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[tajhay]

Is it possible to nominate who interchanges for who pre game? Wasn’t impressed to see the Black Pearl subbed off. He needs to earn his wage & play the full 80!!

yeah i need to rework the interchange a bit. there were some strange interchanges this round so some bug must have crept in.

But if he was replaced, that notionally means a better player (even if it was a positional change for the substituting player x fatigue) had become available/could provide better impact at that point in time. i need to rethink this a bit more and see all the outcomes from round 1 first though to see if there are some overrides happening.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Great half time commentary advice:

‘Both teams completing at an elite level — excellent discipline from both sides.
It's been error-riddled — 10 errors between the two sides. The team that cleans up first will take control.’

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Our thanks to the Tortoises for the run around but after 3 games in a row, it’s time to test ourselves against new competition

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Anyone else go with the running game attacking option? My boys had 10 line breaks & 20 handling errors

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Anyone else go with the running game attacking option? My boys had 10 line breaks & 20 handling errors

What’s your team called? Brownstones Cowboys?

 

[tajhay]

Great half time commentary advice:

‘Both teams completing at an elite level — excellent discipline from both sides.
It's been error-riddled — 10 errors between the two sides. The team that cleans up first will take control.’

lol to be fair there is game context aware built into the commentary but might be looking at penalties etc for "discipline" rather than including errors. Ill put it on the list to check

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

lol to be fair there is game context aware built into the commentary but might be looking at penalties etc for "discipline" rather than including errors. Ill put it on the list to check

Is every sin bin an automatic judiciary?

Poor Knights have 3 sent off and sitting out next week! Who’s the lucky team playing them next week?

Wow… it’s me!

Their coach needs to work on their discipline!

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

What’s your team called? Brownstones Cowboys?

Maybe I need to change the team name from Dictators to Dickheads if they keep that sort of ill discipline up. Plus Sione Faumuina got sin binned & now banned - that’s not what he’s about!

 

[tajhay]

Is every sin bin an automatic judiciary?

Poor Knights have 3 sent off and sitting out next week! Who’s the lucky team playing them next week?

Wow… it’s me!

Their coach needs to work on their discipline!

Cant rem lol...but some charges are contestable and some arent.

I saw that w knights. Suspect they have low leadership attributes across the park. I need to check that too. Poor Ali seemed to have paid the price for repeated warnings and being the next to offend.

 

[Inruin]

Cant rem lol...but some charges are contestable and some arent.

I saw that w knights. Suspect they have low leadership attributes across the park. I need to check that too. Poor Ali seemed to have paid the price for repeated warnings and being the next to offend.

Those bins were fair enough. They were infringing everywhere and the ref couldn't just keep warning them. Coach has some work to do in that franchise

 

[Inruin]

Weird press conference by the Devils. The Hammerheads already living rent free in his head and our clash isn't until Rd 6

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Weird press conference by the Devils. The Hammerheads already living rent free in his head and our clash isn't until Rd 6

Calling you out

 

[Inruin]

Calling you out

With 5 weeks warning

Won't you be on holiday?

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

With 5 weeks warning

Won't you be on holiday?

My side kicks foaming at the bit to fold some c%%ts!

 

[Inruin]

My side kicks foaming at the bit to fold some c%%ts!

That's what I thought. Talk tough then run away for @ShaunJohnson7 to handle the fall out

 

[tajhay]

Is everyone OK with the following implementation for bench strategy?



This way you are able to control managed substitutions and who they replace and how much gametime the bench players get, and also control which players do not get substituted. There may be slight variances to this depending on HIA, injuries etc though which are uncontrollable.

Is it pretty self explanatory?

 

[tajhay]

BTW if anyone is interested in understanding why certain things happened, the way they did in the match let me know. I can try to explain.

For example the Knights 3 sinbins....

1. Min 2 — Reece Walsh (Fullback): Foul play. Very early sin bin at 0-0. His tackling rating is just 39 — low-discipline defenders are more likely to commit foul play. Returned at min 12.
2. Min 54 — Bunty Afoa (Prop): Foul play at 12-16. This came right after Karl Lawton was penalised twice in quick succession (min 51 and 54). The penalty pressure was building — Afoa copped the bin. Returned at min 64.
3. Min 73 — Ali Lauiti'iti (Second-row): Repeated penalties. This is the automatic one — Ali had already been penalised at min 26, 38, and 73. Three personal penalties triggered the "repeated infringements" sin bin. He was also fatigued (0.62) which increases error/penalty rates.

Knights conceded 12 penalties to 3. Why?
1) Knights: aggressive defence = higher penalty rate
2) Hammerheads: standard defence = standard penalty rate

Aggressive defence is high-risk — you rush up, you pressure, but more likely to away penalties. The Knights got punished hard for that choice, especially in the second half when fatigue compounded it (12 of their penalties came in the second half).

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

BTW if anyone is interested in understanding why certain things happened, the way they did in the match let me know. I can try to explain.

For example the Knights 3 sinbins....

1. Min 2 — Reece Walsh (Fullback): Foul play. Very early sin bin at 0-0. His tackling rating is just 39 — low-discipline defenders are more likely to commit foul play. Returned at min 12.
2. Min 54 — Bunty Afoa (Prop): Foul play at 12-16. This came right after Karl Lawton was penalised twice in quick succession (min 51 and 54). The penalty pressure was building — Afoa copped the bin. Returned at min 64.
3. Min 73 — Ali Lauiti'iti (Second-row): Repeated penalties. This is the automatic one — Ali had already been penalised at min 26, 38, and 73. Three personal penalties triggered the "repeated infringements" sin bin. He was also fatigued (0.62) which increases error/penalty rates.

Knights conceded 12 penalties to 3. Why?
1) Knights: aggressive defence = higher penalty rate
2) Hammerheads: standard defence = standard penalty rate

Aggressive defence is high-risk — you rush up, you pressure, but more likely to away penalties. The Knights got punished hard for that choice, especially in the second half when fatigue compounded it (12 of their penalties came in the second half).

So if you give away repeated penalties you get sent to the judiciary and suspended for a week+ every time or is that random?

Aggressive defence resulting in a sin bin is acceptable but suspensions as well?

 

[tajhay]

So if you give away repeated penalties you get sent to the judiciary and suspended for a week+ every time or is that random?

Aggressive defence resulting in a sin bin is acceptable but suspensions as well?

Good point. Knights should thank you. I will fix that manually. Ali will be free to play and his 4 game suspension wiped out. The other two are valid though.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Good point. Knights should thank you. I will fix that manually. Ali will be free to play and his 4 game suspension wiped out. The other two are valid though.

I was watching that game. Despicable act I thought was worthy of 6 weeks!