PES 2013 MLO - OCTOBER 2012

Hey guys! How are you all doing? Its been about a week since my last post, but I am starting to get back into the swing of things and get some more time to write. I haven't as of yet, been able to get myself into recording videos of my matches to any decent quality yet, but as soon as I do, I will be posting regularly and adding to my You tube channel. 

Talking about You tube, I just want to give a mention to another fellow PES player that frequently posts vids on You tube and has many ups and downs as many of you may have. Mr Markcoos, the creator of the Markcoos Mafia team in PES has played many a game of PES and continues to try and claim glory in his campaigns. The latest of which sees him try and produce a winning team in PES 2013 MLO. I have enjoyed watching and keeping up to date with his many adventures online as have many others. If you have not yet had the chance, please check out his channel which is on the left of this post above my You tube channel link and subscribe to keep up to date..

Another mention goes out to the highly successful Midnite Kid. His team on PES 2013 MLO has also seen many ups and downs, but he highly recommends a number of players in his aim to become high in the rankings. Last year saw him climb to the top 20 of MLO players for PES 2012. He is widely known as one of the favourite You tube up loaders for PES related vids and continues to bring many hints, tips and laughs to the following PES community. Once again, His channel link for You tube can be seen alongside this blog. If you have not yet subscribed, please do so and follow him as I am sure you will enjoy the vids he produces. 

Back to myself now, and time has shown to me that MLO this year has had its ups and downs. Not only for its game play, but also the damn use of the similar rating setting! I initially started on around a 340 point rating which gives you a professional attribute. Since the start as mentioned on previous posts, I  dropped majorly down to a 187 rating! It was all or nothing and I was due to throw in the towel. The team was tired (what little team I had) and the worst part was, I had no funds! 

Since this diabolical state, I managed to sell and buy a few players, build the team to a green flowing fully strengthened squad and, alas, I managed to climb to a better 250+ point rating. This has somewhat been a mad few weeks though. I ended up with a 9 games winning streak which shocked me to say the least. Then dropped loads of points again and could only manage to win 1 in 5 games to get some funds. My luck then changed and Things started to happen.

I fought to my hearts content and pulled myself back up and into a professional player slot once again. My highest was up to 396 points. From 187 points to 396 was a dream come true! 200 points in the space of a few weeks was brilliant! But that was where the dream ended! 

The similar level setting started to play against me and give me opponents on at least 200 points above my rating, plus my team strength rating! I have since managed to keep a balance of around the 350 point mark, but I just cannot seem to get anywhere past it due to the overwhelming amount of high team strength players I face along with their rating! 

I have actually thought about contacting Konami about this issue because it has happened in the past 2 editions of PES, but so far (for their sake) I have not! LOL. 

Well that is where I will leave you for today, but if you have any similar problems or comments relating to the post, please feel free to leave one. 

Thanks for reading, and I will post again soon!

BOB

PES 2012 MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE

Oh the joys of playing this game...............but also the damn, awkward moments!

I have played PES 2012 ML online a fair bit over the last few months, but the last week has trailed off a bit. The reason for this is as follows.....

1) I did well

2) I got promoted from div 5 straight to div 1!

3) Once in div 1, I won a few games!

4) It then went downhill!

I had managed to get up to 560+ points! This was just after I had been promoted! Then I had a problem.

I had always had my option setting to 'similar level opponent'. My team was not the most expensive team, but I had used them well to get where I was. The problems I now faced, were the teams I came up against.

With being in the top flight in master league online, pretty much all the players I now faced, were full strength teams. They had a full squad, on full energy levels and on top form. In addition to this, they also had a wide selection of subs to choose from who were also ALL on top energy and form!

So the scenario was......not easy! 

I had the option of being on a 'similar level' setting with all of these full strength teams, or the other option of 'any level' player, which could also end up giving me an even higher rated opponent as my luck would undoubtedly give.

And there we have it! This is exactly how the scenario in my downfall began! I stayed on the similar level strategy, only to end up losing every game (not by much I may add), then switching to the any opponent strategy and facing higher opponents who mightily trounced me!

I now lie back in div 4, on around the 420 point mark, but I do hope to regain my composure and rise up again. I think the only option is to keep trying to gain funds, no matter what the result and try to buy some higher top class players at 20m+. All the players that caused my downfall seemed full of these (not one lower priced player in sight!), and I believe the way the games engine works, would favour me better in these situations when the team is right. Over all, the achievement gained from being such a low priced team was brilliant in its own right as I have managed to defeat quite a few 300m+ teams with my lowly 50-70m team, but to stay up there is the real issue.

Will this happen before the next instalment of the franchise? Or will I be destined to stay in the lower divisions? 

This of course is another story for another time.

Thanks for reading fellow pro-evo-ians!

Bob!

HOW TOUGH IS MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE

Hi to all you PES lovers out there! I write this post in a saddened state. My previous posts had included some decent advice from which I had utilised whilst hoping to progress my ML team into the top ranks of master league online. Unfortunately, the era of good fortune had beckoned a willingness of doom and gloom, of which I did not see coming!

From the change in the style of my team, I had managed to notch up a decent run of wins which out of a run of 20 matches, 70 % were that of a positive nature. I was beaming with happiness. 

From a run down team with a rating of around the 380 mark and a division 5 placement, I managed to propel the team to a div 4 promotion for last weeks division update. Since then, and up until Saturday night (7th April), The rating grew to a very pleasing 512 points. If this had stayed at its current value, I would have hopefully gained div 3 status! Woo hoo!

But this is quite clearly not how this week ended, and I am 100% sure that my team has fallen back into div 5 classification. Sunday night started with a positive venture into an unknown abyss of opposition. My rating had decided to turn on its head and match me up with not 1 but 5 div 1 opponents! All of which harboured the very best in player ability, but also form and health. I was however, going to give my mightiest of strength and battle each match to the very end. 

It was not enough!

The similar level setting had once again run its course and did not help my campaign at all! I lost every match! By at least 2 goals, but one especially, by a 6 goal margin! The outlook was bleak, indeed. 

But all was not lost.

I managed one match without conceding a goal. My 6th match of the evening, and a very tiring one at that. I was run down and fed up. My hands were aching, and my team was ready to quit. I faced a division 3 player. Their team was worth over 100 mil more than mine, but I had speed, and energy on my side. His players were knackered before the kick off and most were blue arrows. 

I won 7-0!

My highest scoring game and best game ever in ML online! But I decided to call it a day. 

Today was started with enthusiasm, much like the night before. I was ready for whatever opposition I faced, but the onslaught was possibly expected as it seemed I go up.........then down, pretty much all the time!

My dominance a few nights before was the best I managed, with the decent win in between, but tonight, although with div 3 and 4 opponents, were much harder to play against. I lost every game! 4 in all! My rating is around 420 now, my funds low, but on the positive side, my team is OK for contract renewals. I have a few players lined up for transfers when I next play, after checking their form. Will I manage to stay above 400? Or will I revert to a lowly 300+ div 5 position? 

This of course is another story! And will be updated in my next post.

What has your form been like? Have you a winning strategy? Or do you manage to grow a team well to earn more? Whatever your story, we would like to hear from you! Please leave post your story in the comment section below or email me at proevobob@hotmail.co.uk.

Thanks for reading and i will see you soon!

HOW TO BECOME BETTER IN MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE

It's a question most of us are faced when we start to play master league online. Some players are naturally adapted to the whole style of online play, whichever game or mode they are in. But for the most of us, it can be a very hard and daunting task to become one of the great players, or even making our way into the top flight.

So what are the best ways to become better in master league online? 

Well the truthful, one-line answer would probably be to win games. This way you will earn more money and therefore be able to buy better players for your squad, effectively becoming the better player. But isn't this a bit too vague an answer??? Of course it is! The fact about PES ML Online is that there are many ways to become a better player. It just depends which ways are better suited to you and whether or not you know what these are.

For an example, if you were a player that preferred a fast style of play, much the same as Barca, you would effectively buy some fast players, set your team style to speed and away you go. But for this to work, you still need each of the other factors such as stamina, fatigue, form, etc, to be maintained and carefully monitored. 

There are factors to consider for every team which need to be nurtured before and after each game. Then you will have to work out how you need the team to work for you. Once you have this and work hard to keep it going, the results should show the more positive form. 

I have gone through many changes with my team over the weeks and months since the game was released. I think I have now neared the 500 match mark in MLO and have steadily gone between div 4 and 5 (currently in div 4). With this in mind, it has only been the past month or so that I have really been achieving greater success. Saying this, my team is only worth about 30-35 mil (£'s), but still I continue to amaze myself when I am paired with a div 1 opponent and manage a few wins. 

My main changes to the way I manage my team have been the following.......

1) I check my player's for sign of fatigue before each match

2) Players with fatigue are rotated with fresh/rested players

3) When I first sign in online to play a few games, I check the team for losses in form and contract status.

4) Players with blue arrows or below are sold (unless a long standing player awaiting form to come back), and a new player in this position is bout with the funds gained, plus a little of any accrued fund

5) Sometimes when many players are on a dip of form (blue arrow or lower), I try to spread them out amongst players on top form, and/or play them first half and swap for players on top form in second half.

6) Playing a much higher rated opponent (after checking their teams form and team itself), I make sure I defend on either defensive or super-defensive level (for the first half - A MUST!). 

7) If I have a team whose stats are nearly all on form and contracts are up to date (3-4 match remaining minimum), I save funds till my earliest contract renewal being 3 games then use the accrued funds to buy a new player. The player will be an addition to whichever position is most needed after checking the game plan and fatigue levels of current players. This allows me to have at least 3 games left for saving funds for contract renewals of a few players or a longer contract for a more long standing player.

These are just a few that come to mind, but hopefully I will have more to come over time. 

How do you manage your team? Do you play a speed team like myself, or a balanced team? 

Whichever way you play and manage, we would like to hear from you! 

Thanks for reading and don't forget to bookmark and return for new posts!

MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE - A NEW ERA?

Welcome back once again to THE PRO EVO MASTERS LEAGUE! To those of you that are new to the site, I welcome you also. 

The full emphasis on today's post is MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE in PES 2012. It shocks me to say this, but I have probably had the most fun playing this mode recently, but also feel the element of PES 5 back in my system once again.

Some people may not be thinking the same way I am about this version of PES, but compared to last years dismal effort of a game, this version has definitely brought me back some memories of the better eras. I haven't however always thought this was the case, especially a few weeks into playing it. For me, this week has seen a turning point in my campaign for online domination.

At one point in my playing career, I could easily beat other players with my speed and dribbling skills, but over the years, something happened to the game itself. My skills faded into the depths of oblivion, leaving with me the remnants of a forgotten time. Was I ever going to reclaim glory for myself? Or have I had my time and with it leave the legacy to the new breed of players?

Well for some reason, I had a brainwave. I have used many tactics and strategies over the years. My skills added to those factors, allowing for multiple winning streaks. But the past few versions have been seen to blow up the amount of tactical changes you can make or adjust, with added skill combinations and newer player stats.

This year, I tried to implement my usual strategies and set-ups. They seemed to work on certain games, but then, low and behold, the opponent always gets their fill and steals the show. I was all but lost and felt like the breaking point of my campaign was about to snap! I had written many articles to compliment the achievements I had earned from a lower valued team, with added suggestions from fellow players, but there was always going to be a limit to the help I could give others in the same situation.

The recent events have shocked me beyond comprehension. All I made was one little change to my team and the series of matches that followed were truly amazing! From the last 6 games, I had one 5 and lost one. Not bad you say, but the real factor in these games, was the opponents I faced. 

Do you remember the times I have written about the setting that can be changed to pair you with similar level opponents? Well this does not always work! In my case, 70% of the opponents I end up being matched with were div 3 or higher (I am in div 5) and their teams were worth well over 200 million, compared to my 30 million team. 

What is the one thing I changed to counter the many losses I had conceded? Changing my team to a SPEED orientated team from the usual BALANCED side. Why did this affect the play so much? Well for a start, My faster players with TOP SPEED  stats went from around 86-87 up to 92-96! Having 5 attacking players with added speed stats boosted the hell out of them! 

I honestly thought that some opponents I had were cheating, but the truth is, they just had the speed based team with fast players. The same players I had, but seemed to run like they had a firework stuffed in some awkward place!  

So the moral of the post is that if you prefer to play with a fast team, then change your setting. Your low value team could certainly come up trumps. Will my fortune last however? We will see!

Thanks for reading, Pro Evo Bob!

BOBS MASTER LEAGUE ONLINE

Hi all, it's Bob here again!

I have been so caught up with life, fun and PES that I have lost track with posting here in THE PRO EVO MASTERS LEAGUE blog! My apologies go out to all of you that visit, and also to those that visit regularly.

So first of all, I thought I would fill you in on some of the new things that have happened with the blog and also what will be happening from here on in.

Some of the regular visitors may have noticed that the look of the blog has changed. I have changed the layout, design and also added a new header at the top. Within the header, you will probably notice that there is also a new addition to the team as well. I have not yet formally introduced the new member of the team, so here goes.....

Please welcome "THE MIDNITE KID" ! A fellow PES enthusiast, who loves nothing better than getting stuck into a good game of PRO EVO, especially online. He plays PES on the XBOX 360 and lives in Ireland. You will be seeing more from him, so if you have any questions regarding PES on the 360, feel free to ask any questions by posting comments on his posts. I play on the PS3, so in the same regards, please direct any PS3 related PES questions to me in my posts. In general though, any questions will be answered by either of us.

We are currently working together to bring you a better blog relating to PES and hope that if you have any ideas, you can let us know. This will help improve the blog for us, but most importantly for all you Die-hard players out there.

Posting days are going to be shown once we have decided when the schedule should be, but we need your support to make this one of the best PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER  sites on the net.

Now on with the post...........

I have been currently playing around with 3 modes in PES 2012. ML online, ML offline and BAL. Obviously, I cannot play all of these at the same time, and can only make so much progress with each one, but I wanted to make sure I had a decent start before 2011 was out.

In Master league Online, I have grown my team from the lowly 15mil default, to a fairly decent 38mil force. I have not yet had much real luck with my strikers, but from the funds I could use, there have been a few that have filled the slots when on form. I have strengthened my defence as much as my funds would allow and bought better players  by selling current 'out of contract' players and using some accrued income.

Income from games has grown from 600k (loss), 800k (draw), and 1.2m (win), to 900k (loss), 1.2m (draw), and 1.8m (win). So to round up, the more expensive your team, the more money you will receive, regardless of how the game ends. I think it has been programmed like this, to allow you to TRY and keep some of your more expensive players, even on a losing streak.

Sometimes it is hard to build your team further, especially on a run of defeats and when your players are all seeking new contracts at the same time, but you can allow for this by buying new and extra players when contracts run out in these positions. Other players may have different suggestions, but this seems to have worked for me.

I have not played anywhere near the same amount of games as most players have, due to concentrating on the other modes from time to time. This has left me undeterred though and I am quite happy sitting in division 4 with my current team. I have good and bad days when my run of games leaves me happy or not, but I always manage to bounce back from a run of defeats. I try and set my matches to play against a similar level, but instead of doing this, the game seems to give me a much higher division opponent with a team worth at least 10 times the amount of my own. I believe it all comes down to the rating which can change dramatically with a win/loss streak. This is wrong and should be addressed by Konami, and I am sure going to contact them about it. The similar level should be linked with the statistical value of the team and monetary value, not with the ratings. Seeing players with a team of top class players in a division 4 cup or even div 5 is wrong, because those players may have purposely lost games so they can easily win cups and gain money.

Is any of this fair? I will let you be the judge of that, as you know I have my own thoughts.

But without sounding too defeated, I will keep trying, and keep playing. I play honestly and will try my best. I am not the best player in the world, but I always like a challenge, especially a fair one. What is the point in cheating?

Well that is all from me for today my PES friends. Keep checking back for more updates on a future posting schedule, and I look forward to your questions and comments.

BOB

MLO - THE PERFECT STARTING TEAM

What's up lads, I am hooked on MLO! I think it is an outstanding game mode, possibly one of the greatest modes in any game I have ever played. It is addictive and very rewarding when playing well and dangerously frustrating when things go against you! While there are some faults with the game, I am not going to go into in this post. That will be another day. Today’s post is about the most discussed topic on all pes forums. I see people constantly ask, how can I build a highly competitive team for the cheap? Here's my answer in detail.  

The hardest part of MLO is buying players and unearthing gems. One player can make a massive difference and can be the kick start your team needs to turn draws into wins. I am going to give my advice on building a team for newcomers and hopefully help those who are struggling to even draw games no matter how good they play. Oh ya, and the best part is the Starting 11 costs 15 Million in total!  

Team: Div 5 FC       Worth: 15 Million 

Formation: 4-3-3      Starting 11 

Name	Position	Ovr	Height	Skills	Price
Romo	GK	70	197cm	82 GK Skills	1.7 Mill
Bassangue	LB	72	186cm	70’s in dribbling & passing, 80 dribble speed, 83 Body Bal	1.5 Mill
Dzodic	LCB	73	188cm	81 Defence, 83 Header, 76 response	2 Mill
Johrfaem	RCB	66	187cm	81 Defence, 81 explosive power, 75 response	1.1 Mill
Medjani	RB	69	183cm	70’s in most needed stats, offensive fullback skill card	1.3 Mill
Meyler	DMF	70	190cm	High 70’s pass, 80 stamina, 80 body balance	1 Mill
Fahey	CMF	69	178cm	Mid to High 70’s in all needed stats. Passing, dribbling, etc.	900K
Cabalaard	AMF	69	172cm	80’s in most stats,, 80 Teamwork. 6+ skill cards.	1.3 Mill
Strurridge	LWF	69	188cm	High 80’s Speed, tall and strong. 1 touch play.	1.2 Mill
Lanzafame	RWF	69	180cm	Mid 80’s in speed + dribbling, 75 body balance. Super Sub.	800K
Barretto	CF	69	171cm	High 80’s speed + dribbling.	2 Mill

Substitutions: 

Name	Position	Price
Cristiano	CB/RB	1.8 Mill
Martinez	AMF	1.8 Mill
P.Mc Court	Anywhere	1.7 Mill
Doyle	CF	800k
Long	CF	700k
Mirralles	CF	1.2 Mill
Mouche	SS	1.7 Mill
Silva	CB	1.8 Mill

For newcomers, I advise using up the default players contracts as whatever you make (even losing) is pure profit. When the contracts are up, begin building, buy each replacement per position selling. Form plays a massive part in players. Check the players before buying or else replace with the subs I provided.  

This team can mix it with any team in Div. 5 and at a stretch, Div.4. It will work for you. Model the team on Barcelona, with DMF and CMF and AMF. Wide players pace must be exploited also. You have a safe goalkeeper, bombarding fullbacks and solid spine in the team. All the players are tall and strong or small and rocket fast. You have a good enforcer in Meyler and passer and all rounder in Fahey and the sublimely talented Cabalaard. Cabalaard is unbelieveable, just look at his stats, it’s a steal. Barretto is amazing too.  

This team can be used if you starting out your first few games or if you are struggling in Div 5/4. It is amazing who you can unearth in this game for practically nothing.

Let me know how ye get on and what ye think! 

Barry