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2 weeks to go of the Beta... 1. 😳 2. @FPL_MarmaladeF 3. @Strom_FF 4. @whitebeard_fpl 5. @fpl_peptalk 6. Mark B 7. @talha_nadeem_90 8. @420fpl 9. @FFJoel_ 10. @FPLAfterHours @nate_fpl (fresh from £52m record buy of Joao Pedro!) @rpick86 @FodWeTrust sit just outside top 10

Launching my first digital game has certainly been a learning curve! Some key learnings: - Make it as intuitive as possible - Strip out stuff that isn't 100% essential to fun/gameplay - If decision is close, choose simple over complex. - Don't assume people will read the rules. We're totally shaking up the weekly market, which proved to be overly complex. Perfect if you're a hardcore strategist, but not quite right for this game. Here's v 1.1 changes: > NEW ‘EBAY’ TRANSFER MARKET MODEL. The weekly transfer market didn’t really work - we need one that gives more control and ability to buy/sell. So it has been replaced with an eBay style market. Players are now bought and sold by individual auctions and ‘buy it now’. It has been set up so you don’t have to constantly check the site! > CREDIT IS DEAD. Credit was confusing people. It’s been replaced with cash. Everyone has been given £20m. If you had debt, this has been used to clear debt and the rest tops up your account. > INCREASED RELEASE PRICE. You now get 80% of price paid when you release a player, instead of 50%. > FREE AGENTS are now available anytime. When 1 final copy of a free agent is left they become an auction item. I was delighted with the auction, but disappointed by the first transfer window. I'm still super optimistic that we're making something better than FPL, and think this will be a big improvement 😊 Let's see!

I know I'm biased, and this might not be quite the model we end up using, but I am 100% sure that this pricing and transfer model is 5x better than FPL. So many more decisions and so much more interesting!

OK you've just won a lottery - you've won £500k plus a £1.5m property, a brand new car and a fully furnished property. The only catch is when you take the property, you can't leave the circle for 3 years - if you leave it you lose the lot. All the properties are worth the same... But where are you choosing?! Credit to @thealepalombo who put together this idea for Italy (I've linked to it in next post) - thought a UK one would be fun!