Asunto: Tactics League

Round 20:

Premiership:
1 RTS 55.98
2 Thamesmead 53.49
3 Rock Bottom 52.65
4 Legia 51.63
5 Northern Thistle 41.39
6 Timisoara 30.87
7 Colne 29.50
8 Anfield 28.38
9 Internazionlle 23.55
10 Bramford 17.33
11 Padstow 16.51
12 Kowal 9.89

Division 2:
1 Aubergine 55.64
2 Schadenfreude 55.16
3 Stiffs 54.29
4 Fenland 49.26
5 Barstable 48.06
6 Polska 47.44
7 Navua 47.06
8 Eudaimonia 47.04
9 Shakespeare 46.63
10 Swamp 45.58
11 Man United 44.28
12 Squeezers 42.86
13 Beer 42.85
14 Forest Res 42.83
15 Avon 40.42
16 Linkin 38.99
17 C-R-A-I-O-V-A 38.27
18 Kingsway 37.90
19 CanOnly 36.98
20 Polish Boston 35.39
21 Corvin 34.86
22 Inter Row 34.67
23 Kendal 33.97
24 Moroos 33.67
25 Cobra 31.68
26 Elmstead 31.38
27 Dunarea 27.89
28 Hunstnaton 22.29
29 Hurlanders 19.46
30 Armitage 17.28
31 Los Trios 13.42
32 Arruda 9.18
33 Crows 8.57
34 St.Paulie -1.10
35 Oakley -2.16
36 Night Night -58.53

2good: Legia 4.44, Eudaimonia 4.24, Avon 4.02, CRAIOVA 4.55, Inter Row 4.30
2bad: Anfield -1.13, Barstable -1.87, LosTrios -1.20

I'm going to say it now before the season ends:

This is (most probably) the last season of Tactics League. Probably my last season on here too. I've been fooling myself for the last few seasons. But I've come to the conclusion that it's not fun any more. I'm not dissing the game, it's been entertaining for a few years and I enjoyed playing it. But lately, I've struggled to find the same pathos and it became a continuous repetitive experience that diminished the fun week after week, until I ended up deciding that this game is not worth as much time of my day as it used to. So, for the future, I will be less invested into this game.
I hope my statement will not deflate the enthusiasm of others.

I do think that the more time anyone spends on here, the more difficult it is to justify that expense. Thankfully I think it's possible to play this game with a light touch if you don't want to spends hours on here.

I think that would be a very sad day if you decide that. In my opinion stop the tactics league, spend less time doing that and try to enjoy the training side. :)

I said I'm not dissing the game BUT, looking at my juniors ups and downs this morning, I have to say that one thing that really annoys me about this game is the "lottery" side of it, the lack of control. Too many features of this game are controlled by the "engine" and not by the user.

I understand that, and having not had a decent junior for many seasons I felt the same. I joined the youth league and seem to have a few to look forward to hopefully.

Boooooooooooooo

;)

Hopefully wdp doesn't win it this season in that case as he'll bang on about it forever!

There is certainly a fair wedge of random elements to this game, not something that appears to be on the decline either.

I was saying to WDP a while back that I feel this game is far more random than it used to be. The match engine in particular is something I really struggle to get consistent results with, and that was never the case before.

Play the same game, same lineups, same tactics, same form. It's perfectly possible to dominate first game, and be rubbish the second. Tactics only really influence but don't decide what way a game will go.

Timisoara for me is a perfect example of that.......won the first and battered in the 2nd. lol

Are you talking about the youth league? I have secured back to back promotion ;)

Youth league is the most random thing going.

Not according to another user ;)

I do wonder if the overall lower player skills in the game are contributing to an increase in random factor too.

An all divine player as example would pretty much do as you ask, the lower those skills the more likely they are to do something else.