Hello all, New member of your wonderful site here. I have long been a browser of the fantastic content on this site, though until now had never thought to actually become "active"
I will be using this thread to guage interest, lock in participants & generally spitball idea's for a new concept/story i hope to get up & running on this site. As the title may suggest, it is an FMScout Ashes Series!
Yes, i hear you say, but what exactly is it?
Well, the concept is fairly simple. There will be 2 teams, an English side & an Australian side, I'm thinking of 5 players each? The participants from each team will play each other in a series of online VS matches with the points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw & 0 for a loss) being awarded to the respective nation, with the winning side to be awarded the prestigious FM Ashes!
As i have mentioned i would also like to run a corresponding story to go along with the competition with updates, scores & general good natured banter. So the question is, who's up for it?
All comments, opinions & idea's welcome!
So thats 2 Aussies in, counting myself. Where are all the poms? Running scared?
So its Australia 3 - England 0, sounds like a proper Ashes series to me! Lol
Wow, this is not playing out the way i'd thought. Assumed it would be us Aussies struggling for numbers!
i will become the first englishman in then
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Ok, so we have our first Englishman.
Am thinking it might be time to start talking about ideas.
As far as what teams we will use is concerned there are a few options.
1. We all use our favourite teams from our saves.
Pro's - we will all know our teams well, no will feel excluded by telling them they cant be such or such team.
Con's - May result in an uneven competition, a lot of people are likely to have the same players (Balanta, Munian etc.)
2. We use "default" teams from a selected division. (Premier League most likely)
Pro's - A more even comp, everyone will have a rough idea of each others squads & be able to prepare.
Con's - Some people may feel excluded, the inevitable mad rush to be the big boys.
3. We all download a future game save & use whichever team we like from a selected year (2050?)
Pro's - Teams full of regens would make for a very interesting & unpredictable game imo
Cons - A complete unknown, no one will be familiar with their or anyone elses team.
My idea was to give each player a hypothetical 'value cap' of 50m and we construct our dream teams with that money using the editor.
2015-03-05 08:43#209753 Feliks :
My idea was to give each player a hypothetical 'value cap' of 50m and we construct our dream teams with that money using the editor.
Yea ok, that sounds interesting to me.
How would we decide a players "value" though? Would we just use their in game value?
2015-03-05 04:07#209757 C.J.Lippo :
2015-03-05 08:43#209753 Feliks :
My idea was to give each player a hypothetical 'value cap' of 50m and we construct our dream teams with that money using the editor.
Yea ok, that sounds interesting to me.
How would we decide a players "value" though? Would we just use their in game value?
Yeah in-game value. That way, with.50m you can't get the really big names and have to be economical
2015-03-05 09:17#209759 Feliks :
2015-03-05 04:07#209757 C.J.Lippo :
2015-03-05 08:43#209753 Feliks :
My idea was to give each player a hypothetical 'value cap' of 50m and we construct our dream teams with that money using the editor.
Yea ok, that sounds interesting to me.
How would we decide a players "value" though? Would we just use their in game value?
Yeah in-game value. That way, with.50m you can't get the really big names and have to be economical
Ok, i like it what does everyone else think?
My vote would be either:
A) We build our own team (though what if some players doubled up?)
We play with a current Premier League team each
2015-03-05 10:48#209770 Maximus94 :
My vote would be either:
A) We build our own team (though what if some players doubled up?)
We play with a current Premier League team each
Just using standard premier league teams would be the easiest way but how do we decide who will be who?
