FAQ


Below are some of the regular FAQs that player might find useful to answer questions you may have while playing runFootball.


I need more income, players are too expensive
The further you progress through runFootball, the better players get and the more expensive their purchase cost is, Supporters are a key ingredient of any football team, so make this a high priority in your game play and you will enjoy all the benefits of a instant cash flow every time you gain a new income channel.

Why do I only get one supporter income per income item when I can buy more?
Each income item is considered as a new sales channel to your supporter base, buy one item to enable that channel, buy more to gain more base income from the channel, there are many new income streams as you progress up levels. Having many supporters provides an instant boost every time you start a new income channel.

There is a team in my league above Max level
As much as runFootball is a game with league's, at it's heart is a level progression game for building up a world class team.
Relegation's are handled only at the end of a season, after the awards are given. The team will not be able to play in the league again afterwards.

League 'played' counts do not match
runFootball allows for teams to join a league mid-season, to keep their game play going they will start playing straight away, however they will not play every game in the season.

Why is there a limit of 6 board shouts?
Board shouts go out to all of your supporters, this large exposure means a fast moving notice board, this can also be abused without placing a limit. Board shouts are limited to ensure a better pace for getting your message or code lists to your supporters.

I am losing health, why?
When you Challenge play a team, or another team challenges your team, health is used.

I am losing cash, why?
When a team Challenge plays your team and you lose, they win cash from you. If you feel you are being Challenged to much try keeping your cash in the bank to protect it.

I am being challenged when not playing runFootball
Even when you stop playing... the game still continues, you will earn income, play in league games and if you have enough health appear in the Challenge play list.

Why is there a supporter limit of 2000
With any server hosted game, performance and large set data processing can cause issue's. There is a fine balance between providing game play for everyone and a reasonable amount of data to process in providing the game play. runFootball like all other MMO games has to provide limits.

I can't win against credit players
runFootball like many other games uses the credit system, this does mean that credit buying players will have an advantage in the game. In leagues runFootball provides the AllPro & SemiPro leagues, these league's limit credit purchase players from being able to play in them.

Why cant I move a Penalty player
When a player receives a match Ban, they will become locked in formation until the ban is over, you can adjust your subs to match the best replacement.

I had more supporters than that!
Adding and dropping a supporter work both ways, if you are losing supporters it might be worth reviewing how your playing, do you challenge your own supporters too much?

I am missing some required income items
There are certain income items that are gained through Business functions, the key is always in the title.

Business, Finance & Player managers, what is the difference?
The manager class operates the game attributes: cash, health, energy and stamina. So:
Player manager will gain health faster.
Business manager will gain energy faster.
Finance manager will gain cash faster.

No one to Challenge play
Challenge plays are based on Health and user level, this means that if there are no players with enough Health, then then the level selection is opened up a bit to try and find more players.
Challenge plays account for a large amount of the activity on runFootball, so during peak times the teams available for Challenging run out of Health quickly.

I challenged, but got the team has no health left
This just means that in the time you receive the list of teams to play, that team has already been played and is now out of health, try another team, perhaps from lower in the list.

How much does runFootball cost to play?
FREE, runFootball is free to play and will always be, but like anything in life it does come with a cost.
runFootball works across the internet, this means that if accessing through a mobile phone line; you may incur data costs. runFootball pages are small on data and good image caching is used, so these costs should not be much.
Time and effort, if you want to build a good team on runFootball, this will cost you time in playing the game, performing Business functions, buying property, gaining Challenge play money. We hope this cost is time enjoyed.
Credits, runFootball uses the credit system method as a means of financially providing the service, buying credits allows for faster progression in the game and reduces the time and effort cost.

How old is runFootball
runFootball first went live on 26th October 2010, so is still in a expanding phase with many more new features to come.

Products / What credit packages can I buy?
For faster game progression credits can help, runfootball has the following credits packs available for purchase via the 'Get credits' option in the game.
50 creditscost: $4.99
110 creditscost: $9.99
250 creditscost: $19.99
600 creditscost: $39.99
1400 creditscost: $79.99

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