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No thanks needed guys. I just hope others enjoy it as much as me (but don’t get addicted like me!).
Tommowins: The league structure isn’t too complicated. Basically each country’s leagues etc are completely separate from other countries. The only time your club can face a club from another country is in a Friendly game (which kick-off at 7.35pm Mondays, in the time zone of the home side).
The main competition for clubs is the league. Each league has 8 teams and the leagues are organised into a pyramid setup. Div.I is the top level of the pyramid, with only one league of 8. Below that is Div.II, with 4 leagues of 8. Below that is Div.III, with 16 leagues of 8. It multiplies by 4 each time you go down another level of the pyramid. There is promotion and relegation on the pyramid, so the cream can rise to the top. The bottom two teams from each league are relegated automatically and the 5th and 6th placed teams have to play a promotion/relegation playoff to keep their spot. In the league you play every other team once at home and once away (for a total of 14 games). The top 4 then go to the playoffs, in week 15 of the season. League games are 2.35pm on Saturdays.
The other club comp is the cup. This is a knockout competition for all clubs in each country. Games are on a Wednesday night at 7.35pm and you basically keep playing until you are knocked out. The last team standing takes the Cup. Unlike the league, Cup games see the gate/attendance profits split between the home and away team. So a long cup run can be quite lucrative.
Hope that description helps a bit mate.
Dale: Yeah a lot of guys played both Battrick and Blackout. There are still a few guys who play both but most have now given up on their Battrick clubs (many were apparently well established too) and are just concentrating on Blackout. This is just mainly because Blackout is a better design/well run game and there tends to be a lot more effort being put into Blackout to improve the game constantly and provide new challenges and rewards to the participants. Personally I’ve never played Battrick as I’ve found I’ve been more than busy enough with only one game. In terms of time though, you can just play as much as you want. The only time requirement is that you log in once every 6 weeks to check the progress of your side. You don’t have to log in all the time, but it seems that once you get into it you start logging in nearly every day to check up on things etc. All I can say is that most people who play Blackout love it. But some people just don’t enjoy management games as much as others. If you’re a rugby fan though, I’d be tempted to at least give it a go for a couple of weeks. It’s grown a lot since the Beta stages and is certainly worth trying out, even if you do find you like it. That’s on the condition that if you start spending too much time in the game, then you can’t blame me though!!
Prestwick: It does get hard managing your team’s energy levels sometimes (I imagine it must be quite a realistic issue too, especially for NH club coaches having manage Premiership campaigns as well as trying to compete in European comps too). Sometimes you have to pick and choose your battles and maybe play using the ‘With Next Week in Mind’ tactic to allow your boys a break. I usually try to avoid playing the game ‘Like There’s No Tomorrow’ coz it just kills your team. I also usually never play WNWIM in the cup, just coz of the big money you can get. Also, if you’re playing an AI opponent/computer manager then you should be able to easily win (I’m talking 30-0 AT LEAST) whilst playing WNWIM. An important point is also that WNWIM also gives you extra in-game training (compared to TNT, which gives you none!!) so if you can squeeze in some WNWIM games you will accelerate your teams growth and also ensure that your boys are fresh for the bigger battles.
Tommowins: The league structure isn’t too complicated. Basically each country’s leagues etc are completely separate from other countries. The only time your club can face a club from another country is in a Friendly game (which kick-off at 7.35pm Mondays, in the time zone of the home side).
The main competition for clubs is the league. Each league has 8 teams and the leagues are organised into a pyramid setup. Div.I is the top level of the pyramid, with only one league of 8. Below that is Div.II, with 4 leagues of 8. Below that is Div.III, with 16 leagues of 8. It multiplies by 4 each time you go down another level of the pyramid. There is promotion and relegation on the pyramid, so the cream can rise to the top. The bottom two teams from each league are relegated automatically and the 5th and 6th placed teams have to play a promotion/relegation playoff to keep their spot. In the league you play every other team once at home and once away (for a total of 14 games). The top 4 then go to the playoffs, in week 15 of the season. League games are 2.35pm on Saturdays.
The other club comp is the cup. This is a knockout competition for all clubs in each country. Games are on a Wednesday night at 7.35pm and you basically keep playing until you are knocked out. The last team standing takes the Cup. Unlike the league, Cup games see the gate/attendance profits split between the home and away team. So a long cup run can be quite lucrative.
Hope that description helps a bit mate.
Dale: Yeah a lot of guys played both Battrick and Blackout. There are still a few guys who play both but most have now given up on their Battrick clubs (many were apparently well established too) and are just concentrating on Blackout. This is just mainly because Blackout is a better design/well run game and there tends to be a lot more effort being put into Blackout to improve the game constantly and provide new challenges and rewards to the participants. Personally I’ve never played Battrick as I’ve found I’ve been more than busy enough with only one game. In terms of time though, you can just play as much as you want. The only time requirement is that you log in once every 6 weeks to check the progress of your side. You don’t have to log in all the time, but it seems that once you get into it you start logging in nearly every day to check up on things etc. All I can say is that most people who play Blackout love it. But some people just don’t enjoy management games as much as others. If you’re a rugby fan though, I’d be tempted to at least give it a go for a couple of weeks. It’s grown a lot since the Beta stages and is certainly worth trying out, even if you do find you like it. That’s on the condition that if you start spending too much time in the game, then you can’t blame me though!!
Prestwick: It does get hard managing your team’s energy levels sometimes (I imagine it must be quite a realistic issue too, especially for NH club coaches having manage Premiership campaigns as well as trying to compete in European comps too). Sometimes you have to pick and choose your battles and maybe play using the ‘With Next Week in Mind’ tactic to allow your boys a break. I usually try to avoid playing the game ‘Like There’s No Tomorrow’ coz it just kills your team. I also usually never play WNWIM in the cup, just coz of the big money you can get. Also, if you’re playing an AI opponent/computer manager then you should be able to easily win (I’m talking 30-0 AT LEAST) whilst playing WNWIM. An important point is also that WNWIM also gives you extra in-game training (compared to TNT, which gives you none!!) so if you can squeeze in some WNWIM games you will accelerate your teams growth and also ensure that your boys are fresh for the bigger battles.
just setting up my training and stuff to begin with.
