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Originally Posted by archibalduk
Seeing comments like "league X is a waste of time" is pretty demoralising to be honest. It seems that many users think that if more leagues are added the game is somehow diluted. This isn't the case. The game has been built in way that additional leagues can be easily "switched on". The work on the leagues isn't done by Sebastian and Malte; it's done by Jeff (in addition to the 1,000 other things he does on the game) and a small-ish group of volunteer researchers. It is the researchers who setup the rules, add the players, create the schedules, etc.
If you look at leagues such as the British ones, yes they are in the game, but virtually none of the realistic rules are there. All that's really present are the basic foreigner limits and trade deadlines. The last time I checked, trading wasn't working in the UK, attendances were still broken, British newgens are far too good relative to experience newgens, etc. The game has been developed thus far with the NHL/North America with its core focus. And rightly so. The inclusion of non-North American/Russian/Swedish/Finnish leagues has had a negligible impact on rule settings included in the game - I can think of just a small number of unique rules. The inclusion of those rules certainly wasn't the reason the game has turned out like it has.
I'll be the first to admit that the likes of the UK, French, Norwegian, Asian, Australian, etc leagues are clearly nothing like the standard of the top European or North American elite leagues. But it's pretty depressing when somebody describes hundreds of hours' of work as a waste of time. Particularly as we do this for no payment other than a free copy of the game.
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Keep up the great work
Ther are always the Nay-sayers, ppl who think itīs pverpriced when they have to pay more than 5 for a game and think a little Tinkerbell does all the coding, researching etc....
You can never do it right for all, thatīs life - Back in the days you had to shell out 60-70 for a game which wouldnīt pass as freeware nowadays and we still had a blast.
If you offer a good game with potential for 30 today which isnīt polished from day 1 on like EA Sports, Blizzards games (Companies with gazillions of employees) the QQīing of the 20something guys starts who never learned to have fun w/o a computer monitor
So if you appreciate the work those guys put into the game, buy it, if not stop whining, be productive with your critic or go look for greener pastures...amen