Season 9 Cup

Orizio

Does this start this week or next?

CoDy1

Wednesday week (June 9th) for Blackout Cup.

Edit: Looks like its this wednesday

Orizio

Thanks Cody.

Everyone remember the 'trick' to making extra money via the cup?

CoDy1

Orizio wrote: »

Thanks Cody.

Everyone remember the 'trick' to making extra money via the cup?

Do tell.

jprender

It started on the 1st Wednesday of the season last time around.

My 1st round game was on the Wednesday before my first league game which was against you cody.

eoferrall

Orizio wrote: »

Everyone remember the 'trick' to making extra money via the cup?

You've lost me now! get as far as possible?! and sell players while managers are getting shedloads in in early rounds?

Orizio

Orizio

I have a bot.

daveharnett

Orizio wrote: »

I have a bot.

I expect everyone will have. Since I last checked, my league fixtures have disappeared, and my cup fixture has appeared.

Wylie Luke

Orizio, please do share any info on how o make extra money as I'm skint!

Wylie Luke

Orizio

FewFew

Orizio

:rolleyes:

daveharnett

Orizio wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Clare :mad:

Orizio

:pac:

FewFew

daveharnett wrote: »

Clare :mad:

Surely not Leitrim? The place doesn't exist!

eoferrall

So how's everyone doing? I assume everyone is playing bots this week? and so the only question is ... whose going to get the highest winning margin!?:D

I want to break the centenary at some point this season, so the early rounds of cup are the only opportunity - that is break it with WNWIM!:D

Edit: Actually Just remembered theres a thread already on this.... thanks Orizio for moving this post to that thread!

Wylie Luke

So I've been promoted (even before the bot flush), lost a friendly against better opposition(wnwim), won my Boards Cup game (normally) by 1 point and won my BR Cup game (normally) by 59 points against a bot, why on Earth would my members go from Thrilled to Cheery? I think I've plenty of staff for my tiny little stadium

mar-z

Wylie Luke wrote: »

So I've been promoted (even before the bot flush), lost a friendly against better opposition(wnwim), won my Boards Cup game (normally) by 1 point and won my BR Cup game (normally) by 59 points against a bot, why on Earth would my members go from Thrilled to Cheery? I think I've plenty of staff for my tiny little stadium

When were they thrilled? Contentment has been regenerated a few times this week in response to bugs/people being unhappy, the last time was an hour or so before the cup match. The latest way is that its been done from what you were at the end of last season.

If your a premium member you can check the timline, but only pay attention to this season as the timeline part for last seaon is wrong (I get a big drop on the timeline from last season to this).

mar-z

Also you would have lost a decent bit of contentment losing wnwim in the friendly (although friendly effects on contentment were tweaked so maybe this isn't much anymore). You would not have got much gain from the cup match as its a first round match against a bot and early stages of cup count for less (I think) while playing a lower ranked team also lowers gain.

So if you were just above the points that give Thrilled maybe you are just under that amount of points now, although it does seem harsh losing friendly and winning cup but dropping contentment.

crisco10

Does anybody know who they are playing on Wednesday yet? Be nice to know before the boards cup match on monday if I have a BOT on Wednesday! Last season, cup fixtures went up almost straight after the preceeding round didnt they?

Orizio

crisco10 wrote: »

Does anybody know who they are playing on Wednesday yet? Be nice to know before the boards cup match on monday if I have a BOT on Wednesday! Last season, cup fixtures went up almost straight after the preceeding round didnt they?

http://www.blackoutrugby.com/game/tools.live.scoring.php#fixture=5207785

You have a bot.

crisco10

Orizio wrote: »

http://www.blackoutrugby.com/game/tools.live.scoring.php#fixture=5207785

You have a bot.

I swear that wasn't there yesterday!:rolleyes:

more bots. Sweet. and at home, my new stadium can make its debut!

dreamer_ire

Have a bot tonight and am taking a bit of a gamble by playing mostly my second team. Have one of the big guys in the league on Sat and want to go all out for that.... fingers crossed I don't regret it in a few hours.

GL all

Orizio

Its almost completely impossible to lose to a bot.

dreamer_ire

Orizio wrote: »

Its almost completely impossible to lose to a bot.

That's what I'm banking on!

johnnysmack

I think i could have lost this game but fortunately made couple last minute changes. Had bunch of salary savers on. even now the stats dont look completely convincing.

http://www.blackoutrugby.com/game/tools.live.scoring.php#fixture=5207437

daveharnett

johnnysmack wrote: »

I think i could have lost this game but fortunately made couple last minute changes. Had bunch of salary savers on. even now the stats dont look completely convincing.

http://www.blackoutrugby.com/game/tools.live.scoring.php#fixture=5207437

You'll be fine imo. With that stamina difference you'll hockey them in the last 20.

crisco10

Playing a bot with 2 salary savers starting. Means I am only have higher CSR in 13 players.

Ratings are a bit closer than I would like but should win with my WNWIM nonetheless. The shame if I lose to a bot. :eek:

daveharnett

Well I learned something new today. I dropped the staffing levels for the bot match today (still well over what I should have needed), and I got three emails of complaint after the match. Looks like the required staffing levels depend on capacity rather than attendance.

FewFew

Orizio wrote: »

Its almost completely impossible to lose to a bot.

Last season I tried my hardest to lose to a bot and couldn't. I had all my worst players on and I had props where wingers should be and vice versa... still kept notching up decent victories. I don't have any salary savers these days, but even so the bots must be ridiculous


And Dave, I told you about that staff yoke ages ago! Sheesh, nobody listens to me... if only there was some way I could appear on everybody's log-in screens.... :pac:

jprender

Orizio's got a nightmare draw in R3 :eek:

Orizio

My next opponent. :rolleyes:

coyote10

Orizio wrote: »

My next opponent. :rolleyes:

I'll match your City Of Derry, with Darkside!

Bring it on!

FewFew

Ah ****, I didn't get a monster team like you boys, but I got a decent Div 3 team that's gonna make me work for it. I was hoping to coast a bit longer

daveharnett

I know how you feel. I've got aaarugbyboy.

The good news is that he and city of derry are playing against each other in the league saturday. I really can't see how to beat him if he goes full team LTNT against me.

Orizio

Yeah I'm just going to throw the cup game and LTNT my league game, as I have a feeling my league opposition will do likewise.

Thankfully the Cork Coyotes beat my league opposition last Saturday so I'm just going to imitate his tactics.

FewFew

I'm starting to wish I had a great or crap cup opponent. As it is I think winning the match is doable, but then we've got the league and boardsie to consider. Bah! Humbug!

daveharnett

Fewcifur wrote: »

I'm starting to wish I had a great or crap cup opponent. As it is I think winning the match is doable, but then we've got the league and boardsie to consider. Bah! Humbug!

Things have gotten a little complicated lately allright. With the boards teams getting older, and the dutch lads leaving, there aren't many teams left in Ireland who are unbeatable, given the right set of circumstances.

FewFew

daveharnett wrote: »

With the boards teams getting older

You're bringin' a tear to my eye old man

crisco10

Yeehay! another BOT at home.

Although, having won somewhat dodgily last night at WNWIM. My contentment level tanked. Dropping 23 points. They really kill you for WNWIM in the cup now.

What odds on a Boards cup winner by S11?

coyote10

Orizio wrote: »

Yeah I'm just going to throw the cup game and LTNT my league game, as I have a feeling my league opposition will do likewise.

Thankfully the Cork Coyotes beat my league opposition last Saturday so I'm just going to imitate his tactics.

Maybe I changed them?

eoferrall

Wooo another bot in the cup, sweet!:D

mar-z

Orizio wrote: »

My next opponent. :rolleyes:

Yep, they're in my league so I feel your pain. At least you don't have to play them twice

I got a nice cup draw against a not quite one click Div. IV team, so at least I should have the cup to distract from my league for another week.

Phonehead

Ah FFS, I got Ankh-morpork Watchmen

This season is panning out to be one long losing streak - I can't even TNT the game as I have a must win home game coming up.

I wish I was back in Division3.

eoferrall

Phonehead wrote: »

Ah FFS, I got Ankh-morpork Watchmen

This season is panning out to be one long losing streak - I can't even TNT the game as I have a must win home game coming up.

I wish I was back in Division3.

Last year they knocked me out, tore me to shreds and then handed my arse back to me

mar-z

daveharnett wrote: »

I know how you feel. I've got aaarugbyboy.

The good news is that he and city of derry are playing against each other in the league saturday. I really can't see how to beat him if he goes full team LTNT against me.

Got hammered at home against the Titans last weekend. Them and City of Derry seem to be the ones to beat (read get horribly beaten by) in my league.

I cant really offer any valuable insight unfortunately I was too outclassed on level intensities against them.

Phonehead

eoferrall wrote: »

Last year they knocked me out, tore me to shreds and then handed my arse back to me

Might play reserves a TNT him - worth a shot

satory

1st player controlled team for me also this year, Tuam


Should be no problem, I hope

eoferrall

Phonehead wrote: »

Might play reserves a TNT him - worth a shot

Would be a worth it, think if I remember right I had coyotes and orizio in the two league matches following so only WNWIM'd the cup match... long time ago now to be sure, but I think that's what happened.