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General remarks about this thread and more
General remarks about this thread and more
This guide is the translation of a guide first written in German, the original (and constantly updated as well) German version can be found here: (7991852.1).
It should be considered as a help for new managers or managers lacking experience. It is not conceived as a complete tutorial and has the sole ambition to give you an answer to the most frequent and basic questions.
If you! got another question that should be a part of this guide, then send it to us (including the answer) in a ticket using (/help/contact.aspx?InfoInstanceID=10) (in case you don't want to confuse your local Mods: write "@Global Mods" in the title of the ticket).
Acknowledgement: thanks to all people that contributed to this guide. A special thanks goes to user Hannover96.
This guide is the translation of a guide first written in German, the original (and constantly updated as well) German version can be found here: (7991852.1).
It should be considered as a help for new managers or managers lacking experience. It is not conceived as a complete tutorial and has the sole ambition to give you an answer to the most frequent and basic questions.
If you! got another question that should be a part of this guide, then send it to us (including the answer) in a ticket using (/help/contact.aspx?InfoInstanceID=10) (in case you don't want to confuse your local Mods: write "@Global Mods" in the title of the ticket).
Acknowledgement: thanks to all people that contributed to this guide. A special thanks goes to user Hannover96.
More to read
More to read
A. Official documents
* The manual: (/Help/Rules/)
* The house rules: (/Help/Rules/HouseRules.aspx)
* General forum rules: (/Help/Rules/HRForum.aspx)
* Hattrick Wiki: (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Main_Page)
* Hattrick history: (/Help/History.aspx)
B. Editorials
You can find the list of all editorials here: (/MyHattrick/Editorials/) or here: (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Editorials).
C. Hattrick News
Edition 1 (December 2007), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(Decem...2007)):
Editorial
The Hattrick book
Statistically speaking
A look at the appeal system
HT-portrait: HT-Thomas
Did you know?
In the next edition
Edition 2 (January/February 2008), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(Janua...2008)):
Editorial
Hattrick Economy - the Inside Story!
HT-portrait: HT-Sarah
A look at the LAs
Did You Know?
Statistically speaking
Ask a HT
Edition 3 (March 2008), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(March_2...):
Editorial
Changes in the HT-team
Cheat hunting
Statistically speaking
Edition 4 (June 2008), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(June_2008)):
Editorial
Hattrick music
Global Football Monitor - Euro 2008
Manager portrait: Nomada
HT-portrait: HT-Oxidus
D. Old official documents
There are a few old documents. They are not in effect anymore, but you might find them worth a look at some point: (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Category:Hattrick_docu...). Older versions of the ancient game rules and of the manual can be found there as well.
A. Official documents
* The manual: (/Help/Rules/)
* The house rules: (/Help/Rules/HouseRules.aspx)
* General forum rules: (/Help/Rules/HRForum.aspx)
* Hattrick Wiki: (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Main_Page)
* Hattrick history: (/Help/History.aspx)
B. Editorials
You can find the list of all editorials here: (/MyHattrick/Editorials/) or here: (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Editorials).
C. Hattrick News
Edition 1 (December 2007), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(Decem...2007)):
Editorial
The Hattrick book
Statistically speaking
A look at the appeal system
HT-portrait: HT-Thomas
Did you know?
In the next edition
Edition 2 (January/February 2008), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(Janua...2008)):
Editorial
Hattrick Economy - the Inside Story!
HT-portrait: HT-Sarah
A look at the LAs
Did You Know?
Statistically speaking
Ask a HT
Edition 3 (March 2008), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(March_2...):
Editorial
Changes in the HT-team
Cheat hunting
Statistically speaking
Edition 4 (June 2008), (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Hattrick_News_(June_2008)):
Editorial
Hattrick music
Global Football Monitor - Euro 2008
Manager portrait: Nomada
HT-portrait: HT-Oxidus
D. Old official documents
There are a few old documents. They are not in effect anymore, but you might find them worth a look at some point: (http://wiki.hattrick.org/Category:Hattrick_docu...). Older versions of the ancient game rules and of the manual can be found there as well.
Denominations and frequent abbreviations
Denominations and frequent abbreviations
A
AiM - Attack in the Middle
AoA - All out Attack
AoW - Attack on Wings
B
BP - Ball possession
C
CA - counter attack
CD - central defender
D
def - defensive
Deffor - defensive forward
E
F
FF - Firefox
FU - Financial update
FtW/FTW - Forward to wing
FW - Forward
G
GK - Goalkeeper
H
HT - Hattrick
I
IM - inner midfielder
J
K
L
M
Mid - Midfield
Mots/MOTS - Match of the season
N
O
off - offensive
oIM/oDef - offensive inner midfielder/defender etc.
P
PA - Press announcement
PM - playmaking or private message (= HT-Mail)
PIC - Play it Cool
PS - Passing
Q
R
RG - Regainer
S
SE - Special event
T
TDF - Technical defensive forward
TL - Transfer list or training level
TM - Transfer market
TO - Thread opener
TS - Team spirit
TSI - Total Skill Index
U
V
W
W - Winger
WB - wing back
WO - walkover
WtM - Winger to the middle
X
XP - Experience
Y
YA - Youth Academy
YP - Youth Pull
Z
Of course there are also other abbreviations used in Hattrick's forums, quite some of them are not specific to Hattrick, like "imho", "lol" or others. A list with some of them can be found here: (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Inte...words).
A
AiM - Attack in the Middle
AoA - All out Attack
AoW - Attack on Wings
B
BP - Ball possession
C
CA - counter attack
CD - central defender
D
def - defensive
Deffor - defensive forward
E
F
FF - Firefox
FU - Financial update
FtW/FTW - Forward to wing
FW - Forward
G
GK - Goalkeeper
H
HT - Hattrick
I
IM - inner midfielder
J
K
L
M
Mid - Midfield
Mots/MOTS - Match of the season
N
O
off - offensive
oIM/oDef - offensive inner midfielder/defender etc.
P
PA - Press announcement
PM - playmaking or private message (= HT-Mail)
PIC - Play it Cool
PS - Passing
Q
R
RG - Regainer
S
SE - Special event
T
TDF - Technical defensive forward
TL - Transfer list or training level
TM - Transfer market
TO - Thread opener
TS - Team spirit
TSI - Total Skill Index
U
V
W
W - Winger
WB - wing back
WO - walkover
WtM - Winger to the middle
X
XP - Experience
Y
YA - Youth Academy
YP - Youth Pull
Z
Of course there are also other abbreviations used in Hattrick's forums, quite some of them are not specific to Hattrick, like "imho", "lol" or others. A list with some of them can be found here: (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Inte...words).
Various stuff
Various stuff
1. Hattrick and random?
You have to understand that this game does not go without a certain amount of random. It's a part of the game and you need to live with it.
Don't forget that Hattrick is to be considered as game based on probabilities in many cases (especially when it comes to the match calculation).
2. I have no idea how to proceed! What should I do?
Don't hit the panic button and ask yourself calmly how you can solve the problem. If it's a game-related question that hasn't been solved by this thread, you should and have to ask! It's a pleasure for a lot of experienced managers to help you.
3. Achievements? What's that?
Achievements are not related to the core game. You get a new achievement if you do something special. For instance: a certain number of stars in a match, a certain fanclub size, a certain "average" match rating, and so on.
Don't ruin your team for this.
4. What happens if an injured player is in the lineup? Will there be a substitution or will there be one player less on the pitch?
There will be a substitution at the beginning of the match (if there is one available on the bench).
5. A piece of advice to those who want to spend much more time here:
A few of the tips given above concerning training won't work for you if you got more ambitions than a normal manager, if you want to invest more than an hour per day. For this very reason it might come in useful to ask yourself how ambitious you really are and how much time you really want to invest.
Well, if you count yourself amongst the very ambitious managers, you should start gathering information about trading, skill trading, subskills, estimating the subskills from TSI and wage and think about unconventional training types. The key to success can be found in the precise knowledge about and the constant observation of the transfer market.
1. Hattrick and random?
You have to understand that this game does not go without a certain amount of random. It's a part of the game and you need to live with it.
Don't forget that Hattrick is to be considered as game based on probabilities in many cases (especially when it comes to the match calculation).
2. I have no idea how to proceed! What should I do?
Don't hit the panic button and ask yourself calmly how you can solve the problem. If it's a game-related question that hasn't been solved by this thread, you should and have to ask! It's a pleasure for a lot of experienced managers to help you.
3. Achievements? What's that?
Achievements are not related to the core game. You get a new achievement if you do something special. For instance: a certain number of stars in a match, a certain fanclub size, a certain "average" match rating, and so on.
Don't ruin your team for this.
4. What happens if an injured player is in the lineup? Will there be a substitution or will there be one player less on the pitch?
There will be a substitution at the beginning of the match (if there is one available on the bench).
5. A piece of advice to those who want to spend much more time here:
A few of the tips given above concerning training won't work for you if you got more ambitions than a normal manager, if you want to invest more than an hour per day. For this very reason it might come in useful to ask yourself how ambitious you really are and how much time you really want to invest.
Well, if you count yourself amongst the very ambitious managers, you should start gathering information about trading, skill trading, subskills, estimating the subskills from TSI and wage and think about unconventional training types. The key to success can be found in the precise knowledge about and the constant observation of the transfer market.
Link collection - Part 2
Link collection - Part 2
(http://www.hattrickorganizer.net/)
Probably Hattrick's most popular tool
(http://www.lokesoftware.dk/ham/index.htm)
Yet another tool, one of the oldest on the market
(http://hattrickcontrol.asconet.ro/html/englis...s.htm)
Got a need for some tool?
(http://www.esnips.com/web/matchp)
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/7351800/midfieldpredi...)
Sule_'s midfield prediction tool
(http://hem.passagen.se/hammervald/abc_of_tact...x.htm)
ABC of tactics. Good for starters, but it's not maintained anymore which means: use with a lot of caution
(http://www.arenaoptimizer.es/)
A useful tool if you want to expand your arena, using pretty new knowledge
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/x-ray/index.asp)
The X-Files tools at databased
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/htpe/)
A tool for transfer comparisons, with more statistics on the transfer
(http://www.maptrick.org)
Statistics about the evolution of user numbers
(http://www.hattristics.org/pub/index.php)
More statistics
(http://www.ht-league.com/)
Even more statistics
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/search/)
(http://www.hattrickorganizer.net/)
Probably Hattrick's most popular tool
(http://www.lokesoftware.dk/ham/index.htm)
Yet another tool, one of the oldest on the market
(http://hattrickcontrol.asconet.ro/html/englis...s.htm)
Got a need for some tool?
(http://www.esnips.com/web/matchp)
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/7351800/midfieldpredi...)
Sule_'s midfield prediction tool
(http://hem.passagen.se/hammervald/abc_of_tact...x.htm)
ABC of tactics. Good for starters, but it's not maintained anymore which means: use with a lot of caution
(http://www.arenaoptimizer.es/)
A useful tool if you want to expand your arena, using pretty new knowledge
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/x-ray/index.asp)
The X-Files tools at databased
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/htpe/)
A tool for transfer comparisons, with more statistics on the transfer
(http://www.maptrick.org)
Statistics about the evolution of user numbers
(http://www.hattristics.org/pub/index.php)
More statistics
(http://www.ht-league.com/)
Even more statistics
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/search/)
Link collection - Part 1
Link collection - Part 1
(http://wiki.hattrick.org)
Hattrick's official Wiki
(http://alltid.org/)
An endless number of statistics
(http://www.tulospalvelu.biz/calendar/index.php)
The week at Hattrick
(http://www.aldeaglobal.net/psicotsi/lang-en.htm)
Another sub skill tool, available for Firefox only
(http://mikehell.kicks-ass.net/ht-dog/index.jsp)
HT-Dog, discover the opponent's strengths and weaknesses
(http://ffa.anthes.org/tools/transfer.htm)
The FFA's transfer tool
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3962/perfo...1.jpg)
The influence of form on player performance
(http://coninstal.go.ro/studiu_suporteri.html)
Fanclub's growth in relation to supporter mood and division (in Romanian, but she be more or less easy to understand)
(http://home1.stofanet.dk/donkjaer/)
More info on Hattrick's economic evolution
(http://hattrick-db.ch.vu/)
Hattrick database
(http://foxtrick.px.cz/)
Foxtrick (Firefox browser is required)
(http://www.tomattrick.org/)
Online tool
(http://www.slothen.dk/ht/)
A few statistics
(http://www.manager.brygge.dk/Hattrick/experienc...)
A study about experience gains
(http://iht.smdesign.es/node/201)
A study about the stamina training share needed depending on the players' age
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/htpe/pages/s...s.asp)
A study on the transfer activity (updated daily)
(http://wiki.hattrick.org)
Hattrick's official Wiki
(http://alltid.org/)
An endless number of statistics
(http://www.tulospalvelu.biz/calendar/index.php)
The week at Hattrick
(http://www.aldeaglobal.net/psicotsi/lang-en.htm)
Another sub skill tool, available for Firefox only
(http://mikehell.kicks-ass.net/ht-dog/index.jsp)
HT-Dog, discover the opponent's strengths and weaknesses
(http://ffa.anthes.org/tools/transfer.htm)
The FFA's transfer tool
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3962/perfo...1.jpg)
The influence of form on player performance
(http://coninstal.go.ro/studiu_suporteri.html)
Fanclub's growth in relation to supporter mood and division (in Romanian, but she be more or less easy to understand)
(http://home1.stofanet.dk/donkjaer/)
More info on Hattrick's economic evolution
(http://hattrick-db.ch.vu/)
Hattrick database
(http://foxtrick.px.cz/)
Foxtrick (Firefox browser is required)
(http://www.tomattrick.org/)
Online tool
(http://www.slothen.dk/ht/)
A few statistics
(http://www.manager.brygge.dk/Hattrick/experienc...)
A study about experience gains
(http://iht.smdesign.es/node/201)
A study about the stamina training share needed depending on the players' age
(http://www.databased.at/hattrick/htpe/pages/s...s.asp)
A study on the transfer activity (updated daily)
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