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The youth player stars can indicate the skills of a player.
A very rough rule of thumb is that 1 star = 1 level in the mainskill for that position
A more nuanced estimation looks like this:
The back positions are hard to work out. The stars of defensive backs depend almost 100% on their defending skills. If the stars given to a player first played as an offensive back and then as a defensive back are about the same, it could indicate that he has a high level of “winger”.
Some say that secondary skills lower than ”inadequate” do not affect stars at all.
If a player has a specialty it is possible for him to play above or below ability in some matches if there is a positive or negative weather event.
8½ stars is the highest number of stars a player can get. In some cases, a player can get up to 10½ stars if he has a specialty and gets a positive weather event.
A very rough rule of thumb is that 1 star = 1 level in the mainskill for that position
A more nuanced estimation looks like this:
- Central defender (normal): Stars = 1.08 * defending
- Inner midfielder (defensive): Stars = 1.13 * ( 0.73*playmaking + 0.27*defending )
- Inner midfielder (normal): Stars = 1.04 * ( 0.74*playmaking + 0.14*passing + 0.12*defending )
- Inner midfielder (offensive): Stars = 1.10 * ( 0.71*playmaking + 0.29*passing )
- Winger (offensive): Stars = 1.21 * ( 0.60*winger + 0.24*playmaking + 0.16*passing )
- Forward (normal): Stars = 1.08 * ( 0.75*scoring + 0.25*passing)
The back positions are hard to work out. The stars of defensive backs depend almost 100% on their defending skills. If the stars given to a player first played as an offensive back and then as a defensive back are about the same, it could indicate that he has a high level of “winger”.
Some say that secondary skills lower than ”inadequate” do not affect stars at all.
If a player has a specialty it is possible for him to play above or below ability in some matches if there is a positive or negative weather event.
8½ stars is the highest number of stars a player can get. In some cases, a player can get up to 10½ stars if he has a specialty and gets a positive weather event.