ike2112 wrote: #1 When I click on my players, I can now get their training details to see how close they are in each skill to getting an increase. But that seems to be about it. #2 Two players changed position this week, but I didn't get any notification of it. #3 At least one player had his skills increase, but I didn't get any notification of it. #4 I thought these sorts of things - proper, detailed updates on your players - were the perks of being a supporter? I got fed up trying to keep track of things myself on a spreadsheet.

#1: About it? About it? This is a huge advantage in the game!

#2: This is a good suggestion. Instead of moaning about it like Mona the Vampire, why don't you contribute by writing on the Suggestions Forum?

#3: You should of been notified. Check Messages >Team. However, you say you bought Supporter at the weekend, yet training is every Thursday. You wouldn't of had a chance to receive an update yet. Think about it - How is it possible?

#4: What other stuff do you want to know about them? What else is there to know? Would you like to know their shoe size? Perhaps their favourite music?

Guru.

First of all, before even reading your post, I apologise for my response. But you must understand, what else could possibly be available for a supporter currently? Let us know! Don't moan!

Unfortunately, with my initial post, I spoke as if I was not a Moderator. I thought you were quite narrow-minded and somewhat ignorant with your recent postings. But with your last post, I notice you do have a sense of humour

I will read your post accordingly.

Guru.

Gurudefence wrote: Fitness is affected only by training. Fitness does not affect match performance.

Just a minor correction.
Fitness is only affected by training, but it does effect match performance
The lower the fitness, the lesser the starting rating for the player.

But for fitness levels, other factors must come into play - otherwise every player that has been training for 8 weeks would have the same fitness. Since you can't choose a training intensity for individuals, everyone trains the same, so if there were no other factors then everyone should be at the same fitness %age.
But they don't. I assumed therefore that some players must have better fitness/stamina than others, and since there's a stamina skill, I assumed that would be the other factor.

You're probably right, in that from a selfish point of view it hasn't maybe been a good decision to become a 12-month supporter right now, since the game itself is so basic and the admin openly admits that some parts don't work all too well just yet.
But I felt one of the best ways to help it develop, maybe even speed up the process, is to try and support it. It was either that or ditch the game and rejoin next year, and I guess I prefer trying to be part of the solution.
I just think that a little more could be done right now for those with supporter accounts. A little bit more incentive, y'know. Maybe some standard O and D formations could be provided, in addition to your own default, to make setting the lineup easier. Maybe you should be able to see what your upcoming opponent's actual tactics were in their previous game, rather than trying to guess based on what position each player is noted at. A team could after all play 2WR and a TE, and so you'd play a base Defense. But all of those potential receivers could be aligned to the left, so you should really overload your defense accordingly. Little extras like that could help - just giving you more information than we currently have, because right now it does seem a bit random. I played a guy totally out of position a couple of games ago by accident as I got names mixed up. Neither his natural position, nor his existing skills fit the position at all. He should have had a shocker. But he didn't, he actually had a very good game. Doesn't really make sense, and makes you think that the game engine isn't developed enough yet. But with more information available, we can better work out what really makes a difference in games.

Being able to see precisely where training increases are happening is helpful to an extent. I would expect that there's a lot more to being a wide receiver than just catching or speed - but do we know for sure? Is vision needed to identify zone coverages? Positioning used to find the gaps in zone? I doubt it - because the defence can't choose to play man or zone coverage just now. I'd have to assume that footwork and agility and carrying would all probably make your receiver more likely to score once he has the ball. But I don't really know, I don't think it is possible to know for sure. Maybe in the future other skills would be needed more.
It's good to be able to judge how many weeks it'll take to gain a skill point. But it's hardly a huge advantage, and when I posted initially I thought that it was the only difference in having a supporter account. I'm glad though that I'll also get training updates, because I think that is essential.