
WIN STARS. COLLECT TROPHIES. BECOME A SPORTING LEGEND.
Tactics
S.I. is mostly a game of chance, but there’s things you can do to boost your chances (especially if you’re prepared to use the ‘dark arts’).
- When you’re in top condition – make the most by entering sports which will give you the biggest major event boost (tennis – 17%; football 14%).
- Try to compete in the Icon Ancient Games, when you have high conditioning – relative to your rivals.
- Time the use of your sabotage cards – is it better at the start of a rival’s season, OR will you UP THE STAKES AND WAIT UNTIL right BEFORE A ‘MAJOR’.
- Use data analysis to improve your decision making of what sports to target and when!
S.I. DATA ANALYSIS
IN S.I. DIFFERENT SEASONS AND EVENTS HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES AND WIN %’S … THE DATA’S OUT THERE IF YOU WANNA USE IT …
| SPORT | DIFFICULTY RANKING | MAJOR EVENT WIN% |
| IGT GOLF | 1 | 50% |
| ITT TENNIS | 2 | 52% |
| IFA FOOTBALL | 3= | 58% |
| ICA CRICKET | 3= | 58% |
WHEN COMPETING AS A CHALLENGER ON +5C (CONDITIONING), YOUR ODDS ARE BOOSTED…
| SPORT | DIFFICULTY RANKING | MAJOR EVENT WIN% |
| IGT GOLF | 1 | 59% |
| ICA CRICKET | 2 | 65% |
| IFA FOOTBALL | 3 | 69% |
| ITT TENNIS | 4 | 72% |
SPORTS ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT RISKS AND POTENTIAL STARS…
| SPORT | RISK | MAX STARS WON | MAX STARS LOST |
| IFA FOOTBALL | HOSPITAL | 23 | -3 |
| ITT TENNIS | HOSPITAL | 23 | -3 |
| ICA CRICKET | -1 STAR | 21 | -4 |
| IGT GOLF | -1 STAR | 21 | -4 |
MAXIMUM STARS DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN HIGHER AVERAGES!…
| SPORT | STAR SUCCESS RANKING | AVG STARS |
| ICA CRICKET | 1 | 9.6 |
| IFA FOOTBALL | 2 | 9.57 |
| ITT TENNIS | 3 | 8.64 |
| IGT GOLF | 4 | 8.29 |
OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT CHANGES AGAIN WHEN ON +5C (CONDITIONING) …
| SPORT | STAR SUCCESS RANKING | AVG STARS |
| IFA FOOTBALL | 1 | 10.93 |
| ICA CRICKET | 2 | 10.44 |
| ITT TENNIS | 3 | 10.19 |
| IGT GOLF | 4 | 9.37 |
AND HIGHER star AVERAGEs DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN more TROPHIES!
| SPORT | TROPHY SUCCESS RANKING | AVG TROPHIES |
| ICA CRICKET | 1 | 1.16 |
| IGT GOLF | 2 | 1.0 |
| IFA FOOTBALL | 3 | 0.97 |
| ITT TENNIS | 4 | 0.87 |
TROPHY AVERAGES CHANGE AGAIN WHEN ON +5C (CONDITIONING) …
| SPORT | TROPHY SUCCESS RANKING | AVG TROPHIES |
| ICA CRICKET | 1 | 1.30 |
| IFA FOOTBALL | 2 | 1.20 |
| IGT GOLF | 3 | 1.18 |
| ITT TENNIS | 4 | 1.13 |
CARD BREAKDOWN
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR ODDS WHEN PICKING UP MAKE OR BREAK (M/B) OR OPPORTUNITY (OPP’) CARDS …
OPPORTUNITY
| CARD TYPE | PICK-UP ODDS |
| SPORTING OPPORTUNITY | 24% |
| ETHICAL CHOICE | 24% |
| EVENT INFLUENCE | 22% |
| ENDORSEMENT / SPONSORSHIP | 20% |
| WILDCARDS / MISC’ | 10% |
MAKE OR BREAK CARDS
| CARD TYPE | PICK-UP ODDS |
| LOSE STARS | 26% |
| GAIN STARS | 20% |
| JOKER CARDS | 16% |
| GAIN / LOSE CONDITIONING | 10% / 10% |
| MIXED FORTUNE | 10% |
| RIVAL INTERFERENCE | 8% |
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