What would a football manager prefer to have - a backbone or some wings? (AI Experiment)

jman1114 · 11-07-2007, 10:05 AM

Great updates WW.

Just one small request. In your first few updates you posted the results of the match (ie 1 - 0, etc), but in the last couple you havent - although you have posted screen dumps so I can check.

Is it possible to post the actual result as done previously, as it saves having to open every screen dump (or are you deliberatly not posting the scores so people have to open the screen dump. If so fair enough).

Thank said, great work, keep it up!

Marky Mark

retired_jaimeparker · 11-07-2007, 10:09 AM

I did a similar experiment in FM 2007 some time ago.

I provided 11 Star players to the Indian team, covering all positions on the field.
In the club scenario, these players were soon snapped up by the likes of Real madrid, Bracelona, Chelsea, Man Utd etc

But in the international stage, India's results didnt improve much.
They Continued to beat the likes of Pakistan and Sri Lanka , who they would beat even in real life

but despite having the star players they couldnt even beat third rung asian sides like malaysia or yemen in WC qualifiers.

then i did another experiemnt, using the same players

This time i changed India's stats like reputaion and importance of football...

The result? India began beating Asian giants like Saudi arabia and japan 7-0 !!

therefore, i think that the countries stats have far more importance than just chaging players stats

kan999 · 11-07-2007, 10:06 PM

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Originally posted by joel1702:
I did a similar experiment in FM 2007 some time ago.

I provided 11 Star players to the Indian team, covering all positions on the field.
In the club scenario, these players were soon snapped up by the likes of Real madrid, Bracelona, Chelsea, Man Utd etc

But in the international stage, India's results didnt improve much.
They Continued to beat the likes of Pakistan and Sri Lanka , who they would beat even in real life

but despite having the star players they couldnt even beat third rung asian sides like malaysia or yemen in WC qualifiers.

then i did another experiemnt, using the same players

This time i changed India's stats like reputaion and importance of football...

The result? India began beating Asian giants like Saudi arabia and japan 7-0 !!

therefore, i think that the countries stats have far more importance than just chaging players stats

My guess is that you didn't set the detail level to full for India's games. If the detail level isn't on full, the game uses reputation to calculate results. If it's set correctly for this type of experiment, the star players will make a huge impact, even if rep is still low. I tried this with Andorra, and with detail level minimum they finished last in their qualifiers for every tournament. When I changed the detail level, they absolutely destroyed the likes of Germany and Romania.

retired_rn321 · 11-08-2007, 06:03 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Alexani:

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Originally posted by joel1702:
I did a similar experiment in FM 2007 some time ago.

I provided 11 Star players to the Indian team, covering all positions on the field.
In the club scenario, these players were soon snapped up by the likes of Real madrid, Bracelona, Chelsea, Man Utd etc

But in the international stage, India's results didnt improve much.
They Continued to beat the likes of Pakistan and Sri Lanka , who they would beat even in real life

but despite having the star players they couldnt even beat third rung asian sides like malaysia or yemen in WC qualifiers.

then i did another experiemnt, using the same players

This time i changed India's stats like reputaion and importance of football...

The result? India began beating Asian giants like Saudi arabia and japan 7-0 !!

therefore, i think that the countries stats have far more importance than just chaging players stats

I did the same thing, tho i was the manager of india

it was the greatest moment in my life when our humble nation whooped germany 5-nil to win the world cup. aaah i love this game :cool:

retired_rn321 · 11-08-2007, 06:27 AM

i'm indian, if you havent guessed

retired_adge1475 · 11-10-2007, 01:24 AM

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Both teams are both not very good as the November 2007 World Rankings show, so who do you think will win, why and who do you think will be the star performers?

American Samoa win 3-0, their striker wins man of the match.

retired_macca1875 · 11-10-2007, 01:36 AM

I'm going to go for a 1-1 draw.

retired_arale1589 · 11-13-2007, 02:59 PM

I like dafuge am going to go for a 1-1 draw. Sitting on the fence :thup:

retired_Mango Smoothie · 11-13-2007, 04:55 PM

Up till now, the wingers seem to be having the upper hand. I hope the backboners will turn the table in this match. Goalie and Striker will be the key men in the match.

retired_lrenfroe · 11-13-2007, 04:55 PM

I am going to go for a 2 - 1 victory for the wings :thup:

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