Nordeus ate my hamster!!!!!!!!!!!

[MDKII]

Or perhaps a separate forum section for rants/complaints? Or would that get too out of hand?

I think it might indeed get out of hand, plus it doesn't look welcoming to new members when you have a separate forum section dedicated to rants. It would also drown complaints we can address directly right away, like this one. Obviously, I don't mean that complaints about injuries shouldn't be addressed, but sometimes people don't consider all the various factors that are taken into account. Like how when someone complains that they lost a match, and the first reply is always "show us your formation and squad" because it's a relevant factor that the original poster usually forgets to include.

In any case, this is a forum you all take part in, and if you're not happy with something, you definitely have a say in it. So, if anyone would like to chime in with a suggestion like dv8r did, you are more than welcome to.

[Accyrover]

so what? my wife's team which last year won all 3 competitions has profile pic of snow white. anyway about the hamster issue, i don't like people whining about everything but if you take a close look there are many justified complaints. after all we like playing this game and we just want to improve it by criticizing the crap parts. today i had a heavy loss 4-1 away against a 4star team while my team is almost scout. we both played classic 4-4-2 and the opponent was not present. ok i don't mind, **** happens. but i do mind when i am playing friendly game between my team and my wife's and because i don't want to end up draw (in order to avoid extra time) i do all the crapy things (illegal formations, catastrophical tactics, opposite positions, etc) and i can't manage to manipulate the result. this is not normal. this tells me that whatever you do the result is predetermined.

"and i can't manage to manipulate the result. this is not normal. this tells me that whatever you do the result is predetermined"

Glad to see someone else has discovered the secrets of T11, as the football chant goes: so now your gonna belive us ......... so now your gonna belive us .......
We are all but puppets, dancing to the tune that T11 decides to play, plays a tune that you've not heard, sit the dance out while the other manager parties.
Ever result is set long before you play it, watch your leagues, see how the other teams results affect the places, teams promoted or stay for another season, fourth place and of course top and runner up.
Strange how most leagues winners are there for most of the season, places 2nd - 6th may throw in a bit of a challenge but it's a smoke screen as the engine keeps the interest going for the CL spots.

Watch out for the 0-0 or 0-1 away win in knockout rounds of the cups, they are the ones where you exit, check all the results in the comps you'll see what's really going on.
Three or four seasons I've been saying now, the winners of the comps are decided from day 1 and this is why changes made during games has no effect on possession or the outcome.
The result is fixed but the engine has a pretty good way of disguising it.

[jtcfmb]

i agree to the theory of predetermined results. but managers can also play a part to mess it up. this season, i'm trying not to get promoted. i'm currently in last place. i would have probably placed in the top three without this interference. this evening, i watched the game a few minutes late. i was already ahead by 2 goals. i changed the formation to an illegal one. my opponent evened the score. in last 15 minutes, my team scored another goal, followed by a goal by my opponents. the final result was a draw. i think if i had not watched the match, i would have won the match.