Philip The Great

The Ark Premier League, hosted by the Nations Of Ascended Honor (NOAH), is pleased to invite the strongest, the fastest, the best and the brightest of your nation's sports stars to come participate in this open, inter-alliance football (soccer) league. The Ark is boarding for the 9th time, making it one of the longest running leagues in CN. This last season featured divisional play, where the battle for the prestigious Ark Trophy of Glory is waged, and three cups: The NOAH Cup (a home-and-away elimination tournament), the Ark Premier Classic (a single leg elimination neutral site seeded tournament) and the Cup of Redemption (a single leg elimination neutral site random draw tournament). Congratulations to the winners: the Franciscan Monks, who won the NOAH Cup; the Tritonia Tides, who took their first ever trophy with the Ark Premeir Cup; and the VolNation Mighty Volunteers, who finally won a cup tournament in the Cup of Redemption, but also took their unprecedented 6th title. Do you have what it takes to manage and coach your team to a trophy? Come be a part of Ark Premier League and find out! Applications for new nations to join are now being accepted! The Ark Premier League is a competitive league hosted on the Xpert Eleven site, which is free to all, so it is easy and quick to learn how to compete. No prior knowledge or ownership of any program is necessary to be competitive. In the league, you manage a team, both in the forming and training of the team, and also in the setting of rosters and tactics for every match. You even have the options of buying and selling talent, as well as developing new players from the youth league. And, of course, you get to match up against other players on the pitch and watch as the games are played out, to see how your carefully selected players compete on the world stage in their quest to win the first ever NOAH Cup and the coveted Ark Trophy of Glory! The Ark Premier League is an inter-alliance league, which means it is open to all to join. Follow this link Ark Premier League and search for League ID 112665. Currently, one current club needs a manager, but you have the choice of taking over a current team or creating a new one. Join us for Season 9, discover what football is like on the open seas in the Ark, and be ready for a fun ride! Ark Premier League Endorses FIFOB, Liga Mundo, and the FIFOB and Transvaal Worldcups. Looking for a way to boost your FIFOB World Rankings? Two of the top three are in the Ark! If you currently do not belong to an alliance, or are looking for a new alliance, feel free to PM Philip The Great on joining NOAH. Membership in NOAH not a requirement for the Ark Premier League

The Ark Premier League is now open to all nations, regardless of alliance affiliations, and is beginning its 9th season. Boarding is underway!

Rocket boosters engaged! Relegation is about to disappear in the rear view mirror, cause "Here Comes VolNation!!!" (Well, maybe next season...)

I know that we did not go door to door the first season, but my memory is too fuzzy about the second. I know that it is possible, as I don't remember a time when I was jumped, but I wouldn't contest it if you claimed the first honor.

This is how the public leagues get in their 15 matches In the Ark Premier League, we got in 3 cup matches this way.

We aim to please. Beside, Transvaal took us our on our field this season, so we would love to return the favor!

Remember, once your team has been created, you can engage in friendlies to start getting used to your club!

In the Ark Premier League, we will gladly play at either a neutral venue or at ours for the regular season matchup. In both our regular season matchup and the first round of the Cup of Redemption on Sunday, we will gladly donate 100% of our portion of the gate in our attempt to help the rebuilding effort. As for the other question, there is an algorithm for this that takes into account age and skill level with respect to the ages and skill levels of those you start in that position in each match, as well as an adjustment for the number of matches in the regular season (Cups don't affect this modifyer). While I haven't cracked the code yet, I can tell you that the initial percentage change becomes a good benchmark. Lovas will probably proceed slower than a normal 19 year old as he is your best forward, thus he won't be able to "learn as much" from your veterans. As for your 4 older crappy players, if you don't think that they will get the matches in, consider selling them to gain money to form train your young studs. Always think long term!

Finally... A win. I guess we have to start somewhere. Now for three more matches in a row against ALDM. That will cause a headache, with two tough team colliding against each other repeatedly. FYI, the Ark Premier League (X11) currently has 2 vacancies if anyone wants to get in. Multiple leagues helps your FIFOB rankings! Look for leagueID 112665. It is now an open league.

A very fine tournament, Botha! It was a pleasure to participate, and you did a most excellent job!

How sweet it is!!!!! I'll take 9th! I did have a feeling that I had DC United, and I'm glad we did so well! Great match Dragonia! We'll pick this back up in the Liga, I'm sure...

VolNation vs. Dragonia for 9th place! This could be a Liga match! Great job njindrish making it to this game. I'll save you a seat in 10th place...

Glad to see you here, Machiabelly! Best of luck to my fellow Ark Premier Leaguer!. Dominate Segunda and throw everyone a monkey wrench in their plans!

And another draw... A come-from behind draw where we had the early lead... Good job Estrella in taking it to us, and I'm glad that we even got a point, given how both teams were playing. Now, the challenge - There is a team threatening to run away with it all early in Transvaal, a dangerous club that has had all the pieces and has not put it together in a major way until now. It is now on our shoulders to make sure this stays competitive!

Bummer, our overachiever streak is now been relegated to the losers bracket. Still better that the last time, as anything could happen when you make it to the Round of 16.

Props to the Ark Premier clubs! You are following the track I was on. First year, you struggle but come out all right at the end, the next season you overachieve and make it to the show! We're pulling for you in the next Transvaal Cup, PEI, Tritonia and Checors!!!!! Now, to see if we can keep overachieving...

Finally, a defensive stop! I guess we needed to add some Calori's to our defensive diet, as we only allowed 1 shot on goal, and that was a free kick. Dragonia, you look like just what the doctor ordered. Now let's see if this carries on to a match with another newcomer who is playing great, Estrella Roja. Now, should I start Rojas against the Roja's?

I love the start by the newcomers! Beats the non-start last season by the newcomers. On the other hand, our defense STINKS!!! We'd better figure this out quick!

Looks like were playing a club that is low scoring, like us, but has a leaky defense, while we have the 4th best GA. I hope this bodes well. VolNation defense: Don't let us down!

Frankly, I'm a bit stunned, too. Strengthwise, we should have been buried, but somehow we pulled out the matches we needed to get and then pulled off that stunner against Deutschland. Second place... Amazing!

Congrats! Good win for you, even if I am a bit slow in the congrats! Now to read the rest of the thread...

Glad to see you involved in this one, Donald! GO NOAH! Now, where's Checors...

It still gets under our skin, though. Our tradition is to win, and draws are just viewed as minus points. Now, if SiPS took out ALDM, we'd feel better...

That's a great job, Arcadia! Here's to a great Cup run!

Man, Tritonia, that is rough. I was just a confused as I thought you were in. Next time, you should be 4* and hopefully bypass the knockout round. As for VolNation, we are happy with our win against Asgard, and less than enthused with out loss against Delta Omega. I guess it could be said that we are playing at our expected level, but I demand better from my team! Go out there and kick some balls! (er... the Football kind... )