Vedamasis straipsnis: Forum reactions, recommended positions, and youth
3-5-2024
This month's release offers no revolutions but plenty of helpful updates for forum users, youth managers and Supporters. We also have new dynamic player categories that can help users, especially new ones, organize their teams and search the market.
One of the more visible things you may notice is that the Hattrick forums now offer a quicker way to react to posts than replying to them. Our forum reactions are a set of emojis, such as thumbs-ups or smileys, that will help single out posts that the community loves. We have also added the option to run forum polls with the result hidden until the poll ends - helpful for votes such as the Hattrick Gala awards.
Moving on to youth, you can now decide beforehand if you want to leave a series when it ends. We will also decrease the delays in creating new matches after the season; matches will be created for the new season as soon as a league is full. If no one leaves, they will be created around 3 hours after the last round is finished.
Please note that this change will only go live one week from now, as we want to give youth leagues ending soon time to prepare.
When searching for a youth series to join from the mobile app, you can now use a filter to see only leagues that you are eligible to join. This filter already exists on the web but is now available in the app as well.
Supporters are getting a big boost to their bookmark supply - we are doubling the number of bookmarks that can be saved for each category. We are also making it possible to remove old players from the Hall of Fame. This is, of course, not a decision that should ever be taken lightly! Generally, our club's legacy and heroes should be revered rather than forgotten. Remember this! But over the years, many Supporters have asked for this option to fix mistakes made, and we figured most of you are responsible enough to handle such freedoms.
We are also introducing a new dynamic player category system, the Recommended position. Using the player's skills, we calculate their recommended position with the same Star Rating formula used in the match order form. It is then shown as a grey category icon next to the player's name. You can see this icon on the player details page, the match order page, the transfer search results page, and the current bids page.
On the player details page, you also get a mini-map of how the player is predicted to perform across his best positions on the field.
The Recommended Positions system can be turned off in Settings if you prefer to never see it. If you are a Supporter and manually set a category on your players, it is always the one you chose that will be visible.
You will also notice a new way to search for prospects on the transfer search pages, using the same player categories as a preset for the skill filter. If you, for example, choose to search for a "Wing Back," the search form will be populated automatically by the skills Defending, Winger and Playmaking. This may not be useful for veteran managers. However, all the existing filters are untouched, so you can still search any way you want.
Thank you for this month, and see you again in April!