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Glossary

Plain definitions for the terms you'll see across the app.

Short, plain definitions for the terms that come up again and again.

Auction: a timed listing on the transfer market where clubs bid on a player.
Proxy max bid: the ceiling you set once; the system bids up for you, only as far as it needs to, until someone outbids your ceiling.
Anti-snipe: a late bid extends an auction's clock a little, so a last-second bid can't end it before others get a chance to respond.
Budget reservation: your proxy max is held against your budget the moment you place it, so you can never commit to more than you can pay.
Valuation band: the market's estimated worth of a player, shown as a range rather than a single number.
Ambition pressure: a player's growing frustration when their ambitions outpace the club's results, which can turn into a transfer request.
Prospect: a young player with low current ability but higher potential, revealed weekly by your scout.
Academy: your club's five prospect slots and the weekly scouting that fills them.
Caretaker: a temporary mode that keeps a club's lineups and market running when its manager goes quiet, so the league doesn't stall.
Commissioner: the manager who created the league and holds its bounded admin powers: invites, schedule, rules, and moderation.
Cadence: how often matches are played: three times a week (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday) or daily.
Campaign: the clock-driven game mode, where a server tick advances matches on a schedule.
Derby Night: the live-session game mode, where your group plays through a batch of fixtures together in real time.
Position fit: how close a player's natural position is to the slot you've fielded them in, which scales their effective rating.
Potential: a player's generated ceiling. It's a limit, not a promise they'll reach it.
Scout estimate: the attribute numbers you see. They sit close to a hidden true value but are never exact, so two scouts can rate the same player slightly differently.

Glossary

Plain definitions for the terms you'll see across the app.

Short, plain definitions for the terms that come up again and again.

Auction: a timed listing on the transfer market where clubs bid on a player.
Proxy max bid: the ceiling you set once; the system bids up for you, only as far as it needs to, until someone outbids your ceiling.
Anti-snipe: a late bid extends an auction's clock a little, so a last-second bid can't end it before others get a chance to respond.
Budget reservation: your proxy max is held against your budget the moment you place it, so you can never commit to more than you can pay.
Valuation band: the market's estimated worth of a player, shown as a range rather than a single number.
Ambition pressure: a player's growing frustration when their ambitions outpace the club's results, which can turn into a transfer request.
Prospect: a young player with low current ability but higher potential, revealed weekly by your scout.
Academy: your club's five prospect slots and the weekly scouting that fills them.
Caretaker: a temporary mode that keeps a club's lineups and market running when its manager goes quiet, so the league doesn't stall.
Commissioner: the manager who created the league and holds its bounded admin powers: invites, schedule, rules, and moderation.
Cadence: how often matches are played: three times a week (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday) or daily.
Campaign: the clock-driven game mode, where a server tick advances matches on a schedule.
Derby Night: the live-session game mode, where your group plays through a batch of fixtures together in real time.
Position fit: how close a player's natural position is to the slot you've fielded them in, which scales their effective rating.
Potential: a player's generated ceiling. It's a limit, not a promise they'll reach it.
Scout estimate: the attribute numbers you see. They sit close to a hidden true value but are never exact, so two scouts can rate the same player slightly differently.

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