Mr Football beta test

[PowerBug]

I'm gonna try and get 100'000 fans.

[SydneyRox]

You need to be aiming for 200k, i cant believe chadburger has almost 150k fans!!

[PowerBug]

You need to be aiming for 200k, i cant believe chadburger has almost 150k fans!!

:O :O

[meow meow]

You need to be aiming for 200k, i cant believe chadburger has almost 150k fans!!

:O :O

I'll break through the 150K mark in a minute. Yes, I am chadburger on the main site, and meow meow on the forums.

[m0nty]

I'll break through the 150K mark in a minute. Yes, I am chadburger on the main site, and meow meow on the forums.

What was the strategy that got you now to 180,000 fans in season 14, MM?

[meow meow]

I'll break through the 150K mark in a minute. Yes, I am chadburger on the main site, and meow meow on the forums.

What was the strategy that got you now to 180,000 fans in season 14, MM?

Superior drafting.
Don't waste potential points where you don't need them. Eventually you will have a team good enough to make finals playing your worst 22 for the whole season. You can play your new recruits in the 2nds most of the time, and change the potential modifier for reserves to +3. The ones who have played less than 7 seasons get points galore. Swap them in for the finals, and when you are beating the cats by 321 points in the grand final, you get 6000 fans or so. About 4000 for each other final too.

[m0nty]

Thanks for that MM, another quality beta report.

[PowerBug]

I think i'll start again. Want a fresh start.

[m0nty]

I'm thinking up a new "fan mood" system to combat these loopholes.

[m0nty]

There is now a ST column on the selection page. This refers to team strength, which is measured as a percentage between your least expensive 22 players and your most expensive. There will now be fan delta penalties for picking a team that is below a certain strength, to discourage playing your worst 22 every game.

[PowerBug]

Cop that meow! :P

[meow meow]

Cop that meow! :P

Challenge accepted. The whole purpose of the testing phase is to weed out the bugs and loopholes. I'll find another way to dominate, so m0nty will have more work to do.

[m0nty]

Cop that meow! :P

Challenge accepted. The whole purpose of the testing phase is to weed out the bugs and loopholes. I'll find another way to dominate, so m0nty will have more work to do.

That's the spirit!  ;D

[TKYC]

I find myself in a bind... I have (what I think) a mid-strength team with 30625 fans, 11 games into a season.
My choices now are:

Play the BEST 22:   -team value $13.83 mil
Fan Deltas are:      +0 at best to -5786 at worst

Play the WORST 22:   -team value $7.60 mil
Fan Deltas are:      -2000 at best to -2829 at worst

Play the GUNS/ROOKIES:   -team value $10.78 mil
Fan Deltas are:      -352 at best to -2834 at worst

Play the PLAY KIDS:   -team value $7.49 mil
Fan Deltas are:      -2800 at best to -3618 at worst

It seems I have only a marginal chance to gain fans in any scenario, and yet I read about teams with +100,000 fans.
Noting also in using the BEST 22 strategy (Fan Deltas are:      +0 at best to -5786 at worst) has in this season netted me the following season stats
11 games,   0 wins,   11 losses,   Percentage 38.5%

[]Yep... 9 games my best 22 went out ($13mill on the park), and 2 games I Played the kids ($7.5 mil) and that's the outcome.[]

I am at a loss.

Apologies if this sounds like a whinge... only trying to give some feedback.

[corrected]

[m0nty]

First off, I have only just actually implemented the new fan delta rules.

Second, I specifically do not want teams with 100,000 fans. The fans number is supposed to be reasonably similar to AFL club membership levels, such that 30,000 is average and 60,000 is about as much as you could realistically hope for. If you get above 60,000, expect the rules to drag you down to 60k as much as possible. You'd pretty much have to win the flag every year to stay above 60k, or at least that's my hope.

In short: the smart move is to find all the +0 sides and play them, and make up fans in +500 chunks through trophies for statistical milestones.