Hattrick Thread XVIII: Thar's Hattrick in Them Thar Hills!

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  1. Craig P

    Craig P BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 26, 1999
    Eastern MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, that would be the main complaint about the HT schedule; the way it works out, you can get hosed by always having your opponent have a soft week before you. This has been raised in the higher divisions with respect to walkovers, so it could be worse. :)
     
  2. Craig P

    Craig P BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 26, 1999
    Eastern MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm running over my IV series with titanic-titanic-WC plus a WC PM WTM. I don't think you'll be able afford conceding both wings.

    My series is about average in IV right now (maybe a little above), so I think it's fairly representative. I think your midfield is good enough for a lot of series (it'll vary), so the real question is going to be the rest of your squad. To feel comfortable, I think you'll need to be able to average about a 220 rating for the season.
     
  3. Craig P

    Craig P BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 26, 1999
    Eastern MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I haven't looked at exactly what TR's doing, but the advantages of doing walkovers during friendlies is that a) nobody can scout us and b) there's no risk of injury.

    The question is, what's he going to do when we get back to competitive matches?
     
  4. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
    indianapolis
    Are overconfidence events only a risk when there is a significant difference b/t confidence levels? I'm planning how to beat a team I'm facing in a few weeks, and he should be on a long run by then also--so there should not be much difference if I pumped my team all the way up--I'm not sure I can pull it off w/o the increased attack ratings.
     
  5. Craig P

    Craig P BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 26, 1999
    Eastern MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, it's reportedly based on your team's confidence plus the difference in table positions.

    http://wiki.hattrick.org/Overconfidence
     
  6. Qamle

    Qamle Member

    May 2, 2004
    San Diego
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    So what conditions need to be set in order for your team to 'pull back and meet their opponents in their own half.'?
     
  7. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Be up by at least two goals.
     
  8. Qamle

    Qamle Member

    May 2, 2004
    San Diego
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    and then after that it's random whether or not your team pulls back? What effect doest that have over your attack?
     
  9. tomwilhelm

    tomwilhelm Member+

    Dec 14, 2005
    Boston, MA, USA
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After that it's a roll of the dice modified by whether your coach is defense, balanced, or attack oriented. I don't know if anyone has done any research on how much influence it has.
     
  10. Craig P

    Craig P BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 26, 1999
    Eastern MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't know if anyone's even confirmed that your type of coach has anything to do with it.

    (Last I knew, it was a popular theory but nobody had researched it.)
     
  11. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It has no real effect.
     
  12. Qamle

    Qamle Member

    May 2, 2004
    San Diego
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    then why even have it?
     
  13. John_Harkes_6

    John_Harkes_6 New Member

    Mar 29, 2000
    Baltimore, MD.
    Newbies - what are you going to do with them? The eight place team in my league got subbed out and a new guy took over. I saw him buy a 32 yo player and tried to give him some kind words of advice last week. Check today and we went out and bought a 31 yo with a two week injury :rolleyes:
     
  14. Craig P

    Craig P BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 26, 1999
    Eastern MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not true. I think Bjorn has said that it does make a real difference about some aspect of your team's play in the match engine.
     
  15. romagol10

    romagol10 Member

    Jul 23, 2003
    CO
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I just bid on a fiery/infamous player. Oops :rolleyes:.
     
  16. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    You got into the site?

    It has been down all day for me :(
     
  17. ToonUSA

    ToonUSA New Member

    Jan 11, 2005
    Turns out he's a fucking genius.
     
  18. tomwilhelm

    tomwilhelm Member+

    Dec 14, 2005
    Boston, MA, USA
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah. That's the ticket. :rolleyes:

    Or maybe I'm the idiot and missed something. What do you mean?
     
  19. John_Harkes_6

    John_Harkes_6 New Member

    Mar 29, 2000
    Baltimore, MD.
    Well - the US is poised to go through to the next round after a sound thumping of Israel.
     
  20. ToonUSA

    ToonUSA New Member

    Jan 11, 2005
    He sent me a 5 page message on HT explaining it. I'll Pm it to anyone who wants to see it. Just let me know in this thread and I'll send it out after class later this afternoon.
     
  21. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well he posted in my guestbook telling me good luck with my run for National team coach. :)
     
  22. phillips10

    phillips10 New Member

    Oct 15, 2001
    Cranford
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    hey copy me in on that.

    kuhnscoot for NT Coach! Perhaps you can hire Stogey as your technical director :)
     
  23. tomwilhelm

    tomwilhelm Member+

    Dec 14, 2005
    Boston, MA, USA
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Please. Sounds like an entertaining read...
     
  24. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
    indianapolis
    One more please!
     
  25. ToonUSA

    ToonUSA New Member

    Jan 11, 2005
    Pm's sent.
     

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