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Teufel hunden (Markus NewRun) 9 January 2026, 20:13
Those login numbers may suggest 28k players that actually log in, but the reality may be closer to 4-5k (this is being quite generous too) active teams that play in leagues. Maybe even less if bot teams account for a greater number of teams than just fillers.

Is there a way to know how many bot teams there are without simply clicking through the leagues and counting them one by one?

Sheffield United (Kent Blades) 10 January 2026, 15:57
Appears to be the game is pretty much dead and left to run as it is, been like these multiple years now, so much hype when the new guy bought the game and not much ever changed, didn't want to create an app and modernise the game which would help increase the player base.gutted really been playing on and off for idk how long easily 10+ years.

Loved the thriving forums which used to be so active, yet I post asking for advice about training about 5+ hours ago and get ignored, yet there will be multiple accounts who are top division sides for multiple years with the relevent information I could need and they just ignore such posts.

It literally doesn't help the player base when those with knowledge don't share or help players seeking such.

Teufel hunden (Markus NewRun) 10 January 2026, 17:30
Sheffield United wrote:
Appears to be the game is pretty much dead and left to run as it is, been like these multiple years now, so much hype when the new guy bought the game and not much ever changed, didn't want to create an app and modernise the game which would help increase the player base.gutted really been playing on and off for idk how long easily 10+ years.

Loved the thriving forums which used to be so active, yet I post asking for advice about training about 5+ hours ago and get ignored, yet there will be multiple accounts who are top division sides for multiple years with the relevent information I could need and they just ignore such posts.

It literally doesn't help the player base when those with knowledge don't share or help players seeking such.
To be fair, I don’t believe making an app would have changed anything with the current setup. Once the new setup is fully rolled out and updated, maybe the app will be something along the next steps but it just wasn’t the priority yet. As for the game dying, it’s rather surprising to see the game still operating considering this game is close to 20 years old now. What other games do you know of that are running for 20 years now?

As for the forums, there are certainly fewer managers responding, but there are still those of us who do, and maybe we just aren’t always online to answer immediately. But usually someone will at least answer within a day or two, so it just requires a bit more patience. I completely agree that it’s not like it used to be, but that will happen when you have a game that’s run this long.

Sheffield United (Kent Blades) 10 January 2026, 17:41
Teufel hunden wrote:
Sheffield United wrote:
Appears to be the game is pretty much dead and left to run as it is, been like these multiple years now, so much hype when the new guy bought the game and not much ever changed, didn't want to create an app and modernise the game which would help increase the player base.gutted really been playing on and off for idk how long easily 10+ years.

Loved the thriving forums which used to be so active, yet I post asking for advice about training about 5+ hours ago and get ignored, yet there will be multiple accounts who are top division sides for multiple years with the relevent information I could need and they just ignore such posts.

It literally doesn't help the player base when those with knowledge don't share or help players seeking such.
To be fair, I don’t believe making an app would have changed anything with the current setup. Once the new setup is fully rolled out and updated, maybe the app will be something along the next steps but it just wasn’t the priority yet. As for the game dying, it’s rather surprising to see the game still operating considering this game is close to 20 years old now. What other games do you know of that are running for 20 years now?

As for the forums, there are certainly fewer managers responding, but there are still those of us who do, and maybe we just aren’t always online to answer immediately. But usually someone will at least answer within a day or two, so it just requires a bit more patience. I completely agree that it’s not like it used to be, but that will happen when you have a game that’s run this long.
Habbo/Runescape? one is trying to thrive but slowly dying, the other is booming, well osrs is.
Over the years so many good suggestions get posted and realistically its all minimal change. Advertising is way to expensive but modern way to advertise is facebook, if you have a decent following on there and use paid advertising even just occasionally youll pick up new players its how self publishing book writers gain sales and usually break even on sales to cost of advertising.

And i wassnt expecting an instant reply, however from attempts a couple of years ago, when i asked for advice and didnt get any reply in 2/3 days, as soon as i wrote something that agitated someone, the advice/response came in minutes (insert facepalm emoji)

I wasnt looking to be a d! guess im just an annoyed ex player from 2009 that wishes to see the game thriving and such things start with an active playerbase that looks to help other players.

Jeg lærte lidt dansk ved at spille her for år siden.
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