Release 3.0
Draft Night arrives, and every career system connects.
25 notes across 8 sections
Opening fantasy draft
- CHANGEWorld authors can enable a full opening fantasy draft and choose its length; each new Manager save can keep or override that world default before launch
- CHANGEDraft Night runs as a live snake draft — first through twelfth, then twelfth back to first — with every AI franchise selecting from the same real player pool
- CHANGEA broadcast draft room, team order reveal, searchable player board, recent-pick feed, live roster construction, real player photography, and persistent pick history make the draft a complete opening event rather than a roster randomizer
The MyPlayer career ecosystem
- CHANGEMyPlayer systems now feed one another: training, eights, relationships, scouting, geography, facilities, media choices, and career movement all create shared consequences instead of isolated rewards
- CHANGETeammate and veteran eights invites now come from real players in the world. Play well and they can vouch for you, raise scout interest, and strengthen the relationship; struggle and your reputation and connection can take a hit
- CHANGERegional proximity now changes actual opportunity volume and tryout access. Local teams can watch more reps, while remote trials carry travel and time-zone friction
- CHANGEPlayers can relocate between Dallas, London, Sydney, and São Paulo. Moving without a contract costs real cash and carries immigration risk; an org-supported move is dramatically cheaper and safer
- CHANGETeam facilities and co-located practice now matter. Better facilities improve weekly development, while squads practicing together build chemistry faster than distributed rosters
- CHANGEWorld authors can edit every team’s competitive region, home city, practice base, facility tier, and co-location model; all five fields travel with exported and Workshop worlds
Training rebuilt
- CHANGEFour direct development lanes added: Movement Week, Clutch Week, Role Week, and Team Chemistry Week
- CHANGEEvery weekly plan can run as a standard focus, two smaller split blocks, an exhausting double-down, or a main focus mixed with light recovery — each uses different energy, burnout, and growth economics
- CHANGETeam Chemistry Week repairs trust across the current room, with stronger results when the team shares a quality facility
Media, personality & rivalries
- CHANGEPost-match interviews now have seven distinct lanes: stay humble, hype the team, declare yourself the best, credit a named teammate, praise coaching, own a bad day, or aim a hot take at a named opponent
- CHANGEInterview choices now build your long-term media persona and can change scout heat, coach and agent trust, teammate bonds, or create a persistent rival
- CHANGEPositive social posts can praise named teammates, opponents, peers, rising players, and pros — public support now strengthens the underlying relationship instead of being generic fan-reputation flavor
The relationships update
- CHANGEManager careers now track real working relationships with players, agents, coaches, and rival managers — trust, respect, affinity, loyalty, grievances, influence, and familiarity all have separate histories
- NEWRelationships has its own sidebar destination with private conversations, promises, risk flags, shared history, and clear explanations for every change
- CHANGEA restrained Manager Phone lives in the bottom-right corner for important replies and broken-promise conversations; routine weekly noise stays out
Promises & consequences
- NEWPromise a starter role or no-trade season and the game evaluates the actual roster when the deadline arrives
- CHANGEKept promises build durable trust and loyalty; broken promises create grievances, damage future negotiations, and trigger a direct phone response
Free agency, agents & rival managers
- CHANGEPlayer and agent relationships now influence free-agency decisions without overriding money, team quality, role, or market competition
- CHANGEAgents remember disrespectful lowball offers; rival-manager trust affects how willing they are to bring trade proposals back to your desk
- CHANGECompleted trades build professional trust, while ordinary rejections remain professional instead of causing artificial feuds
Retired player coaches
- NEWRetired players can now join your coaching staff as tactics, development, or culture specialists — coaching ratings derive from their real playing profile
- CHANGERetired-coach contracts consume staff budget, expire normally, create an ongoing coach relationship, and add measurable man-management chemistry