Even if this game was constantly updated, tactically challenging and full of bells and whistles, it is still beyond salvation as long as it persists with its current structure that forces newly signed managers to go through literal years of monotony before they finally stumble into some meaningful competition in their league. And I mean LITERAL years: a brand new team in Central Europe will start from Div. VI and might have to make it all the way to Div. III before things finally get more lively. It goes without saying that 99% of people will die of boredom and will quit way before that. In other words, as the old players like myself inevitably phase out, GI is simply unable to attract new players that can replace those and this is a death sentence if you ask me.

It was not like that when I started. Back then, the lowest division in Central Europe (Div. V) was a pretty serious affair with plenty of competition and excitement from the get-go. It took me 2 seasons to get promoted and I narrowly made it on point differential at the end, go figure. Then Div. IV presented me with another set of epic battles and so forth. This is what got me hooked and gave me the motivation to keep playing and climbing the ladder.

The solution is perfectly obvious to me: GI needs to be dramatically re-scaled by getting rid of the various Regions, which are nonsensical at this point with their huge populations of Bots. Just create a single World Group (that goes as deep as Div. IV) and put all of the 300 active managers there. Make a single Top Division, which will replace the AFLC because this is where the 10 best teams of the world will be playing. And a single Cup, with every round that will finally become a meaningful duel between two human managers in lieu of some silly Bot-stomping. And then, at the end of the season, the TD winner will face the Cup winner in the Iron Bowl.

GI is simple enough to attract plenty of casual players, since you do not need to possess any in-depth knowledge of football or any financial skill to succeed. And despite its countless flaws, it can still be fun if you get involved in a competitive league with other active managers. The above solution does not require the devs to come up with a new engine or some other pipe dream that is clearly not going to happen at this point. They could simply get it done with their existing tools if they wanted to.

You do not have to tell me that the devs are not even reading this, they do not care, nothing is ever going to change, ahahhahhhahhahahh and so forth. I am well aware of this already, having been in this game since the dawn of time. But what can you do, the fact of the matter is that I had a great deal of fun with GI in the good old days and thus it pains me to see it now in its current shape and form.

My early memories of this game were of finishing second to financially reckless teams who promptly went bust during the next season. That was frustrating, though it meant my bank balance was strong when I eventually promoted.

To be honest I'm a bit surprised this game is still going. They can't be making any money from it.

AudreyForever wrote: Even if this game was constantly updated, tactically challenging and full of bells and whistles, it is still beyond salvation as long as it persists with its current structure that forces newly signed managers to go through literal years of monotony before they finally stumble into some meaningful competition in their league. And I mean LITERAL years: a brand new team in Central Europe will start from Div. VI and might have to make it all the way to Div. III before things finally get more lively. It goes without saying that 99% of people will die of boredom and will quit way before that. In other words, as the old players like myself inevitably phase out, GI is simply unable to attract new players that can replace those and this is a death sentence if you ask me. It was not like that when I started. Back then, the lowest division in Central Europe (Div. V) was a pretty serious affair with plenty of competition and excitement from the get-go. It took me 2 seasons to get promoted and I narrowly made it on point differential at the end, go figure. Then Div. IV presented me with another set of epic battles and so forth. This is what got me hooked and gave me the motivation to keep playing and climbing the ladder. The solution is perfectly obvious to me: GI needs to be dramatically re-scaled by getting rid of the various Regions, which are nonsensical at this point with their huge populations of Bots. Just create a single World Group (that goes as deep as Div. IV) and put all of the 300 active managers there. Make a single Top Division, which will replace the AFLC because this is where the 10 best teams of the world will be playing. And a single Cup, with every round that will finally become a meaningful duel between two human managers in lieu of some silly Bot-stomping. And then, at the end of the season, the TD winner will face the Cup winner in the Iron Bowl. GI is simple enough to attract plenty of casual players, since you do not need to possess any in-depth knowledge of football or any financial skill to succeed. And despite its countless flaws, it can still be fun if you get involved in a competitive league with other active managers. The above solution does not require the devs to come up with a new engine or some other pipe dream that is clearly not going to happen at this point. They could simply get it done with their existing tools if they wanted to. You do not have to tell me that the devs are not even reading this, they do not care, nothing is ever going to change, ahahhahhhahhahahh and so forth. I am well aware of this already, having been in this game since the dawn of time. But what can you do, the fact of the matter is that I had a great deal of fun with GI in the good old days and thus it pains me to see it now in its current shape and form.

I don't know if that changes anything, but I really like this idea.

OP +1

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