Shadowlands hasnt accepted my challenge yet so ive entered the pool.

sorry guys but i am new.
what is this.
i no the game hattrick just want to get involved with this it looks good.

Count me in too. Someone might have to walk me through it at the start though.

Great! Read the manual through whilst you wait. Yes I know its lame but trust me do it!

Some light reading:


Its a game where basically you play twice a week in a league game as well as friendly/cup game. When you start you get assigned a team in a league with 18 or so pretty bad players.



Basically there are 6 Divisions and there is like 1200 Leagues in div 6, 600 in div 5, etc etc
Dont know exact numbers
8 teams are in each league, and the top team has a chance to auto promote or play a qualification match (Depending how they are ranked among other league leaers in their division) and the bottom two auto relegate with the 5-6th teams playing a relegation playoff.


Your players have 8 skills:
Stamina- Useful for all players. The higher this is, the less skill will be lost towards the end of the match due to fatigue.
Goalkeeping - Useful for only GKs of course.
Playmaking: Most important for your Inner Mids but useful for anybody on the park, excluding GK.
Passing: Useful for all players, really helps in creating chances.
Winger: Useful for Wingers, Wing Backs and a little for Forwards as well
Defending: Most important for defenders but helps to have your Mids with this skill as well as your GK.
Scoring: Most important for Forwards, helpful for Wingers and IMS to have it.
Set Pieces: Important for all players. Try to have at least 3 good set piece takers.

The skills are ranked as follows

Non-existant
Disastrous
Wretched
Poor
Weak
Inadequate
Passable
Solid
Excellent
Formidable


the rest you dont need to worry about yet
Your arena size is also important If you are regularly selling out the stadium, increase your stadium size to generate more income per week.
Buying younger players is imperative. Buy 19-23 year olds and sell them off before they turn 27 so they dont decrease so much in value. Having a good coach is also important but its up to you whether you want to do that first or buy better players. I recommend buying a coach, getting a few young players of the same type (3 midfielders) and train them up and sell them for profit or keep them.

Hope that helps you when you start out.


Edit: Also, you have the option to start a youth academy when you start where you can train up younger players from age 15. Get that started straight away.

And 3 words you must always remember when playing this game

MIDFIELD IS KING!

If you win the midfield, you will win the game. Make sure your midfielders have the highest primary skill on your team. Never forget it. Midfield is king. If you have shit everything but good midfield you will win.

and an extra:
Transfer Listed players are all from teams currently existing.
It works as an auction, a player is Transfer Listed by a team and is put on the market, with a set deadline. The highest bidder when the deadline arrives wins the player.
If somebody bids in the last minute, it extends the deadline by 3 minutes.

HOLD ON
STOP
DONT SIGN UP YET