Trialist World Cup (27.2.11)

I’m sure everyone in FML knows how the Trialist World Cup works. But there are always slight variations, so here’s how it’s done in Lemerre. All entering teams go into the tactics chat room, where the draw for who gets which nation is carried out, usually around 30 minutes before the competition kicks off. The entrants then choose which nation they would like, one by one, starting with the lowest repped team entered. So the lowest repped team get’s the first pick, and the highest repped side get the last pick. No dual nations allowed, so if a nation has gone, you can’t pick them. Then, once all nations have been drawn, the managers then set about signing a squad of trialists. Each team must use a complete squad of trialists, no players from their own team and no loans allowed. Each squad must contain a minimum of 16 players, and not 1 player with a signing on fee of over £50k. Anyone fielding an ineligible side will see their FA docked Fed Points.

It wasn’t the best ran Trialist World Cup this weekend. Mistakes by the organising team meant that Saturday night’s try had to be cancelled and postponed until the Sunday. Then on Sunday, one member joined, picked his side, then logged off, without setting his competition squad. Predictably, his seniors went on to win the competition, although any Fed Points that he earned were considered void.


Fed points awarded:
Winners = 30 FP - LivingLegendsFC (EFA) Fed Points deducted due to using first team for entire competition
Runners-up = 25 FP - Kaizanti Eagles Fc (EFA)
Top scoring team = 15 FP - LivingLegendsFC (EFA) points deducted
Most clean sheets = 15 FP - Athletico Coombe (DFA)
                                          - Arabs United (CFA)
                                          - Stumpville Megastars (VFA)
                                          - Kaizanti Eagles Fc (EFA)
Best discipline = 10 FP - Macduff Mob 1 yellow 0 reds (GFA)
Fielding an ineligible squad = minus 20 FP - LivingLegendsFC (EFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Kaizanti Eagles Fc (EFA)
                                        - Stumpville Megastars (VFA)

Easy Like A Sunday Morning (27.2.11)

The Easy Like A Sunday Morning event is a straight knockout competition that, as the name suggests, is played on a Sunday morning. As many can enter this competition as wish to, although the average is usually around 20. The fact that there is no penalties for high AI% in this competition, means that a high number of people can enter without worrying about losing Fed Points.


The CFA are dragging themselves back from a poor start, in the chase of the DFA. The Easy Like A Sunday Morning quick play saw the CFA take 3 out of the 4 spaces in the Semi Finals.

For the second time running, the Final was contested by PuRe MaDnEsS v3 and AC Seven, with CuPiD sTuNt‘s side cruising to a 3-0 win.

Points awarded for Sunday’s event:

Winners = 30 FP - PuRe MaDnEsS v3 (CFA)
Runners-up = 25 FP - AC Seven (CFA)
Semi Finalists = 15 FP - Sex Panther FC (DFA)
                                   - ReDNaZzz Hero's (CFA)
Top goalscoring team = 10 FP - PuRe MaDnEsS v3 (CFA)
Most clean sheets = 10 FP - PuRe MaDnEsS v3 (CFA)

Quiz (25.2.11)

Friday night was quiz night in Lemerre. This weeks subject was footballing families. Questions on brothers and various other siblings. I won’t post the questions just in case the same quiz gets used in another game world, wouldn’t want to give anyone an unfair advantage.

As stated before, every correct answer in the quiz gives you 2 FP for your FA, with the top 3 gaining extra FP.

1st - Da Vinci (CFA) = 30 FP
2nd - Louis Compton (DFA) = 20 FP
3rd - Chris Rowe (CFA) = 15 FP
=3rd - Joe Faultless (CFA) = 15 FP
=3rd - Haris Hadziselimovic (DFA) = 15 FP

And the points for answering questions:

Da Vinci (CFA) 8 right answers - 16 FP
Louis Compton (DFA) 3 right answers - 6 FP
Chris Rowe (CFA) 2 right answers - 4 FP
Joe Faultless (CFA) 2 right answers - 4 FP
Haris Hadziselimovic (DFA) 2 right answers - 4 FP
Anders Olsen (CFA) 1 right answer - 2 FP
Jax Teller (DFA) 1 right answer - 2 FP

CPU Characteristics

Following on from the previous post regarding CPU challenges, I thought I would list all of the characteristics of the CPU sides.

Balanced, no strengths, no weaknesses *
Strength - fast wingers
Strength - towering forward
Strength - strong, physical players *
Strength - pace
Strength - strong defence
Strength - strong attack
Strength - strong midfield *
Strength - good GK
Strength - set pieces *
Strength - aerial prowess *
Strength - flair players
Strength - fast wingers, with a towering forward
Strength - strong, physical players. Weakness - lack pace
Strength - pace. Weakness - lack strength
Strength - flair players, technically strong. Weakness - weak in the air
Strength - high work rate, high stamina. Weakness - lack technique *
Strength - pace, technically strong. Weakness - lack stamina

For each of the above, there is one CPU side from level 1, right through to level 20.

For any Lemerrinho's visiting this page, feel free to comment on which one you would like to face next up, in next weeks challenge. A kind of vote if you like. The ones with a "*" next to, are the ones which we have already done.

CPU Challenge (23.2.11)

There are a few different ways of running a CPU challenge, but the way that I’ve found most successful in Lemerre, is to use it as a knockout competition. So you take a list of CPU sides from level 5 up to around 18, all with the same characteristics (strengths, weaknesses). Each entering team then plays the selected level 5 side, at their home ground. If they win, they move on to the level 6 side, and so on. Once you draw or lose a game, you are out of the competition.

The characteristic of this weeks CPU sides was the strength of having a strong, physical squad. Here’s how it went:

Level 5 - Shallowpool Academicals
Out - Steven Scott (CFA), Chris Rowe (CFA), Jake Tuck (DFA), Will Bain (CFA), Mike Turbo (CFA)

Level 6 - Rockchester United
Out - Joao Ferreira (VFA), Jamie Green (EFA), Michael Robinson (RFA)

Lee Challenger (EFA) decided to pull out at this stage, despite winning both of his first games, not conceding a goal in the process.

Level 7 - Drendridge Vale FC
Out - Anders Olsen (CFA),

Level 8 - Flaxby Town
Out - Joe Faultless (CFA), Da Vinci (CFA), Dan Blundell (DFA)

Level 9 - Galltown Sabre
Out - Nick  van Damme (DFA), Ben Roberts (DFA)

Level 10 - Kings Valley Rattlesnakes
Out - Jax Teller (DFA)

Level 11 - Urmaston-on-the-Hill
Out - Rich Anderson (DFA)

So a great event for the DFA, taking all 3 finishing places:

1st - Rich Anderson (DFA) = 30 FP
2nd - Jax Teller (DFA) = 20 FP
3rd - Ben Roberts (DFA) = 15 FP
=3rd - Nick  van Damme (DFA) = 15 FP


Also, 1 FP for each member that took part:

CFA - 7 entrants - 7 FP
DFA - 6 FP
EFA - 2 FP
VFA - 1 FP
RFA - 1 FP

Champions Tuesday (22.2.11)

For those of you who are not a member of the Lemerre game world, the Champions Tuesday Fed event is a Champions League style quick play. The number of entrants of course varies and so sometime it doesn't quite work out as a full Champs League format, but we try to stick as close to it as possible:



So another season of Fed Action has kicked off, with everyone out to take the CFA's crown. £1m has been added to a number of community extra competitions, £1m that other FA's want a piece of. Well, if you want it enough, you're going to have to take the fight to the current winners, as the CFA won't be going down without a fight.

This season's first night of community action saw the return of the Champions Tuesday quick play, and some early headway for the DFA, along with some surprise points for the OFA. A little disappointing though, was the high number of teams who left the entire tournament to their AI.

Points awarded:
Winners = 30 FP - Boot  and Shoe Villa (OFA)
Runners-up = 25 FP - Borrussia Urteeth (DFA)
Semi Finalists = 15 FP - Oaklands Raiders (DFA)
                                   - Oldland Rangers (DFA)
Tournament top goalscorer = 10 FP - Patrick Sneijder of Boot  and Shoe Villa with 10 (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - MagiCube (GFA)
                                      - Town United FC (CFA)
                                      - Wild's Warriors (VFA)
                                      - Doug United (VFA)
                                      - ReDNaZzz Hero's (CFA)
                                      - Huddersfield Town (CFA)
                                      - Manchester grady (OFA)
                                      - Aye Ready FC (CFA)
                                      - Mad Butchers (GFA)
                                      - Pelham White Star (CFA)
                                      - Will's Allstars (GFA)

As previously stated, every manager that takes part in a Fed event this season, will receive 1 Fed Point for their FA:

CFA - 11 entrants = 11 FP
DFA - 12 FP
EFA - 2 FP
GFA - 3 FP
OFA - 2 FP
VFA - 2 FP

Welcome

Welcome to a blog dedicated solely to The Federation FA in game world Lemerre. For those of you who don't know what The Federation is, it is an FA where inter federation competitions take place. Weekly and season long competitions are held in here, with "Fed Points" awarded based on teams performances, achievements and of course competition wins.

Unlike in other areas of FML however, this is not for personal success. The points are not earned for each individual team, but for the domestic FA in which they compete. As well as competitions, other activities like quizzes, CPU challenges and treasure hunts will be held, with points given based on performances.

At the end of the season, the FA with the most accumulative points will win £1million in prize money to be distributed through the FA's community extra competitions.