09-20-2007, 02:26 AM
As there are more football games on the market than any other sport, it seems logical to highlight them. Logical Soccer comes from Dreamworld Games in Devizes. This game is excellently packaged and the results magazine is a joy to behold, covering all the fixtures and scores from the many Leagues and Divisions the game encompasses.
The teams are all fantasy and a new manager will receive a squad of ‘loaned’ players - just enough to get on with. There is the usual fixture list of two games against each divisional opponent and there are Cups you can enter. There is a twist to this. The cost of playing league matches is only 30p a week, plus £1 for the aforementioned magazine (well worth the money in my book), but to buy transfer listed players or to enter a Cup Competition will cost you money, hard earned cash.
The decision is of course up to you, as the Cup entrants basically decide the cash prize the finalists and semi finalists will earn. I saw players moving clubs with transfer fees stretching from £1 to £150 although the latter seemed a one off. The majority settled on single figure amounts, and presumably these teams were not in direct contention for honours but basically enjoying playing the game. It is a novel way to work things - play league matches for a very reasonable amount or chance your up and coming allstars in a Cup competition for cash prizes, and at the same time invest in a better player to improve your lot.
Each player in a team in Logical Soccer is rated in his best position with subsequent decreases if he has to play out of position. Very basic really, in that the decrease for a forward playing as a winger will be considerably less than if he was asked to play as a goalkeeper (not a brilliant tactical move, it is fair to say). Goals are scored on the basis of a player’s skills in direct opposition to his individual opponent. A figure is generated for one team or the other for each position, and they are totalled up to generate a score. Whilst quite a few games were low scoring ones, the majority featured scores totalling around 7-10 goals with 5-2 and 4-3 scorelines seeming commonplace.
Great news for me, in that most games I join I seem to produce the lowest scoring teams of all, despite having an attacking bent in my nature. There are also what is known as star players, who can greatly influence matches and of course command high transfer fees. Relegation and promotion are handled here and there are literally hundreds of teams in the setup. The presentation is very well done and the rules are not daunting at all. The apparent simplicity of the score generating should not disguise the fact that taking a real interest in your squad layout and planning for each opponent in turn will reap longterm benefits.
Check out the website and you can join online - Logical Soccer offer a free (no obligation) setup and are confident you will stay with them. The game is a PBM although the website is open for members (and guests who sign in).
The teams are all fantasy and a new manager will receive a squad of ‘loaned’ players - just enough to get on with. There is the usual fixture list of two games against each divisional opponent and there are Cups you can enter. There is a twist to this. The cost of playing league matches is only 30p a week, plus £1 for the aforementioned magazine (well worth the money in my book), but to buy transfer listed players or to enter a Cup Competition will cost you money, hard earned cash.
The decision is of course up to you, as the Cup entrants basically decide the cash prize the finalists and semi finalists will earn. I saw players moving clubs with transfer fees stretching from £1 to £150 although the latter seemed a one off. The majority settled on single figure amounts, and presumably these teams were not in direct contention for honours but basically enjoying playing the game. It is a novel way to work things - play league matches for a very reasonable amount or chance your up and coming allstars in a Cup competition for cash prizes, and at the same time invest in a better player to improve your lot.
Each player in a team in Logical Soccer is rated in his best position with subsequent decreases if he has to play out of position. Very basic really, in that the decrease for a forward playing as a winger will be considerably less than if he was asked to play as a goalkeeper (not a brilliant tactical move, it is fair to say). Goals are scored on the basis of a player’s skills in direct opposition to his individual opponent. A figure is generated for one team or the other for each position, and they are totalled up to generate a score. Whilst quite a few games were low scoring ones, the majority featured scores totalling around 7-10 goals with 5-2 and 4-3 scorelines seeming commonplace.
Great news for me, in that most games I join I seem to produce the lowest scoring teams of all, despite having an attacking bent in my nature. There are also what is known as star players, who can greatly influence matches and of course command high transfer fees. Relegation and promotion are handled here and there are literally hundreds of teams in the setup. The presentation is very well done and the rules are not daunting at all. The apparent simplicity of the score generating should not disguise the fact that taking a real interest in your squad layout and planning for each opponent in turn will reap longterm benefits.
Check out the website and you can join online - Logical Soccer offer a free (no obligation) setup and are confident you will stay with them. The game is a PBM although the website is open for members (and guests who sign in).
David Blair
2004-10-07
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