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I was disappointed Wrexham didn't hire an American manager today. Their time isn't here yet I guess.
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habeasdorkus posted:Congratulations to Brony Hunter! All hail our new president! I don't know if there's still room, but I'd like to be another American on the board!
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Oct 24, 2014 18:52
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I'd love to be on the board LionYeti from the usa
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Oct 24, 2014 19:07
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I'm happy to still be on the board, but if you want to dismiss me to make room for someone else, then hell, go for it. Maybe I'll turn up running Prestwick or something 
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Oct 24, 2014 21:05
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I am always late but I'll channel my intense Canadian passion for hockey onto the pitch if I'm elected! Free donuts for everyone!
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Oct 24, 2014 21:18
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First come first serve! JT Jag and berryjon join the board. You may now blame them for any failures!
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Oct 24, 2014 21:49
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Really enjoying the LP, finally caught up! One thing from one update back though: "habeasdorkus" posted:Roma's last minute stroke of luck makes for the only real surprise advancement out of the group stage. Wrexham ties with Dortmund and Atletico as the only undefeated teams, though I'd say our performance is more impressive considering who we beat. You missed one other team that went undefeated... Though I'm not sure if you did that on purpose, as it's, well...
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Any insight into why Stoke have imploded? Even for FM it seems pretty unrealistic for a team to go from qualifying for the Europa League to gently caress all games won. Still, 17 seasons (2008-09 to 2025-26) is nothing to frown at.
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Pantsuit posted:Any insight into why Stoke have imploded? Even for FM it seems pretty unrealistic for a team to go from qualifying for the Europa League to gently caress all games won. Still, 17 seasons (2008-09 to 2025-26) is nothing to frown at. It's entirely possible that playing in Europe for the first time a team struggles due to the travel involved midweek (where they would usually be training), quite often the games in the Europa League involve travelling to eastern Europe or even turkey for games which takes a toll on fitness. Also Stoke might have a smaller squad so their players could be struggling with playing more games with a shorter rest between them. it's actually quite common to have teams that are relatively inexperienced in Europe to struggle the season after they qualify because they are not used to having to play in Europe as often as they do. It's one of the reasons you either see the same teams qualify for European competition or a club qualify the once and then disappear. This can also happen with clubs making deep runs in domestic competitions such as the F.A. Cup.
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So would that make it a viable strategy to deliberately sabotage your runs in those competitions until your team is deep enough to handle them?
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Oct 27, 2014 03:46
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Most teams don't tank in the NBA basketball sense (for non-Americans, the worst teams in the league get a better chance at the first pick in the Draft, so it's not uncommon for teams to deliberately try to lose to increase their chance at the best players), because prize money increases every step in the league and every round in the cups, so you get more money to sign better players, etc. However, for a megabastard, such prize money is largely irrelevant, especially in competitions like the League Cup. It's why they run out youngsters. If they win, great, if you get far enough bring in the big guys to get the cup. If they lose, it's less fixture congestion and more focus on the prizes that DO matter. It really depends on what the team's focus is in. For example, Manchester United last year, their fans were ecstatic they didn't qualify for the Europa League because it was irrelevant to their goals- a league title (or at least a Top 4 finish) and a berth in the Champions League. The prize money is peanuts compared to what they bring in. Pocket change.
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habeasdorkus posted:I don't know, tbh. I'm not sure how the rivalry flag works in the coding. Hahahahaha! Trundel knows exactly where to put the money, foolish islanders! The Sky Bet will fall to the might of Football Suban and Football Chara. Ice football will reign supreme! Kind of fell off the thread for a while, and was a little too ecstatic reading through the backlog and seeing this. Do any of the hockey players turned footballers still play there?
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Kingal posted:It's entirely possible that playing in Europe for the first time a team struggles due to the travel involved midweek (where they would usually be training), quite often the games in the Europa League involve travelling to eastern Europe or even turkey for games which takes a toll on fitness. Also Stoke might have a smaller squad so their players could be struggling with playing more games with a shorter rest between them. it's actually quite common to have teams that are relatively inexperienced in Europe to struggle the season after they qualify because they are not used to having to play in Europe as often as they do. It's one of the reasons you either see the same teams qualify for European competition or a club qualify the once and then disappear. This can also happen with clubs making deep runs in domestic competitions such as the F.A. Cup. Fair enough, but I got in the CL with my first season as Stoke and we still managed to win games and stay up the following season. gently caress knows, the Prem in FM isn't exactly realistic anyway.
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Pantsuit posted:Fair enough, but I got in the CL with my first season as Stoke and we still managed to win games and stay up the following season. gently caress knows, the Prem in FM isn't exactly realistic anyway. how big was your squad? In my experience Human players in FM generally have a big enough squad to challenge both in Europe and domestically (probably because we've all experienced one of those insane injury crises where 4-5 of you first team get injured in the space of a few weeks) whereas i think the A.I might struggle with that a bit. In terms of the real world i'm pretty sure it's actually a thing, at least i've heard them talk about it on Match Of the Day (though how accurate anything said on MOTD is subjective) say you play on a sunday, then have a european game on thursday and then that's followed by a game on saturday and you have to try and fit the travel flights or coaches depending on how far) and training between all of them it can get pretty tiring. It's a lot like the fixture congestion teams can get towards the end of the season because of postponed or rescheduled matches due to european/cup fixtures and bad weather/waterlogged pitch except i think it's slightly easier to deal with. In the lower leagues teams can end up playing 10 games in a month if there's been a bad run of weather and/or clashing fixtures. this article discusses the most games played in a short amount of time and can give some insight as to how hard it can be to deal with this happening if you have a small squad/ aren't used to it. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/14/the-knowledge-most-games-played
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Where do you buy the in-game editor for FM2014? I can't find it in the Steam Store.
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tatankatonk posted:Where do you buy the in-game editor for FM2014? I can't find it in the Steam Store. It's an in-game purchase. Start FM14, and on the launch screen, I think it says "Downloads" at the bottom of the menu.
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Finally, after several days of reading, I've caught up with this thread. I have also started seriously thinking about picking up Football Manager despite my familiarity with ....what have I done with my life (I have to admit, several seasons back when you were complaining about Liverpool getting all the TV time instead of Wrexham, habeasdorkus, my initial reaction was "Well, John Henry already has NESN cameras at the game anyways, so the league is probably just swiping their feed instead of paying for camera crews to go to Wales.")
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Finally, after several days of reading, I've caught up with this thread. I have also started seriously thinking about picking up Football Manager despite my familiarity with Once you get situated though, that's the hardest part done with. In theory.
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Until you have one of those years where the cup runs don't go where you want them to and you find yourself in administration.
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I hope this thread comes back!
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Did someone start playing FM15?
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I'm thankful for this thread and hope it comes back
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TorakFade posted:So... is this really dead? Habeas hasn't posted to SA at all in over six weeks. I'm just hoping he's doing OK.
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He might still be active on his steam account. Not sure though since I don't know what it is.
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Steam says he was last active 5 hours ago, so I think he just moved on from the thread/SA.
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Insertnamehere31 posted:Steam says he was last active 5 hours ago, so I think he just moved on from the thread/SA. That's good to know. I'm glad it was nothing nasty. Ta.
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If this LP is indeed over, this may be the time where I may actually get that archive upgrade. This was really loving great.
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Its one of the best LP's I've read, If you're lurking and reading Habeas, thanks for the whole thing.
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I just assumed FM15 ate his life.
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I don't have his info, but if anyone who can contact him wants to for me, I'm willing to act in his stead to draw the LP to a conclusion so that it can go on the LP Archive. As in, finish out a season or maybe 2, not take over. Just to an end.
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Really was a ride, one of the only screenshot LP's I've ever made it all the way through. I do hope it can be finished in some way and put in the archive where it belongs.
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Whether this thread has reached it's climax or not, I'd still like to hear from habeasdorkus before this thread closes.
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I sent him a friend request on Steam, he has not yet accepted it, we'll see if he does. Worst case scenario he's gone "gently caress Goons" and left for good.
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It's christmas, have some patience
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For anyone that's interested, the real life Wrexham took on Stoke in the FA Cup third round. They came kinda close to pulling off an upset at 0-1, but unfortunately for them the Stoke players figured out they were meant to be playing football, and the game ended 3-1.
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Well, I think this is dead, and habeasdorkus isn't coming back. Why? Because he made a wager with somebody who is not to be wagered with. Habeasdorkus had a team in the Super-League, where goons build fantasy teams, and Smasher Dynamo drives himself insane trying to somehow maintain a schedule of an update every two days as he runs a league where all the teams compete. The team, the Depraved Hearts Club, did not manage to survive the first season, and died horribly last season. Habeasdorkus disappeared around the same time. Now, in the first update of the new season, the truth was revealed: quote:Many have wondered what has happened to habeasdorkus' Football Manager LP, and now the truth can be told. Prior to the beginning of last season, we agreed to a secret "Loser leaves the forum stipulation." If he survived the season, I Would have been forced to shut down the Super-League. Fortunately, I Won, and, as a result, I was able to retire habeasdorkus and his thread forever. From a larger perspective, though, let this be a reminder that only the Super-League is eternal. The Sakura Wars thread, the War in the Pacific thread (allied and Japanese), these are impressively old LPs, but they are not self-perpetuated. Some day, they too shall grow old and die. The Super-League, however, is mighty and eternal. All other LPs are mere mayflies compared to it. The Super-League will bury every other LP given enough time! There shall come a day when the entire genre of LP will be defined by the continuing adventures of Mark Bellhorn! I asked for clarification, and got it in the second update. quote:Did you know? Yes, TheMcD, I did force habeasdorkus to leave the forum, and I can only hope that habeasdorkus respects the spirit of our 'loser leave the forum' stipulation and never returns. I know that habeasdorkus had some misgivings about the deal, but he made it, and it's only fair that he abide by it. It's the right thing to do. Basically, habeasdorkus was the victim of his own hubris. A fitting end for the God-King of Wales. TheMcD fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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