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The Dawn of a New Era
Forum index >> Oceania >> The Dawn of a New Era Goto page : 1, 2, 3
 
Sleuthmeister
Posts: 0
Posted on 2010-12-24 1:59:25
Greetings!

I am The Manager Formerly Known As nzyowie. I said I would be back with a new team name and user name, and so I am. My previous team, the Shaky Islanders, had a name that reflected my national origins. They were proudly named after the land of my birth (and where I also currently reside), New Zealand, the Shaky Isles. However, the new team reflects one of my favourite hobbies - reading (and sometimes writing) mystery stories. So the team logo is a silhouette of Sherlock Holmes, arguably the greatest super sleuth of them all, and the cheerleading squad is called The Baker Street Girls - a nod to the Baker Street Boys who occasionally helped Holmes on his cases. Meanwhile, the Stadium has been named Terror Castle, after the first book in the Three Investigators series, The Secret of Terror Castle. I'm hoping it will be a venue to strike terror into the hearts of my opponents ...

I would have been here sooner, but I had tremendous difficulty getting a password. The original password e-mail never came, and no matter how many times I requested another via the "Forgotten Password" link, I still couldn't get anything, despite adding grid-iron.org to my Safe Senders List and checking the Junk Mail folder. In the end, an admin had to manually set the password. So I finally got in, but then of course I had to go on the waiting list. What a rigmarole! But finally I've made it back in.

Have got my sponsor, which gave me a useful injection of extra cash straight away. And with training being today, it means I can make two youth pulls on the same day! Managed to get a friendly organised as well. And the team I took over is still in the Regional Cup (unlike the poor old Shaky Islanders), so that will be another useful little boost to the coffers.

I'm almost scared to spend any money though. Even building a very small number of seats for my stadium seems to cost a mint (this is why I only tended to build it slowly before). Nor do I want to get into a bidding war on the Transfer Market. I know this much though: I definitely want to put more emphasis on stadium-building than I did with my old team.

So, as the subject title says, this is the dawn of a new era. And as I said in my last post as nzyowie, hopefully I can learn from past mistakes, particularly on the financial front. But just as it is a new era for me, it also seems to be a new era for the game, especially with this new weight and height malarkey. In light of that, this fresh start for me seems even more fitting. At least I don't have to deal with my old team's new weights and heights, not to mention loss of trained speed and strength etc.

I noticed in another thread that Jake the Muss of the Auckland Raiders is quitting (presumably the new weight and height thing is a factor in that). That is a loss for Oceania, but even more so for New Zealand. On the other hand, I won't mind not having to face him if and when I make it back up to the Top Division. But I wish him well. Certainly the end of an era there however!
  
projectrracing
Posts: 7952
Posted on 2010-12-24 5:54:25
Hello and welcome back.

Shame to see the islanders go bust.

Go on, blow $200K on VIP seats.

You might get a win in the regional game, cos your opposition has overtrained players and their energy levels are low.

Challenge me anytime to a friendly for a healthy cash injection.
  
Monkey
Posts: 7
Posted on 2010-12-25 6:17:38
as project says just get vip seats welcome back
  
vantobia
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-03-29 4:29:26
Har HAR ! You are in my division

I had a major stuff up at the start of this season, did not have my team set up correctly and everyone was playing out of position, so I lost 2 games early due to stupidity.

Also our game earlier in the season was very close, and I must say my team has matured and expanded a bit since then. Really looking forward to our game this week. Should be a cracker. goodluck !
  
projectrracing
Posts: 7952
Posted on 2012-03-29 6:30:49
See you in TD next season Mr Meister.
  
vantobia
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-03-29 7:08:49
Is it just the top team that goes up ? How many get relegated ?
  
Daudy
Posts: 1441
Posted on 2012-03-29 9:13:03
Three get relegated.

I'm also in your league and I personally did not want to go up to Top div after this season only to get sent straight back down. This is reflected somewhat by the run only gameplan against Sleuth in our second game (not that it mattered, as I lost to the Bergers in overtime later on to guarantee another season in div II).

After one more season of development though, then I'll be ready to go (assuming I can pip your Bergers ). Sleuth has more Top div experience from his previous team (I also previously played a while ago) and I think his team is a little more developed than mine, so hopefully he's ready for top div!
  
projectrracing
Posts: 7952
Posted on 2012-03-30 2:50:48
You'd also need 30,000 seats if you were a new coming to TD. The bottom teams are getting 25-35K per game still. So to maximize your income, even if not competitive, 30,000 seats will be okay.
  
vantobia
Posts: 0
Posted on 2012-03-30 3:50:07
Nice tip there PR will keep that in mind.
  
BuiltForSpeed
Posts: 994
Posted on 2012-03-30 16:46:06
Is it just me or are the dates when the thread was made also the dates of some of the replies a bit out....2010 etc. weird. or did he write this some time ago and someone has moved the thread up to top ???
  
 
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