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Advertising for transfers; the forum is getting crowdy (6)
We are a few hours after the start of the transfer period now, and the forum is already full with posts of all kinds of players. This is a good thing, as it means the game is growing and as it will become more popular (as we all hope, I assume), the forum will be continuesly more crowded and it will be more and more difficult to find what you are looking for. I therefore have a suggestion to make this more effective.
Why not use the scouting office as a place where you can advertise for your player as well. There will be a small dialogue box for the seller with space for free text, and some basic features will be filled out automaticly, as age, talent, position, stars, etc.
Now in my idea there would be two transfer lists in your scout office. Let's call one 'hidden' transfers, and the other 'open transfers'. The hidden list only contains players with no advertisement, so players that are released by bots and maybe players that friends try to pass on to each other. This list would be limited to certain regions, depending on the level of your scout office, as it is now.
The other list would contain all players advertised for, in which as a buyer, you can make your own selection with preference for position, age, etc. Like in 'setting's' at the moment. No regional limitations here, as sellers volunteered to put their players on the list for everybody to see, like in the forum.
The advantages should be clear: it will become much more easy for the right buyers and sellers to find each other. Language problems will be partly avoided as the features are translated automaticly. Only the free text not everybody could read, but that is not the most important, usually. And we would be rid of an increasingly expanding forum.
Why not use the scouting office as a place where you can advertise for your player as well. There will be a small dialogue box for the seller with space for free text, and some basic features will be filled out automaticly, as age, talent, position, stars, etc.
Now in my idea there would be two transfer lists in your scout office. Let's call one 'hidden' transfers, and the other 'open transfers'. The hidden list only contains players with no advertisement, so players that are released by bots and maybe players that friends try to pass on to each other. This list would be limited to certain regions, depending on the level of your scout office, as it is now.
The other list would contain all players advertised for, in which as a buyer, you can make your own selection with preference for position, age, etc. Like in 'setting's' at the moment. No regional limitations here, as sellers volunteered to put their players on the list for everybody to see, like in the forum.
The advantages should be clear: it will become much more easy for the right buyers and sellers to find each other. Language problems will be partly avoided as the features are translated automaticly. Only the free text not everybody could read, but that is not the most important, usually. And we would be rid of an increasingly expanding forum.
There would be no reason not to advertise your player.
Basically that would mean removing the regions from the scout office and making all search options available on level 1... It would be convenient but would make upgrading the scout much less attractive.
Basically that would mean removing the regions from the scout office and making all search options available on level 1... It would be convenient but would make upgrading the scout much less attractive.
That is partly true, but on the other hand: it already works that way with the forum, but only in a less effective way. And a manager would still have to make the effort to post his player, as on the forum now.
Alternatively, the forum could be sub categorised to make it better surveyable, but in the end it all comes down to the same: effective communication between buyers and sellers.
Alternatively, the forum could be sub categorised to make it better surveyable, but in the end it all comes down to the same: effective communication between buyers and sellers.
Good idea, but not really necessary in my opinion..
The forum is crowded yes, but... most put the players star rating/age on the subject so you can quickly navigate through them.
& You can always upgrade your scout office to see more regions
The forum is crowded yes, but... most put the players star rating/age on the subject so you can quickly navigate through them.
& You can always upgrade your scout office to see more regions
Still, this is what you have the scout office for. The forum doesn't really replace it because it's not searchable in the same way as the scout office list. If we make extra options on the forum it will also weaken the scout.