Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

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Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Mattster » Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:01 pm

Hello everyone. Missing your football fix due to corona? Stuck and home and looking for something to fill the time?

We got you!

Xpert11 is an online football management game that lets you build a team, set the tactics, make the press releases all whilst competing against like-minded people. It can take as little as 10 minutes a week to as much as 20 minutes an hour if you get hooked.

We have a Clarets Championship where there are currently 40+ active teams managed by Clarets fans. We're about to enter our 55th season.

If this sounds even slightly interesting to you then why not give it a go? You can sign up at the website http://www.xperteleven.com, once registered you can find the league using the league ID 43119. I'll then need to approve the application which will take up to a maximum of 24 hours.

You will be able to either take over an existing team that's sacked it's manager (for inactivity, not poor performance - you can be as poor as you want and stay in the job!) or start up an entirely new team.

The season will be a week or three away from starting but best to sign up now to get in before the door closes and so you can get the most from pre-season.

Any questions please feel free to fire away and I, or one of the league's many managers, will answer.

Thanks for your time!

MattKL
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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by williamjblazkowicz » Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:46 am

It's good fun. Doesn't require some big time commitment but is crucially still a good way to pass the time. My three seasons with Tekaboo FC have seen us go from midtable mediocrity in Clarets Division 1 to promotion and yet more midtable mediocrity in the Clarets Championship! :D My challenge has been making the squad more competitive while also lowering its average age. Easier said than done.
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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by FactualFrank » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:32 am

I remember playing this a few years ago when it was covered on the old Clarets Mad.

But those who are in their 55th season, surely can't be caught by newbies?
Or did they change how the game worked? I remember when it was virtually impossibly to catch other teams up, as a certain amount of training gave players an extra block of skill. Meaning you were always behind other team's quality, regardless of what you did.

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Quickenthetempo » Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:43 am

FactualFrank wrote:
Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:32 am
I remember playing this a few years ago when it was covered on the old Clarets Mad.

But those who are in their 55th season, surely can't be caught by newbies?
Or did they change how the game worked? I remember when it was virtually impossibly to catch other teams up, as a certain amount of training gave players an extra block of skill. Meaning you were always behind other team's quality, regardless of what you did.
Up to a point.

But teams get old and lose skill bars.

Then they have to restart as their star players retire.
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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Mattster » Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:27 pm

FactualFrank wrote:
Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:32 am
I remember playing this a few years ago when it was covered on the old Clarets Mad.

But those who are in their 55th season, surely can't be caught by newbies?
Or did they change how the game worked? I remember when it was virtually impossibly to catch other teams up, as a certain amount of training gave players an extra block of skill. Meaning you were always behind other team's quality, regardless of what you did.
I gave up my top flight team this season and took over the previous season's worst team. I reckon I'll have them in the top flight in another 5 or 6 season's time.

But there's also the possibility you'd be able to take over a team vacated by another player that has a better squad if you didn't want to take the time to start from scratch.

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by FactualFrank » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:14 am

Mattster wrote:
Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:27 pm
I gave up my top flight team this season and took over the previous season's worst team. I reckon I'll have them in the top flight in another 5 or 6 season's time.
How long does a season take?

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Quickenthetempo » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:19 am

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:14 am
How long does a season take?
13 weeks -26 games

Generally 3 seasons a year with a couple of weeks pre season.

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Mattster » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:38 pm

But the journey there will be fun, it's competitive all the way through the divisions so it's not like I'll be grinding through 5 or 6 seasons before a payoff.

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Mattster » Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:32 pm

We're now into preseason. Still time to join up!

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Falcon » Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:50 am

I've been playing this game for yonks now, and it's still just as fun as when I started (in 2003).

It's a nice little game. Doesn't take too long out of your busy schedule - and if like me you're climbing the walls due to lockdown you could kill some of that time, then why not give it a bash - there's never been a better time!

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Re: Xpert11 - Clarets Championship - Recruiting for Season 55

Post by Falcon » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:58 am

Just to let people know, I'll be creating a new season shortly.

You have a couple more days to join up though, so please give it a try.

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