New Saison, new features and a huge raffle!

Hey Managers!

The weather still refuses to ring in the spring and to make the football fields welcoming to play on. But that’s not a big deal, because as you know you can always play in goalunited. 

And to sweeten that up even more, we have a lot of news to share:

On March 18^th 2016 we start into the fourth season in goalunited PRO and in the meantime many technical advancements have come up.

Shortly after the last blog post we have implemented the “1 on 1”-feature that has quickly become a fan favourite. Btw. this function is now also available to you from our companion app goalunited LIVE. We have also added the bank feature. 

With great effort we are working on the completion of the tablet version (iOS and Android) of goalunited PRO, and we are also developing the merchandising system which is completely redone technically. We know what you can’t wait for it to get implemented, but please understand that we cannot guarantee a date. Our goal however is still April. 

A completely new feature will be added soon: The training report. Here you can view the training results of the previous day and receive a much better overview of the effectiveness of your training and of the individual development of your players.

We are also planning an upgrade to the Premium Account: All premium account holders receive an additional training effect boost. This counts for all training programs other than talent training and is of course in addition to other upgrades. All managers without premium account can also boost their trainings by watching a short video in the training section for each boost. 

Just before that, the biggest raffle in the history of goalunited PRO will take place! For the start we will inform you directly in the game. In “Every friend counts” an incredible 2048 prizes are waiting for potential winners. The mechanic is simple: Once you invite a friend to goalunited PRO and that friend reaches level 10, you are automatically entered into the drawing. You can of course also invite more than one friend, and increase your chance to win. Participation is possible until April 10^th (Unfortunately Italian managers are not able to participate due to legal reasons).

And this is how it works: Click on “Contact” in the main menu and then on “Tell-a-Friend”. Now you have two options: You can either invite your friend by E-Mail, or you can send him your personal web link. In either case it is important that your friend either uses the button in the E-Mail or your web link for the registration. If he registers directly from the website, you will not be entered into the Mega-Drawing. As soon as your friend has accepted your invitation and creates an account you will find him in your buddy list. This way you can easily watch his progress and if needed give him a poke to get him up to level 10 quickly and yourself into the drawing.

The following prizes are up for grabs (Illustrations may vary):

1. Prize

Pro Football table 

The „Deluxe-Kicker“ has 16 mm strong chrome-plated metal rods, that are installed in high quality ball bearings for minimal wear. The extra large, 12.5 x 12.5 cm wooden feet with additional chrome rod guarantee especially good stability. 

2.      2. Prize

LED-TV (50 Inch)

3.       Prize

iPad Mini with exclusive „goalunited“ engraving

As well as a “goalunited” sports watch, „goalunited“-USB Stick and a fitting T-Shirt

4.       – 10. Prize

Exclusive “goalunited PRO”-sports watch

11. – 19. Prize

               GU PRO STARS Flat: 12x 10.000 STARS

             10.000 STARS per month for one year!

20. – 99. Prize

               30.000 STARS

            STARS, STARS and more STARS!

100. – 499. Prize

               15.000 STARS

               So many STARS!

500. – 999. Prize

               6 Months Premium

               A half year worth of advantages!

1000. – 2048. Prize

            1.000 STARS

We wish you a lot of luck!

Your goalunited-Team

What will come in 2015 – and what won’t?

Hello managers!

The last blog post of this year is long overdue!

We are very close to the so far biggest update in the history of goalunited PRO: Planned are the upgrade of the live ticker, the 1 on 1 feature, the 1on1 Cup and a big improvement for GU LIVE, the companion app for GU PRO for your smartphone.

Let’s begin with the live ticker: It has been fully reworked. This does not affect the design so much, but rather the connection of the data. For you this means that many errors that have bothered you and us over the last weeks won’t happen anymore. The connection of the full live ticker and the mini ticker (on the top right in the scree) for example is now synchronous. The live ticker now runs a lot better than before, but is still not perfect. We will keep working on it, but that will still take some time. Thank you for your understanding.

A completely new feature is the great 1on1 feature. In this play mode you can play a match against a friend or other opponents at any time. And this is how it works: After an accepted challenge both sides have 5 minutes time to set their line-up. After that the match begins right away. You can watch it as usual in the live ticker, but the match plays in 6-times the regular speed. Like this a game runs only 15 minutes; or 20-25 after overtime and penalty kicks.

Every day that you log in you receive one 1on1 ticket to play a match. You can collect those tickets if you don’t want to play right away. You can have up to 7 tickets at a time. 1on1 matches have no direct influence on your team and don’t generate income. Players don’t use energy, don’t earn experience and don’t sustain lasting injuries. Yellow and red cards received also don’t carry over. The best about this feature: You can receive great rewards! Some prizes influence your team: They can improve experience or talent. You can also get STARS, premium days or ingame money!

We will also add the 1on1 Cup. In this event the goal is to beat all your opponents to advance through the rounds and win the prestigious trophy. You decide if the cup should have 3, 6, 9 or 12 rounds. Of course you will earn 1on1 rewards for each match you win on your way to the title.

We are currently working on the 1on1 Ladder that unfortunately won’t be completed this year. In each 1 on 1 match you earn points that push you ahead in the 1 on 1 ranking. Like this it easy to compare yourself to other managers.

Important: You start collecting points right away! None of the points will be lost. As soon as the ranking is added to the game you can see your points.

But that still is not everything: An important upgrade for GU LIVE is also waiting!

Following situation: You are on the go and have forgotten to set the line-up for your top match. After this update it is finally possible to set your line-up from your GU LIVE app! The following features are also added in the update:

•          The remaining player cards can be played
•          Contract extensions
•          Change training focus
•          Change shirt number
•          Set nick name for players

We hope that you will like all those changes!

At this point we also want to answer a few questions that have been asked regularly in the forum.

When will the cup overview be added in goalunited PRO?

We had originally planned this update for the beginning of January, but we have a small technical issue. We can only start the cup overview with a fully new cup. As you know, the new season begins at the end of December and with that also the cup.

Therefore we will probably only be able to add the cup overview at the beginning of the following season. At the moment we are evaluating if there are other options to add the feature as originally planned.

Will there be an overview of the achievements in goalunited PRO?

Absolutely! Currently it is not easy to keep track of the achievements. Which have already been triggered, which are close to be completed? An overview will unfortunately not be added before the end of the second quarter of 2016. For the moment the overview in the forum might help you.

Will the bazaar from gu LEGENDS come to PRO?

No. This feature will not be added for PRO. We are working on a different feature that will allow you to exchange cards. I cannot go into more detail at the moment though. As soon as we have more information, we will let you know.

When will the merchandising feature finally be added to PRO?

This feature is planned for the end of the first quarter of 2016, probably in March. No later than April.

What is going on with the tablet version of goalunited PRO?

We have made great progress! iOS and Android version are developed at the same time. We hope to be able to publish both during the first quarter of 2016. Then it will finally be possible to play the full game on a mobile platform.

This is everything we have for you at this moment. A small pro hint from me at this point: It could be worth checking into the game often in the second half of December :)

I wish you lots of fun with the upcoming update, as well as a great Christmas and a good start into the New Year!

Robert

(Product Manager)


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