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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 was definitely needed. The first comment I received was from FMLBlog (good site by the way, too bad it’s only in Italian) and it sounds like this: “Match fixing? No, thanks.” This was an accurate and level-headed point of view that only came to my mind sporadically whilst writing the first article, which is a shame. I completely agree, match fixing scandals could be even more frequent in the world of Football…
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, in fact, over the weekend I got my first ever warning issued on the Official Forums, for ‘Trolling’. I didn’t even know what this was, and a quick search on Wikipedia revealed that it is basically a message on a forum that tries to invoke an ‘emotional’ response. These are emotional times in football manager live, and as far as I’m concerned it’s only reasonable to expect emotional posts on forums (and posts that invoke emotions)….
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 tactical areas, and getting a good financial plan can make a huge difference to your long term ambitions. 1. Try to turn a healthy profit and have a healthy bank balance. Obviously this isn’t always possible, but if you keep your wages realistic in comparison with your income then it’s just a matter of time. Once you have a healthy bank balance then you are holding an ace up your sleeve. You will be able to pick up…
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 to be expected but the interesting point is the majority of people are agreeing with the principle of the decision they just aren’t happy about how it will affect them. The one big underlying problem facing FML was the fact that the current worlds are not attractive to new users, and if new users don’t join a game world then it will eventually die. That’s important to consider, because even under the new format…
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 it. I have always approached the game in “The love way”. With that I mean I would rather find a positive solution to a problem than get angry over the fact something is wrong. With users I’d rather try to understand and give them a second chance than point a finger or punish. I will not comment on anybody else’s article in this article I will put forward some positive thoughts though, since I feel that the…
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 my views on many aspects of the game. I am the manager of the Little Badgers in the Clough Game World. Without blowing my own trumpet too much, I am one of the more successful managers in this game world, having won a long list of official trophies, including the game worlds most competitive Premiership 6 seasons in a row. I’ve also been ranked no.1 in the GW with 3 completely different squads of players. Whilst there may…
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, half-empty servers when the player population falls after the first few months.” Lump in throat I read on… “The game service operator then faces an extremely tricky balancing act. Too few servers will result in enormous queues for the game, which frustrate and upset players – not a good move when your business model relies on them being so pleased with their experience in the first thirty days that they’ll happily…
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 know the correct score, I really don’t believe in making money using my brilliant and unprecedented luck in the astonishing and exponentially growing hazard industry. Possibly the fact that I never win kind of has this effect on me. I consider gambling to be not more than a hobby, but I truly understand the men who managed to make a living out of it. Smart people. However I was always amazed by the creativity and…
