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The ten commandments of a good hattricker, by a chess player.
How is that… not only the players are important in every match? What is the specialty? What’s the meaning of the coach level? What is loyalty? Spirit of Whom? Why I am not winning? What are the Forums? why aren’t my players recovered from their injury? Do I really make money or actually lose if I buy this player? To Buy or Not to Buy? What skills for this position? The old young system or the New Academy? Some questions that I did to me (and I still do) and that I would have wished someone was there to answer them. Here are some answers to these and other questions, from my experience and from the experience of others.
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Hi everyone, I am Julian and although I've played at different times since 2006, I have my current team since July 2011.
With each update of the system and with each reinstatement to a Hattrick-life (worth mentioning: there have been three) have always emerged thousands of questions about the game, its engine and its small details… that are sometimes left out of the manual.
All my life I played chess and when I came to Hattrick for the second time{1}, I realized that both games were not far from each other. So, after that revelation, and especially with the respective confirmation on my last team, I realized that before moving the pieces, it is essential to understand them, know their weaknesses, strengths, movements and especially, think before every play and every action to try (not always successfully) to go one step ahead of the opponent.
While I would like to address so much more, I will just limit this writing to what I consider the Basic rules that shall always be respected and that, in my opinion, they represent what I have called "The Ten Commandments of a good hattricker". {2} I pass to enlist them and then to explain them one by one:
1. Meet the manual on all things
2. You shall never play any match in vain
3. Sanctify the spirit of your team
4. Honor all your rivals the same
5. You shall not improvise -or at least not all the time-
6. You shall not commit impure acts
7. You shall ask and ask
8. You will get up, fall and then rise again
9. You shall never play without a pure goal
10. Covet and-especially-learn from others teams.
1. Meet the manual on all things
Perhaps one of the biggest problems with people starting hattrick and who decide to leave the game because they misunderstand or disagree with specific topics (such as results), is that they do not understand some basics of the game and have not even taken the time to read the manual. So, before any doubt, ALWAYS the first thing, must be the manual.
2. You shall never play (or simply “not to play”) any match in vain
Like chess, Hattrick is a strategy game where every play counts. In which each step is necessary for the next one. It is therefore essential that all matches which have been played have a clear objective. Do I mean by “clear goal” to win a game? NO, definitely not. When I say that you shall never play any match in vain, I refer to that it should be aimed at obtaining a goal. It's usually “to win”, but many other times it can be just train the maximum number of possible players (regardless of the outcome), and even -though some do not believe it- other times it could be “to lose”. So, for the respect of this commandment, it is essential to understand the pure target of your team (see Commandment 9) and know that with every match, you are in the desired way.
In this regard, it is important that you consider if your goal is “to train”, then the alignment should correspond to it and you shall place the maximum number of players in trainable positions. The typical example: If you train Playmaking and your goal is the training, you should ideally play with alignments with 3 inners and 2 wings. Such as 352, 253, 550, 451.
3. Sanctify the spirit of your team
Perhaps one of the most fundamental issues of Hattrick is the spirit. You should know that a high spirit means a better performance of your team (midfield specifically) and so, you can better fight your rival. (If that’s what you're looking for, of course).
As we know, the team spirit can be handled in several ways: (i) With the trainer, (ii) the "team attitude", game by game, and with some desperate measures like (iii) Psychologists and (iv) Intensity of training.
i. On the coach, I will simply say that more leadership (being solid the maximum you can have), more likely to keep team spirit high.
ii. Regarding the attitude of the team, as you know, there are the acronyms PIC (It stands for Play it Cool ) and MOTS ( Match of the season ).At the beginning of each season, a reset of the spirit occurs and sets it in 4.5. For each match with PIC, it will be multiplied by 1.33 and for every game in MOTS, it will drop to half of what it was.On the exact percentages of performance depending on the level of spirit, I strongly recommend reading the writings of Zorbas in 2011 (15172393.28).
iii. Similarly, other measure, a little less conservative is hiring more sports psychologists. In the case of urgently needing to maintain a level ...
iv. Another measure, even more aggressive, is to decrease the intensity of training. This measure is not recommended, because in addition to harming the training that week (or which the percentage is left) also imply that the day they rise again to 100%, will be severely affected. And therefore, the TSI of your team will be dramatically lowered.
In short, I believe that a good hattrick player should know how to handle each match taking into account the spirit of his team to use all the potential (and even more) from your players, if necessary.
4. Honor all your rivals the same
And honor your opponent means to dignify your opponent. Consider him/her as the greatest enemy you might have. So, if your goal is to win, or climb, or become champion, you must honor all your rivals alike. No matter if it is the first in the table or if it's the latter.
In this regard, it is essential that every match analyze your opponents and know their teams like the back of your hand. You must know their weaknesses and bet on the "gaps" in their formations. Like a chessboard, there are always weak boxes, which if attacked, will certainly give you an advantage or –hopefully- lead you to a victory.
5. You shall not improvise (or at least not all the time)
Planning things, in my opinion, is crucial to the future of any club. Whether planning what attitude I take into every match to reach X match with X spirit, or a very long-term planning as a training method, for example, 10 seasons.
Today with the rise of the HG Teams, planning long-term training, is booming. I declare myself a follower of long-term training, but I clarify that statement, saying that it is important to improvise if the situation demands it: Perhaps a new formation to take advantage of an opponent gap, or try a new tactic that could counteract the rival’s one. Or perhaps a training plan can be affected if a future youth jewel comes out from my youth academy and I have to change training to harness the full potential of the player. It all depends on the circumstances, but in any case, I think it is better to plan things. Whether more or less successful, but knowing where you are going.
6. Do not commit impure acts
Beyond the symbolic name of the sixth commandment, consider “impure acts”, like acts that a good manager cannot –never- make. A list, without limitation, of those acts could be:
- To not send specific orders for each match
- To not arrange friendlies every week
- To not check "Transfer compare" before buying any player
- Not knowing or studying the next rival
- To not adjust the formation to his training plans
- To not read the manual
- Not asking a question that he consider basic
- To play a tactic without knowing it or not knowing what to expect from it in relation to his team.
- Not understanding what specific skills need each position. See (15172393.9)
- To not get a Solid coach ASAP
- Not reading, nor participate in the forums, or just looking to be constantly updated
- Open a New Academy without having the time to check it constantly out; or use an old one while he can take full advantage of the New one.
- And so on...
7. You shall ask and ask
As I mentioned earlier, I think it is essential not to be quiet and with any minimum notice of doubt, to ask. There are always people more experienced than us that can guide us. Use forums, read them. If you are a supporter, use federations, learn from everyone a little.
8. You will get up, fall and then rise again
I think Hattrick, is like life, means a cyclical development. A constant seesaw. Maybe some longer than others, but with planning and knowledge of them, they can be used or wasted. Maybe someone is at the top of the first division, but he should know that in the not too far future, his players will be old, if this player did not think or found a solution, he will inevitably descend. Just as with those in lower divisions, perhaps (and also depending on the operation of their teams, orders, knowledge –and so on) can rise to the first division.
9. Never play without a pure goal
You can imagine what I am referring with a “pure goal”, a pure target. I’m talking about this special thing, which makes you enter to Hattrick every day or week. The purpose of your game, that gives you pleasure to play. I think that it ends up being the most important aspect of the game. And the most beautiful. Interestingly, the nicest thing is not always the same for everyone. So that for some may be simply to make money and save and save, but for others it can be to win a cup, a division, or simply collect flags, or to get all the achievements.
I think my first times I've never managed to establish a pure objective and therefore I ended leaving and deserting. Today, after having engaged with a pair of goals, I realized how nice the game and how addictive it could be. So much, that I bought two years of supporter, because I knew I would not leave again (or at less not in a closer future). It's great to get a personal satisfaction, achieving the goals you have.
10. Covet and-especially- learn from others teams.
Finally, I consider it a golden rule to know to learn from others, but not only asking, but observing the behavior of "the big ones". What formations used who are in the first division, which specialties have their players, why used the player “X” in the “X” match, why formation “Y” against the player “Y”. I think in this way you can always learn. Observing is a very valid knowledge resource.
If you would like to read the original article in Spanish, you can find it here: (17000)
Cheers,
Julian
PD: I would like to give a special thanks to LA-Werner (10766758), for his quick review of my translation from spanish to english. :)
{1} I'm talking about 2009, because in 2008 I left my team because I was stuck in fourth division.
{2} Note that I do not speak for the guidance of the better hattricker, much less pretend that this is the best or which must necessarily be taken into account. It's just another of so many.
Disclaimer: I remember once reading an extraordinary guide/message forum/HT-Press (really do not remember what it was) that mentioned some very basic and fundamental rules that should be taken into account by any manager. After searching and not finding it, I decided to write my own guide, with some vague memories of that, plus profound contributions from me. I hope to lead in some way or another, to those managers who started their successful career in Hattrick. And if the more experienced managers, find that my considerations are not sufficient, adequate or correct; I cordially invite you to correct me ... So we all can learn… what –at the end- is the purpose of it!
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Escrito por Julian1890 (9040458) a 26-03-2013.
