I'm going to be pushing hard for promotion this term. I should have at least one WC and probably 2 close to WC PMs by the end of the season so I should be ready for IV. I'll be pressed by this year's 2nd place team and perhaps by one of the promotees, but other than that I should have little trouble with the league... I'm thinking of adding a winger, but I'll probably wait a bit.
VI.600 - all bots, all the time. Hopefully I can work on some tactical quality. Having sold my trainees, I'll be training Scoring for the duration of the season before returning to PM upon my expected promotion, but after reading that interview with the guy who went from VII to I in Denmark, I'm wondering if I'll ever get past V. Anyone up for a friendly Cup of BS readers?
The BS Cup signup will probably be starting around the end of round 2 of the Cup and probably start around the time of cup round 5. So says one of the BS Cup dictators.
I love it that we're already talking about the BS Cup. I hold an irrational amount of love for the BS Cup.
South Dakota Samura - Bot New Orleans Eagles - Bot Saya-Jin - Bot Rhode Island Sparta - Bot Mississippi Wolves - Bot Connecticut Indians - Bot Texas Panthers - Bot My goal is to not get scored on.
taking a look back at this thread to see how things ended up... (1) Holy Hand Grenades of Antioch (169) - had a htrf draw to start the season and cruised from there, throwing a couple matches to get a qualifier. i'm betting he's happy staying down for now and will be back next season. swept my team easily. (2) St Louis Rams (146) - strong midfield got stronger. i took a point off him at home. (3) Goleadores (151) - improved his midfield this season and finished two spots higher. i split with him, although the match in which he beat me was a bit of a wtf. (4) real new york (155) - defense took a big jump this season, with midfield and attack making smaller strides. happy to stay up in my first season in div V. (5) Orlando Hawks United (132) - another promotee from div VI who's earned a qualifier against a bot. i split with him as he mots our 2nd match. (6) The Naturals (144) - last season's second place team - counter-attacker with poor attack was in a fight against relegation. scored most of his goals on set pieces and special events and it was enough to earn him a qualifier against a bot. i split with him. (7) Oak Lawn Spartans (121) - not really a div v caliber team and was found out this season. not enough midfield to play without a defense and he's going down. I swept him. (8) KCCNA (104) - going straight back down to div vi with one point and a -49 goal differential.
won the series as expected, and things went pretty much as expected, GS-Max and Newfie are down like I expected. It was a little tougher then I expected though.
Pretty much as expected. The top three were the top three. The league champ threw his last game 8-0 to avoid autopromotion. I lost or drew several games in which the HTRF really screwed me, including the last game. Take a look, it's pretty bad: 79747492 Hopefully the HT Gods are more with me next season. It should pretty much be a two horse race, with 4 or 5 teams very close to one another a long way behind us.
The final Standings: Team Played Goals Points 1. Beckham Bendovers 14 66 - 9 39 2. Pink Crowns 14 49 - 18 34 3. Hot Tamales 14 35 - 28 27 4. DireWolves 14 31 - 20 23 5. Haymarket Hooligans 14 18 - 42 15 6. Hoboken SC 14 12 - 27 14 7. The German Mentalit 14 14 - 52 10 8. Patels 14 8 - 37 3 I finished 6th, but really should have won 5th as Pink Crowns is a new team replacing the D.IV demottee in week 13. Haymarket got to play them in their first game and earn an easy 3 points 1 week after i played that team when the were a the D.IV demoote and lost. But in the end i finsihed were i hoped i would finsh and got my qualifcation match against a team i should beat.
I play my qualification match against your series champion. Any info? Does he not want to promote? Seems like this qualification match may be easier than playing a bot?
He's a scoring trainer who's managed to use a short head start when we all got teams last season to dominate the series. However, he's an average tactitian and just recently discovered that an inad coach isn't going to cut it. He is a typical win midfield and score a lot team. Frankly, being stuck with him another season sucks, since he seems to get very good midfield ratings out of inferior players and gets all the luck of the HT Random... he could have autopromoted with a perfect record if he wanted. If he wants to come at you, he can definitely compete. But I don't think he'll put up a 1st string lineup. Regardless, if you can beat him in midfield, he's hosed. His defense is very beatable. Kick his ass for me.
Some things that may contribute to this include: Superior TS management (possibly including a coach with good leadership) Experience (but this will be reflected in * ratings) Contribution from other positions (PM on wingers, WTM, off. defender, def. forward)
Yes on the TS management thing. He had an inad/inad coach initially. No on experience. I had older, experienced guys. Other positions unlikely, as he's a 343 guy. sure the winger plays a part, but it's not like he was stacking the midfield with WTM, OCD, etc... Stamina may have played a role, though I've trained 3 weeks of it since the end of last season. The frustrating part is not being able to beat someone who clearly isn't training optimally and has an unbalanced team. I should have passed him by now. Hopefully I finally get caught up this season as our coaches will be the same and stamina will hopefully be equal. We'll see.
Finished on top! 1. Mongrel FC 14 65 - 20 (+45) 37 2. MARAtitans2 14 54 - 16 (+38) 35 3. Team Naga 14 58 - 22 (+36) 29 4. A.C. Blueballers 14 22 - 31 (-9) 18 5. Indian Infernos 14 30 - 47 (-17) 15 6. Snapping Turtles FC 14 20 - 45 (-25) 14 7. Libres y Lokos 14 12 - 42 (-30) 11 8. Speedy Bullet 14 16 - 54 (-38) 2
3rd place finish: check improve hatstat rating: check (145 to 168 average) beat every team in the series: check (not many third place teams can say that) WC/SN winger: FUCK YEAH! I didn't predict the rest of the series that well but I know my own team!
Finished in 3rd at 10-3-1 in my second season in V.41 Increased avg HS from 149.00 to 171.92 Increased High HS from 177 to 206 Increased from 5th place finish to 3rd place finish and the average HS of the teams I played went from 155 to 164. The Hs even lie a bit as the two teams that promoted average in the 115HS range. The top 5 teams All can pull over 200.
Ended up in 3rd while taking points off every team. SP taker let me down in at least 3 matches or I might have ended at least 2nd. One other thing I noticed after the completion of Season 29. My league rank is 2 spots higher than Peanut Butter United's. 1208 v 1210.