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Developer Diary, Part 2 (14/02/2009 21:19)
In the last Developer Diary, I mentioned what areas we are we are working on, and what our goals are for the coming update.

In this second part, I will stick to a single topic, which is Transfers.
It can be very frustrating to wait for a bid to be accepted, but it can be equally frustrating to find out exactly how much a player will cost you.
Often, players may drown in a search-result, and so we will try to make it a bit easier for everyone, by adding a new kind of feature.
We already have something called "minimum bid" which is a number you can set for all of your players, and anyone trying to bid below this amount, will simply see the message "This bid is too low" or something along those lines.
Now, we are introducing a new number you can set as a manager yourself when placing a player on the transfer-market:
Auto-sell amount (for the lack of a better name).
Basically, it you set this to be 100.000.000 $, any bid above this number will ensure the transfer will go through wether or not the seller clicks the accept-button.
Also, the bid can not be rejected, or withdrawn!
So once the auto-accept offer has been made, it will go through, automatically, when the designated time-limit has passed. (Today, this is 16 hours, but it seems we might change it to 12).

Hopefully this will help both buyers and sellers alike, in a tough transfer-market.

One thing to note, is that we have moved everything that has to do with bids, offers, marking players for sale, raising your bids, setting or changing the minimum-bid and auto-accept value, from the same section of the game, to make it easier to keep track of what is going on.
The initial bid must still be placed at the Player-Details popup like before, but after that, everything is taken care of from the "My Transfers" section.

A work-in-progress partial screenshot can be seen below.

That's it for this edition of the Developer Diary. Comments are welcome and critics are ignored :)

Have a nice weekend!

PS: Next week contains another season-change, so I might skip the Developer Diary, or delay it, depending on the workload here at HQ.

On behalf of everyone at ManagerLeague HQ
- Spinner

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Zz00136894 wrote:
21:22 14/02 2009
picturelooks nice :]
Unkn0wngenius wrote:
21:25 14/02 2009
picturelooks nice:) can't wait:D
fredpac wrote:
21:26 14/02 2009
picturewell, its looks pretty useful because its somehow difficult to control the transfer progress. good work

cheers and thank god for boobs
Lord AC wrote:
21:28 14/02 2009
pictureWill there be a 5minute delay on the auto accept if it's met after the 12 first hours in case of a bid war, or is it just first to the mill? :) I can imagine that if 2 teams are interested, and willing to pay the auto-accept amount, it's just the one that press the button first after the 12hours are over that get him? ( No use of bidding more before the 12 hours are over if you get him for that amount if you press it first) :)
Spinner wrote:
21:30 14/02 2009
pictureThere is no added delay, no, not as it is now.
Lord AC wrote:
21:32 14/02 2009
pictureThe transfer system is extremely well balanced. The 12 hours is non negotiable and there will never be a system where players are automatically sold. Also trades and players loans will never occur. Any other suggestions that are not even remotely similar to anything ive listed, can be posted. If you are upset about people not accepting bids, use this system.

1. Mail the player first to see if he is active.
2. Negotiate a Price
3. Place Bid.

Guess one sticky can be removed from the forum now :p
The Crying Orc wrote:
21:33 14/02 2009
picturelooks like a great addition to the game! (tup)
starboy wrote:
21:36 14/02 2009
picturethis looks great. did you already change the post comment screne. it looks different to me
starboy wrote:
21:38 14/02 2009
picturethis looks great. did you already change the post comment screne. it looks different to me
Roggbif wrote:
21:40 14/02 2009
pictureToday, this is 12 hours :).
Zz00039561 wrote:
22:10 14/02 2009
pictureGreat:) I really like this one!
Zz00105297 wrote:
22:18 14/02 2009
pictureCool Spinner : D
Nilsen7 wrote:
22:24 14/02 2009
pictureGood one spinner.. Even Tore Pupper likes it :p
Zz00185050 wrote:
22:53 14/02 2009
picture

Looks a good improve....

Let´s go SPINNER....
Zz00053370 wrote:
23:07 14/02 2009
picturenice;)
Makshade wrote:
23:42 14/02 2009
pictureNår Tore faktisk gir god kritikk så er det noe å satse på ja..
Bra jobbet Spinner, ser det passet bra for meg å gjøre comebacket nå..
Spinner wrote:
01:31 15/02 2009
picture

It's always nice when new features seem to be well received by a lot of people, whoever it is :)

Fatamorgana, if you just made your comeback, please note that these changes are still to come in the future, not this coming season-change :)
Zz00136526 wrote:
03:37 15/02 2009
pictureand also please note that, if you write in norwegian, i cant understand a word of what you're saying :P eeh
Zz00173804 wrote:
03:40 15/02 2009
picturelooks sweet , hopefully this will make the market better as alot of people list for 70% then tell you they want double the value . with this more people will set a min bid X mil below what they want and an auto accept  X mil more than than there looking for . i'm really pleased with this change :)
Mr Aen Syaziq wrote:
04:18 15/02 2009
picturesound delicious... yummy...
bocoboco wrote:
04:46 15/02 2009
picture

A great new feature. Look forward to the new upgrade with all the new features ..

Cheers bocoboco ..
Zz00146824 wrote:
06:15 15/02 2009
picturewhen is this things starts?
Zz00039561 wrote:
09:29 15/02 2009
pictureLets just hope this is done properly. If not, it could easily be a disaster. There are many traps to fall into, and I think Spinner really need to pay attention to advices and inputs from experienced managers.
Thales wrote:
11:54 15/02 2009
pictureI like it :)
MacPhisto wrote:
12:53 15/02 2009
picture

Thank you, all mighty lords of managerleague. Auto acept is here to stay and so am I. :D

Looking forward to get my hands on all these new stuff :D
Carl Ca$h wrote:
13:51 15/02 2009
pictureFinally auto-accept made it in the game! I like it! :-)
Zz00043661 wrote:
15:33 15/02 2009
pictureI love it :d
M Hegrem wrote:
16:33 15/02 2009
pictureNIICEEE:)
Zz00149117 wrote:
17:00 15/02 2009
pictureCool!! :D:D
Guitar George wrote:
17:47 15/02 2009
pictureNice to see that changes to improve ML are coming :-)

I can't wait for more updates
Ikim. wrote:
18:16 15/02 2009
pictureis very good :D
Legendary Manager wrote:
19:07 15/02 2009
picture

Nice!
lewok wrote:
19:15 15/02 2009
picturelike the look of this and the max bid is really needed.

Lee
cheezah wrote:
20:18 15/02 2009
picturenice job!
Zz00209385 wrote:
21:10 15/02 2009
picturewow nice!
Zz00057612 wrote:
01:38 16/02 2009
pictureif the minimum bid is at $0 (as normal), will then any bid over 0 be accepted?
Booba wrote:
09:41 16/02 2009
picturec'est énorme
Booba wrote:
09:41 16/02 2009
picturec'est énorme
Zz00189576 wrote:
11:30 16/02 2009
pictureCant wait!
Zz00118229 wrote:
13:12 16/02 2009
picturegood job.
Sir Gjermundsen wrote:
13:21 16/02 2009
pictureCan't wait! :)
Zz00180642 wrote:
15:16 16/02 2009
pictureCool!!
svenni12 wrote:
16:38 16/02 2009
pictureCOOL
Trx wrote:
17:37 16/02 2009
pictureSeems nice :) Change the "Auto-sell amount" for "Buyout", or something similar imo.
Zz00104833 wrote:
19:55 16/02 2009
picturenice work, great idea!!
Zz00134773 wrote:
19:59 16/02 2009
picturei like the gradient and round corners you've added. have you started using jquery? :)
Rbkman wrote:
22:49 16/02 2009
pictureNICE
sir BENNY HØYNES wrote:
13:08 17/02 2009
pictureNice, og når kommer dette til å tre i kraft?:-)
Zz00211762 wrote:
18:09 17/02 2009
pictureNice job Snipper... But credit and money should be send in the same time.. it also takes place on the newspaper.. and MLFA could be great besides MLCL..it make ML more beautiful .
kane66 wrote:
09:28 18/02 2009
picturenice work!!!!!!!
Zz00001879 wrote:
16:33 18/02 2009
pictureSounds nice, you should however have delay as Lord ac says tho.
Zz00220491 wrote:
17:45 18/02 2009
picture
Kilju wrote:
17:52 18/02 2009
picture

Super nice!!!!!!

 

 

 
anas wrote:
18:08 19/02 2009
picturevery, very nice!
indecline wrote:
19:21 19/02 2009
pictureperfect:p
theusual1 wrote:
19:41 19/02 2009
pictureWhy does it cost more to buy a Q.88 30 year old than a Q.91 29 year old :p
It looks pretty cool
El Uno wrote:
20:37 19/02 2009
picture

Will the auto-accept amount be visible to everybody or just the manager? I don't know if it will cause any "problem" if visible, but I just thought people might speculate in the price and don't bid much higher as you've then already put your final price on the player...

Anyway - the new features look great...
grindcore wrote:
22:24 19/02 2009
picturelooks wonderful
Zz00105085 wrote:
16:09 20/02 2009
picturegreat works...have some relax in weekend :D
Sir Jax wrote:
17:38 23/02 2009
pictureSo does his mean everyone will just set there Auto accept to $600,000,000, and leave people hanging around for days like they do now, seems a waste to me
Zz00073582 wrote:
09:50 25/02 2009
picture

Very usefull. Thanks!
Zz00134135 wrote:
20:43 25/02 2009
picturecan`t wait   
BoI-manager wrote:
11:23 26/02 2009
pictureI like it!! :D
Zz00160064 wrote:
12:36 26/02 2009
pictureCoooooool!
Zz00214088 wrote:
06:28 05/03 2009
picturenice work...i like it very much!! :)
THANKS!
Zz00214088 wrote:
06:29 05/03 2009
picturenice work...i like it very much!! :)
THANKS!
Zz00226329 wrote:
11:01 13/04 2009
pictureCool, Thanks
Zz00031360 wrote:
00:58 14/04 2009
picture

very good

 
Zz00233642 wrote:
05:50 02/06 2009
pictureVERY GOOOD IDEA ...!!!!
Zz00165649 wrote:
09:34 02/06 2009
pictureLooking Good, but we`ll se how it´s works in reality...
Jessie Pham wrote:
09:52 14/07 2009
picturewoa, that's really kool
 cant wait
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