Genesis League Goals Beta Cup 3

This is a community sponsored tournament hosted by Genesis League Goals and organized by @pokermaria. The following post reviews the tournament results and my insights and tips for future gameplay.

Come and play with us at https://goals.genesisleaguesports.com as there are ongoing community led tournaments now. The next tourney is the Hunters League. Learn more at @pokermaria/gl-goals-hunters-league-beta-tournament

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The Beta 3 Cup Details

You are required to play each team in your group 2x over the course of this weeklong tourney. Players schedule times on their own to match up, and play 2 matches. The winners are the teams that score the most goals over the 2 matches. Once all the round-robin matches have been played, the top 4 teams in each group play the cup bracket. The same rules apply.

Team Rules

@pokermaria set up the rules as follows:

• There are some restrictions on the composition of the team (there will be another one where the coach + starting 7 is enough):
• You must setup a team with minimum 1 coach + 7 starter + 5 substitutions (max. 1 GK sub) the 10 reserves are optional.
• You play all matches with the same team (coach + starting 7 + 5 substitutions + 10 reserves).
• You can swap players only within your team (between starting 7, subs and reserves), but no swap between the rest of your collection. That means no coach swap during the tournament.
• You should use the same team in the cup, too. Also play 2 matches in all pairs, if the overall result is a draw, then play until 1st win.

The Teams

@deerambo

@grabursocks

@knotenbart

@drzoom

@nex

@pokermaria

@sorryismurf

@splinter

@salomfishbee

@padawanspascut66

Plus the bench included T. Hascal, T. Barlow, E. Miller, J. Atldore & W. Bruin

Round Robin

The Cup

The Final

@drzoom vs @salomfishbee
Match 1:
Match 2:

And the Winner is... @salomfishbee

What I Learned

Here are some of the top lessons I learned through playing this cup:

• Players should balance offense and defense when selecting a team
• Coaches are very important, so check the coach abilities and balance those with your players
• If you want bench players select a few key subs - I used only 1-2, so you can fill the other slots with weaker players
• There are a limited number of actions each match, so use your moves wisely (20 per half, and 40 per game, split between 2 players as the clock moves 2:15min for each action)
• If you get down, it is hard to come back, so try to score early
• RNG is huge in this game, and sometimes you fail an 80% or more action and sometimes you succeed on a 30% or less move, so choose wisely.
• Practice more to learn the game
• Have fun!

See you on the Pitch!

Shoutouts!

Many thanks to @pokermaria, the team at Genesis League Sports and all the Tournament Players in the Cup!
Photo credits to Genesis League Sports