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This was found this in Sokker USA, posted by Guacamole....
Transcript below:
Dear collegues, here is the interview our dear chief Greg gave to the italian radio on Saturday, hope you enjoy his beautyful voice, his deep wisdom and the amazing revelations he gave about sokker!
Was it difficult to write the first code?
Not really, in family we are real talents
What’s left of that beginning?
Lots of phenomenal players and huge arenas. At that time we had daily trainings and the constructions costs were very low
We know that, your NT is unbeatable! Have you ever thought to reset the game and restart?
I do not see why we should waste so many hours that people have spent ...”the one who arrives first is the one who has the right to have some benefits”!
Let’s go further with the subjects that interest most our users, which are what people dislike and the incoming changes. What can you tell us about the form? Many users consider it too much influenced by random!
The form has a little component of random, it can be controlled. Every player has some preferences for his position on the field. The more he plays in a position he likes the most will he get good marks and therefore his form will rise.
This is a game for managers do not forget it! A good manager will explore the game in every single field and will learn that mistaken use of players will create negative effects. Only if you study the behaviour of the player in the match, the percentages the player obtains and the consequences they have on the form you will be able to understand the right position for a player.
The time has come for the first musical pause. Greg, do you like music?
Yes I love Italian music, I would like to hear a song from your singer who is very well known here in Poland. Pupo!
Let’s keep going with the questions from our users. There is always a bunch of blames about the quantity and duration of the injuries. May we hope in an adjustment?
Concerning how often and how long the injuries last, we have been influenced by a statistic from the polish national football association in 2006. In order to make the game more realistic in the next season we will introduce also severe injuries, I mean those who will make the player quit with his football career.
This is kind of heavy, are you not afraid this will upset people?
I do not mean to upset people. I know that Italians play football like girls and when you are touched you collapse to the ground, but in the rest of the world football is a sport for real men! In Poland all the football players are warriors, in Italy you all are like Inzaghi!
Greg, this concerns the next season, what will we have to expect shortly?
We will soon introduce something that no other online game has; we are convinced that this innovation will bring us tens of thousands of new users…
excellent news! Would you give us anticipation on what’s that about?
I don’t know if I can...it is a secret....
Come on Greg do it for our audience!
Well Eridon, already this season we will introduce the movement of the goalkeeper, you will be able to move the goalkeeper in every single square of the field and he could also score! It will become very important for the goalkeeper to have every single skill. You understand this innovation will make us reach at least 100.000 users in one month!
100.000 users seem a bit too optimistic! Let’s go further with the questions: Why some teams play more often with rain than others? is that random too?
We will make some changes about the weather, from now on the weather will be more realistic, for instance if your team is from Southern Italy it will have more sunny days, while if it is from he northern Italy will have more rainy days. Moreover we will soon introduce the fog which implies that in some matches the screen will not be visible.
Do you mean when is foggy you will not be able to see the match?
Not exactly Eridon, you will be able to see it only if you have paid the plus otherwise you will see a white screen
This is surprising, these are features we did not expect, are you working on other features?
We will introduce height and weight of the players that will have big influence on the match, clearly everything will be based on the race, for instance Italians are short and small as Japanese therefore all the players born in Italy will be respecting the Italian race.
Greg this is a stereotype! Italians are not only short and small!!
I know that Eridon, Italians are also bold but we cannot make all players similar! By the way, talking about Italian, may I hear “Italiano” by Toto Cotugno?
Many users are convinced that the auctions are monopolised by the polish users that seem to have more money than others. Is this true or is just our impression?
This is not just an impression, it is the reality but is also fair, your economy is collapsing while the polish one is flourishing. The future is of the countries from the ex Warsaw Pact! Western capitalists like you are doomed to extinction!
Many questions are about youth pool. Many users are upset because they just get bad youngsters and the offspring is bad too. Are you taking in consideration any modification?
Yes we do, we are convinced that plus users have the right to better youngsters, therefore in future the offspring of plus users will never be under average level!
I beg your pardon Greg, this will be unfair for those who are not plus!
In Poland we say: “If you want the stork to land on your chimney you got to open your wallet!”. It is our philosophy.
Are you planning any other innovation?
In the next season we will introduce the field invasion if the team is losing for more than 10-0 and also the incompetent referee for the lowest divisions.
what do you mean?
In the lowest divisions in Poland the referee is often drunk and do not notice faults and offside, we will introduce this event in the IV and lower divisions except for the plus who will always have a good referee.
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I think some may be a joke. Some interesting information in there however.
Transcript below:
Dear collegues, here is the interview our dear chief Greg gave to the italian radio on Saturday, hope you enjoy his beautyful voice, his deep wisdom and the amazing revelations he gave about sokker!
Was it difficult to write the first code?
Not really, in family we are real talents
What’s left of that beginning?
Lots of phenomenal players and huge arenas. At that time we had daily trainings and the constructions costs were very low
We know that, your NT is unbeatable! Have you ever thought to reset the game and restart?
I do not see why we should waste so many hours that people have spent ...”the one who arrives first is the one who has the right to have some benefits”!
Let’s go further with the subjects that interest most our users, which are what people dislike and the incoming changes. What can you tell us about the form? Many users consider it too much influenced by random!
The form has a little component of random, it can be controlled. Every player has some preferences for his position on the field. The more he plays in a position he likes the most will he get good marks and therefore his form will rise.
This is a game for managers do not forget it! A good manager will explore the game in every single field and will learn that mistaken use of players will create negative effects. Only if you study the behaviour of the player in the match, the percentages the player obtains and the consequences they have on the form you will be able to understand the right position for a player.
The time has come for the first musical pause. Greg, do you like music?
Yes I love Italian music, I would like to hear a song from your singer who is very well known here in Poland. Pupo!
Let’s keep going with the questions from our users. There is always a bunch of blames about the quantity and duration of the injuries. May we hope in an adjustment?
Concerning how often and how long the injuries last, we have been influenced by a statistic from the polish national football association in 2006. In order to make the game more realistic in the next season we will introduce also severe injuries, I mean those who will make the player quit with his football career.
This is kind of heavy, are you not afraid this will upset people?
I do not mean to upset people. I know that Italians play football like girls and when you are touched you collapse to the ground, but in the rest of the world football is a sport for real men! In Poland all the football players are warriors, in Italy you all are like Inzaghi!
Greg, this concerns the next season, what will we have to expect shortly?
We will soon introduce something that no other online game has; we are convinced that this innovation will bring us tens of thousands of new users…
excellent news! Would you give us anticipation on what’s that about?
I don’t know if I can...it is a secret....
Come on Greg do it for our audience!
Well Eridon, already this season we will introduce the movement of the goalkeeper, you will be able to move the goalkeeper in every single square of the field and he could also score! It will become very important for the goalkeeper to have every single skill. You understand this innovation will make us reach at least 100.000 users in one month!
100.000 users seem a bit too optimistic! Let’s go further with the questions: Why some teams play more often with rain than others? is that random too?
We will make some changes about the weather, from now on the weather will be more realistic, for instance if your team is from Southern Italy it will have more sunny days, while if it is from he northern Italy will have more rainy days. Moreover we will soon introduce the fog which implies that in some matches the screen will not be visible.
Do you mean when is foggy you will not be able to see the match?
Not exactly Eridon, you will be able to see it only if you have paid the plus otherwise you will see a white screen
This is surprising, these are features we did not expect, are you working on other features?
We will introduce height and weight of the players that will have big influence on the match, clearly everything will be based on the race, for instance Italians are short and small as Japanese therefore all the players born in Italy will be respecting the Italian race.
Greg this is a stereotype! Italians are not only short and small!!
I know that Eridon, Italians are also bold but we cannot make all players similar! By the way, talking about Italian, may I hear “Italiano” by Toto Cotugno?
Many users are convinced that the auctions are monopolised by the polish users that seem to have more money than others. Is this true or is just our impression?
This is not just an impression, it is the reality but is also fair, your economy is collapsing while the polish one is flourishing. The future is of the countries from the ex Warsaw Pact! Western capitalists like you are doomed to extinction!
Many questions are about youth pool. Many users are upset because they just get bad youngsters and the offspring is bad too. Are you taking in consideration any modification?
Yes we do, we are convinced that plus users have the right to better youngsters, therefore in future the offspring of plus users will never be under average level!
I beg your pardon Greg, this will be unfair for those who are not plus!
In Poland we say: “If you want the stork to land on your chimney you got to open your wallet!”. It is our philosophy.
Are you planning any other innovation?
In the next season we will introduce the field invasion if the team is losing for more than 10-0 and also the incompetent referee for the lowest divisions.
what do you mean?
In the lowest divisions in Poland the referee is often drunk and do not notice faults and offside, we will introduce this event in the IV and lower divisions except for the plus who will always have a good referee.
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I think some may be a joke. Some interesting information in there however.
Oh he missed out the part where Moderators would receive a minimum of Outstanding youths.....and no injuries or cards. What a slimebag! lol
I'm hoping some of that's a joke, otherwise no-one in England, and more so Scotland will have decent weather.
The first half seems sensible, after that if it isn't a joke, is quite worrying.
The first half seems sensible, after that if it isn't a joke, is quite worrying.
i think he is taking the wee-wee after form...
All the ones about Plus would have to be.
Quite liking the idea that a player might have an underlying favourite position, although managers would need a way to figure out what it is beyond playing him and working it out.
Quite liking the idea that a player might have an underlying favourite position, although managers would need a way to figure out what it is beyond playing him and working it out.
the form bit is very interesting though, as the question of how to controll it has long bugged people
It's all a fake guys....
And the one speaking is not Greg.... :)
And the one speaking is not Greg.... :)
I am sure the form thing is probably based on something greg may have said though.
So the question is, was our NT manager in on the joke, or did he fall for it ? :)
First posted on 1st April - or it should have been.
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Thought most of the answers were a bit of a joke, but believed the interview.
It was posted in sokker Scotland and I took it from there as I thought it may be an interesting read.
It was posted in sokker Scotland and I took it from there as I thought it may be an interesting read.
Oh well - it was a good thread & really fun to read.
If I were you - I would stay in bed on 1st April every year.
PS - You must never trust the Scots.......
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If I were you - I would stay in bed on 1st April every year.
PS - You must never trust the Scots.......
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You misunderstand. Phil didnt trust the Scots, he simply stole something from them. And thats something us English have been doing for a very long time now!!!
OK - I accept the Scots invented; Television; telephones; penicillin; antiseptics; lawnmowers; microwave ovens; marmalade; computer games; golf.
But apart from the Golf - don't trust the Scots.....................
But apart from the Golf - don't trust the Scots.....................