Battrick thread, Part IV

[Bluto11]

no pops in training. this season is a wash so i'm going to concentrate my training no fielding and fitness, with primary skills being trained for my two new youth pulls. my fielding sucks, woeful, and my fitness levels are not very good either.

[Craig P]

Sulieman Seargeant is now up to superb batting (along with quality concentration). He might be the best batsman in the Windies right now from a pure batting standpoint -- the other known competitor, Summers on Knuckleheads, was also at strong batting going into this training, so at worst Seargeant is even on batting skill, and I don't recall seeing other monsters posted. Seargeant has better concentration but not as good stamina or fielding. Summers has mediocre bowling so could be an all-arounder, but his owner has indicated that he does not plan to devote any bowling sessions to him.

The only drawback to this is... he's critical to my offense (he's close to a guaranteed 50 runs now and frequently posts 100+) and national team duty will take him away from FC matches, whenever those get underway.

[johno]

wow... nice... how old is Seargeant and if u don't mind, what was he when u first got him and how many batting coaches have u used for him?

I'm asking cuz I've got a gem on my hands in Theo Owens who is proficient/competent w/ resp. stamina and is just 17. I've got another 17yo who is a bowler and I'm considering making these two players my sole trainees (or maybe just 1 other trainee) next season.

[johno]

Does anyone have an idea on how many Sports Psychs are useful?

[Bluto11]

Sulieman Seargeant is now up to superb batting (along with quality concentration). He might be the best batsman in the Windies right now from a pure batting standpoint -- the other known competitor, Summers on Knuckleheads, was also at strong batting going into this training, so at worst Seargeant is even on batting skill, and I don't recall seeing other monsters posted. Seargeant has better concentration but not as good stamina or fielding. Summers has mediocre bowling so could be an all-arounder, but his owner has indicated that he does not plan to devote any bowling sessions to him.

The only drawback to this is... he's critical to my offense (he's close to a guaranteed 50 runs now and frequently posts 100+) and national team duty will take him away from FC matches, whenever those get underway.
good lord.

i've got a 19 year old at strong batting. but his conc is feeble and his stamina is woeful. He's currently getting one batting session, one fielding, and one fitness. I'm sure he won't pop in batting again this season, but his conc should go up as well as fitness.

[kopiteinkc]

My best player is actually my wicketkeeper

I still need to work on his stamina -- I have held off on stamina until they change the rules on stamina training!!

But here are his stats:

Matt Drury - 18 yo, BT Rating=26,118
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, strong form, Healthy
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: mediocre Concentration: remarkable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: competent
Fielding: mediocre

I have been training him in both w/k and batting, as he popped to mediocre today and remarkable today as well, I may focus my batting training that he was getting to a 17 yo batsman instead.

[Bluto11]

My best player is actually my wicketkeeper

I still need to work on his stamina -- I have held off on stamina until they change the rules on stamina training!!

But here are his stats:

Matt Drury - 18 yo, BT Rating=26,118
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, strong form, Healthy
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: mediocre Concentration: remarkable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: competent
Fielding: mediocre

I have been training him in both w/k and batting, as he popped to mediocre today and remarkable today as well, I may focus my batting training that he was getting to a 17 yo batsman instead.
when are they going to change stamina training and what is going to be different??

[kopiteinkc]

when are they going to change stamina training and what is going to be different??

There has been no decision, but in one of the earlier IRC sessions it was hinted that it may be changed.

Some people expressed alarm as they have been training stamina and didn't want other players to do it later with quicker results.

I can see their point but as my stamina is my weak link on my team and I had very little success with it early on in season one, I am waiting.

If isn't changed, then I will be selling players and replacing them with higher skilled players stamina players in the future. They are gonna be crucial when we get to the First Class matches.

[Bluto11]

There has been no decision, but in one of the earlier IRC sessions it was hinted that it may be changed.

Some people expressed alarm as they have been training stamina and didn't want other players to do it later with quicker results.

I can see their point but as my stamina is my weak link on my team and I had very little success with it early on in season one, I am waiting.

If isn't changed, then I will be selling players and replacing them with higher skilled players stamina players in the future. They are gonna be crucial when we get to the First Class matches.
gotcha. The stamina of my bowlers really hampers them, so i've been training some of the younger ones in stamina so I can replace the older ones.

[johno]

If isn't changed, then I will be selling players and replacing them with higher skilled players stamina players in the future. They are gonna be crucial when we get to the First Class matches.

exactly the approach I was planning on... it makes sense either way... some will train decent players up to good stamina and those w/ players w/ out good stamina will buy them while others will train players w/ not so good stamina up to good skill and those willing to train stamina will pick up said players.

[Craig P]

wow... nice... how old is Seargeant and if u don't mind, what was he when u first got him and how many batting coaches have u used for him?Seargeant is 18. :D

I pulled him last season at proficient batting and something good for concentration, either competent or respectable I think. I started him with one batting, one fielding, and one stamina session and later added a second batting session. He's been getting those four sessions for a lot of last season and all of this one as well.

I'm asking cuz I've got a gem on my hands in Theo Owens who is proficient/competent w/ resp. stamina and is just 17. I've got another 17yo who is a bowler and I'm considering making these two players my sole trainees (or maybe just 1 other trainee) next season.
Wow, you might not even need to give Owens the fitness training I'm giving Seargeant. I'd strongly recomment at least two batting and one fielding. The fitness training may still be of some value to get him additional psych work, but his psych is good enough right now that he may not really need the extra session.

[Craig P]

good lord.

i've got a 19 year old at strong batting. but his conc is feeble and his stamina is woeful. He's currently getting one batting session, one fielding, and one fitness. I'm sure he won't pop in batting again this season, but his conc should go up as well as fitness.With those sessions, his concentration should be rising faster than his batting. I'd guess you could get at least two and probably three concentration pops in a season. If he's been getting that training for long, his concentration must have been basically nonexistent to start out.

[Bluto11]

With those sessions, his concentration should be rising faster than his batting. I'd guess you could get at least two and probably three concentration pops in a season. If he's been getting that training for long, his concentration must have been basically nonexistent to start out.
it might have been abysmal. I think it popped twice in the time it took for him to pop once in batting. He's 19 so I'm hoping for another 2 conc pops and maybe one when he's 20. not sure how long i'll train him. If I get relegated I should have an easier time in level III. might not win my series, but I won't be as crappy as I am now.

[quentinc]

International teams are starting to be assembled. Should be interesting, as I know that a few in here have said they have potential prospects. I have one 18 yo who MIGHT make the U-19's as a batsman.

Had a bowling pop today, but that's about it.

Also, eclipsed the 1,000 member mark.

Have a bot coming up in the league.

Right now, Scouse Cricket are doing pretty well.

[Craig P]

My guess would be that Seargeant will go to whichever team has the more important competition first. He's eligible for U19, but almost certainly good enough to compete with the full national team.

[johno]

That brings up an interesting point... if we've got good enough youngsters we might be better off trying to win that and atleast winning something rather than not winning something w/ the senior team... who knows... I've got to actually visit the sledging boards now...

I think just for our purposes, when we get the new battrick forum we should have a thread for possible national teamers.

[Bluto11]

from the Battrick sledging boards:

http://www.freecfm.com/d/dgaust/index.html


Stadium Expansion tool, and training time database. not sure how accurate the training times database is, but it helps. If you have any info you can submit data to them

[johno]

thanx... seeing how quickly players pop in stamina @ 17 and then wondering how in hell my spinner is putting up ratings better than my 3 pacers, and realizing its his stamina I'm going to drop a couple players from my training regimen the next time they pop in order to get those guys stamina and some extra nets training... I think I'll stick to just 2 trainees from now on... giving them 1 for fielding and 1 for stamina and 3 for batting/bowling.

[Craig P]

I've got another stadium expansion tool linked at:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/erinlouise/Stadium.htm

[johno]

Just realized I won't be promoting no matter what this season...

the leader of my series will have to play a qualifyer so even if i overtake him I still won't be promoting... this almost makes me want to GFI in the cup, but I don't think that will help anyway... ahh... now to concentrate on training and getting my squad ready for next season.