jusatin

Early accounts can change their logo/name once because new ones were added recently. This feature is coming somewhere in the future to "All-Star" accounts if I'm correct. (All-Star accounts are "support" accounts that you can buy for a small monthly fee, I believe)

I think it should be more dependent on individual player skill. One idea I think could be fun is you being able to choose between 2 or 3 league levels. And I like the idea of dumping our players into European leagues.

I think the greed trait could and really should stay as there are players in real life that are willing to take noticeably less than other equivalent players and the "home team discount" is a real observable thing but the difference between loyalist and mercenary needs to be smaller for sure.
 
I don't know the current mathematical spread difference between Loyalist and Mercenary but for argument sake let us assume it is 50% meaning a Loyalist demands 50% of what a Mercenary would. I think it would be a lot more realistic at about 15%. I could do the rough math of the difference of what the current difference might be with the example I am about to provide but there is no actual way to show I am right however it is obviously a significantly higher percentage. So example time. One of the best shooters and overall players in the Biscuit GHL is a mercenary and demands close to 9 million. Using him as the basis of best players overall I can show the difference between what Loyalist would look like with the differences of 10 and 15% off.
 
10% of 9,000,000= 8,100,000
15% of 9,000,000= 7,650,000
For the heck of it I will add 3 more percentages: 12.5%, 17.5% and 20%.
12.5% of 9,000,000= 7,875,000
17.5% of 9,000,000= 7,425,000
20% of 9,000,000= 7,200,000
 
Personally I see 20% as a bit of an extreme but not so unrealistic that it isn't acceptable and should still be considered. However I do see 10% as too extreme the other way as in too small of a difference. That is just me though. How would this work with the 5 sets of the greed trait? Simple. With Loyalist at 10% and mercenary always at 0 the other three (Team player, professional and Individualist) would have to be 2.5%, 5% and 7.5% respectfully. With Loyalist at 12.5% the other three would have to be 3.125%, 6.25% and 9.375%. At 15%; 3.75%, 7.5% and 11.25%. At 17.5%; 4.375%, 8.75% and 13.125%. Finally at 20%; 5%, 10% and 15%.
 
Now this obviously will prevent too unrealistically low salary demands however how does this prevent very high offers from skewing the market causing things to go out of control? This acts as a grounding basis where the player demands are. The human managers can still offer higher than market value without distorting the market all together.

As of now there are too big differences in demands depending if the player is a mercenary or s loyalist. I'm going to make further changes and maybe even remove the greed trait. I understand what you're saying Jusatin and it certainly would be more realistic to have players looking on equal player salaries when making demands. I really like the idea but it may also be abused by other managers as Tutankhamen pointed out.

That's why they're left behind most of the time. But the players know (especially the high overall ones) that free agency will get emptied sooner or later, so they will eventually get the money. And it's not quaranteed they will get long injuries every season, they might just be unlucky for few seasons and then be in game shape for 100% of the time some other season. That's why I think it's realistic they ask for the same money as others, that's what they would do IRL as well.

The biggest issue with your team is that your first line is not scoring. It is very surprising to me to see Lindsay struggling so. I actually was expecting that Lindsay and Miettinen would have been a rather good combo but based upon all indications they weren't quite clicking if you were playing them together earlier. Miettinen and Lindsay should be ok together at worst though. Miettinen and Gates are your two best playmakers and one of them has to be playing with Lindsay on your top line. The other one should be on the second line with Pin who is arguably your second best scorer. Your team only has 3 good passers in your forward group. You need all 3 (Kukkonen being your third) in your top 2 lines if you hope to have any successful offense going. In comparison you have 5 good scorers.
 
This is what I would have as your forward line up if I had your team.
Line 1: LW Lindsay C Miettinen RW Kukkonen when healthy
Line 2: LW Gates C Ilves RW Pin
Line 3: LW Mook C Klein when healthy RW Jackson
Line 4 LW Bernatchez C Stanford RW Knudsen
 
Edit: I know that Miettinen and Lindsay appear to have been struggling together but Miettinen is by far and away your best C and best playmaker as well. If Miettinen and Lindsay just don't click at all you could swap Lindsay with Pin in my suggested lineup. If you do that you have to keep in mind to keep Lindsay and Pin on the same side as they are on in my suggested lineup. The fact that you don't have another solid second C that can pass creates a bit of inflexibility in your lineup.
 
This is what I would have as your defense if it matters.
Line 1: LD Goshorn RD Vandenbussche (it doesn't matter which is on which side but they are your two best defensemen and they NEED to be getting the most ice time)
Line 2: LD Sommelius RD either Lynch or Bidwell 6 one half dozen the other on which
Line 3: LD Schaefer RD Lynch or Bidwell whichever one is not on the second pair
 
My PP suggestions, again if it matters.
PP1: forwards a copy paste of my suggested first line with the D being Goshorn on the left and Jackson being the RD.
PP2: again copy paste of line 2 with the D being Sommelius on the left and Knudsen on the right.
 
PK again if it matters
PK1: Klein and Jackson with Goshorn and Vandenbussche
PK2: Here it depends upon how willing you are to sacrifice on winning faceoffs. If you don't mind losing faceoffs for the best PK forwards I would suggest Lindsay as the C with Gates as the winger. If you want to try to win faceoffs I would set it with Kukkonen and your choice of Lindsay or Gates as the other forward. Defensively it should be Lynch and Bidwell.
 
If you want to improve your team you need 2 things the most. Another top 6 playmaking forward and a 1st or 2nd line defensive defensemen. You could go for a good playmaking forward in Alexandr Tokarev in the SHL but who to offer in return is the issue.

If you want to send a PM ingame, you have to go to your own manager screen and from there you can find "send a message" in the options. From there you can select to whom you want to send the message out of all the gms in your world.

Would be a good idea. Although you can just take the offer away if the other part isn't answering. One reason they might not answer is they are waiting for all offers to come in (especially if the player is on tradeblock) so they can take the best deal. And that sucks I know.

Cheers mate, I'm managing the Deadwood Vandals  (Walking Dead is one of my favo shows + Vandals is almost my last name: Vandaele)

So, we've been having this following idea with my friends for a while. Being able to easy and quick compare players to each other (without all the hazzle and math it requires now) so I threw together a few scetches for a "compare players" suggestion".
 
First up is the compare screen itself:
 


 
So in the compare screen you can have 2 or more players, with their ratings or basic info, contract etc. laid out next to each other. Stronger stats / better contract are being highlighted in green and worse in red with the differense shown in numbers in between. If more players are added that 2, then the color will cut halfway through the player block.
 
When you click the add player button, it takes you to the following screen:
 
 
There you first select the League, then the team and finally the player you want to add to the compare. (Could also have a hotkey for your own team.)
 
Also second option for the compare screen could be their stats laid out horizontally, where you could then sort them stat by stat by clicking the stat name at the top. (A bit like you see now in your roster screen, but with only the players you've selected, and being able to sort).
 
So, what you think about the idea? How would you implement it? (I know the pictures aren't the best, just something I threw together in 20 mins.)

Yeah that was really close at the end of last season! Waiting for you to join our party in the GHL next season

So, we've been having this following idea with my friends for a while. Being able to easy and quick compare players to each other (without all the hazzle and math it requires now) so I threw together a few scetches for a "compare players" suggestion".
 
First up is the compare screen itself:
 


 
So in the compare screen you can have 2 or more players, with their ratings or basic info, contract etc. laid out next to each other. Stronger stats / better contract are being highlighted in green and worse in red with the differense shown in numbers in between. If more players are added that 2, then the color will cut halfway through the player block.
 
When you click the add player button, it takes you to the following screen:
 
 
There you first select the League, then the team and finally the player you want to add to the compare. (Could also have a hotkey for your own team.)
 
Also second option for the compare screen could be their stats laid out horizontally, where you could then sort them stat by stat by clicking the stat name at the top. (A bit like you see now in your roster screen, but with only the players you've selected, and being able to sort).
 
So, what you think about the idea? How would you implement it? (I know the pictures aren't the best, just something I threw together in 20 mins.)

So, we've been having this following idea with my friends for a while. Being able to easy and quick compare players to each other (without all the hazzle and math it requires now) so I threw together a few scetches for a "compare players" suggestion".
 
First up is the compare screen itself:
 


 
So in the compare screen you can have 2 or more players, with their ratings or basic info, contract etc. laid out next to each other. Stronger stats / better contract are being highlighted in green and worse in red with the differense shown in numbers in between. If more players are added that 2, then the color will cut halfway through the player block.
 
When you click the add player button, it takes you to the following screen:
 
 
There you first select the League, then the team and finally the player you want to add to the compare. (Could also have a hotkey for your own team.)
 
Also second option for the compare screen could be their stats laid out horizontally, where you could then sort them stat by stat by clicking the stat name at the top. (A bit like you see now in your roster screen, but with only the players you've selected, and being able to sort).
 
So, what you think about the idea? How would you implement it? (I know the pictures aren't the best, just something I threw together in 20 mins.)

There allready is a mobile friendly site. That's what I use 80% of the time. (it's not as good as the desktop version, but it's something)

Hi Jussi
 
Thanks so much for your feedback
 
Compare players
My colleague David have actually made a prototype of this already. I'm hoping we can implement this when we release the trades feature.
 
Tactics
It's in the backlog to extend tactics both for line as for individual players. I can't tell when this is coming but maybe later this year. I'll also have a look if we could include more tactics.
 
Goalies
Well you're right, goalies are maybe little to high valued in the three stars of the week. I've actually adjusted this once already but I'll probably have to tweak this once more.
 
Thanks again for great feedback

Hi,
 
Here's few ideas I've been having:
 
Compare,
Being able to compare players skills quickly and easily. When you are in the lineup-menu and are about to change a player you automatically open both the current and the new players and comparing the stats side-by-side.
Also you could compare players in the transfer list to your own players. (Posting quick pictures later today when I'm back home from work)
 
Line-specific tactics:
Is it in the plans to be able to change attacking and defending tactics line-by-line basic? F.ex. you could have your 1st line be dumb and chase, your 2nd line crash the net and your third line puck possession? At the moment you cannot really have too much of diversity in your team due the fact that if you want to have one physical crash the net line, there's really no point in going for small and skilled players in rest of your attacking lines.
 
New tactics:
A bunch of new tactics, f.ex. behind-the-net. Here you would have fast wingers with good puck handling and passing skills and a pwf or sniper in the center spot with physical and shooting skills. (As far as I know, could be and probably will be wrong, this isn't an option at the moment since it doesn't really fit into dump and chase nor crash the net tactics. It closest to the puck possession tactic but not that exactly either.)
 
Also are goalies so highly appreciated on purpose? I mean almost every week all the three stars of all the leagues are all goalies. Not that there's anything wrong but was just curious.
 
That's all I can think of at the moment and would like to thank for all the hard work that has been put into GPH! 
 
Cheers,
Jussi