Topic: Football Simulator - A League of Legends - intro and chat

[Samie]

  Then i've got no answers.

[Betty Blue]

Good point

I've used the player's peaks for this, so definitely a limitation if we were comparing these teams as representatives of their decade.  This is just something to test the engine etc at the moment.

I think we look to set up a draft specifically for the sim after our season ends.  I've got some changes I want to implement in the game engine and I need to increase the amount of options for commentary lines too as it's a bit too repetitive.  I might take the "what a hit son" line out too as it was only in there for laughs (maybe I'll add "corner taken quickly" instead).

Any other feedback about the sim would be welcome (Samie, this doesn't mean I want ideas of how to make your phalanx team competitive).

Definitely not a complaint, just an observation 

I was wondering, is there a way to reduce the volume of commentary to focus on more key events? Not expecting you to do this manually, as it would be a lot of extra work. But I'll be honest, I am only really skimming the comms at this point. That might change if it were my team though. Maybe I'm also in the minority and others are reading every word?

[Prof]

Definitely not a complaint, just an observation 

I was wondering, is there a way to reduce the volume of commentary to focus on more key events? Not expecting you to do this manually, as it would be a lot of extra work. But I'll be honest, I am only really skimming the comms at this point. That might change if it were my team though. Maybe I'm also in the minority and others are reading every word?

Fair point, I get that.  With the cricket sim, it was a ball by ball commentary, which needed more wading through.  My thinking was that by highlighting the goals, it means you can skip through the comms, but it's there if you want it.  I did similar for wickets etc on the cricket one.

I'll see what others think and take it on board.  Would it help if anything else was highlighted?  I could highlight other things in a different colour (the forum formatting code is built into the output).

[Samie]

STOP MAKING MY LADS LOSE!

[Betty Blue]

Fair point, I get that.  With the cricket sim, it was a ball by ball commentary, which needed more wading through.  My thinking was that by highlighting the goals, it means you can skip through the comms, but it's there if you want it.  I did similar for wickets etc on the cricket one.

I'll see what others think and take it on board.  Would it help if anything else was highlighted?  I could highlight other things in a different colour (the forum formatting code is built into the output).

I think for me, if anything, the highlighted sections is what's making me NOT read the comms. Because I know that it's not going to lead to a goal, so I may as well just skip to the good bit. That's the difference with watching live comms in a game like Champ Man where there's always a sense of excitement about whether this update will lead to anything or not Vs it all being written out and decided. Nothing to really do about that though.

[Draex]

It's a pain but you could spoiler after each chance what happened so you have to click to see and the final score is spoilered also.

It's a penalty, up steps Kenny Dalglish

Spoiler

It's missed, the manager Draex goes mad

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[Samie]

I would be happy if the mofo gave me a fuckin' win.

[Draex]

I would be happy if the mofo gave me a fuckin' win.

Samie shoots

Spoiler

it misses, he loses 11-0

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[Betty Blue]

It's a pain but you could spoiler after each chance what happened so you have to click to see and the final score is spoilered also.

It's a penalty, up steps Kenny Dalglish

Spoiler

It's missed, the manager Draex goes mad

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Dalglish would never miss a penalty. What are you talking about.

Samie shoots

Spoiler

it misses, he loses 11-0

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[Crosby Nick]

Just keep out churning the wins for me Prof. that’s all you gotta do.

[Crosby Nick]

Also, Ballack is impressively box to box. Omnipotent.

Ballack uses all his strength to get the ball away from danger (5 min)

Ballack shoots from outside the penalty area, but doesn't get all of it and the goalkeeper saves comfortably (5 min)

And just a quirk, but the vast majority of the time it tends to be forwards doing all the hacking down from behind.

[Prof]

It's a pain but you could spoiler after each chance what happened so you have to click to see and the final score is spoilered also.

It's a penalty, up steps Kenny Dalglish

Spoiler

It's missed, the manager Draex goes mad

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That's a good shout and not too difficult to do as I can build the forum code into the output like with the goals etc

[Prof]

Also, Ballack is impressively box to box. Omnipotent.

And just a quirk, but the vast majority of the time it tends to be forwards doing all the hacking down from behind.

Yes, that's annoying me too.  It's because they're shit at tackling 

It's one of the things I'll look to improve after we finish this season.  It's a lot more to change in the coding than some of the other tweaks.

[Samie]

Get In! First point in the bag.


Also why do you keep making Brazil 70 get battered you fucker? 

[Prof]

Also why do you keep making Brazil 70 get battered you fucker? 

Not sure why they are struggling so much.  Bad luck I think.  The last match both teams had the same number of shots on target.

[Prof]

Do people prefer the output with the spoilers?

[Samie]

Yes mate. Also make me win.

[Crosby Nick]

Brazil losing 7-1, could never happen.

Is the winner of this crowned the greatest Draft team of all time? 5 from 5 for my R rated attack.

[Betty Blue]

Do people prefer the output with the spoilers?

Great work. Adds a bit of extra suspense and encourages me to read the text before the spoilers too 

[Prof]

Spoiler

Also why do you keep making Brazil 70 get battered you fucker? 

Fixed this 

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[Samie]

Fuck that impotent bastard.

[Prof]

Halfway through the season and the 2000s Dream Team are running away with it with their 100% record.

The key questions for the second half are, will Brazil 1970 pick up now Pele has started scoring?  Will Roman Phalanx win a match? And who will end up as to scorer?

[Samie]

Prof, why have you got in for me mate? 

Also Nick was crying before you even began the simulator and how his 00's team would take a shalacking and yet he's top of the league. 

[Crosby Nick]

Prof, why have you got in for me mate? 

Also Nick was crying before you even began the simulator and how his 00's team would take a shalacking and yet he's top of the league. 

Just shows I know fuck all.

I for one welcome our new Simulated overlords.

[Betty Blue]

Halfway through the season and the 2000s Dream Team are running away with it with their 100% record.

The key questions for the second half are, will Brazil 1970 pick up now Pele has started scoring?  Will Roman Phalanx win a match? And who will end up as to scorer?

I'm most impressed that Vieira is on 3 goals.

[Samie]

Are you saying i'm a visionary mate? Am I in the same bracket as Prof and Gullit?

[Betty Blue]

Are you saying i'm a visionary mate? Am I in the same bracket as Prof and Gullit?

No-one is in the same bracket as Prof and Gullit!

[Crosby Nick]

I'm most impressed that Vieira is on 3 goals.

Two were sympathy penalties when I battered him.

[Draex]

Are you saying i'm a visionary mate? Am I in the same bracket as Prof and Gullit?

Spoiler

You’re not.

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[Samie]

Nick and Betty obviously don't see the vision. Wenger and Jacquet should've spoken too me back in the day. 

[Crosby Nick]

Nick and Betty obviously don't see the vision. Wenger and Jacquet should've spoken too me back in the day. 

Yeah, that did they ever win.

[Samie]

I forfeit the last game prof, I don't want my boys out there. 

[Prof]

I forfeit the last game prof, I don't want my boys out there. 

The sim doesn't seem to like the 7-1-1-1 formation

I'm curious how a 2-3-1-4 would do though 

[Betty Blue]

The sim doesn't seem to like the 7-1-1-1 formation

I'm curious how a 2-3-1-4 would do though 

Would be fun to allow tactical changes in the real draft. Could give managers a mid-season window to draft in reinforcements to switch formation for example.

[Prof]

Would be fun to allow tactical changes in the real draft. Could give managers a mid-season window to draft in reinforcements to switch formation for example.

And give me more work to do building the teams 

It's a good idea, just need to think how to make it work.  Running the matches is pretty easy.  Building the teams is a bit time consuming at the moment as I have to do parts of it manually.  If we did it like at one specific point, it would be easier.  Moving players' positions is also easier than drafting in new players.

[Crosby Nick]

Samie cried about my team and then I draw not one, but two games. Absolute stench of corruption round these parts.

[Samie]

You have Lauren at fuckin' Right Back with Grosso at Left Back, how are you anywhere near the top?  Prof is pitying you.

[Crosby Nick]

You have Lauren at fuckin' Right Back with Grosso at Left Back, how are you anywhere near the top?  Prof is pitying you.

I’m going it to take a pint that I picked this side from front to back. Definitely left my full backs to the end. And then PM’d The North Bank and co at voting time.

[Prof]

Heading into the final three rounds of fixtures, and it's high drama at the top of the table.  These are the remaining fixtures:



2000s Dream Team have let their lead slip and now the 1980s and 1970s Dream Teams have a shot at taking home the title

Round 12 will see them go head to head, while the 2000s Dream Team will have to go away to the Colosseum in Rome to face the Roman Phalanx in the final round.

His early season goal-scoring looked like Raul would run away with the Golden Boot, but his goals have dried up alongside the 2000s Dream Team's loss of form.  Muller now sits on top of the pile having led the 1970s attack with 13 goals in 10 games, with van Basten sitting in second place with his 10 from 9 games for an underwhelming 1990s Dream Team.  Despite breaking the laws of physics and playing every minute for two different teams, Tostao sits on a meagre 5 goals from 18 matches, adding further weight to his well publicised claims about the mismanagement of Samie.

[Samie]

 

Tostao is the Firmino of his era. It's not about the scoring...for two diffrent teams.