Cup draw system - open letter to Nordeus

[Perry Sih]

As I mentioned in my other topic about being stuck with the same teams four seasons in a row, my suspicion was partially confirmed, in that I think there are too few teams up in the 200-rating range. It takes over 3 years of continuous playing to get there, and it is highly believable that very few managers remain after such a long time. It's a bracket-creation problem with too few teams, which cause some lower teams to be put in brackets against much-higher level teams.

You guys gotta figure it out.

And again, Jeeves, it would be great if you can get a bar chart that shows the number of active managers at each level. That would shed a lot of light into the cause of the problem.

Seriously, if I am going to be stuck with the same six managers and seven computers in the league, as well as facing teams from 5-6 levels above me in the Cup, with teams from two levels above me in the Champions League, and without a single five-star player in the transfer market, forever and ever, I'll seriously consider quitting the game. With every week passes by, it seems more and more like I've reached the endgame. An equilibrium, if you will, such that there is nothing more to accomplish.

[seanmeg]

Pathetic system!!!!!!!!!

[ingineru]

pathetic system!!!!!!!!!

wow!!

[nikolgiorgos]

well, it's the 1st vs the 2nd of the top teams in your server ?
LOL

[nash123]

Pathetic system!!!!!!!!!

Same level? Or... how many levels above?

[RageRocker]

Pathetic system!!!!!!!!!

I feel like I can no longer complain

[seanmeg]

I am season 52 , he is playing season 70. He is one of many managers who just manipulate the system and is playing at level 50. I appreciate that i am at level 48 but even being one of the top teams at my level my strongest playing % is 105% the other fifteen teams left in my ch/lgue comp are rated 194%,189.8%,189.5%, 185.9%,185.5%, 185.4%,184%,183%, the other seven rated between 145.5%- 183% and then me as said 105%. I genuinely have no chance of getting further than the last sixteen. The cup competitions are even more biased and stronger,hence this thread.

[Perry Sih]

I am season 52 , he is playing season 70. He is one of many managers who just manipulate the system and is playing at level 50. I appreciate that i am at level 48 but even being one of the top teams at my level my strongest playing % is 105% the other fifteen teams left in my ch/lgue comp are rated 194%,189.8%,189.5%, 185.9%,185.5%, 185.4%,184%,183%, the other seven rated between 145.5%- 183% and then me as said 105%. I genuinely have no chance of getting further than the last sixteen. The cup competitions are even more biased and stronger,hence this thread.

He might not be manipulating the system.

There are very very few teams up at your level, because all of you would have played for at least four years, and suffice to say that very very few people would stick with the same game for this long.

Think about how one would populate a tournament bracket. They would fill it with teams from the top level, maybe a couple from level 50, and then three more from 49, and so on, and eventually it got to your level. Fill it with a few computer-generated teams, and you have your imbalanced 128-team tournament.

The same thing is happening down here. We have a Cup tournament for levels 38-45. The lower the level, the more teams there are, which is normal.

In other words, it's an endgame problem. A lot of online games pay a lot of attention to the long-time, advanced players by making sure the endgame is still fun. Nordeus, on the other hand, has absolutely no answer to their oldest, most loyal managers.