Players - the deep dive

Players are the fuel that makes your machine run, so to speak.  This is your deep-dive hub for squad management with stats, skills, talents, and tweaks all in one place. Build, optimize, and evolve your roster here to crush competitions. With the right staff and strategy, turn rookies into legends!

Squad

View and fine-tune individual players' details.

• Full stats, skills, talents, and progress at a glance.
• Monitor skills: These drive in-game performance. Top priorities: Determination, Aim, Quickness, Handling, Awareness.
• While the natural skill limit of a player is 100, player’s max skill points can reach up to 120 with additions like special abilities and gear. Once a skill reaches 100, the skill bar will begin to glow as a visual indicator. Make sure to use the mouseover information on the skill bars to get the full breakdown.
• Take advantage of a player’s special abilities, favorite weapon and favorite map. While special abilities and favorite map are set in stone, the favorite weapon can be re-trained for 25,000 to 40,000 CPL and a couple of weeks waiting time. 
• A player’s max skill can reach a maximum of 120. Once a skill reaches 100, the skill bar will begin to glow as a visual indicator.

Lineup

Create multiple lineups for match flexibility.

• Assign players to roles (e.g., in-game leader in position 1).
• Toggle gear on/off per lineup or match for tactical edges.

Pro Tip: Slot your leader first, they're the only one earning leadership in official games and let you set leadership perks based on their leadership Level. Be cautious with swapping leaders around. Once swapped, you need to re-assign all leadership perks!

Fame

Daily tracker for each player's fame progression, key for streaming revenue and media points (higher fame = more viewers/CPL). Boost Fame via:

• Streaming sessions.
• Playing official matches.
• MVP in official matches.
• MVP in tournaments.

Gear

Once finances stabilize, buy hardware for performance spikes.

• Purchase in the Shop (Office tab).
• Make sure to equip the gear to activate it. Unequipped gear does nothing!
• Gear currently works on a per match decay basis. Once a gear has been fully used, you will get a system message notifying you.
• Ideal for high-stakes fights (tournaments, ladders).

Player experience gains 

(by age & type)

League
20-24 => 30xp
25-29 => 26xp
30-36 => 22xp
37-42 => 12xp

Ladder
20-24 => 10xp
25-29 => 8xp
30-36 => 6xp
37-42 => 4xp 

Official tournaments
20-24 => 15xp
25-29 => 14xp
30-36 => 12xp
37-42 => 10xp

Player Mechanics FAQ

When do players retire?
Players normally retire on their 40yo birthday. But this may be affected by special skills like short-lived, where they retire on their 38yo birthday, and long-lived, where they retire at 42yo.

What happens when a player retires?
They leave your team and lineup effective immediately, as well as any rooms they were in. If you were you be left with less than 5 players a random weak player will be added to your team.

How do primary skills impact?
The primary skills are the most impacting stats of a player, directly impacting in-game performance. Currently the following skills are perceived to have the biggest impact on a player's performance: Aim, Quickness, Determination, Handling, Awareness.

What is experience for and how to increase it?
Players gain experience by playing official games. When a player has enough experience to level up they'll get a talent point. For more info check the Talents button on your players.

What is leadership for and how to increase it?
The player sitting in the first position of the lineup is considered the leader and is the only who to gain leadership points when playing official games. When leaders level up they get a point to spend in the leadership perks system. For more info go to the leader page.

Which type of games count as official games?
Official games are mostly league and ladder games. Major's tournament games are also official.

What are the best skills?
Everyone may have different preferences based on their experience with different players but almost everyone agreed that the top skills are determination, aim, quickness, handling and awareness.

What are skill limits?
Players are generated with random limits that cannot be modified, max possible limit for a skill is 100. They represent how much a player base skill point can be progressed.

How can skills be increased?
Base skill values can be increased with training only, the overall skills can be increased with external boosts like special skills, morale and gear.

How do skill boosts work?
Skills can be boosted by external factors like team morale or special icons like hearts. They can exceed skill limits even past 100. There is no max number of boosts but max skill level achievable is 120.