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Happy birthday Jonnas! I was also in time but only if you go by American time zones!

Your team is in such great shape, you can't possibly be thinking of turning it in?

I'm playing it loose with my schedule but I'm feeling a Goldeneye 64 marathon. I'll start a new file and try to complete as much as possible, hopefully I can 100% it.

Spotlight The spotlight this round was on Intergalactico vs Yellow Submarine. Players were to predict the score and number of players in the xpert eleven. Only one team bet on Inter to win and it was... Intergalactico Stars themselves! The next spotlight is on next Friday's game of Coloccini FC vs Russian Revolution. Please predict the outcome and how many substitutions will be made in the game. The winner of this spotlight will also receive 25pp for BetSpurt. Standings: Intergalactico Stars: 2 Leeds M.O.T: 1 Atlético Aqui1a: 1 Russian Revolution: 1 Alliances The Roger Federer Crew, Winston Gardens FC, AFC Dedede: 28 Intergalactico Stars, Lords of Hydra, Cubic County: 23 Eights United, Recall United, Happenstance FC: 21 Atlético Aqui1a, The Familia FC, The Sixty-Fourthers: 21 Yellow Submarine, Coloccini FC, Gibbs Probies: 17 AC Elites, Russian Revolution, Blue Rogues: 16 Hadens Legends, Madpool, bob: 16 Lylat Wanderers, Leeds M.O.T, Dazzle United: 14 DuDs Baggies, Rossers Rovers, Kippen FC: 14 Silverdale Salmon, French Riviere, The Great Mcoy: 5 BetSpurt Eleven No bets came in this round. Bets in play: AC Elites: 1pp on Eights to have 2 players in the x11 every round Hadens Legends: 2pp on Dedede to concede less than 15 goals. 2pp on Dedede to score more than 40 goals. 1pp on Isler (Atlético Aqui1a) to score in his next match Yellow Submarine: 3pp on Eights to score more than 40 goals. 2pp on Eights to have 1 player in the x11 every round. 4pp on Yellow Submarine to score a penalty. 2pp on Yellow Submarine to have a player injured for 15 days. Standings (of those that have placed bets): Russian Revolution: 750 Intergalactico Stars: 750 Hadens Legends: 23 AC Elites: 11 Yellow Submarine: 0 Atlético Aqui1a: 0 Eights United: 0

I've not really been feeling this season so far but that last episode was the best yet.

Happy birthday

You'll get better results if you play youths alongside older players so have a youth heavy line up if you're focussing on development but keep one or two older players in there too - at the very least to keep the average age up.

I'll give you 4/1 on that

Shout out to @Dannyboy\-the\-Dane for his seriously generous donation. Thanks a lot dude!

Went from 2-0 up against Eights away from home.. to 3-2 both of us scored from a penalty lol BetSpurt Eleven Bets this round: Haden bet 5pp on Russian Revolution to beat French Riviere - wins 10pp Ellmeister bet 3pp on Elites to beat Roger Federer - loss Bets in play: AC Elites: 1pp on Eights to have 2 players in the x11 every round Hadens Legends: 2pp on Dedede to concede less than 15 goals. 2pp on Dedede to score more than 40 goals. Yellow Submarine: 3pp on Eights to score more than 40 goals. 2pp on Eights to have 1 player in the x11 every round. 4pp on Yellow Submarine to score a penalty. 2pp on Yellow Submarine to have a player injured for 15 days. Standings (of those that have placed bets): Russian Revolution: 750 Intergalactico Stars: 750 Hadens Legends: 24 AC Elites: 11 Yellow Submarine: 0 Atlético Aqui1a: 0 Eights United: 0 We have reached the cut off point for the Season Bets Lottery The winning number is 7! Which means @Agent Gibbs is the winner of 3 months VIP!

You're not being dumb, it does take a while before it'll really click. Basically you want to get the most out of your players. The average skill-age ratio is an 18yr old with 4 skill to develop to a 19-5, 20-6, etc. If you try to stick by that line you will know if your player is above or below average. Form - anything above 10 is good but you want it to be as high as possible. After you've played a match, form train anyone with a red arrow and anyone under 10 form. DV - at the end of the season you want as high a dv as possible for each player you actually want to keep around. If you have an old player a few skill bars below the curve, you're not going to care too much if he raises in skill or not so focus on players you know are good and you want to keep around. To increase your dv your players need as much game time as you can give them and their form needs to be consistently high. Form training costs money so make sure to do the sponsor bonus each week (you'll see a flashing icon when you can do it) for £1m. Also if you write a 300 character press release once a week you'll get £200k from it.

Does no one read the guide I post every time we get someone new? @Animal @Esequiel Player Development The first thing you should look at for your players is age against skill. The average is 18-4 (to become 19-5, 20-6 etc as a baseline). If you have players below this average, they are probably not worth keeping on to train (but arguably once they get to 9/10 skill they're decent enough to keep around if it keeps your team balanced). Focus should always be on youth. Players also have special qualities which are explained HERE - take note of Divas as simply giving them their favourite shirt number will remove any negative effects they would otherwise have. Development Values - Players increase their base skill at the end of each season in the change report. The size of the increase/decrease is determined by development values (DV) - which you can keep track of if you hover over the player name in your team list. A DV of 10 or higher will give your player an increase in skill but to get a visible raise (ie, to get one skill bar higher) you would be aiming for 14/15 at the very least. DVs are worked out by your player's average form and match experience over the season. If you play stronger teams and lose, you can still get good DV for your players if you can keep their form up as your player's match experience will be better when you play high skilled teams (DV is an accountable figure but match experience is hidden and probably not worth thinking too much about). Younger players will raise easier than older players who may not raise even on 16/17 DV. Form Your player's form has an influence on how well that player will play in a match. A player on 10 form will usually play TO his skill level during the game. A player on higher than 10 form will usually play above their own skill level during a game. You can see how well your players did during the game afterwards when you look at your 'last line-up'.

I'm open to suggestions for more bets. Those with 0 are indeed screwed though :p

AFC Dedede were the first to score this season with a goal in the 2nd minute This means Russian Revolution and Intergalactico Stars both have 750pp. Standings (of those that have placed bets): Russian Revolution: 750 Intergalactico Stars: 750 Hadens Legends: 14 Atlético Aqui1a: 0 (bets in play) Yellow Submarine: 0 (bets in play) Eights United: 0 Sorry Tales, I tried for you but I couldn't be as quick as Dedede! A poor start means a great finish (probably...) Spotlight The first spotlight was a bonus round where any team that bets in the xpert pools for round one will get a point. The next spotlight is on next Friday's games in the Elite League, Intergalactico Stars vs Yellow Submarine. Please predict the result and how many of their players (total) with appear in the xpert eleven. Standings: Leeds M.O.T: 1 Atlético Aqui1a: 1 Russian Revolution: 1 Intergalactico Stars: 1 Alliances Eights United, Recall United, Happenstance FC: 22 Yellow Submarine, Coloccini FC, Gibbs Probies: 21 Intergalactico Stars, Lords of Hydra, Cubic County: 20 The Roger Federer Crew, Winston Gardens FC, AFC Dedede: 20 Lylat Wanderers, Leeds M.O.T, Dazzle United: 19 Atlético Aqui1a, The Familia FC, The Sixty-Fourthers: 18 Hadens Legends, Madpool, bob: 15 AC Elites, Russian Revolution, Blue Rogues: 14 DuDs Baggies, Rossers Rovers, Kippen FC: 13 Silverdale Salmon, French Riviere, The Great Mcoy: 3

A couple of risk takers, I like it

I agree with 2 or 6 and would like to throw in a vote for 5 also.

Ah yes I should have mentioned. You can bet on any passive bets at any point in the season - but it will only count for games from that point onwards. Season bets must be placed by the 2nd game of the season except for betting on a team to score the last goal of the season :p and obviously the first goal of the season must be bet on before Friday's game.

Sorry, 4 has been nabbed by Russian Revolution who posted on the Xpert site. Remaining numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Haden, any points you win can indeed be spent in future rounds :p Betting is open guys, either PM me or place a bet in bold for me to see

Spotlight The first spotlight is a bonus round where any team that bets in the xpert pools for round one will get a point. Alliances Silverdale Salmon, French Riviere, The Great Mcoy AC Elites, Russian Revolution, Blue Rogues The Roger Federer Crew, Winston Gardens FC, AFC Dedede Atlético Aqui1a, The Familia FC, The Sixty-Fourthers Lylat Wanderers, Leeds M.O.T, Dazzle United Intergalactico Stars, Lords of Hydra, Cubic County Hadens Legends, Madpool, bob Eights United, Recall United, Happenstance FC Yellow Submarine, Coloccini FC, Gibbs Probies DuDs Baggies, Rossers Rovers, Kippen FC Predictions The predictions competition is back! Please visit the Xpert forum (discussions tab, forum) and predict the following: Elite league winner Elite league demoted teams Middle league winner & promoted teams Middle league demoted teams Lower league winner & promoted teams It will be run on a points system, ie, 5 for correct placing, 3 for one place out and 1 for two places out. Only counting the top 3 teams (so you get 1 point if your first place choice comes third, but not if your third place choice comes 5th). The deadline is Monday. BetSpurt Eleven New this season! Every team starts with 15 PeepsPoints to bet with. Place your bets carefully! Season Bet on a team to... Score more than 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 goals (2x, 3x, 4x, 5x return) Concede more than 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 goals (as above) Concede less than 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 goals (5x, 4x, 3x, 2x return) Score less than 10 goals in the season (5x return - bets cannot be placed on lower league teams) Have a player in the x11 every round (5x return) Have 2 players in the x11 every round (10x return) Draw more games than win (5x return) Score the first goal of the season (50x return) Score the last goal of the season (50x return) Passive You can bet on your own team to... Win the xpert pools 5 times in the season (10x return) Score from 10 freekicks in the season (10x return) Score a penalty in the season (10x return) Have a single player injured for 15 days or more in the season (10x return) Round by Round Bet on a team to win, lose or draw their match each round (2x return) You may not bet on the same team in consecutive rounds - this includes betting on a team to win and next round betting on their opponents to lose :p You can spend all your points right away or play the long game and pick a winner each round. This is a rough concept so we can see how it goes this season if it needs to be tweaked or scrapped altogether :p any further suggestions of bets are welcome, it would be good to have some more round by round bets.

For future reference you can remove players from the transfer list if they have no bids on them :p Lottery

Fantastic thread, thank you again Haden!

Most of my online games have been fine I have to say. Much better than Brawl.

Is there any way to pick a match within your own region? I had two great, lag-free, four player games until we were matched with someone from Japan and it was unplayable. The game actually dropped us all due to the poor connection.

When starting out you really need to concentrate more on building the groundwork for a good team than winning all of your games. If you're promoted and you're not strong enough you'll just go straight back down. If your goal is development and not results, you won't care about losing games until you're actually ready to compete.

It's a shame you're deciding to stop bob, you've been very entertaining! We'll keep your team around for this season as it's already started (I mean, you may as well take part then right? ) but I'll delete it afterwards if you want.