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In a 3rd qualifying round of the FA cup against Basingstoke and my right back decides to do a Rio, only with a lot more force. He almost hammered it into the net under no pressure at all :oD
I conceeded a late equalizer because I made all my subs and my DM got injured.
Still I did beat them 2-0 in the replay.
I've just realised I didn't post a profile picture for my game,
I know it's a bit llate in the day but here it is anyway
I'm 8 games into the season, W3 D3 L2 and sitting 7th. To say my form is inconsistent would be accurate, appears like many others on here.
Matlock Town Season Review (12/13)
Season Review: Another fun season, really enjoying the new features SI has added. Everything went well from day one it might not look it on the graph but most of the season we had quite a few games in hand due to some nice cup runs and so not so nice weather and pitch conditions. The squad impressed me, I was planning for at least one more season in the BSP because I lost a lot of players I wanted in the first window to bigger sides, but once we got underway I knew we had a good shot at for at least making the play offs.
For the cups we started off with a good showing in the FA cup until I got a bit carried away resting starters we should of advanced another round, the FA Trophy more than made up for it though as we destroyed everyone we faced.
FA Cup
FA Trophy
Team Info:
Team Report
My Screen
D. 'Moody' Mooney - S: Love this guy, no matter how we are doing hes always in a bad mood. He seems happy we won promotion though so maybe hes not entirely insane.
M. Rigters - S: Really active player who set up a lot of goals, however he did miss games due to little injuries along the way.
S. Thornton - MC: The anchor of the team all season, this guy was simply epic at being the 'pass before the pass', great creative force and solid defensively as well.
Playoff Final
FA Trophy Final
At a glance:
Next Season: Improve the defense.
Chippenham Town Mid-Season Update - Blue Square Bet South - 2011/12
With the season now officially half over, Chippenham Town currently find themselves mired in 15th place. We are 10 points clear of the relegation zone, but 11 out of the final playoff spot.
It has been a season of inconsistency. Our strikers by committee seem to be doing a decent job at making sure we score at least one a game. However, the defense has been shakey all year and 1 goal hasn't been enough to even earn a point with a draw. The goalkeeper situation is still up in the air as my current keeper continues to be unable to hang onto the ball and it is costing me points.
League Table
League Positions Graph
Top Goalscorer - Started as a super sub, but earned his starting job.
Best Avg Rating - Another striker who made his way into the side when injuries hit. His only problem so far is he can't seem to play a full 90 minutes.
Best Midfielder - Just recently signed, he has made an instant impact in his play maker role. Great passing and has brought out the best in my strikers.
Best Defender - Great in the air. A big strong back to lock down the middle. If only I could clone him I think the defense would get much better. He needs to work on his anticipation and positioning though.
Worst Goalkeeper - DO NOT SIGN. Despite handling of 14, he just can't seem to hold onto the ball. Hes probably cost me 6 points by now, and injuries to my backup are the only reason hes still in my side.
FA Cup
Unlucky draw saw us miss out on any easy games and we crashed out at our first opportunity.
FA Trophy
We did record one win in this competition, but then drew rivals and BSP club Bath City. It was a hard fought game, but an own goal and a late winner were enough to send us packing.
Finances - 40k in the red already... OUCH. If this keeps up I may be forced to sell my best players this summer to try and balance the books a bit.
Goals for the remainder of the year:
With both cup runs already over, the league is the only thing left to play for. The season goal remains the same, qualify for the playoffs! I still think its possible if we can put together a decent unbeaten run. Hopefully some of the teams ahead of us will slip up in the upcoming fixture congestion and we can make up the ground.
I'm still looking to bring in 1-3 very good players to push the squad over the top. The talent pool available is still very strong and I'm just hoping they will talk to me soon. I'm mainly looking for a new star goalkeeper, a second lock down CB, and an every day very pacy striker for up front.
Last edited by Quavis; 08-11-2010 at 22:26.
Quick January update.
After 4 losses in our first 6 games, the form's picked up dramatically and we're now in with a chance of promotion. We're churning out 1-0s and 2-1s most of the time but I'll settle for that as long as we get points on the board. I signed 25 players and they're starting to gel.
Michael O'Halloran has been my best player by a distance, 14 goals in 25odd appearances and 7 assists too. It's nice to have a source of goals because we can't defend for toffee. In midfield Sam Hewson's been pretty great, 8 goals and 5 assists to his name.
Out of both cups already, which is annoying as I'd have liked the finances to cover my overflowing wage budget (currently £1.3k over).
Last edited by Willy Wonka; 08-11-2010 at 22:36.
Probably dodgey because of his eccentricity being really high at 17 Quav
I'm really going to try and grab the FA Trophy this year. A big big ask. But I want that bit of silverware.
Last edited by Satio; 08-11-2010 at 22:43.
Sitting just above the relegation zone after 6 games, hopefully results start to pick up soon as my team should be starting to fit in and gel with each other.
Just had an epic FA cup qualifying match with my BSS Chippenham against BSP side Farnborough (especially meaningful for me being an Aldershot fan!). Drew the first match 2-2, with a brand new signing Reece Caira making his professional debut in central midfield and bagging both goals. Then in the replay I went 2-0 down early, came back to 2-2, then Farnborough missed a penalty on 89 minutes. I go behind early in extra time, then we score twice to seal the win at 4-3. Stunning performance from my team, especially late on when we threatened to run away with it. They have really picked up their goalscoring with a change of tactics to turn a run of draws into wins.
I've tried to upload the highlights but it's failed twice, so i'll give it another go later.
In pre season. Looking disastrous so far. Lost 3-2 to reserves (player of mine got sent off lol) and got torn apart by Redditch. Looks like its a fresh tactic needed here....
Tuesday 13th March 2011 - Former Real Madrid and Bolton Wanderers defender Iván Campo signs for FC United.
I have just started a game with northwich. Never done a challenge before so i'll see how it goes. Could anyone upload a fc united game as i'd like to give that a go.
Check the saves game thread, Millsy. Must be one in there.
Stick with the might Trickies Millsy!! FC United it going with the crowd
o.O I just got offered like 10 players from premier league squads during the january transfer window. No idea where they think I'm going to get the 500k+ they want for them though. I'm sure even if they offered them for free the players wouldn't sign for me lol. Its probably because I've started to compile my possible free transfer list for next summer.
Edit: I was tempted by the "Interact with board" button so decided to try it on one of them. Unsurprisingly my board was unwilling to provide me the 275k i asked for :P
Last edited by Quavis; 08-11-2010 at 23:38.
Bloody Histon in my game are immense, unbeaten and 10 points clear at the top of the table...anybody else getting that?
Cheers for the reply savio and the upload jordanswinburn.
I am going to stick with them for now jaffa but i support man u and would love to make fc united an elite team.
Ok ok, no need to repeat yourself !
After a bad start and keeping the faith in the team and tactics we have now won 5 out of 5 and have climbed to 10th in the table, looking quite good now
2011-2012 so yes season two...they're taking names
Reeling Histon in now, deficit is down to 5 points...ROLL ON THE TRICKIES MACHINE! (thats Northwich Vics for everyone else)
Hendon Dons Preseason Report 2012/13
New Signings(9k/week budget, already at 9.6k )
DL-Bradley Garston-18-$130/week-Instant upgrade over previous left back, and cheap also.
DR/MR-Jacob Hronec-20-$425/week-upgrade at right back where I intend to use him at.
ML-Sebastien Carole-29-$550/week-c/p upgrade at ML, I expect tons of assists from him.
GK-Greg Fleming-25-$230.week-I really have no idea how I got this guy and for so cheap, cause his stats are great.
Greg Fleming
ST/ARM-Marceo Rigters-28-$750/week-Although hes an accomplished Striker, I don't see myself using him there too often. Going to set up many goals.
ST/AMC-Nikola Saric-21-$600/weekAnother 15 pace/10+finishing guy, highly aggressive, should score alot.
MC/DM-Ian Herring-28-$200/week-Really underated(1.5 stars), his attributes make for a great DM, and solid MC.
Everyone is on a two year contract except Ian Herring.
Interesting Friendly Results-
Hartlepool (L1)- 2-1 victory
Peterborough(CH)-0-1 Loss-Peterborough goalie made 4 saves. 47/53 possession.
Media Expectations:24th
My stated expectations: Mid Table finish ($9k/week+6k transfer)
What I actually expect: Ok so the difference in wage budget between mid table finish to promotion and winner(both the same) was
$250... so on the off chance I don't get promoted, I will have at least made expectations. I totally expect to get promoted this season.
I don't know why anybody would tell the board their goal is to avoid relegation in the first few move ups, because you're really only inhibiting
yourself by giving yourself less $ to work with. Usually I go mid table since that's the first jump in cash usually. *shrug*
I've played this challenge now each time spanning the last 3 releases Haffie, and before that I think it was Gundo's European challenge I used to play.... enjoyed it everytime no matter though and I've been playing the FM/CM games a LONG time.
Playing a challenge such as this just gives the game a whole new dimension, and adds that extra bit of motivation to succeed.
Last edited by Jaffa; 09-11-2010 at 00:47.
Hi all, have had a go at different challenges over the years but not done this one for a good while, and never got too far when I did - so think its time to change that.
Decided to give it a go as Leamington - only problem was in my haste to get started I forgot to take my manager screenshot on the first day - so Ive got it from July 11th as long as thats okay?
Personal info
Have been playing earlier today, but this is first time Ive got internet today. Started fairly steadily and we're in 7th place after 8 games. Strangely at home we have been poor and have only just won our first home game - whereas away we have a record of P4 W3 D1 L0 !
I dont think we are going to win too many prizes for our style of football this season - I've gone for tall strong CBs (one of them is 6' 7"), decent pace out wide and the target man, quick striker combo up front. I'm hoping that, despite us not being technically too good, the physical attributes of those players can help us overachieve.
It was hard to attract any staff to the club, never mind decent ones, so I dont think I can rely on my scouts too much!
Good luck to everyone else taking part
Just beat league leaders Hyde 4-1, which took us up to 4th with 2 games to go.
Banbury United Season Review (11/12)
Season Review: A season that started off very erratic bur promising, then the team had a downer near the end, but managed to recoup themselves in the end.. Leading to:
Penalty shoot-out win in the Play-offs!
For the cups we started off with a good showing in the FA cup until second round where we lost to a L2 team, whilst deserving more. The FA Trophy saw us through to the Semis, where we lost to BSP AFC Wimbledon, hampered very much by the tiredness of my squad. Which was a theme that bothered us the whole season, even with rotation it was hard to have a fully fit team due to cup replays, and fixture congestion.
Team Info:
Transfers Strayed over Wage Budget with 500, but managed to have a profit due to cup runs mostly.
Transfers pt. 2
The Underperformers:
Botond Antal - Scouts loved him, coaches loved him, but he never impressed me. He did manage to be a good penalty stopper (though the Playoff final were both misses from the opponent.) But he is probably replaced next season.
Nathan Rooney - Really good stats, but not the rating to show for it.. Still he proved a strong part of the team, and I'm sure he will be there next season.
First Half Key Men:
François Kompany - First half of the season was amazing, with many assists and general good play. Last half was less good, but still managed to play good enough to feature player of the year shortlist.
Callum Bagshaw - First half of the season was also amazing, topscorer, and overall great player, became noticeably worse in second half, but still scored a goal in Play-off Final.
Second Half Key Men:
Nathaniel Jarvis - First half of the season was poor, with me regretting signing him for such a high wage.. But he skyrocketed the second half, and managed to become league topscorer, and player of the year.
Fraser Kerr - First half of the season was decent, nothing more. But he really motivated himself for second half, with some goals and good performances leading him to convince me he could lead the defence in absence of Albrechtsen.
Overall Performer:
Jacob Albrechtsen - Great Defender, wanted by L1, L2 and even one time a CH club.. But I hope he remains faithful.
Next season goal: New GK, new FBs, and stay up or better.
Interesting tidbit: I have won Manager of the Season award, without ever becoming Manager of the Month. Wonder how many Steam profiles have the Boss achievement but not the Top of the Class one
Last edited by Elnaith; 09-11-2010 at 01:45.
Congratulations on promotion Elnaith. I hope to do the same now that I've secured a playoff position with a game to go
Just won the Blue Square Bet South with 2 games in hand! Broke a record for most points in a season, at 82 now.
This is my 2nd season.
Further results to come once season is fully complete.
Congratulations both Timers and Elnaith.
On a side note, Albrechtson is awesome... jammy bugger, my scouting must be rubbish, he's not in my game at the moment !
We hit form, 7 wins in the league in a row and it takes us upto 2nd in the league, loving this game
We did it! After beating Histon 5-2 in the second leg of the semis, we (Or should I say Samuel Ameobi) beat Boston 3-1 with Ameobi scoring a hat trick. We're going up!
Last edited by jordanswinburn; 09-11-2010 at 02:47.
Weymouth - 2012/2013 Season Review
Finished 1st with 85 points. Promotion is shocking to everyone after finishing 12th first season.
League Table: http://screencast.com/t/6bhxRBNOTa
Squad (Sorted by rating): http://screencast.com/t/orXOWEAEsK
To note, I did go out in both the first rounds of the FA Cup and FAT so perhaps this had something to do with my league consistency (with no distractions). Though this disappointed the board, being in the BSP next season should be nice.
Updated sig to reflect final position:
Congrats on promotion Elnaith and timers!
I also was of course Manager of the Season, and Koroma got player of the season. 21 goals/13 assist, not bad.
I hate the January transfer window! All the bigger teams again start making free agent offers and my shortlist options for future signings who wont talk to me have gotten smaller. Its getting late in the year now and players should be starting to get desperate. I've offered a contract to an ex-Tottenham youth keeper to hopefully replace Mr. Butterfingers. My #1 striker prospect (the above mentioned Nikola Saric) is still availible and I'm hoping to bring him in as soon as he starts talking to me.
FC United of Manchester
Season 1 - 2011/12 Blue Square North
Preseason - Media Prediction: 21st
The Journey Begins
Club Info
Swinburn returns to FC United. After my success in last years challenge, I decided once again to go with a place that feels like home in the FM world. The board wanted me to attempt to avoid relegation. So, in true fashion, I aimed higher. My aim was to finish in the top half.
The Season
The season was a bit of a rollercoaster ride, despite never dropping below 10th. We had big wins, but equally big losses. Eventually we pulled the act together and secured 4th place. Our cup runs werent so good, going out of the FA Cup in the 2nd Qualifying Round, and the FA Trophy in the 2nd round. Star players include Omar Koroma, James Poole and Greg McDermott. Honourable mentions go to Samuel Ameobi and Dean Deagle who also put in top performances.
FC United v Histon | Histon v FC United
FC United v Boston United
Blue Square North Table | Position Graph
Transfers | Squad
Confidence | Finances
FC United Awards
Fan's Player of the Year
Omar Koroma
Its no wonder Omar is Fans Player of The Year. 20 goals to his name, 43 appearances, 12 assists, 7 Man of The Matches. Most of this from the right wing. He had an average rating of 7.21. Great season from him.
Top Scorer
James Poole
26 goals in 48 games. He only just claimed Top Scorer, with Omar Koroma just behind on 20, playing on the wing. Nevertheless, Poole played a very important role in our promotion. His form dipped in the later stages of the season, which led to Samuel Ameobi occasionally getting picked ahead of him. Next season will be a very important one for Poole, as he'll face stiff competition to keep his place.
The Jordan Swinburn Award (The Surprise of the Season award)
The 7-1 thrashing of Bradford PA
The Millward Player Choice Award (Manager's Player of the Year)
Greg McDermott
Greg had a great season. 46 games, 6 goals and 12 assists from a defensive midfield role. Whilst Poole and Omar Koroma had higher average ratings, without Greg, the team wouldn't have been the same. That was demonstrated when he was out injured for a few weeks. He scored a few fantastic goals and hopefully he can keep that up next season.
Goal of the Season
3rd Samuel Ameobi v Stafford
2nd Greg McDermott v Bradford PA
1st Greg McDermott v Hyde
Next Season
My aim for next season is to stay up, simple as. Doing better in the cups would be nice too. Keeping our star players is a must, but it looks like were really going to have to strengthen to stay up. My outside aim is to get to the playoffs, but well have to see how we do.
Career Overview
Code:Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/12 Blue Square North 4th Promoted - Playoffs
Nice writeup Jordan. I will definitely be following your progress. Detail like that is great. Komora finished with 21/13 for me, he's great
Congrats on promotion jordan! Will be great seeing FC united move up through the leagues!
For those of you that have been promoted already, are you getting lots of interest in your players from other teams? Has anyone sold anyone for good money yet or are teams much more penny-pinching that previous years?
Up to the usual again. 23 ins, 14 outs. I personally feel that I've made some outstanding signings here. I found that if you look at the released players in the Premier League from the year before, some of them are still available, and still as good.
I've just got Jan Sebek, Arsenio Hafhuid, Ignasi Miquel, Cedric Evina, Nick Ajose, Ryan Fredericks, Omar Elabdellaoui, Richard Bryan, Jeffrey Monakana, Nikola Saric and Fabio Borini, all using that method. Also managed to pick up Francisco Duran from Sheffield Wednesday.
I'm 2k over my budget, but I've still got cuts to make.
(Which turned out to be unnecessary when I asked my board for more wage budget)
Last edited by jordanswinburn; 09-11-2010 at 04:41.
Can anyone tell me exactly what forces a team to move from PT status to FT? Like what actions can lead one there?
Jordan, how are you checking those released from the Premier League quickly?
For players whos contracts expire june 30th, there should be a window that comes up on the 30th thats titled "English clubs release players" or something similar, with a button that takes you to the english transfer history screen. That screen lists player name, what club they used to play for, and what club they currently play for. I guess now that I think about it, this screen is always there, and so theoretically could be used to find the players released first year. This would mean that I'm an idiot for going through manually lol. Oh well, I guess you always learn something each year!
There's an even easier way of finding out where players have been released from. On any player search
Customise current view
Then you can choose the firlds that you want to see; in this case adding 'last club'. The big advantage is that on the search screen you can have your ass man only show the players who will be interested in your club.
If this post has been helpful; pay it forward. I want a Folkestone save!!!
Last edited by vikeologist; 09-11-2010 at 04:29.
Hayes & Yeading in my first Blue Square Premier game. Time to test the big signings out, except for Saric, who got injured 3 days before the game
The teamsheet includes 5 players who were regulars last season... something a little rare in my case.
FC United 4 - 2 Hayes & Yeading
That went pretty well, apart from their two penalties, and their goals. They got a penalty in the 5th, which they missed. They then got another in the 32nd, which Sebek saved. It didn't matter though as we went 4-1 up by HT.
Evina scored an easy goal. Koroma got a double, before getting injured. And Oguzhan Ozyakup scored this beauty.
Last edited by jordanswinburn; 09-11-2010 at 04:51.
Man, you guys fly through the seasons. Gonna be at this challenge through about FM15...
5 games in so far with Kendal Town, and I think I've figured out the secret. Get the other team down to 9 men through red cards and injuries. Even then, only scraped a 1-0 win against Worcester by banging one in from about a yard after a mess of a cross. Think Swiss goal against Spain in the WC, except maybe a little uglier.
That win put me up to 17th, 6 points from 5. Useless going forward; Got a couple of decent flair players but no good target men, so I'm trying to play a 4-4-1-1, without much luck. Seems the best system on paper for the players I have, but I think I'm making it too fancy. Few signings seemed to have locked down the back pretty well, as I've only conceded 1 goal from open play. Getting pretty sick of giving up pens, though...
EDIT: News Article called my last win a 'Vintage Display' :confused:
Last edited by TheEnglishHombre; 09-11-2010 at 05:51.
Starting this challenge with Nantwich, the only sub 1000 rep team I managed to get promoted in about 50 reloads.
Profile Pic
Welsh Wizard - Colwyn Bay - BSN - 2011/12 - Season 1
Club Info
Squad General
Squad Stats
Transfers Part 1
Transfers Part 2
Finances Summery
Finances Wages
Manager Overview
Loads of players in and loads out.
Finances are looking well with the cup run and the board decided to build a Youth Academy which will cost £450k and will take 3 months to finish.
Wages are really high and above what I'm allowed so can't get anyone in before selling a load before hand.
The squad is pretty big which is hard to maintain with no reserve league so I have to make matches for them.
Will be looking too offload a few.
Key Players
Chris Fagan - Just crazy stats with 38 Goals in 40 starts and 13 assists. Runs at defences or justs slides through the gaps before finishing or putting in decent crosses. Managers tried to target him and it work in making his morale go down but he still usually scored.
Nathianiel Jarvis - Very similar to Fagan just wasn't as prolific for some reason.
Larnell Cole - The ex-Man United youth player was the main link between the attack and mid. With the attack playing the same roles and staying high up the pitch, Cole had to support the attack with runs in the box as well as feeding the forwards which he did very well and cemented his place in the starting XI after being a bench player at the start.
Laurence Gaughan - Solid in defence and formed a good partnership with man to follow
Fraser Kerr - A Rock.
Predicted:- 22nd
Finsih:- 1st
Previous Standings Graph
A great season finshing miles ahead of the other teams , getting top early on and maintain form and Finished unbeaten in the league. Managed to concede less than a goal a game and reached the 100 goals mark in the league. Won the League early in March and had a double figure amount of games left which I used to blend some of the recent signings due too the increase in rep.
Team Stats
Player Stats
Basicly Fagan and Colwyn Bay ran the show.
3rd Round
2nd Round
Other Leagues and Competitons
Man United won the Prem again after Chelsea had won it last season with Liverpool being the main challenger just behind by a point. Arsenal and Chelsea took 3rd and 4th respectively. City 5th Fullham 6th.
FA Cup was won by Chelsea beating City 5-0 in the final.
Arsenal won the League Cup vs United 2-1.
Real won the Champions League vs Marseille.
Aims for Next Season
- Stay Up
- Get rid of dead wood
- Hire some decent staff
- Sign some decent wide men
Code:Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/12 Blue Square North 1st Promoted - Champions.
Woop, dominated York 3-0 away to reach the FA Cup proper!
Hi all,
I have read about this challenge for many year, and finally I thought I would try this:-)
Went on vacation to June 25th as stated, but the holliday did not stop. I manually stoppet it June 30 and took over Tooting & Mitcham:-)
Does the late start disqualify me? Hehe!
3 games into the season. 2 losses (3-1 and 1-2) and one victory (1-2)
Looking forward to the rest.
HENDON DONS 1st Half Report- Season 2012/13 BSP
League Position: 2nd
Games which I choose to go into detail:
Game #1: Cambridge United
Another 1st game manager telling me I'm going to drop. OH REALLY AGAIN I SAY?!
EKONG MUST BE STOPPED also he says. Ekong might be my Jack Metcalf from last year who I signed at BSP and was using him in the EPL still. Hope so.
Former Hendon Legend Gary McCann tells me we need to respect Brian Saah.
ok enough pregame junk.
Seemingly every game I choose to comment fully on Gary "Goal" Noel hits a scorcher from 25+yards this time in the 41st minute.
In the 45th minute Nikola Saric scores a header off a fine cross by Ritgers. 2-0 lead. This team looks really really good.
Fleming looks REALLY GOOD.
Francis Zenaba in for Will Packwood in the 63rd minute.
Brian McGroary in for Sebastien Carole in the 72nd minute.
Rhema Obed in for Jacob Hronec in the 82nd minute.
Platt scores for Cambridge in the 82nd minute.
Right after I set my guys to waste some time, Nikola Saric scores again from a great Gary Noel assist to make it 3-1.
I will now be totally shocked if this team doesn't get promoted. These guys played really smoothly together,
and the new guys have made an immediate impact.
Game #3: Stockport who have won both their games and in first with a +4 GD.
Boring 0-0 at half. Saric has 3 fouls already though
Brian McGroary on for Sebasiten Carole and Michael Ngoo on for Jason Norville in the 62nd minute.
Jason Norville scores(right before hes getting subbed for lulz) in the 62nd minute after the goalie rushed out too much.
Jordy Brouwer(another FM10 favorite of mine) scores in the 70th minute 1-1.
Will Packwood in for Nikola Saric in the 78th minute. Ritgers moves up to the striker position.
Boring 1-1 draw to bring the record up- to 1-2-0
5-4-0 after 9 games. Too many draws, but at least no losses yet.
A terrible loss to Southport(23rd) in the 10th game.
Nikola Saric is out for four weeks.
Board AGAIN can't find a parent club.
Game #12: Port Vale-currently in 8th
Almond scores off a corner for Port Vale in the 15th. 0-1
Taylor scores for Port Vale off of a cross. 0-2
A terrible performance as it ends 0-2.
FA Cup 1st round draw @Ipswich. Which I lost 3-0. Apparently we were expected to do well here? riiiight.
FA Trophy(which is a must win imo) 1st round draw against Blyth. Which was won 5-0 yay!
2nd round FA Trophy at Home against Welling. Should win this one.
Record after 23 games:
Wins: 13
Draws: 6
Losses: 4
Folkestone isn't coming up, so I guess it will have to be Bradford Park Avenue, screenshot.
As a Bradford City fan, maybe this is treason, but what the hell.
Programme wouldn't stop until 30 June, so that's when I took charge.
flamin' hell how's that for expectation? West Ham sacked Grant and signed a new manager and a day later i get a report saying that the new manager is under pressure and could be sacked if they have a bad result!
I am starting to hate agents....some really wild wage demands.
However assman is turning up some really amazing talent so feeling optimistic about my first season in L1.
FC United of Manchester Pre-Season Report 2011/2012
Well, my previous post stated that I drastically needed a tactics shift. I was right, after realising that I had my creative freedom + free role to LW tactic set (from my Spurs save) I decided it would be best to remove that. This happened after my reserves beat me (sigh) and loosing 1-0 to Redditch in pre-season.
Tactics change, players arrive, fun beings.
Fagan, Montano and McDermott arrive. Fagan bags two easy goals and Montano does this to announce his signature for FC United. Then he does this against Bath.
McDermott being solid as per usual.
Pre season continues without a hitch, set all pre match to team building and all goes well.
First league game in charge - FC United of Manchester 0 - 0 Altrincham
All in all a slightly dull affair, both sides creating chances, but the real hero's being the Goalkeepers. Glad we kept a clean sheet against a team set to top the league by the end of the season, which means something is definitely working in defence.
Blue Square North game 2: Alfreton Town 0 - 0 FC United of Manchester
Another 0 - 0 that saw us hit the post and bar twice. Should of won but nevermind, looks very encouraging. Glad we kept another clean sheet, looks as though our defence really is rock solid, if a little slow at times. Wing backs were the driving force, each setting up chances - Quistin providing a gem of a cross for Montano to volley against the bar; would of been an early candidate for goal of the season. Fagan causing problems for their defence, hustling and closing down, chasing after every loose ball like a greyhound.
All in all, I am definitely encouraged by the start we have made in our first campaign in the BSN. Think once we get that first win, the rest will fall into place - I have built a strong squad; one that could win this league or be thereabouts by the end of the season.
Last edited by Yidd0!; 09-11-2010 at 09:11.
Didnt get to play at all yesterday due to being at work all day (11 am -1am) due to cod black opps coming out but have today off and gonna spend it in bed playing my FC United save.
When I left it on Sunday I was 5 games into season 2 and joint top of BSN about to play FC Halifax who were top.
Also a massive well done to all those that have got promotion or just stayed up in first season (like I somehow did)
And a big Good Luck to those that have just started or just about to start
The first 10.0 rating of my game! Fabio Borini slots 5 past Eastbourne Boro in our 5-0 win! I hope he keeps that up
Getting into the business end of the season now. After the period of just 13 points from a possible 36 over the New Year period and through January, we've now picked up five wins and a draw from our last seven games. 7 games left, we're sitting 4th, 6 points ahead of Alfreton who are 6th. Telford will almost certainly take the title.
And after putting 14 seasons into Heybridge Swifts quest for glory on '09 it's time to give this another shot.
Hastings United this time - i've been pushing for Folkestone but after missing the whole of Spooks last night I've given up reloading and gone for the next closest team.
Profile here - and so it begins.
PS Especially enjoying the fact that there is already mutual hatred between myself and Redknapp.
Something like 'Heres *team x* best goal of the season'. Maybe put them in a separate thread (like the saves) and have some sort of award next year for overall goal of the dafuge 2011 challenge? :P Would be mental.
Lol, think that goal has already clinched it!
3 games left of the season and I'm 2 points behind 1st placed Tamworth. They have the easier run-in. Gonna be a close one.
Have any of you been able to find a remotely decent Ass Man? Mine is a coach I promoted but want rid of. Also, I cant seem to get my assistant to choose player instructions for opponents? :s
Guys, I am going to start this tonight. Heard about the Dafuge challenge for the past few seasons now after browsing the forums and looks like a tasty challenge.
Anything I need to know as a newbie ?
Cant wait to get started
P.s Anyone that can recommend a team that has not been selected yet ? There seems to be too many FC Uniteds :P
Last edited by Hans Bwixs; 09-11-2010 at 13:49.
Yeah, I feel kind of cheap going for FC United - but who knows... Maybe I'll get bored and start again as a diff team sometime (this WILL happen when Croydon Athletic come up.)
Stuff to know...... umm, in my experience I've got a few things you should know:
1. Dont expect to be promoted every season- It's bloody difficult, hence why it's called a challenge
2. Dont go mental on bringing in players - They'll eat your wage budget like a fat person eats cake
3. Take your time when searching for players
4. Make sure you get at least one decent scout
5. Make sure you get a decent Ass Man (still need one of those)
6. Drink plenty of Red Bull (I got Thursday and Friday off work - I'll be buying tonnes and playing as long as my body will let me)
7. Dont try anything fancy in tactics - going 4-1-2-1-2 or asymmetrical bollocks will only backfire, bottom end clubs need bottom end tactics (4-4-2/ 4-2-4/ 4-3-3) with a big target man and a nimmy runner (see Crouch/Defoe style)
Hope that's useful.
Last edited by Yidd0!; 09-11-2010 at 14:07.
Yiddo, you summed it up nicely.
I'm hoping for promotion this year after failing miserably last year and one thing that is for sure is that I need promotion - my wage budget is crippling the club week in, week out.
The season started well, shooting up to second 12 games through, sitting in and around the playoffs but we have dropped off the pace just over the half way mark so I'm looking for a spark to bring us back up to winning form.
Ed: Just had this funny bit of news pop up - Didnt know the grim reaper supported Guiseley.
Last edited by Satio; 09-11-2010 at 14:30.
Amen to this, absolutely. I very much doubt I'll deviate from 4-4-2 until I get the Football League at the very earliest, probably more likely to be when I get into League 1 or the Championship.7. Dont try anything fancy in tactics - going 4-1-2-1-2 or asymmetrical bollocks will only backfire, bottom end clubs need bottom end tactics (4-4-2/ 4-2-4/ 4-3-3) with a big target man and a nimmy runner (see Crouch/Defoe style)
I would add, pace is king. If you can get players with pace, it will go a long way to masking their technical deficiencies. It was the best piece of advice I received last year and it is so far doing me well this year too.
Hehe no problem. Have you checked the dafuge save file thread which saves you from having to go forward a season? Already has saves for most of the teams that are available too, so you can pick who ya want!
I'm out at 4:30, pregnant fiance will need to be looked after for a while, but she'll be in bed by about 7/8, then its straight forward gaming for the rest of the night, then same tomorrow night, then 4 day freaking weekend woooooo!
FC United will be in L2 by Saturday....
Yeah to reiterate that, pace is 100% king when looking at forwards. Best thing I did was sign Chris Fagan, play him as an attacking forward, set him to run at players and turn OFF long shots. Turns into a beast.
Also, its down to common sense for the players you bring in. Unless your a masterful tactician, you will have to bring in at least 6/7/8 players to really give you a chance of fighting up the top end of the table. Take a look at who some of us have signed and make some decisions from there as to who you bring in.
Make sure you have a good keeper. No matter how good the rest of your team is, if your keeper is as capable as Massimo Taibi - then you'll loose plenty of matches. You know what they say, a good GK will get you 15+ points a season.
Pace is key for wingers too. If your winger can roast the opposition full back for speed then he'll have far more time and space to make use of a crossing ability that is a little lower.
Yidd0 makes a good point on keepers as well. At this level the two stats that I prize in keepers are aerial ability and one on ones. No matter who you have in defence, you will give up plenty on one on one chances, it's the nature of the beast at lower levels. And you'll also have to deal with plenty of crosses, so if you can get a keeper who does decently in these two areas *cough*JamesGilpin*cough* then you'll be off to a good start.
Did anyone say run of form? Secured our play-off spot with three games left, now to try and secure second place to get a better semi final
big scorelines aswell, Terk. Good job. My turn, I hope.
I hope so too, Satio. Fortunately for me this run of form has been perfectly timed, if we can carry it through the final three games and into the play-offs then we might actually be able to sneak promotion out of what has at times been a very frustrating season.
I posted a quick progress update last night when about 8 games in, well, resumed play today and my run of form has been phenomenal. 18 games in the league now unbeaten (ok I'm out of the FA Cup and FAT..but who cares).
The people that have that FM Base sig thing to show progress - how do I get the team ID needed to do it?
The bloody irony of it, I post a gleeful update and then go and lose the very next game 3-1. You have to laugh !


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I never thought about this before, but I was wondering why they chose runlevel 2. Every other distro and OS I've used default to runlevel 3 (with the exception of AIX which also defaults to runlevel 2).
The Debian distribution (and hence Ubuntu, which is derived from it) does not define any differences between runlevels 2-5 as a matter of policy. It is up to the local system administrator to make use of runlevels as they see fit.
Since there is no difference between runlevels 2-5, a default runlevel 2 was chosen.
Most distributions imho default to runlevel 5 (RedHat, Fedora, SLES, OpenSuSE, Ubuntu) - meaning login with runnung X11 and GUI. You have to specify otherwise, if you do not want a GUI.
But the definition of runlevels does not seem to be fixed.
I rember Solaris used runlevel 5 for poweroff, 0 for halt (without power off).

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5 Ridiculous Lies You Probably Believe About Psychology
After a semester of intro to psychology and a dozen BuzzFeed quizzes, you might think you've got a pretty good understanding of how the human psyche works. Unfortunately, you're probably basing that assumption on a science that's less "science" and more "a string of guesstimates cobbled together over the last hundred years or so." Not everything you learned from your high school psychology teacher/gym coach is rock-solid truth, guys.
So, despite what you've heard at parties or read in articles shared on Facebook ...
#5. There Is No Raging Autism Epidemic
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The Theory:
The entire premise of the anti-vaccine nutjobs is that all of a sudden lots of kids have autism, and there has to be a reason, goddamnit! "If it's not the vaccine thing, then is it, what, something in the water? The air? High fructose corn syrup? Video games? The gays?"
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The video game gays?
Laugh at them all you want, but the fact that autism is suddenly everywhere is undeniable -- your parents and grandparents can tell you that they didn't go to school with a single autistic kid, while these days everyone has at least one friend on the spectrum, along with 50 percent of TV show detectives. It's no wonder sites throw around phrasing like "Autism: The Hidden Epidemic?" and "What if Autism Were Contagious?"
The Bullshit:
Not so fast, cowboy. What might look like an epidemic at first glance is actually people giving a name to something that's always existed. Researchers don't think that autism itself is on the rise; they think parents and doctors are smarter about what it looks like. Your grandma had autistic kids in her neighborhood, but she went to school in an era when they dismissed them as the victims of witch curses.
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"We didn't give insulin to any kids with the devilbetes either."
We're barely exaggerating -- autism didn't even get a name until 1943, and for 20 years after that, the condition was interchanged with schizophrenia and totally blamed on bad parenting. As in, "Your child is 4 years old and hasn't learned to talk? You didn't hold him enough when he was a baby. Boom. Done. NEXT! Kid showing inappropriate reactions to social cues? Well, you clearly didn't spank him enough!"
It wasn't until 1980 that the main guide for mental illnesses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published the six-point criteria for diagnosing the condition (and none of them were about how crappy your mother was). Finally, kids who once would have been labeled mentally disabled despite high intelligence now had another possible diagnosis. We didn't even start throwing the phrase "autism spectrum" around until the mid-'90s -- meaning doctors on the cutting edge of psychiatry were just waking up to the fact that there's actually a wide range of symptoms of autism at around the same time kids were walking around with one overall strap hanging down and singing Color Me Badd.
Archimedes had his bathtub, Newton had his apple, autism doctors had 90210.
So, yeah, claiming that autism is new is like saying germs didn't exist until we invented the microscope.
#4. People Do Not Grieve in Five Stages
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The Theory:
When someone you love dies, you pummel through five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, or DABDA. You hear it come up in movies and on TV shows, people reference it in everyday life ("Don't mind him, he's still in denial") -- it's as predictable as the path of a chewed-up Dorito through your digestive tract.
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And just like certain Doritos through your digestive tract, some rush through it faster than is humanly healthy.
So, in the same way you shouldn't expect to get that coveted elementary school diploma without tackling kindergarten through fifth grade, you're not going to get the "at peace with a loved one's death" diploma until you make it through those five inescapable stages -- fighting it just delays the "acceptance" stage we're all trying to get to.
The Bullshit:
The five stages are something one lone psychiatrist came up with in the 1960s for a book she was writing. There's no evidence for it; it's just something she thought she observed ... while watching people in a completely different situation.
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It's like using advice from Housewivez Needz #69 to fix your marriage.
Here, ask yourself: Is there a stage that seems to be missing here? Well, how about the one where you yearn for the person to be alive again? As in, the emotion you actually feel the most after someone dies? Well, it's not there because the five stages weren't supposed to apply to people mourning the loss of others -- they are emotions the terminally ill express when facing their own deaths.
This all goes back to a hospital psychiatrist named Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who interviewed dying patients at her hospital and noticed a pattern. Some of them were angry, others were in complete denial, still others were walking around in a Zen-like state of acceptance. While battling insomnia one night, Kubler-Ross gave labels to the death thoughts of her patients and wrote them up in her book on death, cheerfully titled On Death and Dying. Before long, psychiatrists and counselors were using DABDA to help grieving loved ones, a completely different population from who it was intended for.
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"You already have cancer. Let your sister have the five steps thing. Don't be selfish."
In reality, mourning looks different for everyone (although a Yale study shows that most people accept the death of a loved one immediately -- understanding that someone is dead and gone forever is usually the very first emotion that we process, not the fifth). That's important to know, because if you're struggling through a death and you think there's a finish line or pot of gold after you hit certain checkpoints, you're going to be in for even more hurt down the line. Hell, if human beings progressed through every traumatic event in a neat checklist, what the hell would we need psychiatrists for? You could just print that shit in a manual and issue it to everyone at birth.
#3. Giving Someone Power Doesn't Immediately Turn Them into a Sadist
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The Theory:
It's one of the most famous experiments ever conducted, and if you've had a psychology class, you've heard about it: the Stanford prison experiment. In 1971, a Stanford psychology professor wanted to test his pet theory that people are essentially dicks, so he set up an experiment. Philip Zimbardo asked volunteer undergraduate students to play the parts of inmates and guards in a fake prison in the college basement. To the professor's horror, what started as a fun little project devolved into an Abu Ghraib shitstorm of abuse.
"I was going to add dog collars, but we were already over budget."
What was supposed to be a two-week experiment got shut down in six days when students went from regular kids at a university to torturers and victims. The guards withheld food from their prisoners, forced them to pee and poop in buckets, stripped them naked for punishment, and completely forgot that the people on the other side of the bars were going to be sharing cafeteria tables with them in a few weeks.
Naturally, Zimbardo and everyone who was unfortunate enough to see the de-evolution of humanity came to the same conclusion: Give any random person power over another, and he immediately turns into a sadistic douche.
Except for guard Chad Chadington, who required no prodding whatsoever.
The Bullshit:
There was one fatal flaw in the Stanford prison experiment: The guy in charge was stage directing the whole thing. Zimbardo didn't step back and watch the events unfold as an observer; he played the part of head guard, even going so far as using these totally scientifically unbiased instructions to his student guards: "In general, what all this should create in them is a sense of powerlessness. We have total power in the situation. They have none."
And remember, Zimbardo wasn't just the researcher/fake guard/sadistic mastermind of the experiment; he was a teacher, therefore an authority figure. There was pressure on students to please the researcher -- they were getting paid $15 a day for the experiment, and the department had clearly spent a lot of money building the fake prison. They were acting like sadistic guards because they wanted to please, not because their mock professional role emboldened them to do so. They knew what they were there to do. Oh, and a former San Quentin prisoner who served as a consultant on the experiment later admitted to feeding Zimbardo and his students suggestions on how to abuse their prisoners. So much for assuming decent, upstanding people spontaneously invented ways to be abusive.
"Remember, pee can be used as a punishment and a reward."
Also, you have to understand the context. This was the summer of 1971, a time of infamous clashes between protesters and authority figures (oddly enough, the riots in San Quentin and Attica prisons happened right after the experiment), including riots at Stanford that had to be broken up with tear-gas. When these students responded to a request to help a professor study the roles of authority figures and victims, they knew what point was being proven. It'd be like doing an experiment on gun control in the wake of several mass shootings.
Finally, despite Zimbardo's best efforts to smear all of humanity in one fell swoop, several of the student "guards" kept their moral compass intact and didn't abuse jack shit. Some even did favors for their inmates. The nice ones didn't get much attention in the subsequent reports because they didn't fit the professor's hypothesis that deep down we're all just waiting for permission to be assholes.


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Battlefield 3 Or Modern Warfare 3?
Posted 29 January 2012 - 05:32 AM
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Love how the resident tough guy is happy to talk trash on an internet forum but back pedals as soon as he is called out. Typical coward. No doubt he'll respond to this with excessive bravado in order to restore his rightful place as a fully fledged internet badass.
I like to make werewolf...
Posted 29 January 2012 - 05:53 PM
Finally got It Goes Boom, was a cunt.
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Spirit Tales
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 07:31 AM
Posted 25 September 2012 - 01:05 PM
EA is now only publishing games that have multiplayer as a feature.
I don't care if you work for EA. If you're partnered with EA. If you're paid by EA to say good thing about EA.
That is bad.
That is just so, so bad.
If every game publisher in the world had followed that philosophy, we wouldn't get great singleplayer experiences like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Portal (1), etc.
EA's paving a path, that once again, if everyone follows, will help ruin the video game industry.
Imagine if ALL video game publishers joined this idea?
We'd be FUCKED. The only singleplayer games would be indies and that may SOUND fine in theory, but some of the best singleplayer experiences were published by big-time names.
Just look at Assassin's Creed 2, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 4, etc.
Even Knights of the Old Republic was a great singleplayer experience.
So now EA won't publish KOTOR3 if it doesn't feature multiplayer in someway?
Fuck EA. Fuck 'em hardcore.
(Back on topic, Battlefield 3 is definitely the superior choice, despite EA being fucknuggets. It's a beautiful game and plays like a dream. It has tons of problems, but many positives to go along with them. MW3 is MW2 thrown into a microwave and cooked for 60 seconds.)
Posted 27 September 2012 - 09:43 AM
The every day gamer seems to be easily distracted by anything. Sleeping dogs is a perfect example of just how fast you can get confused in a story line because gamers don't pay any attention to small name drops. Even though you spent a good amount of time with that character.
I know this sounds like a completely derailed argument but what I am trying to say is that multi player games are becoming rather boring. Resident evil 6 might have a fresh new idea where you can take over enemies in someone else's game but I hope it's not another left for dead clone.
Every shooter I buy doesn't seem to change much. Not even Starhawk. It's point and shoot. Fighting games is about how you juggle people in the air without them getting up.
We need a new multi player experience. I am going to try that Tokyo jungle game to see if it is any different than say a .... I don't know. I was talking to a friend back in the day about a game where you create a monster and just fight other monsters online until you are the last one left. You create alliances with random people and betray them until the number 1 spot has been filled. As you kill characters in the game your monster grows at random. The more you win the bigger your monster becomes. Depending on how many you took out determines your size. If you took out the top player you would still only gain 1 level as to where the second top player would still be a great challenge to defeat because you cheap shifted the main leader. The world would reset after a winner was finally the only one left standing. It would start all over again. But sadly that game won't ever exist.
We need something new. And not flying body kills. Something completely new. And that is something hard to master but I am bored with everything already.
Posted 28 September 2012 - 06:58 AM
That depends on what you consider 'multiplayer'. SSX had multiplayer, but it's primary multiplayer feature was just async multiplayer like mirror's edge, which is essentially a leader board with replays attached to the game.
I'm not even sure this is bad so long as it doesn't affect the quality of the single player game. I'm not really sure about the logic behind this argument. You are essentially arguing for less content. I don't understand why that would be great in any situation. It's there for people who want it and avoidable for people who want to avoid it.
And I will say, multiplayer modes can surprise you. Conker was primarily a single player game, but Conker: Live and Reloaded had one of the most fun multiplayer modes I've ever played. It was actually so good I stopped playing single player because I was too busy playing multiplayer. Chaos theory's multiplayer mode was one of my favorite multiplayer experiences ever. Uncharted 2-3 were both solid, but they both had multiplayer (I didn't play multiplayer, but the single player was still good). You brought up AC. The AC2 expansions (both solid games) had a pretty interesting multiplayer mode; the games didn't suffer for it.
You are claiming the same fallacy you did with DLC; that removing multiplayer will increase the quality of the single player experience, which is not always the case.
It is a choice between A+B or just A more often than it is a choice between A+B or A+C.
Wat? There aren't even rumors about KOTOR3 other than that obsidian would like to do it.
A lot of indies are pushing multiplayer too. Turns out a lot of people like interacting with other people.
I still don't understand why you blanket a publisher with judgement rather than judging games on their individual merits.
edit: I'd understand if you judged developers more than judging a publisher. At least then you have an idea of the skill level of the people contributing on the product. Publisher just makes very little sense. EA publishes over a huge number of developers that all have widely ranging skill sets/specialties.
Edited by way2lazy2care, 28 September 2012 - 07:48 AM.
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Posted 28 September 2012 - 07:22 PM
Sorry it's obvious you don't keep up with gaming news Way2, here ya go mate.
Now try to talk about it like you know what you're talking about.
*Edit* Having multiplayer isn't a bad thing.
Solely investing into games with multiplayer tacked on is.
It's forcing developers who might have otherwise not have multiplayer so they could focus on Singleplayer to tack on some shitty gametype that no one's gonna want to play.
Edited by CakeCom, 28 September 2012 - 07:24 PM.
Posted 29 September 2012 - 01:41 PM
Sorry it's obvious you don't keep up with gaming news Way2, here ya go mate.
Now try to talk about it like you know what you're talking about.
*Edit* Having multiplayer isn't a bad thing.
Solely investing into games with multiplayer tacked on is.
It's forcing developers who might have otherwise not have multiplayer so they could focus on Singleplayer to tack on some shitty gametype that no one's gonna want to play.
That article doesn't say anything about multiplayer. It's about cloud gaming and internet/social services.
Give me LoL Referals.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 09:35 AM
Also EA has been hit up again with yet another claim that they are recycling games. Maybe you have some insight on the FIFA 13 Wii version? Is FIFA 13 on the Wii just a port of FIFA 12?
Edited by The_Con-Sept, 06 October 2012 - 04:26 AM.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 04:43 AM
Idk what they did on Fifa 13, but I worked on Fifa 12 for the wii. Like I've always said, I don't really care who publishes the game. I care about whether or not the game is worth it. If it's not I don't buy it and move on.
edit: I'm not sure why my position is being misconcieved as "EA is great." My position is, and always has been, that they're a publicly traded game publisher/developer. Like all publicly traded game developers/publishers, they will do good and bad things. I will not let that stop me from buying good games released by anybody; EA definitely has the talent and the track record to at least be capable of releasing great games. I judge games on an individual basis and don't by games I take issue with regardless of publisher or developer and buy games that I find to be of good quality regardless of publisher or developer.
I don't see why that is so controversial.
Edited by way2lazy2care, 08 October 2012 - 08:00 AM.
Give me LoL Referals.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 09:16 AM
Posted 08 October 2012 - 09:44 AM
Because you're supporting a company that is on the fast track of turning the gaming industry into a pile of shit.
People think gaming is getting bad now, with yearly CoD/Bf3 releases and Gears of War clones but EA could solely make this much, much worse if people continue to support them when they do things that are just plain wrong.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 11:56 AM
People think gaming is getting bad now, with yearly CoD/Bf3 releases and Gears of War clones but EA could solely make this much, much worse if people continue to support them when they do things that are just plain wrong.
People think gaming is getting bad now, because they're blinded by their rose tinted glasses of the past.
Gaming is fucking amazing now. It's an exciting time to be apart of it. But if all you're going to do is look at the negatives then that's all you'll ever see.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 11:56 AM
Edited by Original Sin, 08 October 2012 - 11:56 AM.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 03:52 PM
No I'm not. I'm quite clearly not supporting anything but good games. You are mistaking my passivity toward them for support because you believe the only valid position is attacking them. As I'm not a child, I have no reason to attack a company whose most general offense is making bad video games. If my standard for attacking something were that low I'd be too exhausted to actually lead any sort of meaningful life let alone be able to play any games period.
Do agree with OS as well.
Give me LoL Referals.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 10:00 PM
People think gaming is getting bad now, with yearly CoD/Bf3 releases and Gears of War clones but EA could solely make this much, much worse if people continue to support them when they do things that are just plain wrong.
i think gaming has come a long way from what it was.
alot of companies are a little more worried about graphix than the game, but over all
i think gaming right now is at a hell of a badass point.
Posted 13 October 2012 - 02:28 PM
I dunno man
I know nothing came out in September Except 2+ triple A games but this is a bad sign for gaming.
If this continues, I'll be blaming EA and Activision till the day I die.
Mainly Activision tbh, but EA is also contributing to the bs fairly regularly.
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The manual says that the upper rail offset can be adjusted to +/- 5, 10, 0r 15 degrees. I'm trying to figure out how to set the offset to -5 degrees. However when I look at the assembly, the angle between the pairs holes marked 5, 10 and 15 don't look like they are 5, 10, and 15 degrees apart and when using the holes marked "0" the scale is reading 45.
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High school senior Marlene Talamantes clearly has a way with words. She spent a day at the University of Colorado Law School and spoke her way right into a trip to Washington, D.C., and a tour of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Before the competition, Talamantes was not sure she would go to college. Now she sees college as a definite part of her future and plans to pursue a career in teaching or law.
Talamantes was one of 41 underrepresented students from Colorado high schools who competed in the second Colorado Marshall-Brennan Moot Court Competition hosted by Colorado Law's Byron R. White Center in February. Nearly 200 high school students, teachers, administrators and parents attended the arguments involving the First Amendment and how it applies to student speech on a school-sponsored website.
After three rounds of argument in the morning, the top six competitors were invited to present a final argument in front of the three distinguished jurists – Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Michael Bender of the Colorado Supreme Court and Judge Terry Fox of the Colorado Court of Appeals. They named Talamantes the Top Oralist.
"This program gave me an idea of what I am capable of doing in my future." Talamantes said. "It is something that changes students' lives because for most students it is a new thing to stand up in front of lawyers and present an argument. I used to be self-conscious about how people would see me, but now I have an awareness that I can present myself well."
The competition was just one piece of the Colorado Marshall-Brennan Project. The project sends law students into high school classes in the Denver metro area weekly during the school year to partner with social studies teachers in teaching about the Constitution. More than 500 students in 10 high schools have taken part in the program since it began in 2012.
Talamantes, a senior representing North Valley School for Young Adults in Thornton, was the first finalist to present her argument. "The judges were going really hard on me," she said. "I think they knew that I was prepared."
Although Talamantes was surprised by her win, Sara Milius, one of her teachers at North Valley, was not. "Marlene went into the competition ready to do well for herself," Milius said. "She was confident and spent a lot of time preparing."
For Talamantes, the highlight of the competition came when she had an opportunity to talk with Chief Justice Bender. "He gave me a few words of advice and told me that I was their top choice because of how well I knew the information," Talamantes explained. "He was so comfortable around me that I realized I should be comfortable around him, too. I didn't expect a judge to be like that."
As one of the six finalists, Talamantes will have the opportunity to compete in the National Marshall-Brennan Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., in April. The White Center is raising funds to cover the students' travel expenses.
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Will be out either today or tomorrow, depending on where you live.
Announcement blog is here: http://bit.ly/rZXJAv
UK Store URL: Football Manager Handheld - iStore
(Edit, MV - Added UK iStore URL)
Will be out either today or tomorrow, depending on where you live.
Announcement blog is here: http://bit.ly/rZXJAv
UK Store URL: Football Manager Handheld - iStore
(Edit, MV - Added UK iStore URL)
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Yes! Yes! Yes! :d
yaaaaaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo!!!!
Any screen shots anywhere on the web?
Come on app store! Don't keep me waiting....
Midnight... tic-toc-tic-toc
Question: in this years version would i be able to start my career at prestatyn town in Wales BUT have all english leagues loaded?
In previous versions you can't do this for example, if you started in Austrailia you could only select Englands top division.
About time!!
Shame - its one day too late. Yesterday I started saving up for a MacBook and thusly can't afford to spend money on games like this. Sounds fun anyway though :-)
Hi Marc, any idea if the iOS game will be released in Singapore? Cos over here, i'm just around 30mins or so to midnight! Cant wait!
Will this be available for android phones?
^^ it was taking too long before someone asked ^^
No, it's not available in Android, sorry...
Challenge mode sounds fantastic. For years I used to try and do this (start half way through and see what I could win), now a real mode for it
Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Can the save games be synced between ipad and iphone? if yes I'm going to be seriously addicted...
Is their any chance of iCloud integration? It will be so much better to be able to play on my iPhone at work and then on the iPad at home :-)
Harrogate to Champs League in 6 years me thinks
From where we're sitting it looks like it's already available in New Zealand and Japan!
Did the advanced player interaction get in there?
For example, I criticise a player in 2011 as he is sent off for headbutting a ref, but the rest of the team go ape **** for not supporting my player, thus bringing morale down as previously he was in form 9-9-10 etc etc
iDevices sucks, what a waste of time from SI.
^^ Android? #2
If we find these aren't concerns then its something we'll look into in the future, but I tend to err on the side of "better safe than sorry" with such things - so didn't want to rush into it just to get another feature on a list and potentially mess up someones phone bill.
I'm very happy with my iPhone - just counting the number of Android unhappy users that will show up here
I must say I am surprised the save games can even be transferred between devices at all. Excellent addition!
Why is Lecksa even here? iRelease and someone just comes to complain. Lots of us love FM for iOS. FM2011 for iPad is the FM I have spent the most time on and I've been playing since it was CM all those years ago. Playing on iPad is great and quite fast paced, perfect for me.
this song sums up how I feel about this release
Re: BSN&BSS... are they additional leagues or do they load up as standard on the English database?
anyone knows if this feature is gonna be available in Nigeria?
Will there be a demo for the game? I'm unsure I will want to for out what I'm assuming will be around 6.99 for the game. The last game I did not enjoy on an iOS device, although I have recently bought an iPad and do feel it may be more of an experience on the device. Which takes me back to my original question, will there be a demo? If it enjoyable I will happily pay the money if not I'm doubt I'll be owning the game
Nice one guys .
http://Vibe.Community - Football Manager Mobile Discussions, Downloads, Help and Guides.
Will it be available on a 2nd gen iPod?
Will there be live cup draws?
Can you play forever (I.e. no 30 season limit)?
Also, any chance of some screenshots? Has the UI seen a big improvement? The last one didn't really have the feel of a premium game, it's looked more like a kids game :-(
Hey, mind telling me what is editable/transportable this year? Anything new?
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Is there not a full change list?
If you guys want screenshots, look here: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/footb...439656770?mt=8
Also, doesn't seem like there are any radical changes. The UI is still a bit convoluted, I wonder if the match engine bugs are still there (e.g. defenders running forward when defending, both teams "stuck" in the middle of the field while a player runs with the ball, etc). Bottom line: the game was fun for a few seasons but after a while it becomes quite frustrating and boring! I doubt "challenges" will change any of that Seems like making that the big addition simply proves you're not that committed to the mobile space OR, just like FML proved, you're not yet ready to write a new game from scratch and mobile can't take the desktop engine at allit's not scalable down
Not bashing on anyone but just a heads up: it's not REALLY FM! It's FMH, and it's very limited in many ways, even if it's fun for the first few commutes
Its designed so that you can easily use the touch interface without having to click too precisely, this is imperative for those of us with large sausage fingers ... and in general I find that an extra click is preferable to swearing when I click on the wrong thing.The UI is still a bit convoluted
The game isn't 100% perfect but as is usual with our products all areas have been tweaked and tuned, I just don't particularly 'shout' about that side of things personally in announcements.I wonder if the match engine bugs are still there (e.g. defenders running forward when defending, both teams "stuck" in the middle of the field while a player runs with the ball, etc).
FMH was written from scratch for mobile (PSP) originally and has continued to evolve.Seems like making that the big addition simply proves you're not that committed to the mobile space OR, just like FML proved, you're not yet ready to write a new game from scratch and mobile can't take the desktop engine at all–it's not scalable down…
As I've indicated previously at present there isn't a mobile device capable of utilizing the full FM PC match engine (or other aspects of it) ... nor do I think the FM PC match would be suitable without its highlight system being refined so it was 'snappier' (ie. people don't have the 5-8 minutes it takes to play a single FM PC match available all the time when using a mobile device.
Disappointed that you still have to mess about with this manual process, or you have to choose to play your game on only one device. I'll probably not bother upgrading now, this one feature alone would have made it worth it.
Hello Marc!
Does FMHi 2012 support retina display graphics on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S or are we still running on the low resolution?
Just another question... from the screenshots it seems like there are no custom tactics (drag and drop players in the tactics field). Are we still conditioned by the default tactics list and no freedom to move players around?
Thanks in advance for possible replies!
I know you say midnight for release... but it could come early right? Right?
You're killing me here!
Hey Marc,
First of all, thank you for your reply! I appreciate you taking the time to explain how you view the game and its development.
Again, thank you for your feedback! I love FM and I love SI! I don't play the desktop versions much anymore because of lack of time which is why I get a little more "demanding" withe mobile versions as those I can afford to spend some more time playing I understand the limitations and I'd love to help in any way I can!
All the best,
--Levi F
Random question, but which boss does sunderland have on the new game?
As it will depend on if i take charge of them as my first challenge of ifmh 12
I expect the tablet market to grow a lot in the coming years which is why we've done our best to anticipate and move with it; on that front I agree I think the UI can and will improve and evolve over time - but its not something which will be rushed and we want to do things right.While I'm a big "personal computer" guy, I can't dismiss this new "tablet" world being the future of computing, particularly in matters of entertainment. I guarantee you'll be selling less and less FM copies every year, no matter how much anti-piracy (not the issue here) you implement into it… Not to any competitors, not to piracy but to other, completely different games that exist in the "handheld" sphere.
One of the advantages of FMH is that we're allowed more free rein with regards to experimentation and suchlike than the PC crew might get away with, this allows such things as the 'unlockables', 'challenge mode' etc. to be tried out and see how people receive them ... similarly we'll keep evolving and improving the UI as time goes on.
Feel free to email me about anything (email@example.com) - however do please bear in mind that I'm generally fairly busy and can't always reply or fix everything instantly ... well at least not until my clones mature that isSure enough… I'll look forward to having those fixed. I would love a direct line where I could send feedback knowing it will be taken care of. I love sending feedback but the bigger the developer, the least motivated I am to do it because it usually gets lost… SI is on the fence between "close & personal" and "big & enterprisey"…
When the time is ready I'm sure that devices will converge and handheld devices be more capable of running deeper simulations - at present however while they have sped up quite a bit please bear in mind one of the strengths of FMH is that its playable on 'any' iOS device from 1st generation onward and there is absolutely no chance of handling such a simulation, heck I did some back of napkin calculations a while back about the current FM match on an iPad2 and I believe it'd take several minutes from you clicking 'go to match' to actually getting into the match itself ... which means we've a while yet until such an engine is likely to be viable I'm afraid (and thats ignoring memory constraints etc.).I didn't expect an FM2012 (or even 09) match engine… But the good ol' CM 03/04 had a MUCH better match engine which seems to be where the visual stuff was adapted from but the logic stuff is missing (both on and off the field…). Again, the handheld versions need to be a remained (revolution) not an adapted (evolution)…
Thats quite all right - I'm more than happy to receive constructive criticism on my games - it helps keep me on my toes and focused on what needs improving, just do please realize that the handheld team is still rather compact (me and Rich coding, Chris doing art) in nature ... so much as we'd love to we can't do everything at once.Again, thank you for your feedback! I love FM and I love SI! I don't play the desktop versions much anymore because of lack of time which is why I get a little more "demanding" withe mobile versions as those I can afford to spend some more time playing… I understand the limitations and I'd love to help in any way I can!
Marc please don't forgot my questions a few posts above. Thank you!
Marc can I ask, has the scouting set up changed at all? I love the FMH games I just wish I could scout cetrain positions as well as different parts of the world, e.g. from the drop down box you could click for the scout to search south america and below it you could have a drop down box with player positions....does that make sense or am I rambling?
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We at SI Games would like you to sack your manager before the 31st November if he is going to be sacked, this is so we can do the latest database for FMH.
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I have a quick question. Are there any players on this release whose best/preferred positions are "inside forward" or "wide midfielder"? i feel these positions are sometimes wasted on the game when no players fit the bill.
The easiest ones to change are Sturridge, Robinho, Silva and Young for inside forwards .
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a guy recently posted whether it is possible that it might be released before midnight? is this possible or not? thanks
anyone got it yet?
Looks like we're now live
so where is it? :S
I can see it on the UK app store from where I am, it may take a little while to propagate.
sorry i'm thick, what does propagate mean :s
Downloading now it shows up if you search for football manager
to spread basically still can't see it and its quarter past Tragic :/
Downloading it now on my iPad Search 'Football Manager 2012'
found it, now downloading too *nerdgasm*
paulster you looked under ipad apps?
if that fails type in sega and then under ipad apps its there
You in the UK?, It's not the first one either.
The URL for the UK store is:
Football Manager Handheld - iStore
It wasn't showing up no matter what I typed in the app store.... But after clicking on the URL it seems to be there... Strange!!
i put fmh in my search and it came up, if thats any use to you?
Searching football manager handheld 2011 actually brings up the 2011 and 2012 editions.
can somebody explain the colour changes of player attributes?
here is a screenshot of Gareth Bale as an example:
I would assume its some kind of colour-blind assistance or something maybe? It's just hard getting used to after spending so long looking at the exact same data in different colours.
Hopefully I'll forget all about it after an all night session
Type in Football Manager, then search, then change the sort by option to 'release date' and it shows up.
The game looks awesome!..the social networking options is a great idea, the background seems slightly different which did catch my eyes out at first
however, it is abit slow on starting a game....is that just for the first time?.. or will it be like that all the time?
its very quick in normal play
Big download!!
Edit: The wonders of iCloud! It's being simultaneously downloaded to my iPad and 4S.
Last edited by Vane; 08-12-2011 at 00:54.
how do you sync saves from ipad to iphone
Edit: Looking at what you wrote again I'm assuming you're referring to the fact that there's a couple of extra 'steps' in terms of colours this year, we just feel this gives a bit more of a precise feel from a quick glance compared to last year.
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1) Plug your device into your computer
2) Start iTunes
3) Select your device within iTunes, from the Devices menu section
4) View the 'Apps' tab
5) Scroll down the screen to the 'File Sharing' area
6) Highlight 'FM 2012'
.dat files are your save games, and there can be up to 5 of them. The Manual Saves are named fm_save1.dat through to fm_save4.dat with the name reflecting the save slot used (1 = top slot, 4 = bottom slot). hidden.dat is the current Automatic Save file on the device.
Use the above instructions to copy a save over to your other device.
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- If you have read blogs, you may have encountered them.
- If you have read just about anything on the Internet, you have most likely seen them.
Forum Trolls
They are nothing new. They existed long before WoW and they will continue to exist long after WoW CDs are gathering dust in the back of your cupboard.
Euripides was a forum Troll that evolved to provide a channel for Trolls to flock to.
But back before Euripides read his first forum, maybe before he was born, before online forums themselves were born, there was a bunch of Poms that defined the art of Forum Trolling.
If you have never spent any time catching up with Monty Python, I would suggest you have barely lived. I suggest you head down to your local video store (or use whatever method you use for sourcing videos) and grab some Monty Python.
Meanwhile here's a few introductions for you…
Starting with the ultimate introduction to forum trolling.
Argument Clinic
All those times when you see someone write "Your Mum!", or "No it isn't"…
Now you can see that they all form the basis of a very valid argument… Not!
If you think I am drawing a long bow between Python and WoW consider that there at least two other references to Monty Python in WoW.
One of them has been in WoW since Vanilla, and sort of suggests that as much as Cadistra thinks Canada gets no WoW love, it has, even if in a backhand way.
Terry Palin being based on two of the members of the Monty Python troop and references this song "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK"
Black Knight
Most recently Monty Python gained a WoW guernsey with the introduction of the Argent Tournament.
Yes the Black Knight and It's Just a Flesh Wound is not a new invention, unless you consider 40 odd years new. If you don't know the Black Knight's origins (or just want a laugh at the good old stuff) check this one out.
Bonus points to Monty Python for the mount… I don't know how many times I have had a quiet chuckle at the creative use of a coconut.
There are many more Python references in WoW, but I think the most love my be is the one that exists only in my mind… the Forum Troll reference.
Anyway, next time you encounter a bit of Forum Trolling, think of Monty Python, have a quiet chuckle and post a relevant Monty Python comeback.
Gnomer and Out!
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There is a song I am trying to learn and the problem is that the guitarist plays the first and fourth strings together. I know this is easily possible if you are finger picking, but I am not really a huge fan of finger picking. Is there any way to do this with a pick, or am I just going to have to get used to it?
If you want to use a pick, you basically have two options:
But looking at the tab you linked to, I'd definitely play that particular tune fingerstyle.
You could always fret the first and fourth strings while muting the strings between and then strum.. would that give the effect you're looking for?
i would tend to use a technique which is a mixture between alternate picking and flatpicking.
it uses up and down strokes, while bouncing between the strings i want to hit.
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GALVESTON (February 15, 2013)--Weary passengers from the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph returned to the ship's departure port in Galveston Friday, after five days at sea on a liner that was left powerless by an engine-room fire.
Buses began arriving at the Port of Galveston on Friday morning after an eight-hour drive from Mobile, Ala.
The ship was towed into port at Mobile on Thursday night.
Port of Galveston police say as many as 800 people will arrive Friday by bus to retrieve their vehicles or be shuttled onto other buses to reach home.
Elaine Roberts of Gainesville, Texas, and her family were among the first to arrive in Galveston.
She told KHOU-TV the conditions on Triumph were a "cesspool."
The Triumph departed Galveston on Feb. 7 and was due to return Monday.
Some of the passengers who headed to New Orleans faced a further delay Friday when their bus broke down.
A spokesman said another bus was available and those aboard were transferred and continued to New Orleans where they arrived safely later Friday morning.
The ship carrying some 4,200 people and under tow by tugboats docked late Thursday, five days after an engine-room fire left it powerless and adrift.
Meanwhile in Mobile, the disabled ship was being moved from the dock where passengers disembarked to a shipyard for repairs.
Tugs pulled the 14-story ship away from the dock in Mobile and backward down a waterway in the direction of the shipyard.