The RedCafe FM Experiment

I already said I needed someone to take it over, at least temporarily. I simply don't have time to work on it right now.

I've got the save games ready as soon as someone volunteers.
 
let us show some appreciation for what he's done thus far. school is priority number one after family so it's understandable that he was to give the save away, at least temporarily.
 
niMic I already volunteered, in fact I volunteered about a week ago, I'd have another 2 seasons done by now.

Send it on to me will you? I'm moving away from home into a new house on Sunday and we'll have no internet for a week so I'll have plenty of time to do a few seasons and then post them up once we get internet.

Let me know asap as I need them by Sunday, oh and remember I need the save game and database!
 
Right folks, I got the save game and database off niMic, and once the weekend is over I'll be able to start on it then, here's a little teaser for you first! Just a photo taken with Genie to show all our current abilities at the end of season 2.

Ed Weatherfall, I regret to inform you that you can now only ever reach 175 of your ability :lol:

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that makes no sense to me, what is worst about that is that i am now in the bleeding romanian league ffs!

The abilities make no sense? How quick your CA increases depends mainly on how many games you play, the likes of Diver and cw1984 have clearly played more games than most. Simple as that.

I wouldn't worry anyway, all of us apart from Ed can still reach 200.
 
The abilities make no sense? How quick your CA increases depends mainly on how many games you play, the likes of Diver and cw1984 have clearly played more games than most. Simple as that.

I wouldn't worry anyway, all of us apart from Ed can still reach 200.

i understand tha but how can Ed only reach 175? his looks exactly the same as the rest to me, plus he is a goalie and will surely play for longer so has more time to improve no?
 
i understand tha but how can Ed only reach 175? his looks exactly the same as the rest to me, plus he is a goalie and will surely play for longer so has more time to improve no?

Oh right, yeah it's weird, the 175 thing is taken off Genie, I'm not sure exactly how it works, maybe it's faulty and doesn't work properly with goalies.
 
Oh, actually just to clarify something, that's at the end of the THIRD season, niMic must have run the season. I'll post all the details when I can.
 
I'm at Zenit, not bad :cool:

Cheers for taking over cina
 
Season 3: Post 1 of 4

Season 3: Post 1 of 4

Right, here I go, I've had nothing to do this weekend due to a lack of cash so I decided I'd do this! I've added a few extra things at the end, namely players best/worst stats and stuff, some of which are probably a bit irrelevant at this point and won't really matter until we're all playing regularly, but still, why the feck not eh?

Right, players are listed alphabetically by SURNAME. niMic did it by first name.


Ok, let’s start ... with me, because I’m the first in the alphabet, purely coincidental of course!

Cinadine Cidane

Things were going well at Derby for Cinadine, he played 12 games up until January and scored 2 goals, and then A.S. Nancy Lorraine decided to move in and buy him for £2.1m. He took the opportunity as a “hot prospect” but only ended up playing 3 games and is currently sitting in the reserves. He will however be signing a £5.5k p/w professional contract in 2011.



Cw1984

After a solid first season at Middlesborough, cw cemented his place as a first team regular this season, now listed as an “Important first team player”, he has played 28 games and makes £30k p/w. He hasn’t been a force of good luck for the team though, a Gareth Bale type figure if you will, with Boro only winning 7 of the 28 games he has played in!



Diver

Another Middlesborough boy, he joined at the start of the season for a £4.3m fee from Rangers. Diver has been having great success. He’s played 31 games, winning 15 of them, and is an “Important first team player” making £6.5 p/w. His stats have been impressive for a 17 year old, with a huge pass, tackles and headers completion/success ratio.



Hassan Emirati

Hassan moved to Preston for a respectable fee of £850k at the beginning of the season, cementing his first team place straight away, with a massive 44 appearances. He’s shown his clinical touch as well, scoring 13 goals and grabbing 6 assists. He’s certainly not a defensively minded winger though, with a 10% tackle and heading success ratio!



Alex Hemming

Alex was bought by Bolton at the start of the season for £700k, and made 40 appearances at the heart of their defence this season. His stats have been good too, with high passing, tackling and heading success percentages. Saying that, Bolton only won 10 of the games he played in, and the little Traveller got 2 red cards as well. Alex decided to pledge his future to ... West Brom, because for some reason he wasn’t happy at Bolton and issued a transfer request. He’ll be shortly moving for £1.8m!



Jacob

Unlike a lot of the young starlets, Jacob stayed at the lowly Sheffield Utd, playing 39 games, and getting quite a few goals and assists too. His stats have been good too... bar his tackling that is, having collected 9 yellow cards. A few clubs became interested in Jacob, liking what they saw, Barcelona made a transfer offer, but Jacob decided to cause controversy and pick Shaktar for a £700k transfer fee instead, the rebel.



Dennis Law

Dennis made 25 appearances for Bolton this year, quite a few more than last season. He scored 12 goals too, and had a high shots on target ratio too (34 out of 60). Dennis, despite being on £36,500 p/w, decided he had enough at Bolton and issued a transfer request, and mega rich Premier League new comers QPR have just snapped him up for £6.5m.



Cristiano Lazytov

Joining Everton for £2.6m at the start of the season, the young striker certainly lived up to his reputation, making only 6 appearances with a Distance Covered per 90 minutes of ... 4.6 kilometres. Quite an achievement, considering Dimitar Berbatovs average was 6.5km, and his teams own goalkeeper amassed 3.5km. Oh dear.

 
Season 3: Post 2 of 4

Season 3: Post 2 of 4

Legold Legster

What exactly is wrong with Bolton? Despite playing 20 times for his club and having a reasonable contract, Legold decided to follow his fellow young starlets at the club and put himself on the transfer list, he is now moving to Stuttgart for a massive £8.75m! Understandable, considering the boys massive 83% pass completion ratio.



Karran Mittal

Well here’s a shocker, a Bolton player who doesn’t want to leave? Surely not! Karran has made an impressive 28 appearances this season, though his stats haven’t been great so far, with a terrible tackling and heading ratio. Still, he’s getting quite a few shots on target and his passing has been quite good. He’s a good worker too, and covered 8km p/90/m.



Rasmus Nilsson

It might be difficult for Rasmus name to go down in infamy, considering he shares his exact name with 3 other players! Rasmus began the season at newly relegated Wigan, getting 15 appearances and ... no goals or assists. That didn’t stop Hull though, and they came in at January with a £3.6m bid. The young quadruplet played 5 times, and grabbed himself a goal too.



niMic

Things continued to be frustrating for niMic at Rangers, as he didn’t make a single league appearance, and when January came, Wolfsburg approached with a £2.3m bid and he jumped at the chance straight away. He made more appearances at Wolfsburg, 4 to be precise.



Alwyn Payne

Despite his club being unable to spell his name, Alwyn still made an impressive 27 appearances at CM, and got himself 3 assists too. He’s now considered an “Important First Team Player”, however Lyon are reportedly interested in buying him which is hardly a surprise, considering his enthusiasm for the game, having amassed 9.2km p/90/m.



Paz

A bit of a club whore, is Paz, first he moved from Rangers to FC Twente at the start of the season for £350k, and having made 13 appearances and getting 2 goals, Newcastle bought the player for £2.3m in January. He played 11 times for the high flying Premier League team, but failed to score a goal. He’s doing well for the England U21s too, with 2 goals in 6 caps.



Psmith

Continuing his promising career at Hull, Psmith made 14 appearances and scored 4 goals, and at the end of the season he is now considered a first team regular. He’s been capped for India too, with an impressive 3 goals in 4 games.



Chris Searl

At the start of the season, Koln bought Chris for £3m on a £17.25k p/w contract. Although considered an important first team player, the young Canadian only made 11 appearances for his club, but considering his successful passing and tackling, he’s certain to get more and more games. Chris also got 2 caps this year.

 
Season 3: Post 3 of 4

Season 3: Post 3 of 4

Shorty Phelan

In a strange move, Shorty went to CFR Cluj for £575k, but it turned out to be a good move for the youngster, as he scored 35 goals in 47 appearances, and established himself as one of Europes top goal scorers. Although considered very important to the club, huge interest has been shown in Shorty, with West Ham, Southampton, Rangers and Koln amongst the favourites to get him.



Ubor Skolskov

Starting the season well for Portsmouth, he scored 3 goals and created 5 in his 23 appearances. However, the young Russian moved back home to Zenit for £3m in January, and managed to make 7 appearances for them. He also made his first 2 caps for Russia.



Sam Stock

Making an impressive 35 appearances for Bolton, and scoring 10 goals, Sam quickly attracted attention from a number of clubs, and following on from a number of his young team mates, he decided to hand in a transfer request. West Ham were the only club to meet Boltons valuation, and he is due to move for £6.75m.



Flawless Thaw

Starting the season at newly relegated Blackburn, Flawless made 18 appearances and showed his creative talent by creating 8 assists .Fulham wanted Flawless, he was keen to move back to the Premier League and he moved for £5m in January. He quickly started to show his worth to the team, making 16 appearances.



Walrus

Walrus decided to stay at Sunderland for the season, which turned out to be a good moved as he made 25 appearances, scoring 5 goals and getting 6 assists. Walrus likes to take shots, and he gets a lot of them on target too, with 35 of his 60 shots testing the oppositions keepers.



Ed Weatherall
Ed kept his place as Notts Countys first choice goalkeeper, making 42 appearances and getting 12 clean sheets. Ed never renewed his contract though, and Fenerbahce moved for the player at the end of the season, and he’ll now be joining them on a free.



George Worst

George had an uninspired season, staying at West Brom and only making 9 appearances. He did manage to get himself 2 goals though, and already has an impressive 8 caps with Belgium.

 
Season 3: Post 4 of 4

Season 3: Post 4 of 4

Competitions

English Premier Division: Chelsea
Coca Cola Championship: Blackburn
FA Cup: Everton
League Cup: Chelsea

French Ligue 1: Olympique Lyonnais
French Cup: Toulouse FC

German Bundesliga: FC Bayern
German Cup: Werder Bremen

Dutch Ederivisie: PSV
Dutch Cup: AZ

Serie A: Juventus
Italian Cup: Inter

Spanish La Liga: Real Madrid
Spanish Cup: Barcelona

UEFA Champions League: Inter

FIFA World Cup: Italy

Awards

World Footballer of the year:
1 - Cristiano Ronaldo
2 – Kaka
3 – Jeremy Toulahan

World Player of the year:
1 – Carlos Tevez
2 – Jeremy Toulahan
3 - Leo Messi

World Team of the year:
GK – Iker Casillas
RB – Sergio Ramos
LB – Juan Manuel Vargas
CB – Giorgio Chiellini
CB – Nicolas N’Koulou
RM – Leo Messi
LM – Cristiano Ronaldo
CM – Andrea Pirlo
CM – Jeremy Toulahan
ST – Carlos Tevez
ST – Vagner Love

Subs – Petr Cech, Xavi, Kaka, Francesc Fabregas, David Villa, Maxwell, Fernando Torres


Best Stats – Players

Highest average rating: Ubor Skolskov (7.30)
Most appearances: Shorty Phelan (47)
Goals scored: Shorty Phelan (35)
Assists made: Shorty Phelan (12)
Passes completed: Alex Hemming (88%)
Man of match: Shorty Phelan (4)
Shots on target: Shorty Phelan (53%)
Tackles made: Diver & Alex Hemming (3.74 per game)
Most International Caps: Alex Hemming & George Worst (8)
Highest valued: Psmith (£6,000,000)
Highest earner: Dennis law (£36,500 per week)

Worst stats – Players

Lowest average rating: niMic (5.90)
Least appearances niMic (4)
Passes completed: Ed Weatherall (39%)
Shots on target: Alwyn payne & Paz (14%)
Lowest valued: Ed Weatherall (£90,000)
Lowest earner: Ed Weatherall (£55 per week)
Fouls made: Shorty Phelan (29)
Yellow cards: Alex Hemmind & Jacob (6)
Red cards: Alex Hemming (2)
 
Fantastic, about time the Legster got out of that shithole.
 
Oh, you may have noticed I'm not going into as much detail as niMic, mainly cause I don't see the point this early on, I'll start writing more the older we get and the more we play.

Also, what the feck is wrong with Bolton that everyone wants to leave? :lol:
 
Ooh I'm off to West Ham. Nice post cina

Any chance you could post where Bolton played me in those 35 games? RW or up front?
 
Ooh I'm off to West Ham. Nice post cina

Any chance you could post where Bolton played me in those 35 games? RW or up front?

I'm afraid I'm already simulating in to the next season so I can't, the hammers are playing you at RW though so Bolton probably did the same.
 
Oh right, yeah it's weird, the 175 thing is taken off Genie, I'm not sure exactly how it works, maybe it's faulty and doesn't work properly with goalies.

Did he have a big injury, or something? I don't think that can affect the PA, but I can't think of anything else. The only other possibility is that I made a mistake with the database. Anyway, you can fix that with the FMRTE.
 
Did he have a big injury, or something? I don't think that can affect the PA, but I can't think of anything else. The only other possibility is that I made a mistake with the database. Anyway, you can fix that with the FMRTE.

You can't change the difference with the FMRTE, the only way to do it would be to increase his CA by 25.
 
Are you sure? I'm pretty sure it's possible to edit the PA.

Have you run another season? I used Genie on the save I sent you, and Ed Weatherall has 200 PA.

No no, you're not getting me, his PA is 200, the problem is that his CA is only 130, which is 70 short at his age, and according to Genie Scout the max he can improve by at that age is 45, which means he can only reach 175.

Now I've no idea if this is a permanent thing, or temporary, but my theory is that the remaining 25 will be gained as he progresses naturally, because he is a goalkeeper and will peak later than us.
 
No no, you're not getting me, his PA is 200, the problem is that his CA is only 130, which is 70 short at his age, and according to Genie Scout the max he can improve by at that age is 45, which means he can only reach 175.

Aaah! I get it now. Don't worry about that. It's probably completely off. Nor should you trust the stats it brings up for the future, or generally how good they'll be. With young players, it'll almost always underestimate how good they can actually become. Particularly when it's such a thing as this, where I've purposefully given all of us very high determination, pretty high professionalism, etc. Players with those stats usually reach their potential.

I actually experimented with this earlier, trying to make me and a friend in different ways and see how it could turn out. With 1 professionalism, the players never progressed more than a couple ability points from where they started. And when I started us out at 200/200, if we had a bad injury that took us down 15-20 CA points, we'd never make it back up.
 
Actually here's an idea, who wants to make a little competition?

Basically, a list of the "first player to..."

Win world player of the year?
Win the Champions league?
Win the World Cup?
Reach 200 CA?

etc

Suggestions and input welcome!
 
Actually here's an idea, who wants to make a little competition?

Basically, a list of the "first player to..."

Win world player of the year?
Win the Champions league?
Win the World Cup?
Reach 200 CA?

etc

Suggestions and input welcome!

Good ideas cina, and thanks for the update.
Should have a Hall of Shame at the end as well. Including, for example -

First to score against United
First to sign for City
First to sign for Liverpool/Madrid/Leeds/etc...
The Owen Hargreaves 'Overcoming your Injuries' award
First to get a four match ban for Evra

Sure we can arrange some temporary bannings or something once these happen (Although I feel bad about the Owen Hargreaves award)
 
Nice one Cina, great work you've done there. 13.5k a year? I'd take that.
 
Quick update, I was going to try do another one for tonight, but uh ... I'm going out with a tenner. I'll try get next seasons out tomorrow though before I head off to the new house, because I've no internet there yet so it'll be a week before I get another one up.