Announcing Pro Memberships (What?)

[Isokron]

Pro Memberships are now available in 90 Minute Fever! These are completely optional and designed to enhance the user experience. This post explains the various features that are initially part of the Pro Memberships and what each of them do.

Please be aware that all Pro Memberships will be discounted, including the base Pro Membership being free, until midday 8th January 2019.

For information regarding why Pro Memberships have been added please see this post:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/468070/discussions/1/1732090362061523890/

What makes a feature a candidate for being a Pro Membership feature?

There are currently three reasons why a feature is being included as a Pro Feature:

• Time vs Convenience. You are paying for convenience but you will always be equally well off, or better off, to use your time instead.
  
• Scalability. The feature likely wouldn’t exist in the game as the operational costs are too high for the feature to be viable unless it is monetised.
  
• Additional Non-Essential Gameplay. This feature offers additional gameplay that is not needed in order for your club to be able to progress and compete with the very best in the game.

In fact for each of the initially included Pro Features at least two of the above points are true!

In the future there will be further reasons for Pro Feature inclusion:

• Purely Aesthetic. The feature has no impact on actual gameplay and only changes the way that things look. E.g. Assigning squad numbers.
  
• Non-essential statistical information. This feature contains information that is interesting and cool to some people, simply to add more flavour to the gameplay experience. E.g. Expanded club records.

How is it decided which features are in which Pro Membership tiers?

The "Free" level for users without any Pro Membership is designed to give users everything they NEED in order to compete at the highest level, but not necessarily everything they WANT! This is where the Pro Memberships come in.

The “Pro” level is designed to give the vast majority of users who are likely to play the game everything they WANT. It offers access to as many extra fixtures as one is able to handle - via being able to have youth squads playing in youth competitions as well as an unlimited amount of friendly matches. It provides convenience in the form of being able to place Autobids on players as well as offering increased limits across the board to reduce the amount of time needed micromanaging things. It also gives introductory/casual use of the export player data facility allowing users to do things like exporting their own squad once a month to keep an eye on player progression. This is the level that we hope that a large % of all users who make this game a fundamental part of their everyday life feel it offers value for them to join.

The “Pro-Plus” level increases limits on various features and gives the user a lot more flexibility. It’s for those who don’t want to do the ‘housekeeping’ duties that are needed in order to keep within the normal limits. It provides the ability to create an unlimited amount of personal player notes. It also provides use of the export player data feature to the scale that will suit the vast majority of users needs who are specifically interested in this feature.

The “Pro-Deluxe” level is for users who don’t want to worry about limits or ever having to do things like managing shortlists or keeping on top of things. This level is also for those who love their number-crunching and keeping tabs on anything and everything in their spreadsheets - anyone on this level can export player data to their heart’s content!

We are offering three Pro Membership levels rather than just one so that we are able to offer a lower price point for the base Pro level membership. This means that those users who aren’t interested in that extra stuff don’t have to pay towards covering the costs of these features for those who do want them. It also drastically increases the scope of the potential features we are able to add to the game in the future, especially where scalability is a concern (which it is, for just about everything).

Overview of Pro Membership Features

Feature	None	Pro	Pro Plus	Pro Deluxe
Cost per month (until midday 8th Jan 2019)	Free	Free	5 Tokens	15 Tokens
Cost per month (from midday 8th Jan 2019)	Free	5 Tokens	10 Tokens	20 Tokens
Immortality	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
CSV Data Export Monthly Limit	NA	100 rows	5,000 rows	Unlimited
Autobids - Concurrent LImit	NA	10	20	100
Personal Player Notes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Friendly Matches *	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Super Friendly League *	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Youth Squads & Youth Leagues *	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automatic Legends Cup Entry	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Player Shortlist Max Size	50	500	2,000	Unlimited
Player Search Max Results	50	100	100	200
Shortlisted Players Display Limit	25	50	100	200
Staff Shortlist Max Size	10	100	200	Unlimited
Staff Search Max Results	50	100	100	200

* note: these features have not yet been restricted from use by users without a Pro Membership. However they will be before the end of this year.

Features Explained

Immortality

Your club will never be removed due to inactivity so long as you have an active Pro Membership. This provides people the ability to keep their club in the game if they have to take an extended leave of absence of the game for any reason (for example military service or wanting to take a break from the game without losing their progress).


CSV Data Export

CSV Data Exports allow you to export the data of a player (or group of players) to a CSV export file, allowing you to analyse player data outside the game. The Pro Membership feature provides the ability to do this.

The row limit is per month. One row equals one player. So when exporting a single player this counts as 1 row. When exporting a squad it will count as 1 row per player in that squad. When exporting search results it will count as 1 row per player in those search results.

The new and enhanced .csv extract contains circa 150 columns of data (over 80% more columns than before) for each player exported. You can also now select where to output the CSV file to in the Settings layout. For more information about this feature, including a full list of the columns contained in the extract, please check the game guide[isokron.atlassian.net].


Autobids

This Pro Membership feature provides the ability to place a speculative bid to buy a player up to 48 hours into the future, that will trigger if the price falls to the level you set.

To ensure fairness Autobids will always trigger on the half hour mark (i.e. on the half hour mark after the price has reached this each amount) so any users who are online will always have ample opportunity to purchase any players after their price decreases on the hour mark, before any player will be purchased by another user via an Autobid.

For more detailed information on Autobids and how they function, please refer to the game guide[isokron.atlassian.net].

This feature has intentionally been implemented in such a way that it is purely a convenience feature for those users who might find themselves unable to login to the game for a period of time. It is not intended to micromanage the handling of all these bids, it is up to you to ensure that if you are placing multiple auto-bids that you are satisfied with all the permutations that could ensue depending on which players you may end up purchasing.


Personal Player Notes

Available in Pro-Plus and Pro-Deluxe tiers, Personal Player Notes provide the ability to create free text notes on any players in the game each up to 2,000 characters in length directly visible on their player profiles. These are of course only visible to you for reference and the rest of the userbase will not see them.

There is no limit to the number of personal notes you can create. Furthermore they will be stored server side, so you will be able to access your notes if logging into the game from different machines.


Friendly Matches

Friendly Matches in 90 Minute Fever are one-off games that allow you to request matches against other users. These matches are unofficial and do not have any effect on gameplay outside of the match itself. This includes not having any impact on finances, reputation, player progression, player values, wages, injuries, etc. Pro Memberships provide the ability to request an unlimited number of Senior and Youth Friendly matches.


Super Friendly League

The Super Friendly League (or SFL for short) provides access to hundreds of additional matches each season against opponents of a similar level in order to test your mettle, and is the best way to get matches in between those all-important official matches! As with friendlies, these matches are unofficial and do not have any effect on gameplay outside of the match itself. Pro Memberships provide entry to the Super Friendly League.


Youth Squads & Youth Leagues

Youth squads are squads attached to your club composed entirely of under-21 and under-18 players. These squads are not essential to success (in fact some of the very top teams at present do not run youth teams!) but many choose to for the considerable extra gameplay options they offer. Pro Memberships give you access to the ability to add Under 21 and/or Under 18 squads and have those squads participate in Youth Leagues. Having youth squads can more than double the amount of matches you get to play each season!


Automatic Legends Cup Entry

The Legends Cup is an intensive early-season competition where you are pitted against other clubs of a similar level. A Pro Membership ensures automatic entry to the appropriate Legends Cup for the following season even if you are unable to qualify via playing at least half of your league games online.


Player Shortlist Max Size

Shortlists allow you to track players you are interested in. This feature increases the number of players you may have on your player shortlist.

Note: The total number of players you currently have on your shortlist can be found in the Shortlisted Player Search layout (along with your current Shortlist Limit).


Player Search Max Results

The game allows you to search the database of players, providing results that match criteria you specify. Pro Memberships increase the maximum number of results that can be returned in your Player Searches.


Shortlisted Players Display Limit

The “Available” Shortlisted Players Display Limit widget features a list of players on your shortlist that can be purchased. It also shows information about any autobids you currently have placed. In the default layout there is a mini version of this widget on the main home page and a larger version of this widget on the home page’s “Marketplace” tab.

Pro Memberships increase the number of available players shown in both of these widgets (assuming you have more available players than the limit on your shortlist of course!) and allow you to easily keep a tab on your any autobids you have in place currently.


Staff Shortlist Max Size

The Staff shortlist allows you to track staff you are interested in. Pro Memberships increase the number of staff you may have on your staff shortlist.

Note: The total number of staff you currently have on your shortlist can be found in the Shortlisted Staff Search layout (along with your current Shortlist Limit).


Staff Search Max Results

The game allows you to search the database of staff, providing results that match criteria you specify. Pro Memberships increase the maximum number of results that can be returned in your Staff Searches.

[Lvl1. Slime]

Not a fan of friendlies being behind a paywall tbh. Throw in some user created tournaments and I'd be all for it, though. :P

[II Dog I]

I pay $15 patreon a month , does these pro tiers replace this. How many tokens does $15 per month equate to. Do i simply continue my sub to patreon and select auto renew to what ever pro tier i select. Thanks

[Lvl1. Slime]

Originally posted by dogs:

I pay $15 patreon a month , does these pro tiers replace this. How many tokens does $15 per month equate to. Do i simply continue my sub to patreon and select auto renew to what ever pro tier i select. Thanks

I believe you renew with tokens already in your account. As long as you're still on their Patreon, your tokens will be added as normal and deducted when your pro payment is due.

[FoShoMoFo]

Congratulations, you’ve now created a base from which this game can grow and flourish, what you’ve created is a sustainable business model and put things in it that people will pay for.
I’m glad I’ve kept an eye on things, I’m pretty sure I’ll be back to have a closer look at how things work now.
Well done again.

[The Donald]

So ultimately 90MF became p2w.

[Pantice]

P2W!?? No, not me...bye

[royjazzy]

Originally posted by Robrau83:

So ultimately 90MF became p2w.

Please read before you jump in or everyone will have a go at you again its not pay to win just cosmetic are you paying for exporting yes but you can just scout a player instead no one has to pay to win here . better this way than eventually lose the game we all love .

[penjurov]

Export is back! YES! Many thanks to the devs.

Originally posted by Robrau83:

So ultimately 90MF became p2w.

What exactly is pay to win? The Player notes? The Export? Youth clubs? Autobid? Which exactly will help you to win more with your senior team?

[mOOgan]

Originally posted by Robrau83:

So ultimately 90MF became p2w.

Don't worry Rob, you still won't win owt.

[The Donald]

Pay to export > easier scouting (in fact no skill at all needed) = pay to win
Pay to have youth > profit on players > buy better players = pay to win
Autobids > not being online and winning the best players = pay to win
Auto Legend cup entry > higher rep > more income = pay to win
Shortlist more players > easier scouting (no skill needed at all) = pay to win

[The Donald]

Originally posted by jazzy2:

Originally posted by Robrau83:

So ultimately 90MF became p2w.

Please read before you jump in or everyone will have a go at you again its not pay to win just cosmetic are you paying for exporting yes but you can just scout a player instead no one has to pay to win here . better this way than eventually lose the game we all love .

Old man, don't assume I did not read it when I read it twice in fact. I don't mind it being P2W, but when they promised it not te be and then do it I dont like people lying. Thats all.

[mOOgan]

Originally posted by Robrau83:

Shortlist more players > easier scouting (no skill needed at all) = pay to win

Really ? REALLY ? lol

Once again, you have just made yourself look absolutely clueless Rob. What you are saying here is that someone with a bigger shortlist of players has an in game benefit to yourself and you consider it a pay to win advantage ?

Go and sit in the corner with Carigun and lick the windows man. You are clueless

[The Donald]

Originally posted by mOOgan:

Originally posted by Robrau83:

Shortlist more players > easier scouting (no skill needed at all) = pay to win

Really ? REALLY ? lol

Once again, you have just made yourself look absolutely clueless Rob. What you are saying here is that someone with a bigger shortlist of players has an in game benefit to yourself and you consider it a pay to win advantage ?

Go and sit in the corner with Carigun and lick the windows man. You are clueless

Yes, someone with a bigger shortlist has indeed an advantage over someone who does not. Not that hard to understand.

[The Donald]

Originally posted by mOOgan:

Originally posted by Robrau83:

Shortlist more players > easier scouting (no skill needed at all) = pay to win

Really ? REALLY ? lol

Once again, you have just made yourself look absolutely clueless Rob. What you are saying here is that someone with a bigger shortlist of players has an in game benefit to yourself and you consider it a pay to win advantage ?

Go and sit in the corner with Carigun and lick the windows man. You are clueless

The definition: "In some multiplayer free-to-play games, players who are willing to pay for special items or downloadable content may be able to gain a significant advantage over those playing for free. Critics of such games call them "pay-to-win" (p2w) games."

Moogan; better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. Bye.

[mOOgan]

Originally posted by Robrau83:

Originally posted by mOOgan:

Really ? REALLY ? lol

Once again, you have just made yourself look absolutely clueless Rob. What you are saying here is that someone with a bigger shortlist of players has an in game benefit to yourself and you consider it a pay to win advantage ?

Go and sit in the corner with Carigun and lick the windows man. You are clueless

The definition: "In some multiplayer free-to-play games, players who are willing to pay for special items or downloadable content may be able to gain a significant advantage over those playing for free. Critics of such games call them "pay-to-win" (p2w) games."

Moogan; better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. Bye.

There is absolutely no p2w advantage with someone having a larger shortlist than someone else. You just need to be more selective, you know, like when you lose your special pump for your ladyfriend and are forced to choose between two shiny new ones.