Tips and Tricks for beginners

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## Tips

1. When you are Star Rating 1 the price for NRG is cheap at 2 Coins, I suggest you pay for as many NRG Classics as possible before you reach Star Rating 2. Why is this a good idea? well when you reach Star Rating 2 you will probably be on the same measly salary of 1 Coin per match with 1 Coin per goal which is poor. As soon as you reach SR2 you will have to pay 5 Coins for NRG Classics. So buy as many NRG Classics as possible in SR1, believe me its worth it later on.

1. **Restarting plays.** If you are playing a match and you lose but this is an important match (tournament final, or semi final, or any) close the app before the match ends and swipe it (IOS) or close it (Android) then open it back up and you can play the match again, and again till you win. (Doesn’t work on PC, but if you are playing the flash version you can just refresh the page)
2. **Get an Agent ASAP.** Even if your income is less than 10 (meaning the Agent's bonus would be less than 1 buck), it will be rounded up to 1. If your income is still 1, it will therefore, in fact, be doubled.
3. **New boots.** Before buying Boots practise with them. This will allow you to get an understanding and a feel for how they perform and how you can adapt to use them more effectively. Also your BOSS will pay you 1 coin every 10 goals, so really it is worth practising. Once you can afford to buy super boots, I prefer the Swerve feature over the Control feature (and the Swerve boots also have the much better price-value ratio).
4. **Energy**.When you have the Substitute bar across the home screen but have around 45% to 60% energy left do a skill exercise so you use that energy then drink an NRG as this will give you the most out of the NRG instead off drinking it at 45%.
5. **Don't get a girlfriend.** They will just cause trouble in this game. (If you want one for the achievement, then get one, get all relations to 100% for the other achievements, and then drop her immediately)
6. **Don't gamble.** If you do, only bet low amounts, don't accept team invites to the casino (only gamble on your own), and don't play for too long. Otherwise your Boss relationship will be on the line. Slot machine has a positive expected value, but it is still risky business to use it for gaining money.
7. **Trick the keeper**. There is no Neuer between the goalposts, not even if you're facing Bayern Munich / Germany. Goalkeepers are running on rails - they just move in one axis (left-right), and their behavior is easy to predict. If you are way left or right of the goal and your teammate is in center, pass slowly - goalie will move out and your teammate can score anywhere. (Hopefully he will.)
8. **Relationship priorities**. A good Team relationship will earn you more chances during matches. Boss makes no difference between 100% and 55%, but he will degrade you to a substitute below 50%, or ban you below 10%. Therefore your relationship priority (for Dilemmas, or Relationship minigames) should be: Team, then Boss, then Fans, as long as your Boss is at least slightly more than 50% happy. If his happiness is lower, set your priority shall be Boss, then Team, then Fans instead. Keep your Sponsors at least above 1/3 to prevent them from canceling your sponsorship contracts. Girlfriend shall be last at all times (as mentioned above: You don't really need one. Added to that, your Girlfriend won't drop you unless her relationship is REALLY close to zero.). Low overall happiness may cause certain newspaper reports and (unconfirmed for now) cause your character to consume more energy while playing.
9. **Get race horses**. Get to 800 bucks (700 for stables + 100 for a horse) ASAP. Do not buy any other lifestyle items (except, maybe, cheap properties) until you own the Stables. Race horses are a reliable source of income. You don't need the very best race horses; I'd rather buy multiple weak horses (1-2 stars). You can train them to 2 or 3 stars later if you want. Every victory in horse racing with your own horse earns you $100, as well as $50 for second place, or $25 for third place. Even with 1-star horses, you'll occasionally win a race. The best thing: The horses will never cause costs, and the number of horses in your stable is unlimited (?). (At least 49 horses are possible)
10. **Use a postcard to aim.** Aiming for, e.g., wide shots is much easier when placing something on the screen, like a ruler or a postcard. This is especially useful if you play on a tablet
11. **Do not negotiate your contract - unless your assist bonus is 0.** The maximum you can earn is +2 wage, +1 goal bonus, and +1 assist bonus. If you're already at $50 wage, this is a joke. It's not worth the risk as negotiations are poison to your Boss relationship, and even one failed negotiation may cost your Captain status. The only exception is the contract renewal at level 2, where a successful negotiation can push the contract values from 2-1-0 to 4-2-1 (if you fail too often, restart your career). I recommend to only give negotiations a shot if your Assist bonus is still at 0. Otherwise - just don't. And if you completely fail on a negotiation, don't worry. Reject the contract or accept the minimum values. Further contract offers are based on your level (Star Rating) only, *not* on your previous contracts.
12. **Don't struggle with difficult negotiations.** The negotiation is a Hi-Lo minigame, with values 1 to 11. If, for whatever reason, you are negotiating your contract (e.g., if your Assist bonus is still at 0, or you're negotiating at end-of-season and you can simply choose a different club if you fail), only start guessing in the minigame if starting value is 1, 2, 10 or 11. Otherwise, click "Finalise Negotiations" and start over until you get one of these numbers, as they will cause no or minor risk of failure.
13. **Treat bribes as an insurance.** Nobody cares about bribes you accept. So I recommend to accept all bribes, but play as good as usual - the bribe will be an insurance: either you get points in the league (or advance in cup), or you get money. In very rare occurences, the bribe comes from a newspaper, which screams for scandal after the match (even if you didn't receive the bribe because you won the match), dropping all your relationships to (or close to) zero, in fact forcing you to retire. If the scandal newspaper pops up, restart the app BEFORE closing the newspaper.
14. **Let the NRG drinks do the hard work for you.** If you fail in a training minigame, the timer for the corresponding skill does not reset. However, using a skill (blue, gold, or black) NRG drink on a skill DOES reset its timer. So if your trainer advises you to train a certain skill and you failed, fix it with a blue NRG. They are expensive, but you can afford them in the later stages of the game, at least if you own some race horses.
15. **Beat the relationship minigame by taking screenshots.** One when the icons appear, and then another one after they flip to their back colors and before they are shuffled (you have only about 1 second for the second screenshot). Then use these screenshot to locate two matching tiles.
16. **Penalty kicks.** You pass penalty kicks backward in this game - the keeper will move out of the goal and your teammate can make it. Another way to safely score a penalty is to shoot it straight into the middle, because the keeper will always dive into one direction and the goal is open. So just keep it flat, into the middle and at low to moderate power.
17. **If your teammate hits the woodwork, restart the app.** Match results are pre-determined. If the game does not want you to win, you will not win. Indications for such impossible-to-win matches are hard to detect, but one well-known indication is a teammate's shot against the post or bar. If this occurs, close the app and replay the match.
18. **Switch genders.** You can do this at any time (and as often as you want) by clicking the gender icon next to your name (top right of home screen). Don't know why they implemented this. This feature has existed for years before LGBTQIA.. Unfortunately your girlfriend/boyfriend switches their gender at the same time, making a gay/lesbian relationship impossible.
19. **Repair lifestyle.** Frequently check if there is any repair possible and always use repair all. It will cost MUCH less than buying them ew after the old one broke completely down.The cheaper items get max repair for only one or two bucks.
20. **Difficulty.** Game was not challenging on Normal difficulty? Go try and start a new career on Hard.
21. **Intentionally fail interviews:** Failing an interview will set the post-match relationship reward to 0. This is much better than e.g. Boss -5, Team -5, Fans +1. While you will rarely (if ever) get interviewed with negative relationship rewards in NSS, it is a common event and an useful hint in New Star Baseball.

## If you relegate: Look at Denmark.

Relegation from Danish Superligaen (in-game: DEN1) is probably the most painful way of relegation. Relegation from DEN1 means your team has failed in four out of these five things:

* Failure to reach Championship round (DEN1 CH - 1st to 6th in DEN1).
* Failure to make the cut in your relegation sub-group (finishing DEN1 RELA or DEN1 RELB in 1st or 2nd place).
* Failure to win the play-off semifinal. (Winning DEN1 POSF triples your odds of maintaining first division)
* Failure to win the play-off final (DEN1 POFNL) or repechage round (DEN1 REL).
* Failure to defeat your challenger from DEN2 in the P/R playoffs (DEN1 P/R PO).

Only the team(s) who fail four times will relegate. Fail only three times and you remain in DEN1. This is why relegation from DEN1 is the most embarrassing and awkward way of relegation in European (or even worldwide) professional soccer.

See Superligaen for more information on the DEN1 post-season procedure. Or give it a shot and play a season in Denmark with a weak DEN1 team.

## Tricks

1. If during a penalty we pass the ball to a teammate, the opposing goalkeeper will move away from the goal and our team member can shoot without risk.
2. You can get prizes on practice mode.

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