Mystify Soccer - Season 20

Season 20

Welcome to season 20 and the new game engine. Things so far regarding the upgrade seem to have gone smoothly but I'm sure there will be fixes I have to apply over the next few weeks.

From now on you should ignore the player rating value as it is no longer relevant in any aspect of the game. Player skills are now the required factor and valuations have been updated as relevant. I suspect there will be some complaints that players are now worth less or more than they were originally but all skills have been matched fairly across the board and the valuations are based on how good a player is for the new game engine so nobody has gained an advantage. If you want to complain, feel free but you will be doing it with a mindset of how ratings controlled a player and not the new skills.

Of course, these new skills will increase and decrease as appropriate now. There is lots for you to learn and work out but trust me, there has been no bias and you are all in the same position of having to experiment. Any players who were rated 20 for example can now increase even further to be even better which should add more competition between teams.

The new sections are scouting, team selection, training and the youth academy. These are all updated to be improved and use the new skills. Hopefully you will enjoy exploring them all.

There is also a temporary new section for you to place your players in new positions for the next stage of the game engine. These new positions aren't in play yet but I'm hopeful they will be at some point during the season. Either way, there is no rush for you to do this and you can amend as and when you want until I let you know when the deadline is.

If you do find any bugs or anomalies then please let me know as soon as possible. This doesn't include questions about the new game engine as you have to work that out for yourself. It also doesn't include questions about ratings, skills or evaluations as I will get fed up of explaining over and over the fact that ratings are now irrelevant.

The game engine will also be tweaked over time now as I see how it works out and it has been built so subtle changes can occur at any moment. again, all will be done fairly and if I feel an explanation is needed, it will be posted as a news article.

I am sure it will take a while to settle in but it will be an improvement once it has done so and I am hopeful I can get all the unmanaged teams taken as players realise it will be more competitive.