Pulling fans out of their pockets when they need to

Last week I was playing against a guy whom I have played against before several times. He always has a strong team full of scouts. And it was always a tough match against. He had "friends" attend on a few occasions. They seem to show up at very convenient timing. This time it got very obvious.

I was losing the first half 1-0 and he was dominating the match and it looked like just a matter of time before he scores more. I changed my tactics for the second half and boom! I go 3 up.

He goes crazy and these "fans" literally poured in to his side. No less than 4 people. The tide turned again drastically this time and he was camping my half and he scored a goal. I barely escaped the match with 3-2. One more minute and he would have scored!

Today, a league competitor came into the match and had already brought fans from minute 1. Seems he has done his homework.

how come I don't have fans which I can summon when I need to? :(

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yaser Als

how come I don't have fans which I can summon when I need to? :(

---

Well,if you make in game friends and you support them whenever you can,they will also support you,but if you have friends only to give/get gifts you will never have "fans"


Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by madflo19

Well,if you make in game friends and you support them whenever you can,they will also support you,but if you have friends only to give/get gifts you will never have "fans"


Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk

---

If that was the case, how did 4 in-game "fans" know that he was losing and suddenly all came in to support him at once?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yaser Als

If that was the case, how did 4 in-game "fans" know that he was losing and suddenly all came in to support him at once?

---

They didn't knew he was loosing,they were online or they've just went online and support him

Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk

probably he have lots of friend and always support them in game in return friend is alway there to support him.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yaser Als

If that was the case, how did 4 in-game "fans" know that he was losing and suddenly all came in to support him at once?

---

Honestly, I think that's paranoid. The match is only 8 minutes real time, it's hard to imagine a player who can contact friends to coordinate them with expert timing. Who knows, maybe he used FB messenger and messaged all his friends.

Get more friends in game, try to find friends of many levels and leagues, and only if you think they are currently active. Friend request managers you see supporting other players, since you know they show up as fans. M

Edit: I've got a few over 100 friends, some games I have 5 fans, sometimes 0, usually 0-2. It's just another detail to manage.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LeManiaque

Honestly, I think that's paranoid.

---

Maybe it is. But it has happened before to a lesser degree and certainly happened with other players too.

Sure, lots of players get fans, but in some cases they show up at very convenient timing, often to save the game it seems. Always smelled fishy to me.

I don't understand what you mean
btw

Quote:

---

If that was the case, how did 4 in-game "fans" know that he was losing and suddenly all came in to support him at once?

---

Are you playing with the old or the new version ? If it's the new , live, you 're visiting so often the guest screen to see who 's watching ?


* Also want to add that I had an experience with a local T11 fb group and sometimes a guy who had a critical game, made a post asking for support from the other members.

In the mobile version the ! symbol pops up and it is pretty easy to check fans often.

Now maybe I'm getting paranoid but... I do notice that the notification for friend's matches doesn't always appear right away. Like, even if I'm doing nothing active, i won't have the pop-up to support the match until late in the game. So there is maybe potential for Nordeus programming to act with bias in deciding when or even to whom to display the friend support notification.

That said, I'm very sceptical.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yaser Als

Last week I was playing against a guy whom I have played against before several times. He always has a strong team full of scouts. And it was always a tough match against. He had "friends" attend on a few occasions. They seem to show up at very convenient timing. This time it got very obvious.

I was losing the first half 1-0 and he was dominating the match and it looked like just a matter of time before he scores more. I changed my tactics for the second half and boom! I go 3 up.

He goes crazy and these "fans" literally poured in to his side. No less than 4 people. The tide turned again drastically this time and he was camping my half and he scored a goal. I barely escaped the match with 3-2. One more minute and he would have scored!

Today, a league competitor came into the match and had already brought fans from minute 1. Seems he has done his homework.

how come I don't have fans which I can summon when I need to? :(

---

As you experienced, you don't need a bunch of fans to win. :)

I honestly think facing power-support is more of a psychological thing than anything else. I've seen teams with a +15% possession bonus lose several times. Sure, the supporters help a little bit, but generally speaking a bunch of supporters won't be the variable that determines who wins or loses.

Regarding supporters, as others have stated just add a few managers that you've seen supporting other teams. Personally, if my t11 friends appear 3 times per season, I think that's good. Lets say I have 100 friends, each attend 3 times, that's 300 supporters for the season. If I play the max number of games, its an average of 5.7 supporters/match; averaging an entourage.

Another possibility is that Nordeus' system sends push notification at regular intervals, like 1 per minute max. Given the match length, that could mean fans are invited to some matches late and might be more likely to arrive in multiples.

I think you are reading too much in to this @Yaser Als.

When ever I have matches (even when being here in the office), I will call some colleagues to support me. If I'm not at the office I'll text some friends of mine to fire up the game and come watch my match if I didn't notify them before hand.

There are also in-game friends of mine with whom I've played in the same League, CL or Cup competition groups that gradually I befriended along the way and those occasionally pop-up in my supporters list during a live match. :)

Your opponent just has some friends who either play actively and keep in mind each other's match times or they call for each other. It's not against the rules, it's part of the game.

And keep in mind that there is a "possession bonus" limit of 15% from fans (Other Managers, Stadium Attendance).

I've had the idea before- a feature that lets a manager "sponsor" a match to encourage more fan support. There's the Send Thanks feature after the match; my idea would be manager can pay a token fee before a match, and other managers who come to support have a chance to win some prize, like an extra green pack or pack trio, or different options at 1,3,5 sponsor tokens for example. 5 fans support your team, each have a 1/5 chance to win. Sponsored matches would advertise ahead of match time and have an icon to signify the special prize.

Pretty simple idea, but easy to implement, another token source for Nordeus.

Edit: I cross posted this for discussion over in suggestions

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LeManiaque

I've had the idea before- a feature that lets a manager "sponsor" a match to encourage more fan support. There's the Send Thanks feature after the match; my idea would be manager can pay a token fee before a match, and other managers who come to support have a chance to win some prize, like an extra green pack or pack trio, or different options at 1,3,5 sponsor tokens for example. 5 fans support your team, each have a 1/5 chance to win. Sponsored matches would advertise ahead of match time and have an icon to signify the special prize.

Pretty simple idea, but easy to implement, another token source for Nordeus.

Edit: I cross posted this for discussion over in suggestions

---

I honestly think the whole fans thing is not needed. It should be me vs him not me and my friends vs him and his friends. Seems like an advantage for the Facebook crowds.

Do I really need to go online and rally people to come and waste their time and login to the game just for me?

Personally I don't have the time or the mood for this. I'm not even active on Facebook. I only use it as an account creation tool.

I'm an older guy, I don't really "hang out" online.

its always good to find a facebook group that plays top eleven. just post that you need support, and they will come. just make sure to support them back when they need it.

I usually have 5 fans as my association is very good at supporting one another. He may have used the association chat to ask for help and his buddies would have got the message and joined his game.

I only have 28 in game friends and have only had less than 5 supporters on 1 or 2 occasions this season...it's quality not quantity.

I'm on for a possible treble and perfect league season and I know I wouldn't be without the fantastic support I get