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Secondly, this is my second season as a HG team and, to answer your question, I ran the entire fist season (Season 68) with 8 players for my main team.
Additionally, this season, my Utopian team also became HG and they are a mere 9 players.
So, yes, you can train and work with 8 players in order to become HG.
Finally, if you are merely considering running 8 players just to go HG this season, I would probably say wait and begin your HG journey next season with 11 players instead. I say this from experience and impatience.
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Who knew how important/beneficial your previous experience with only 8 players would prove to be? This is a nice example how sometimes going through tough things can be surprisingly beneficial - not just to yourself, but in this case your experience, help and supportive attitude might even help manager(s) to make a decision to jump in sooner than they would've otherwise... or on the other hand, make more informed and well based decision of waiting for one season longer, to get the better initial HGL experience (if optimal success in terms of gathering maximum amount wins would be important to manager in question - but as many of us likely sees it, purely winning as many games as possible is not the only price of being part of HGL community).
I would also add that there is a large and growing HG community and competition. If you are interested in finding out more about us, and what we have done and are doing, check out these links:
HGL Season 1 Official Thread: (326589.1)
HGL Season 2 Official Thread: (327516.1) Go here and put your name down to join us next season if you are interested.
HGL Season 1 Scores Official Thread: (326590.1)
HGL Season 2 Scores Official Thread: (327517.1)
HGL Achievements: (327663.1)
Thanks for sending links to the Official HGL Threads (and to your HGL Achievements post), MrJ!
I can agree, that the competition in HGL is getting tougher all the time (average team top8-salary has definitely gone up from Season 1, partly due to team changes but also due to teams being able to train their players well) and we do have some very strong teams in the league. And more importantly, we have many quality teams which guarantees many interesting and high quality matches for most rounds (in terms of close score) of the regular season, so I think competition in Playoffs will be even more equal on this Season 2.
Last edited by Wagner at 8/28/2025 6:25:45 AM