Homecoming 2.0 - 2026 onwards...
This Career Mode Story is following events after what happened in this story: Homecoming - FC25 CM Story 2024 to 2026 - Answer HQ
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3 from 5 ain't bad... Winter break is over by now in Denmark: what luxury, by the way, to be able to focus on 2 - 4 European ties only in the period from Christmas until Valentine's. In the Netherlands, January and February ae stuffed with resuming the league, European fixtures and two cup games. Very different dynamics to a season.
@Danimal5981 wrote:3 from 5 ain't bad... Winter break is over by now in Denmark: what luxury, by the way, to be able to focus on 2 - 4 European ties only in the period from Christmas until Valentine's. In the Netherlands, January and February ae stuffed with resuming the league, European fixtures and two cup games. Very different dynamics to a season.
It's a valid point. In FIFA it's certainly an advantage, picking up these European games without any distractions from the league. However, in real life there's also a thing called match fitness, and I think it could easily work against Danish teams to come from a two months break without any football to being expected to perform over a two-legged tie against an opponent, who already has every engine running. I think it can be as much of a disadvantage, as it can be an advantage...
It's always happy reading, but you tend to stretch your images: I can't really see what's going on in the picture. I see a Norwegian and is that goalkeeper Colombian?
This forum uses a width of 700 px, so what I do is using that width. Most people have at least a 1920 x 1080 screen nowadays, meaning that if you disregard your browser (tabs and bar) 900 px length will fill the screen nicely. For my important games or posts, I use a 700 wide x 900 long template (or 1400 x 1800 at 50%).
If you take a screenshot, it's probably 16:9. Down to size, that would become 700 x 135. Even with a 700x700 template, it would leave you with over 600 px to fill with text (without stretching the picture). Try it, hope it helps.
@Danimal5981 wrote:It's always happy reading, but you tend to stretch your images: I can't really see what's going on in the picture. I see a Norwegian and is that goalkeeper Colombian?
This forum uses a width of 700 px, so what I do is using that width. Most people have at least a 1920 x 1080 screen nowadays, meaning that if you disregard your browser (tabs and bar) 900 px length will fill the screen nicely. For my important games or posts, I use a 700 wide x 900 long template (or 1400 x 1800 at 50%).
If you take a screenshot, it's probably 16:9. Down to size, that would become 700 x 135. Even with a 700x700 template, it would leave you with over 600 px to fill with text (without stretching the picture). Try it, hope it helps.
Thanks for the input. Though I'm sorry to admit that I didn't understand a word of it. I try to find some horizontal images or situations that can be put in to add some colour in my posts. There are rarely important details in them, so I don't pay too much mind to whether they are stretched or not.
Yes, there is a Norwegian in the academy and a South American goalie. Colombia or Venezuela, I don't recall. And it's not something I've found to be interesting or important anyway. My new narrator needed an introduction, and I decided - in my next post - to name two more from the academy. But most of my current academy players will not be promoted or play a part in this story, and then I won't put too much effort into introducing them.
Okay, now I get it: we're following events at Viborg from the POV of the Nygaard-figure (youth player). Nice take, I was thinking of something similar (but rather someone from the staff, or management)
@Danimal5981 wrote:Okay, now I get it: we're following events at Viborg from the POV of the Nygaard-figure (youth player). Nice take, I was thinking of something similar (but rather someone from the staff, or management)
Yes, exactly. In past saves I've tried one type of narrator from the start and has stuck with it for the entire save. Now I just grew a bit tired of using the same point of view and felt like making a change here, even though it is mid-season and everything. I hope it will work out for me with this change. So far it feels good with a view from the inside. We'll see what happens...
@JustinCase0110 wrote:
@Danimal5981 wrote:Okay, now I get it: we're following events at Viborg from the POV of the Nygaard-figure (youth player). Nice take, I was thinking of something similar (but rather someone from the staff, or management)
Yes, exactly. In past saves I've tried one type of narrator from the start and has stuck with it for the entire save. Now I just grew a bit tired of using the same point of view and felt like making a change here, even though it is mid-season and everything. I hope it will work out for me with this change. So far it feels good with a view from the inside. We'll see what happens...
Shaking things up sometimes reinvigorates the career or the motivation to continue...
Continuing with your waterproof defence, incredible...
Nygaard is a winger, right? Right- or left-footed, or biped? More a high speed train, or someone with more ball control and agility that eventually could become a CAM, or classic 10?
Where does Nygaard eventually want to end up? What's his big dream club or destination? Who is his great example?
@Danimal5981 wrote:Continuing with your waterproof defence, incredible...
Nygaard is a winger, right? Right- or left-footed, or biped? More a high speed train, or someone with more ball control and agility that eventually could become a CAM, or classic 10?
Where does Nygaard eventually want to end up? What's his big dream club or destination? Who is his great example?
He's right-footed. His pace is in the late 70's, so he can¨t rely solely on pace. He is currently coming on as a winger, but could definitely end up preferring the number 10 spot in stead. His youth team "rival" Felix Nissen is more the high speed train, racking a pace in the late 80's. But his potential isn't far from his current OVR, whilst Nygaard is "showing great potential".
Dreams, goals and idols will maybe be elaborated somewhere down the road.
In this incredible pace, you'll end up with 6 or 7 goals against (which would be phenomenal) by the end of the championship round. But I'll give a little bit more leeway: if you keep the number of goals against in single digits (9 or lower), the team achieved something extraordinary...
@Danimal5981 wrote:In this incredible pace, you'll end up with 6 or 7 goals against (which would be phenomenal) by the end of the championship round. But I'll give a little bit more leeway: if you keep the number of goals against in single digits (9 or lower), the team achieved something extraordinary...
I agree. I haven't seen anything like this. But this also has the feeling of a jinx. I just conceded three in my next game, all in one half 😃
Oh no! So close to the beginning of the championship round, it increases by 75%!... I hope it's just a one-off. Brøndby now tied, København close behind.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Oh no! So close to the beginning of the championship round, it increases by 75%!... I hope it's just a one-off. Brøndby now tied, København close behind.
Haha, yeah that was a huge increase, percent-wise! Honestly there was also a part of me bring happy with conceding a few. Letting 7 in from 21 games is still crazy good. 4 was out of this world crazy and made me look like a cheat....
So, realistically speaking: there are still four teams in it for the championship, while still being in the cup. Mathematically, it's highly improbable to let European football slip through your hands. But which European tournament? Obviously you're going for the title & Champions League, but for a team that hasn't had any noteworthy success: getting into Europe only a 3rd time in existence would be a landslide achievement for such a modest club (even for Danish standards).
@Danimal5981 wrote:So, realistically speaking: there are still four teams in it for the championship, while still being in the cup. Mathematically, it's highly improbable to let European football slip through your hands. But which European tournament? Obviously you're going for the title & Champions League, but for a team that hasn't had any noteworthy success: getting into Europe only a 3rd time in existence would be a landslide achievement for such a modest club (even for Danish standards).
Yeah, absolutely. A top half finish is already a landslide achievement, doing so for the first time in 20 years. So every European competition on top of that will just be seen as a welcome bonus.
I haven't quite figured out how the European qualifiers work, now that the game wants more Danish teams to qualify than we see IRL. The 3rd place gets the playoff against number 7, whilst 4, 5 and 6 seem to qualify automatically, depending on who the cup winner is. But what if I end in 3rd place and lose the playoff? Then I would imagine that I won't qualify, unless I win the cup. I suppose we'll soon find out.
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