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Looking in the rear-view mirror, we have managed to get out some nice new improvements in 2017. We started the year strong with releasing a new mobile friendly version of MZ. We followed up with releasing the hockey 2D in html5 to make it compatible everywhere. We also introduced the new Clubhouse with customizable widgets and converted the kit editor from flash to html5. We went from http:// to https:// which was a big step towards making the site even more secure to our users. The latest large improvement is the new updated friendly match feature, with quick challenges to make it even more convenient for new and existing users. After a few tweaks to the new Friendly match feature, based on suggestions from the community, we believe that the feature is a nice addition to ManagerZone.
All in all, we have released over 50 new updates and improvements to ManagerZone and fixed numerous bugs during 2017. For a full list of improvements, please have a look in the change log.
It is great to look back and see how ManagerZone is evolving and piece by piece becoming the game that we all believe it can be. With the help from all our Assistants, we will become even greater in 2018. Both when it comes to improvements and also in number of users.
It is with great pride I look back and review our Assistants. It is truly extraordinary to see the passion and the ability to adapt from our Assistants. We switched to a new ticket system, which was a huge change to our support. This proved to be no match for the GAs to adapt and to work even more efficient than before. We posted a huge number of news posts and our LAs translated them in an exemplary way. Our FAs continue to keep the Forums fun and clean. RAs keep giving us interesting TZs to read even though our tools could use an update. Our MAs keep the machinery going and our HMAs, our all-seeing eyes, are the link between crew and xA. Words cannot express the gratitude I feel for each and everyone of you for keeping ManagerZone going in the right direction!
OK, let's look forward to what we can improve in ManagerZone:
We will not lay low in 2018. We will keep balancing the game, make new improvements and promote ManagerZone to reach out to more new users. Below is a list of some of the larger improvements we are planning for 2018.
The simulators
'Improve the simulator!', I can almost hear the chants from the community. And we agree, the SIM should be improved. And we will. We are working on a strategy on the most crucial improvements and how to get them fixed.
Make the 3D mobile compatible
Wouldn't it be awesome if you could easily watch your matches in 3D from any device? We have a guy working full time on that at this moment. It's obviously a very large project and we might hit a dead-end if we are unlucky, but we are hopeful that we will get a 3D out during 2018. This may also open up for new uniforms etc. something that has been held back before because of the old 3D.
New Ranking system
The ranking system is over complicated and could be a more fun part of the game. We would like it to be interesting for new and intermediate Managers, not just the few in the top.
Further review of the starting teams
We still need to find a better balance for starting teams. It should be fun to start playing and the best thing to do should not be to fire all new players and recruit youth players. At the same time the new players should not be better trained than players coming from the youth academy.
New Federation competitions
There are currently not enough fun competitions for federations. Competitions between federations should be easy to set up and interesting to follow. Federations have the potential to become a more central part of the game.
Improve mobile UI
The mobile UI still needs tweaks and improvements to become more attractive on mobile devices. It is still a bit of a nag to play the game from a mobile and it is hard to fit such a large game on a mobile, but we will work on that.
Remove flash
You have already seen that we've removed flash for the badge editors and instead added an editor with more options to create awesome badges. I have already seen some pretty cool badges around the community and I expect to see a lot more. And by the way, we unlocked the possibility to display badges to all managers, not just to club members. The store, the MZ world map, and the Hockey tactic editor still require flash which we will have to take care of during 2018.
And as always, we are trying to take the suggestions from xAs and implement them between other projects.
Thank you for your attention!
Peter and Crew
