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  • Football Manager Live Gameworld Types
    Finally back to a normal and stable internet connection, after a month or so away from FML i have a fair bit of catching up to. The following article was actually written some months ago, but with the recent announcement about the relaunch of FML it’s...
    by Mark Burton on March 11th, 2010
  • 5 Tips to Realise the Power of Resource Management in the Match Engine
    Normally, when people think of resources in Football Manager Live they think of money and players. Perhaps if they give it a bit more thought, though, they think of things like skill points and contract locks; and start to dissect a resource like cash...
    by Nick Kakoschke on January 27th, 2010
  • Giving us something to play for? SI’s latest prize money revamp
    In July, I wrote an editorial on the structure of prize money in Football Manager Live. In it, I essentially called for a dramatic reduction in income sources which weren’t directly related to official competition performance, such as stadium income,...
    by Gareth Millward on January 8th, 2010
  • Towards Football Manager Live 2.0
    Christmas is over and the New Year has begun, with the reset, restart, (whichever you prefer) scheduled for March 2010 now is the time to start looking at what other changes might be considered essential for a successful re-launch of Football Manager...
    by Mark Burton on January 1st, 2010
  • Football Manager Live Suggestion: Preselected Squads
    The first topic in the Football Manager Live “Developers Forum” is a good one, and pleasantly it has received a lot of constructive input from a large number of people. Whilst there are certainly some dissenters (there always will be), the majority...
    by Mark Burton on December 21st, 2009
  • Football Manager Live: Cannibal or Cannibalised?
    Well regarded for his thoughtful editorials Levo has played and written about Football Manager for over 10 years now. His own site FM Pundit is aimed at keeping up-to-date with the current trends within the community. Discussing the way we play the game,...
    by Thomas Levin on December 14th, 2009
  • Football Manager Live and the World of Gambling – Part 2
    Seeing as my previous article Football Manager Live and the World of Gambling got some replies, I feel the need to write another one about my idea, in order to answer the comments and put some light on the actual implementation.. A better explanation...
    by Zoltan Simon on December 7th, 2009
  • Your Football Manager Live Future: What To Do Until Your World Ends?
    Firstly, given there is a limit to the number of words your likely to read in these articles, I’m not going to make any comment discussing the decision to reset all Gameworlds! All I’m going to say is that I’m strongly against the decision,...
    by Nick Kakoschke on December 4th, 2009
  • 5 More Tips for Success in Football Manager Live
    Picking up from where we left of with the first 5 Top Tips for Success in FML, here’s another five tips that can help you become one of the best managers in your game world. The financial aspects of football manager live are just as important as the...
    by Nick Kakoschke on December 1st, 2009
  • The Future of FML – Looking for Positives
    The announcement is finally out; Marc Duffy has laid out the plan for FML moving into 2010 with the future of Football Manager Live Part 1 and Part 2. Is it all good? Well it’s certainly created a lot of angst on the official forums, and that was always...
    by Mark Burton on November 27th, 2009
  • State of the Game Worlds: A Positive Approach
    Hi first who am I? Well I first started to play FML beta back in august 2007 a couple of months later I was appointed as a moderator by Sports Interactive. Since then I have stayed with the game, my wife doesn’t always appreciate it but she understands...
    by Torbjörn Ivarsson on November 25th, 2009
  • 5 Top Tips for Success in FML
    A little bit of background on myself first…… My name is Nick Kakoschke otherwise known as the infamous “Little Badger” (on the Official Forums). I can be quite controversial on the FML forums due to being fairly blunt and honest about...
    by Nick Kakoschke on November 24th, 2009
  • How Does Football Manager Live Compare To Other MMOs? (Part 3)
    The more interesting GamesIndustry discusses the idea of starting at 110% rather than the slow and sure approach with MMOs: “Most MMOGs launch with queues to access their servers – worse again, many of them then end up offering players barren,...
    by Rik Stewart on November 16th, 2009
  • Football Manager Live and the World of Gambling
    I don’t really consider myself a gambler and apart from spending a few dollars in some casinos to kill some time while waiting for the girlfriend or to get warm in winter nights and of course the odd bet in a sport betting agency when I think I...
    by Zoltan Simon on November 14th, 2009