Hockey news

I am pleased to announce that the beta version of Football has finally been launched. You can now create your own football team for 30 credits. The credits will be taken off your account once you create your team. After two weeks the creation of team will be free but there will be a limited number of new teams every day. It may happen that not everybody will be able to create a team for free. When the development of the game reaches a level that we are satisfied with, the game will be restarted and full version will kick off. More info on this here:

 

If you get a message that there are no free teams, please be patient. It only means that we have to create new leagues.

Now back to hockey. The World Championships in Hockey start on July 3 here on PPM. The deadline for the countries to submit their official bids to host these championships has been set to May 23, 2010. The same rules and criteria will apply as last season with one small addition. The countries with unsuccessful but high quality bids in the previous season will receive a few extra points in the voting.

All the rules are listed here:

1. Each country can only have one candidacy.
2. Each division tournament can only take place in one of the countries which are taking part in that division.
3. Each potential organizer must first report to the captain of their national support team. If the country does not have a captain, no bids from this country will be accepted (if there is a suitable candidate for the captain position he/she may apply by contacting me or tuttle).
4. If there are more potential candidacies in the same country, the captain will choose the one to be submitted and therefore also the coordinator of the organizing committee.
5. The selected organizing committee will then submit the official candidacy (in English) to debik@powerplaymanager.com.
6. If there is no suitable bidder to host the World Championships in any of the divisions, the PPM development team will select the country and venues.

The candidacy must contain the following:

1. Tournament logo (240x180 pixels or larger)
2. List of arenas to be used including the expected and guaranteed capacity of each arena during the tournament and their accessories. It is important to note the reasons why you think the promised capacity and accessories will be completed in time. The list should include 4 arenas plus 2 extra arenas in case some of the main 4 arenas are unfinished or unsuitable to host the tournament.
3. The organizing committee will consist of the coordinator, his/her helper, the captain of the support team and the general manager of the national team. The captain of the support team and general manager cannot also be the coordinator and/or helper. The coordinator and the helper will be responsible for making sure the arena construction is finished on time and for providing alternatives if needed. The captain and the general manager are part of the organizing committee but only as counselors. They also act as a backup team if the coordinator and/or helper are unable to do their job. The coordinator must be from the given country while the helper may be from any country. All members of the committee should be properly introduced (age, league, achievements) to establish their credibility.
4. Extras - anything special that the organizing committee can provide during the championships. For example competitions for the managers with credit winnings, betting competitions, providing credits for the owner of the top goal scorer or even a real hardware trophy at the expenses of the committee. These are just examples but you can think of something else of course.

Criteria for choosing the host country:

1. The overall quality of the official candidacy.
2. Guarantees that the promised arenas and/or extras will be available.
3. The credibility and reputation of the members of the organizing committee.
4. Number of hockey teams from the country.
5. PRO pack percentage in the country.
6. Time since the country last hosted the tournament.

7. Quality of unsuccessful bid from the previous season.

Now some minor matters. The PRO version of the Team transfers page has been upgraded. Now you can see the sum of all transfers on this page. You can see how much you spent or earned from transfers and the average selling and buying prices.

We would like to thank manager Luis for improving the Brazilian name database and Tompert1 for improving the Dutch name database.

Finally, we would like to invite you to become a fan of our facebook page. You may already be a member of our group, now you may become a fan of our page and invite your friends too. You can find it here:

You can also follow the twitter of our developer DebiK to gain some insight into the programming process.

Have a nice day!