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Hello managers! We are delighted to introduce you to the brand new Top Eleven Football blog. A blog about football for football fans and Top Eleven managers. On the blog, you will find content for the most informed football gurus including top tactical analysis to help hone your managerial skills. Please leave a comment on your favourite articles to let us know what you think! Visit the blog here and be one of the first Top Eleven blog readers! Thanks and be the best manager you can be! The post Introducing the Top Eleven Blog appeared first on Top Eleven - Be a Football Manager. View the full article

Dan Szymborski, a well-known baseball analyst who has appeared on ESPN, recently stopped by the OOTP Baseball Twitch channel to talk about his attempt to rebuild the 2015 Philadelphia Phillies in OOTP 16, his ZiPS projection system, his involvement in SABR, and much more. (You can follow him on Twitter for more of his baseball […] View the full article

As most of you know, I've been wanting to offer a different draft option for Auto Leagues for a while. Most people turned out to be perfectly happy with the Auto Draft, but there was still a fairly large audience that didn't like that style of draft. A few weeks ago, we tested out a new daily draft in which teams rank players and the system runs a round every 12 hours. The overall feedback was extremely positive. Owners loved having more control over their roster and who they drafted. The only real negative feedback was that 12 hours felt a little long between rounds. As a result, we're going forward with 8 hours between rounds, which should be enough to keep the draft moving at a nice pace, while giving everyone enough time to tweak rankings between rounds if desired.Having gone through the initial daily draft myself, I can say I loved it. I feel more ownership over my team since I hand selected each player, and I feel I was able to build a stronger club than I would get from the typical auto draft. Everyone felt like teams ended up more balanced as well. (Although the standings say differently so far, with two teams off to an 11-1 start: Here's the league.)Because the Daily Draft leagues don't leave as much value behind in free agency, it didn't make sense to offer the typical Day 3 Supplemental Draft. Instead, free agency and drops open after the first game of the season. This style is now being offered on the Join League page, and will start to roll into more Auto Leagues. For those who enjoy the Auto Draft, that option is not going away.As always, let me know if you have any questions, comments or feedback! View the full article

Hello managers! With over 100 million registered players worldwide, Top Eleven is the most played football management game on the planet. As a result, Top Eleven has a large database of analytics from virtual football managers and fans from every different culture. The Top Eleven team have recently put together and studied the average tactics chosen by each nation. The study ranged from attitudes towards attacking, training routines and passing style to name a few. This was done with the hope of developing an understanding of the different attitudes to football tactics around the world and to present it to you, the managers! Check out the info-graphic below for some fascinating stats! The post Top Eleven Tactics Per Region appeared first on Top Eleven - Be a Football Manager. View the full article

Sean Lahman‘s name is well-known to many long-time players of Out of the Park Baseball, thanks to his popular database of historical player statistics that the game uses, as well as the exposure he gave OOTP during its early years. We wanted to learn more about how the database came about, and how he got […] View the full article

Top Eleven celebrates it’s 5th Birthday with over 100 million registrations! Since Top Eleven first reached your laptop and mobile screens 5 years ago, it has become the most played online football management game of all time! With a community as large as Top Eleven’s, every corner of the world is touched by passionate managers competing to fill their Trophy cabinets. Top Eleven champions can be found everywhere. Top Eleven Facts: 100M registered players If all the Top Eleven players lived in one country, it would be the 13th largest in the worldTop Eleven has players in every country of the worldAll our managers have a passion for football and their Top Eleven club, it is thanks to you that Top Eleven has gone through this amazing journey in the last 5 years. Watch the official Top Eleven 5th Birthday below and THANK YOU for playing Top Eleven! The post Top Eleven’s 5th Birthday! appeared first on Top Eleven - Be a Football Manager. View the full article

Commissioners have been asking for this feature for a long time, and it's finally here! Players now come with a "potential" attribute. This attribute impacts how a player will progress for leagues that use Player Progression.For those of you who don't want anything to change, no worries - each player is tagged "Classic" by default, meaning they will progress the same way they always have. (I would recommend for those leagues switching mid-season, you keep any current players as "Classic" so as not to piss off any of your owners!)Instead of your typical "grade" (A, B, C, etc...) the community has often suggested something far more novel and creative. After considering all the feedback, I've come up with four different grades: S (Superstar), A (All-Star), U (Unpredictable), F (Flat). You can learn more about each type on the Player Potential page.What I like about this system over a "grade" is that it adds an element of intrigue to every player. Sometimes a prospect is a sure-fire bet, but many times they are unpredictable. Sometimes they are great as rookies, but end up flat through their career (or even get worse). Likewise, they sometimes start out bad and stay that way. With these ratings, you can have all of the above happen. If we had gone with your typical "grade" system, everyone would stay far away from a low-grade player (which is the problem I've always had with the games that use that system). Dare I say we may have a more innovative system than the multi-million dollar video games out there? I expect they'll be copying us soon!At the same time, if you want to run your league where every prospect continues to shine, you can use Classic or set everyone as A or S. If you want to run a league where everyone is equally unpredictable, you can do that too. It's up to you!A few notes about changes to commish tools: -Bulk Update now allows you to set potential for all players or all players on a team.-Quick Create players allows you to choose potential, or have it set randomly per player. The random feature is designed to have fewer Superstars, as you'd expect. But you should always check and make sure your prospects are balancing out as you want.-The Age Player page allows you to choose the type of potential to use. Obviously the default is to use the Player's Rating, but maybe there's a case where you want to force everyone to be progressed with one style. You can do that!-Add and Edit player now includes the potential feature.As always, a feature like this will depend on community feedback, as you have already sent a lot of input over the years that improved the progression feature. As you all gain experience with this new system, we can improve it as we go.Enjoy! View the full article

(This article is based on a 2015 season sim conducted in late February, during the Out of the Park Baseball 16 Beta period, so anything that has happened in Major League Baseball since then is not reflected. However, it’s still useful for looking at how the current season might unfold.) By John Comey In Major […] View the full article

It’s called Diamond. Why so? Clay Dreslough, the creator of Baseball Mogul has renamed his game this year because of what they believe to be a bigger feature set with 4 major changes that represent the bases on a diamond. We will share the details here with you. Most of the content is from the Baseball Mogul website. Baseball Mogul has been a long time staple for baseball sim fans and this change will likely please the loyal Baseball Mogul followers. It remains to be seen how much attention this game can garner with other major baseball releases lately. Here are a list of Baseball Mogul Diamond features below:Build Your Own Expansion TeamUpdated minor league statsImproved Trade AI (Artificial Intelligence)Trades improve teams at specific positions, not just overall talentRecords velocity, break, location and result of every pitchAccurate head-to-head stats for every batter-pitcher matchupStat-based scoutingIncludes every season back to 1951Mimics real-life trade and contract dataFree agents available after expansion draft, to help complete your major and minor league rostersUpdated rosters for every teamComplete major league and minor league stats through 2013 A demo version can be found through the main website at http://www.sportsmogul.com The post A new twist on Baseball Mogul, version Diamond hits the market appeared first on GM Games - Sports General Manager Video Games. View the full article

OOTP 16 is out now! Get it on PC/Mac or Linux from us or you can buy it on Steam. The Road to Release series details what’s new. And MLB Manager 2015 is out now on iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) and Android! We’ve published an in-depth look at the new features in that game. Meanwhile, the Grand Championship League post-season tournament has ended, and the OTBA Royal Squirrels of Sweden […] View the full article

Dear Managers, Every Top Eleven player knows that being a football manager is about leadership, passion, and being the voice for your team. Scream for Your Team is a new Top Eleven feature that allows you to influence your players by… you guessed it… screaming! Watch the video below to learn all you need to know about this exciting new feature… April Fools’! The post Scream For Your Team appeared first on Top Eleven - Be a Football Manager. View the full article

OOTP 16 is out now! Get it on PC/Mac or Linux from us or you can buy it on Steam. The Road to Release series details what’s new. And MLB Manager 2015 is out now on iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) and Android! We’ve published an in-depth look at the new features in that game. Meanwhile, the Grand Championship League post-season tournament has entered […] View the full article

Our mobile game has a new name: Formerly known as iOOTP Baseball, starting this year you’ll be playing MLB Manager on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or on your Android smartphone or tablet. It’s out now for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) and Android. Like Out of the Park Baseball 16, MLB Manager 2015 has […] View the full article

First off, thanks for the amazing response to the survey - in less than two days we got over 430 replies. That's really outstanding. The survey also produced some very clear messages. In short: People generally like the Auto DraftIf there were to be a different draft offered, a Live Rolling Draft is by far the top choicePeople are generally very happy with the websiteI will share some results, and then I will summarize my findings at the end. 48% play in custom leagues, far outpacing the second most popular selection, All-Time Great Auto Leagues (32%)54% of people like the Auto Draft, 31% don't like it, and 15% play only in Custom Leagues.A whopping 60% would not play in more Auto Leagues even if a different draft style was offeredAs for different draft types, 52% liked Live Rolling Draft, 29% Live draft at set time, 19% Bid Draft60% of people would prefer different drafts being offered, rather than standardizing all Auto Leagues on one type of draftIf different drafts were offered, here's the percent of people who would participate in each: Auto: 57%, Live draft at set time: 36%, Live Rolling: 58%, Bid Style: 26%.People really love the website, 86% gave it four stars, with an average of 3.85. There were only six two-stars and ZERO one-stars.The mobile experience gets good feedback too, but not nearly the same: 55% gave it four stars, 30% gave it three stars, and the rest were two and one. Mobile experience averaged 3.35.Here's how I interpret this: The Auto Draft is clearly not a huge problem. As a matter of fact, most people actually prefer it, and by a fairly wide margin. It would be nice to offer something else such as a Live Rolling draft, so it's something I'll continue to look at.Most people clearly graduate to Custom Leagues, though, and that is where the site really shines IMO. So continuing to support the innovative ideas that commissioners come up with is important.People generally love the site, so that's nice to hear. Obviously the mobile experience is not as ideal, and I'd love to dig more into what the specific pain points are, but it's understandable that a site this complex is not going to play quite as nice on a smaller screen. The site was also originally built for a large screen, so it makes sense the mobile experience doesn't quite live up. I would love to hear more of your thoughts as well, and thanks again for participating. View the full article

OOTP 16 is out now! Get it on PC/Mac or Linux from us or you can buy it on Steam. You can check out our Road to Release series too, if you want to know more about what’s new in the game. Meanwhile, the Grand Championship League post-season tournament’s last recap of Round 3 has links to prior recaps in that series. Now about the Semi-Finals: The […] View the full article

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OOTP 16 will be out worldwide on Monday, March 23! Get it on PC/Mac or Linux from us or you can buy it on Steam. You can check out our Road to Release series too, if you want to know more about what’s new in the game. Meanwhile, the Grand Championship League post-season tournament’s last recap of Round 3 has links to prior recaps […] View the full article

If you’re reading this the evening of March 19, you can still pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23. You’ll also get a free Steam key. The OOTP 16 Road to Release has started, too, with the first edition, a look at the MLB.com license, and the second entry, “Owners, […] View the full article

Don’t forget: You can still pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux through Thursday, March 19, and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23. You’ll also get a free Steam key. The OOTP 16 Road to Release has started, too, with the first edition, a look at the MLB.com license, and the second entry, “Owners, GMs, and Managers […] View the full article

Don’t forget: There’s still time to pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23, along with a free Steam key. Pre-orders will be accepted through March 19. The OOTP 16 Road to Release has started, too, with the first edition, a look at the MLB.com license, and the second entry, “Owners, GMs, […] View the full article

Don’t forget: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 19, is the last day to pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23, along with a free Steam key. If you’re one of the many who can’t wait to get their hands on the best baseball management game on the planet, this is your […] View the full article

Last call for pre-orders!: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 19, is the cut-off to pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23, along with a free Steam key. Last time, I dealt with the fall-out when my Philadelphia Phillies GM, Derek, traded catcher Bob Boone (Bob Boone!) to the Houston Astros […] View the full article

Don’t forget: There’s still time to pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23, along with a free Steam key. Pre-orders will be accepted through this Thursday, March 19. My first post in this series will get you caught up on what I’m doing in more depth, but here’s the […] View the full article

Don’t forget: There’s still time to pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23, along with a free Steam key. Pre-orders will be accepted through March 19. The OOTP 16 Road to Release has started, too, with the first edition, a look at the MLB.com license, and the second entry, “Owners, […] View the full article

There’s still time to pre-order OOTP 16 for PC/Mac or Linux and get it on March 20, three days before its release on March 23, along with a free Steam key. Pre-orders will be accepted through this Thursday, March 19. By John Rodriguez Congratulations! You are the new General Manager of the Amsterdam Lions, one of the proud franchises comprising the Planetary […] View the full article