TheWeekKnights

I think it would be better to limit to 1 or 2 switches per season, or to make it impossible to take over a team you've left from the same IP address. That would make it impossible to re-join the team you are trying to benefit. Imposing a 10 day ban will probably just discourage people from joining, or at least staying if they can't make moves. I know personally I got really excited to start making trades right away as soon as I joined.

Oh, I completely misinterpreted that. Yeah, I see that now. I apologize. That's a good idea!

I don't think Anders has created a live play-by-play we can watch as the game is simulated yet. I think that was mentioned in the roadmap for a later addition, but right now, I think the results and play-by-play happen at the same time.

"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."

I know it's early, but a few couple things I've noticed about my team: - My young goalie (Mensing) has the potential to be a star - My free agent signings for defensemen are not panning out the way I would like Also, can anyone stop Edgewood? The same thing happened last year, it's incredible.

I can't believe how much this thread has taken off. There's so much going on so quickly. I think we've all become a bit spoiled at this point, in terms of players. I'm still a relatively new manager, and this will be my first season in the GHL (in Clapper), but there definitely seems to be a lot of really good players, at every level. It feels like it's too easy to build a team from free agency that can compete at whatever level you're at because there's just so many capable players. I was certainly enjoying watching my young team improve like mad for the past few years, and I felt like the player progression adjustments were going to hurt my team a bit more than others in my world because I just had so many draft picks and young starters. But if everyone is having the same problem, and the people with superstars are seeing their 90's degrade, then I think we're all in the same boat anyway. I wouldn't mind seeing the average overalls be something like: LIHL - 65's IHL - 70's BHL - 75's SHL - 80's GHL - 85's I do feel like right now there is a massive gap between GHL and SHL in Clapper, and based on what everyone is saying, that gap gets worse in the faster worlds. There's just too many superstars, and it's hard to build a competitive team without signing a bunch of old guys that no one really wants once you get promoted. I feel like the current adjustments will make it more fair for teams that are promoted and demoted, and it may reign in the top teams in the GHL as well and make the competition a little more stiff. As for the CPU trading, I have definitely made my fair share of "shrewd" trades with the AI, I'll admit it. But it's definitely gotten harder to just "abuse" the CPU, and I like the updates in that case. I still have more success than with human players, and you won't realistically get something without giving something in either case now, which is much more fun and rewarding than salary-dumping on a CPU team to get an elite prospect. It's more realistic, and it challenges the player more. Basically, this was my long-winded way of saying that the changes may be annoying now, but it looks like the game is getting better each day, and Anders definitely had a long-term goal in mind. Just read the road map and that fact becomes evident. So, although it's in everyone's right to vent in the forums, it's also important to have a dialogue because that ultimately helps the game, too. It's definitely gotten harder, but at the same time we're all getting better at it. I like how it's constantly changing and challenging the players. And as always, thanks Anders! Side note: I do kind of like the idea for a premium world, at least from an economic sense. I just don't know how feasible it is and how many people actually donate.

Hahaha, true. I've got plenty of support, though, thank you! 1st in the league in goals for and goals allowed. Most important for me is actually keeping the picks I have, they look like they might be GHL picks more and more each day!

Haha, I would, but I'm still in the SHL and they have 1W clauses. Maybe (hopefully) next season!

Just past the halfway point, and my Knights are in promotion position. Hopefully this keeps up, it's been a long journey from the LIHL, but the GHL is almost in reach. We'll just have to see if my lack of cap space for an adequate backup goalie comes back to bite me. :/

Thank you for the clarification. I had no idea it already existed in some form. In that case, yes, just some fine tuning would be all that's necessary, I'm sure. The last thing we need is the game becoming unrealistic. As always, great job!

I really like this idea. My biggest complaint with this game is that I can't keep players once they reach a certain level. I just got promoted to the IHL this year, and I can't even keep the players I need in order to be competitive in my new league. It really makes you feel helpless and powerless to create a good team. As is, you just have to wait and hope your players develop into superstars that carry your team, then pray they stay long enough for you to get promoted. Then it's rinse and repeat. I think your idea would really help resolve this problem. Help us little guys out! (I've been playing for 2-3 months now, and player loyalty is the only major issue I have with the game.)

Excellent point. I forgot about the lottery. Thanks for clearing that up.

It sounds like you tried to trade for the first overall pick, which belonged to the worst team in the GHL before the end of the regular season. However, in the current system, that team (the York Rats) would get relegated to the SHL. Once a team is relegated, the original picks that they owned at the beginning of the year get switched with the team that finished first in the league below, and is scheduled for promotion. Therefore, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round GHL picks originally belonging to the York Rats become the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round SHL picks belonging to the Canmore Rockets. This happens regardless of which team now owns those picks (i.e., picks that have been traded to other teams). So even though you traded for the *then* first overall pick, when the Rats team got relegated, it became a first round SHL pick. This isn't a bug or the system trying to cheat you. Unfortunately for you, it sounds like you misunderstood the system and are now paying for a simple mistake. You could message the manager you originally traded with and try to take back the trade, but whether he wants to accept this new trade would be up to him. I hope this helps, and I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Best of luck.