Lack of Games
In a typical Game World, with 38 league games, a player evaluates their season at regular intervals. This usually occurs around Turns 10, 22 and 32.
When deciding the maximum number of games a player could potentially play, they only consider league games but when counting the number of games they have played, all games where a player can lose fitness are counted.
For example, if a player has played 12 league games and 3 cup games, and 20 league games have been played so far this season, then the player would have played 15 out of a possible 20, which is 75% of games.
With regards to substitutions, if a player comes on as a substitute then it will count as half an appearance irrespective of what minute they entered the match.
For example, if a player has played 12 league games, come on as a substitute 8 times and played 3 cup games, and 20 league games have been played so far this season, then the player would have played 19 out of a possible 20, which is 95% of games.
Within your squad:
- the highest rated players expect to play in approximately 85% of games;
- players that would expect to be in your first choice line-up and those rated 90 or above, will expect to play in approximately 75% of games;
- players that would expect to be a substitute if you selected your first choice line-up and those rated 89 or above, will expect to play in approximately 30-40% of games.
- the rest of the players within your squad will only expect to play a few (if any) games.
Goalkeepers are worked out slightly differently, with your highest rated and those 88 or above expecting to play in approximately 90% of games.
If a player plays less games than he would have wanted he still might not develop a concern or increase a level but the level is likely to stay the same not decrease.
For example, if a player expects to play in approximately 75% of games but actually plays in 70%, then his morale may decrease but he may not develop a concern.
A player may still develop a concern despite him playing 10 or 15 games in a row, as at the time he evaluates his season, the total games played is still below how many he would have wanted to have played by this stage of the season.
For example, if a player expects to play in approximately 75% of games, and from Turn 1 they only play in 2 games out of a possible 10, when it comes to Turn 10 they will develop a Level 1 concern due to only featuring in 20% of games.
If you then start playing them from Turn 10 and they play in the next 12 games (out of a possible 12), when it comes to Turn 22, his concern will increase to Level 2 due to only playing in 14 games out of a possible 22, which is 63% of games.
