You would just have to bid as much as you were willing to.
Not sure, will have to check the compare. If you need to know now I can.

Would help. Assuming I sell out cup game, I'll earn approx 200k, so I'll have around 450k to spend on a Keeper. If the 18yo is likely to be under that I'd try take him.

I lost 3-2 today. a bad result considering i beat them last season. they totally bought in new players for their team whereas i havent done alot of shuffling yet.

imnofreak i want your keeper! the 30yr old excellent one. how much do you charge?

Hes 29 not 30. close enough but :lol:

Ok. the 29 yr old is going to be... on the compare it goes from 700k to 1.7mil so im putting him up for 900k

the 18yr old solid will be probably 4-500k.

Hold the 18yo a week or so back :P?

hold mine back too!

Sure thing. Will hold 2 weeks.
Then I will put him up. I cant guarantee you will get him of course but his starting price will be 500k

I'll have at least 600k by then so I should have enough. Thanks.

Awesome. Will hold both until you want me to list and will do as at a convenient time.
:)

So.... What do we have going on in here?? Seems an underground society of people who are totally underground and in an underground society for underground social games within a specific society of underground gamers and gamesmanship. Interesting.

Shit! We're busted!

Indeed mister mmmmmmmkay.
You are indeed seemingly good at games so you should sign up to http://www.hattrick.org

Argh. Ill try. It is emkay too, i just read it like that when im "tired".

Now ive gotta wait for a team for a week. Argh. What happens then? I want a short summary of what i will have to do and how long it will be before im kicking your asses.

It will take some patience. Good luck :).

hahah.
ok.
the best advice I can give you is to read through the Manual twice. Yes, i know thats lame.

When you get the team you will have to go through a series of things to obtain your manager license. They are very easy things and just let you get used to the game.

To start kicking my ass you will have to play it for about 2 years
haha.
Any questions just ask and I will help.
Just read the manual first.

It'll just be like learning FM. Hopefully i dont get to the point where im clocking up 13 hours a day though.

Didn't take me that long... *cough*5-1*cough* :lol:



Haha, just kidding I know it was super lucky, I just like to bring it up every time a newbie comes along :lol:

Yeah and what happened when I played my first team? 4-0
And whats my max hatstats? 197 to your meagre 120 something
hahaha. still, its good to see my apprentice beating me, means im teaching you well. :P

That cant really happen unless you are going through the transfer market looking for the best players.
League matches only happen once a week (sundays) and friendlys on Wednesdays so you cant like just keep going at your own pace.

So youve built nico up too. Well im your next child prodigy. Im what nasri is to zidane.

More like Queiroz for Ferguson I'm thinking :p.

haha ok.
I will aim to get you promoted by the end of next season!
Unless you get put into Division 5, then your going down. haha

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

[size=8]MIDFIELD IS KING![/size]

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.



Edited by imnofreak: 13/10/2008 12:09:32 AM

So do i buy players off the transfer market? Are they new players or are they all players from other teams? If you had a shitty player that would be considered good in my league coulld you sell him to me? Or are all players on the market new to the database?

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.

I have players which I think are poor but would be very good for you
I can put them on the market at a suitable time for you but there is no guarantee that nobody else will bid on him so you will have to be watching when the deadline passes if you want him

With all new teams starting there is never a shortage of players on the market, and they all come from teams somewhere.

Would be sweet if you took over my leagues bot :P.

Edited by Nico: 13/10/2008 12:13:04 AM

haha yeah I am in league V.190 and my mate promoted to V.191
was pretty cool. The odds of him coming into your league are probably like 1/500000
haha

Yeah I know... Still, would be fun. I'm liking the new friendly pool feature. Will make it much easier.

Indeed it does.
Goddamn it Nico i cant wait till we re-do the hattrick cup cause im sick of reading your sig :P

Neither can I wait, because then I will finally have some silverware to add to my trophy :P.

Bastard :P
If it happens to be that there is a crucial league match/or i just had one and MOTSed it you may win again... *shudder*
lol