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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 16, 2007 18:03:04 GMT
This thread is a "proof of concept" [/GM drone] thing really, as I've been kicking around the idea of an easy boxing management for the forum for a while, so I thought the best way to see if it's working and to gauge if there's any interest in you lot joining in was to start one myself.
Rather than 'splain too much, I'll just crack on and we'll see how it goes.
The Bismarck Gym
When doors opened on the Bismarck Gym an incredible two boxers came through the door who looked capable of being repeatedly belted in the face and not cry or run to their mams.
Royce van den Heuvel - Heavyweight I'm sure that when you think about boxing greats, the first thing that comes to mind is a big fat Dutch guy.
I'm glad, because that's what I've got here.
vdH as he shall be known is actually pretty fit, but he's a Frank Bruno type in that he can punch hard, but he doesn't really have anything approaching a killer instinct.
His best punch is a right cross and his second best punch is, uum, a right cross, so he's not going to be surprising too many people. On the other side of the gloves, he doesn't move too well and his defence isn't so hot either, so it'll be a case of whether he can either flatten someone, or outlast them thanks to his stamina. He does at least look coachable, so there's some hope.
Cleveland Fallon - Middleweight Fallon gives me a problem, because he's got some promising ability, but he's the definition of a diamond in the rough and I'd need to ignore vdH a bit to improve Fallon, which is annoying, as the Dutchman is closer to being a good fighter, but probably doesn't have Fallon's potential.
Fallon wants to stand outside and box and he's fit enough to pull it off, but his defence is poor so he can get tagged frequently. He also needs to learn to dominate his opposition, as he's not great at imposing himself on the other guy in the ring.
I think I'll stick Fallon in an early fight and we'll see how he goes. If he wins, I'll stick with him, if he doesn't, then if I can find someone else to let me shout at them while they punch folk, then he'll be out.
Avaunt!
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 16, 2007 18:33:53 GMT
January Year 1 The first month and a first fight, as the mundane-sounding Ron Owen is a young up-and-comer on the scene who wants a punch up and I'm inclined to accomodate him. Well, when I say "I'm" I mean I'm inclined to send out Cleveland Fallon.
Being new on the scene, I don't know much about Owen except that he looks fit, so my in-depth pre-fight tactical and technical advice to Fallon is to, umm, hit the other guy.
Regional Bout - Middleweight Cleveland Fallon vs Ron Owen (Four Rounds)
Round 1 Referee Tony Perez calls the fighters together for pre-fight instruction, then sends them to their corners and with the bell, our fight is on.
Neither fighter is shy at the start, but it's also clear that neither of them is much cop, as they swing and miss for a while then sort of catch each other with a couple of shots that glance off the gloves or are mostly slipped.
A good hook from Fallon is answered by a crisp double-jab from Owen and it's clear there's not really much between these two. Fallon lands a sharp cross, but Owen's there to answer again and the round's too tight for me to score.
Then with 10 seconds left in the round the two boxers close and both duck at the same time, causing a really nasty clash of heads, I grimace and as the bell goes I rush to check Fallon's face and find it, thankfully unmarked. However Owen drops to his stool in his corner and there's a huge purple mark beneath his left eye. Sweet!
Round Two I'd call the first round a split on the scorecards, so I tell Fallon to keep on, keeping on, especially if he can land another of those nice headbutts.
Instead, it's bang-bang as Fallon lands a nice straight jab and follows it up by stepping out and firing in a right cross. Owen tries to tie up, but Fallon steps back and sticks in another pair of right hands and Owen's face opens like a ripe peach - a nasty gash above the right eye to go with the bruise beneath the left.
The two fighters land a punch each as the bell sounds, but Owen looks a mess as he goes back to his corner.
Round Three That round was solidly scored for my guy, I'm sure, so it's more of the same advice, the adivce being "more of the same" from Fallon.
Both fighters land again in the first minute, but then it's a cracking straight right from Fallon, right on the button and now Owen's nose is bleeding to go with his eye.
Owen tried to come in and the ref warns him to watch his rabbit punches, an admonishment he answers with two good punches to end the round.
Round Four Another round there probably split, but I have my guy slightly in front, so I tell him to stay out of trouble and keep working on Owen's cuts.
Clearly Owen knows that he needs to win this round as he's out and throwing and both punchers land at the same time twice, then grapple until the Ref splits them up.
Owen lands a solid right to Fallon's body and then slips a jab to fire back with a hook and now I'm shouting at Fallon to watch himself and to bloody move.
Move he does, staying out of range as the crowd start to get restless at seeing no action, but I don't want Fallon throwing this away. He moves, moves, moves and then right at the end of the round he suddenly steps forward to land another sweet right cross and Owen's nose is bleeding again.
That's nice timing by Fallon, because as the final bell goes and the judges think about scoring they're looking at one guy who looks in good shape and one who looks like he's been pitched through a windscreen.
The Judges It's always nervy when it goes to the judges though, because they are, routinely, myopic idiots.
The ref calls the fighters forward and the ring announcer steps up with the microphone.
"Following four tough rounds of exciting boxing we have a uninamous decision.
Judge Ismael Fernandez scores the fight 40-36. Heinrich Muhlmert scores the fight 39-37 and Harry Gibbs scores the fight 39-38 in favour of our winner.... Cleveland Fallon!"
Nice! Another couple of wins and I'll have to think of a nickname for him.
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Post by Boony on Mar 16, 2007 21:13:54 GMT
That's a nice first fight, s1ut. Do you have a link for this game, then?
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 16, 2007 21:47:36 GMT
Umm, actually this is a game that I'm running, based around an old cards and dice thing I had in the loft. I've replaced the dice with a quick and dirty random number generator and tried to automate some other bits and it's working out ok at a pure game level. Now I just have to try to paste some rules over the top to give managers something to do.
It's amusing me and I thought I'd see if I put out a few fights if anyone else fancied getting involved, so that I could then fall back to a GM/semi-playing position. I do a good job of running games, as the PIFFLE champion will tell you...
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Post by Moo on Mar 16, 2007 21:57:49 GMT
I saw what you did there. I'm up for it, providing I don't have to do anything at all.
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 16, 2007 22:07:28 GMT
February Year 1
Ok, now for the confusing part.
February would be a busy month for the PBC, as the governing body start trying to determine the rankings among their fighters at each level. To achieve this there will be two events of nine bouts this month, featuring fighters from each level at each weight.
Therefore, each of the two events will look like this :
Continental Championship Heavyweight v Heavyweight Middleweight v Middleweight Lightweight v Lightweight
National Championship Heavyweight v Heavyweight Middleweight v Middleweight Lightweight v Lightweight
Regional Championship Heavyweight v Heavyweight Middleweight v Middleweight Lightweight v Lightweight
The winner of each fight from event 1 will match off with the respective winner from event 2 to claim the appropriate championship belt.
The loser of each of the qualifying bouts will join with the loser of the championship bout and will fight against three randomly selected boxers to begin to form a top ten ranking at each level.
Clear as mud.
First event to come.
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Post by Moo on Mar 16, 2007 22:24:16 GMT
Have I won yet?
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 16, 2007 22:33:38 GMT
February Year 1 Championship Deciders - Event 1
Bout 1. Regional Lightweight Curits White -vs- Michael Placencia (Six Rounds)
These two set off at a fearsome pace and each has the other in trouble in round one, with Placencia scoring a clubbing right hook that has White in trouble, but then getting careless trying to finish the fight quickly and getting into trouble on the end of a sneaky uppercut.
The second round is more measured to start, but then the bombs come out again and both fighters are holding on grimly by the end of the three minutes.
Round three and there's no surprises as we see more big punching, but this time Placencia's hook is good enough, sending White to the canvas, where he stays for the 10 count.
Winner : Michael Placencia by Knockout at 2:18 of round 3.
Bout 2. National Heavyweight Terry Clarkson -vs- Kenneth Telford (Six Rounds)
A first sighting of the big fellas as Clarkson and Telford face off to see who has the most ordinary name.
It's probably fair to say that Clarkson wins this one, as Telford is left facing the lights just after the two minute mark of the first round and can't beat the count.
Winner : Terry Clarkson by Knockout at 2:33 of round 1.
Bout 3. Continental Middleweightweight Uwe Klein -vs- Xavier Milazzo (Eight Rounds)
Germany against Italy here in the Continental level, for guys who expect to go on and challenge for the big titles later on. Klein is considered to be about the best fighter at his level so there'll be a lot of interested parties looking on.
There's no doubt that Klein's the boss early on here as he picks away at Milazzo in the first round, then dominates in the second, bloodying the Italian's nose.
Milazzo tries to work inside in the third and finally finds some success, probably tying the round and then in the fourth he has Klein in trouble against the ropes and looked good in front of the judges, even though he's still bleeding from the nose.
The fifth sees Klein try to go back to a defensive style, with some success, but both guys are now showing some blood; Milazzo from the nose and Klein from a good shot to the mouth. The German continues to use his better technical skills in the sixth and has Milazzo wobbling, but the fight scraps through a seventh round with the Italian bloodied and trailing, but still in the fight.
The eighth starts and both guys are going to remember this fight, both looking dead on their feet through the last three minutes. The bell sounds and we're over to the judges, although there's little doubt about the result...
By unanimous decision, the winner is Uwe Klein. (78-75/79-76/79-74)
Winner : Uwe Klein - Points
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Post by Boony on Mar 17, 2007 1:02:48 GMT
Ah, I understand now. You are the link. Where do I click?
So, yeah, I'll play. This sounds pretty cool. I'm not into boxing necessarily, but I like the concept.
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 17, 2007 9:10:25 GMT
February Year 1 Championship Deciders - Event 1Bout 4. Regional Heavyweight Steve LaFontaine -vs- Randy Keil(Six Rounds)A chance for me to see another couple of duffers from vdH's current rung of the ladder. I get to see a pretty solid six rounds too. LaFontaine looks the better boxer, but Keil is in much better shape, having clearly trained very hard and he can maintain a pace that LaFontaine can't match. 18 minutes of seriously furious action later, we're onto the Judges scorecards and... we have a draw. Which is handy for an eliminator. 59-55/57-57/57-60 Winner : Match Drawn.Bout 5. National Lightweight Jeff Slaton -vs- Scott Hunnicutt(Six Rounds)Essentially two fights here, as Slaton starts fast and then passes out on his stool knackered after round three, at which point Hunnicutt takes over and pounds Slaton for the last three rounds and so it's over to the judges again... 58-56 ... 57-58 ... 60-55 - Jeff Slaton. Winner : Jeff Slaton - by split decision.Bout 6. Continental Lightweight Shawn Perkins -vs- Howard Wildman(Eight Rounds)Not much to see here, as Wildman lives up to his title, clubbing Perkins into submission in just over four minutes. Winner : Howard Wildman - by Knockout at 1:03 of round 2.Bout 7. Regional Middleweight Reuben Clint -vs- Rolando McKeever(Six Rounds)This was a bit dull as McKeever handed Clint his arse for 18 minutes and won on all three scorecards. Winner : Rolando McKeever - Points.Bout 8. National Middleweight Doh-Keun Ko -vs- Jesse Haskin(Six Rounds)A furious start here, as Korean Doh-Keun Ko has Haskin in trouble three times in the first two rounds, but can't find the right shot to put away his wobbling opponent. Round three starts the same way, with Ko looking like he has a bus to catch, but then Haskin steps inside a lazy jab and nails Ko right on the button and he's down! Ko climbs back to his feet at six, but Haskin won't let him off and rains the punches in, finally banging in a big right cross that sends Ko to the canvas for the full 10. Winner : Jesse Haskin - by Knockout at 2:19 of round 3.Bout 9. Continental Heavyweight Oleg Makowski -vs- Viktor Samsonov(Eight Rounds)The final fight of the night and the one everyone's excited to see. There's a definite Eastern European bent here as Pole Makowski takes on the Czech, Samsonov. The only thing to say about this fight is... wow. This was top of the bill and everyone can see why as two up and comers in peak condition just batter each other. Makowski starts the fastest and sends Samsonov reeling as early as 20 seconds into the first round with a huge right hand. The Czech tries to tie Makowski up, but another big shot at the end of the round sends Samsonov to his corner on wobbly legs. Predictably, Samsonov starts the second round slowly and looks in trouble again before he throws a perfect jab-jab-cross combination then moves inside to land an uppercut and now it's the Pole who looks about ready to fall. Round three is tight, with both fighters breathing hard and then four is pretty slow paced, before Makowski cracks in a cross, but an unsteady Samsonov clinches and lasts the round again. Halfway through and this has been immense already. Round five goes to Makowski, purely because he finishes the round stronger, but Samsonov, who's known as a dirty fighter, starts throwing elbows in the sixth and this unsettles his opponent. The seventh is the same, as Makowski starts strong, but is knocked out of his gameplan, by bumping and a couple of lowish punches from Samsonov. Round eight... three minutes to go. Makowski starts with another nice uppercut inside, but then gets sloppy, possibly tiring and doesn't see an uppercut that leaves him staggering. His head clears but Samsonov smells a win here and he lands a combination and then another uppercut and Makowski is down! The count stretches out to six, before the Pole pulls himself up using the ropes and as soon as the Ref shouts fight, Samsonov is in throwing everything he's got, but there's the bell and we're over to the judges. Judge Angel Tovar scores the fight an even 75-75... Judge Duane Ford scores the fight, 77-73, Maskowski. Judge Horacio Castillia scores the fight 76-75 in favour of our winner by majority decision, Oleg Maskowski! Winner : Oleg Maskowski - Majority decision.I don't think I can do that fight justice - that was a belter! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Event 1 Winners : Oleg Maskowski Uwe Klein Howard Wildman Terry Clarkson Jesse Haskin Jeff Slaton Steve LaFontaine -vs- Randy Keil - (PBC Governor's Board Decision to follow) Rolando McKeever Michael Placencia
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 19, 2007 12:19:42 GMT
February Year 1 Lots of Punching Action - Event 2
Bout 1 Regional Middleweight James Eyler vs Justin Iverson
Eyler is much fancied at this level and for the next step up if he can develop and he shows it here as he watches Iverson for a while, standing in to take a punch or two and then with the round coming to a close he lands a big one-two, wobbling his opponent and closes in to fire in a big cross that ends the fight.
Winner : James Eyler - Knockout at 3:00 of round 1.
Bout 2 National Heavyweight Pietr Walczak vs Antonion Zaragoza
Largely uninspiring between these two, as Zaragoza is the better boxer, but Walczak can take a saucepan to the face without flinching. And that's pretty much what happens, as Walczak wins the first round, but spends the rest of the fight taking blows to the head and Zaragoza wins a unanimous decision.
Winner : Antonio Zaragoza - Points.
Bout 3 Continental Lightweight Sal Lidstrom vs Roy Snipes
Not much to see here - Snipes is heavily tipped to move up to the world class, but he doesn't need to do much here as his second shot of the day opens a nasty cut on Lidstrom's face and the ref stops the fight.
Winner : Roy Snipes - Ref stopped fight (cuts) at 2:09 of round 1.
Bout 4 Regional Heavyweight Felix Bojorquez vs Gregory Graf
More future vdH opponents on show here, with Graf owning a big punch and not more, while Bojorquez is a decent fighter, who should take this one provided he can avoid walking on to one of Graf's cannons.
That's exactly how it turns out as Felix dominates round one, then gets knocked down in round two. It's a snap knockdown and Bojorquez is up immediately, but it shows the danger in Graf's gloves. So you'd think that Bojorquez would learn this, but after a round of playing it safe at range, he goes back inside and takes another crack to the chin and is quickly down and up again.
So now Graf has done nothing in the fight bar knock down Bojorquez twice, so who knows how the judges are going to score this. Felix decides to take matters into his own hands now though and he dominates round five and finally finds a way to put Graf down at the start of the sixth round and then piles in landing punches unanswered forcing the Ref to step in and save Graf.
Winner : Felix Bojorquez - Ref stopped fight (fighter unable to defend himself) at 00:26 of round 6.
Bout 5 National Lightweight Stephen Mielke vs William Svoboda
More uninspiring fare here, as Mielke and Svoboda both look pretty limited in ability and spend two rounds throwing handbags at each other. Then out of nowhere in the third Svoboda lands a big cross and it's goodnight Stephen.
Winner : William Svoboda - Knockout at 00:45 of round 3.
Bout 6 Continental Middleweight Nelson Twombly vs Patrice Malin
A big start here as Malin floors Twombly with the first punch of the fight, but Nelson comes back with a knockdown of his own in round two. After a couple of slower rounds it's the fifth that decides the fight, as Twombly pours on the power and has Malin in trouble three times, even though he can't finish the Frenchman and he runs through to the end for a majority decision as Judge Juan Guarra was watching a different fight and scores the bout even.
Winner : Nelson Twombly - Majority points decision.
Bout 7 Regional Lightweight Earnest Hoke vs Dale Stevens
Hoke is a big favourite here, if only because Stevens is suspected of having a glass chin as we see when Hoke has Stevens in trouble in round one, on the canvas in rounds two and three and finally counted out in the fourth in a comfortable performance.
Winner : Earnest Hoke - Knockout at 2:10 of round 4.
Bout 8 National Middleweight Kurt Jebel vs Antoine Lofton
Two evenly matched boxers put on a decent show here, filling out the six rounds with something approaching talent and thoughtful boxing.
Jebel starts slowly, losing the first round handily, but then slowly increases the pressure, splitting the secound round and then winning each of the remaining four by increasing margins to seal a tight, yet unanimous decision.
Winner : Kurt Jebel - Points.
Bout 9 Continental Heavyweight Glenn Palacio vs Jordan Cummins
The big fellas top the bill again and Cummins is a boxer drawing a lot of attention, for his decent skills and killer instinct. But it's a strangely subdued Cummins who sits at range and paws at Palacio, winning three rounds from range and not looking too interested in winning in a hurry. In the second Cummins opens a deep cut on Palacio's left eye and he seems to be waiting for that cut to stop the fight rather than trying to win.
At the start of round five Cummins lands another big shot right on the same spot and Palacio's cut opens wide and nasty again and the ref takes him to the ring doctor who stops the fight.
Winner : Jordan Cummins - Ref stopped fight (cuts) at 00:36 of round 5.
Well, that was a bit more low-key than the bombs away nature of the first event, but we have nine winners here too, who will face off against the other nine in April, for the titles.
Event 2 Winners Jordan Cummins Nelson Twombly Roy Snipes Antonio Zaragoza Kurt Jebel William Svoboda Felix Bojorquez James Eyler Earnest Hoke
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 20, 2007 11:58:48 GMT
Right then, that's the bulk of the hard work done, so just a cruise through to about June now, when I'll open up other gyms for other players, if any of you lot want to come on board.
Contracts If you choose to open a gym, you'll welcome between one and three boxers interested in coming aboard. You'll receive cursory scouting notes about each and you can sign one or all of them to one year contracts.
In this first instance, the deals will be six months with an option for a further year. So any original boxers can be dropped in January year 2, or you can pick up their option and keep them until January year 3.
Outside of this first signing, new boxers will be available each January, for one year contracts. At the end of the one year, boxers may choose to leave your gym if they're not happy with the conditions.
You, the manager Managers have six skills to choose from and may pick any three to start with. The three you choose will start with a rating of 1. Ratings will improve over time, based on events and can also be improved through your own hard work.
Throughout your career you will have the chance to develop the skills you do not pick at the start, but improvement there will always be much harder than in the three you do choose.
The skills are :
Reputation Reputation is your standing in the boxing world and it has several effects depending on how high your reputation is. To start, it will attract better boxers to your gym. It will also make these boxers more likely to listen to your advice during fights.
Training When your boxer isn't fighting, he can be in the gym, maintaining his skills and, under your guidance, he could even improve his abilities.
Motivation A skillful boxer is important, but getting up at 5am to run ten miles while you drive alongside in your purple Astra calling him a canute through a megaphone isn't anyone's idea of fun.
With the motivation skill, you can ensure your boxer works hard in the gym, gives his best in the ring and leaves the cream cakes for you.
Scouting Knowing your own boxer is important, but throwing him into the ring against an opponent about whom you can say only "He's got two arms! I think." is probably unwise.
Scouting will let you find out more about the other boxers in the PBC, perhaps discovering their strengths and weaknesses. It will also let you know more about your own boxer.
Development Does your fat Dutch heavyweight mistake himself for Muhammed Ali and sit dreaming of bouncing around the ring showing off his blazing speed when, in fact, if he does anything more athletic than put on his shoes he gets out of breath?
With the development skill, you'll be able to guide the your boxer to a style more suited to his, (lack of), talent. You'll also be able to make him hit his prime as a fighter sooner and stay there longer.
Luck You dropped a fiver.
But later found a £20 note.
In Adriana Lima's knickers.
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More bits as I make them up later.
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Post by Boony on Mar 20, 2007 13:18:00 GMT
OK, these sound interesting. Do I take it that, with development, you get to shift a boxer's stats attributes around, while with training, you actually get to increase them? And, if you have both, will you be able to increase them in specific areas?
Motivation and reputation sound similar too - I guess motivation is more geared towards training, while reputation means he'll listen to you tactically? Which means you'd better have your scouting badge, so you know what you're talking about...
Are you going to answer these, or is it up to us to work the way these skills interact ourselves?
I'm new to these games, so please bear with me...
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Post by Narcizo on Mar 20, 2007 13:21:16 GMT
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Post by coffers on Mar 20, 2007 13:23:29 GMT
For some reason I cannot generate any interest in Fight Trick, it doesn't involve enough clubs.
Oh, the Ad at the top is for FightFarm.com.
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Post by Boony on Mar 20, 2007 13:29:34 GMT
Coffers - the more people there are, the better it will be. And... remember how late you converted to GLoF? If you're in it from the start, you won't be playing catch up all game long.
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Post by Moo on Mar 20, 2007 13:36:13 GMT
I'd rather wait to see if the PIFFLE final is played first.It took me about three months to finally figure out what the hell was happening with that and then the canute went and binned it.
I rate your stamina a :moose:
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Post by coffers on Mar 20, 2007 13:37:19 GMT
I know, it's just I don't have a lot of time to think about this at the moment or put any effort in.
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Post by Boony on Mar 20, 2007 13:38:03 GMT
That's what you said about the GLoF! :thumb:
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Post by coffers on Mar 20, 2007 13:51:38 GMT
Ah but GloF I had a semi interest in.
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Post by Narcizo on Mar 20, 2007 13:56:51 GMT
Can't we just say that elth has won and save everybody the aggro?
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 20, 2007 14:07:37 GMT
OK, these sound interesting. Do I take it that, with development, you get to shift a boxer's stats attributes around, while with training, you actually get to increase them? And, if you have both, will you be able to increase them in specific areas? Motivation and reputation sound similar too - I guess motivation is more geared towards training, while reputation means he'll listen to you tactically? Which means you'd better have your scouting badge, so you know what you're talking about... Are you going to answer these, or is it up to us to work the way these skills interact ourselves? I'm new to these games, so please bear with me... Hmm. The idea of the skills is to be complimentary, rather than to overlap too much. This should become a bit clearer when you see you first boxer. Motivation and Reputation sound a bit similar, but they cover different things. A good rep is going to make good fighters want to come and work for you. In fights, if you stay "stay outside and work the jab" then if the boxer believes you know what you're on about, then he'll do it. If you have low rep, he may decide that his own feeling, which is to go inside and try to finish the fight is a better idea. Motivation on the other hand is more about getting the most out of a boxer. In the months leading up to a fight your man is going to be having to eat the right things and work hard to get in shape. Also, when knocked down, a highly motivated boxer is more likely to get up than a poorly motivated guy, who might think "I'll just lie here for a bit rather than stand up and be panned in the face again." As for the other two, training will help you increase a guy's power, for example, by having him hit a heavy bag repeatedly. With development, you'll be able to bring a boxer along earlier in his "ringcraft", (oo-er), and guide him outside of the ring to a style that better suits his abilities. So if you have a guy who's quick, with not much of a chin, you can take reputation and spend the fight shouting at him "don't fight inside!" or you can take development and coach him out of wanting to, so you can shout other, things at him instead. So, for example, if you take Reputation, Motivation and Training as your choices, you're going to get a better fighter than you would, you're going to be able to improve his abilities and you're going to get him fighting toward the top of his ability. However, without scouting, you're not going to know too much about the guys in his division, outside of what you can glean by watching them fight other people that also don't know much about. You might pick a fight against a guy who's looked garbage so far, but has the exact skillset to knock your guy into next week. Without development, you're never going to be able to mould the boxer into something other than his natural state. If you have a guy with a big punch and a glass chin who likes to mix it up and he's up against another big puncher, you're going to have to spend every break between rounds saying "don't go inside, don't go inside, don't go inside" and relying on your reputation to convince him. If you have development, you could coach his inside tendancies out of him in the months leading up to the fight and then spend the breaks between rounds motivating him and tell him what he should be doing, rather than what he shouldn't be. If you go for Training, Scouting and Development, you're going to be able to improve your boxer and you're going to be able to coach him into fighting just the right way against boxers whose weak points you know. But you're not going to be able to motivate someone who's lazy and they might ignore your between-round suggestions. Hopefully, the skills mix up so that you can pick three and lay them side by side and have them compliment each other, but you can also see that you have holes in your resume.
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Post by Narcizo on Mar 20, 2007 14:15:51 GMT
I have to admit you've piqued my interest. The PiFFle thing last time led me into the murky world of FOF MP leagues so who knows what will happen this time round?
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Mar 20, 2007 14:25:06 GMT
The piffle thing fell apart purely because of the shitty software I ran it on. I had to manually change every single play in every playbook based on the players on each team.
Every time a receiver improved his speed it fucked up every timing pattern in playbook and I had to redo them all.
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Post by Narcizo on Mar 20, 2007 14:30:19 GMT
I know. Still, if in doubt blame s1ugt, that's what I always say.
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