Blackout Rugby - Rugby Management Simulation

Orizio

For those who don't know, Blackout Rugby is a free internet management simulator - from wikipedia...

Blackout Rugby is a free web-based rugby union management game created by New Zealanders Jeremy Bell and Matthew Scoble of Blackout Entertainment Ltd. Having launched in December 2006 the game currently has over seven thousand users worldwide.

A new user joining Blackout Rugby is given a new rugby club in their chosen country complete with:

* A first team squad of 30 players
* A youth team squad of 22 players
* A ground with a capacity of 5,000.

They also have an initial bank balance to spend on improving training facilities, hire higher level staff, invest in their Youth Academy or spend on the transfer market.

Blackout Rugby currently includes fifteen nations:

* Argentina with around 2,700 clubs
* Australia with around 2,700 clubs
* Canada with around 600 clubs
* England with around 10,900 clubs
* France with around 600 clubs
* Ireland with around 2,700 clubs
* Italy with around 2,700 clubs
* Japan with around 600 clubs
* New Zealand with around 2,700 clubs
* Pacific Islands with around 600 clubs (which include the countries Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga)
* Romania with around 600 clubs
* Scotland with around 600 clubs
* South Africa with around 2,700 clubs
* United States with around 2,700 clubs
* Wales with around 2,700 clubs

Within each nation teams compete in a league pyramid over seasons of sixteen weeks, the first 14 of them being round robin games with each team versing the other teams twice once at home and another away, each with a knock-out cup taking place on the intervening Wednesdays. Users also have the options of arranging friendlies with any team in the BR world. Matches are played in real time with flowing match commentary and real-time statistics.

Blackout Rugby uses a unique combination training systems with team training, individual training and match training all being utilised by the user to advance their squad. Users also have to manage the financial side of their club, hiring and firing required stadium staff, expanding their ground and recruiting a financial advisor.

The game is addictive and suprisingly in depth, being demanding enough to improve your rugby knowledge and offer a considerable challenge if you want to reach the top. An added advantage is that ie boards has a Blackout Cup and forum, where you can look for advice, debate about the game and so on.

So please register and join the rest of us on the ie boards forum. :pac:

Gelio

Orizio wrote: »

The game is addictive

No joke, My social life is over:(

eoferrall

ajeffares wrote: »

No joke, My social life is over:(

Same as me - then they blocked it in work!:( so now I need to try and remember the day before a friendly match/boards cup that I need to set my team & tactics...last two matches boards cup I forgot and ended up with my sub prop in OH...:eek: wasnt pretty - esp when in the knockout I had it as NWIM... [Sigh]

tHE vAGGABOND

Account created - between this and facebook my productivity in work is going to suffer quite badly

eoferrall

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Account created - between this and facebook my productivity in work is going to suffer quite badly

If you put your details in the [URL=http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055611993[/URL]Roll call thread[/URL] then people will start requesting friendlies - these are the best time to be messing with tactics and giving experience to reserves/subs.

Gelio

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Account created - between this and facebook my productivity in work is going to suffer quite badly

Good stuff. Your going to love it way too much

tHE vAGGABOND

I spent 5 years working for Sports Interactive, who make Football manager [formerly made Championship manager, not the sh1te they release under that name now]

So management games are in my blood

Gelio

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

I spent 5 years working for Sports Interactive, who make Football manager [formerly made Championship manager, not the sh1te they release under that name now]

So management games are in my blood

You should sign up for the boards cup

Have you set up training and everything?

tHE vAGGABOND

Mental day in work - but I will get into it over weekend, and next week.

Gelio

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Mental day in work - but I will get into it over weekend, and next week.

Great, just make sure you get the training set up before tuesday because thats the day training happens

lobber

Ok got started today. Training, check. Facilities, check. Coaches, check. keen to get my team set up properly now. how do you know what position people play in?

Gelio

lobber wrote: »

Ok got started today. Training, check. Facilities, check. Coaches, check. keen to get my team set up properly now. how do you know what position people play in?

Go to the blackout rugby forum and you will find all you need to know

Orizio

Uping.

eoferrall

Orizio wrote: »

Uping.

Did you rob my idea for a pic for the sig!?!:eek:

haha!

Gelio

Playoffs next week

[Jackass]

I play this game, it's brilliant!! More boardsies the better!!

eoferrall

ajeffares wrote: »

Playoffs next week

playing normal I think in the first round so I have decent energy for gaelic showdown, what about yourself?

Gelio

eoferrall wrote: »

playing normal I think in the first round so I have decent energy for gaelic showdown, what about yourself?

Me too. Come on Ireland

smartaform

Joined yesterday and now all set-up... looking forward to this weekend's matches.

somehow have to fit in a pre-season friendly on Saturday at 1.30pm :D

Gelio

Play offs on Friday. I'm going to go normal then TNT I think

anonymous_joe

ajeffares wrote: »

Play offs on Friday. I'm going to go normal then TNT I think

I'm really looking forward to the playoffs.

Just battered my semi opponents in the last league game of the season and want to do that to them again this week.

Gelio

New season started this week

Gelio

Shameless seasonly bump