4 · Dispatches
Your first hour
Monday 28.9 the doors open. I walked the first hour myself on the fresh world so you know exactly what is waiting. Six steps; none of them needs a manual.
- Register (two minutes). Email, a manager name, a password. Played before? Settings → “I played before”, the email you had on the old site plus the code I sent you — your coins ×3 and your diamonds land, your old name is remembered.
- Your club. A name (unique, at least 15 characters, in English — the game shows a Hebrew name beside it) and two colours. You are placed in the highest league that still has a free slot. The bot club you replace dissolves: its players go to the free-agent pool, its fixtures become yours.
- The draft. A personal pool of 54 players; 18 rounds; each round deals three, you keep one; no re-rolls. The order is fixed:
| Rounds | You pick |
|---|---|
| 1–2 | a goalkeeper |
| 3–5 | a defender |
| 6–9 | a midfielder |
| 10–11 | a forward |
| 12–18 | any position — your call |
Each card shows the attributes that matter for the position, age, the overall index, one visible trait and the hidden ones as question marks — and the potential bars. Only here. After the draft, potential is what your scouts and coaches believe, not a number you read.
- Read the squad, set the eleven. Eighteen players, positions, condition, contracts. Pick a formation, a starting eleven and a bench; give the team its instructions. Nothing is final — you will change it a hundred times this season.
- A friendly. The camp runs until Friday 9.10. Challenge any club — a bot accepts at once, a manager confirms — and the match lands on the next free evening at 18:00, two per week, no injuries, half the tiredness. Then sit in the stands and watch the live engine with your own players in it.
- The office. $1.5M in the bank on day one (the board releases more as grants over the first weeks), a 3,000-seat ground, no staff yet. Sign a sponsor, set a training focus per player, hire what you can afford — and say hello on the forum.
What I would not do in the first hour: spend the budget. Wages go out every Sunday; the market is open all season; the first thing that wins you matches is a lineup you understand.
Round 1 is Saturday 10.10 at 11:00. Twelve days is plenty.
Tomorrow: the live match — what you see, what you can do from the bench, and what stays hidden until full time.