@WiMaOl:
Thank you for creating box score post, and with that the pre-season process is (practically) completely finished! Also thank you for taking time to organize matches, even though you were in a more difficult position than normally to do that.
@everyone:
Only sligtly more than an hour until Season 2 tip-off, and we're likely going to have some quite even (or if not, at least interesting) matches on Round 1!
Including WMO vs. HB, where 4th in HGL on Season 1 (WMO) defends his position/success against a strong newcomer HB (with $464K Season 1 Top 8-salaries). I´d also expect my Round 1 match against Chucarro's Club Trouville to be quite even... And we´re going to see a meeting with 2 new-to-HGL teams in EOS vs. VPO. While Top8-salaries, in which VPO is ahead, sometimes play a big role in determining winning probabilities, there's always certain kind of surprise element in the air especially when teams face for the first ever time.
We also have 5 totally new teams this season, so that should add another interesting element as these 5 have probably never played against HGL teams before. In addition, we're going to add another country with more than 1 participating team, in form of Italy, so more "local rivalries" are introduced to HGL too.
Speaking of which, in addition to Suuret Muinaiset - another Finnish team - I'm looking forward to the Nordic local rivalry due to new additions of Hårdboll (Sweden) and BC Eos (Estonia). (Latvian Lielupes Melnās Sirdis isn't too far away either, so theoretically he's also almost a local opponent for us).
As for winning your most important rivalries, a reminder to especially new managers: in HGL we don't rate teams based on scoring differential if you have the same amount of wins (than the team your team is being compared to), but the decisive factor is which team has won the Regular Season match between those teams. So take extra care to place your tactics and lineup for matches against your closest rivalries that are essential for your Regular Season success!
What kind of expectations/goals you all have for the whole season, or for Round 1 matches?
Please contact me by BBMail or send message here in Official Thread(s) if you end up having problems or questions. There are many helpful managers in our HGL community, so while I won't be online every day, you might get a quick answer to your question if you send it to this Official Thread.
Again, good luck for everyone for Season 2!
Last edited by Wagner at 7/14/2025 6:24:49 AM