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  • Building Your Gameworld Community: Part 2 – Competitions
    This week, I want to show you how running friendly competitions in Football Manager Live can increase the interaction and competition between members of your gameworld. I am going to use to great examples from my own world, Nicholson. The Quick Cup This...
    by Chris Rowlands on December 18th, 2009
  • 5 Tips for Unlocking Your Inner Luck in Football Manager Live
    These days my only gaming hobby is Football Manager Live. Between being married and having a full time professional job as a software developer, my life is somewhat different now to the life I had when I was younger. I used to be a huge games buff, and...
    by Nick Kakoschke on December 15th, 2009
  • 5 Tips for Realising the Power of Substitutes in Football Manager Live
    I believe the value of substitutes in Football Manager Live is not fully recognised by many managers. Because players don’t tire or fatigue by playing too many matches and it’s all too easy to buy 11 great players and play with the same team/tactic...
    by Nick Kakoschke on December 8th, 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
  • Building Your Game World Community: Part 1 – The Basics
    This is the first in a series of articles aiming to be a tutorial on how to increase the interactivity of the users within your current gameworld. To prepare for this I asked around my world, Nicholson, for ways in which various managers like to interact...
    by Chris Rowlands on November 30th, 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
  • Have You Checked The FML Online Manual?
    The Football Manager Live Online Manual can be found at manual.fmlive.co.uk. My aim for the guide is for it to have something for all, and reflect how good the game itself is. I try to ensure it combines the core information everyone needs with the strategy...
    by Mark Burton on September 27th, 2009
  • Filtering your way to the top
    The ‘filter’ system in FML (and indeed the last few iterations of it’s older brother Football Manager) is an aspect of the game that is hugely powerful yet underrated at the same time. Filters can narrow down pretty much every aspect of a player/club/manager...
    by Tom Hales on July 21st, 2009
  • Player Progression – Part 2
    This week we continue looking at the processes which affect player progression, initially with a look at coaching skills and how they affect progress and then we’ll move onto any outstanding areas that haven’t been covered so far. Again I have used...
    by Mark Burton on July 6th, 2009
  • Player Progression – Part 1
    Player Progression – Part 1 The Definitive Guide This article will endeavour to provide a definitive (or almost) guide to player progression. Having researched a multitude of forum posts from coder extraordinaire Rob Cooper, I think there is now...
    by Mark Burton on June 29th, 2009
  • Scouting Skills
    The skill system inside Football Manager Live is an important aspect of the game and one which makes every manager unique. There are currently seven categories – Coaching, Physio, Scouting, Management, Infrastructure, Tactics and Learning. This article...
    by Tom Hales on April 29th, 2009
  • TT&F in FML: The Tactics Skills
    Some of you out there will be settling into your first seasons of Football Manager Live or eagerly waiting to sign in to your new game world. Many of you might be thinking though – what skills do I need? Where should I specialise? What can I do with...
    by Gareth Millward on April 29th, 2009