Renegades

Baden, building a team from complete scratch is honestly pretty fun and a really good experience. It also makes changing tactics and building your team how you want to build it a lot easier. I joined a team that got relegated and had almost nothing left my first season and I dominated and got first place. Best of luck in regards to that!
 
My pre-season has been quite fantastic after a crappy draft situation. I got a replacement for my first line center, signed three of my prospects, and have enough good backups to survive any injuries. I'm excited for the new season and really hoping this is the team to take me to the GHL.

Not sure if this is a bug, or just extremely bad luck for me, but it's become such an issue for my team that I thought I'd see if anyone else has the same issue, or is maybe on the other side of the issue and benefiting ridiculously.
 
In general, the issue is that goalies that I've faced have been performing astronomically well recently. In the past 30 or so games that I can remember, half, or more than half, have had a goalie shut me out or have a SV% of over a .950, maybe even a 0.970. What makes it so frustrating is that I consistently out-shoot my opponents by almost double. This past game I lost 2-1 when I out-shot them 44 to 26 when their 78 overall goalie had a 0.977 SV%. I also had 7 PP's to their 1, and still lost.
 
In general, my goalie is average, my defense is ridiculously good (which should help my goalie a lot), and my offense has a lot of talent now as well. I can't figure out if anything is functionally wrong with my line choices or anything like that because I consistently get shut down by opposing goalies regardless of line assignments/combinations. I can't tell if other goalies are just putting up the best performances of their lives against me, or if my team is just slow rolling pucks into their pads, but something doesn't feel right and it's making my team feel absolutely powerless regardless of how much talent and power I stack on my team.

Baden, building a team from complete scratch is honestly pretty fun and a really good experience. It also makes changing tactics and building your team how you want to build it a lot easier. I joined a team that got relegated and had almost nothing left my first season and I dominated and got first place. Best of luck in regards to that!
 
My pre-season has been quite fantastic after a crappy draft situation. I got a replacement for my first line center, signed three of my prospects, and have enough good backups to survive any injuries. I'm excited for the new season and really hoping this is the team to take me to the GHL.

All is solved now. I emailed the gameplan hockey support email linking this thread and Anders unbanned me about a day and a half after I was banned. This was my first suspension so I'm not really sure why it was going to be 5 days long, but it's fixed now for the most part. Anders said that the same IP trade (to repair the bugged trade with the Coquitlam Timberwolves) could have been part of the reason for my ban, but I apparently had several cheater votes against me way back near when I started playing (possibly from the suspicion of me joining in as 16th in the SHL and turning the team around and coming in first in the IHL the next season). None of those managers that reported me are active anymore so Anders saw no reason for me to remain banned.
 
However, in the 2 or 3 game days that the computer took over, it re-signed a bunch of guys I wanted to get rid of (fortunately you can cancel pending contracts), messed up all of my lines, and ultimately lost me the first round of my playoffs series, although it was ridiculously close. So it was all rather unfortunate timing, but Anders is doing an amazing job with the game and I can't stress that enough.
 
Thanks all for your involvement and support! Cheers!

All is solved now. I emailed the gameplan hockey support email linking this thread and Anders unbanned me about a day and a half after I was banned. This was my first suspension so I'm not really sure why it was going to be 5 days long, but it's fixed now for the most part. Anders said that the same IP trade (to repair the bugged trade with the Coquitlam Timberwolves) could have been part of the reason for my ban, but I apparently had several cheater votes against me way back near when I started playing (possibly from the suspicion of me joining in as 16th in the SHL and turning the team around and coming in first in the IHL the next season). None of those managers that reported me are active anymore so Anders saw no reason for me to remain banned.
 
However, in the 2 or 3 game days that the computer took over, it re-signed a bunch of guys I wanted to get rid of (fortunately you can cancel pending contracts), messed up all of my lines, and ultimately lost me the first round of my playoffs series, although it was ridiculously close. So it was all rather unfortunate timing, but Anders is doing an amazing job with the game and I can't stress that enough.
 
Thanks all for your involvement and support! Cheers!

I logged into my gameplan account a couple hours ago with no problem, but then went to log in just an hour afterwards and I'm banned for supposed cheating for 5 days (10 game days). I'm mainly concerned since I'll miss the entirety of my playoffs and possibly the ability to re-sign all of my outgoing players and the draft (of which I use shortlist only but haven't prepared yet, and that I have really good picks for). In the end I'll probably just have to wait it out, but I wanted to sort of think out loud for some of the things that could have lead to my ban.
 
1) My brother (in the GHL in Clapper) traded me a decent prospect for essentially nothing from my team for me to trade down to a team in the BHL where I took that team's worst player to give them the prospect from my brother. This was all done to repair a trade that my brother had carried out with that BHL team the season beforehand. Because of a bug (that is now fixed) the player did not get transferred to that team. This was a series of obviously imbalanced trades that also involved a conflicting IP Address, potentially causing a ban for me.
 
2) Several imbalanced trades could have also been a cause. I've done a ton of trading these past couple of days to try to rebuild my team considerably, and quite a few of these trades were done favoring the other team to sort of sway them to carry through. This could have had an effect on my "cheater status", but none of it was done illegally or to maliciously benefit my team.
 
3) Ending up with great draft picks could've been suspicious enough for people to report me. Whether out of jealousy or suspicion, I'm not really one to assume, but it could have been a cause. I got rid of all of my own draft picks and acquired a 1st round GHL, 2nd round GHL, 1st round SHL, and 3rd round SHL pick (after 3 of the 4 picks got bumped up from teams being promoted). One of these picks was from Anders' himself, and I was involved actively in messaging other managers to get these trades to go through and figure out what would work.
 
In the end, I don't believe I've done anything ban-worthy and think it may just be an automatic system that locked me out. I'm not really upset so much as concerned that I'll miss the entire post-season of which I really need to be involved in. I hope something can be done, or that this at least helps others avoid "risky business" that may lead to a ban.

I logged into my gameplan account a couple hours ago with no problem, but then went to log in just an hour afterwards and I'm banned for supposed cheating for 5 days (10 game days). I'm mainly concerned since I'll miss the entirety of my playoffs and possibly the ability to re-sign all of my outgoing players and the draft (of which I use shortlist only but haven't prepared yet, and that I have really good picks for). In the end I'll probably just have to wait it out, but I wanted to sort of think out loud for some of the things that could have lead to my ban.
 
1) My brother (in the GHL in Clapper) traded me a decent prospect for essentially nothing from my team for me to trade down to a team in the BHL where I took that team's worst player to give them the prospect from my brother. This was all done to repair a trade that my brother had carried out with that BHL team the season beforehand. Because of a bug (that is now fixed) the player did not get transferred to that team. This was a series of obviously imbalanced trades that also involved a conflicting IP Address, potentially causing a ban for me.
 
2) Several imbalanced trades could have also been a cause. I've done a ton of trading these past couple of days to try to rebuild my team considerably, and quite a few of these trades were done favoring the other team to sort of sway them to carry through. This could have had an effect on my "cheater status", but none of it was done illegally or to maliciously benefit my team.
 
3) Ending up with great draft picks could've been suspicious enough for people to report me. Whether out of jealousy or suspicion, I'm not really one to assume, but it could have been a cause. I got rid of all of my own draft picks and acquired a 1st round GHL, 2nd round GHL, 1st round SHL, and 3rd round SHL pick (after 3 of the 4 picks got bumped up from teams being promoted). One of these picks was from Anders' himself, and I was involved actively in messaging other managers to get these trades to go through and figure out what would work.
 
In the end, I don't believe I've done anything ban-worthy and think it may just be an automatic system that locked me out. I'm not really upset so much as concerned that I'll miss the entire post-season of which I really need to be involved in. I hope something can be done, or that this at least helps others avoid "risky business" that may lead to a ban.

Hey everyone! I'm Luke Ciccone and I've been the manager of the Reliance Renegades for over a year now. I guess that means I'm not exactly new, but I figured I might as well introduce myself. Some of you may already know me as I'm rather active with trading and messaging other managers in Clapper. I'm also Mike's brother, who is the manager of the Colome Knights. He got me into the game and I'd like to think I'm already a better manager than him. Haha, maybe not but it's nice to have someone to bounce trade ideas off of.
 
When I joined, I was randomly placed on a BHL team when the regular season had already ended. My team had finished last place and was going to be relegated. I lost essentially everyone due to 1-way contracts and I had quite a bit of cap space locked from the previous manager releasing players with years still left on their contracts. I started completely fresh from the IHL where I finished first place in my very first season. I've worked my way up into the upper half of the SHL now where I was close to promotion into the GHL last season through the playoffs, but lost in the third game of the series. This season has been all about building up a strong young team for the next season. I'll likely be in the playoffs again this season but I'm not expecting promotion in the slightest.
 
I didn't really mean to give my whole 11 season summary, but I really love the game and am always excited to get to talk about it. I wish everyone success in their future seasons. Thanks!

Hey everyone! I'm Luke Ciccone and I've been the manager of the Reliance Renegades for over a year now. I guess that means I'm not exactly new, but I figured I might as well introduce myself. Some of you may already know me as I'm rather active with trading and messaging other managers in Clapper. I'm also Mike's brother, who is the manager of the Colome Knights. He got me into the game and I'd like to think I'm already a better manager than him. Haha, maybe not but it's nice to have someone to bounce trade ideas off of.
 
When I joined, I was randomly placed on a BHL team when the regular season had already ended. My team had finished last place and was going to be relegated. I lost essentially everyone due to 1-way contracts and I had quite a bit of cap space locked from the previous manager releasing players with years still left on their contracts. I started completely fresh from the IHL where I finished first place in my very first season. I've worked my way up into the upper half of the SHL now where I was close to promotion into the GHL last season through the playoffs, but lost in the third game of the series. This season has been all about building up a strong young team for the next season. I'll likely be in the playoffs again this season but I'm not expecting promotion in the slightest.
 
I didn't really mean to give my whole 11 season summary, but I really love the game and am always excited to get to talk about it. I wish everyone success in their future seasons. Thanks!

Hey everyone! I'm Luke Ciccone and I've been the manager of the Reliance Renegades for over a year now. I guess that means I'm not exactly new, but I figured I might as well introduce myself. Some of you may already know me as I'm rather active with trading and messaging other managers in Clapper. I'm also Mike's brother, who is the manager of the Colome Knights. He got me into the game and I'd like to think I'm already a better manager than him. Haha, maybe not but it's nice to have someone to bounce trade ideas off of.
 
When I joined, I was randomly placed on a BHL team when the regular season had already ended. My team had finished last place and was going to be relegated. I lost essentially everyone due to 1-way contracts and I had quite a bit of cap space locked from the previous manager releasing players with years still left on their contracts. I started completely fresh from the IHL where I finished first place in my very first season. I've worked my way up into the upper half of the SHL now where I was close to promotion into the GHL last season through the playoffs, but lost in the third game of the series. This season has been all about building up a strong young team for the next season. I'll likely be in the playoffs again this season but I'm not expecting promotion in the slightest.
 
I didn't really mean to give my whole 11 season summary, but I really love the game and am always excited to get to talk about it. I wish everyone success in their future seasons. Thanks!

Hey everyone! I'm Luke Ciccone and I've been the manager of the Reliance Renegades for over a year now. I guess that means I'm not exactly new, but I figured I might as well introduce myself. Some of you may already know me as I'm rather active with trading and messaging other managers in Clapper. I'm also Mike's brother, who is the manager of the Colome Knights. He got me into the game and I'd like to think I'm already a better manager than him. Haha, maybe not but it's nice to have someone to bounce trade ideas off of.
 
When I joined, I was randomly placed on a BHL team when the regular season had already ended. My team had finished last place and was going to be relegated. I lost essentially everyone due to 1-way contracts and I had quite a bit of cap space locked from the previous manager releasing players with years still left on their contracts. I started completely fresh from the IHL where I finished first place in my very first season. I've worked my way up into the upper half of the SHL now where I was close to promotion into the GHL last season through the playoffs, but lost in the third game of the series. This season has been all about building up a strong young team for the next season. I'll likely be in the playoffs again this season but I'm not expecting promotion in the slightest.
 
I didn't really mean to give my whole 11 season summary, but I really love the game and am always excited to get to talk about it. I wish everyone success in their future seasons. Thanks!

Hey everyone! I'm Luke Ciccone and I've been the manager of the Reliance Renegades for over a year now. I guess that means I'm not exactly new, but I figured I might as well introduce myself. Some of you may already know me as I'm rather active with trading and messaging other managers in Clapper. I'm also Mike's brother, who is the manager of the Colome Knights. He got me into the game and I'd like to think I'm already a better manager than him. Haha, maybe not but it's nice to have someone to bounce trade ideas off of.
 
When I joined, I was randomly placed on a BHL team when the regular season had already ended. My team had finished last place and was going to be relegated. I lost essentially everyone due to 1-way contracts and I had quite a bit of cap space locked from the previous manager releasing players with years still left on their contracts. I started completely fresh from the IHL where I finished first place in my very first season. I've worked my way up into the upper half of the SHL now where I was close to promotion into the GHL last season through the playoffs, but lost in the third game of the series. This season has been all about building up a strong young team for the next season. I'll likely be in the playoffs again this season but I'm not expecting promotion in the slightest.
 
I didn't really mean to give my whole 11 season summary, but I really love the game and am always excited to get to talk about it. I wish everyone success in their future seasons. Thanks!

"Coach, you're five games into season 19 and have been performing quite sub-par compared to your near promotion through the playoffs last season. Any thoughts?"
 
"We're working on it. Our team has a lot of young guys trying to make names for themselves and needs to sort things out."
 
"Speaking of arrogant young guys, what is going on with your list of goalies? You've got five of them, they're all in their 20's, and even worse is that they all have the worst personalities imaginable! How do you deal with a bunch of egocentric agitators at the goalie position?"
 
"It's quite entertaining really. Our backup goalie, Giger, taunts the opposing team relentlessly from the bench. On top of that, our starter, Cvejn, has gotten in his sixth fight already. That kid's got quite the arm."
 
"Six fights!? As a goalie!? We're only five games in!"
 
"Oh you must've misunderstood. Those six fights were just last game. He's probably closer to twenty or thirty fights on the season."
 
"Absolute madness! Only thing worse is if you make that punk a captain!"
 
"Wow, you really are full of good ideas. Heck, let me go do that right now!"
 
"You can't be serious. Wait, where are you going? Hey, come back here!"

"Coach, you're 4 games in, how's the team look?" 
 
"Well, Jerry, it's too early to tell.  We could have some budding stars, especially at goaltender, but we definitely need more production out of our veterans."
 
"You've had a bit of controversy recently.  Tell me about that." 
 
"Larry, it's still developing, but our assistant captain Ilja Bulla has looked slow, sloppy, and hasn't recorded a point yet.  We looked into it and found he's eating a bucket of fried chicken just before the start of each game.  It's sending the wrong message, and he's been stripped of the 'A' and benched for the game today."
 
"Homestyle or extra crispy?" 
 
"Jerry, I just don't see how that's a valid hockey question.  But homestyle.  I had to...confiscate it."  
 
"How was it?"
 
"Delicious, Terry.  Just phenomenal."  

Savage Storm Game 3 Post Game Presser:
 
"Coach Rueger, How does it feel to suck so bad?"
 
"Thanks for the well thought out question, Chuck. This has been our worst season start of our career and frankly it sucks. I know our guys are eager to get out there but we need to sit down and re-evaluate some things because we're not scoring."
 
"Coach, are you affraid of losing your job after this season's 3 shutout start and coming off of several back-to-back 14th place finishes?"
 
"Wow Ted, we are three days in and you guys already want to can me? I really just want to focus on what we are doing right and fix the things we see on tape. We have a long road ahaead of us and that's my focus."
 
"Slaughterville just released their defenseman, Evanoff, days after being signed to a two year contract. What the heck happened there?"
 
"We found out he was a Justin Bieber fan and we really want to keep our team cohesive. It's a shame that people keep secrets like that but I'm sure there is a team out there that would be more than happy to sign a Bieber fan - probably an Edgewood or Canada Creek type of team."
 
"That makes sense coach - that's a relief to hear we found that out early in the season!"
 
"Thanks for the questions guys - I have a MASH re-run to catch."

"We are here live at the season 19 Game Plan Hockey draft, Boy has it been a good one so far Tim!"
 
"Yeah Joe, the draft has been a deep one full of great talent. Oh, and it looks like the #20 Overall pick from Slaughterville Savage Storm is in, let's head down to Commissoner Granberg to see who they went for after drafting a great Goalie in the 1st Round!"
 
"For the 20th pick of the Season 19 Game Plan Hockey Draft the Savage Storm select Goalie, Cory Fulmer."
 
"Wait Tim, they chose who?"
 
"Yeah Joe, they took another goalie who was slated to be the 167th pick. This is a real shocker - what were they thinking?"
 
"Tim, look over at their planning suite, their GM, O'Connor, is sound asleep on the couch - this is not a good look for them as they have already been struggling to keep alive in the GHL."
 
"Boy oh boy - what a crappy pick - they really just flushed that one down the toilet!"
 
"Yup, I think one of their fans just set their mascot on fire out of pure rage - I'd hate to be in their GM's shoes when he wakes up- ouch!"

Just wanted to provide an update and say that this is still a ridiculously annoying issue. I just lost 5-0 against an exhausted goalie that performed at a 92 in the BHL. I guess taking a nap in front of the goal is a more effective strategy than rotating goalies and making sure they're active and healthy. Below is a link to an image to show this.

https://gyazo.com/a3e06fc253da83cb395fec8b5b65e5e9

I enjoy actively initiating trades with all sorts of teams in different leagues and whatnot and wanted to suggest something to make the whole process a lot less time consuming and painstaking. My usual process for looking to make trades is going to a league, clicking on a team, searching through the transfer tab of their players, checking their cap space, and then looking into any transfer needs or trade block players. This takes quite a bit of time and can is annoying since I constantly run into teams with little to no cap space or no trade block players or transfer needs. Yes, I understand I can still make trades without any of those aspects being in play, but after getting an uncountable number of those trades rejected, I've learned not to waste my time anymore. My point is, it'd be nice to have all of those things in one place (cap space, transfer needs, maybe even trade blocked players). I think a good place would be the "New Trade" action in the transfers tab. On that daunting list of teams from all the leagues you can trade with, having that information listed beside each team would be inexplicably useful. I know I know, that's too much to put on one line; so I was thinking maybe next to each team, display simple things such as their cap space and perhaps the manager's trading reputation (neutral, enthusiastic, hard to please, etc). Then maybe have an "Expand Details" button or something that reveals transfer needs, trade block players, and anything else you may find helpful for making a trade. I'm not sure how feasible this is as I'm no programmer or anything, but just wanted to share my thoughts on how to make the game more user-friendly. And who knows, maybe such a feature would encourage more managers to initiate trades, because down where I've been, trades are extremely rare.
 
Thanks for any time you may have wasted reading my thoughts,
 
Luke Ciccone