• forestman [del]
• 2006-07-24

It is election time again! You have the opportunity to stand for election as the national team coach of any nation, and vote for your preferred manager of your own nation!

To access the election page, go to the respective country homepage, then click on National Team, and then Elections.

If you stand for election, it is recommended that you open a maximum of one thread in the forums, prefixed with [NT] , e.g. [NT] forestman. Please do NOT SK-mail people.

Please remember that a user who has been elected as NT manager will not be able to resign from their job. Therefore when you stand for the NT job, it is not only for fun, it is also your responsibility to serve the full term which the people that voted you into the job thought you should serve.

New countries (República Dominicana, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Nippon, India, Ísland, Israel, Malaysia & Hellas) will have their national teams created & elections start this evening.

The election deadline is 6th August so get preparing your speeches, asking candidates tough questions & voting!

• forestman [del]
• 2006-07-17

We apologise that there was a mistake in the previous news release regarding promotion and relegation.

It is true that 25% of teams promote & relegate automaticaly. However it does not mean that the 8th place team is always relegated. The qualification ranking system hasn't changed at all - relegated teams are ranked by points, goals, etc (not league position, points, goals).

The reason for this methodology is that it is more fair. A team could be 7th with nearly no points, which would be worse than a team that fought hard in a competitive league, finished 8th, but had won some games. Additionally more bot-teams will be relegated that way.

Because of this misunderstanding we have decided to use this season (and this season only) the system that was described in the previous news release. Therefore 8th place teams will all be relegated automatically.

We will have to re-generate the fixture list again to take into account these changes. This will occur either this evening or tommorow morning.

We confirm that next season qualification games will be played using the system described above.

• guacamole [del]
• 2006-06-29

From now on, National Team players can't be sacked. Additionally, NT players from bot teams are transfer-listed as soon as new user takes over the team - with no prior club so the new club president doesn't receive any advantages.

Players who are not on a national team may still be sacked, even if they are of NT-caliber quality.

• mr_gibbage [del]
• 2006-06-16

The promotion of juniors is now better regulated than it was before. Those who are promoted with a high level will end up as more complete and rounded players than they may have done in the past. The highest possible skill for a promoted will still be excellent.

This change takes place with immediate effect.

• guacamole [del]
• 2006-05-31

A user who has been elected as NT manager will not be able to resign from their job. It will only be possible to resign from the job in extreme circumstances, for example, the manager no longer exists in Sokker. Keep in mind that when you stand for the NT job, it is not only for fun, it is also your responsibility to serve the full term which the people that voted you into the job thought you should serve.

• mr_gibbage [del]
• 2006-05-09

Starting from next Wednesday (17th May) matches will be played according to the time zone of your country.

Times will change the most for friendly games played in Asia & Oceania and NT matches will be played at best time for the home team (world cup matches also) (starting from 13th May). For league games, the time will change 1-2 hours max.

• mr_gibbage [del]
• 2006-04-23

The forum statutes (rules) have been updated to make things clearer than they have previously been. We advise users to take the time to check the rules, which can be found by clicking on forum and then the statute link which is on the top left of the screen.

• mr_gibbage [del]
• 2006-04-12

The new match engine which has previously been used in friendlies only, will be used in competitive matches starting with the cup matches today (Wednesday 12th).

• mr_gibbage [del]
• 2006-04-09

Please welcome the following new countries to sokker:

Bolivia
Bulgaria
Ecuador
Hellas
Hong Kong
India
Ísland
Israel
Malaysia
Nippon
República Dominicana

We have also expanded the following leagues: Argentina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Chile, Danmark, Deutschland, España, France, Italia, Magyarország, Nederland, Polska, Portugal, Türkiye, Uruguay.

If other leagues need expansion in the future, they will be expanded in the middle of the season.

• mr_gibbage [del]
• 2006-04-09

This evening, Sokker will be down for around 4 hours as the database server will be re-installed. We apologise for any inconvienience.