Osmosis training

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Osmosis training was one of the names given to a skill trading type where a player could be trained even if they didn't play at all.

Today only a vestige of the past remains, after the restrictions imposed by the Hattrick Team that

[Set a] limit the excessive, almost industrial, use of skill trading where traders buy players before the training update and sell them right afterwards after they increased a skill – without ever played a match for their team.

Osmosis trader

Some managers, who are a type of skill traders, try to profit from this phenomenon by buying a lot of players with a very high sub-level. If done correctly the small amount of training will do to make a player pop within a couple of weeks. Then the player will be sold for a profit.

However, it takes considerable trader's expertise and time to spot players with a sufficient high sub-level and, in conclusion, making a real profit is very hard. Also due to the frequent transfers and subsequent TS-drops, the team spirit would suffer from this guys.

Before November 2007, the osmosis training wotked differently. All players on a squad received training and this training was not limited to players that played in a match that week.

Osmosis definition

Osmosis is a small amount of training all players received, if they didn't play in the correct position for that training type. This was indicated by "((others))" in the table in rules.

This small amount of training is estimated to be around 1/6 of the training a player receives when he played on a positionb suitable for that training type.

Name origins

The term osmosis is somewhat of a take-off on the "learning by osmosis" joke where someone puts a book on his head and the knowledge is transported from the region of high concentration, the book, to the region of low concentration, the head.

As it is known, the process of such transportation through a thin membrane is known in biology and physics. Of course, the carry-over training isn't exactly the same thing, certainly, but the conceptual similarity is there.

Variants

Osmosis training is also known by several other names, including:

• Shadow Training since the players given osmosis training "shadow" the players getting the main training,
• Fusion Training only because of its nice sounding,
• Residual Training as the amount left over after a process (fairly straightforward name),
• Klaverjas Training connected with cardplaying since players bought for the sole purpose of receiving osmosis training only sit around in the canteen or on the bench and they have plenty of time for cardgames.

It's derived from a cardgame that was popular among professional players in the Netherlands. It was played to kill time during training camps and long busrides. The players used to bet quite heavily on the cards. As not everyone could stand losing or felt obliged to pay his debts, this sometimes resulted in a bit of tension, even to the extent that players were forbidden to play klaverjas anymore by their coaches.