MattBerserkers

Here's a minor suggestion coming from a minor annoyance. When filtering players in transactions, if the filter unrealistic target box is checked, I think any player in a higher league whom has a one way contract should be hidden. It's a little bit annoying when I'm looking through a bunch of players I might potentially attempt to acquire only to change windows when I find a guy I like, and then discover that it is not actually possible for me to try and trade for the guy as he has a one way contract and I am in a lower division.
 
edit: It should also cover players in other leagues around the world whom are unable to come over this season. Another idea I had while writing this is that there should also be the option to filter players by the league that they are currently playing in.

Here's a minor suggestion coming from a minor annoyance. When filtering players in transactions, if the filter unrealistic target box is checked, I think any player in a higher league whom has a one way contract should be hidden. It's a little bit annoying when I'm looking through a bunch of players I might potentially attempt to acquire only to change windows when I find a guy I like, and then discover that it is not actually possible for me to try and trade for the guy as he has a one way contract and I am in a lower division.
 
edit: It should also cover players in other leagues around the world whom are unable to come over this season. Another idea I had while writing this is that there should also be the option to filter players by the league that they are currently playing in.

First day at the club.  I haven't made any team decisions yet, but have shaken a lot of hands with people from the board, staff and sponsors    ... Furthermore, i have taken some time to discover the world of gameplanhockey. How is the competition structure setup and what are we actually fighting for? Before getting into that, let's have a quick look at my message inbox of today. 
 
As you can see i have 2 new messages. The first one is a nice welcome message. The second one is a game result. Apparently we won and have a nice winning streak, hooray   .. that is a great start!
 
Some messages guide you directly to the right context, for example a game result points you directly to the game log as seen below.
 

  Now let's dive into gameworld "Echo". 2) Explore the game world Click in the main menu on "World" to view the game world.  On the screenshot you see an overview of the game world "Echo" showing the 5 leagues i mentioned before (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron, Lower Iron). The league shown in blue is the league that your team is currently playing in. "Echo" is an European style game world. That means there are promotion and relegation rules. Your goal as the GM of a team is to reach the Golden Hockey League, qualify for the playoffs and eventually win those playoffs. The winner of the last season Golden Playoffs will be prominently visible on this page (logo and teamname will be visible at the top). To know more about the promotion/relegation rules, enable the hints, and the system will present them to you. In short, they are as follow: Golden League: first 8 qualify for playoffs, bottom 2 relegate to Silver, nr 13+14 will play playoffs to not relegate. Silver League: first 2 promote to Gold, 3rd to 6th play playoffs for promotion, bottom 2 relegate and nr 13+14 will play playoffs to not relegate. Bronze League: first 2 promote to Silver, 3rd to 6th play playoffs for promotion, bottom 2 relegate and nr 13+14 will play playoffs to not relegate. Iron League: first 2 promote to Bronze, 3rd to 6th play playoffs for promotion, bottom 2 relegate and nr 11 till 14 will play playoffs to not relegate. Lower Iron League:  first 2 promote to Iron, 3rd to 10th play playoffs for promotion, there is no relegation   So now i know my goal --> become the best team in the Golden Hockey League! But my first goal is to promote to the Silver League. I need to finish in the top 2 to secure direct promotion or finish between 3rd and 6th to have a chance to promote through the playoffs. I'm up for the challenge! Follow this topic regularly to see if i succeed   The world view also informs you about the highest placed teams in the standings, players with the most points and the most experienced human managers in all the leagues. Note that there are currently no human controlled teams in the Gold and Silver league, that's because "Echo" is currently in Season 1 and new rookie managers can only start their career with a team in the Bronze League or lower. Furthermore, on this page you can see all the teams in the world ranked on reputation, the top 100 players ranked on reputation and all the human managers ranked on reputation aswell. Click on the respective tabs to view or look at the next 3 screenshots. 


 Wow, that are a lot of different reputations. Looks like reputation is an important aspect in gameplanhockey. I have read in one of the blogs from Anders that it will unfluence a lot of things, like contract negotiations, salary demands, player's willingness to join teams, etc. Sounds interesting. I will be discussing this reputation system in a separate post as i am learning more details about it along the way. Well that's it for today. I have shared my first messages that i received as GM, explored the game world and presented you the competition structure in game world "Echo". Tomorrow i will meet up with the team and get a first impression of the players at the club. Will they be good or will i be disappointed?, we'll see...

I think it would be a fun idea to have a standings graph of teams on the league page. I've always found it neat to look at teams where they rank relative to each other after each game. Here is an example of what I mean:

The restriction of 30 days on team or 15 games played makes a lot of sense. It still allows teams to be able to trade away players that they will lose via demotion that they signed in the offseason or early season while getting rid of quick sign and trades.

I like keskustankeisari's idea. Maybe the rule before trading a player is that he must either remain on your roster for at least half a season or have played at least 15 games for your team.

Up or down voting could work, but i'm pretty sure people wouldn't use it properly. I think it's worth a shot. What i think is important to do before that is to restrict trading players who have just made a contract with your team, it's too easy to sign free agents and trade them instantly. This restriction would also be easier to put into effect than the vote system. How about one season or half a season no trade restriction for newly signed players?

In my league I have two prospects on my shortlist that I want to trade for.
 
It would be cool if in the action tab you could compare two or more players, specifically their traits, ratings, stats, and development chart.
 
That way I would be able to choose easily between the two said players and make a good trade.
 
I assume a comparison screen would work in other situations such as comparing players on your team to see which ones you should trade.
 
Let me know if this is in the game already because I think this would be very helpful.