Subject: Season 72

Looks like the part of shorter players accelerating quicker was removed. But is that a correct removal.

Timing is random, there was discussion on the forum about whether it actually has been implemented, I asked Raul via sk-mail about it, he then asked greg about it in their private forum and apparently they decided to share the info to everyone (as they should) to make things clear.

They also edited the rules because the old version was not properly explained apparently.

Even as is, it's not particularly well written.

If the part about shorter players accelerating quicker has been removed, then actually the whole press announcement is wrong because it pretty much says the rules were correct whilst quietly removing a part of them.

It says that height/weight/BMI have been implemented in the ME, doesn't really say everything that was written was actually 100% true (thus the revision)

Did the Polish rules also remove the bit about shorter players accelerating quicker?

yup, you can google translate it, it's the same

Wzrost
Wyższy zawodnik ma większe szanse na wygranie pojedynku główkowego.

Waga
Zbyt mała waga względem wzrostu oznacza niedobór masy mięśniowej. Analogicznie zbyt duża waga względem wzrostu oznacza nadwagę. W obu przypadkach odchylenie od optymalnej wartości BMI ma negatywny wpływ na zachowania zawodników:
- przyspieszenie - najlepszy start do piłki mają zawodnicy z optymalnym BMI - maksymalna prędkość pozostaje jednak niezmieniona i zależy od poziomu umiejętności szybkość zawodnika
- zmęczenie - gracze z optymalnym BMI męczą się wolniej - im bardziej BMI odbiega od wartości optymalnej, tym szybciej zawodnik się męczy

BMI (wskaźnik masy ciała) to stosunek masy ciała do wzrostu obliczony według wzoru:
BMI = waga / (wzrost * wzrost)

Idealny współczynnik BMI dla zawodnika w Sokkerze wynosi 23,75.

Waga i wzrost widoczne są w meczach 3D. Zawodnicy wyraźnie różnią się wzrostem, a ciężsi zawodnicy są więksi od lżejszych.
Waga będzie się zmieniać w zależności od treningów, rozegranych meczów i kontuzji zawodnika, chociaż nie zostało to jeszcze zaimplementowane.

I asked and yes, the "shorter accelerates faster" was deliberately deleted because according to greg only BMI matters in case of acceleration (doesn't make sense and promotes only tall players but oh well, I'm just a messenger here)

So a correct news article would have stated something like:

- There was mention of shorter players accelerating quicker in previous rules, however this information was not correct and height in fact has no influence on the acceleration of players.

I don't remember there being any mention of in future BMI will be able to go up and down though, so I guess we will get that in about 19 years time.

I don't remember there being any mention of in future BMI will be able to go up and down though, so I guess we will get that in about 19 years time.

it was mentioned before, they just still haven't implemented it in the game

Coach retirements were first mentioned in the original rules back in 2004, and we all know how long that took to implement.

yeah I wouldn't hold my breath, they're not even working on that, I don't think it's even in their top 10 things to do. maybe they will do it "now" since somebody remembered them about it, who knows. we will see in 10 seasons.

I must say it, this BMI thing is exactly what the game needed. Everyone on every forum was unhappy about this. The game is saved! Hail Raul, hallowed be his name.

You realise that they didn't actually do anything with it except for confirming officially that the BMI was implemented into the ME years ago...?

They didn't actually do anything?!!!! Noooo..... I'm crushed.

Oh, well, never mind, I'm glad to see that not doing anything fuelled a great two page conversation though.

Eudaimonia FC - COLNE FC 1:3

When I go back and count the defensive mistakes made by my players in this game it's going to be into double figures.

Stupid backpasses, at least 2 (causing 1 goal)
Number of times my central defenders decided to stroll into midfield and abandon their line, at least 6
Deciding they can't be bothered to run back and stop the striker clean through on goal, at least 2. (causing 2 goals)

Won 3-2 at Legia, was hard work and the team didn’t play well tbh.