Hattrick

[AAGunner3]

Originally posted by ur_land
I'm scouting my next opponent, and his typical formation makes me wonder about how offensive and defensive ratings match up. Will my left offense be pitted against his right defense (and vice versa)? Or does the engine not work like that? I tried to find this in the rules, but I wasn't sure....

If it gets confusing, print out your opponent's formation and turn the page upside down below your formation screen.

[Footer Phooter]

Won 5-0. PICed it, but I expect a little more out of my A-Team.

[kopiteinkc]

Originally posted by Deuteriumoxide
Ouch I drew a division four team for my next cup match.

Next week should be a nice pay day at least.

=D

Match ID: 17406759

That would be me! A BigSoccer match up in the US Open Cup, interesting. The BigSoccer cup starts early. :)

[Helghallen]

Originally posted by kopiteinkc
That would be me! A BigSoccer match up in the US Open Cup, interesting. The BigSoccer cup starts early. :)

That is pretty cool. With 4K teams in the cup and two of our number meet up. Neat.

[Deuteriumoxide]

Originally posted by kopiteinkc
That would be me! A BigSoccer match up in the US Open Cup, interesting. The BigSoccer cup starts early. :)

I wonder what the odds on that are. Oh yeah I'm in for the BS Cup if you steel need a team.

=)

[kopiteinkc]

Originally posted by Deuteriumoxide
I wonder what the odds on that are. Oh yeah I'm in for the BS Cup if you steel need a team.

=)

So, are you going to post your starting XI and hidden tactical ploys on this thread?

I won't peek, honest ;)

[Helghallen]

I think both of you should post, and then the rest of us can discuss the strategy and let you know what you should do. Oh wait, this isn't the national team :)

[AAGunner3]

Just a reminder to all interested,
I'm travelling to KC this weekend for a week. Already going to meet up with a couple of you.
Probably work out the details once I get to KC and figure out what my family's schedule looks like.

And I forgot to post my cup strategy....
Hoping for another 4 round run.
But I play at the #1 team's arena this weekend, and will likely lose - but I've got a decent chance. Already hired a psych to increase my finishing %. In the face of a likely loss to start the season, I'll probably PIC for a while until I feel I need a boost to extend my cup run one week longer. Last year I needed to MOTS my third round opponent to get to the fourth. Was looking out for the bottom line 'ya know?

Youth Squad bumped to solid, with a wretched youth pull.

[kopiteinkc]

Originally posted by AAGunner3
Just a reminder to all interested,
I'm travelling to KC this weekend for a week. Already going to meet up with a couple of you.
Probably work out the details once I get to KC and figure out what my family's schedule looks like.



Looking forward to meeting you.

What night do you have in mind to go for a drink?

Helgallen and I have just joined the new KC Federation and we could post something in there to get some other hattrickers to come out too.

You could get to meet GM-George

[kuhnscoot]

Gunner have a fun time in KC, wish I could be there, but I'm away at the moment, anyways, my second round cup is at the moment another bot. :) He's number 8 in div V. So I should be making my way back to the third round for a third straight year, barring a WTF match, even if I stick out my b-team. And I was able to log on just long enough to find that out before it went down again.

[ArsenalTexan3]

Its up and running again.

[ur_land]

Here are the ten teams that have registered for the inaugural BS cup


Team Divison/League Location Bigsoccer name

Dallas Red Knights V.215 Dallas ArsenalTexan3

DaveRules FC V.63 New Jersey MLS SupaStr3

DC Untied V.191 DC DC Untied

Dynamo KC VI.8009 Missouri Helghallen

Flatirons FC V.208 Colorado ur_land

Mongrel FC V.188 Atlanta AAGunner3

Raytown Rangers 82 V.251 Missouri kuhnscoot

RiverHawks V.52 New York phillips10

Scouser Tommies FC IV.28 Kansas kopiteinkc


Registration is open until march 11th. I'm currently working on two things: 1) a complicted BCS-style seeding formula, based on ranking, strength of schedule, and # of letters in the team name and 2) figuring out how to format a table in a bigsoccer message. Let me know if y'all have any questions or want to bribe the seeding committee.

Geoff

[Craig P]

Geoff, you can use the "code" vb tag, it will put everything in a fixed-width font with spaces preserved.


Elwood, if you still read this thread, does Neil Winter have any training past formidable?

[GreatGonzo]

Won my cup game 4-1... kind of upset that I got scored on by a bot when I'm playing a 5-3-2 and getting magnificent / supernatural / excellent defensive ratings.

I wouldn't mind joining the BS Cup - I just need to remember to not join any other cups later in the season. AC Mustangs, (70303), IV.51

Trying to survive another season in Div. IV, though no walkovers this time around. I have a defender who should turn magnificent either this update or next, who I will then sell. I think I'm going to try and pick up a better keeper than the one I already have so I can jack up my defense even further. Yes, I know defense seems useless, but I also have two defenders who have passable wing and are who I'll be playing offensively, so I need to keep up my defense. I'll also be selling my defense trainees periodically and using the money to further upgrade my midfield and forwards. I think I'm going to switch to winger training after this season, just because I feel like it.

Good luck to all in the season.

[kuhnscoot]

Originally posted by ur_land


Registration is open until march 11th. I'm currently working on two things: 1) a complicted BCS-style seeding formula, based on ranking, strength of schedule, and # of letters in the team name

Geoff

YEA for long team names. :)

The bot team I play next week, seems easy enough, my b-team should be able to top them pretty handily

HAve I mentioned how much more I enjoy when we have games to talk about then when it's the offseason.

[junjunforever]

Hattrick made one change that i really dont like.

When you click on "my hattrick", it lists on the white section at the right how somebody had outbid or challenged you. It used to be that you could delete it whenever you wanted to. They changed it so that once you click on to look at it, it gets deleted automatically.

Its harder for me to keep track of players that i bid on.

[greatscott]

Originally posted by ur_land
Here are the ten teams that have registered for the inaugural BS cup


Team Divison/League Location Bigsoccer name

Dallas Red Knights V.215 Dallas ArsenalTexan3

DaveRules FC V.63 New Jersey MLS SupaStr3

DC Untied V.191 DC DC Untied

Dynamo KC VI.8009 Missouri Helghallen

Flatirons FC V.208 Colorado ur_land

Mongrel FC V.188 Atlanta AAGunner3

Raytown Rangers 82 V.251 Missouri kuhnscoot

RiverHawks V.52 New York phillips10

Scouser Tommies FC IV.28 Kansas kopiteinkc


Registration is open until march 11th. I'm currently working on two things: 1) a complicted BCS-style seeding formula, based on ranking, strength of schedule, and # of letters in the team name and 2) figuring out how to format a table in a bigsoccer message. Let me know if y'all have any questions or want to bribe the seeding committee.

Geoff

I am DC Untied just so you guys know!
hah!
bring.. it... on!

[kopiteinkc]

Originally posted by junjunforever
Hattrick made one change that i really dont like.

When you click on "my hattrick", it lists on the white section at the right how somebody had outbid or challenged you. It used to be that you could delete it whenever you wanted to. They changed it so that once you click on to look at it, it gets deleted automatically.

Its harder for me to keep track of players that i bid on.

With supporter you just bookmark the player.

For that sole feature I'll be renewing supporter in April.

[greatscott]

by the way, i won my first round US Open cup match 7-1!
wooohoo

[Helghallen]

Originally posted by kopiteinkc
With supporter you just bookmark the player.

For that sole feature I'll be renewing supporter in April.

Oh yeah. This feature alone makes supporter with it. Of all the features you get, this is the one with the most usefulness. The others are just "flavor".