Unlike some managers I am fairly pleased with the current team concept in GPRO. The system works – hopping between teams is harmful, staying in a team is profitable, it is a non essential part of the game and it creates an extra layer in the GPRO community.
There are many successful national teams. Six out of the top 10 teams are uninational including with-out a doubt the strongest team at the moment – Lt united. My first thought was “How can this be?” Logically such a team is severely handicapped compared to its multinational counterparts. Even in the real Formula 1 (which is of course inferior to GPRO J) any attempts at creating teams that stick to one nationality have always been doomed from the start. Of course this isn’t the best example because the team concepts in GPRO and F1 are very-very-very different. When you look at those multinational teams they should have a huge advantage. Several countries have their own private GPRO forums where they share ideas, setups and strategies, so there should be a lot of extra information per every nationality that is in the given team. Not to mention several more top managers who can be considered as potential new members then in uninational teams.
Speaking of national private GPRO forums... I think that is the main reason we have so many successful uninational teams. The forums and communities existed long before GPRO was created. They were used for discussing strategies, for sharing setups, for expressing grief or happiness for the latest race result and perhaps most of all for just plain socializing. I know for a fact that several communities occasionally have their own private events, whether those are in real life or online does not matter. The point is: they are more then citizens of the same country – they are friends. They know each other they also have a pretty good idea who is good and who is better. Of course there is also the fact that some countries have over 10 percent of all the managers in the game, so it is not that tough to find capable managers from the same country into ones team. With such already existing components successful uninational teams is not surprising, instead it is inevitable. That is pretty much my theory on why there are so many uninational teams and why several of them are successful.
Some statistics (as of January 10.th 19.30 CET):
· Number of teams in GPRO: 67
· Players in teams: 487
· The average amount of players per team: 7,3
· Percentage of players in teams: 31%
· Teams that have more then one member: 61
· Teams that have 5 or more members: 50
· *Teams with 5 or more members, where all the managers are of the same nationality: 26
· *Teams with 5 or more members where half or more of them are of the same nationality: 39 (26+13)
*I decided Nationality by flags. If the manager has selected a certain flag, then I assume they consider themselves to be part of that nationality (whether it is because they originate or live in that country is irrelevant).
About a half of all teams are uninational. Am I the only one who thinks this is a bit odd?
