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04.07.2007 - Version 1.9 released

We would like to greet all fans of HA. As we promised, today we are launching a new version of HA - version 1.9. We have informed you about changes in the previous news, but for completion, list of all changes is incoming in this news!

Unrestricted free agent's (unprotected player's) reform:

We have decided to change the english term for the "unprotected player" to a more realistic one "unrestricted free agent" (UFA).Unrestricted free agents in HA are players at age 27 and older whose contracts are about to expire. Players younger than 27 without a contract will be called "restricted free agents" (RFA).

Most important change in version 1.9 is unrestricted free agents' reform. Main objectives of this reform (plus modification in scouting) were:

  • make the whole system more transparent and simple
  • create a group of players, whose owner won't have to worry about their compulsory departure when they are 27 years old
  • improve the effectiveness of signing new unrestricted free agents
  • partially shade the market value and future of youngest players
  • create a partial compensation for former owner of the unrestricted free agent in case he is leaving his team

    With regard to differences in new system, all unrestricted free agents who were actually on the market (regardless of their status and offers), were removed from the market and added back to the market according to new system with no offers!!!

    The following items were removed from the game
    1) Removal of the bank deposit (money which were invested in this deposit will be repaid).
    2) Removal of the maximum salary for one player. (from the scouting page)
    3) Removal of the current salary limit. (again, from scouting page)


    Free agents will sign contracts based on highest bid on the signing bonus (cash), rather than the salary used in the old system.

    Salary for free agents will be calculated in accordance with the standard players' salary formula.

    Free agents bidding system: The best offer will be shown to all managers. By overbidding with less than 1 minute to deadline, there will be a 1 minute extension. The highest bid can be overbid by a maximum of 50 % and teams will not be able to overbid their own offer.

    Free agents deadline: deadlines will end over the course of the whole day. All contracts will expire between 3:00 to 06:00 HA time for Canadian and US managers, and between 10:00 to 22:30 HA time for all others.

    Compensation money: If a player signs a contract with a team other than the owner, this team will have to offer compensation money to the previous manager. The compensation money will be calculated automatically according to the attributes of the player. Actual value of the compensation money is possible to see in window 'Contract'.

    Current owner of the player will decide whether to sign contract with a player:

    Type 1: 70 day contract - Player salary is calculated as a base salary plus 1/70 of 45 % of the adjusted highest bid sent from other teams. No signing bonus.

    Type 2: : 70 day contract - base salary plus signing bonus (40 % of the adjusted highest bid sent from other teams).

    Type 3: 140 day contract - base salary plus signing bonus (70 % of the adjusted highest bid sent from other teams).

    Type 4: 210 day contract - base salary plus signing bonus (100 % of the adjusted highest bid sent from other teams).

    Final re-sign prices are adjusted by player satisfaction level and compensation values.

    Players loyalty

    This is a new attribute which will influence the chance of signing new contract with a player if he become an unrestricted free agent. Players loyalty contains 6 levels. The possibility of signing contract with this player (for current owner of the player) will look like this:

    Loyalty -3: player will not sign for less than the highest bid. The only way to keep such player will be to make him highest offer during his first day on the UFA market winning over all other teams.
    Loyalty -2 : player will accept a Type 4 contract.
    Loyalty -1: player will accept a Type 3 or 4 contract
    Loyalty +1: player will accept a Type 2, 3 or 4 contract
    Loyalty +2: player will accept a Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 contract.
    Loyalty +3: player will stay with his team until his manager decides to sell or fire this player.

    This is how loyalty values were assessed in the new version:
    Current 27+ year olds = all have +2 loyalty
    Current 26 year olds = all have +1 loyalty
    Current 25 and below year olds = all your original players have "random" loyalty from -2 to +2, all others have +1 loyalty.
    This means if you acquired a player, he is set to +1.

    Detailed info about UFA will be shown in detailed page of each player (under link „Contract“). You can find also compensation money value here. Compensation money will be automatically calculated according to player’s attributes. You can find here also info about player's loyalty and possibilities of contract, and info about players satisfaction. You will be able to switch off the function 'Automatic offer to sign new contract with unrestricted free agent' here.

    Modification in scout (quality, potential and loyalty)
    Manager will see values of this attributes according to players age like this:

    17 years old player
    Quality – estimated value (exact value at thorough scouting of the player)
    Loyalty – unknown value
    Potential – unknown value

    18-19 years old player
    Quality – exact value
    Loyalty – estimated value (at players from your team and thorough scouting of foreign players)
    Potential – unknown value

    20-21 years old player
    Quality – exact value
    Loyalty – exact value at players from your team, estimated value at thorough scouting of foreign players
    Potential – estimated value

    22+ years old player
    Quality – exact value
    Loyalty - exact value at players from your team, estimated value at thorough scouting of foreign players (i.e. scouting them)
    Potential – exact value
    Modification in scout will apply to all players in this game!

    There is a new function which was added in scouting department – match scouting – you can activate this function by clicking on request 'Scout!' which will be shown in detailed match report – then you will see summary of goal shots location.
    We also changed the figuration of shot targeting – manager will see shot targeting only in his own matches or in scouted matches.

    There is a small modification in contract extension for players who are 26 years old and younger. Possibility of manual extension (column "Renew contract") was removed and contracts for all players will be extended automatically. This change brings another modification – you will be able to fire a player at any time without paying any fine.

    There will be a more visible effect of passing on goals scored in match report. They are (worst to best): terrible, bad, poor, good, excellent, perfect.

    Sponsor pack
    We have created a new function for our sponsors – automatic bidding system on the market. In case you will be interested in some player on the market (or signing contract with restricted free agent) and you won't be able to be online when his deadline will end, then you will be able to switch on the possibility of 'Automatic bid' – this function warrants automatical sending offers on choosen player up to the adjustable maximum sum.
    Manager will have a possibility of only 1 automatic offer at a time.

    Ticket price
    In the new version you will be able to set the default ticket price separately for friendly matches and separately for league matches. Ticket price for league matches will be used for all matches except friendlies. Default ticket price will be used, if you don't set the ticket price for a specific match.

    New rule:
    Publish results from scouting department is forbidden

    Limitation of sale free protected players (restricted free agents):
    You can no longer buy free agents of any kind off the market and flip them in 2 weeks (like you can with sub 27 year olds now). Any player you buy on the market and sell within the first 10 weeks will net you at most the amount you paid to acquire said player.
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