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No pain - No Gain custom cups (24/08/2009 12:12)

I and at least a few others believe that custom cups are one of the main features of ML. It gives us the possibility to play teams we would not play normally, and chat with managers we would not meet otherwise.

I suggest that Fifth Season implements 'No pain - No gain' custom cups where there is no fitness loss, no injuries, no gains, no morale drop/increase, no income and no prizes. This way we could have more manager to manager interaction without disturbing the game. The cups coul be played whenever the creator wants it to be played (save ofcourse for the specific ML-times of training and matches). It could of course cost, say a couple of creds to create these, and you'll have some income from it too.

I find it hard to see any flipsides to this suggestion except from perhaps the time spent implementation/testing. On the other hand I strongly believe this would lead to a more live community and more interest for ML itself.

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Spinner wrote:
20:11 07/09 2009

Hm..Intresting....

Zz00279159 wrote:
00:56 16/09 2009

Dude u should be an admin or a moderator

Zz00235753 wrote:
06:13 24/09 2009

i think its a good idea it would make it more interesting ,, however i feel if u give up credits and money to play it then you should get atleast some gain to your players or bank account if u win a match .

Basher Baz wrote:
11:31 29/09 2009

Ratty, not too sure about this idea.

Whilst I hear what you say, I personally would find the exercise a little pointless. Tbh, playing friendlies is boring enough, adding cups without benefits (beyond a bit of chat) would not appeal to me.

I would like to see the cups extended somehow - perhaps witha group phase at the beginning so that everyone is guaranteed 3 games. I think that would revitalise the cups as it would no longer matter joining a cup full of Norwiegen / Sweedish 1st div teams. the admins could "reduce" cgate reciepts by 3 during the group stage and then switch to normal mode afterwards.

Zz00136294 wrote:
23:13 01/10 2009

I never agree with Ratty - but this time i actually do. What possibilities it would be for me to beat that crappy swedish team of his perhaps 20 times a day. It would also give the managers that are willing to spend a lot of time the possibility to work on different tactics and events...

I would also love some 'no pain - no gain' friendlies for the same exact purpose. Have fun, play against your buddies and 'archrivals', work on your tactics and fight for bragging rights. Only downside I can see is the effect on server capacity if there are thousands of games played every single minute all day long....

thumbs up from me - and I am not even grumpy :D