playmaker Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Issue 2 of The Bootroom fanzine should be hitting the virtual shelves round about now. If you have already read it, this is the right place to sign up for the Meon Valley youth team. If not, then here is a brief outline of what The Bootroom 2008 Big Challenge is all about. Championship Club Southampton have been replaced by Meon Valley. Sadly (ahem) Southampton are now completely defunct, although they still exist in the database to keep player histories accurate. The new club is frankly a bit of a shambles. There are only five senior professionals, virtually no money and a temporary ground while they wait for the builders to get going on the new Solent Superdome. The only coaching staff you have are also the two most senior players – at least it keeps the wage bill down! Surviving the first season will be tough (relegated in three out of four test games) and that’s where you come in. First up, Meon Valley need a youth team, so we need willing Bootroom readers to sign-up, or anyone who has stumbled in here by accident of course! To sign-up you only need to provide three pieces of information, as per the example below. Positions will be assigned and there will be a maximum of 22 players – 2 each for every position in a 442: Name: Joe Bloggs PA or CA Bias: CA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical - CA bias means that you will start with a decent current ability between 80-100 (randomly generated within that range), but that your potential will be capped at 20 points above. You have a good chance of making the first team in the first couple of seasons and should have a decent career. You will be a safe bet, but not a superstar. - PA bias will give you greater potential, but a much lower starting point (CA of 40). You could be a future international star, or you could be clubless and working in a factory by the age of 19. - Technical or mental bias means that you will get two or three key attributes in your chosen area. - Be bold. PA and Technical bias may sound more exciting, but with only five senior professionals you could be missing an opportunity to be written into Meon Valley folklore as they struggle to first stay in the Championship, then get out of it at the right end. Join the Challenge If Dafuge’s Challenge or Gundo’s Challenge seem a little overwhelming then this could be a good alternative. As soon as we have a youth team then the save game will be made available for download and you can take up the challenge. You can simply load up and jump in as the existing manager, Jack Striker, or retire him and add yourself in. We would ask that you try to post regular updates on here about your progress – at least twice a season. We are also encouraging people to hop on over to the stories forum and exercise their literary skills. Check out the full article for player profiles and a fanciful start to the story (which you can either take up or create your own background). Rules - No editing with external utilities. Really, what’s the point. - You must not get relegated to League One. Not in the first season or any other season. - You must not get sacked. - No boosting your finances by artificial means, such as excessive friendlies or taking over another team to buy your players for silly money. I will also be running a holiday game. The first season results will be reported in issue 3 of The Bootroom, but I will also try and give some ‘half-term reports’ during the season on here. It will be interesting to see what happens to Meon Valley, with the AI left to it’s own devices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Issue 2 of The Bootroom fanzine should be hitting the virtual shelves round about now. If you have already read it, this is the right place to sign up for the Meon Valley youth team. If not, then here is a brief outline of what The Bootroom 2008 Big Challenge is all about. Championship Club Southampton have been replaced by Meon Valley. Sadly (ahem) Southampton are now completely defunct, although they still exist in the database to keep player histories accurate. The new club is frankly a bit of a shambles. There are only five senior professionals, virtually no money and a temporary ground while they wait for the builders to get going on the new Solent Superdome. The only coaching staff you have are also the two most senior players – at least it keeps the wage bill down! Surviving the first season will be tough (relegated in three out of four test games) and that’s where you come in. First up, Meon Valley need a youth team, so we need willing Bootroom readers to sign-up, or anyone who has stumbled in here by accident of course! To sign-up you only need to provide three pieces of information, as per the example below. Positions will be assigned and there will be a maximum of 22 players – 2 each for every position in a 442: Name: Joe Bloggs PA or CA Bias: CA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical - CA bias means that you will start with a decent current ability between 80-100 (randomly generated within that range), but that your potential will be capped at 20 points above. You have a good chance of making the first team in the first couple of seasons and should have a decent career. You will be a safe bet, but not a superstar. - PA bias will give you greater potential, but a much lower starting point (CA of 40). You could be a future international star, or you could be clubless and working in a factory by the age of 19. - Technical or mental bias means that you will get two or three key attributes in your chosen area. - Be bold. PA and Technical bias may sound more exciting, but with only five senior professionals you could be missing an opportunity to be written into Meon Valley folklore as they struggle to first stay in the Championship, then get out of it at the right end. Join the Challenge If Dafuge’s Challenge or Gundo’s Challenge seem a little overwhelming then this could be a good alternative. As soon as we have a youth team then the save game will be made available for download and you can take up the challenge. You can simply load up and jump in as the existing manager, Jack Striker, or retire him and add yourself in. We would ask that you try to post regular updates on here about your progress – at least twice a season. We are also encouraging people to hop on over to the stories forum and exercise their literary skills. Check out the full article for player profiles and a fanciful start to the story (which you can either take up or create your own background). Rules - No editing with external utilities. Really, what’s the point. - You must not get relegated to League One. Not in the first season or any other season. - You must not get sacked. - No boosting your finances by artificial means, such as excessive friendlies or taking over another team to buy your players for silly money. I will also be running a holiday game. The first season results will be reported in issue 3 of The Bootroom, but I will also try and give some ‘half-term reports’ during the season on here. It will be interesting to see what happens to Meon Valley, with the AI left to it’s own devices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evry1sfavedave Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: David Pitt PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical This looks like a great idea and I look forwards to the challenge of playing the actual game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Excellent, he first 'new recruit'!! Lets keep it going and get some more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Even more details on the challenge can be found in Issue Two of 'The Bootroom' http://www.sendspace.com/file/xcreb3 Download size is about 8MB - a lot smaller than issue One. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterspud Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Mark Baker PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical [entered on behalf of a friend who doesn't have the ability to post- ] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
evry1sfavedave Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Ah excellent, I was wondering where I could find it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Scott Mackay PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 hope i got in on time????? this would be great to play and i sure cant wait to take up the challenge! Up Meon Valley!!! that sounds great!!! or in fact rather rude!!! LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by The_Mack2007: hope i got in on time????? this would be great to play and i sure cant wait to take up the challenge! Up Meon Valley!!! that sounds great!!! or in fact rather rude!!! LOL </div></BLOCKQUOTE> All the entries are in this thread, so you definitely got in on time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 ok great! it seems a great set up and will be a joy to play! Ive read the issue in places as im in the middle of writing an essay for a business degree and would like to say it is a great read! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper99 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Craig Hopper PA or CA Bias: CA Technical or Mental Bias: Mental. Trying to keep this as real as possible. In real life I'm 27 so unlikely to improve much and in my footy team I'm a bit of a midfield tackler who's not that technically great but can read the game well and all that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by The_Mack2007: ok great! it seems a great set up and will be a joy to play! Ive read the issue in places as im in the middle of writing an essay for a business degree and would like to say it is a great read! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> The essay or the fanzine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazza Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name:Keith Spendiff PA or CA: CA Technical or Mental bias:Mental In rl 55 so any chance to play would suit me fine..lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Both! LOL The Fanzine of course!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Jonny Hennel PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Jack Browne PA or CA Bias: PA Techincal or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Ignore me post Dont have the time Have fun with it though, sounds good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowcrapup Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name- Robert Dawson PA or CA - PA Techinal or mental - technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leokwash Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Shaun Bullit PA or CA Bias: PA Technical Or Mental: Mental Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uniteder92 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uniteder92 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Damn no edit button Name: David Evans PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ergio Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Sergio Harris PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Mental Looks like an awesome idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnc007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Conor Callan PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Mental Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyburns Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Chris Burns PA or CA Bias: CA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlydevices Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Sneaky Ninja PA or CA Bias: CA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldkohmew Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Blan Page PA or CA: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Mental Though i thought of physical bias but good experiment! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT23 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 On behalf of a mate... Daniel Williams PA Bias Mental With this player i see 16 people that have signed up so far. By my reckoning, we need one more player! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by WillT23: On behalf of a mate... Daniel Williams PA Bias Mental With this player i see 16 people that have signed up so far. By my reckoning, we need one more player! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> The five senior players don't count towards the 22, so there are six more spaces yet. I've got the first five into the database, but I had to go and pick my daughter up, so the rest are yet to be done. I should get the remaining players in tonight, so assuming there are six more signed up the save game should be available tomorrow morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT23 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 sorry mate, 6 more then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybo_h Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Billy Hawkins PA or CA Bias: PA Technical or Mental Bias: Technical class idea..cant wait Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBC#1 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: John Brian Carthy PA or CA Bias: CA Technichal or Mental Bias: Mental Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT23 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Guys, please add to this list to make it easier for playmaker 1. David Pitt - PA - Technical 2. Mark Baker - PA - Technical 3. Scott Mackay - PA - Technical 4. Craig Hopper - CA - Mental 5. Keith Spendiff - CA - Mental 6. Jonny Hennel - PA - Technical 7. Robert Dawson - PA - Technical 8. Shaun Bullit - PA - Mental 9. David Evans - PA - Technical 10. Sergio Harris - PA - Mental 11. Conor Callan - PA - Mental 12. Chris Burns - CA - Technical 13. Sneaky Ninja - CA - Technical 14. Luke Kelland - PA - Mental 15. Blan Page - PA - Mental 16. Daniel Williams - PA - Mental 17. Billy Hawkins - PA - Technical 18. John Brian Carthy - CA - Mental 19. 20. 21. 22. Just 4 more players needed guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Guys, please add to this list to make it easier for playmaker 1. David Pitt - PA - Technical 2. Mark Baker - PA - Technical 3. Scott Mackay - PA - Technical 4. Craig Hopper - CA - Mental 5. Keith Spendiff - CA - Mental 6. Jonny Hennel - PA - Technical 7. Robert Dawson - PA - Technical 8. Shaun Bullit - PA - Mental 9. David Evans - PA - Technical 10. Sergio Harris - PA - Mental 11. Conor Callan - PA - Mental 12. Chris Burns - CA - Technical 13. Sneaky Ninja - CA - Technical 14. Luke Kelland - PA - Mental 15. Blan Page - PA - Mental 16. Daniel Williams - PA - Mental 17. Billy Hawkins - PA - Technical 18. John Brian Carthy - CA - Mental 19. Nick Burcher - CA - Mental 20. 21. 22. Just 3 more players needed guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joea27 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name: Joe Albertella PA or CA Bias: PA Technichal or Mental Bias: Technichal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joea27 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Guys, please add to this list to make it easier for playmaker 1. David Pitt - PA - Technical 2. Mark Baker - PA - Technical 3. Scott Mackay - PA - Technical 4. Craig Hopper - CA - Mental 5. Keith Spendiff - CA - Mental 6. Jonny Hennel - PA - Technical 7. Robert Dawson - PA - Technical 8. Shaun Bullit - PA - Mental 9. David Evans - PA - Technical 10. Sergio Harris - PA - Mental 11. Conor Callan - PA - Mental 12. Chris Burns - CA - Technical 13. Sneaky Ninja - CA - Technical 14. Luke Kelland - PA - Mental 15. Blan Page - PA - Mental 16. Daniel Williams - PA - Mental 17. Billy Hawkins - PA - Technical 18. John Brian Carthy - CA - Mental 19. Nick Burcher - CA - Mental 20. Joe Albertella - PA - Technical 21. 22. Just 2 more players needed guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis118 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Name:Louis Jackson Ca or Pa: PA Technical stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 one more!!!! Up meon valley! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT23 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 1. David Pitt - PA - Technical 2. Mark Baker - PA - Technical 3. Scott Mackay - PA - Technical 4. Craig Hopper - CA - Mental 5. Keith Spendiff - CA - Mental 6. Jonny Hennel - PA - Technical 7. Robert Dawson - PA - Technical 8. Shaun Bullit - PA - Mental 9. David Evans - PA - Technical 10. Sergio Harris - PA - Mental 11. Conor Callan - PA - Mental 12. Chris Burns - CA - Technical 13. Sneaky Ninja - CA - Technical 14. Luke Kelland - PA - Mental 15. Blan Page - PA - Mental 16. Daniel Williams - PA - Mental 17. Billy Hawkins - PA - Technical 18. John Brian Carthy - CA - Mental 19. Nick Burcher - CA - Mental 20. Joe Albertella - PA - Technical 21. Louis Jackson - PA - Technical 22. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 1. David Pitt - PA - Technical2. Mark Baker - PA - Technical 3. Scott Mackay - PA - Technical 4. Craig Hopper - CA - Mental 5. Keith Spendiff - CA - Mental 6. Jonny Hennel - PA - Technical 7. Robert Dawson - PA - Technical 8. Shaun Bullit - PA - Mental 9. David Evans - PA - Technical 10. Sergio Harris - PA - Mental 11. Conor Callan - PA - Mental 12. Chris Burns - CA - Technical 13. Sneaky Ninja - CA - Technical 14. Luke Kelland - PA - Mental 15. Blan Page - PA - Mental 16. Daniel Williams - PA - Mental 17. Billy Hawkins - PA - Technical 18. John Brian Carthy - CA - Mental 19. Nick Burcher - CA - Mental 20. Joe Albertella - PA - Technical 21. Louis Jackson - PA - Technical 22. Scott Sherman - PA - Mental On behalf of a friend! The valley is born Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Mack2007 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 cant wait to get started on this it will be a good challenge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by The_Mack2007: cant wait to get started on this it will be a good challenge! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> I'm just finishing off inputting the players. Then a quick test and off to bed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 lookin forward to this, should be a tough one!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 A quick update... The database is created and I'm just going to run another test season to make sure that the 22 new players have not unbalanced anything. Hopefully that will have finished by the time I've fed my daughter and put her down for her morning sleep. I'll post the link to the save game in the next hour or two with any luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Link to save game[/] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Link to save game[/] Oops, I pressed Post Now by accident. Anyway... Here is the link to the Meon Valley save game. I've decided that I will write up a three season holiday-game report in the fanzine, so that I can do a few more updates on here - one season would have been a bit limiting. Happy downloading and don't forget to update us with your progress in this thread. We want to know who the Meon Valley legends are and who the flops are. Who did you sign? Can you stay up or even mount a promotion challenge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 Oh for goodness sake - I still can't get the bold title right. Just to convince myself I'm not totally incompetent... Link to save game Here is the link to the Meon Valley save game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Downloading now - can't wait to get started, I just wish I had more time to play it. I mght be one of the first to start, but I can guarantee I will be one of the last to complete the first season! Good luck everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinso Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 downloading now, good luck everyone!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 So it begins... http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5512/meonmanagerps3.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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