Re: Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM

From: "Vincent" <vwong@po.jaring.my>

Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Most (all?) football PB(E)M's give ratings to players. Some games have
> one overall rating, others have ratings for passing, tackling, shooting
etc.
> Generally, the higher the rating the better the player. In some games
> players ratings will rise and fall without the player getting involved,
> usually going up sometimes if the team wins, down when they lose. In
> other games, the player gets a certain number of 'coaching points' to
> increase the skill levels of their players. The more they win, the more
> points they get to use.

First of all, thanks for replying my query.

With this I presume that you use a set of ratings.  An aggregate team
rating which drills down to individual player stats, which will include
coaching stats and the play format - aggressive, formation, passing, etc.

Based on this ratings, how do you determine how the play continues from the
starting kick-off to scoring, and 1st half and second halves of a game.
What about time-outs?  In a regular football/soccer game you will have 90
minutes of play and sometimes includes injuring time, extra time, and
sudden death games to determine team ranking/placing. And you have home
ground factors and playing away factors.  The big question is how to
simulate all this possibilities in a soccer game.  When the pbm-player,
which you might say is the team owner/manager/coach, picks out his team
line-ups and strategies for the match.  He will have very little control on
how the game will progress and will not be able to change strategy halfway
through the match if the current strategy fails, what about contingencies
for change of strategy if things are not looking up after the 1st half?

> In all games, without exception as far as I am aware, the player gets to
> choose the tactics. This can be as simple as choosing the team formation
> alone, or can go into a lot of detail with regard to playing styles -
long ball
> etc. Then there's how aggressive to play, and so on.

> I'm happy to continue this conversation, email or newsgroup, if you want
> to go into more detail.

Yes, I am very interested in continuing this discussion.  You can email me
at vwong@po.jaring.my.

Regards.

Vincent.

References

Re: Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM
"Vincent" <vwong@po.jaring.my>
Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM
"Vincent" <vwong@po.jaring.my>
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM
"Vincent" <vwong@po.jaring.my>
Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Fantasy Soccer PBM/PBEM
"Vincent" <vwong@po.jaring.my>
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000