Mac · 03-12-2003, 11:04 PM

Train that kid in playmaking so he'll get to solid, and you'll get some mad cash if you sell him.

And only the description of the coach matters, not his skills.

If anyone needs a guy, I've got the following for sale: Deadline: 3/14/2003 at 06:26

Code:

Rhett Ricketts (8376813) 
24 years, passable form, healthy 

A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities.
Nationality: 
USA 
Assessed value: 
112 000  US$ 
Wage: 
1 140 US$/week 
Owner: 
G-Vegas FC 
Warnings: 
0 

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

Career Goals:  2
Career Hattricks:  0
League goals this season:  2
Cup goals this season:  0

vex · 03-12-2003, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by illinifan999
Right now I don't have enogh money to upgrade my stadium, and have 7005 seats.

Let me get this straight, you paid a little over $30,000 just so that you could add on five seats?! I see how you went in debt.

daedalus · 03-12-2003, 11:29 PM

Those were DAMN comfortable seats.

vex · 03-12-2003, 11:35 PM

Better have had massagers, vibraters, heat, pop-up tv, mini fridge and more

damnMikeBrown · 03-13-2003, 12:42 AM

I've got a back-up, back-up keeper I'd be willing to list for nothing. He's almost inad, and gets 1.5* per match. I just can't play him, as I'm traning keepers, and have much better trainees. At any rate, if you need a 1.5* keeper, you can have him for free.

moriarty · 03-13-2003, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vexroid
Better have had massagers, vibraters, heat, pop-up tv, mini fridge and more

Vibrators in your stadium??? Hmm... just what kind of supporters exactly are you trying to attract.

Havok · 03-13-2003, 11:49 AM

I was challenged to a friendly and i accepted but i dont see the Match on my Matches screen. So whats that mean??

moriarty · 03-13-2003, 12:55 PM

You should see it under Matches. Try refreshing.

On the page with your team name, you should also see a column that says something like "has a friendly scheduled this week".

If you don't see anything, try challanging the person who initially challanged you (you might have hit decline by mistake).

Havok · 03-13-2003, 01:04 PM

i accepted yesterday and its still not showing up. so i guess something went wrong.

Looks like i have to find a new match =)

Havok · 03-13-2003, 02:01 PM

How do you write Press Announcements??

and is this player worth the $35,000 i paid for him??

Victor Carrafa (7678823)
17 years, poor form, healthy

A controversial person who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: Venezuela
Assessed value: 34 000 US$
Wage: 864 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

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

Career Goals: 1
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 0
Cup goals this season: 0

The Afoci · 03-13-2003, 02:12 PM

if you are a supporter i think it is on your team page. as for is he worth it, i think so, especially if you are training scoring or shooting. get him to solid or excellent and you'll make a bundle...

but then again i am new, in debt, and have a losing team so you probably over paid.

Havok · 03-13-2003, 02:20 PM

I tryed to get supporter but it kept rejecting my credit card for some reason. I know its no where near over limit.

Dam thing was pissing me off

Vince · 03-13-2003, 02:24 PM

That's happening to myself as well, Havok. Expect a call from the card company soon asking you if your card has been stolen. I think they see the charge coming out of the UK, and they get suspicious. What's really annoying is when they call, you say "Yeah, that's me trying to charge that," and then when you try again, they still decline your card.

Havok · 03-13-2003, 02:56 PM

Yeah Vince your probally right. I guess thats why its getting declined. Is there anyother way to pay for supporter??? It seems like a cool feature and its only 20 bucks a year.

dacman · 03-13-2003, 03:02 PM

Make sure to select US dollars as denomination for your credit card transaction. It could be that the charge is coming across in another currency, and they're rejecting that. Not really sure, just a thought.

sterlingice · 03-13-2003, 05:04 PM

Quote:

and is this player worth the $35,000 i paid for him??

Not really, his passing is miserable and you need both passing and scoring for a truly effective forward. You overpayed by about $10K, maybe $20.

SI

illinifan999 · 03-13-2003, 05:55 PM

vex-

Yeah I did that in the first week that I was playing, and since we didn't have the kind of hattrick help taht we do now, I did just that.

But those 5 seats are pretty damn comfortable.

You get your own butler for buying one.

Havok · 03-14-2003, 07:02 AM

Just got these 2 guys. I was looking for cheap young talent.

Ismael Ferreira da Silva (8708831)
18 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: España
Assessed value: 30 000 US$
Wage: 768 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

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

Got him for 8,000.
Should i make him a defender or a Inner Mid???

Jökull Herjólfsson (8754031)
17 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Quick

Nationality: Island
Assessed value: 8 000 US$
Wage: 624 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

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

got him for 2,000. He might make a desent defender one day.

Considering i only paid 10k for 2 guys with OK talent i'd say i did pretty good here. Lemme know what you think.

03-12-2003, 01:17 PM	#2
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Well, I'd say the first order of business is to go looking through the rules section of the Hattrick site. Go to Hattrick, and on the menu on the left, click "About Hattrick." Then click on "Rules" and you'll find a bunch of pages that will help. Then go check out the Dynasty threads in the Dynasty forum. I've found many a good tip from there. I'd also immediately turn your youth club spending up to 20,000...one of the best ways to make money in the game is to call up good youth players and then sell them, so the 20,000 a week will eventually start to pay for itself. Also, here are two links that helped me when I was first starting (last week ): This is hattricks, a great help page that fleshes out the rules a little more. This is mybestteam.tk, if you input your players (by cutting and pasting from your roster screen), it will provide you with a solid starting lineup. It's not foolproof, but it's pretty good. Good luck! What's your team name and what country/region/series/league are you in? EDIT: Typos __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com. Last edited by Vince : 03-12-2003 at 01:19 PM.

03-12-2003, 01:23 PM	#3
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	Thanx for the advice Vince. My Team name is Manical Misfitz/USA/Florida Series V.253 __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 01:27 PM	#4
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Cool...you might want to post in the Dynasty Forum under "Officialish Hattrick List version 3.0" or something like that. They keep a tally of FOFC controlled teams, and we hold a Cup...if you aren't on the list, you might get overlooked. Good luck! __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-12-2003, 01:28 PM	#5
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	Should i hire at least 1 Goal Keeper coach, Assistant coach, Sport Psychologists, Spokesman, Economists, Doctor and Physiotherapist?? As of right now i have none. __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 01:33 PM	#6
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	I'd stay away from Doctors and Economists. Economists are only good if you are WAY in debt or have a ton of money. Spokesmen are cool because they convince sponsors to pay you more... Assistant Coaches and Goal Keeper Coaches help with the training of your players. You need to decide what you are going to train, and that will dictate which kind you need more of. You can only have 10 total Keeper and Assistant Coaches...if you're going to train Keepers, you want to end up with about 8 keeper coaches and 2 assistants. Vice-versa if you are training outfielders (any position other than keeper). However, now your team seems to be pretty terrible, so you can probably get by with 1 or 2 of each, if even that many. Psychologists are good for improving the mood of your team...I'm not sure about the total impact of that yet, so I haven't bought any myself. And physiotherapists are cool because they help you avoid injuries. From what I've heard, you want to hire one for every one percent of training intensity over 90% you set it at. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-12-2003, 01:34 PM	#7
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/for...&threadid=6195 That's the thread I got when I asked for some advice when I started my team up about 2 weeks ago Some of it is specific to me because I posted all my players, etc but a lot of it was good general advice. Being very very careful with money seems to be very prominant advice I've bought one player so far in 2 weeks and am trying to pick up another 2 or 3 pretty soon for cheap(I've also been a bit slow to get really hooked, I haven't been trying daily or anything).

03-12-2003, 01:36 PM	#8
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Yeah, warning: the transfer market can be addicting. I started with $300,000, but now I'm at just over $40,000. Be careful about buying...it's pretty easy to accidentally click on the make a bid button...I've bought two guys that way, and they cost me $22,500 for crappy players. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-12-2003, 01:45 PM	#10
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Yeah, I'm kind of happy with my most recent purchase...Passable keeper with Passable form for $89,000. Another tip: Don't just look at the transfer market in the USA. If you click the dropdown menu in the upper left, you can go to different countries and (potentially) find better deals. It's good to shop around once you know what you are looking for. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-12-2003, 01:50 PM	#11
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	My crap ass team Your 18 players Alexander Blanco 59 000 US$, 26 years, passable form Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities [Head] Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: passable Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched Blaine Dent 13 000 US$, 22 years, weak form Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: wretched Passing: poor Winger: wretched Defending: passable Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched Charles Eddy 39 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable] Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor Winger: inadequate Defending: weak Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor Chip Fontaine 60 000 US$, 26 years, poor form Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable] Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched Winger: passable Defending: solid Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor Chip Vogt 14 000 US$, 21 years, passable form Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: weak Passing: weak Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate Scoring: poor Set Pieces: disastrous Dusty Williams 3 000 US$, 24 years, weak form Has wretched experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Quick] Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: poor Passing: poor Winger: disastrous Defending: weak Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: solid Elmer Ball 55 000 US$, 22 years, passable form Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: wretched Keeper: weak Playmaking: disastrous Passing: wretched Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak Glen Spencer 6 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Quick] Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: wretched Passing: poor Winger: poor Defending: inadequate Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate Hector Browning 20 000 US$, 21 years, weak form Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Head] Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: weak Passing: disastrous Winger: inadequate Defending: poor Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched Hung Looney 11 000 US$, 20 years, wretched form Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched Winger: inadequate Defending: poor Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor Ignacio Ceballos 38 000 US$, 23 years, poor form Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Unpredictable] Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak Winger: inadequate Defending: passable Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched Jack Hamm 27 000 US$, 27 years, poor form Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: disastrous Passing: solid Winger: poor Defending: poor Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: poor Jerome Hidalgo 18 000 US$, 25 years, wretched form Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Head] Stamina: passable Keeper: wretched Playmaking: weak Passing: weak Winger: inadequate Defending: weak Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak Leo Dugan 10 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities Stamina: disastrous Keeper: wretched Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor Ossie Montoya 13 000 US$, 18 years, weak form Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities [Technical] Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak Winger: weak Defending: weak Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous Seth Ortega 92 000 US$, 24 years, poor form Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: weak Passing: passable Winger: weak Defending: poor Scoring: solid Set Pieces: weak Sonny Castaneda 7 000 US$, 27 years, wretched form Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful] Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: disastrous Winger: poor Defending: weak Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: disastrous Tracy Hyatt (coach) 0 US$, 50 years, poor form Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities A poor coach who prefers a strong defensive game A controversial person who is calm and righteous. Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities. Pretty bad __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 02:01 PM	#12
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Damn...well, first off you want to do a couple of things. Your coach sucks ass. So you want to fire him. You want one of three types of coach: Inadequate, Passable or Solid. Beware, it costs you 10,000 to fire a coach, and the next one you get is completely random. A coach that goes all out is good, but not that important, as is a coach's leadership ability. Second off, you want a keeper better than Weak. You can probably find an inadequate one for around 10,000 if you shop around, and a passable one for between 80,000-100,000. Just depends upon how much money you have/want to spend. You are allowed to go into debt, but as soon as you do, you are charged interest each week. I believe you can still buy players even when in debt, until you get to 200,000 in debt. Then, after that, if you pass 500,000 in debt, you have 5 logins to get out of debt or you lose your team. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-12-2003, 02:28 PM	#13
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	Top 3 items: 1) New coach, shoot for passable, solid is the best, you may have to settle for an inadaquate. $10K per try on a new coach and its supposidly random. 2) 2 new keepers, shoot for one passable ($80-100K), and one inadaquate ($20-25K). If you can find them cheaper, great. 3) start with 4 assistants, 1 GK assistant, 1 spokesperson, 1 psychologist, 3 physios and 95% training. Work up to more as you can afford it. The 1 physio to each 1% above 90 training is a bit of overkill, IMHO. OK, OK a 4) Your team's overall form is pretty weak, you may want to train general for the next week or two. Fontaine and Ortega are pretty good players, IMHO. __________________ No signatures allowed.

03-12-2003, 03:56 PM	#14
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	ok, newbie question time. How do you fire the head coach??? __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 04:03 PM	#15
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Go to Training, then hit the fire coach button on the right. It is random, and while a Solid coach is the best you can get, I've heard many stories of people blowing well over 1 million, and still having to settle for a passable coach. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-12-2003, 04:08 PM	#16
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	ok cool after 3 trys i got this guy Cory Pullen (8794312) 46 years, disastrous form, healthy A inadequate coach who goes all out A controversial person who is calm and honest. Has outstanding experience and passable leadership abilities. He's not bad right? __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 04:11 PM	#17
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	Should i upgrade my arena some??? Its pretty small right now. Or should i wait till i can put some butts in the seats before i worry about that? __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 04:19 PM	#18
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	Eehhh...that coach is OK. He'll do for now if you don't want to blow any more money. Don't mess with your stadium until you get a feel for how full it gets, how much money you'll have after getting some decent players, etc. __________________ No signatures allowed.

03-12-2003, 06:00 PM	#20
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	yeah... i only bought one Keeper so far. A 19 year old Inadequate. Im gonna hold off on getting a passable for now. Just picked up a 17 year old passable scorer also. Hopefully i can shape him into a goal scoring machine one day. __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-12-2003, 06:24 PM	#21
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	List of countries I have found to look at first when buying players: Oceania Poland Eesti Denmark Italy sometimes Countries to look at last: Sweden England USA sometimes I have an imaginary house built in Oceania since that is where I spend most of my time on the market. DOn't worry about going into debt too much. Don't be like me, and get 250,000 in the hole and then pray for a good youth pull. And try to make more money on weeks that you have a home game, than the week you don't. Example: Right now I don't have enogh money to upgrade my stadium, and have 7005 seats. On weeks with home games I can make a profit of 7,000. But on weeks taht I don't have a home game, I lose around 29,000 unless I sell someone. So after a while taht is gonna take its toll. That is why I can't wait for next season to start so I can sell these two guys and make enough to cover the cost of the stadium, __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

03-12-2003, 06:27 PM	#22
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Dammit Illini! Stay the hell out of Oceania! That's my minor leage zone!

03-12-2003, 09:52 PM	#23
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	I was there when you was still on the waiting list buddy. Oceania is my place! Besides you don't have a mansion built there yet! __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

03-12-2003, 11:29 PM	#27
daedalus Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	Those were DAMN comfortable seats.

03-12-2003, 11:35 PM	#28
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Better have had massagers, vibraters, heat, pop-up tv, mini fridge and more

03-13-2003, 12:42 AM	#29
damnMikeBrown College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH	I've got a back-up, back-up keeper I'd be willing to list for nothing. He's almost inad, and gets 1.5* per match. I just can't play him, as I'm traning keepers, and have much better trainees. At any rate, if you need a 1.5* keeper, you can have him for free.

03-13-2003, 11:49 AM	#31
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	I was challenged to a friendly and i accepted but i dont see the Match on my Matches screen. So whats that mean?? __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-13-2003, 12:55 PM	#32
moriarty College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: A negative place	You should see it under Matches. Try refreshing. On the page with your team name, you should also see a column that says something like "has a friendly scheduled this week". If you don't see anything, try challanging the person who initially challanged you (you might have hit decline by mistake).

03-13-2003, 01:04 PM	#33
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	i accepted yesterday and its still not showing up. so i guess something went wrong. Looks like i have to find a new match =) __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-13-2003, 02:01 PM	#34
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	How do you write Press Announcements?? and is this player worth the $35,000 i paid for him?? Victor Carrafa (7678823) 17 years, poor form, healthy A controversial person who is balanced and upright. Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities. Nationality: Venezuela Assessed value: 34 000 US$ Wage: 864 US$/week including 20% Bonus Owner: Maniacal Misfitz Warnings: 0 Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: wretched Winger: wretched Defending: weak Scoring: passable Set Pieces: inadequate Career Goals: 1 Career Hattricks: 0 League goals this season: 0 Cup goals this season: 0 __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-13-2003, 02:12 PM	#35
The Afoci Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Moorhead	if you are a supporter i think it is on your team page. as for is he worth it, i think so, especially if you are training scoring or shooting. get him to solid or excellent and you'll make a bundle... but then again i am new, in debt, and have a losing team so you probably over paid. __________________ I had something.

03-13-2003, 02:20 PM	#36
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	I tryed to get supporter but it kept rejecting my credit card for some reason. I know its no where near over limit. Dam thing was pissing me off __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-13-2003, 02:24 PM	#37
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	That's happening to myself as well, Havok. Expect a call from the card company soon asking you if your card has been stolen. I think they see the charge coming out of the UK, and they get suspicious. What's really annoying is when they call, you say "Yeah, that's me trying to charge that," and then when you try again, they still decline your card. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

03-13-2003, 02:56 PM	#38
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	Yeah Vince your probally right. I guess thats why its getting declined. Is there anyother way to pay for supporter??? It seems like a cool feature and its only 20 bucks a year. __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

03-13-2003, 03:02 PM	#39
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	Make sure to select US dollars as denomination for your credit card transaction. It could be that the charge is coming across in another currency, and they're rejecting that. Not really sure, just a thought. __________________ No signatures allowed.

03-13-2003, 05:55 PM	#41
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	vex- Yeah I did that in the first week that I was playing, and since we didn't have the kind of hattrick help taht we do now, I did just that. But those 5 seats are pretty damn comfortable. You get your own butler for buying one. __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

03-14-2003, 07:02 AM	#42
Havok College Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida	Just got these 2 guys. I was looking for cheap young talent. Ismael Ferreira da Silva (8708831) 18 years, passable form, healthy A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest. Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities. Speciality: Powerful Nationality: España Assessed value: 30 000 US$ Wage: 768 US$/week including 20% Bonus Owner: Maniacal Misfitz Warnings: 0 Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor Winger: poor Defending: inadequate Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak Got him for 8,000. Should i make him a defender or a Inner Mid??? Jökull Herjólfsson (8754031) 17 years, passable form, healthy A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest. Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities. Speciality: Quick Nationality: Island Assessed value: 8 000 US$ Wage: 624 US$/week including 20% Bonus Owner: Maniacal Misfitz Warnings: 0 Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: poor Passing: poor Winger: poor Defending: inadequate Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched got him for 2,000. He might make a desent defender one day. Considering i only paid 10k for 2 guys with OK talent i'd say i did pretty good here. Lemme know what you think. __________________ Maniacal Misfitz - We're better than you and we know it!

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