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Game Manual

Getting Started

With Foosball Manager you will be a Trainer/Manager into the world of Professional Foosball.
You'll have many chances to measure yourself with other players and climbing the charts for the official and amateurs competitions.

Beside being the coach (players will follow your tactic hints and your gameplay), you will have to organize training sessions, events participation and trade players on the market if there are any available... basically you will be the boss of the house!

There are many many other things to discover, about which you'll fine an explanation later on.

Players

When you register you'll get a group of very bad players, not so much demanding economically. It's all you can afford at this time, now that you've just jumped into this foosball world.
Every player, beside his own technical skills, has his own personality, experience and behaviour as well: all of these are fundamental things able to determine gameplay, and out-of-the-field behaviour.

You'll need to have a minimum of 2 players with a valid contract (otherwise you won't be able to play any matches), and a max of 5 players.
When you reache those 2 limits you can't fire of hire any other players.

Fitness

Playing frequently helps remaining fit, on the other hand long periods of inactivity lead to a loss in brilliancy.
There's an automatic system for friendly matches, it's also possible to plan long time in advance. This system doesnt require too much effort and lets you test and maintain fit also possible spare players( see Friendly paragraph).
Familiarizing yourself with the game is the main thing, but that won't be enough to express the full potential of the player, so please read also the following paragaphs.

Personality

Concentration
If you are focused you will not suffer the opponent's nervous attitudes and the public, you will notice more easily the inappropriate behavior of opponents.

Experience
A great experience will be used to exploit certain situations to your advantage.

Morale
Morale rises and falls during a season. Winning official matches increases self-esteem, conversely losing will lower morale.
In the Training Center will have the opportunity to increase their mood and socialize with other players. You can choose how to behave week after week:
- Stay on your work: Earn a bit concentration.
- Socialize with the players and frequents the bar: you lose a bit concentration and morale rises slightly.
- Raise your elbow and make rumpus: the morale rises, but loses more concentration. Also you have the 30% chance to get drunk.
When a player gets drunk, he gains more moral, but you lose the Thursday Tournament and a lot of concentration. You also have the 33% chance to miss the workout.

Performance and Overall
The fitness, morale, concentration and the experience affect on the ability of players during the game.
There is a player icon that indicates the average level of morale, fitness and concentration who can help you assess the current status of a player.

Temperament

Honesty
A dishonest player will tries moves to the limit (and beyond) the regulation.
Playing hard can result from the advantages in terms of result, but you can lose training and experience.
With a low experience will be detected more easily by the referee, and you will be penalized. Even an focused opponent may notice a foul and to draw attention of the referee.
If nobody sees the foul, you will receive a bonus on your performance

Aggressiveness
Higher aggressiveness means that the player will be more inclined to commit acts likely to unsettle the opponent and its concentration.
With lack of experience you will be caught easly and there will be adverse effects on performance.

Popularity

The public focusing attention on the best, based on the results obtained in the field.
Each week, managers gain fame on the basis of performance in the championship and Cup. Placing in the top positions of highest Series are good for the popularity, as well as winning a championship or a cup.

Contracts

To obtain the services of a player and then to be able to deploy him in your games, you need to make him sign a contract.
Ogni contratto ha una durata in settimane e un canone settimanale da versare al giocatore.

You can search players "on the road" (see paragraph Search Talents) and help them grow according to your own playing style, or you may contact some player from the market, or try to "blow" a good player who is renewing its contract with another coach.

Contracts Renewal

You can at any time to renew the contract for your players.
The first time the renewal takes place without interference, but then every time you want to renew the contract to a player you will have to open and participate a public auction in which each coach will try to take down the player with the best deals.
A player who signs a new contract meant to receive a minimum increase of 10%.
The renewal must be made within 1 weeks from the end of the contract, and not earlier than 22 weeks from its left end.

More information in the Transfers

Gameplay

For each player you can set the percentage with which to do some kind of action depending on the ward is located in the ball.
You can play balanced if you set values around 30% / 40%. You may prefer one type of game in particular: for example shooting from defence.
Remember that the sum of the values for each department must be 100%.

Big Bounce
It 'a shot fired strongly on the edge of field in order to give the ball a trajectory unpredictable. Not skills are required to perform a Big Bounce, but the chance of scoring is low.
May still be useful when the opponent is technically superior, but to use many bounces could cancel the opportunity to gain experience and skills from the game.

Skills

Each player is characterized by some abilities that will allow him to play better or worse in certain situations and areas.
The skills grow with the training (see section on Training) and you can select from time to time the department and what skills improve.

Shooting
Is the ability to make a shot on goal with force and precision, trying not to be intercept the ball from the opposite player. The probability that the ball reaches its destination after a shot depends on the hitter skill and the ability of those who try to intercept.
Scoring by the defense seems more difficult that to score when the ball is in attack, but can be a weapon more cumbersome to resolve situations.

Passing
It's a slow pass to the most advanced department. The chances of success depends on the player and the ability "Intercepting" of the opponent.
The probability that the attacker manages to hook the ball and to pull the fly depends on the Intercepting skill of the striker.
Pulling the fly increases the chance of scoring based on ability of those who is passing and the ability "Intercepting" of the attacker.
A pass from defense is always hard to block for the opponent attacker.
When the defender passes the ball, the midfielder tries to take it on the fly to throw or set a triangulated pass toward the attacker.
The probability of taking the ball changes based on ability to intercept of the midfielder.
If you can't take it, the ball continues its path toward the attacker, but the opponent midfielder will easier blocks the passage that comes from the defense.

Intercepting
The higher the skill the more likely they block the passes and the shots of the opponent.
The "Intercept" skill also influences the likelihood of recovering a loose ball.
The probability of being able to hook a ride coming from the rear depends on the "Intercept" of those who try the game on the fly.

Training Center

     Internal Tournament
     Training
     Advanced Training
     Ranking
     Talent Scout
     Reserved Spaces

The best way to improve skills in a game like table football is the constant practice.
The players gather daily in training Centers to play, train and learn new techniques. Are sites with large rooms and hundreds of tables available free to subscribers to the Center.
Once entered, the player will start to attend the Center and follow their activities.

Internal Tournament

Each week the players of the Training Centers are divided into groups of 4 players each, in order of ranking, and they play games that are valid for the internal T.C. ranking.
Who makes the best score in the first group will be the winner of the tournament, all the others will fight for higher positions.
From the Training Center page you can see the statistics of the last played tournament in order to experience new tactics and to study trends over 3 consecutive games.

Training

Twice a week will be donated Skill Points to your players. You can assign Skill Points directly into your player page.
The Skill Points required to upgrade a skill varies depending on the level of skill: in fact, improve their skills at a low level is faster and easier, while at high levels is more difficult.
You are not required to immediately assign the Skill Points just earned by training, but there is a Skill Points Cap, after which the player cannot benefit further from the effects of workouts.

The younger players learn more quickly than a fellow of middle age.
When a player is 40 years old the effects of training will be much reduced, and will continue to decline year after year until, when he's 50 years old, the skills begin to decline gradually, more after the 60 years of age.

Ranking

Each Training Center has its own Internal Rank.
Joining a T.C. each player receives a basis score. From that moment on every match played between two players of the same training center, friendly or official, will influence the ranking of that two players.
If a player leaves the center and then decides to return, he re-takes the ranking he had left.

Training Center Popularity

The popularity of a Training Center depends on the popularity of its members earlier in the season

Talent Scout

Not everyone can afford to devote much of their life to the table football. Champions often do not know they are good players and they just play with friends in some tavern in the village below.

Once a week you can search a young talent hidden in some bars in the city.
If you identify a "not so wretched" player, you can try to convince him to play for you in exchange for a minimum contract.

You can search a player in any of the known Training Centers, he will have not more than 35 years.

Reserved Spaces

You can rent a space reserved within your Training Center. It will house your Foosball so you can use it as a official field without having to share it with all members. (see at Foosball paragraph)

Registration fee and Weekly rate

The price for the registration fee and the weekly rate will vary based on the Training Center popularity.

Allenamento Avanzato

You can send a player (only one at a time) to a "Foosball Baba" in order to improve and learn new technical skills.
The Baba will teach the Advanced Skills for a number of weeks, after which the new skill is acquired (or improved). During the training period the player will not receive skill points to assign to the "regular" skills.
Should it be sold or terminate the contract with the current coach, the player will ends the period established for the training, and he receives the bonuses that would have been acquired regularly.
The effectiveness of the training varies depending on the age of the player, and gets a small random adjustment at the end of each training session.

To learn an Advanced Skill just meet the minimum requirements for only one of two departments (Defense or Attack). Once learned, it will be acquired for any position in the field. For example, if a Defender learns the Side Trick due to its defensive skill, he can use that skill even if positioned as a striker; although it will be less effective given the probable lack of skill in Attack.

After learning some advanced skills, must pull it up quite well so that the player can use it easily and with consistent effects. With a low skill level the player will tend to avoid making moves at the limit of its ability to prevent disasters, and its effects will be running low.

Whenever a player makes an Advanced Skill, the opponent will learn something about the way he play, and over time during the game he manages to render less effective our efforts (this only affects the following advanced skills: Bicycle, Doublet, 3-5, Napoletana and Advanced Side Trick)

Baba are all equal. You can change the Training Center at will without affecting the advanced workout.

Side Trick
A player who don't knows how to use the sides of the field becomes predictable. With this skill a player takes familiar with the football table and he acquire the technique needed to learn new shots and tactics.
Effects: Depending on the level, this skill allows access to certain Advanced Skills

Advanced Side Trick
Playing with sides is not enough. Be quick and precise!
With this ability Attackers and Defenders easily goes able to pull and move the ball from one player to another, and makes side-tricks and technical shots
Effects: some time, depending on the level of skill, the player will try to make an Advanced Shot

Feints
The defenders can refine their technique with fast passages, feints, trade with goalkeeper and tricks of all kinds.
Effect: Improves the possible shot following a series of feints. The bonus given to the execution of this technique continues and eventually it accumulates..

Defensive Positioning
An expert Defender learns best placements and countermeasures against the technical shots of the opponents. It should be ready and managed to position itself based on the location of their mate in order to block the shots by the Defense.
Effects: improves the ability to intercept by the defense. Bonus is calculated at each action, it's double against the shots from afar, but it's half against the Advanced Skills.

Play Full Toss
Improves the ability to play on the fly.
Effects: improves volleyed shot after a midfield pass. Improves a little (1/4) even some Advanced Skill such as 3-5, Doublet, Napoletana, Bicycle and Side Tricks.

Flash
When the Defender shots, the Attacker tries to intercept the ball with a "counter-shot" on the fly.
To be able to make a Flash you must possess a good level of Advanced Skill "Flash" as well as a good value Intercept to Attack, unless you play against sketchy players.
Effects: When the Attacker intercepts a shot of the Defender, it could run a Flash. Flash = Sure Goal!

3-5 (Back-Kick)
One of the most spectacular Skill, is very effective if combined with the surprise-effect. It's a backwards pass from the Attacker to the Midfield that it makes a volley shot
Effects: If successful, the bonus given to the midfielder's shot is better than the bonus of the Bycicle or the Doublet, but it's performed less frequently.

Doublet
Intentionally throw the ball on the opposing defense, which is placed and it closed spaces, to get it back slightly shifted in order to have open space for shooting.
Variation: instead of the defender we could throw the ball on the midfield opponent (which has the men lowered to intercept a possible 3-5).
Effects: the shot that comes from the 3-5 is harder to intercept than a normal throw from that position.

Bicycle
Intentionally throw the ball on the side of the goalkeeper to get it back quickly back on center court that will have space for the shot because the position of defense will puzzled.
Effects: If the action succeeds the shot will be harder to intercept for the Defender.

Napoletana
The more difficult and effective Skill. Quickly launch the ball around the side and take the ball with a volley central and than shot again against the side, towards the door.
Effects: a player will attempt this action more rarely than the other Advanced Skills, but the shot will be much more difficult to intercept.
See the video

The Match

League and Cup
As soon as you sign on Foosball Manager you will be enrolled in a league and (perhaps) to a cup. The games are organized and scheduled automatically every few days.

Friendlies Challenges
You can arrange friendly matches with anyone, anytime.
If you want to challenge a specific player you have to go in its own page and choose "Challenge this player" from the Actions menu. Your opponent will have to accept before the agreed date, otherwise the game will be canceled.
Between friendly and friendly must pass at least 48 hours.

Otherwise you can rely on automatic organization of friendly matches.
You just need to select a time when you are available, and the system will find another player with the same availability.
The "period of availability" must be a minimum of 24 hours and must respect the limits of of the friendly matches organization.

Experience and Training
After each game the players gain Experience and Concentration bonus.
The friendlies games give a smaller bonus.
Abusing of "big-bounces" or making incorrect moves may lead to the annulment of the bonus earned in the game or in training.

Line Up

The games, in Foosball Manager as in the best tournaments, is played by teams of 2 players: the most outstanding player holds the defenders and the goalkeeper (Defense Department), the other player moves the midfield and the attack.

You can select for each match the best Line Up.
The player deployed in defense will use his skills of Defense; the player deployed as a forward will use the skills of advanced departments: Midfield and Attack..
In the Training Centers Tournaments it will be used your default Line Up.
If you don't set a Line Up for a particular game, it will be used your default Line Up.
If your default Line Up is incomplete, the System will select 2 random players.

Tactics

Defensive Deployment

This tactic involves only the defense and the midfield line.
The two players are positioned in order to block the shots coming from the rear opponents, but they will be less ready against the opponent passing.
Otherwise you can order the players to ignore the position in order to focus on opponent passing. So, it will be easier for your opponent to score with a shot from a distance.
With the neutral tactic you can adapt to the opponent game style.

Note: The attacker must always play to block the possible shot of the defender, there isn't a good countermoves against a pass by the defense and you cannot threaten to uncover the defender for an easy shot. So the attacker is excluded from this tactic.

As for the Line Up, you can set the tactics game for game, or select a default tactic.

Score acquired by default
If either of the challengers do not have enough players available to play a game, he lose 10-0 and can not get training or play the T.C. tournament. <br />
If both players give forfait, they do a default 9-9, but bearing the malus as if they had lost.

Foosball Live

With Foosball Live you can follow up to 5 games at once!
When the game is in progress you will be automatically updated every minute on the outcome. By clicking on [+] you can see the live news.
To add a game to the "live" just click on the link "Foosball Live" on the game page or click the icons on the calendar.

Classification

The League Classification is calculated by counting 3 points per win, 1 point for a draw.
If two or more player get the same number of points, we calculate the classification based on direct clashes.

Transfers

Transfers List

You can search for players selecting the age, the contract, the price and their skills.

When you launch a bid you must be sure to have on hand the money to pay the 5% of the promised salary multiplied by the duration of the offered contract (other possible deals pending are also counted)

Free and Available Players

If a player is fired, or his contract expires, he end up in Transfer List as a player free.
Anyone can contact a player free at any time.
As soon as someone launches a bid to a free player, it is auctioned in order to allow other coaches to raise.

The players on the market that do not receive offers they lower their claims of 20% every week, until the minimum wage.
Who is not contacted by anyone for 2 seasons is removed from the market.

Players Sale

You can sell a player and so open a public auction sale.
The other coaches will can raise the price of the sale or the offer of engagement to the player.

10% of the price ends in taxes.

You can not sell players if there are less than 1 weeks at the end of the contract or if they decided to retire.
Pay close attention, because you can't raise for a player once offered for sale. Also you can not buy back a player sold before it's spent an entire season (11 Weeks).

Auction

Auction may be open to renew a contract or to sell a player.
The minimum raise is 10%, and if the player is for sale you must raise at least one of the engagement of the player and the price tag.
The Auction takes 3 days, if someone launches a bid when there are less than 3 minutes to end, the end of the auction is postponed.

Player's Career

A player can become a professionist only after performing 18 years. Then can be contacted by any Manager in order to enter into the heart of the official competitions.
After the 60 years of age a player may decide to withdraw from the world of table football. In that case he continue to play until the expiration of its contract, without renewal, without which player can be transferred.
If he is already released, he retires after this season.

The players who remain without a contract for 2 consecutive season, he retreats.

to Fire a Player

You can dismiss your own players at any time but you must pay him immediately the 50% of salary multiplied by the duration of the remaining contract.
If you dismiss a player who already decided to retire from the world of Foosball, the percentage increases to 100%
You can not dismiss a player out of contract

Foosball

A good player who knows his table football will takes advantage of the particular game side, the imperfections, the measures...

Not enough to buy a foosball table, you need a place in order to place it and use it as your official field: this place is the Training Center.
When you buy a foosball table, it will placed in your inventory, and from there you can select it as your official field.

If you want a reserved space where you can play alone or with a few friends you can rent one at your local Training Center.
A reserved space allows you to keep in good condition your playing-field for so long.

If you do not have a reserved space you have to leave your table football public and available to the Training Center players. You pay nothing but people will have access to your foosball table that will be consumed much earlier.
Each player can have one or more Foosball, but he must indicate only one as "Official"

The higher the quality of table football and the less you consume it week after week.
Once past the threshold of 50% of condition, the table football is likely to break every time it is used.
If it breaks, you have just to buy the foosball piece parts and replace the damaged part, but when the table reaches very bad conditions, the risk is that the field becomes unusable forever.
You must be careful not to set a broken Foosball as Official Field or you will be fined

Repair the table football

Clicking on the name of your pitch you can see all the data object, including the condition and any pieces to change.
If the spare part is present in your inventory, then the "Repair" link will appears next the name of the piece broken, just click it and repair the piece!
Repairing a piece does not increase the general condition of the table football, which will continue to go down to 0%, at which time it become unusable forever.

Sponsor

Once a week you'll receive an offer from a sponsor who will offer you some money and sometimes (not always) to play in a sponsored Foosball.
If you accept you are obliged to use it as your Official Field for the duration of the contract, and you can't negotiate deals with other sponsors.
You can leave the sponsored Foosball in the Training Center or you can rent a reserved space like a normal table football. In any case it not be consumed until the contract expires, after which the Foosball will remain in your inventory with the 50% of condition.

Store

At the store you'll find a funny clerk willing to sell you some nice objects: the only useful items at this time are the Foosball and the Replacement parts.
If you sell an object (all except the Foosball) you take half of list price..

Toto Foosball

A game in the game!
Whenever you play a round of championship you will be able to participate in a game that tests your skills of analysis and prediction of the Foosball Manager games and players.
You fill out a Pool-Coupon and you have to predict the results of the Premier League matches and some matches of the lower leagues. You must select "1" when do you think will win the home team, "2" if you think he can win the away team, "X" if you think a draw.

Some hours after the end of the matches, the player scores will be calculated and it will be updated the ranking of the predictions.
For each result you guessed it receives 1 point, if you reach 13 points in the same game there will be a cash prize (100€) and 50 bonus points for the standings, with a "12" you get 20€ and 20 bonus points.

You can cancel or modify your Pool-Coupon each time you want before the start of the first match.

Finances

The Incomes in the world of table soccer are reduced, always pay attention to the budget before spending money.

Negative Balance
Who will have a negative budget for 3 consecutive weeks, he will have to declare bankruptcy and will be automatically removed from the game!
If you lack the money to pay the weekly Training Center fee, you are immediately expelled.
If you do not have the money to pay the weekly fee for the reserved space, this is immediately revoked.
Must be very careful to have a healthy budget, there are no banks to make loans!

Incomes

Money at the start of the game: 600€
Promotion: Division I->Premier League 180€
Promotion: Division II->Division I 100€
Promotion: Amateurs->Division II 70€
Promotion: Rookies->Amateurs 50€
Winner of Premier League 300€
Winner of Division I 200€
Winner of Division II 120€
Winner of Amateurs 80€
Winner of Rookies 60€
Winner of Premier Cup 300€
Winner of Division Cup 250€
Winner of Amateurs Cup 200€
Winner of Total Cup 300€
Prize game for a win 30€
Prize game for a draw 30€
Prize game for a loss 30€
Prize game for a Cup match 15€
Sponsor

Expenses

Weekly Training Center fee
Reserved Space
Training Center Bar
Foosball and parts
Players wages

Options

You can modify your personal details and some game options via the Options page, found in the WORLD section.

You can change the name of your team once a season. It will change the games not yet played, while the archived games and old championships will keep the old name.

The Week of Foosball Manager

Monday:
   12:00 League match
Tuesday:
   04:00 Players Training
   14:00 Amateurs Cup
   18:00 Series Cup (every 2 weeks)
Wednesday:
   12:00 League match
Thursday:
   04:00 Players Training
   20:00 Training Center Tournament
Friday:
   12:00 League match
Saturday:
   04:05 Update for: finances, contracts, consumption of table football and of Fame
   05:00 Update for: contracts of players and Sponsors. Begins a new week
Sunday:
   04:05 Upgrading the Moral and Form
   20:00 Absolute Cup

Seasons

A season lasts 11 weeks.

In the transition from one season to another all the cups and prizes are awarded for placings in the championship.
Are calculated promotions/relegations and created a new calendar.

All players grow old and their form, morale and concentration back to an average level for all.

Labels

Skills

Unable
Ridiculous
Wretched
Weak
Decent
Rocky
Skilled
Extraordinary
Incredible
Master

Popularity

Foosball Man
Dream Team
Guru
Prophet
Supreme Master
Elite
Grand Master
Master
Fairly known
Champion of the Quarter
Unknown

Training Center Popularity

VIP
Famous
Distinguished
Popular
Quite well-known
Never heard about
Honkey-tonk

Form

Woody
Weary
Dull
Fit
Brilliant
Top Fit

Experience

Incompetent
Novice
Beginner
Amateur
Initiated
Competent
Qualified
Experienced
Specialist
Perfect

Morale

Very Low
Low
Quiet
High
Delirious

Concentration

Absent-Minded
Inattentive
Thoughtful
Concentrated
Iceman

Aggressiveness

Pacific
Composed
Vehement
Fierce
Quarrelsome

Honesty

Saint
Fair
Honest
Dishonest
Swindler

Rules of Behavior

Foosball Manager is a game thought and realized in order to offer fun and relax to players.
Therefore a correct and polite behavior towards all the players is demanded. Any attempt to exploit bugs, transfers to swollen prices or any other activity which can disturb the correct advance of the game will be sanctioned, even with the expulsion from the game itself in the worst cases.

Personal Informations

User name

The use of offensive or blasphemous names, or names which recall arguments about politics, religion and anything that might offend someone's sensitivities is forbidden. Administrators can change a name at any time without notice.

Images and Links

Avatar maximum size: 100px x 100px.
Linking pictures and links that contain scenes of violence, racism, pornography, illegal content protected by copyright, adult content or political content is forbidden. The images and links that do not comply with the regulation will be deleted without notice. Insist on uploading images or links unsuitable content can lead to exclusion from the game.

Multi-Account

It's forbidden to own or control more than one account. Anyone who brakes this simple rule will be removed from the game without notice.

Chat, Forum and messages

It's forbidden to disturb or offend other users, publish or link to material that contains scenes of violence, racism, pornography or other illegal content or protected by copyright.
Apply the common rules of Netiquette and regulations written in the forum..

Players advertising
It's forbidden to advertise the sale of your players by any means (forums, chat, private messages, etc.) that is not the forum "Announcements".
It's always forbidden to advertise the sale or an auction for a renewal of the contract of players from other users.

Bugs

Errors, bugs or malfunctions should be immediately reported in the relevant section in the forum.
Using a bug to your advantage can lead to exclusion from the game.

Disciplinary Committee

Where irregularities are also provided of the actions taken "in game" by a special disciplinary committee, which could impose fines or penalties according to the irregularity.
The decisions taken by this committee may only be raised through the appropriate channels of communication.

Leaving the game

Who is erased from the game:
- Players who do not connect for more than 30 days
- Who will find with the negative balance for 3 weeks in a row
- Depending on the case, those who break the rules of conduct
- Who signs up the game and never make a login in one week.


Who no longer wants to play Foosball Manager must simply stop connecting.

 

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