 | Hello everyone.
Let me start by thanking you all for turning up ;).
Itsagoal has just gone through a major change, both on and off the pitch. ! The last 4 months have been incredibly busy, and whilst not as polished as I would of liked, we have made it over the line.
Its been really rewarding to see so many old faces return, and to see an increase in subscriber support.
This is just the beginning of a new era for IAG, the admin team have worked really hard in supporting me during this time, and continue to do so. I have always said that without them there would be no IAG, and that is true now more than ever. So thanks guys.
I am going to update this blog from time to time, let you know what we are doing behind the scenes and in what direction we are going. I would ask you to bear with us whilst the game settles, there are a few teething problems, not altogether unexpected, but rest assured they are being addressed.
For this season at least, the plans for the development of the game are set in stone.
1) Tidy up the issues that have arisen from the reload. e.g. Scouts and update timing.
2) To complete some tasks outstanding relating to the IAG cup and the live feed.
3) To develop the new Inter cup competition which will commence at the start of next season. This will be our version of the Champions league and Johnson's paint trophy all rolled into one!
4) To develop a system where in the closed season, clubs can be moved to other leagues. This is important to IAG. Not only does it allow managers to move their club to a different league, it allows us to manage the leagues and maintain leagues that are more populated with real managers. One of the big problems we faced in the last version of IAG was too many leagues with too few real managers. This will allow the number of leagues to ebb and flow as demand changes. The finer details will become clearer later, but feature is necessary to maintain a vibrant game, and be assured that if used to reduce the number of leagues, that will be done with consideration for those effected.
I have been pleased with the response to the "live feed" feature, and I think many of you are seeing the potential for fun in this feature. One of the goals for this new version is to increase manager interaction with the game and with each other, whilst not allowing that to impact game-play.
In terms of the future, well there are lots of options, I have loads of ideas. There is a lot that needs to be done, and even more could be done. We are going to allow the subscribers to have input to which features are developed in what order etc, that's only fair. So as this season moves on we will be looking at how we do that and what we plan for in terms of development during next season.
That is enough from me for now.
Once again, welcome and good luck, ( unless you are in the Spanish Prem obviously ! )
Ron |
