Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[nooga99]

If any one is looking for a allrounder trainee then this guy finishes in 1hr 25 mins.

Roger Proctor (500912)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, competent bowling form, invigorated
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Dalmeny Cricket Club
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,357
Wages: £688 p/w

Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: competent Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: worthless

 

[andyc]

Just picked up a new captain. He won't be in my first XI, but I'll get him up to respectable (which shouldn't be far off), and then probably just stick him on a fielding net to get his consistency up.

Maurice Fabian (504324)
LH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: tambos team
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,710
Wages: £623 p/w
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

He was only 16k, and I need another seamer, and given that he's destructive, hopefully he can get a few early wickets when he plays.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Just picked up a new captain. He won't be in my first XI, but I'll get him up to respectable (which shouldn't be far off), and then probably just stick him on a fielding net to get his consistency up.

Maurice Fabian (504324)
LH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: tambos team
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,710
Wages: £623 p/w
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: competent Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

He was only 16k, and I need another seamer, and given that he's destructive, hopefully he can get a few early wickets when he plays.

Indeed, 2 weeks @ 1 bowling net - maximum.

I picked someone similar up earlier in the season, but they didn't have the mediocre stamina - which makes that player that much more of a bargain.

 

[Cloete]

Damn skill traders!

 

[marc71178]

What sort of prize money is on offer at the end of the season?

 

[Adamc]

From the rules:

Teams finishing 1st down to 4th are awarded Prize Money at the end of the season as follows:

Level	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1	£250,000£180,000£125,000£75,000
2	£180,000£125,000£75,000	£50,000
3	£125,000£75,000	£50,000	£35,000
4	£75,000	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000
5	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000	£20,000

The cup winners and runners up will also receive prize money, £250,000 and £100,000 respectively.

 

[trevor_vayro]

Looks like a good buy to me Andy . Though I'd get him up to Resp or Maybe even Prof before his initial contract is up, then flog him for a massiiiiive profit. If you flogged him before the end of the season then you could get £200K plus for a 17yo Resp, with say Comp Stam and Woe Cons. All depends on whether you need him for next season really, his Stam will be useful for FC. But I'm not sure how much difference the whole captaincy thing makes though. Patel, my usual skipper has Sup Leadership and Woe Experience, and last week I mistakenly picked Wynne-Willson for captain, with Feeb/Abs - And I didn't notice much difference TBH.

I have my one gi'me of the season tomorrow, against a brand new side, so I'm TIEing and Resting Greening and Bewers. In comes Comp Bat Creasy for his first league match of the season, and Comp RF Crick is also recalled. Not a great side, but hopefully it'll do a job. I could employ overkill and make absolutely certain of nailing a win, but unless I TIE my last three games and get the key players' fitness up, then I'm toast in the playoffs anyway! And besides, if a team containing one strong and three Resp Bats, and three Resp bowlers can't see off a newbie, then I don't deserve to be in the playoffs in the first place.

What's everyone's run-ins looking like anyway? Andy, I know you're in a similar position to me, trying to nail down a playoff spot in your last three, aren't you? Scaly? Isn't it the playoffs for you too? I think Mark, Cricketboy, Nibs and Py, are all set for promotion? What else?

And Adam, do you never sleep? The other day you posted at about 4pm UK time, isn't that around two in the morning Aussie time? Do Asterix XI have anything left to play for?

Has the season met everyone's expectations of their sides? Personally it's been a massive disappointment. My walk-over success in my first season gave me a massively inflated opinion of how good the Gurs really were. And because my league was so easy, I never realised the effect that poor Stam and secondaries would have on my team, as soon as I played at a decent standard. But despite the current trouble I'm in, I think I've learnt a great deal about the game and the side is much much stronger.

Later, Trev

 

[Adamc]

And Adam, do you never sleep? The other day you posted at about 4pm UK time, isn't that around two in the morning Aussie time? Do Asterix XI have anything left to play for?

Umm, I'm a uni student, I sleep during the day.

Don't have much left to play for except for pride, and the possibility of finishing third instead of fourth (i.e. extra 50k prizemoney). I'm just messing around with transfers at the moment, trying to get all my major trading done before next season. I can afford to spend a bit of time with a weakened team while there are still bots in my division, but won't have the same luxuries next season.

 

[Jamee999]

From the rules:

Teams finishing 1st down to 4th are awarded Prize Money at the end of the season as follows:

Level	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1	£250,000£180,000£125,000£75,000
2	£180,000£125,000£75,000	£50,000
3	£125,000£75,000	£50,000	£35,000
4	£75,000	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000
5	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000	£20,000

The cup winners and runners up will also receive prize money, £250,000 and £100,000 respectively.

So next year, you could finish 5th in The Windies Prem and get nowt, and I'd get 20,000 for coming 4th in a V division!

 

[Scaly piscine]

So next year, you could finish 5th in The Windies Prem and get nowt, and I'd get 20,000 for coming 4th in a V division!

He would get an extra playoff game where he'd get around 100k from attendance tho.

Anyway I *should* wrap up 4th place tomorrow, the team I'm up against only gets competent/mediocre/feeble for batting and competent/respectable for bowling. I get superb/mediocre/woeful for batting and respectable/proficient for bowling with slightly better fielding. If the only team that can overtake me loses that'll be it - although they have an outside chance of winning their game. If they did win they'd have to win the last game of the season against me as well.

 

[marc71178]

From the rules:

Teams finishing 1st down to 4th are awarded Prize Money at the end of the season as follows:

Level	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1	£250,000£180,000£125,000£75,000
2	£180,000£125,000£75,000	£50,000
3	£125,000£75,000	£50,000	£35,000
4	£75,000	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000
5	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000	£20,000

The cup winners and runners up will also receive prize money, £250,000 and £100,000 respectively.

Hmm £50k, not a great amount, but will be useful.

 

[marc71178]

I think Mark, Cricketboy, Nibs and Py, are all set for promotion? What else?

I am pretty much up, if it weren't for the CW Cup, I'd probably GFI the last 3 rounds to try and catch 1 1=6 and take first place.

 

[PY]

I think Mark, Cricketboy, Nibs and Py, are all set for promotion?

Hmm not sure about promotion, I'm certainly on for a playoff game but that could be against a pretty good side from level two. I need a serious bump in NRR if I'm to be automatically promoted. Beat my rival last week leapfrogging him so I'm chuffed I even get the chance as didn't think I would!

My side has pretty good ratings at the moment but I'm under no illusions, half bots in my league so it's pretty easy to get morale and fitness up. I'll certainly struggle if I get promoted!

 

[superkingdave]

changes to the reporters grades, now i have feeble, feeble, absymal, mediocre, feeble, feeble

 

[cricketboy29]

What's everyone's run-ins looking like anyway? Andy, I know you're in a similar position to me, trying to nail down a playoff spot in your last three, aren't you? Scaly? Isn't it the playoffs for you too? I think Mark, Cricketboy, Nibs and Py, are all set for promotion? What else?

Not trying to appear arrogant or anything, but yeah, My promotion looks pretty set. Moving up into league 3, but worryingly like you said my first season has been a real walkover with only one team challenging, and i still won by three wickets on their ground. So....But yeah, s'been a good season, Abdul Kadir reallly performed well for me, getting 1536@142.50. So yeah, pretty pleased with my season so far. All I need now is the CW Bedpan, and all my goals are achieved

 

[PY]

changes to the reporters grades, now i have feeble, feeble, absymal, mediocre, feeble, feeble

Mine has been struck pretty badly too.

Down to resp,med,abys,med,resp,feeb now.

Oh and liking the new wages for new system being added in brackets for us to have a look at. Secondaries don't appear to be having that much of an effect though. My comp/comp with stam-resp, conc-prof and cons-strong only has wages of 1,300ish.

 

[andyc]

Andy, I know you're in a similar position to me, trying to nail down a playoff spot in your last three, aren't you?

I've actually got no hope in hell of making anything past 4th. My league has the Australian spinner (and has notched up elite spin on several occasions), and they're not even coming first!

 

[andyc]

Looking at the wages, there doesn't seem to be too much of an effect. The biggest difference I notice is in Canning, but he was destined to shoot up anyway, given the amount of training he's had. He's gone from 844 to 2522, but I imagine that's more to do with the increase in primaries, since he's resp bat, strong bowl.

 

[PY]

Looking at the wages, there doesn't seem to be too much of an effect. The biggest difference I notice is in Canning, but he was destined to shoot up anyway, given the amount of training he's had. He's gone from 844 to 2522, but I imagine that's more to do with the increase in primaries, since he's resp bat, strong bowl.

My biggest is 1500 to 3500 but that's prof to superb so wasn't unexpected really.

 

[nibbs]

oh ffs,

duggan £1,829 to £4,711
hamshaw £2,835 to £4,952
waddell £1,868 to £3,797