Hi,
1- yes, our current teams are quite the same : I tweaked everything twice, than make fair distribution between the 2 teams
2-as good as mine !
3-on the esthetic aspect, yes. On the tecnical aspect, I'm not sure.
I've got a plan for that : As soon as my "pro" 4.0 team will be completed (figs and bases), I'll make a game against his current "demo" team (fab5 + regular bases), and smash it, I hope. The goal is not to humiliate my bro, but make him interesting in the tweaking aspect and team preparation. The good old "stick and carrot" technic (I don't know if you know that expression in english).
yes, i do know this term, but in EFL experiences, this can be tricky. if you brother is not into the artistic aspects of the game he may get the same joy as you. However, if he had some of the same types of custom players for his team, he will really want to get busy to try and crush you if he can.
Since I know my bro, I know he will want to upgrade his team to be competitive. So I'll give him spare bases to tweak on his own, helping him with my humble skills. I think it's a better way to involve him in the hobby than simply give him a "ready to play" team.
if he likes american football and want his team to resemble it's counterpart, you can always show him this site .........
We can see the limit of the "ready to play" concept : even if our teams are balanced for now, I'm confortable with my own team (making sacks etc...) because I tweaked it and I know each fig on the field. Even if the games stills competitive because he observed how his team works, he doesn't have that advantage.
4- I'll adapt my own team ! If he becomes enough good and involved to force me to adapt, I'll be the happiest MF player
Dimitri