Myth Buster

MYTH BUSTER

Some so called myths explained

1. be online within 1 minute of launch to get the best players
2. to do well you must be extremely active
3. be in a FA that is popular (has 80 + members)

Well lets start with number 1 this is the most silly of mistakes most users make as firstly there are 50,000 players in the database of course only a few are released per number joining a gw but without scouting you wont even see a fraction what you could if you scouted for a few hours before picking a squad. Mods have been given a rule where they cant choose there squad until 3 hours has passed from gw launch time and yet most mods end up top 50 quick enough in the gw's that have already gone live.

Being active has some definite advantages especially in the skill learning areas and receiving injury's. But there is no real advantage to developing players and results that most think is the case i have studied my last two gw's 1st seasons and will admit that opposition was different had to be but still 1 i was active 0% AI and finished up top in my qualifier yet in my last gw i was very inactive with 67% AI and still finished 4Th in the quals. Now i did and always have played the same tactics 4-4-2 narrow diamond.

Big Fa's are the bain of FML in my humble opinion they don't offer a great deal yet most users think more teams more cash but that's not so at all. FA cash is based on REP and a small FA can have the same REP as any 100 team FA and offer some outstanding benefits namely community this alone is worth really thinking on which FA you should join. Having been in the SFA (social FA) for 6 seasons straight in gw6 i can honestly say the best season was the 1 when we had 25 members in 1 big premier league everyone knew each other results were important and generally good banter was to be had yet as soon as it went back up to 80 members it seems the characters were lost in the crowd. As well as being a better community its also going to give you more chance of those UFFA qualification spots.

So to reiterate
1. think about learning a few skills before picking that first squad like contract neg, transfer neg, scouting,
2. don't think you have to be online every hour of everyday you will soon get bored and lose interest that's not going to make your team do well.
3. picking the right FA is so important its vastly overlooked do go for time and play activity but don't think that a large FA is any better than a small FA a smaller FA has more chance of that UFFA spot.