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Listen, the guy has more knowledge of this game than most of the forum members put together. Dont insult him with questions like this, just be compassionate and feel his pain in this situation! You are a noob, without a doubt or you would have known better than to ask this question, and in time, you will come to know exactly what he is talking about. Just give it time and you too will feel frustrated with the results, season after season, that defy explanation. The sadistic game engine was programmed to do this, without a doubt, to bring a strong sense of randomness to the game in order to create the effect of balance for the non-token buyers to be able to compete with the token buyers.
KoHearts, if anyone should know better, it should be you. I highly doubt tactics make a difference in most of these games. People like to think they are in control of the game with tactics and formation, but at the end of the day, the game engine calls the shots and is only as strong as the intellect who programmed it. Factor in the greed aspect and you have a game engine that promotes losing for strong teams in order to prevent LOL managers from quitting.
someone posted in another thread like this that all good teams lose to LOL teams occasionally. sure Real Madrid, Barca, Bayern, ManUre, PSG, Milan - they all lose to inferior teams...a few times every couple of years! But this is the equivalent of Barca losing half their games in one season! Almost impossible, even if they play their "B" team!
I just won the other day with an illegal formation with only 2 players in my own half = 2 defenders. I tried to lose on purpose as I am tanking the season and I cant even do that with crappy 'tactics' and formation. No, the gerbil-engine is not perfect, but with these results, its not even close to GOOD.