The Life of a NAT Manager

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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by CricketGodMate977 » Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:37 pm

Nice work PowerBug! :)

Definitely agree the NATs deserve more attention. Think you've hit the nail on the head with your first post. As said by a couple of managers, I'd be happy to contribute with some info if you need.
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by NPD-PowerBug » Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:16 am

boscorp wrote:
Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:41 pm
NPD-PowerBug wrote:
Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:31 am
Took a while sorry, but the first post is up now. Would love to hear some thoughts and obviously any additions people have. I'll either embed quotes into the paragraphs or I'll post them at the bottom of the post so they're also not lost in this forum thread.

The first one is a bit tedious and the least fun, but it's the most important. Once you're in, the fun really starts :)
good reading,is there going to be more?
Yes :) Just been a busy period lately :(
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by boscorp » Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:44 pm

NPD-PowerBug wrote:
Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:16 am
boscorp wrote:
Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:41 pm
NPD-PowerBug wrote:
Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:31 am
Took a while sorry, but the first post is up now. Would love to hear some thoughts and obviously any additions people have. I'll either embed quotes into the paragraphs or I'll post them at the bottom of the post so they're also not lost in this forum thread.

The first one is a bit tedious and the least fun, but it's the most important. Once you're in, the fun really starts :)
good reading,is there going to be more?
Yes :) Just been a busy period lately :(
Find an assistant or 2, it doesn't have to be a solo effort....
With that done, how about someone remind ALL the Nat managers of their code of conduct. Once they start adhering to that more managers will get involved.
For instance in my country the respective nat managers have been totally silent for seasons.
The last u20 election saw a new manager with an assistant for a few weeks before the assistant got excluded. The assistant (devi) was doing well interacting on the forum gaining support only to get ghosted and the staleness of one man international cricket management return.
At the moment it feels more like the international players represent the manager more so than their country.
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by NPD-PowerBug » Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:39 am

I've started adding to number 2. NAT Page overview in the second post of this topic :)
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by NPD-PowerBug » Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:59 am

And Part 3. It's amazing what a bit of motivation can do.

Part 2 could have more to it, I think, any ideas? I'll look to integrate the good comments. Any questions?
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by paulc » Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:28 pm

NPD-PowerBug wrote:
Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:59 am
And Part 3. It's amazing what a bit of motivation can do.

Part 2 could have more to it, I think, any ideas? I'll look to integrate the good comments. Any questions?
Maybe in Part 2, you could get more into the nitty/gritty "dark arts" part.
For example you blanked out "banked points" and then didn't mention it in the description, one wonders why.
Details like this might help players realize that being NAT manager has extra game features and is not just like having an extra team.
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by NPD-PowerBug » Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:22 pm

Oh yes I need to talk about banked points well spotted :)

Hidden it because our rivals don’t need to know how many are there but I should still talk about it
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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by Srini1593 » Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:45 pm

Bumped into this thread accidentally..Nice way of knowing the NAT page/NAT manager.. :clap :thumbsup

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Re: The Life of a NAT Manager

Post by NPD-PowerBug » Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:32 am

4A now in place. What have I missed with it?

Srini1593 wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:45 pm
Bumped into this thread accidentally..Nice way of knowing the NAT page/NAT manager.. :clap :thumbsup
Thanks :) Hopefully it makes sense to people from the outside looking at it for the first time as that is who I want it to appeal to :)
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