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by Tumbra » Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:16 am
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by Tikariot » Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:30 pm
by Sylestone » Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:58 pm
Quebec and Shingoryeo wrote:Why not just Champions' League, Challengers Cup, Cup Winners Cup and Associations Trophy winners, instead of an awkward six-team format trying to incorporate all six IFCF competitions?
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by IFCF » Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:56 pm
# Group E P W D L GF GA GD Pts SlT AvC SbA LwC
1 Stein-los Turkish PAS 6 4 0 2 13 10 3 12 * - 2-1 0-2 2-1
2 Avondale City SYL 6 4 0 2 14 13 1 12 * 4-3 - 0-3 3-1
3 Sabrefell Athletic NPH 6 4 0 2 13 6 7 12 * 2-3 1-2 - 2-1
4 Lakewood City TMB 6 0 0 6 6 17 -11 0 0-3 3-4 0-3 -
Tie broken by head to head goal difference
# Group F P W D L GF GA GD Pts SPE SKC JAN UJC
1 Sporting Praia do Emerita ACS 6 2 3 1 9 9 0 9 * - 2-0 3-3 1-1
2 Starksville Coastal CDG 6 3 0 3 10 8 2 9 * 3-0 - 2-3 1-2
3 FC Jansberg SEM 6 2 3 1 12 9 3 9 * 1-1 1-2 - 1-1
4 Ujong City FC SDR 6 1 2 3 5 10 -5 5 1-2 0-2 0-3 -
Tie broken by head to head results
by Tinhampton » Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:08 pm
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by Quebec and Shingoryeo » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:16 pm
St. John's Arsenal (QUE)/Serrapince FC (TMB) vs Athletic Saint Eleanor (EXT)/Katashi-Kanatsu (KOR)
Algolia AC (SRS)/RGS Athletic (EFL) vs Crisisbless (NPH)/Bavingtor FC (FVA)
by FFI » Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:30 am
by The Licentian Isles » Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:42 am
by IFCF » Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:31 am
The Licentian Isles wrote:Posting as a heads up, that for a variety of reasons I won't bore people with (unless they specifically ask, in which case on your head be it), I will be stepping down from all of my NS roles effective immediately. Most pertinent here, that includes the running of the Transfer Window, which I shall be handing over to the fantastic Tikariot, and my place on the IFCF Council, which my colleagues there will speak about in due time, if they haven't already. Thanks for all the fun over the years, and all the best.
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by Tikariot » Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:53 am
TRANSFER WINDOW FAQ[/quote]
So, what is the transfer window? The transfer system is how players move from one club to another, and this transfer spreadsheet is how transfers across the multiverse are conducted. North Americans might be more familiar with the term 'trades'. In football, player-for-player exchanges are rare (though not unknown) and players are generally bought for money.
THE TABS:
Transfers is where completed transfers - generally but not necessarily, those bought and sold in the Bids tab - are pasted to.
Bids is where clubs bid for players - generally but not necessarily, from the Transfer List.
Transfer List is where clubs list players for sale, generally either of the club's desire to move on the player or the player's desire to move on from the club. There is a space to write both their core statistics and a biography / player history, which is mandatory to fill in.
Free Agents is where players who have been released by their clubs go. They can be picked up by new clubs without a bidding process. You are permitted to put high-value free agents on the Transfer List, however. You are encouraged to write biographies.
Managers is where managers are bought and sold, in a similar way to players. Put 'bids' in the 'Job Offers' tab, which will either be rejected or confirmed.
Newsfeed is where general fluff about the transfer window, or domestic football as a whole, goes.
League Glossary is a list of all associations ordered by their IFCF ability. Feel free to add your own and write a description of it, to show the world your league's character.
Transfer and Bid Lookup are easy ways to look up every transfer or bid involving your nation's clubs and players. Insert your trigramme (TRI) in the appropriate tile (don't touch anything else).
Nations is a list of nations, their trigrammes, and how many open bids they currently have to answer.
Notation / History is a list of the standard notations (the simple form 'GK / DF / MF / FW' or the standard form 'RB / CM / LW / ST' (etc.) along with diagrams of where they go on a football pitch, as well as a link to all prior transfer windows and the credits for the people who have made them work over the years.
Where to start? Put players you would like to see sold in the Transfer List tab. Put players who are going to be released by their clubs in the Free Transfers tab. You will have to manually approve transfers for people in the Transfer List - Free Transfers are just bought on a first-come, first-served basis.
So someone bid on my player. What now? Look at the bid in the Bids tab. You'll notice there's two different columns - Club and Player accepting the bid. Generally speaking, the Club only cares about the transfer fee and if it meets its valuation. It doesn't matter how good the buying club is - the money's the same to the selling club. The player doesn't care about the money that the selling club gets, they only care about if the selling club is good, and if they meet their expectations. Selling clubs want more money, sold players are looking for clubs with more prestige.
How do I determine what leagues are good? The IFCF league rankings determine objective measures of strength. You will also want to consider the strength of the club in its given league - the Nepharan Zenith is a stronger league than the Brenecian A-League, but your player may well prefer to go to regular A-League winners Kingsgrove than Zenith strugglers Leichhardt. Most players also weigh RP quality of a given league into consideration, though only well-RPed leagues will get to the high ranks anyway. The League Glossary section of the sheet also shows the ranks of active leagues alongside short descriptions.
Can I put just anyone up? If the player isn't relevant enough for you to want to write a description for them, they aren't worth putting on the sheet.
How can I buy players? It's the same in reverse. What players do you want to see in your leagues? If they're on the Transfer List, put a Bid for them in the Bids tab. At minimum, this will probably be their cited Valuation. If the club and the player both agree by putting a Y in the relevant tab, then it's a done deal! The player is yours.
What about players who aren't on the Transfer List? You can bid for them, too! The worst that can happen is that the other person says no.
What about Free Transfers? Just put your club and trigramme in the red New Club columns. It's automatically a done deal.
How should I value my players? And how much can I reasonably bid? Fortunately, the NSS economy is far less stratified than the real-world football economy. Instead of big players changing hands for hundreds of millions of Euro, while most leagues outside Europe will never see a transfer of even one million, there's more parity across IFCF and this is reflected in more even results. If it's your first season, your top-half teams might have a full million to spend on a transfer fee, with most of the purchased foreigners being free transfers. Your best player, if they're in the prime of their career (roughly 25-29, but youth adds value, so 24-25 is probably peak value for a player), might fetch one or two million. Other starters on your national team might go for about a million, and ambitious guys in your league hoping to break into your national team will probably fetch like half a million.
Is that a hard and fast rule? No, and there are exceptions. Maybe your league is like the real-life Saudi Pro League, a low-prestige league with a lot of money. It's entirely fair to throw a lot of cash around without much prestige, just as long as you're aware of that status. More generally, nobody is going to police you for Doing Things Wrong.
What should my expectations be like for my first season? Modest. Out of a few bids for less prominent players, often in their early- to mid-30s, a few will probably be accepted - and, of course, look through Free Transfers for players who appeal to you. Be realistic, of course - a guy who is like 31 and is still an active international for a strong team is probably not going to join your lower leagues just because he's in the Free Transfers tab - but beyond those obvious cases, you don't need to second-guess yourself. Also, only your top tier is going to be a viable destination for pretty much anyone good enough to be listed on the window, and I'd recommend focusing almost entirely on the top tier for your first few seasons of RPing anyway.
If I have a free agent player, but I care about their destination, can I put them on the Transfer List anyway? Yes. Any bid for them will be for 0 - there's no club with their contract to take the money - and you are free to accept whatever destination you'd like.
Can I start yet? Yes!
What are some general points of etiquette?
BLACK TABS: Anything in a black tab is not for you to edit. That's where formulas go, and messing around with them is likely to break the sheet.
ORDER OF TABS: Do not change them. It is, in fairness, easy to mistakenly click-drag them out of position; if you do, please drag it where you left it. The first four tabs are always TRANSFERS - BIDS - TRANSFER LIST - FREE AGENTS.
LEAGUE GLOSSARY: To avoid clutter, please only include up to two tiers, and ideally just your two primary associations unless there's a pressing need to have more.
SIGNING PLAYERS TO LOWER TIERS: There is an expectation that you only sign players to divisions you intend to roleplay, and when you're starting out, a strong expectation you only sign players to the top tier. As a general rule of thumb, when you are in the top 32 IFCF rankings, your second tier might start to attract foreign free agents.
WHO PUTS A SIGNED PLAYER IN 'TRANSFERS'?: Whoever places down the final 'Y' of Club or Player Accepted has to take that line and paste it into the Transfers tab in order to seal in a transfer. As a result, a player with Y/Y in Club/Player Accepts is assumed to be de facto signed. Do not input the Y in those columns unless you are genuinely putting the green light to that transfer. Obviously, do not accept or reject transfers on behalf of other users.
FREE AGENTS: Please attach a club to your signing of free agents, rather than using something to the effect of "Club TBD". While this is acceptable, if frowned upon, in the transfer window, given that there is less control over free agents it is good courtesy to be prepared with a named club the player will sign for, instead of effectively reserving a player when you are yet to decide what you will do with them.
COMMENTS AND NOTES: Use 'notes' instead of comments to cut down on clutter in the row of tabs (and so as not to email whoever is currently the owner of the transfer window sheet). These can be useful for adding details - e. g. specifying that a bid for a young prospect will see them play with the reserves for a couple of seasons - but please use in moderation.
IN GENERAL: It's okay to make a mess so long as you clean up after yourself.
How can I use the filters?
The 'pyramids' on the top rank of most of the sheets can be used to filter details, but when used they will filter for everyone. To avoid inconveniencing other users, please either make sure to use them for short periods and then 'unfilter' them afterwards, or go to 'Data > Filter views > Create a new filter' and make your own instance of the sheet's filters.
If you need to remove someone else's filters, click on the pyramid and click 'Select All'. DO NOT 'Data > Turn off filter', which removes the filters entirely and just means they have to be put back.
Have other questions, or just want to hang out and chat? Then feel free to join the NS Sport Discord channel!
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