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I just started this game. And I think I need some advice. So I hope there are some experienced players who can help me with some basic info. And yes, I have read all rules, and some of the posts in the forums.

TRAINING
When it comes to training, I know absolutely nothing. What should I go for the first weeks/months? How many players should i train during a week? What skills are most important for the team in general? I just told the coach to train stamina until next update. So I guess I will keep that one until i figured out what to do.

ECONOMY
Is it easy to go into debt? How careful should I be when signing players and staff? I already used 50k, and I guess I will use more.

TACTICS
I don't know much about tactics. So far I figured I should go for normal tactics both offensive and defensive, and let the coach run the team. =) Is this ok for a beginner?

Thanks in advance! =)

TRAINING:
Basically you should decide what positions you want to train. The first thing you should do is look at the young players you have, i.e. 18-20 years old, and see what their potential is. You want to have young trainees with at least allstar potential. The way users usually train players is to pick 2 positions. The most obvious pairings are PG/SG and C/PF. This allows you to train at least 4 players. Your best trainees will start in the league games, while your back up trainees can start in scrimmages. Make sure to schedule a scrimmage every week if you are no longer in the national tournament. For a full effect of training you need a player to have at least 48 minutes. You only want to train 1 or 2 positions and not every every position. It is possible to train more than 2 players, but that lowers the effect of the training. Therefore, with the four players that you are training up, once they reach a point where you feel that they aren't worth training anymore you can sell them in the transfer market and use that money to buy players in positions that you do not train.

ECONOMY
It can be easy to get in debt when you spend money blindly. You have to be sure that your expenses (mainly staff and player salaries) are covered by the income generated by home games, merchandise, and TV contracts. Keep in mind that the only guaranteed amount of money is the $35,000 a week for TV contracts. Ticket revenue fluctuates based on how well your team is performing and Merchandise is based on how good your team is performing as well as the skill of your PR Manager.

You should only expand your arena when you are consistently selling out home games. And even then you should increase ticket prices first. As for staff and players you should definitely get the necessary amount of trainees otherwise you are wasting time on players that don't serve a long term purpose. If you are a new user you should get mid-level staff to start out with. A good combination to start out with would be a Level 4 Trainer, Level 2 Doctor, and Level 3 PR Manager. But if you can afford better staff then by all means get them.

TACTICS
Tactics are a concentration on strength and weaknesses and will changed based on each opponent you face. If you have better inside players than outside you might want to use an offense that puts the ball in the hands of your inside players. if your opponent has good outside players you might want to run a defense that looks to counter their skills.

Thanks both. There's so much to read and understand, so I guess i just have to be patient and try a little bit at a time. I'll fire the scrubs if noone else wants them. During this week I'll try to find some teenagers who can support my two/three "best" players. I think I'll sell them if I reach a financial crisis, not unlike the one hitting Wall Street as we speak. So unless I'm in dire need of cash, I'll try to train them and see what they can become =)

I wont hire any more staff. Just hired a coach, lvl4. Hope his salary doesn't put me into debt.

I was thinking of saving "Sandwich" Belloni, but if you think that is unwise, I'll reconsider. Just have to figure out what I want to do. I guess that as soon as I decide for a training pattern, many of the other pieces will fall into place.

I will add, some thought to your post in the ponts i had an other opion with you:

The way users usually train players is to pick 2 positions.The most obvious pairings are PG/SG and C/PF. This allows you to train at least 4 players

With 2 position training i would train 5 +1 guys, to train only for is a waste of training in my eyes becauseyou could easily share your minutes t 5 guys and maybe give a few minutes a lucky 6th guy.

But i also like 1 position training at start of the career, because you could concentrate on 3 trainees, who could be a it stronger at the beginning(because you only had t buy three of them^^)

A good combination to start out with would be a Level 4 Trainer, Level 2 Doctor, and Level 3 PR Manager. But if you can afford better staff then by all means get them.

I would say staff above level 5 is a bit of wasted money, but this has a bit time for him ;) I would start just with the level 4 trainer, and keep for the first weeks the level 1 doc and PR(the level one doc, i would hold a while)

You should only expand your arena when you are consistently selling out home games.And even then you should increase ticket prices first

you could build some VIP lounges at the beginning(1 or 2), ok but with zero VIP lounges they are automatically sold out^^

Thanks =) Yes, I'm going for the trainer and waiting with the PR guy and the physician. I'm waiting for my first match to go through before I decide what to train and what to do next week. But I'm still listening if more people want to give me their warmhearted advice =)

Thanks for all the advice, guys! I won my first game by 14 points, and I hope that evolves into a winning streak this saturday. I haven't decided what to train yet, but you'll be amongst the first to know when a decision has been made =)

helloe how about readin the guide

what do you mean, the guide? i've read the rules, and i've read most of the newbie threads. but that doesn't mean i understand

helloe how about readin the guide

Don't be rude - you use the Help forums as well.