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Er is al geruime tijd een discussie op het nederlandse forum over de matchengine. Een groot aantal managers stellen vraagtekens bij de werking van de matchengine, en even zo veel managers vinden dat de matchengine prima werkt. Het forum is de plek voor alle managers om kennis met elkaar te delen.

Dus al je vragen hebt over dit spelleke, kom dan kijken op het forum. Schroom niet om vragen te stellen of je inzichten te delen.  Kennis geeft macht, en kritisch zijn wordt gewaardeerd. Deze discussie heeft al 2 reacties opgeleverd van Vlady. Die kun je hieronder lezen. Zoals je ziet levert een mooie discussie antwoorden op.

The shots on goal stats are influenced by these factors: the strength of your players compared to the strength of the opponent's players, the tactics, game importance and a bit of luck. Most of the time, the better team has more shots on goal, especially when you hit the tactics right.

then it is up to the execution. shooting vs goaltending. depends on which player shoots the puck. also depends of the goalie has a good day or not.

faceoffs is something we want to change. right now their influence is very small and we want to increase that.

I hope this answers your questions

Vlady

As you know this game is trying to simulate reality as close as possible. In reality you also have team who will be favorites to win games they might even dominate in these games and still lose them. Why? Because it happens in hockey. If we simulated 100 games between the two teams, perhaps you would win 70 but not this one. The role of the manager is to give the team the best chance to win. Nobody is guaranteed a victory though. Just like in real life. You still have to perform to win. And your players did not put the puck in the net as many times as the opponent. It's that simple.


Let me tell you something about the engine. You might have a wrong impression about it. Every single play during the game is calculated separately. That means that the players who are on the ice in the given moment determine the outcome of the play. For example, if there is a player who shoots at goal and he is equally good as the goalie, he has about 10% chance that he will score. But you cannot guarantee that in 1 game the goalie will stop 9 out of 10 shots from this player. He may easily give up 2 goals on 2 shots. You cannot make assumptions on such a small sample size as 1 game. This is a game of probabilities. Your job is to give your team the best chance to win. Not to win every game.


Vlady

Tot gauw op het forum. Dat is de plek waar je het spel kunt leren.