Interview s HT-Johanem

Interview with HT-Johan
Zdroj: Beltrick Nieuwsblad

We are proud to present you an interview with HT-Johan. We asked him about Hattrick problems and about his own team. He ensured us that Hattrick will not be sold and that it will remain free to play for those who want to.

Jsme velmi radi, ze vam muzeme prinest interview s HT-Johanem. Ptali jsme se na problemy Hattricku a i na jeho vlastni tym. Ujistil nas, ze Hattrick nebude prodan a ze zustane zdarma pro vsechny, kteri chteji.
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Your first job was journalist. Now, you must have got a dream job. But don't you ever miss the time you were a journalist? Or do you, once in a while, have the time to write an article just for Hattrick?
Johan: I don't miss being a journalist, because my current job is more fun. But at one time in my life I would like to write again, for magazines or even a book. Maybe a book about Hattrick?

Tvou puvodni profesi byla novinarina. Ale ted musis mit praci o niz lze jen snit. Nestyska se ti nekdy po casech, kdy jsi byl jeste novinar? Mas aspon obcas trochu casu napsat clanek pro Hatrick?
Johan: Nestyska se mi po novinarine, protoze moje soucasna prace prinasi vice zabavy. Ale jednou bych chtel se chtel k psani vratit – pro casopisy nebo mozna napsat knihu. A mozna knihu o Hattricku?
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What do HT's actually do? They fix bugs, think about new features, but what else?
Johan: An HT can be a developer, creating new features and fixing bugs. It can also be someone who's working on the network or hardware of Hattrick, or even someone like myself who doesn't know the first thing about technology but a little bit about other stuff, like business and administration. The HT title really means that you are someone in the circle of people sharing the responsibility to maintain and develop Hattrick, in a number of ways.

Co vlastne HTmani delaji? Opravuji chyby, promysleji nove vlastnosti, ale co jeste?
Johan: HTman muze byt developer, vytvarejici nove veci a opravujici chyby. Muze to byt take nekdo, kdo pracuje na siti nebo hardware Hattricku nebo take nekdo jako ja, kdo nevi ani zbla o technologiich, ale neco malo o ostatnich vecech, jako jsou obchod a administrace. Titul HT v praxi znamena, ze jsi nekdo z okruhu lidi, kteri ruznymi zpusoby rozvijeji a udrzuji Hattrick.
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Your team is not doing that good at the moment. Is it because you don't have time for "Hattrick: the game" or is it because it isn't really a challenge for you to do well in Hattrick? As it is more a job for you.
Johan: The main reason is I hung on to my old players too long. It was a great strategy for a while, but right now it seems to backfire. I hope to cling on to my current team long enough to rear a group of young players strong enough to make my team good again! I still find the game challenging. Being "in the system" never took the mystique away for me.

Tvuj tym si v soucasnosti nevede nijak dobre. Je to protoze nemas cas pro hrani Hattricku nebo ze pro tebe uspechy ve hre nepredstavuji takovou vyzvu? Je to pro tebe prece jen prace.
Johan: Hlavnim duvodem je, ze jsem visel na svych starych hracich prilis dlouho. Na chvili se zdalo, ze je to skvela strategie, ale ted se mi to vymstilo. Doufam, ze si udrzim muj soucasny tym dost dlouho, abych si mohl vychovat mlade hrace dost silne na to, aby zase vytvorili dobry tym! Stale nachazim ve hre vyzvy. Byt soucasti systemu pro mne nezbavilo hru jeji tajuplnosti.
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I noticed that you've got 42 players in your squad. It makes me think you train stamina which is not a hard training. So you certainly will have a pop each week. Is this the reason why the stamina drop is introduced or is there another reason?
Johan: The stamina drop has nothing to do with my team. I am not training stamina that much either. The stamina drop was introduced for a few reasons: to break up the monotony of training, to slow training down a little and also to introduce a new strategic element in the game.

Vsiml jsem si, ze mas v tymu 42 hracu. To me vede k domnence, ze trenujes kondici, coz neni tezky trenink. Takze urcite mas skok kazdy tyden. Je tohle pricinou toho, ze byl zavedeny pokles kondice nebo je zatim neco jineho?
Johan: Pokles staminy nema co delat s mym tymem. Take netrenuju kondici tak moc. Pokles staminy byl zaveden kvuli nekolika duvodum: narusit monotonnost treninku, trochu trenink zpomalit a take zavest do hry novy strategicky element.
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Most of your a-squad players are old enough for a skill drop. Aren't you scared of this?
Johan: Yes, very...

Vetsina hracu tveho A-tymu je dost stara na pokles skillu. Nemas z toho strach?
Johan: Mam. A velky.
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I see that you have got 30 million profit on your transfers. Are you up to something big? (or is this a secret)
Johan: I'm afraid I've spent most of that money already!

Vidim, ze jsi na svych prestupech vydelal 30 milionu. Chystas neco velkeho? (nebo je to tajemstvi)
Johan: Obavam se, ze uz jsem vetsinu tech penez utratil!
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The new youth squad system seems a bit confusing if you read it the first time, but it will allow people to play against teams they want in a league of their own. Is this the main reason why you changed it? So you can now play against other HT's, back to the Hattrick starting days in 1997?
Johan: We wanted to have some part of the game where we could create private competitions. The change would have been too great to do that with the senior teams. So when we decided to look at the youth teams – a part of the game which is inside and outside the old system at the same time – it seemed a perfect opportunity. Also, the nature of the youth teams is that you can't create dynasties, you can't buy and sell players or train players forever. So even low-division teams will have a chance to win against the big clubs. That's probably one of my favourite aspects of the youth leagues. Here you will be able to play, without handicap, against veteran users and rich teams, and win. It will bring a new dimension to Hattrick.

Novy system juniorky je na prvni pohled trosku matouci, ale umozni to lidem hrat proti tymum dle vlastniho vyberu ve vlastni lize. Je to hlavnim duvodem, proc doslo k teto zmene? Takze ted muzete hrat proti ostatnim HTmanum, tak jak tomu bylo v roce 1997, kdyz Hattrick zacinal?
Johan: Chteli jsme aby ve hre bylo mozne vytvaret soukrome souteze. Ale zmena by byla prilis velka, aby k ni doslo se seniorskymi tymy. Takze jsme se rozhodli podivat se na juniorky – tu cast hry, ktera je soucasne uvnitr i mimo system – coz se jevilo jako perfektni prilezitost. Take z podstaty juniorky vyplyva, ze nemuze vytvaret dynastie, nemuzes prodavat a kupovat hrace nebo je trenovat navzdy. To dava moznost i tymum z nizkych divizi vyhrat nad kluby velkymi – coz je jeden z mych oblibenych aspektu juniorskeho tymu. Tady budes moci hrat bez handikapu pro dlouho hrajicim uzivatelum nebo bohatym tymum a vyhravat. Prinese to do Hattricku uplne novou dimenzi.
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About Hattrick:

We want to congratulate Hattrick, on its almost 10th anniversary and almost 1.000.000 users. Is there anything special planned for the 10th anniversary and what will the 1.000.000th user get? Will he also get a supporter pack for life just like Jooppieter or will he get even more?
Johan: We have quite a few things lined up for the 10 year anniversary, there will be events and special products and of course game related news. We will also think of something cool for the 1.000.000th user! Any ideas?

O Hattricku:
Chceme pogratulovat Hattricku k jeho temer desatemu vyroci a temer milionu uzivatelu. Planujete neco specialniho k desatemu vyroci a co dostane milionty uzivatel? Dostane take dozivotniho fanouska jako Jooppieter nebo snad jeste neco navic?
Johan: Mame par veci nachystanych na desate vyroci. Budou eventy a specialni produkty a samozrejme i novinky tykajici se hry samotne. Uvazujeme taky i necem ”cool” pro milionteho uzivatele! Nejake napady?
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Now that Hattrick is almost 10 years old, do you expect that there are going to be any big changes? You always said that Hattrick had to stay free for those who want to play it for free. Can you still keep this up for the next 10 years?
Johan: I think Hattrick will always be free. I don't see why we would ever change that. I do think the development pace will pick up. And even though we will be careful about what we do with the game itself, I see quite a lot of things that we can work on to make it more interesting.

Nyni, kdyz uz ma Hattrick skoro 10 let, ocekavas nejake velke zmeny? Vzdy jsi rikal, ze Hattrick musi zustat zdarma pro ty, kteri jej chteji zdarma hrat. Muzete udrzet tenhle pristup pro dalsich 10 let?
Johan: Myslim, ze Hattrick bude zdarma navzdy. Nevidim duvod, proc bychom to meli menit. Myslim, ze tempo rozvoje se jeste zvysi. A i kdyz budeme velmi opatrni ohledne toho, co delam se hrou samotnou, stale vidim hodne veci, na kterych muzeme pracovat a udelat tak hru zajimavejsi.
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A lot of Hattrick users are complaining about the low transfer prices. Do you think time will solve this or do the HT's have to help out? Maybe introduce something else besides the skill drops?
Johan: I think the low prices are caused by things that we want to change in Hattrick, such as the balance between how the game is supplied by talent and training, and how squad players retire from the game. The low prices themselves are not a problem, as the situation is equal for everyone and the market is shared by everyone. However, I think it has a bad effect on the game long-term as it's simply less fun to train players when you can never sell them at reasonable prices. As always several factors are involved, but overall we wouldn't mind a pick up on the transfer market.

Hodne uzivatelu Hattricku si stezuji na nizke prestupove ceny. Myslis, ze to cas napravi nebo budou muset HTmani pomoci? Mozna zavedeni neceho dalsiho krome padani skillu?
Johan: Myslim, ze nizke ceny jsou zpusobeny vecmi, ktere chceme v Hattricku zmenit, jako treba rovnovaha mezi prisunem talentu a treninkem a jak jsou hraci ze hry stahovani. Nizke ceny samy o sobe nejsou problem vzhledem k tomu, ze situace je stejna pro vsechny a kdokoliv ma pristup na trh. Kazdopadne jsem nazoru, ze z dlouhodobeho hlediska to poskozuje hru, protoze je mene zabavne trenovat hrace, kdyz nikdy nebudes schopny ho prodat za rozumnou cenu. Jako obvykle se misi nekolik ruznych faktoru, ale vseobecne neuvazovali bychom o zasahu do prestupoveho trhu.
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Some people blame "transfer compare", because it isn't really relevant with secondary skills. Do you think there will be a better transfer compare in the near future?
Johan: I doubt the TC has that big effect, although I agree its merits can be discussed. It could very well be one small contributing factor, but a more important one is probably that the growth rate of Hattrick has slowed down, percentage-wise. This changes the balance in the economy, as there are fewer new clubs to sell your trainees to.

Nekteri lide obvinuji “transfer compare”, protoze se nezaobira sekundarnimi skilly. Myslis, ze bude v blizke budoucnosti lepsi srovnani prestupu?
Johan: Pochybuji, ze by TC melo tak velky efekt, ackoli souhlasim, ze o pricinach by se mohla vest diskuse. Velmi dobre by to mohl byt maly prispivajici factor, ale mnohem dulezitejsim je pravdepodobne ten, ze rust Hattricku se z procentualniho hlediska zpomalil. To meni rovnovahu v ekonomice, protoze je mene novych klubu, kterym bys mohl prodat sve trenovane hrace.
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The past 3 winners of the Hattrick Masters are now ownerless. Don't you think this will need to change? Just an idea : only the first 2 leagues in each country play their cup. The winner of that cup and the winner of the first league go into the Hattrick Masters. This way there will be plenty of time to schedule the Hattrick Masters all over the season. Consenquently the winner has to be a team that lives longer than only that one Hattrick Masters week. Of course the teams in the higher leagues won't like this idea because they see the cup as a team spirit boost. Or do you already have another idea to fix it?
Johan: The changes we already made, show that we want to head in that direction. A more prolonged tournament reduces the risk of strange winners and exotic tactics.

Posledni 3 vitezove Hattrick Masters jsou nyni bez majitelu. Nemyslis, ze tohle potrebuje zmenit? Jen takovy napad: pouze prvni dve ligy z kazde zeme by hraly pohar. Vitez tohoto poharu a vitez prvni ligy by hrali Hattrick Masters. Diky tomu by se ziskalo mnoho terminu, aby se dal Hattrick Masters naplanovat pres celou sezonu. V dusledku by vitezny tym musel prezit vic nez jen jeden tyden Hattrick Masters. Samozrejme tymum ve vyssich ligach se nebude tento napad libit, protoze vidi pohar jako nastroj k pozvednuti nalady v tymu. Nebo uz mate jiny napad, jak soucasnou situaci napravit?
Johan: Zmeny, ktere jsme uz provedli ukazuji, ze chceme jit timto smerem. Vice prodlouzeny turnaj snizuje riziko divnych vitezu a exotickych taktik
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This year, Youtube got sold for an enormous amount of money. Do you think Hattrick will be sold in the future, if there is a big offer? Or was there already an offer?
Johan: It's kind of interesting to see this happening again. Hattrick started even before the last big Internet boom, in 1997, when there were low expectations of making money on the Net. The English version of Hattrick was launched during the big Internet crash in the autumn of 2000. Now there are crazy times again, and then you have to live with questions like this. It is really hard to say. We've spent 10 years on this. If selling had been our ambition, we would have done it a long time ago. I can't say it will never happen, but it's not in our line of thinking to do so. We enjoy the freedom we have too much.

Letos se prodal Youtube za enormni mnozstvi penez. Myslis, ze v pripade velke nabidky by mohl byt Hattrick v budoucnu prodan? Nebo uz nekdo takovou nabidku udelal?
Johan: Je docela zajimave videt, co se opet deje. Hattrick zacal pred poslednim velkym internetovym boomem – v roce 1997 – kdy byla nizka ocekavani ohledne vydelavani penez na netu. Anglicka verze Hattricku byla spustena behem splasknuti internetove bubliny na podzim roku 2000. A ted se zase vratily blaznive casy a pak dostavas otazky jako tahle. Tezko rict. Investovali jsme do toho 10 let. Pokud by nasim cilem byl prodej, uz bychom to davno udelali. Nemuzu rict, ze se to nikdy nestane, ale neni to neco, o cem bychom uvazovali. Hodne se nam libi svoboda, kterou mame