The 32 Week Milestone (Inspired by "I've come a long way...)

[Stogey23]

I was reading junjun's post when I realized this week is PB United's 32nd in HT play - 2 full seasons. I know I've come a long way, but I wanted to see exactly how far. Feel free to post your own recent milestone, and how much you've improved overall or since you established a new goal/training regimine.

Ratings
Week 1 - 74
Top Week - 132
+54

Stars
Week 1 - 21
Top Week - 34
+13

Midfield
Week 1 - Disastrous (High)
Top Week - Inadequate (Very Low)
+13 levels

Transfer Price Evaluation
Week 1 - Around 300K
Week 32 - 7 million

Players
Week 1 - Top player was passable playmaking
Week 32 - 4 outstanding playmakers

Highest Value Playmaker
Week 1 - 16K
Week 32 - 1.4 million

Transfers for PB United
Total Purchases: 787 378 US$
Total Sales: 1 818 252 US$
Difference: 1 030 874 US$
Number of transfers: 119

I hope this thread also shows some of the newbies that it simply takes a little time to be successful in Hattrick....time and lots of patience. I also want to thank all of the elders here on BigSoccer, for helping me grow so quickly with their great advice!

[Ikari]

I'm well past 32 weeks. For me it's more like 49-50 weeks. Almost a full calander year playing the game.

First Match (April 12th, 2004)
Star - 18.0
Rating - 70

Latest Match (March 28th, 2005)
Star - 29.5
Rating - 114

Highest Star Match First Season
21.5

Highest Star Match Current Season
34.0

Total Purchases: 1 882 000 US$
Total Sales: 1 467 000 US$
Difference: -415 000 US$
Number of transfers: 37

It's messy, and I probably could have been a stronger team had I made a few choices differently, but overall I'm happy. I'm well aware of what my team's weaknesses are, but I'm confident I can solve most of them before the midway point of next season.

I can't wait until the 1st week of next season. I'm going to be gunning to buy my first 17yo solid GK. :D

[MLS SupaStr3]

FIRST GAME
18.5 stars with a 65 rating

LATEST GAME
42.5 stars with a 162 rating

TRANSFER HISTORY
Total Purchases: 6 334 005 US$
Total Sales: 7 038 010 US$
Difference: 704 005 US$
Number of transfers: 94

i have 37 ex-players.

my squad has a collective TSI of 73300.

[kuhnscoot]

First game (week 5 of season 19):
62 rating 16 stars

latest game
134 rating 35 stars

Best game:
151 rating 37.5 stars

Worst game
59 rating 15 stars

[Craig P]

My first week of Hattrick was in week 19.12. 72 rating, 19.0* (and I just noticed, Hatstats has updated old matches to the new ratings -- but it looks like either they messed something up, or they did it arithmatically rather than going back to the matches)

Those totals are misleading, though, because HT went to a new experience system in season 20. So with the hopped up experience in 20.01, Brays put up an 83 rating with 22.0* in a studly win on the road. :p

Our second season average (season 20) was 94.6 rating/25.5*. Our current average is 180.4/44.6*. Our second season anniversary (21.12 result) was a 117 rating on 30.5*. Our best league performance was a 194 rating on 46.5* last week.

Total Purchases: 17 203 602 US$
Total Sales: 16 782 011 US$
Difference: -421 591 US$
Number of transfers: 64

Average (bought): 688 144 US$
Average (sold): 430 308 US$
Average (bought + sold): -6 587 US$

Current squad value: 117,810 TSI ($11.781 MM old-style AV), with wages just shy of $60k/wk.

(Thank goodness for Foxtrick, or I would not have been able to get my old ratings and star totals so easily.)

[kuhnscoot]

First game (week 5 of season 19):
62 rating 16 stars

latest game
134 rating 35 stars

Best game:
151 rating 37.5 stars

Worst game
59 rating 15 stars

Total TSI
77640
7.764 million in the old system

Total Purchases: 6 363 005 US$
Total Sales: 6 345 744 US$
Difference: -17 262 US$
Number of transfers: 112


Average (bought): 147 977 US$
Average (sold): 91 967 US$
Average (bought + sold): -154 US$

[Craig P]

Also, my first HT-related post on BigSoccer was #333 (cool!) in the now-locked original Hattrick Thread.

Asking a question I could now answer in my sleep. :p

[kuhnscoot]

my first post was number 446 in the old thread.
Starting my first full season out with a 3-1 win. Picked up a solid striker in the transfer market, and hope to avoid the qualifying game this year.

Kuhnscoot United
V.251

Yes, that used to be my team name. I didn't avoid the qualifier, I won it handily though. That first post came probalby 2 plus months after I joined. And finally, that solid striker is still with my team, he's now an excellent from a season of scoring training, and will be my teams coach in another 1-2 seasons.

Ahh memories

[Ikari]

Technically my first HT post was registering my team, but I much prefer this one:
Ok, since it's become painfully obvious that I'm not going to scrape myself out of relegation to 6th division, I figure it's high time to perform a major shakeup of the team.

http://www9.hattrick.org/Common/tea...?UserID=1162569

As it stands I'll probably have to can most of the staff except for one or two training coaches, kill all funding for the youth squad, possibly give a few players the pink slip, and hope for better times next season.

Fun!

[Kevin in Louisiana]

I don't want to think about how I did my first 32 weeks, but in the last 32 weeks:

League game rating 32 games ago: 105
Latest league game rating: 134

League W-L-T: 18-8-6.

Average rating in season 23: 108.50
Average rating in season 25: 141.88

Best rating in season 23: 128
Best rating in season 25: 157 (and I haven't even MOTS'ed this year)

Best midfield in season 23: 14
Bets midfield in season 25: 22

Best individual performances in season 23: 3.5 stars
Best individual performances in season 25: 5 stars

[BrianJames]

Transfer Price Evaluation
Week 1 - Around 300K
Week 32 - 7 million

Players
Week 1 - Top player was passable playmaking
Week 32 - 4 outstanding playmakers

Highest Value Playmaker
Week 1 - 16K
Week 32 - 1.4 million


Good thread, wondering where you found these valuations though, couldn't find old valuations through HBuddy or HT supporters stats.

Started the same time so I'm at the 32 week mark also:

Ratings
Week 1 - 59
Best Week - 124
+ 65

Stars
Week 1 - 16.5
Best Week - 37
+ 20.5

Supporters
Started ~450
Currently at 1041

Arena
7000
28000

Total Purchases: 2 305 000 US$
Total Sales: 3 275 101 US$
Difference: 970 101 US$
Number of transfers: 63

The one thing I would change if I started over would be not doing defender training, there's just no love in the match engine for teams with 5 defender formations. So I'm in transition to PM training. The inad defenders I started with are now being sold off as they pop to formidable.

[kuhnscoot]

Good thread, wondering where you found these valuations though, couldn't find old valuations through HBuddy or HT supporters stats.



I got mine from buddy, you have to go to the online drop down menu like you are downloading stats there will be a download old matches, click on that, a calender should come up that asks you how far you wanna go back, I went back to my first game and got all the matches my team has ever played in the system.

[BrianJames]

I got mine from buddy, you have to go to the online drop down menu like you are downloading stats there will be a download old matches, click on that, a calender should come up that asks you how far you wanna go back, I went back to my first game and got all the matches my team has ever played in the system.

Yeah, I have the all my matches downloaded into HB, but I was referring to the value's Stogey was referring to:

"Transfer Price Evaluation
Week 1 - Around 300K
Week 32 - 7 million

Players
Week 1 - Top player was passable playmaking
Week 32 - 4 outstanding playmakers

Highest Value Playmaker
Week 1 - 16K
Week 32 - 1.4 million"

I know the current values but didnt know where the week 1 values came from.

[Stogey23]

I know the current values but didnt know where the week 1 values came from.
I estimated the week 1 numbers.

[AAGunner3]

The one thing I would change if I started over would be not doing defender training, there's just no love in the match engine for teams with 5 defender formations. So I'm in transition to PM training. The inad defenders I started with are now being sold off as they pop to formidable.

Not true, I lost to a very good defensive team in the cup. 1-0

Granted, getting started-right out of the gates, defense is unrewarding.

[BrianJames]

Not true, I lost to a very good defensive team in the cup. 1-0

Granted, getting started-right out of the gates, defense is unrewarding.

I'm sure the CA works, I just havent had any luck with it whatsoever. I've had many WTF matches against me, while I can't remember one in my favor. HT really seems to be all about the midfield even with their adjustments in the past couple seasons. Examples:

36872663 - My defense is much stronger than opp attack and possession is close to even, yet i barely squeak by with a 2-1 win while opp creates more chances.

36872653 - Possession is close, attack to defense ratings favor my team, yet i lose 3-0 with 5-1 in chances created (while opp used pressing)

29194781 - Control mid and attack to defense ratings greatly favor my team, yet lose 2-1

29194774 - Same as above, control mid and attack to def ratings very much in my favor, loss again 1-0

Several others that were close matches and still thought I had advantage yet lost them all. Only success has been against really crap teams, which, thankfully there is plenty of in DVI. So in 8-10 out of roughly 28 matches I've played that were close games I've lost all of them. Only difference is all my opp. had 4 or fewer defender formations.

On the upside, I've created millions in value in the defenders I've trained, making the switch to PM training pretty easy.

[Ikari]

Cobbled together the first match I played in each season, makes for an interesting little way to show team growth.

17291459
- First game ever played in S22 - 4/12/2004 at 01.00
- http://club.hattrick.org/doubledown/default.asp?page=match&id=375094
- Formation: 4-4-2
- Stars: 18
- Result: 6-1 Away Loss

22569931
- First game ever played in S23 - 6/28/2004 at 01.00
- http://club.hattrick.org/doubledown/default.asp?page=match&id=357160
- Formation: 3-4-3
- Stars: 21
- Result: 5-0 Home Win

29178463
- First game ever played in S24 - 10/18/2004 at 01.00
- http://club.hattrick.org/doubledown/default.asp?page=match&id=806626
- Formation: 4-5-1
- Stars: 28
- Result: 1-0 Home Win

36856336
- First game ever played in S25 - 2/7/2005 at 01.00
- http://club.hattrick.org/doubledown/default.asp?page=match&id=1151228
- Formation: 4-5-1
- Stars: 34
- Result: 4-1 Away Loss

[ur_land]

Stars are evil. What really maters are your zome ratngs!

[quentinc]

This thread helps me realize that I'm in the same boat that all newbies are. Quick Question, however:

It's obvious that I am taking over an old team that was abandoned (and they really sucked, by looking at the previous match scores). Is it sort of a mixed bag as to whether or not the team you receive is good or bad, relatively speaking?

[MLS SupaStr3]

This thread helps me realize that I'm in the same boat that all newbies are. Quick Question, however:

It's obvious that I am taking over an old team that was abandoned (and they really sucked, by looking at the previous match scores). Is it sort of a mixed bag as to whether or not the team you receive is good or bad, relatively speaking?
its just different levels of bad. all new teams suck. some may just get a player thats a little more marketable at first. the team as a whole will suck though. have you decided what to train?