slightly less brain trauma too.beating up people for sport is so so so much easier on my computer.
I tried sparring last week and my fighters saw almost no gain from it. I tracked what their skill was at before and after the training sessions and it was a fraction of what I got out of 1 on 1 training with a coach. I've been trying to find someone to provide more clarity on how experienced managers train their fighters.
I will eventually get the fees up to 1k per week, I just don't want to spring it on them all at once
Most of the guys in my gym are starting out and are cash poor right now. Hopefully that will change as we move up the ranks.
yeah if you have two fighters with 1 1/2 star in boxing sparring each you wont gain much from it....if youve got a session with 10-15 people and a few of them have 3 stars people will get better.
You need more sparing partners.
If you do close it. Let me know and I will raise the cap of my gym to 50 and add 1 more coach. It's at 40 now and just about full.
You hinting for me or something?
I'm just grabbing something to eat and then I'll post my Fighter Creation stuff up after
Doesn't it take away some of the fun of the game when you get to the highest levels and everybody has got the same build/same skills/good hiddens and the fights come down to just a roll of the dice of the game engine? I see all the top fighters in the game are maxed out in all skills, all top managers use similar tactics...seems like a lot more fun down here at the noob levels...
I'll be short on free time for the foreseeable future and my VIP trial just ended so it'll be tough to write reviews without stats and scorecards. I'll try to write a short recap from SFC 3 while I'm at work (lol), let's see what I can do...
I used to write for an actual MMA site, so, I can do it if no one else is. I was going to before but
@regular john was doing such a good job though I just was sitting back and enjoying them.Each manager runs different sliders. That's why a lot of fights at the top level comes down purely to managerial skill, since it's similar fighters it will be down to who is the better manager. At the lower level, realistically a good manager will be able to win 95% of fights he has since his fighter will generally be good in hiddens and his skills will be good enough to compete. Different weight classes will have different builds that work for it also. At Heavyweight, you'll rarely find a fighter who is capable of fighting on the ground just cos it works better for them to strike, while at the lower levels you'll find more grapplers than pure strikers really. You can make builds work, you just gotta have the slider ability to work with them.
Good points. Convinced me right away.
It's the hottest thread going. You should pin this shit to the top and tweet about it! All the cool kids are here! Fuck it, make it a live thread!
Just officially join in on the madness already.
no worries man i know you dont have much time!
its your job if you want it! let me know. regular john wont have much time to do this full time.I used to write for an actual MMA site, so, I can do it if no one else is. I was going to before but
Sparring works as long as you got people with good sparring worth in the sessions. There's 2 theories on the size of the sessions with some thinking you can have 5 at most before it gets divided and some feel you can have 9 people. Basically what happens is if you go over the cap, the people in the sessions will get divided into groups who spar with each other. So for instance if the Sparring Size Cap was 5 people, you could have 5 people in the class and they will all spar together and you'll get value for everyone, but if you have 6, they will be put into 2 groups of 3. The highest 3 people in terms of Sparring Worth will go together while the lowest 3 will go together, and so on.
So I have some fighters on my roster who are purely there to improve my sparring sessions and help my younger guys improve their Primaries through sparring (These fighters are called Spar Bots).
Sparring works as long as you got people with good sparring worth in the sessions. There's 2 theories on the size of the sessions with some thinking you can have 5 at most before it gets divided and some feel you can have 9 people. Basically what happens is if you go over the cap, the people in the sessions will get divided into groups who spar with each other. So for instance if the Sparring Size Cap was 5 people, you could have 5 people in the class and they will all spar together and you'll get value for everyone, but if you have 6, they will be put into 2 groups of 3. The highest 3 people in terms of Sparring Worth will go together while the lowest 3 will go together, and so on.
Personally, I go with the 9 theory just cos I got a bunch of guys who need it
As far as when your fighter is ready to Spar. Personally I don't spar until my fighter's Secondaries are at the higher levels, just cos sparring will add unnecessary points and so I want them to have their skills already up there before points get wasted, since it will be harder to get them up with their Skill Cap being nearly done.
The one Sparring I will allow my younger guys to do is Boxing. Sparring something will also give small boosts to their related secondaries, like so:
Boxing - Punches, Striking Defense, Clinchwork
Muay Thai - Punches, Kicks, Elbows, Knees, Clinchwork, Striking Defense
Wrestling - Clinchwork, Takedowns, Takedown Defense, Ground and Pound, Defensive Grappling, Transitions, Escapes
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Submissions, Defensive Grappling, Transitions, Escapes
*Note, may be additional in BJJ, not 100% sure*
So from the build I put above, Boxing will give you points in Punches, Striking Defense and Clinchwork - Skills I want my fighter to have. The rest meanwhile have skills I don't necessarily want my fighter to have. So I am okay with my younger guys doing Boxing sparring every so often, but I hold off on them doing Sparring the others until they are older. Also, I don't have them spar BJJ at all really since by just training their Defensive Grappling and Transitions, their BJJ will go up to Remarkable / Wonderful which gives them a Brown Belt which is good enough.
I've been playing for over 7 years and I only just started figuring this shit out last year
I want to man, and I definitely will soon but I have been buried for the past month. Between work, family, and projects around the house, I've barely had time to even log on here lately. Things should hopefully calm down in a couple week and then I'll jump in this.
