I am calling it S57-58 changes as some of the visual stuff will be installed as it is ready while the bigger in game changes will be EOS ready for next season.
I will transfer to announcements close to the EOS to remind everyone of the changes.
Bots Improvement
The first one I post tonight is a staged one for EOS57 and EOS58.
Bots for many seasons have been an automatic win but that will change.
At the EOS57 fatigue will be reduced to passable and form improved to average. (Yths will rate mid 50k, Snrs around 100K)
At the EOS58 fatigue will be reduced to revived and form improved to reasonable. (Yths will rate approx 70k, Snrs around 110K)
The idea is to make them competitive and help the new players to learn about the game rather than get auto wins.
The MRs are very close to the min MR for div 4 where most of these bots will exist.
We can tweak the second instalment if we feel the need. This will be communicated as early as possible in Ssn58.
We also are looking at botting and resetting teams only on the Sunday of Rnd 7, EOS and in Week 0 to catch any before the season starts (more once this is tested and working)
A Subtle Change Is Coming
New icons and some commentary changes are in order after many years, we hope you enjoy them.
YR link added to first page to remind managers to do their recruits.
Season 58
New Nat teams
At the end of season 58 these two teams will be joining our Nat ranks.
- Afghanistan
- Nepal
The random YR formula will be tweaked to include the new teams, each team giving up .6% to help accommodate these two.
Anyone who wants to help create a list of names, first names and surnames, are most welcome.
Even without them playing competitive matches we believe they should still have an experienced manager overseeing the setup.
More of this will be announced closer to the time.
New Leagues
At the end of season 58 these two countries will be getting leagues.
- USA
- UAE
Promotion and demotion will be 4 up and 8 down so div 1 will be totally human by the 4th season.
Teams will be capped at 64 for the first season which is the total needed for a full human quota of teams in div 4.
First teams to apply will be those selected.
Things like gates, supporters, sponsorship and prizemoney will be as usual for the respective divs.
More details will follow closer to the time
Schedule Change
Currently
Pitch updates 4 hrs before game start time
Ground expansion 3.5 hrs before game start time
Fitness updates 3 hrs before game start time
Form updates 3 hrs before game start time on Mondays
Weather updates 2.5 hrs before game start time
We will be changing these so they all happen approx 16 hrs before game time or 8 hrs after the previous game, much like fitness does for Nats
Form will only be 6 hrs due to having to wait for Canadian cup games to run
We were going to try to do them before EOS but given some of the way things work I think it is best to leave it to EOS.