Post by NY Rangers (Dave) on Jun 3, 2015 13:34:32 GMT
1. Experience
The best teacher is experience. The biggest difficulty, I think, for new GMs, is in making deals that truly benefit your team. New GMs will inevitably make some bad deals that, after a full season they'll realize just how bad the trade was. I don't think any experienced GM could, should, or would give concrete tips on making good roster decisions since each one has his/her own theories and each one has probably gone through similar growing pains. Just wait, you'll eventually find a way of working that suits you and your team and things will start improving from there.
2. League vs. Single-player
Being in a league is EXTREMELY different from playing EHM against computer opponents. The computer bases everything on a relatively static set of criteria. Real GMs have other motives and long-term plans that make dealing with them far less black & white. For example, I will most certainly NOT give up Bohumil Kuban for two 2nd round picks and 3 minor leaguers just because the trade meter says it's a fair deal. So don't get down when you find it difficult to deal with some GMs (like me), try to be creative, and, once in a while, realize that you've got to give up something of value to get something of value.
3. fHockey.com
Browse the Fhockey.com website and Message Boards. That's the best (and probably only) place to learn the ins and outs of the game. If you have a question related to your team, search the boards for a similar issue and then post your question if you can't find anything. There's a good group of hard core EHM players there who can (and likely have already) answer almost any question you can think of.
4. Write
Just for kicks, try posting an article on your team or a particular player on yours or someone else's team. Polls are good too - then, once the results are in, you could maybe do a short write-up about it. It helps keep things interesting. For example, since I'm knee-deep in a rebuilding mode, I've got my eye on a lot of the good young players in the league. So I've posted a few articles about the rookies over the course of the season. Also, if you see something interesting happened during the course of a sim or even in one of the individual games, write something about it from the perspective of either a reporter (biased or unbiased), the GM, or even the fan.
5. Read
By all means, read the articles and posts from the other GMs. They can often give insight as to their short-term and long-term strategies helping you understand what it might take to make deals with them.
6. The Sims
Try and send instructions for each sim so that, at a minimum, the commissioner knows that you are still active and interested.
The best teacher is experience. The biggest difficulty, I think, for new GMs, is in making deals that truly benefit your team. New GMs will inevitably make some bad deals that, after a full season they'll realize just how bad the trade was. I don't think any experienced GM could, should, or would give concrete tips on making good roster decisions since each one has his/her own theories and each one has probably gone through similar growing pains. Just wait, you'll eventually find a way of working that suits you and your team and things will start improving from there.
2. League vs. Single-player
Being in a league is EXTREMELY different from playing EHM against computer opponents. The computer bases everything on a relatively static set of criteria. Real GMs have other motives and long-term plans that make dealing with them far less black & white. For example, I will most certainly NOT give up Bohumil Kuban for two 2nd round picks and 3 minor leaguers just because the trade meter says it's a fair deal. So don't get down when you find it difficult to deal with some GMs (like me), try to be creative, and, once in a while, realize that you've got to give up something of value to get something of value.
3. fHockey.com
Browse the Fhockey.com website and Message Boards. That's the best (and probably only) place to learn the ins and outs of the game. If you have a question related to your team, search the boards for a similar issue and then post your question if you can't find anything. There's a good group of hard core EHM players there who can (and likely have already) answer almost any question you can think of.
4. Write
Just for kicks, try posting an article on your team or a particular player on yours or someone else's team. Polls are good too - then, once the results are in, you could maybe do a short write-up about it. It helps keep things interesting. For example, since I'm knee-deep in a rebuilding mode, I've got my eye on a lot of the good young players in the league. So I've posted a few articles about the rookies over the course of the season. Also, if you see something interesting happened during the course of a sim or even in one of the individual games, write something about it from the perspective of either a reporter (biased or unbiased), the GM, or even the fan.
5. Read
By all means, read the articles and posts from the other GMs. They can often give insight as to their short-term and long-term strategies helping you understand what it might take to make deals with them.
6. The Sims
Try and send instructions for each sim so that, at a minimum, the commissioner knows that you are still active and interested.
i'll be doing it all on friday as its teh only day off I have at the moment. Sorry, we are down people and its long late shifts at teh moment. 