Qual 4 Update

WCA Qual 4 Standings

Again a very active league within the WCA FA and here are the standings:


Belfast FA from Nortern Island are topping the league with 46 points and a predicted points total of 80 which is currently the highest in the league. From position 2 to 4 there is only 3 points seperating them all, so it should come to an intense finale. The rest of the league are pretty much around the same points total at the minute or predicted totals due to the games played by each which makes me think that this league will be very close at the end.

WCA Qual 4 Records

So far the records look as such:


Dominic Berzin's Thats What She Said United have four records the the minute which are Biggest win, Highest scoring match, most goals in a match and most assists in a match. With the 7-1 win he's had so far which i would class as the second biggest win only due to the fact that he conceded in the match. The rest of the records are similar to the rest of the gameworlds and i havent found some which really stand out other than the Biggest wins in each gw. But there is chance yet for these to be smashed so keep going ;).

WCA 3 Update

WCA 3 Standings

Possibly the most active league in the WCA with all the teams playing over 10 games. And with the current standings at: (with only a week to go to remind you ;) )


Topping the league are Cacato owned by Catagoy Saygon who've played 31 games clocking up 55 points. 2nd place are only 4 points behind and are called Old Hill FC. Ipswich Wanderrers however currently have the higest potential points with 76 after 20 games so you might see them mount a late charge for the #1 spot.

WCA 3 Records

So far the records look as such:

The biggest win in this league is the biggest so far of all the WCA leagues with Jonathon Lathams Lego United who managed to score 7 - 0 in a goal which i think will be the WCA record of the season at the minute.The Shaun Goaters also are in amongst the record books for the most games unbeaten which is a run which continues to this day of a total of 20 games. The player on form within this league looks to be Mario Balotelli who has a total of 4 records the best being the amount of goals he has scored which is 50 goals in 56 games.

Keep checking the blog as report on WCA will be up soon...

Welcome to Gacho

Not only are we privileged to have Gacho in our GW but he has joined WCA. Too late to enter official comps for Season 1... but that means more time for blog action :p

If anyone else would like to help with the WCA team let me know :)

WCA Update

As we can see above, the U21 League is underway. Congrats to the SK teams :D. Remember that players age at the start of the season, so watch out for 21 year olds.



Above is the Youth Ranks across the GW. Only one WCA in there. Congrats Ben. Come on the rest of you!!



In terms of senior ranks we're starting to slip (Alastair!), but it is early days!



Just to fill you in above shows the "Latecomers" league. Hayes leading the table so far. I hope this is running OK. Think of it as a taster for Season Two.



Just a quick one to show the Last 16 places are starting to fill in the League Cup (above- congrats to Mark Carr getting to the Quarters) and the normal Cup (below).



Lastly, I'm not going to dwell on the UFFA competitions. We all got knocked out in the early stages of both cups. Better luck next year ;)

WCA Qual 2

WCA Qual 2

Now time for the 2nd qualifying group to be analyzed and assessed. The current standings are as follows:

Again the league got of to a hugely anticipated start with plenty of games being played within the first day. Up to now 180 games have being played which is slightly less than the first qualifying group but still a great start. Although less games have been played the goal count is nearly the same with this league scoring a total of 224 goals in there games and the guy who has bagged the most is Kenneth Hughes and his team called Traverspine FC, who are also currently sitting top of the table. The other teams looking value for money are Leeds United Football Club and The Top Neeks who have predicted points of 90 and 80 after playing 8 and 6 games respectively. Now its time to take a look at the records...

Qual 2 Records

Again the highest scoring game in this group is 4-0 achieved by Paul Blackmore. I highlight in this qualifying group seems to be a player called Messi but not the well know one a 28 year old cameroonian who has currently got the most goals scored in a game achievement and the most hattricks in the league.

Qual 3 round up coming soon...

WCA Update 24/11

I've got the go-ahead to start a league for those that joined the WCA after the start of the season. At the last count there are nine people that joined late. Bear with me while I get it implemented tonight - will be as soon as I can. :)

In terms of what will happen at the end of the season, once all the competitions you are in complete you will be allocated any "top up" prize money. To explain, you will have already been distributed the money for finishing last in all comps; if you now finish 1st you will get the money for finishing 1st minus the money for finishing last. Hope that makes sense.

Shortly after the prize money is handed out, screenshots will be available at this blog, competitions will be reset and the Qualifiers are over!! You are free to leave the WCA if you like but hopefully everyone will stay.

UFFA (best of Lineker) places will be awarded to the best performing teams within WCA, competitions will run for Season 2. All to be announced at the end of the season. If you leave WCA you will forfeit your UFFA place.

The Premiership: Anyone who finishes in the top five of their league will be transferred to the Prem. At the end of Season 2, relegations to take place. Teams in the Prem will excluded from the Non-Prem Cup.

The Championship: Anyone who finishes in places 6th to 10th in their league will be transferred to the Champs. At the end of Season 2, promotions and relegations to take place.

The League Ones: Remaining teams will be places randomly within the League One's with the best teams being promoted to the Champs at the end of Season 2.

The money is distributed so that winners of Prem get around £1m and bottom of League 1's get £250k. I'm sure by now that you realise that £750k is not that much difference. This is the same across all FAs in all GWs.

A big thanks to Josh who, I'm sure you will agree, has completed an excellent round of League 1. More to follow. If anyone else wants to get involved let me know. :)

p.s. 8pm tonight the U21 League starts.

WCA Qual League Reports

Welcome to the first report on the WCA leagues, over the next couple of days keep checking in as reports on each of the leagues will be posted.

The WCA leagues have been up and running nearly a week now and many games have been played with most teams getting plenty of games in, but still all the leagues look very close and are sure to come to an intense finale. Ill start by reporting on the Qual 1 league :

WCA Qual 1

The League got off to a fast start with many of its participants signing in to play their first games minutes after the season got underway and to date the total of 21 participants have played 206 games. Whilst playing these games a total of 268 goals have been scored with Winton town getting the main chunk of these goals scoring 33 goals in 16 games which is a good record by anybodys standards.

The current standings however are: (only top 9 viewable.)

The current standings show Sk Brann taking an early lead and Churwell Lions and Winton town taking 2nd and 3rd respectively. The league is still anyones for the taking however, as most of the chasing pack have played less games than the current leaders. Also there are many teams to have played only a few games but done really well in them. An example of this is Trafalgar United who have the highest predicted points total of 80 after playing eight games winning five, drawing one and losing two.

WCA Qual 1 Records

The main records that have been achieved at the minute are biggest win which is 4-0 and currently held by David Bentleys, Kirkby Everton FC. Also the two other main records are highest scoring game which is currently at 4-4 and the longest streak unbeaten which is 14 games and still running which is held by Churwell Lions. This is just the first week however so expect most if not all of these to be beaten as the season comes to a climax.

Next up is Qual group 2 so keep checking the blog for info of how well the teams in the FA are doing and see who has the best records. Hopefully this will be a weekly report on each league to try make each team feel more part of a big community of players all aiming for one thing to be #1 so watch this space...

Reporters & Blog Contributers

Anyone reading this. If you like writing then get in touch to help with writing league reports and/or blog messages :) All help appreciated.

Also if you have an idea to make the FA or the blog better then let me know.

Already discussing implementing a Charity Shield. Watch this space... :)

Go WCA!!!

So we now are officially the 3rd most full FA in the gameworld!



Two in the top 23. Neil congrats mate on 22nd... but Alastair in 2nd place good work mate. You're both doing us all proud.



A quick flick to the Youth Rankings shows that WCA are doing well here too :) Ben Owen, Torbja and Ove congrats guys :)

Introducing the League Cup

After a 100% hit rate on whether people want a second cup, we now have a second cup.



This was implemented and started on Tuesday. :)

New U21 League :)

You wanna the U21 League...



...you get the U21 league. Now make sure you enter before Monday 8pm when this will kick off!!

Anyone Out There?

I know you read it. Any guys in the WCA don't be shy. Post us a comment with your team name and which WCA Qual league you are in :)

WCA Leagues, 19/11/08

The greyed out team above has left the GW. They will be removed from the FA at the end of the season.







...and we see an appearance from Proper Team Selecta. I might even win a match at some point ;)

WCA Leagues, End Day 1 Season 1

Who said that WCA was casual? ;)

For the record, the top five of each league will be placed in the Premiership (unless you move FAs).

The next five of each league will be placed in the Championship.

Remaining will be placed in Division One leagues.

UFFA allocation will be announced at the end of the season.

If you move FAs then you will lose your UFFA place and will very likely start at the bottom tier of the FA you move to.

Online Guide

Had a lot of questions which are all detailed in this website:
http://manual.fmlive.co.uk/

Hope this helps :)

WCA 4th in Rankings!

WCA in at 4th place in world rankings!! Well done Neil. We salute you!

Worth mentioning that WCA is at 78 members. Only two off from the magical "80". Then we're fighting with the big FA's :)

WCA Rankings From Last Night and WCA Numbers Reach 70+!

See the above image which shows how WCA are doing in the GW. Come on!!! We can do better.

71 users and counting...

Welcome Message

Message in GW sent today:

Hi I'm Rik and I'm happy to say that I'm organising the Weekend Casual FA (WCA) :)

Firstly welcome to beta testers. This FA is likely to be different to every other FA you have been in to date. For new people, we're all here to help so don't be afraid to ask anything. You've made a great choice by selecting WCA.

I've been beta testing since February with my team Proper Team Selecta - it's gone very quick though!

For the moment I think it's important to get the starting basics. If you are reading this then that is a good start as you are able to use mail. All announcements will be made this way.

You should use the starting wizard to give you a starting skillset. This will mean you aqcuire an initial suite of skills. You also need to keep your skills (under manager) moving as much as you can. Choose long skills when logged out at the timer is still ticking. Should you miss x seconds of learning skills, you will get back a short x/2 boost so you only lose half the learning time if you're not learning skills.

You need to get through between 5 and 10 games to get a rank and your daily income starts coming in.

Your overdraft limit increases weekly. You can earn money from competition prize money and selling players (after seven days of buying). Soon those out-of-reach players could be yours.

Sunday 8pm all the FA's are locked down which means that money is assigned to each FA for distribution. Half of the FA money is allocated as daily income per team. You'll also get daily income based on if you finished last in your competitions.

Monday 8pm the season starts. Don't worry if you miss the start as all matches are set up to complete in three weeks time.

Each match has a "play by" date if you click on your fixtures. Challenge people whenever you want a match. If your opposition wants to play a game with you (sometimes they may not be able to play so don't get too upset if they reject) then you can play any time of the day on any day you are both online. If the "play by" date is reached then AI Rights are awarded. If AI Rights are not used then the game goes on the "auto-resolve" list to ensure that the competition finishes on time.

After four weeks of starting watch your player contracts. You can lock people into contracts with you but I'd suggest doing this towards the end of the season when you know who you want to keep. Anyone not locked in (max of five seniors) will be entered into a wage auction so anyone can make a bid and whoever bids most gets for that bid.

I'll be assigning people to the cup and league within the FA. If you would like an additional "WCA League Cup" or "U21 League" then please let me know and I'll see what I can do.

At the end of the season (which are four weeks long including a week of off-season), you'll be assigned into the Season 2 league system based on your positions. If you do really well in your league or cup then you'll earn a place in UFFA (a cross-FA football association to show off the best of the GW).

Don't forget the WCA Chat Room. This should be your hub to get to know your fellow WCA members. Come in and say hi! What is on your mind? Who are you proud about signing? Do you have an injury crisis that your WCA peers could help out with a loan? Are you about to start an important match and want some people to come in and lend support by watching?

WCA has a blog (woohoo) - address is on the WCA profile page. The intention is to post up here important stuff relating to WCA including league screenshots and competition reports (along with anything else of any value). Get it bookmarked!! This should make it easy to catch up with your teams performance in WCA when you're not able to log into FML. If you would like to get involved in running the blog it would be really appreciated. FML-mail me your email address and I'll add you to the list of authors.

WCA is not a bog-standard FA; if there is anything missing that you would like to see included that would enhance your FML experience then give me a private chat (right click on my name) or come into the WCA Chat Room and we'll talk it through :)

Hopefully not too much information here but enough to start everyone off. See you in the WCA Chatroom and all the best for your first season in Lineker! (Y)

Rik
Moderator

End of Day One

So end of Day 1 and WCA have 60 teams out of a potential 100. Not bad. Personally ranked under 350th I didn't have the best day but it's not just about me. Hopefully everyone else did better.

Three PM

Well, 3pm on Tuesday 11th November it begins. Good luck to anyone starting on time. I'm going to start a little bit later.

I'm Rik and I'll be organising WCA for the first two seasons. Anything you need or want let me know.

Meanwhile I'm on the lookout for people to help with the WCA blog. If you're up to it please send me a message in-game.