I pre ordered mine from cdkeys for 22.99 but I don't think it includes the beta.Cheapest place to get this and still get beta access (I don't want much...)? I guess the days of picking this up brand new for £17 are gone.
My god that still looks awful. 2D for me again this year.
Agreed. They're not even trying to sell it this year are they?My god that still looks awful. 2D for me again this year.
We're all wrong mate, Miles knows best.Agreed. They're not even trying to sell it this year are they?
I'd love it if this happens. Monopolies are no good for consumers anyway. I remember the days of USM, Premier Manager, Player Manager duking it out together with CM. Hell, we've only got 2 major football games nowadays whereas I grew up playing various football games like Actua Soccer, World Wide Soccer etc.The whole thread is one big clusterfeck and reminds me why I left the forum.
For starters, the OP is banned. Not sure why, but that's not exactly uncommon on that forum. About halfway down the page, all4everdragon takes over the "complaint" role and posts a save. Someone discovers he's exploiting the ME and start to use it against him to attack him; Cougar2010, bless his socks, calling him dishonest. Then that post, by Neil Brock, tries to derail the thread by mixing in two unrelated issues (AI squad building and the original complaint, players complaining about a lack of games). His real aim is to defend his employers - but he doesn't consciously know, such is the echo chamber he's been in.
And, of course, reasonable ideas like this one get no replies, positive or otherwise.
In all4everdragon's shoes, he now has to defend himself against 2 moderators, a forum veteran calling him dishonest, and a staff member - all set on what appears to be discrediting him, even to the extent that reasonable ideas are less important. At this point, it doesn't even matter whether he's right or wrong - he's David and they're his Goliath.
There is a phrase, "the customer is always right". This phrase is not supposed to be used literally, of course - but the spirit of the phrase is important. It's used as a motto that your customer must always be satisfied - not that whatever they're saying about your product is 100% correct. If a customer tells a sales representative to go to hell because they're dissatisfied with your product, should the sales representative literally go to hell? No! "The customer is always right" means you should get your butt over to them and make them happy.
A number of years ago, Miles misunderstood this statement and chose to controversially (his words) say:
What SI have done is go in entirely the opposite direction to "the customer is always right". The customer not always being right is a casus belli to attack critique with the hound dogs. And when the critique is done by moderators and staff, that poisons the well and nobody will want to defend them for fear of getting themselves banned (and they're ban-happy).
I personally see a lot of parallels to "old school" organisations, such as the WWE. The backroom staff of the WWE are really old school - people who have been in the business for decades, and are very much used to the old ways, such as hazing and working stiff (i.e. hitting people harder than necessary) towards newcomers. Slowly, but surely, WWE is changing, but it's something that won't be fully embraced for decades. The SI forums are a really, really old community - as old as Redcafe I think, if not older if you include lineage to Championship Manager - but unlike Redcafe, many of the staff are veterans, tight-knit, and similar-minded.
SI do need to be careful because the IT industry is full of "didn't see that coming" events. In the 90s, nobody thought Microsoft would be vulnerable. In the early-2000s, everyone thought Yahoo! would duke it out with Google for eternity. Around about 2010, Apple was struggling with Samsung, but the tables have turned. Closer to gaming, something like Cities: Skylines blindsiding SimCity could appear out of nowhere. This is a world where new software can go to market extraordinarily quickly and the average age of programmmers is dropping too as programming becomes more accessible. Enough discontent and they might piss off enough programmers to do a Cities: Skylines...
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Its pretty good so far, only complaint really being that I don't like how they made the tactics screen. Instructions are nice, but the main tactics page where you pick your team. Looks way too cluttered and the shirt icons on the little pitch there are too big and bulky.Just had a quick browse on the SI forums. Not many people moaning tbh which is a suprise.
I really hope they have. Its gets too easy after a bit. Once you sign the right players you can dominate for decades in every competition because the AI teams have weaker squads.Its pretty good so far, only complaint really being that I don't like how they made the tactics screen. Instructions are nice, but the main tactics page where you pick your team. Looks way too cluttered and the shirt icons on the little pitch there are too big and bulky.
Other then that, its good so far. Arsenal and Chelsea had a transfer battle and were going over £50m to get stones which could show that the AI isn't afraid to spend big on quality players, same with real Madrid bidding for reus. Maybe they fixed the squad building from the AI? Too soon to say though.
User: Not being able to have an AM (attack) and a complete forward (support) in the same tactic without their boxes overlapping is annoying - I may have to restrict my tactics to those which are aesthetically pleasing.
Mod: There's a very good reason that they overlap ... nice visual representation of how they are impeding each other on the pitch in game too...
User: Huh??? A Complete Forward/S has roam from position, how would he interfere with an AM/A, he would be running around the AM/A trying to get in position to get the ball to pass to the AM/A.
Mod: They can (and will) still occasionally occupy the same space, hence their proximity on the tactics screen.
I read on the forums that they base everything off last season and don't take this seasons into account when adjudging them even though 10 league games have been played and potentially another 5+ more in other competitions.Shaw and Martial look to have poor potential which is odd
Seriously? Losing faith in Football Manager nowI read on the forums that they base everything off last season and don't take this seasons into account when adjudging them even though 10 league games have been played and potentially another 5+ more in other competitions.
Hopefully at least Martials will ve fixed by rge time of the full game is released. Doubt they touch Shaw as he is injured but hopefully he gets fixed.Shaw and Martial look to have poor potential which is odd
Because he isn't a very good crosser.How has Shaw only got 11 crossing.
Shaw and Martial look to have poor potential which is odd
Meh, don't believe those screenshots from the number of stars in potential given by the assistant. Compare it to yourself taking over some club, which has an assistant who tells you what he thinks of the players. It's not necessarily true, especially potential is impossible to predict. Take those stars with a pinch of salt, Martial's potential is probably -9 which will make him an absolute beast worldclass striker in some saves and more average in other save.Hopefully at least Martials will ve fixed by rge time of the full game is released. Doubt they touch Shaw as he is injured but hopefully he gets fixed.